Sci-fi films that make you think

hogfather · 11 Mar 2007 at 21:04

2001!

Its the nuts.

Also, not mentioned yet, but probably one of the best films ever:-

Brazil

I love it!

~>Dg<~ · 11 Mar 2007 at 21:15

total recall
event horizion
sphere
matrix
dark city is awesome
exzistenz
videodrome

VaderDSL · 12 Mar 2007 at 10:03

cheets64 said:
Nobody has said Contact, abit drawn out, take out all the side storys and the sci fi bit is sweet.

One of my favorite films

titaniumx3 · 12 Mar 2007 at 16:12

I think the scene in Contact where Jodie Foster finally passes through the wormhole and sees her father is probably the most beautifully moving sci-fi scene ever; I felt all tingly inside when I first saw that. The movie itself deals with the old age battle between science and religion.

Domo · 12 Mar 2007 at 16:25

titaniumx3 said:
I think the scene in Contact where Jodie Foster finally passes through the wormhole and sees her father is probably the most beautifully moving sci-fi scene ever; I felt all tingly inside when I first saw that. The movie itself deals with the old age battle between science and religion.

Personally I thought that scene let the entire film down.
I'm not saying Foster's character should have been greeted by a pack of dribbling xenomorphs but something other than her father would have been better.

m0r94n · 12 Mar 2007 at 16:32

Id have to say The Thing, I watched it when I was like 14, alone in my house in the dark. Messed with my head.

titaniumx3 · 12 Mar 2007 at 16:40

Domo said:
Personally I thought that scene let the entire film down.
I'm not saying Foster's character should have been greeted by a pack of dribbling xenomorphs but something other than her father would have been better.

I see what you mean, but for me it was the apex of the movie. It sort of bought everything in the movie "full circle". It also makes you ponder what exactly the next stage of human evolution really involves; is it just a matter of ever increasing technology or is there more to it?

JPL · 13 Mar 2007 at 13:52

CUBE

Tru · 13 Mar 2007 at 15:49

Contact for sure.

Capricorn One - 2 hours of pure 70s awesomeness with Elliot Gould, the most under-rated actor ever. Surprised it's not been mentioned, it's a brilliant film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/

Usher · 13 Mar 2007 at 15:53

Debby does Dallas always did it for me

Lunatic Dreyfus · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:30

Tru said:
Contact for sure.

Capricorn One - 2 hours of pure 70s awesomeness with Elliot Gould, the most under-rated actor ever. Surprised it's not been mentioned, it's a brilliant film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/

Telly Savalas stole that film! 'Pervert!'

Never really 'got' Contact tbh. The film just annoyed me. Then again perhaps it was Jodie Foster...

benjo plz. · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:34

The matrix and maybe the Crazies.

bitslice said:
This Island Earth

Because it's so bad?

.
The MST 3000 version is much better.
/goes to find interocitor (I use it to make hot chocolate

).

seth · 14 Mar 2007 at 12:35

Docaroo said:
My take on it is this, in a nutshell:

Donnie sees his "chosen" path - let's say "destiny" or "god's will" as an abstract, and see's that by deviating from his destiny life for others (specifically the girl) will be FAR worse....

In the end, he knows his fate, but knows if he deviates from it he makes her suffer and life for many other people turns out for the worse. So he looks up to his ceiling and smiles knowing that this is his path, and he is bound to it, knowing that he will die so that she may live....

Discuss.

Indeed, donnie darko is all about self sacrifice, with a sprinkle of delicious sci-fi wormhole goodness.
I've watched it more than 5 times and still find things i didnt notice before.

Mars attacks makes you think. It makes you think, man that was a **** movie.

Andelusion · 14 Mar 2007 at 12:40

JPL said:
CUBE

I saw this last night

Quite interesting, acting was a bit

In places, but the concept was cool.

Pumpkinstew · 14 Mar 2007 at 13:14

Did you notice that all the characters in CUBE were named after prisons.