Re: 2001 A Space Odyessy
Originally Posted by
Judd
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If you want to see another Sc-Fi classic in a similar vein, I recommend that you watch Interstellar
I bought the DVD for Interstellar based on all the acclaim it seemed to get but on watching it found myself very frustrated. It's one of those films where the directors just haven't bothered to "keep it real" so to speak and you have to constantly put aside rational logic and basic intelligence to get through it. The basic idea that a handful of people could put together a rocket and fuel it and get it into space as if it were just tinkering about in a garden shed was just awful and likely insulted the intelligence of most Sci-Fi fans.
In the end they just wanted to tell a story which just happened to be set in space and they just didn't bother with the realities involved. I don't think the film deserved half the acclaim it got TBH.
Good "spacey" Sci-Fi films to watch, apart from 2001 and its sequel 2010 are:
- Moon
- Mission To Mars
- Alien, Aliens
- Solaris (2002)
- Sunshine
- Silent Running
- Gravity
Good futuristic" Sci-Fi films imo are:
- Bladerunner
- The Matrix Trilogy
- Riddick Trilogy
- Logan's Run
- THX 1138
- Aeon Flux
- Westworld (original)
- The Abyss
- The War Of The Worlds
- Independence Day
Obviously all the Star Trek and Star Wars films need no mention.