I saw Chronicles of Riddick last night and I was talking to my brother-in-law before the film and saying that I might place it in my top ten sci-fi movies. Then I thought, what are my top ten sci-fi movies??
So here's a stab at it in no particular order:
Dark City
Terminator
The Matrix
Chronicles of Riddick
Le Cinquieme Element
Alien
12 Monkeys
Existenz
Blade Runner
Brazil
Mad Max
I think they all had in common excellent writing. There are certainly many others that might fit in this list but I think many of these set trends or broke new ground. I'm not sure that I would agree on CoR in five years but right now I think the screenwriting is damn good and the casting inspired.
I'm open to suggestions for additions to the list. I think there are probably a couple of recent Japanese films that deserve consideration. I'm going to watch one tonight, Versus (2000). Then, of course, there was Avalon (2001) and Casshern(2004), which I just missed seeing in London. Who knows, it may reach our shores.
I tell you, the Japanese are a growing force in sci-fi film.
Posted by artandscience at July 4, 2004 11:07 AM