Best of the sci-fi movies I've seen in the past couple of years:
Inception - you've got to pay attention, but that's all to the good. A solid, fast-paced movie that credits its audience with enough intelligence to keep up.
Skyline - alien invasion thriller. Not exactly high-brow stuff and the ending is just plain weird, but it's way better than Battle: Los Angeles which had pretty much the same premise and came out at the same time.
Cowboys and Aliens - Daniel Craig in extremely tight pants. Need I say more? A bit of a whacky premise, but they pulled it off.
In Time - better than the critics said it was. It's set in a future where currency is years/days/hours of life. Run out and you're dead, literally.
Real Steel - Hugh Jackman plus boxing robots. Actually much better than it sounds. Kind of a wholesome-family-values-feel-good type move, but with boxing robots.
Lockout - Guy Pierce as a mercenary-type assigned to rescue a pretty girl trapped in a rioting prison - in space. I was expecting a bog-standard shoot-em-up action movie but it's better than that. Some unexpected humour and a solid plot to hold up the action.
The Adjustment Bureau - watch it only if you've never seen Supernatural. Same underlying philosophy as SPN season 5, but with politics instead of monsters and weird men in hats instead of angels. SPN did it better. But it's a good movie if you won't notice the similarities.
And there are the comic-book-superhero movies which may or may not count as sci-fi, depending on your perspective. Iron Man is in my opinion rubbish, but I'm in the minority. Captain America was excellent, as was X-Men: First Class. Thor wasn't bad. Green Lantern was okay if you can get over the "hero" being a total dick (Mark Strong makes an excellent villain, always). Chris Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are also excellent. Chronicle got rave reviews but is a piece of crap.
Very recent movies: Avengers is brilliant. So was Prometheus though again I think I'm in the minority opinion there. Cabin in the Woods is horror but has SF elements and is very good, but very dark - not one to watch if you want happy endings. The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider Man are on my must-see list for this summer.
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Date: 2012-06-16 07:33 pm (UTC)Inception - you've got to pay attention, but that's all to the good. A solid, fast-paced movie that credits its audience with enough intelligence to keep up.
Skyline - alien invasion thriller. Not exactly high-brow stuff and the ending is just plain weird, but it's way better than Battle: Los Angeles which had pretty much the same premise and came out at the same time.
Cowboys and Aliens - Daniel Craig in extremely tight pants. Need I say more? A bit of a whacky premise, but they pulled it off.
In Time - better than the critics said it was. It's set in a future where currency is years/days/hours of life. Run out and you're dead, literally.
Real Steel - Hugh Jackman plus boxing robots. Actually much better than it sounds. Kind of a wholesome-family-values-feel-good type move, but with boxing robots.
Lockout - Guy Pierce as a mercenary-type assigned to rescue a pretty girl trapped in a rioting prison - in space. I was expecting a bog-standard shoot-em-up action movie but it's better than that. Some unexpected humour and a solid plot to hold up the action.
The Adjustment Bureau - watch it only if you've never seen Supernatural. Same underlying philosophy as SPN season 5, but with politics instead of monsters and weird men in hats instead of angels. SPN did it better. But it's a good movie if you won't notice the similarities.
And there are the comic-book-superhero movies which may or may not count as sci-fi, depending on your perspective. Iron Man is in my opinion rubbish, but I'm in the minority. Captain America was excellent, as was X-Men: First Class. Thor wasn't bad. Green Lantern was okay if you can get over the "hero" being a total dick (Mark Strong makes an excellent villain, always). Chris Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are also excellent. Chronicle got rave reviews but is a piece of crap.
Very recent movies: Avengers is brilliant. So was Prometheus though again I think I'm in the minority opinion there. Cabin in the Woods is horror but has SF elements and is very good, but very dark - not one to watch if you want happy endings. The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider Man are on my must-see list for this summer.