Coming soon:
Going here with:
Fantastic Planet
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Avatar
Akira
Artificial Intelligence
Metropolis
I'm going to wait until I watch the Arrival and Fantastic Planet til I vote on here, but the rest will definitely be
Eternal Sunshine
Akira
Artificial Intelligence
I'm not sure what to do. I really like Bill & Ted, but consider it a comedy. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the best movies of the last 10 years, but it's a romantic drama. Sure, both have science fiction elements but I'm not sure either qualifies as a "science fiction movie."
I shall ponder this.
There is only a faint vestige of sci-fi in Eternal Sunshine, but it's just enough for me to vote for it. It's one of the most powerful film viewing experiences I've ever had. Anyone who has ever been in a relationship can relate to and learn from it.
There's plenty of sci-fi in Eternal Sunshine. It's more sci-fi than Clockwork Orange despite the lack of a dystopian society.
Like Counter Culture Shock on Facebook
More people should see Tetsuo, I mean how could you not be a little curious after that crazy trailer? That movie is bonkers and I love it!!
I think I'm going to wait to vote. I have yet to watch Metropolis.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Well, the technology, how it's explained and the fact the proceedure is 80% of the film. It explores what such techonology could do and how addicting it can be as Mary says over the phone to a client, "You know you can't get the proceedure done twice in one month" and the concept that mankind would be happier if we could forget all the bad stuff that's happened to us, that affects negatively in the present. In the film we see the story of a couple who'd had each other erased from their memories (and their struggle to keep them as they are being erased, which is all pretty sci-fi as well) andSpoiler:. A big part of sci-fi is how technology affects us which is what Eternal Sunshine is all about, no?
Like Counter Culture Shock on Facebook
I've never seen the 153 minute original cut of Metropolis, but I'm giving it my sole vote. I will not drink the koolaid and vote for Avatar.
Yeah, I liked Avatar, but...I couldn't vote for it. It's great the first time you see it in 3D, but it definitely loses a lot of its charm after that. As for Bill & Ted, despite being a comedy film, it's still a great time travel movie - the final act of the film is a great example of showing the messiness of time travel done right. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind's use of science fiction, however small, shares a lot with my favourite science fiction movies - how a key idea within the genre of science fiction affects a few key characters on a number of levels. The way it focuses on memory in the same way that, say, Inception focused on dreams is a classic example of why I love the genre. And Akira, well...dark and fucked up as hell, but still such a huge influence on the genre. I don't love it quite as much as anything Ghost in the Shell related, but it's still a great scifi/anime film.
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
Check out my website: PopCulturedwithMovieMike
Add me on Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/MovieMike80/
The quiet masterpiece here is AI. Such a beautiful film.
Check out my website: PopCulturedwithMovieMike
Add me on Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/MovieMike80/
I loved A.I when I saw it in theatres. Haven't watched it in a long time but it's underappreciated by most.
Like Counter Culture Shock on Facebook
Avatar
A.I.
Metropolis
sk
Going to promote The Arrival a bit with some quotes from Ebert's review:
Originally Posted by RogerEbertOriginally Posted by RogerEbert
Like Counter Culture Shock on Facebook
Need more love for Fantastic Planet. No way should Bill & Ted make it.
I wasn't expecting Fantastic Planet to advance. One of the best films in the tournament but it's an obscure french animated film from the early 70's lol. I'm afraid whatever votes it gets is probably only a bi-product of my talking it up so much.
Like Counter Culture Shock on Facebook
Fantastic Planet is great and I honestly expected it to do much better. I always assumed it was pretty well known.
Don't wait and watch it, it's great, one of the best films ever made, let alone sci-fi films.
Sadly, I don't think the version available for streaming on Netflix is the new "Complete" version, but I watched that in HD and it was awesome.
Bill and Ted has always been one of my favorite movies. I saw it when I was pretty young though and had no idea of the significance of them using a phone booth as their time travel machine.
Hell, I didn’t even know who George Carlin was at the time.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I saw Fantastic Planet around '95. I mostly liked it, I think. To the best of my memory.