Soldier (watching it now) - I remembered this as poor, but it's not as bad as I thought - and there's some funky kit 

How could anyone not mention Solaris by Tarkovski? A totally mesmerising movie. You just can't stop watching, you can't stop listening to the Bach choral theme, and you come away with a renewed sense of the beauty of earth and the tragedy of man's endeavours. It doesn't have giant lizards or laser guns in it, it's art. Scene after scene is unsurpassed in filmic beauty.

Cheers,
Aart

Dr Who Invasion Earth!!

I watched Babylon AD last night. It is DEFINATELY NOT my favourite sci-fi mioie.

Incomprehensible, rambling, fail of a movie.  Which is a shame because it seemed quite promising.

Quote from: Aart Brouwer on 02 October 2011, 08:45:34 AM
How could anyone not mention Solaris by Tarkovski? A totally mesmerising movie. You just can't stop watching, you can't stop listening to the Bach choral theme, and you come away with a renewed sense of the beauty of earth and the tragedy of man's endeavours. It doesn't have giant lizards or laser guns in it, it's art. Scene after scene is unsurpassed in filmic beauty.

Cheers,
Aart

It impressed me the first time; the second - nearly thirty years later - I couldn't sit through it; I think I expect more pace these days, and certainly a livelier camera.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 02 October 2011, 11:29:35 AM
It impressed me the first time; the second - nearly thirty years later - I couldn't sit through it; I think I expect more pace these days, and certainly a livelier camera.

I understand. I considered inserting a snide remark here about today's youf, flexibility hysterics or consumer culture, but it's no use rowing against the tide. It's a pity.

Cheers,
Aart

khm... let's see...
cliche but have to say num 1 is 4 me Blade Runner
2. Star Wars (all except 1, I really didn't like it)
3. Terminator 1 (the eye thing is just too scary)
4. Avatar
5. Dune
6. S. O. 2001
7. Skyline
8 Thing
9. Matrix
10. Space balls
Alien is just too scary....

Quote from: Aart Brouwer on 02 October 2011, 11:47:42 AM
I understand. I considered inserting a snide remark here about today's youf, flexibility hysterics or consumer culture, but it's no use rowing against the tide. It's a pity.

Cheers,
Aart

I was born in 1959; not sure the youth culture dart would have struck home.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 02 October 2011, 01:44:56 PM
I was born in 1959; not sure the youth culture dart would have struck home.

I was born in 1957. So it would  have struck home, you young whippersnapper.

Cheers,
Aart

Your generation has never understood ours!

Well, I have no comprehensive list... but these days I really want to watch Ghost of Mars. I know a lot of people hate it, but I just love it.

I also like Skyline (because of the 'few people viewpoint' instead of the usual world epic stuff) and Starship Trooper (for pure fun).

I was born in 1958 so perhaps I can help as the go between. 

Oh well here's my shortlist, there are probably others but these are the first to spring to mind...
Fifth element
Silent Running
Tron (original version - I have't seen the remake)
Starship Trooper
Day the Earth Stood Still (the remake)

Quote from: Sevej on 03 October 2011, 02:58:24 AM
... these days I really want to watch Ghost of Mars. I know a lot of people hate it, but I just love it.

I kinda like this, if it's on I'll sit and watch it.

Tremors 1, 3 and 4.
Them (the original)
Starship Troopers (the first one)
The Story of Mankind (if only for the cast- it has a really cheesey plot*)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Monster from the Black Lagoon (which is actually a much better movie than you might have been led to believe)
The 1943 version of "I walked with a Zombie" (not really Sci-fi but a great piece of cinema)
The Bela Lugosi version of "White Zombie" (Ok we're really stretching the Sci-fi thing here)

I also have a weakness for cheaply made 40s, 50s and 60s Sci-fi with the words Amazon , or Woman/Women or Queen in the title

Dave Turner

* Not as cheesey as "The 27th Day" but few movies exceed that little gem for cheese rating.**
** OK there's "The Boy with the Green Hair" but that's not really Sci-fi

I like a lot of SF movies and I can't say I have any one favourite. However, a lot of my favourites have appeared in this thread. Like Stargate; (led to the TV franchise of course) is just so lush that I've lost count of the number of times I have watched it. Also, The Matrix; ground breaking in oh so many ways that everything made since has to measure itself against this standard. Not forgetting Aliens; the best SF war film we have in spite of the ropey (by todays standards) special effects. Or for that matter The Thing; John Carpenter version with Kurt again, which was another ground breaking movie that set a very high bar for what is horror and frightening.

However, there are other films that I think stand repeated watching...

Soldier: slagged at the time, but Kurt Russell and  the referral to Blade Runner makes it worthwhile.

Deep Rising: Not really SF, rather a modern day Lovecraftian tale of tentacles and dismemberment with SF weapons (rotary barrel assault rifles).

Wing Commander: killed the franchise, but it has awesome music and a stellar supporting cast of Warner, Suchet and Prochnow.

Galaxy Quest, whats not to like?

Tremors - GREAT film, forgotten about that one! 

Quote from: mad lemmey on 05 October 2011, 09:21:54 PM
Tremors - GREAT film, forgotten about that one! 

Yeah, great fun little film.  Shame the sequals are such 24-carat fail.

Quote from: Paint it Pink on 05 October 2011, 07:45:34 PM

Galaxy Quest, whats not to like?

Nothing at all. Great send-up of Star Trek. 

Quote from: Paint it Pink on 05 October 2011, 07:45:34 PM

Soldier: slagged at the time, but Kurt Russell and  the referral to Blade Runner makes it worthwhile.

Deep Rising: Not really SF, rather a modern day Lovecraftian tale of tentacles and dismemberment with SF weapons (rotary barrel assault rifles).

Yep - totally with you on Soldier; not seen Deep Rising but I want to watch it now