Oh, and Akira deserves a mention as well.
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Oh, and Akira deserves a mention as well.
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Possibly my fave film of all time ... Independence Day. I must have watched it umpteen times. The characters are great and real, and imho an alien invasion could happen just like that!
& I love Emmerich's 2012 as well - the first two thirds of it anyway - real, interesting characters (like in ID), it's hilarious and the special effects are awesome. I could watch California sliding into the ocean any day of the year!
Oh, and Star Wars 2 - a wonderful love story and some great ideas - that cloner planet and its ocean-living inhabitants - fantastic.
Logan's Run? - y'only like it cos the lass Agutter got her t*ts out!
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Aye, I'd have to put the first three Star Wars films up there too.
In no particular order -
Alien
Fifth element
Event horizon
The most over rated sifi film ever IMHO is that bucket of pig w**k Star wars.
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.... it's amazing how poor most folks' tastes are!
Still, at least no-one's mentioned Avatar!
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Exactly! - only 1 person here has the excellent taste to appreciate such a finely constructed film.
I also have a real soft spot for the Disney animated film "Atlantis".
And the original Starship Troopers is a very subtle movie, once you get beneath the violence. And Denise Richards is always a pleasure to watch.
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Difficult to put these things in context. 2001 and Star Wars both seem fairly ho-hum now, but both were absolutely stunning when they were released. The space station docking scenes in 2001 to the strains of The Blue Danube were quite simply breath-taking in 1969.
Am I the only one here with a soft spot for Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Fond memories of watching that after an excellent seed cake...