Favourite Sci-Fi Films

[angel barracks]

In no particular order:


Bladerunner
Aliens
Ghosts of Mars
Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick
Dune
Soldier
Equilibrium
Ghost in Shell
Resident Evil
Moon*


There are many others such as District 9, Battle LA, Cloverfield, I Am Legend, Predator etc but they are too close to modern day for me to be hard core sci-fi.
Maybe they are alternate reality in my mind.
Dunno.


*very good film.

[Dunnadd]

I am Legend was ****, shitty, ****. Even if you hadn't read the book, it was still ****, because Will Smith can act precisely one role well - the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He really can't act except for light hearted comedy. He managed Men in Black ok because it was just that (though it was also sh*t, but at least it didn't have pretensions of granduer).

I am Legend wasn't a light hearted comedy and so Smith was the wrong person to be the main character. The songs played in the film were bizarre and completely destroyed the atmosphere.

If you've read the book, the story was about the last human, with the roles of vampires and humans reversed. Now the last human, who hunted vampires by day, became a mythical and feared, un-natural creature, as vampires were to humans.

In the film Will Smith is not the last human, the plot makes no sense, the atmosphere is bizarre, the acting terrible, the music inappropriate to the content.

[goat major]

oh thank you Dunadd - i've been preaching exactly the same to anyone who will listen but so few people have read the book and dont get it.

I can heartily recommend the book - it is a fantastic story, that keeps you gripped and makes you think