06-21-2007, 08:40 AM
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100 Best-Reviewed Sci-Fi Movies
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06-21-2007, 09:03 AM
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Boy I think it's a stretch to define "Sunshine" as a sci-fi movie.
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06-21-2007, 09:03 AM
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Of the ones you listed I liked Serenity best, but have not seen, "Eternal Sunshine..."
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06-21-2007, 09:08 AM
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uuhh.....Terminator over T2, that list just lost any credibility in my mind.
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06-21-2007, 09:15 AM
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Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Good to see it rated highly.
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06-21-2007, 09:16 AM
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Children of Men at 7 all time...? Above Star Wars? I guess every list is subjective...
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06-21-2007, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by habernac
Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Good to see it rated highly.
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"Its a rock, it doesn't have any weak spots!" 
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06-21-2007, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
uuhh.....Terminator over T2, that list just lost any credibility in my mind.
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You have to remember that when Terminator came out it was a pretty innovative and gritty movie. I actually liked it better then the second one because it looked like it was made on the cheap, and Linda Hamilton put in a great performance, and her room mate in the movie had terrific boobies.
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06-21-2007, 09:18 AM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by habernac
Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Good to see it rated highly.
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Just for the scene when the ship leaves the spacedock for the first time.
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06-21-2007, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Children of Men at 7 all time...? Above Star Wars? I guess every list is subjective...
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Well, the list is primarily based on the combined scores it got from a huge group of critics.
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06-21-2007, 09:25 AM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
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On what planet is Eternal Sunshine a sci fi movie?
Nice to see Aliens in the top 10. Now THAT'S sci fi.
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06-21-2007, 09:27 AM
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Children of Men are you frickin kidding me, one of the worst adaptations ever and and of the worst films all rolled into one!
Hate these sort of lists. Even Minority Report is being very generous.
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06-21-2007, 09:28 AM
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The Thing is #97!?! WDF?!
Thats just wrong.
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06-21-2007, 09:28 AM
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Children of Men are you frickin kidding me, one of the worst adaptations ever and and of the worst films all rolled into one!
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You are seriously abnormal if you think Children of Men is a bad movie.
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06-21-2007, 09:29 AM
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On what planet is Eternal Sunshine a sci fi movie?
Nice to see Aliens in the top 10. Now THAT'S sci fi.
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Eternal Sunshine is a Sci-Fi movie because it is based around doctor's wiping your memory. Thus, science fiction.
This is the official explanation:
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To some readers, this film's inclusion on this list might come as something of a surprise. Not because Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind isn't a science fiction movie, but because its sci-fi component, though crucial to the story, is almost incidental; really, it's a love story that happens to take place within a science fiction framework. That framework is delightfully strange, and Byzantine enough to render short explanations of the film an almost impossible proposition, but suffice it to say that director Michel Gondry's career masterpiece (so far) is about love's power to conquer questionable dye jobs, doctor-administered memory loss, and the creepy machinations of Elijah Wood. Unless it isn't, in which case it's still one of 2004's best films, and one worth seeking out regardless of your preconceived notions about sci-fi.
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06-21-2007, 09:34 AM
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Just got Galaxy Quest DVD for father's day. How did a 2 and a half year old know? Love it.
A loose quote also from the rock monster scene also,
"Captain, fashion a rudimentary lathe..."
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06-21-2007, 09:36 AM
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and her room mate in the movie had terrific boobies.
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Just admit it dude, thats why you liked the first one better.
And don't get me wrong, I love the first one, and yes, it was innovative and original for its time, but you know what, so was the second one. Those effects(the liquid metal stuff) were slightly used in the Abyss(another James Cameron flick) but T2 took what the Abyss did and blew it up exponentially. The story in the first was better, but that was mainly ue to the fact that so much background information had to be told. In the second one, we already knew what was what and they gave us a simple cat and mouse story and threw in a different message in terms of the Terminator learning the value of life and learning how to be more human.
I could ramble about T2 for hours, I'm gonna stop.
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06-21-2007, 09:39 AM
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You are seriously abnormal if you think Children of Men is a bad movie.
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Oh man is was brutal. Butchering of the book for no apparent reason with some ######ed Human league group that mysteriously bobs about the ocean only to come in from the fog conveniently at the right time.
They sacrificed a good deal of sensible plot for flashy battle scenes and violence.
They concentrated far too much on the desparity of the setting and not enough other elements. The entire connection between Clive Owen's character and the Steward of England wasn't there. The whole gradual break down of society wasn't there it was just Boom violence.
The book was amazing the film was terrible. (although the acting was excellent and it was filmed well the plot they created wes laughable.)
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06-21-2007, 09:39 AM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
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Eternal Sunshine is a Sci-Fi movie because it is based around doctor's wiping your memory. Thus, science fiction.
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That's like saying Braveheart is a romantic comedy because everything he does is for a woman, and when he meets her, there are some funny scenes.
Sorry, Sunshine could have just as easily been an early onset Alzheimer's patient. Not enough sci fi to qualify IMO.
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06-21-2007, 09:39 AM
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#1 is just wrong. There are a lot of other movies that could be #1 for a variety of reasons (changing the way movies are made, insights into the future, though provolking, and so on) but the #1 was popular, it was sci-fi, but when I think sci-fi I would probably never include it in a top 10, let along #1
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