RoboCop is an awesome movie. Haven’t seen the sequels or remake though. Know some of you guys have mention RoboCop 2 isn’t too bad, so I might get around to it someday.
I’ve been watching some sci-fi as well. I started out with the Blade Runner movies. I’ve seen the first one already and of course it’s an excellent movie. I will admit I was disappointed the first time I saw it though. As for Blade Runner 2049 I thought it was a great movie, but not as good as the first.
I also rewatched Alien. Another excellent movie. Going to rewatch Aliens tonight. After that I’m thinking about rewatching RoboCop and Predator (you guys definitely didn’t sway me towards wanting to watch RoboCop ).
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@kyleforrester87 I liked both. They have different strengths and weaknesses.
As an explicit sci-fi narrative, I do think Blade Runner 2049 is a more coherent and satisfying experience.
The original is better as art, though. And I mean that in the "moving pictures" sense. The original Blade Runner (the final cut, anyway, without the crappy studio-enforced happy ending or Ford's hilariously droll narration) is very dreamlike, from its haunting atmosphere and imagery to the off-key acting and the pacing and ambiguity of the story itself, which plays into the idea that the film is a nightmare about the future. Also like a dream, and, unlike other films attempting to evoke a "dreamlike" state, the film doesn't linger on weirdness but often barrels past it, as if the film itself perfectly accepts the logic of the events that are happening (which, in my experience, is how dreams tend to work; in the context of the dream, you're emotionally engaged, but once you wake up long to dissociate yourself from the dreamscape, you immediately begin to question the logic of whatever was happening in it).
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@Ralizah Good assessment, I would agree the first is actually "better" overall, but as you say I generally found the second one to be the more satisfying experience (despite the loose ends). The soundtrack is particularly good, I thought, and I really enjoyed the showdown on the sea wall.
@kyleforrester87 For a long time, I maintained the opinion that it was a terrible film with cool aesthetics (Blade Runner, that is). And... I don't think my opinion has really changed. Just my perspective. I think it becomes an immensely better experience when you treat it like a fever dream put to film.
Blade Runner 2049 was fantastic, though, and turned out better than I would have ever expected. And, yeah, the audio design was phenomenal. It really just absorbs you for the running time. I was barely even aware of myself when I was watching it, which is always a good sign.
I saw Us opening weekend. It's... alright. Very flawed, but also interesting. Unfortunately, I think the director is mediocre at best, so he often actively undermines his own interesting material with questionable choices. He tries to go for a horror-satire vibe, but it just feels uneven. Story-wise it's also kind of weak: as satire, it's too vague to really hit its mark, and the story doesn't really make sense. I feel like he has something he wants to communicate through this film, but he's unable to articulate his feelings artistically. Of course, it's weird and one of the few black-driven films coming out of Hollywood, so critics were keen on ignoring its problems.
Don't get me wrong: it's a unique film, and I absolutely think it's worth watching at some point, but it's not as strong as his previous race satire Get Out, and I wasn't even a huge fan of that film. But Get Out, at least, knew what it wanted to communicate, and did so fairly effectively. It was a better film, with stronger performances and a perfectly coherent narrative.
I don't think I've ever heard someone call Blade Runner a terrible film before... Besides me that is! I thought I was going crazy in that I didn't like it!
Also a very unique perspective. I'd never considered watching it and treating it as such @Ralizah . Might actually have to rewatch it at some point with this in mind...
Haven't seen the sequel though, not really a fan of Gosling
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@kyleforrester87 I've got Us at home at the moment, I may watch it tomos depending on if I'm in the right mood for it.
I used love Bladerunner when I first saw it. But the more I saw the less I liked it. And all the different versions do my head in. Just. Stop. Messing. With. The. Film. The sequel didn't grab me either and I think I ended up playing on my Switch.
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Since the discussion is kind of trending that way, I want to know what classic or well-regarded sci-fi/fantasy films people here don't like.
I'll go first:
The Last Starfighter
The Princess Bride
Back to the Future
The Never-Ending Story
The Fifth Element
Inception
Avatar
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Ex Machina
Minority Report
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I have a very complicated history with Blade Runner. I've seen almost every version of the film and find myself fascinated by it. Despite that, it always felt... off... to me, somehow. The performances were stilted. Despite its visionary visual design, the worldbuilding was kind of terrible. Characters just sort of show up and mess around without ever being properly introduced. Also, the film has some utterly bizarre sections, like Pris dressing up like a harlequin and flipping around like an acrobat, and then attacking Deckard amidst a clutter of mannequins. But I couldn't deny how incredible it was as audio-visual poetry, how evocative was its vision of an almost apocalyptic future world where corporate power had all but eliminated the presence of nature.
Now I watch it with the same mindset I watch other favorites like Inland Empire and The End of Evangelion, where the subversive sound and fury of the filmic language itself is the bulk of the experience, and it's a much better time.
That's pretty much how I've always felt about Blade Runner @Ralizah ! I've watched it like five times... all the different versions as well over the years from people telling me I should give it another chance.
The scene with Roy Batty chasing Deckard around in his underpants always threw me off though the most and couldn't take it seriously as a film 😅
... You don't like Back To The Future?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
I'll agree on the Princess Bride though... What a load of tripe!
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I always lose it at the bit where Roy shoves his head through a wall and tries to scare Deckard, personally. Same scene, but absolutely the best part.
People always remember his monologue at the end, but forget the weirdness that preceded it!
And, yeah, Back to the Future is a film I find distasteful. Hate the scientist character. Hate the weird implied incest-y bits. Hate the revenge fantasy arc with Biff. It's just one of many films that people who grew up in the 80's put on a pedastal.
I think I'll probably watch it in November, because, if you recall, the film explicitly takes place in November, 2019 (Blade Runner, that is).
Didn't really like the first Blade Runner. 2049 was okay but at the same time kinda boring as well. The movie was such a slow burner it should've been called Blade Crawler 2049 and not Blade Runner 2049.haha The world they've created looked cool but the movie was really overrated, imo.
@LN78 I didn’t really enjoy Interstellar when I first saw it, but I’ve seen it multiple times since and I really quite like it now. Again, the audio is absolutely on point throughout, which does a lot for my enjoyment of a movie. I didn’t like Michael Caine’s character and his recurring “do not go gently blah blah” bit, though. But then I don’t really like him in anything.
Speaking of him and sci-fi movies I don’t really like, Children of Men. Annoys me. Not strictly sci-fi perhaps but i’ll allow it.
Oblivion is a not so great sci-fi film that I do like
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Didn't recall that but I think I'll follow suit and watch it then and try your advice!
Can't say there's any classic Sci-Fi films I don't like... Though last time I tried to watch the original Star Wars I couldn't get into it at all... Dunno if it was just me though
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@Ralizah Oh I agree about the narrative. I was glad to see more of a an actual plot. That’s the only thing I preferred over the original though. I also agree with your opinion on The Last Starfighter and The Fifth Element for the most part. The former is a bit too generic for my tastes while the latter is too darn weird. I think both films are ok though.
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@LN78 ah many people hate Tom Cruise, then they watch any film with him in and say “ok, this ones alright!”
Just face it, every Tom Cruise film is great!
Another hated on sci-fi movie that’s great - Vanilla Sky. One of my all time favourites. Don’t be giving me that “Open Your Eyes is better” spiel, it doesn’t have Tom Cruise or Sigur Ros in it!!
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