Best Sci-Fi films in the Star Wars era

[Numenorean]

How the hell do you think that The Matrix, Minority Report and Avatar in the "Star Wars" era?

 

[Anubis]

How the hell do you think that The Matrix, Minority Report and Avatar in the "Star Wars" era?

i just assumed he meant Since the SW era and went with it

 

[BurnItDwn]

Hmm ... best scifi ever IMO was 2001 A space odyssey, but that was a long time before star wars.

Since star wars, Gattaca, Matrix, Moon, Hunter Prey, Children of Men, Blade Runner are among the best. Ohh, and spaceballs

 

[Kirby]

Moon has been my favorite from > 2000. Children of Men a very distant second.

I don't get how Gattaca and 5th Element have such a cult following. Same with Sunshine. I didn't care of any of them. But then again, Blade Runner is one of my top 3 favorite sci-fi films and people say the same about it.

Is 2001: A Space Odyssey in this "era"?

 

[Malak]

Nah... Dark City came out a year before The Matrix

I wouldn't doubt the revolutionary special effects of The Matrix puts production at the same time.

 

[Brovane]

I wade in.

Both Aliens and T2, great sci-fi movies.

I would also nominate Abyss. The amount of filming that was done under water by Cameron was incredible. Also the early use of CGI effects. Overall a very well done movie. However it doesn't get much recognition for how ground breaking it was and what Cameron accomplished. He can really push the envelope of film making.

 

[Kirby]

The original Planet of the Apes. Not that Tim Burton bullshit.

 

[Thebobo]

John Carpenter's Dark Star

 

[Malak]

The original Planet of the Apes. Not that Tim Burton bullshit.

What about the new one?

 

[Mermaidman]

There wasn't much "sci" in Star Wars. It's more of an adventure film, and one of the best at that. (Yes, there were robots and spaceships and frickin' lasers, but they were incidental to the core of the film.)

 

[AstroManLuca]

Where is all the Sunshine love?????

The second half of Sunshine was a complete turd. Zombies in space. Loved the first half but they ruined it by turning it from a fun semi-hard sci-fi movie (nuking the sun back to life notwithstanding) into a ridiculous slasher flick.

 

[Anubis]

What about the new one?

TBH that new one looks like it could be amazing

 

[AstroManLuca]

Moon has been my favorite from > 2000. Children of Men a very distant second.

I don't get how Gattaca and 5th Element have such a cult following. Same with Sunshine. I didn't care of any of them. But then again, Blade Runner is one of my top 3 favorite sci-fi films and people say the same about it.

Is 2001: A Space Odyssey in this "era"?

Loved Moon. 5th Element was more of a sci-fi comedy. Not all comedy but definitely tongue in cheek. Gattaca was okay, a bit too preachy but very stylish (loved the whole "going into space in suits" thing). I saw Blade Runner a few months ago finally and hated it, sorry.

2001 seems too early to be in the Star Wars era.

Hey, what about The Last Starfighter? Okay it was pretty cheesy but fun. Saw it when I was little.

There wasn't much "sci" in Star Wars. It's more of an adventure film, and one of the best at that. (Yes, there were robots and spaceships and frickin' lasers, but they were incidental to the core of the film.)

Yeah, Star Wars is more "space fantasy" than science fiction. I mean come on, they have magic and don't even try to explain it scientifically (FUCK MIDICHLORIANS, THE PREQUELS DO NOT EXIST). Not that it's a bad thing, it's just that true sci-fi, hard or soft, always at least tries to cover up the unrealistic stuff using technobabble if nothing else.

 

[jiggyest]

I'll throw Starship Troopers in the mix for the lulz.

 

[Kirby]

TBH that new one looks like it could be amazing

I'm very skeptical because it doesn't have Charlton Heston in it (RIP), but I'll probably watch it anyway. It's hard to fuck up a movie about monkeys going apeshit P), though somehow Burton managed it.

 

[manimal]

Rendezvous with Rama...oh wait they haven't made that yet....

 

[KingstonU]

Didn't read all but has anyone mentioned Pitch Black? Also another vote for Serenity. I also really enjoyed Lost in Space and cant figure out why so many people hated it.

"The controls are too slow! Activate holographic interface."
"Holographic interface online."...Awesome....

 

[KingstonU]

I'll throw Starship Troopers in the mix for the lulz.

Yah I enjoyed that one too though it was not that great. Have you seen the second and third. Second was good if you don't mind low budget, the third I had a very very hard time sitting through.

As a kid I also loved Robot Jox (ca-mon it's giant robots!) and Guyver 2: Dark Hero (cool fighting and transformations).

Intrigued by the new Hugh Jackman robot boxing movie coming soon. A Mech Warrior movie would be sweet and was rumored for a while.

 

[Malak]

The second half of Sunshine was a complete turd. Zombies in space. Loved the first half but they ruined it by turning it from a fun semi-hard sci-fi movie (nuking the sun back to life notwithstanding) into a ridiculous slasher flick.

I loved every minute of it. Supremely upset Sony permanently broke the ps3 so it won't play it anymore.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Yah I enjoyed that one too though it was not that great. Have you seen the second and third. Second was good if you don't mind low budget, the third I had a very very hard time sitting through.

As a kid I also loved Robot Jox (ca-mon it's giant robots!) and Guyver 2: Dark Hero (cool fighting and transformations).

Intrigued by the new Hugh Jackman robot boxing movie coming soon. A Mech Warrior movie would be sweet and was rumored for a while.

LOL, I didn't even know that it had sequels until Netflix suggested one. Looked like direct-to-DVD low budget z-list crap.

 

[Kadarin]

I would also nominate Abyss. The amount of filming that was done under water by Cameron was incredible. Also the early use of CGI effects. Overall a very well done movie. However it doesn't get much recognition for how ground breaking it was and what Cameron accomplished. He can really push the envelope of film making.

The Abyss was a pretty good movie that was ruined by an incredibly disappointing ending.

Another nomination that I don't think was posted: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

That movie was pure awesome when it was released.

 

[Corn]

Moon. A must see for sci-fi fans.

This, definitely.

 

[ProfJohn]

How the hell do you think that The Matrix, Minority Report and Avatar in the "Star Wars" era?

Because a lot of Sci-Fi films would not exist if it weren't for Star Wars.

 

[Aikouka]

I'm very skeptical because it doesn't have Charlton Heston in it (RIP), but I'll probably watch it anyway. It's hard to fuck up a movie about monkeys going apeshit P), though somehow Burton managed it.

There was a new trailer for it in front of the new X-Men movie. It definitely looks like it has potential. I do wonder though... will James Franco work well as the lead actor in it? The role seems to be a bit more serious without the "troubled teen" or "pot smoker" aspect that he's usually done in movies or shows.

 

[ProfJohn]

moon, 5th element and gattaca are just 3 of the movies that beat the piss out of the op's list

I wouldn't call the 5th element good sci-fi though because it doesn't take itself seriously.

I think a good sci-fi film has to take itself seriously otherwise it is just a comedy with sci-fi elements.

Not to say that the movie isn't a good movie, but I just don't think of it as a serious sci-fi film.