Film Recommendations

"Agrajag" (Agrajag) 03/23/2015 at 20:38 • Filed to: filmlopnik, movielopnik

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In anticipation of Interstellar's Blu-ray release I am revisiting some of my favorite sci-fi films. What are some of yours?

Currently watching 2001: A Space Odyssey with 2010 on deck.

I've already watched:

Moon

and Sunshine

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 20:43

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Well, moon is one of the best I'd say, but you've seen that. How about Event Horizon? I do like Elysium as well, but a lot of people hate that one.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 20:46

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I liked Gattaca. But I always like my Sci-fi to have social commentary attached to it.

Agrajag > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/23/2015 at 20:48

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I saw Event Horizon in theaters, but don't recall liking it all that much. Though I was probably about 12. Might be do for a revisit.

I do need to check out Elysium. It seems everyone hates every movie lately. If Bladerunner came out tomorrow the internet would probably crap all over it. Interstellar gets its fair share of hate as well, but I thought it was astounding. However, I'm easily entertained.

PS9 > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 20:49

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Battlefield Earth
After Earth
Ice Spiders
Jason X
Star Trek Nemesis
Episodes I-III

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 20:49

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Oh.. and Primer is another good one, so is Looper, but they are more time travel than space though.

Agrajag > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/23/2015 at 20:49

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Good one! I forgot all about it.

HammerheadFistpunch > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/23/2015 at 20:50

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event horizon started out so good, then...crash.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 20:51

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I tend to love the things other people hate, not sure if hipster or strange :P

Not yet seen interstellar ( I HATE cinemas, people making noise and stuff.) But if you liked Moon you'd probably like Primer.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > HammerheadFistpunch 03/23/2015 at 20:52

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Well.. uhm.. yeah.. you are right.

Agrajag > PS9 03/23/2015 at 20:56

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I actually like the films in the last two suggestions...

After Earth I wouldn't mind watching one day. Ice Spiders I need to watch. I wouldn't watch Battlefied Earth even if it was considered the best movie ever. Travolta weirded me out before it was cool to be weirded out by him. The only reason I watched The Punisher is because he dies in it.

CB > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:00

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Blade Runner Director's Cut is really good sci-fi, but everyone knows about that one. I enjoyed Edge of Tomorrow, too. Can't really think about anything else right now.

Agrajag > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/23/2015 at 21:00

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I love both those movies. Reminds me, I still need to see Upstream Color.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:09

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Your reminder reminded me as well.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:11

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Fun sci-fi - Buckaroo Banzai

Sci-history - HBO Miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" - my 2 favorite episodes are "Spider" and "That's all there is?"

f86sabre > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:15

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My favorite: The Right Stuff

Gravity

Apollo 13

Pitch Black

Aliens

Wall-E

Europa Report

I've always liked 2010. You can't go wrong with Lithgow and Scheider.

Go listen to the audio book of The Martian. Really, it is a great performance.

Jayhawk Jake > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:15

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Primer

Agrajag > CB 03/23/2015 at 21:15

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Bladerunner is likely my favorite film. Edge of Tomorrow I avoided because of Tom Cruise, but everyone keeps telling me it's great. I guess I'll need to check it out. Thanks.

Agrajag > Clown Shoe Pilot 03/23/2015 at 21:17

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Forgot about Buckaroo. Added to my list.

From the Earth to the Moon was fantastic. I do need to watch that again.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/23/2015 at 21:18

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you'd love the alamo drafthouse cinema.

They play stuff like this before every movie.

user314 > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:18

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The Fifth Element

The Black Hole

Galaxy Quest

The Last Starfighter

War of the Worlds (1953)

jariten1781 > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:20

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Soylent Green, Logan's Run, Omega Man, Day the Earth Stood Still.

If you can get over the outdated effects they're awesome stories with interesting old school acting.

Clown Shoe Pilot > PS9 03/23/2015 at 21:20

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Episodes I-III? Seriously?

Hopefully, you actually meant Episodes IIII-VI. I-III (the prequels, released 1999+) were terrible.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:21

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I avoided it because of Tom Cruise too. That was a mistake. It's worth seeing.

Birddog > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:27

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"Currently watching 2001: A Space Odyssey"

You have my all time favorite.

Star Trek "The Motion Picture" would be second place and Tron to follow up in third.

Have you watched "Electric Dreams"?

It's more of Tech-Fi flick. It did predict a lot and there are a few cars involved.

Agrajag > f86sabre 03/23/2015 at 21:28

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Thanks. I'd been meaning to get The Right Stuff. I'll order that along with some of these other recommendations. I recall reading how the Right Stuff was a huge influence on Interstellar, and that Nolan influenced the studio into releasing it onto Blu-ray.

I've never been much of an audio book person, but I've been meaning to getting the novel. I know it was picked up for a film already.

Birddog > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/23/2015 at 21:29

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Dang!

I forgot about Event Horizon.

Flat Six > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:32

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Do it, Upstream Color is amazing!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/23/2015 at 21:33

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Totally under rated movie, I really liked it.

Agrajag > Birddog 03/23/2015 at 21:35

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Didn't think of Tron. I just binged watched all the Star Trek(original cast) films shortly after Nimoy's passing. The Motion Picture is highly underrated.

Never even heard of Electric Dreams. It looks wonderfully 80's. I'll have to check it out.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:37

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Dune

Galaxy Quest

Live-die-repeat (the day after tomorrow)

Alien

Aliens

Predator

I'm sure there are more...

PS9 > Clown Shoe Pilot 03/23/2015 at 21:43

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I-III Were masterworks of film. Pure excellence. They proved to the world that Lucas is the filmmaker of the century, unmatched in talent. M. Night Shyamalan is likely next in line to replace him as the greatest filmmaker of our generation.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Clown Shoe Pilot 03/23/2015 at 21:43

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that was brilliant :) but I'm not talking about people texting.. Oh no.. I'm way more sensitive.. I can't fucking stand people with crunchy bags of crisps.

f86sabre > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 21:54

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I don't do a lot of audio books either, but this one was really good. I actually read the book on a flight from Christchurch to Singapore. When I was on amazon a couple of months later they offered me the audio book for $4. Totally worth it.

I didn't know the Right Stuff was out on Bluray. Tempting

That's Engineering? > Clown Shoe Pilot 03/23/2015 at 21:58

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Don't feed the trolls. None of those movies are any good. With the exception of episode III, which was pretty good in spite of Hayden Christiansen's and Lucas's efforts to make it bad.

Agrajag > f86sabre 03/23/2015 at 21:59

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Yep . I just ordered it along with Apollo 13 and From the Earth to the Moon.

f86sabre > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 22:04

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From Earth to the Moon! I am an aerospace engineer. The episode where they show the development of the LEM is the single best depiction of what it is like to be an engineer that I have seen just about anywhere.

Birddog > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 22:09

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Electric Dreams is a great 80s flick. It's no Hughes film but it's fun.

The Star Trek Motion Picture is underrated. But it was a bit odd too.

Vee-ger agrees..

HammerheadFistpunch > f86sabre 03/23/2015 at 22:12

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You know what Europa report wasn't? half bad. I mean, it got a little "journey to mars" there at the end, but yeah...not bad.

HammerheadFistpunch > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 22:12

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slot out a lord of the rings time slot for the right stuff. worth it but seriously its like...not exaggerating*...37 hours long.

*Maybe a little

f86sabre > HammerheadFistpunch 03/23/2015 at 22:14

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36.2, but there is an intermission.

HammerheadFistpunch > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 22:14

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Here is one i LOVED that you can watch right now. I bought it and the directors cut (not my vimeo account)

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Agrajag > HammerheadFistpunch 03/23/2015 at 22:16

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I wanted to like Journey to Mars. I really wanted to.

Agrajag > HammerheadFistpunch 03/23/2015 at 22:18

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Maybe I won't watch it the same day as Interstellar...

I did once marathon all the extended Lord of the Rings. Never again.

aquila121 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/23/2015 at 23:23

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Don't you mean "Edge of Tomorrow"? "The Day After Tomorrow" was a weather apocalypse sort of movie with Dennis Quaid.

aquila121 > PS9 03/23/2015 at 23:24

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Troll level: masterful.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Agrajag 03/23/2015 at 23:56

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The Returner

City of Lost Children

12 Monkeys, the Gillam movie not the new series, though I hear it is good.

Titan AE

Iron Giant

Brazil

Agrajag > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 03/24/2015 at 00:33

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Never heard of The Returner, it looks interesting.

City of Lost Children, 12 Monkeys and the Iron Giant, I own and love.

Titan AE is good?

Brazil is on my list of movies I should be ashamed of not seeing. It's never on sale though.:(

Thanks for the suggestions.

Agrajag > HammerheadFistpunch 03/24/2015 at 01:08

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That was fantastic. Just purchased the bluray.

Was the little maintenance bot supposed to be somebody? It seemed too caring and concerned.

HammerheadFistpunch > Agrajag 03/24/2015 at 01:09

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Pretty freaking great, right? I wish there were more to this story.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Agrajag 03/24/2015 at 03:14

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Morons from outer space.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Agrajag 03/24/2015 at 07:00

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Not sure if Looper counts but I'm a fan. I do like District 13 as well. They're the only two I can think of that haven't been suggested so far.

I must watch Interstellar. Missed it in the cinemas.

Do you like reading scifi as well as watching films? If so, I cannot recommend Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton too much. They're stunning books :)

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Agrajag 03/24/2015 at 08:42

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Titan AE is surprisingly good. I enjoyed quite a bit. Nothing serious, but it is entertaining.

You should be ashamed. Are there not any used media stores around you? Brazil is worth buying at full price because it is one of those seminal films. You absolutely need to see it.

Agrajag > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 03/24/2015 at 09:54

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I know. I know. Damn thing is always like $40. There is a cheaper version, but that one is supposedly shit.

Before they closed, the Border's near me had it. On my near weekly trips there I would always look at, hopeful it was on clearance.