Science-fiction film obscura

[drwex]

John Scalzi published his list of "nine SF films you should see that you probably haven't"


Bold the ones you've seen.
Metropolis - of course! I haven't seen it since the missing 20 minutes was restored, though. It was pretty long to begin with.

Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers - *shameface* Yes, I've seen this "goofy nonsense" but not all of it.

Destination Moon

Alphaville - sort of. I was in a Godard phase for a while long ago trying to see as much as I could of what he'd done. I found this unwatchable and incomprehensible. Gave up.

Solyaris

The Brother from Another Planet - Yes! Goofy, and very much of its time, but not as bad as its reputation would lead you to think.

Ghost in the Shell - of course. In fact, this kind of spoiled me for anime or vice versa. It sets a level that virtually no other hits and I've given up on most anime after being disappointed it wasn't this good.

The Iron Giant - Yes, though I'm not as fond of it as some people seem to be.

Primer

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

I've seen six of those, watched part of Solyaris before getting really bored, and have Brother and Primer on my to-do list.

[nchanter.livejournal.com]

I totally agree that Primer is something everyone should watch at least once. For the experience. I'm glad I watched it, though I'm not sure I'd say I enjoyed the movie...

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I've only seen Metropolis (made of awesome) and The Iron Giant (cute, but not amazing).

[ckd]

I'm still reminded of the joke from my early sysadmin days:

"What's the difference between Stanislaw Lem's Solaris and Sun's Solaris?"

"One's an alien presence that drives all who encounter it insane, and the other was made into a movie by Gennady Tarkovsky."

[points.livejournal.com]

I own Destination Moon on DVD. It is actually quite good. Let me know if you'd like to either borrow it, or wander over here to watch it sometime. :)