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That guy is fucking holding eyeballs in his hands! His OWN EYEBALLS. It's not the... greatest piece of cinema, and the plot's a bit of a mess, but it has some truly creepy moments. It really captures the "you're in deep space trapped on a ship... and you're screwed," vibe of Alien and runs with it.
Not to mention that really awesome scene when his head blows up like a Macy's Day Parade balloon.
The ultimate space adventure comes to a close by offering us a glimpse as to why & how the events of Episode IV happen. Seeing why Anakin and OB Wan have a troubled history is a cinematic event for the ages.
1. Paul Reiser, the king of jewish nebbishness, is in space and says things like "Acid for Blood".
2. Sigourney Weaver tapes a flamethrower to a grenade gun and kicks alien ass all to save a little girl.
3. One time when I was Aliens I channelflipped to Titanic, another James Cameron, just at the part when the girl character says "I'm flying Jack! I'm flying!" In disgust, I changed back to Aliens just in time for Ripley saying "Get away from her you bitch!" to the Alien queen. This moment reminded me that Aliens was James Cameron best moment.
The time paradox as it has never otherwise been explained.
This film has everything, scientists who dress like wizards (as every scientist SHOULD dress.) A rocket shaped like a bullet. Oh, and how do they fire said rocket? They shoot it out of a cannon. A friggin' CANNON! Oh oh, but we're not finished, they land on the moon after like 3 seconds, get out onto the moon, fully decked out in suits and fancy hats, with total disregard for air. Their french, they don't need no stickin' air. They go into the moon, find some Lost Indian Moon tribe, and kill their captain with a puff of smoke. Let gravity take them back to earth, and get a parade.
Now, I don't claim to know anything about anything, but that's got to be the most bad ass thing I've ever seen. Frankly, I don't know why some producer hasn't thought of making a remake. Sure it's from 1902 and only 9 minutes. but give that thing to someone like Michael Bay or Brett Ratner, or....dare I say it, Zach Snyder, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeet, I'd be in heaven.
And THAT, Neil, is my favorite space movie of all time.
I good say any amount of Star Wars sequels, some boring ass "future" movie that actually should have happened 8 years ago, or any number of other rehashes of rehashes.
My favorite space film is Sunshine, it's the one I enjoyed the most. It took the concept of space instead of the "GIANT SPACE BATTLES!!!!!" approach. I think that Moon will be in the same vein as Sunshine, a new take on an old genre.
But mostly, it's my favorite space movie because of the awesome video blogs that everyone carries around with them and records on whim at super high quality. Tarkovsky was way ahead of the iPhone 3GS dammit.
Also, it's completely and utterly rediculous. The rocket lands in the eye of the face on the moon? ingenious and iconic! Women preform before the astronomers get in the rocket and in the stars while they are sleeping. seriously? things really haven't changed much since. Other details that I find as equally entertaining are the snow and the giant mushrooms on the moon.
Also, I finally understand technology fetishists because of this movie. I'll leave drew and his homo-erotic robo-love fantasies to himself; I'm gunning for Eve personally.
/hot like a plasma cannon
//I wish I was joking
THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENTION
there was some space involved... somewhere
I am modeling my life after the legacy of Mr. Banzai. Who else would have the wherewithall to be a brain surgeon, interdimentional physicist, rocket car racer, presidential advisor, and casual philosopher, on top of being an international rock star and ladies man and earths savior?
I recently had the opportunity to work with the modern-day renaissance man who over a platter of vintage string cheese had this to say about his past and future in space : "It's cold"
PROFOUND STUFF!!!
but until the great Buckaroo calls on me i will be sitting in my fallout shelter/rocket pod (yes they make those) and anticipating the crusade against the World Crime League.
1)Ben Affleck in space
2)Bruce Willis in space
3)A meteorite wipes out most of France (yea I know we always make fun of France but they were asking for it)
4)Steve Buscemi going crazy and paying homage to Dr. Strangelove
5)Evil oil people are going to wind up saving the planet (although they seemed pretty likable in the movie)
6)Ben Affleck doing an amazing evil knievel space jump in the armadillo (those ridiculous space vehicles they use on the asteroid)
7)Bruce Willis taking his sweet time to save Earth from total annihilation
8)Calling the two shuttles “Freedom” and “Independence” (the movie came out July 1)
9)Billy Bob Thorton being the head of NASA (why isn’t that the reality right now? Someone put him in charge)
10)Tony Gilroy is one of the writers of the movie (Yea, Michael Clayton & Bourne Tony Gilrory)
[I really wanted to say Dark City but then I would’ve been serious and I don’t think you want a serious answer and I really want that poster.]
As we move further along the space time continuum here I must have mention of inspiring films: Apollo 13, Event Horizon, Titan A.E. ( I liked this one unlike the Travolta adapted freakishly crazy Battlefield Earth about scientology and all of that crap), Attack of the Clones, Alien, and The original 5 Star Trek Films.
I must say though, I was absolutely captivated by two films recently that I must rank up there in my favorites. The first was the Danny Boyle directed, schizophrenic film Sunshine. On the one hand, we have an amazing attention to detail(the guy's face is ultra sunburned and his skin is falling of from exposure to the sun) and a situation which I find to be quite incredible and unique. On the other hand we have degradation into an event horizon, space zombie situation which I'm not a fan of as much. For me it was the character exploration and the process and struggle that these people must go through on a seemingly hopeless mission to save the sun for the rest of mankind.
Lastly, we have Moon. I saw this film at sxsw and was absolutely stunned by its brilliance. I left the theatre deep in thought, struck by the complexities of the story and of the situation of Sam Rockwell as well. What would it be like on the moon for three years, all alone? What kind of person would you become? Would you resent your family for being together back on Earth? Would be able to face your demons alone in space? And what would you do if things suddenly went wrong? Or was this merely a philosophical struggle between a single man's dark side and his light side? This movie deserves to be on everyones list.
I love this movie so much. I love the visuals and it made me stop being a Christian and start worshiping the sun. This was the first movie I ever owned on BluRay and it looked way too awesome to ever watch anything else on my HDTV.
I don't think there was ever another space film which treated the audience like adults and dint spell everything out for them.
Oh yea, I live in the states and think awesome things are rad.
Leprechaun: Your shrieks, my dear, provide a perfect accompaniment to this romantic evening.
Greatest Space movie of all time?
Easy - Bladerunner.
Picture this.. if you will.
The year is 2019, the city- future LA.
Directed by Ridley Scott (also known for directing Alien, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down, and Matchstick men) this sci-fi thriller has everything I need in a movie.
First of all Harrison Ford!!... That speaks for itself.. lets just say I've had a completely heterosexual "Man Crush" on Harrison Ford since his Star Wars days.
Stunning visual effects, oh.. and how can I forget "The Bladerunner Gun".
Only one of the most Iconic movie weapons.. EVER.
If you really want a full grasp on Bladerunner go and read... (Yeah I know.. reading sucks..) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" The book Bladerunner is based off of.
I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die.
Why?
Smartguns. Pulse Rifles. Xenomorphs. Ripley.
And saying Game Over Man, never gets old. Ever.
Plus when Boeing is basing a design on the Colonial Marines Dropship, you know that your movie is futuristic.
A quick synopsis for those of you who don't know the movie:
The film starts off with President Kennedy surviving the assassination attempt and thus instead of focusing on the "space race" he focuses on increasing America's nuclear technology. This intensifies the cold war turning into WWIII and tension/Fighting happened for about 25 years, in the future 2007 another nuclear war broke out WWIV. The story picks up following a survivor of the nuclear wars a small boy, and his dog, as they try to survive in the year 2025.
This is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen...
Just try to imagine being 18 and having to fight off mutants, and search for food, with only your dog as a companion.
How about the other movies, and games this movie has inspired.
It was said to inspire the movie "Mad Max"
The Game "Fallout 1, 2, and 3"
And a bunch more, It was turned into a graphic novel, and the book isn't half bad either.
Look, All these new scifi movies are great, but lets kick it old school with a cult classic - A boy and his dog
in my opinion one of the greatest scifi.. shit one of the best films of all time!
For example, perhaps I'll claim "Aliens" trumps "Flash Gordon," and perhaps you or anyone else assumes I'm right. Having no idea that my sole basis for such a bold statement is a deep brooding hatred for director Mike Hodges, you've just wilfully robbed yourself of seeing Timothy Dalton in a whip-fight surrounded by Birdmen. All on account of my having been forced at a young age to watch "Morons from outer space" for a week while my family went to Disney World. Now I have to live with that, and you have to live with yourself.
It's for this reason I've left my decision ultimately up to fact; my only deciding factor will be a gauge of which space movie has had the most drastic affect on human endeavor and inginuity. This, somewhat perdictably, leaves me with "Jason X".
Few people outside DARPA seem to realize that this film has done for nanotechnology what "Predator" has for active camoflage. It's one thing to entertain a populous, quite another to drag an already exhausted franchise several miles up, years ahead and over at least one shark in the process, but real achievement is having your art effectively spurn an entire branch of scientific research that probably would've come about anyways. Thanks to "Jason X" we can all look forward to a future of dismembering ourselves and loved ones without consequence, and despite what modern Hollywood would have us believe, that's what moviemaking is all about.
Other reasons it's awesome:
- somehow Chris Evans gave a really good performance
- GREAT soundtrack (like when he's floating between the ship & bomb toward the end)
- Cilian Murphy was annoying but it's because the role sort of called for it
- brings to the forefront moral issues that even the audience can't really decide on
- incredible special effects and space images
- fantastic Boyle-esque cinematography and editing
- it even pays homage to 2001 at the end
Boyle has now made a great zombie movie, sci-fi movie, emotional drama, a more kid-friendly movie (millions) as well as trainspotting (not so kid friendly, although babies do get to climb on ceilings). He's incredible, why wouldn't you pick his movie.
Oh yeah, and screw anyone on here who chooses a Star Wars movie (ANY of them)
Also how many other films had a Dale Arden and Princess Aura catfight http://tinyurl.com/nz79hs
Fun fact that I just made up: The first choice for Wayne's World Bohemian Rhapsody scene was actually a combination of Flash's Theme and Hero but was deemed to awesome for Wayne Campbell and Garth to pull off.
One of my favourite space movies of all time would probably have to be Galaxy Quest. I know there are some more awesome-er movies like Solaris and Blade Runner, but Galaxy Quest was almost the embodiment of all Sci-Fi fans culture and lifestyle. Like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, it was a parody movie that ended up becoming what it was parodying. What movie do you know gave potential red shirts actual character? What movie do you know had a smokin' hot woman who was nearing her 50's? What movie do you know made Alien sex hotter than it actually is? We aren't talking about just regular alien sex. Alien sex with tentacles-- plural. Baby-like carnivorous aliens? Black guy running around crazy? Alan Rickman? This movie had it all. And sitting at ten years old, it still packs a punch against the rest.