Anyone who hasn't got Blade Runner at the top of their list is an idiot. Fackto.
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Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
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10. Terminator 2 - One of those rare exceptions when a sequel is better than the original.
James Cameron, you are a god.
However, I've got a question: What is it that inspired the future sentient computer-technology that takes over the Earth, to put out a line of mean-looking humanoid hunter-killer robots, only to program the entire series with an English language that is weighed down with a heavy-@ss Austrian accent?
9. Matrix: Reloaded - After this movie came out, could you feel it? Could you feel the idea & use of special effects in the entire sci-fi genre take a major step forward? I know I did.
8. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Great story, fun energy & for my money, the best of the ST series. Also, the interaction between the the crew members in this film is the most integrated. You can really get a sense of family that this group of people ( whom we've come to know after so many years) have grown into.
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey - The very 1st. incredibly realistic portrayal of a sci-fi story. Great visuals back when this stuff was incredible difficult to create ( without the help of computers). Also, a suspense thriller plotline that is masterfully & almost quietly delivered.
Plus, if you're not on drugs whilst viewing this film, by the time you get to the ending, you will you feel as though you are.
6. Equilibrium - Holee f#ck! Are you kiddin' me? The action sequences in this damn thing......whoa, dude.
Quite stunning & stylish to look at also.
5. Abyss (Director's Cut) - Close Encounters Of The Under-Water Kind. Personally, I think this is James Cameron's masterpiece, after Titanic. It's actually two stories in one. The alien storyline crossed over with the tension that builds with the crew & the SEAL team. And both plots are very well executed. This movie suffered from the edited version that Cameron was pressured into releasing, which is sad, because the uncut version is what truly reveals just how great this movie really is. IMO, at least.
4. E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial - There's nothing that I can add that to this film that hasn't already been said. Lemme just say, after several years of this movie collecting dust on my video collection, I watched it with my 6 yr. old niece a couple of months ago, & I'll be honest with you: I don't know which one of us left sitting there with more childlike awe & wonder on our faces.
3. The Empire Strikes Back - For the movie itself, again, what can I say that hasn't blah blah blah.
Instead, I'll just relay my opinion on the experience of this film.
This was back when movies would stay in theatres, not for weeks at a time, but for months.
I think that, on the majority, audiences today have been so desensitized from so-so blockbusters being released every other week-end, that they will never get 2 experience the feeling a big movie-event like Star Wars. The year of Empire was one of my fave summers ever as a kid. It was really cool knowing that I could hop on the city bus at any point during the season & go watch TESB. And every time that I did, the other audience members were just as excited 2 be seeing this film at the end of the summer as they were at the beginning. Every year that one of the 3 original films was released, you could not only feel the power of the "Force" within the air, but also, you could feel it in the air all season long.
2. Aliens - This movie has everything that I look forward to in a sci-fi adventure. Suspenseful action, solid story, distinct characters (with great chemistry) , great visuals, kick-@ss aliens, a turning plot-twist ( we all thought for sure, that Bishop couldn't be trusted), & of course, a catch-phrase that made the entire theatre roar (" Get away from her, you b#tch!").
Mannnn....I wish I had acid for blood.
1. Close Encounters Of The 3rd. Kind - For me, the most realistic handling of a story of aliens ( inspiring films like Contact & Signs which tried admirably to emulate), that it made it almost believable for me that extra-terrestrials do exist. Also, it was done with such a sense of awe-inspiring hope & elegant beauty, that it almost made me wish that they did indeed exist( & maybe aliens do, but that's an entirely different website, altogether).
Mannnn....I wish a UFO would come down & fly me away into the limitless potential of space.
Sans anal-probes, of course.
Top ten ...not in any order.....Star wars, Terminator,Alien,the day the Earth stood still, ForbiddenPlanet,Close encounters ,Pitch Black,the Omega man,Blade Runner, and mad max
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1.Children of men (surprised this hasn't got more love)
2.Star Wars (duh)
3.The Empire strikes back (arguably better than the first, but i don't think so.)
4.Close Encounters of the Third Kind (redeemed by its astounding third act)
5.2001: A Space Odyssey( in the words of neo: "whoa")
6.WALL E (kind of "2001" for tots)
7.The Return of the Jedi (a worthy conclusion)
8.Terminator 2 (might be the best action movie this side of Die Hard)
9. Minority report (great film-making doesn't totally translate into a great film, but it's too technically prolific to ignore.
10. E.t. the extraterrestrial (classic spielberg)
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Hmm my top 10 just straight-up sci-fi movies would be
1. SW: Empire Strikes Back
2. Blade Runner
3. The Matrix
4. Aliens
5. SW: A New Hope
6. The Thing (John Carpenter's version)
7. Pitch Black
8. SW: Return of the Jedi
9. Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
10. Alien
1:Aliens
2: Sunshine
3:The matrix
4:Casshern
5:Event horizon
6:The day the earth stood still
7:Pitch black
8:Alien
9:Battle beyond the stars (cause it's pure cheese)
10:Quiet earth
yeah pitch black is superb but gets a bad rep because of the chronicles of riddick...shame really...Riddick is a great character and even the animated version is good
i love the style of Casshern...it's unashamedly an anti war film and gets a little bit existential at the end (which reminds me...eXistenZ was an awesome film) but i love it....oh...and the main bad guy looks like Dante from devil may cry
It is not out in American then? I've got two editions, a gorgeous region 3, and then it was released in a steelbook edition here in the UK on two discs, so had to get it. The menu section is quite rubbish though for the steelbook.
My eyes watered at the end montage of the film first time I saw it. Don't mind the anti war stance or the existentialism at all.
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Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi
Alien
Aliens
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
2001: A Space Odyssey
Total Recall
E.T: The Extra- Terrestrial
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