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In Reply to: RE: Doncha love lists? The Thinking Person's Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies posted by Harmonia on January 08, 2009 at 23:47:26
Not quite sure which film currently on the list I'd swap it out with though.
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Definitely yes.Gattaca sucked so bad I can't describe it politely. Lousy premise that needed a contrived, and dishonest, plot.
Solaris sucked. The original story was tedious, marginally entertaining at the time,
but has not held up. I read it when it was published, and liked the ambiance, but when I reread it after seeing the Russian film, I realised times change and so did I. Why they made the first movie, much less the second,
is beyond me.Close Encounters was good for it's time. But it hasn't held up either, IMnotsoHumbleO.
I didn't like Dark City,either.
There's plenty of room.
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Contact was a very entertaining movie (perfect by no means, but very enjoyable) until the dream scene. Brought the movie from a 3 1/2 to 4 (out of 5), down to 2 1/2 max right there for me. I thought it had a good plot, effects, etc. I still clearly remember how almost p'd off I was at the downturn in that scene. Never watched it again, don't think I could. Too bad.
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David S.,
Sorry, but I found "Contact" to be annoying as it had such promise, but was spoiled by the main subplot of the contrived conflict between Foster and Tom Skerritt, in which the character dismisses Foster's work and then tries to take credit, and the anticlimax of the segments on the other world in which Foster meets her dead father on a dreamy beach who has the message, "Though you've spent $100 Trillion, many lives, and traveled 400,000 Light Years to get here, I just wanted to say your species is not ready for any meaningful message."
It was a well-made movie, and had some good casting- enjoyed the all too brief John Hurt appearance, but was in the end there were too many cliches and missed opportunities.
In a somewhat similar theme, I appreciated, "The Arrival" much more.
Cheers,
Bambi B
I both love and hate "Contact." For all its glaring flaws, I'll probably watch it again more than once in the future.
Now "The Arrival"... it has a few flaws too, but I agree it should probably be on the list. Heck, what kid wouldn't want one of those little spheres to clean his room now and again???
I think it's a bit underrated myself.
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the on-going 'faith' argument between Jodie and the Matthew McConaughey character. I understand that this was nowhere to be found in Carl Sagan's book, and the film critics rightly took issue with it.
Actually, I found the 'dream sequence' to be quite satisfying and plausible. Didn't diminish my enjoyment or overall opinion of the movie, which I feel should definitely be included on that list.
C.B.,
Yes, I agree the odd "faith" sub-plot between Foster and McConaughey seemed artificial and intrusive. Of course, that subplot is important as it's a religious extremist Jake Busey who sabotages the (first) machine and kills Skerritt, though I don't remember any connection between that character and McConaughey. I didn't know it was not included in Sagan's original story. For such an important plot point, the religious sub-plot was very weakly presented.
I've often wondered if the minor religious subplot of the early 50's movie version of "War of the Worlds" (the minister prominent in the early part of the movie who walks toward the alien ray reciting Psalm 23 and the climax in the church near the end) was also added into the mix or was included in the book?
Cheers,
Bambi B
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