Post by charzhino on Feb 8, 2019 13:08:15 GMT
Finally watched Annihilation this weekend and was really good. Got me thinking that the 2010's have been a great decade for solid, original and remade sci-fi. And im specifically referring to hard sci-fi and not sci-fi fantasy-action so no comic book movies like Guardians of the Galaxy or Star Wars.
1) Interstellar 10/10
2) Arrival 10/10
3) Edge of Tomorrow 9/10
But there are many honourable mentions. Ex Machina, Annihilation, Midnight Special, Gravity, Snowpiercer, Predestination, Blade Runner 2049, Soure Code, Elysium, The Martian.
Hard sci is a completely different genre to others like Sci fi fantasy/comedy/action. The latter are films like Ghostbusters, Guardians of the galaxy, Star Wars, Xmen, Terminator, etc. In other words they dont take the science fiction portion of the story serious enough to be hard sci fi. Their reliance is more on action, humour, fantasy. And most importantly, they are franchise films. So I would redefine hard sci fi for this ranking as original (mostly) sci fi. Most peoples top 3 listed in this thread are original, the likes of Edge of tomorrow, Arrival, Interstellar, Gravity, Inception, Prometheus, Coherence, Source Code, Ex-Machina, The Martian.
Something like Blade Runner 2049 is technically a franchise, but the uniqueness of it and the under appreciation for the original leans me to consider it a novel film anyhow.