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In Reply to: Greatest Science Fiction movie of all time: posted by tinear on May 9, 2002 at 10:49:15:
... 2001 is NOT the Greatest SF film of all time in my estimation. Don't get me wrong, I regard Kubrick and 2001 quite highly, especially since I was one of the fortunate ones to see this film in Cinerama during it's initial run. However, other movies with science fiction themes have stronger stories with visionary concepts that have aged much better than those presented in 2001.Here are some SF films I consider generally more inspired than 2001 (no particular order):
Metropolis (Fritz Lang)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegal)
The Thing (John Carpenter) Note: This choice will be controversial to some fans of the original release. However, this version is somewhat closer conceptually to the original John W. Campbell story without the cold war overtones of the Hawks/Nyby version
Clockwork Orange (Kubrick) Note: I find this bleakly ironic near future SF tale to be a greater achievement in just about every way to the film Kubrick directed immediately preceeding it.
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) Note: Scott's noirish interpretation of Phillip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" is a thoughtful cautionary SF fable that ages like fine wine.
--- Guilty pleasures (movies I love but might not be on everyone's "greatest" list):
Forbidden Planet (greatest Shakespeare in Space flick, with a scantily clad Ann Francis guarded by Robbie the Robot and her overprotective father's ID)
Starship Troopers (The greatest CGI bug movie ever made; more Verhooven's vision than Heinlein's, but what the hey! It's action all the way, with a non-judgmental subtext about patriotism taken to the level of fascism (i.e., in an overpopulated world trying to colonize other planets while at war with aliens); pretty good SF fare, IMO.
Just Imagine (the greatest straight SF/musical/comedy ever made, Rocky Horror Picture Show being the greatest not-so-straight SF/musical/comedy ever made)
Well, this "greatest SF hits" list is far from complete, but perhaps I'll come back with an addendum later.
Cheers,
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- Well, I beg to differ: I know I'm getting suckered into a subjective debate, but... - Audiophilander 15:11:36 05/09/02 (12)
- You got most of that right... - tinear 17:19:51 05/09/02 (4)
- Re: You got most of that right... - Analog Scott 17:34:54 05/09/02 (3)
- Ok, unambiguous I can live with... - tinear 15:08:36 05/10/02 (1)
- Re: Ok, unambiguous I can live with... - Analog Scott 18:15:45 05/10/02 (0)
- OK, but at least we agree - tinear 17:39:22 05/09/02 (0)
- Re: Well, I beg to differ: I know I'm getting suckered into a subjective debate, but... - Analog Scott 16:05:42 05/09/02 (1)
- Oooo! "What color is the sky?" - Harmonia 23:17:11 05/09/02 (0)
- Blade Runner - Joe Murphy Jr 15:54:55 05/09/02 (0)
- Woman in the Dunes (nt) - Victor Khomenko 15:46:37 05/09/02 (2)
- Superb movie! - centurymantra 21:34:41 05/12/02 (0)
- Re: Superb movie! - Victor Khomenko 08:20:10 05/14/02 (0)
- Nah... we would never do that! - Victor Khomenko 15:45:27 05/09/02 (0)
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