He was talking about scenario mistakes, flaws and logic errors which prometheus had a lot, not about the "fiction" part.

Exactly. It was just stupid. I actually couldn't believe how they could bring out a movie like that.

A few that haven't been mentioned..

Equilibrium (kinda like the Matrix)
Super 8 (fairly original story-line produced by Spielberg but directed/written by J.J. Abrams)
Skyline (Kinda like war of the worlds, independence day)
John Carter (forgot this one it's sort of a avatar or dune sort of thing, lone hero fights for the underdog)

Very nice choice crockett ,
this can be a great thread for all sci-fi fans ,
to find a awesome movies for watching ,
thanks to all :thumbsup

Keep it Up!!

Zero Hero :pimp

Exactly.

And oddly...I watched it without realizing how low budget it really was. I figured it was the intentional style of the film.

on moments it creeps me out , def. worth for watching.

I just watched Skyline , not that good

didnt read if it was posted already : primer and PI. Also man from earth, donnie darko...

Maybe he wants to see a movie from this century and not last.

Skyline was horrible and the end was the worst. It was a SciFi TV movie at best.

Battle: Los Angeles is a much better option.

from all this movies only Primer i have not watch yet , i think..

Skyline sucks mate , waste of time

I loved inception. Maybe he didn't mean that it was hard to understand. Maybe he was talking about the ending - the very end - with the spinning top. How the movie ends and what actually happened are open for debate.

The movie deserves another watch from you though. You may not believe me, but the music plays a key part in the movie too. For example, the movie's theme music is actually slowed-down version of the song used to wake up the dreamers. When the music is heard by the dreamers, the music is perceived as being played slower, but to the audience is a cue that the dream is over. There are also some fun clues and gags in the movie. The first letter of each of the characters names spell "dreams". The license plates seen in cars when dreaming say "The Alternate State", etc.

If you want to see a "mini" inception, check out my other favourite Chris Nolan Movie : The Prestige. The premise about 2 magicians in the late 1800's seems boring as hell, but it's brilliant, and the very very last frame of the movie is a wonderfully satisfying mind fuck. Loved it.

I saw the preview for this a few times. It looks cool but.... is it? Do you recommend it?

Nooo...!! I liked some parts (the operation scene - wow!), but I became turned off when the SCIENTISTS TOOK OFF THEIR HELMETS ON AN ALIEN WORLD WITHOUT EVEN TESTING THE AIR FIRST ARRRRRRGGGHHH!!!

Sci-fi has to be at least plausible, or, they have to explain WHY they can do something stupid like this to at least cover themselves.

I also hated the fact that the trailer for the movie shows the actual ending of the movie. Come. fucking. on! Whoever edited the trailer together should have been fired by ol' Ridley himself.

Super8 was "ok"... I get that it was all about Spielberg movies with endless references to The Goonies, Close Encounters etc, but it was missing something....

I liked Skyline even though it flopped. Great fx, good story, and a couple of decent scares.

never saw the others.

Here you go, Primer fans:


http://www.screened.com/primer/16-61...ne/131-248887/

If you thought you knew what you saw the first time you watched it, you may want to watch it again and pay closer attention. There are 9 different timelines and surprisingly, they all seem to connect properly and all addressed in the film. Can you spot them all without blowing your brains out?

Donnie Darko!!!!!! LOVE that movie!

If you get the chance to watch it, make sure you watch the original version and not the directors cut. The directors cut is AWFUL. They try to inject a little extra "science", and in doing so take away the cool spookiness of the movie. The original is so damn perfect. One of my all-time favourites.

That end with the spinning thing was so predictable, just horrible. I was expecting that ending the minute they introduced it in the movie and said what its for. I literally thought to myself 'Ah there it is. Surprising. The end.' Don't think i'll be watching it anytime soon again but who knows.

And you said the prestige, i've seen that one too and I did enjoy it, I agree that it's a good movie. Way better than inception.

I agree, the original theatrical version is better.

Of all the things to be bothered by in Prometheus, that would be the least screwy thing. The main scientist guy(Holloway) was kind of a wild card, and that scene was mostly to show his character a bit. Shaw based her faith on religion, but his was based on science. He noticed the terraforming and took a leap of faith based purely on science that there would be breathable air.

It was a ridiculous thing to do, but it made sense for that guy's character.

I have to tell you up front...this movie is slooooow. But its a good kind of slow. If you can't sit still for long stretches of weird(but interesting) scenes, then you should skip it. It's mostly an exercise in your patience, but if you like David Lynch, Kubrick or Dario Argento then you'll enjoy it.

The best advice would be to not expect anything from it, and take the ride -- and experience it while mentally impaired. The main performance by the male actor was one the creepiest(and funny) things I've seen in a long time.

My wife hated it.

:1orglaugh i can imagine , same here .

I agree 100%

I'm going to check out Primer simply for the fact that people here seem to like it and it was made for less than $10,000.

You got bad tase my friend

Inception= terrible movie, I wonder how it has such high ratings on IMDB....Macdonald movie pseudo intellectual....

in my copy of movie they did tested if before doing that

yup , the reason that i will check this evening , i lot of good critics

movie maraton this weekend with my wife , thanks to all !

several borderline sci-fi movies were mentioned so if you don't mind that it is not exactly sci fi you could watch The Machinist (this one is great,Christian bale is starring),eXistenZ ,Sphere,The Thirteenth Floor,scanner darkly,moon... not all that good but I like watching these kind of movies.

oh,another one that is really good is Gattaca. Really beautiful movie,one of hidden gems!

yea gattaca is a good one :thumbsup

Total recall, Prometues, Hunger Games all are good movies :)

Moon and Source Code.

Blade Runner
La Jetee (12 Monkeys inspired by it)
THX 1138
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Soylent Green
The Time Machine (1960)
Riki-Oh (The Story of Ricky)
Gattaca
Fahrenheit 451
The Island

just watched Pandorum and it was OK :-)

Thats cool - movies don't have to be action packed or fast to be enjoyable. (Blue Velvet, Fire Walk with me, Solaris (Steven Soderbergh version), Primer, etc are some of my favourites). I will check it out for sure then. thanks for the recommendation!




It's good, but its hard to watch because it's slow moving and low budget ("Noisy picture in low light, bad sound in one point, but thats it). Plus you have to pay really close attention to the dialog and what is going on. The ending will make you go Huh? But there are clues throughout to help. After I watched it the first time I immediately watched it again before I got it.



Yes! I forgot about The Machinist. It's excellent too. (Slow, quiet, and totally creepy. Bale is insane). MOON is also good. I didn't like eXistenZ at all though. Boring, couldn't get into it. Sphere is a good book, but so-so movie. I forget how it ended but I remember not liking the ending either. Didn't see the rest.


I liked source code. I thought it was a good movie and good direction. The female lead is cute as hell. The only guy I didn't like was the doctor / scientist guy. Terrible actor in my opinion.


The Island? THE ISLAND? REALLY? WTF!!!! I *LOVE* that movie. Holy fuck is it great. I thought I was the only one. I think I've watched it 15 times, and I still want Tracy to buy it for me on Blu Ray for me this xmas. LOVE that movie.

Cloud Atlas is really good movie

a lot of new movies , i will check and post what is really good ,
Thanks to all!

Thank you to whoever initially recommended Primer. What a great movie.

I wanted to start it over immediately after watching it through the first time.

The fact that something like this was made for $7000 is pretty fucking cool too. I didn't think it was possible after watching it, but after some additional research...they did manage to make this movie for small amount.

Yup Primer was great , def. something new for me , cheap production with expensive master product.

I dig Blade Runner

How about Gattaca for something emotional, or The Fifth Element for something fun?

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checking this now BBB :thumbsup

i really enjoy in this thread , thnx to all sci-fi sick fans :)

Ok so then... the spinning top is his character's test to know if he is dreaming or not. Each time he ran his test in the past, he looked at the top very closely. This time, he spins the top and walks away to his kids, while the camera zooms in to the spinning top and then suddenly, cut to black, just a microsecond after the top begins to wobble. Right? So then, what actually happened?

And you said the prestige, i've seen that one too and I did enjoy it, I agree that it's a good movie. Way better than inception.[/QUOTE]

Just like inception, Nolan lets the audience step right off the emotional cliff, microseconds before it cuts to black, with the big reveal (on the left hand side of the screen) - did you see it?

I agree with you 100%. The helmut thing stuck out the most though because it sort of "snapped me out of the movie". I was getting into it until that part, but after that horrible scientific gaf, I lost all interest in the movie and twiddled my thumbs until the end. (Although, I did enjoy the self-medical operation scene).


Bladerunner "The Final Cut", is excellent. I don't know all of the things they did, but the image quality and sound quality are jaw-dropping.

New:
Hickory Never Bleeds http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2313778/
Looper http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/

Older ones you may not have seen:
Tarkovskiys 'Stalker' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
Puzzlehead http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450367/
Equilibrium http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/

Great list, keep them coming please!

Moon is incredible