Monday, August 31, 2015

15 Years of Science Fiction (15-11)

Continuing...

15. Gravity (2013)
  


Seeing this in 3D in the theater was a marvel.  Beautiful images, haunting sounds (or lack thereof), a reminder of the beauty and peril of space flight.  Unfortunately the closer you look at it the more issues arise.  I still do not understand why they made her a doctor, why she would be working on the Hubble, and why someone else would have to explain to her medical things.  For the experience alone, I figured it was worth a top-15 choice.

14. Looper (2012)



 A brutal film, that bends the mind's idea of time travel.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is brilliant as a young Bruce Willis.  I was completely sucked in, even if the ending was a not quite what I expected.

13. The Road (2009)



I am a big fan of survival films and post-apocalyptic films.  This is one of the best of both worlds.  I love that there is no explanation needed for the apocalypse, it just happened and now this man and his son have to deal with it.  It does not hurt that one of my favorite actors has a cameo.

12. Predators (2010)



So maybe I have this a little high because I wanted for so long to see a good Predator movie in the theater.  This was a great attempt at rebuilding the franchise destroyed by the AVP movies.  I am hopefully that more sequels will come expanding on a truly interesting universe.

11. Snowpiercer (2014)




This movie is not for everyone.  It is difficult to watch at times, but that was what kept me in it.  Chris Evans shows here that he is a legitimate actor.  It is also one of those movies, like Memento, that not enough people have seen and those who have love it.  I would like to see more American directors take chances like foreign ones.

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