Comments on: My Ranking of 2015’s Science Fiction Movies. https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies Writer, blogger, and dreamer. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:10:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1077 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 07:38:05 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1077 Anthony, I remember reading that Fury Road looked real before I went and saw it, and then they have this CGI rendered tanker flying though the air, looking very much like it was animated. There was another scene where water was supposedly cascading down a rock wall and all the desperate people were holding out dishes and bottles to catch it. But they all seemed to have their dishes and bottles in the wrong place because the water was not there, but cgi generated. When I think about it, I have real problems with them all hanging out in the desert anyway. Why? Surely there is some habitable coastal landscape where they can boil the sea water or set up simple desalination techniques. But above all I could not care less about the characters. I did not get the religious aspects, all I thought, was that those women could supposedly have healthy kids, but why bother, considering the world they were going to be brought up. I thought the two main actors, the South Africans, in Chappie were woeful, the acting on scale with Play School. When you think about it Ex Machina and Chappie were both about when is an AI sentient. Chappie was full of cliches, Ex Machina wasn't. I found The Rover to be much more interesting and realistic than Fury Road, and I wanted to know what was in the boot. In Fury Road, I wanted to know, what the fuck is the point. The Rover answered my question, Fury Road didn't.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1081 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:48:42 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1081 The car chases in Fury Road were traditional stunts, and not cgi. Its getting a ton of accolades and for good reason. I didnt care much about Max either, but I like the religous aspect they brought into it.
I agree with you on Ex Machina. A great film. Havent seen 4 or 6. I loved Star Wars and thought Chappie was quite good. Ive been to South Africa so picked up on alot of the street talk. Perhaps its too South African.
Self/Less pretty good. I thought Terminator was terrible and The Martian overrated. All that American, bring him home patriotic crap ruined it for me.
These Final Hours was very good. Rover not so good.
At least we agree on No. 1, which has just been nominated for Best Screenplay. Well deserved.

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1082 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:40:19 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1082 I reckon you will enjoy The Martian. I have the novel, but did get time to read it, but people do rave about it. I gather you know Andy Weir successfully self-published it to begin with.
I did see Avengers: Age of Ultron, but consider it more fantasy. It was entertaining but forgotten as soon as I left the cinema. I think the super hero genre should disappear for a few years unless it can come up with something more than super hero versus super bad guy. I enjoyed seeing some of 2014's movies that I had missed in 2015 on DVD and foxtel, like Under the Skin, The Giver, Snowpiercer and The Maze Runner.

]]> By: graywave https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1083 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 04:09:45 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/my-ranking-of-2015s-science-fiction-movies/#comment-1083 Thanks, Graham. So far, I've seen the bottom 3 and Self/Less. It would be great to see a good sci-fi film again. In fact, a good film in any genre!

The Martian is top of my to see list. my daughter read the book last year and gave it rave reviews.

Don't you count the Avengers: Age of Ultron as sci-fi? I know there's a good argument for saying all superhero films are fantasy.

Anyway, I'll be catching up on 2015 films during 2016 and hope you'll be doing another list in 2017 so I know which of this year's films I should have watched.

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