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Top 10 Sci-Fi Films | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day- Better than the original...duh. The word “effects” will be used on this list many-a-time. This is no exception. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. The Matrix- The Wachowski Brothers’ take on martial arts and comic books is a blast of sleek, groundbreaking special effects and a sci-fi tale so complex we’re still asking what the Matrix actually is. | |
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| 8. Dark City- This is a one-of-a-kind. “Dark City” asks us to sit back and try to unravel a deep philosophical mystery while keeping us as much in the dark as its main character – who has had his memory erased, no less. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. The Empire Strikes Back- This is partly due to the still-amazing four-legged walker battle on Hoth. This sequel has twice the thrill and suspense, plus not to mention one of the greatest twists in film history. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Alien- Terrifying and beautiful, Ridley Scott’s film established him as an action genius. He’s proven that several times over in the last five years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5. E.T.- Cuddly just isn’t the word.... I will mention, though, John Williams moving score. Williams composed the music for half of the films on this list. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. 2001: A Space Odyssey- Stanley Kubrick’s film proved that space could effectively be put on film, and could also be spectacular with classical music. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3. Minority Report- Back to Spielberg again. His noir-based, futuristic thriller tugs on our mind and our pulse, working as a brilliant crime film and also as a study of a seemingly infallible system gone haywire. Also one of Tom Cruise’s finest hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Star Wars- From the moment the science fiction genre was put onto film, this was meant to be made. Without “Star Wars,” we wouldn’t be enjoying the pleasures of new technologies like DVDs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind- Frightening, provocative, and hopeful, Spielberg’s first encounter with the science fiction genre is one of those films that makes you feel all warm and paranoid inside. The film tells its story with the enthusiasm and joy of a child and invokes a feeling of discovery. The emotions are genuine. The thrills are awing. The movie is underappreciated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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