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If you want to talk about being way ahead of the others, then 2001 is the obvious choice.
2001
blade runner
star wars (1 or 2)
alien (1 or 2)
who wins best sci fi movie ever??
my vote is on blade runner. the complete package is way ahead of the others.
If you want to talk about being way ahead of the others, then 2001 is the obvious choice.
complete package, effects, acting, action, storyline. Blade Runner wins.
2001 was great but watching a ship moving from point A to B for 5-10 long minutes?? come on...
Alien & Aliens are my preferred. Blade Runner is an amazing visual achievement, and I like the plot, but I've never been too connected with it. Star Wars is fun, but I could live the rest of my life without seeing it again. 2001 was good, but don't care to see it again.
Meanwhile, I own both Alien(s) films.
Blade Runner is the best movie of the options. I just prefer others.
Alien would be my #2 easily.
2001 is too slow and star wars too cheesy
no total recall? when was last time u saw alien with 3 boobs?
The Matrix probably deserves at least a consideration to be in this poll.
Aliens #1
2001. By far. The science in 2001 is amazingly accurate. Even the light show when the guy is traveling at near light speed is accurate since everything would warp visually like that. The fact that there is no sound in space, the fact that the rotating ship would be the only way to create gravity etc, etc.
2001, isn't just the greatest science fiction movie of all time, it is one of the greatest films of all time period. I can't think of a single film more ahead of its time in cinematic history than 2001. It's pacing may not be comfortable for all, but on repeated viewings you truly see how brilliant the film really is. I still can't believe it came out over 40 years ago and yet has aged a of a lot better than any of the films in this poll. Every camera shot is capable of being a portrait that stands on its own.
I would rank the films in the poll in this order:
2001
Blade Runner
Aliens
Star Wars (which only gets cheesier and cheesier as time passes)
+1.
Also, Alien(s) and Star Wars don't deserve consideration as "Science Fiction" films. Alien is one of my favorite films of all-time, but it's more horror than Sci-Fi, while Star Wars would be classified as a "Space Opera." Nothing really suggests those are Science Fiction in the traditional sense of the term besides the fact they're set in the future. Neither of those films even attempt to explore the role science and technology might play in shaping our future world and its ensuing consequences on humanity.
As for the list, Metropolis should be included, as well as Tarkovsky's Solaris.
i always liked Dune...done forget about Terminator too...
Aliens. (2nd one)
There is no debate. Greatest sci-fi film of all time.
there is lots wrong with your post.
but this is the worst part :
lolwut
did you get the wrong movie cause someone labeled it "Aliens" ?
I guess the whole part about corporate interests controlling militaries, creating androids which help humans accomplish tasks, corporations endangering humanity through their interest in biochemical weapons (the aliens), terraforming entire planets so that humanity can have more hospitable environments in the future...
i'll just stop. not sure if want to go on.
You forgot those badass assault rifles and sentry guns.
Those concepts are never really fleshed out to any important degree and quickly take a backseat to the action and horror.
A true Sci-Fi film would've explored those ideas for the majority of the film.
Alien(s) is as much a science fiction film as The Bourne Iden y is a political thriller.
Nice try, though. But any way you slice it, Alien and Aliens are Horror films first and science fiction films second.
Aliens is an action movie. Alien is a horror film.
I agree.
But I do admit I jumped the gun when I said, "...not even attempt to explore the role science and technology might play..." I was thinking more about Star Wars than Alien and Aliens.
Alien and Aliens do indeed touch upon those subjects and present what our future might look like should some of those concepts (artificial intelligence beyond human levels, terraforming, space travel, etc.) become reality, but the presentation is more cosmetic than philosophical and not what the films are about.
Last edited by midnightpulp; 07-26-2010 at 07:58 PM.
Spot on. Also, The Matrix and The Terminator should be in this poll. And in about 10 years I think Inception will be deserving too
midnightpulp is putting WAY too much thought into what sci fi is
yup. It's a movie after all.
sorry but 2001 is a little boring. I understand is a classic, most accurate and most influential sci fi. There is almost no character interactions. Blade Runner is very well balanced and has the most complete package. Every shot is a piece of art.
BTW solaris is even more boring. tried to watch it 2 times unsuccessfully.
but I agree about metropolis. it should be in this list,
Not really.
Just because a movie has aliens, robots, and space ships doesn't necessarily make it sci-fi. It's like calling Pulp Fiction a blaxploitation film because Sam Jackson has a fro and uses the word " ."
Would you not agree that Alien is more gothic survival horror than Sci-fi, or that Aliens is more action film than Sci-fi? Why should those films receive the sci-fi label when the two films' greatest qualities (Alien for its claustrophobic, nightmarish horror, and Aliens for its action) have little to do with science fiction?
If we're going to choose films based on category, then we should first define what that category is and not arbitrarily throw films into the discussion just because they might exhibit a few traits and themes from the category in question.
Elaborate? What cinematic errors do you feel Scott made?
And for what it's worth, have you seen the director's cut?
I guess I just personally see it as a horror film, which is not a bad thing mind you. Still one of the top 100 films of all-time.
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