Comments on: My pick for the movie Hugo https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo Writer, blogger, and dreamer. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:06:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: Satima Flavell https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/#comment-1859 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:06:45 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/#comment-1859 You've put a lot of thought into your choices, Graham, with that scoring system!I'm not voting because I haven't seen/read enough of the entries.

Avatar is the only film I've seen, and I adored it, but I'm afraid I'm a pleb in all my tastes:-)

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/#comment-1860 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:24:18 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/#comment-1860 District 9 was going to get my vote right up until I saw Moon a couple of nights ago. I watched District 9 for the second time the next night, just to be sure. They are the two stand out films.

As for my rating system, I was just trying to think of what is most important to me in a science fiction film. The plot which is included in orginality and the did it make me think categories is the most important feature.

I just submitted my vote which is done on a preferential type system and it went like this:

1.Moon
2.District 9
3.Star Trek
4.Avatar
5.Up

I have only Silent Running once, many years ago, and thought it wonderfully original with a great environmental message and deranged performance from Bruce Dern.

As for Star Trek, I would prefer original movies made from the thousands of science fiction novels – like Inception.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/#comment-1861 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:13:37 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-pick-for-the-movie-hugo/#comment-1861 That's an interesting way to rate films Graham. There is different sides and it's hard to place one film over the other. They all have their enjoyable elements.

I really liked Moon, especially the beginning, but I did'nt like how it ended. It reminded me a little of Silent Running and Solaris.

For me District 9 was the most interesting. Having spent time in South Africa in 1990/91 I could see all the metaphors for apartheid, some more subtle than others, and though it did remind me a little of Dr.Who's Ark in Space, it was also a thrilling ride. For my money it had everything. A smart film.

Agreed Avatar is overrated..its Dances with Wolves crossed with Aliens… Aliens was much better..

And Star Trek was good no doubt, but come on, how many remakes and sequels can we deal with? They going to remake the other 9 films too? stupid.

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