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[Alter_Fridge]

I wonder if y'all didn't watch Arrival, or if you simply didn't like it. That movie had me pondering my own life for weeks.

Felt it was overhyped

 

[Kev Kev]

I'll give the vote to District 9.

 

[Ascend]

Felt it was overhyped

I can understand that if you go in expecting an action movie. The movie is slow-paced, and in this day an age where everything seems to go at blazing speeds, it's not for everyone.

But to me, it is the first movie that surprised me in years. One of the things I liked about it is that it protrays humans as the enemy to themselves, rather than the aliens being the enemy. It was also a bigger mindfuck than Inception, the soundtrack and cinematography was simplistic yet amazing, and it made its impact without being flashy.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I can understand that if you go in expecting an action movie. The movie is slow-paced, and in this day an age where everything seems to go at blazing speeds, it's not for everyone.

But to me, it is the first movie that surprised me in years. One of the things I liked about it is that it protrays humans as the enemy to themselves, rather than the aliens being the enemy. It was also a bigger mindfuck than Inception, the soundtrack and cinematography was simplistic yet amazing, and it made its impact without being flashy.

Nothing like the mindfuck of Inception

 

[Ascend]

Just saw Ex Machina for the first time. Good, but definitely not the best out of that list.

The ones I still haven't watched are;
Children of Men
Moon
Annihilation.

 

[MetalAlien]

I like Moon and Distinct 9 a lot. Annihilation is just a remake of Stalker. Blade Runner is laughable (in a bad way). Edge of Tomorrow stars Tom Cruise so no way. Interstellar is too full of itself.

I'm going with The Watch. Ben Stiller comedy. I just love invasion movies.

 

[John Mullins]

Looper weren't bad.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Also wish I could block anyone who voted for Arrival. Fucking hate that film.

Arrival is a movie for people who like to smell their own farts a lot.

 

[thefool]

Why is the poll closed? Out of those, interstellar

 

[Ascend]

Also wish I could block anyone who voted for Arrival. Fucking hate that film.

Why? Because it's not your typical happy ending? Or because you didn't understand it? Or because it touched too close to home?

 

[pixelation]

I'll give the vote to District 9.

That one should have won by a land slide... so awesome (glad it never got a sequel).

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I like Moon and Distinct 9 a lot. Annihilation is just a remake of Stalker. Blade Runner is laughable (in a bad way). Edge of Tomorrow stars Tom Cruise so no way. Interstellar is
too full of itself.

I'm going with The Watch. Ben Stiller comedy. I just love invasion movies.

Richard Ayode is the GOAT

 

[Karma Jawa]

Predestination

 

[Jtibh]

 

[and 3 others]

Edge of Tomorrow is unfairly penalized bc people don't like Tom Cruise imo, it is a stand up sci fi movie and v enjoyable. Moon is another good shout, I'm also with the District 9 bros.

I don't like Tom Cruise but I'll be damned if I dont enjoy his movies!

 

[Woo-Fu]

Moon is probably the top of that list for me. I prefer hard science that isn't that far into the future.

 

[OutrageousFacts]

Interstellar almost winning ... and the rest ... this century sucks for scifi :/

70-90s scifi is so good.

 

[O-N-E]

Interstellar almost winning ... and the rest ... this century sucks for scifi :/

70-90s scifi is so good.

Boohoo.

How about some commentary with actual substance? Why does it suck? What makes the other decades better?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Both of those trailers were great, especially The Signal.

What a trailer needs to do is not make you feel like you've seen the whole movie and make the movie look cool and intreguing. And that's what it does. Can't stand trailers that show the twist or show the whole movie in sequence. So dumb

 

[OutrageousFacts]

Boohoo.

How about some commentary with actual substance? Why does it suck? What makes the other decades better?

1.) Interstellar would be a great movie if not for two grave fails: One, it is never explained why the inside of the black hole looks like something from McConnaghy's memory and why he can survive in that place. Two, the most cringe moment in maybe all of cinema: "Why do you think we should target that other planet?" - "LOVE!" :/

2.) These earlier decades have so many classic scifi movies that every single one would win this list: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Starship Troopers, Event Horizon, Independence Day, Cube, Back to the Future 1-3, and so on. The list here looks closer to some of these Black Mirror-episodes on Netflix in comparison.

 

[Tesseract]

the love thing was never cringe to me, not when you look deeper at quantum entanglement

 

[O-N-E]

Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Starship Troopers, Event Horizon, Independence Day, Cube, Back to the Future 1-3, and so on.

Nostalgia glasses.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Predestination

More people should know of this movie. It's a mindfuck and a half.

 

[Tesseract]

i'd put starship in my top 10, prolly aliens as well

 

[O-N-E]

i'd put starship in my top 10, prolly aliens as well

Personally wouldn't go above Interstellar, Children of Men, or Inception for me.... Annihilation as well, really.

Though I have a problem with categorizing Inception and Children of Men as pure Sci-Fi movies. More thriller / action / heist.

 

[HoodWinked]

i've seen 7 of 10 in the poll which i all like but District 9 i'd say was my favorite.

 

[Keihart]

i'm gonna go with Interstellar. Can't think of any other modern sci-fi movie with so many well put together science concepts while telling a thrilling and somewhat dramatic story.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

the love thing was never cringe to me, not when you look deeper at quantum entanglement

Same here. Didn't have a problem with that scene.
I was a bit more feeling not so good about why they need a rocket in the beginning if they have a ship that can land and start from a planets gravity well so easily.
Also the basic premise of the movie is flawed. Why would they even pretend to move humanity over to somewhere else if earths living conditions will probably always be better than some other planets might be.
On that poll, it's 'Moon' for me.
With Interstellar anyway on second place.

 

[samporter]

I thought The Martial was a pretty good science fiction movie. It was based on a book written by a man who was really into the science and math involved with space travel.