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In Reply to: 20 Most Influential SF Movies Of All Time (In Order). posted by AudioHead on October 28, 2002 at 07:40:53:
I would put Star Wars pretty high up. A number of other listed films are good abut they were DOA when they came out and only came into passion much later. Forbidden Planet is one, did not do that well at the BO but really took off later outside the BO. Same with Stood Still. Both are great commentary's on the times and well done for the era.But SW is key because you really have to put it into context. It came out at a time when the movie industry was dead. About 50% of the theaters had closed and Hollywood was really trying to get people back in the theaters. Space movies were not just dead, but dead and buried. SW opened and the cirtics panned it. I missed the first four weeks because of that. Then all of a sudden there were lines and we were driving to SF every Friday AND Saturday nights to party in line in front of the Coronet. I even paid the premium price of $4.75 to get in, when I had it. Suddenly movies were back and SW was leading the way.
Planet of the Apes was another good one that drew people to see it. Good commentary on racism and the nuclear threat we all lived through.
There are a lot of films that introduced something or had something to say that was important. But very few that really had an immediate impact on the culture.
Of the list above, I think the only truly influential moves were:
Star Wars
2001
Planet of the Apes.
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