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Here are some of my favorite movies in different genres. All
movies are really a mix of several genres, though, so sometimes
it can be difficult to file a movie in a single genre so you may
not agree with me regarding this. Since I am a sucker for SciFi I will start with
that.
The Alien series.
This should really also go under the horror genre. I will never forget
when I saw the first movie in the theatre in 1979. It was so much more
than I ever could expect. There was a lot of secrecy about this movie
and not much was told beforehand, which I think was great because not
knowing what to come next made it even more exciting. Then there came
the sequel Aliens,
which was a totally different type of movie and now you really could get
a good look at the monsters. The third,
Alien 3, was again
quite different and by most rated as the worst of these films. I can't
say that I disagree but it is not as bad as many would say. The fourth
movie, Alien:
Resurrection, also was different from the rest and with a new touch
- cloning with bad DNA. Some also count
Alien vs. Predator as
the fifth movie. As much as I also love the predator character it should
really stay separate from the Alien series. Here the Aliens (as if the
Predator isn't also aliens) are depicted as some kind of stupid hunting
prey, just for the entertainment of the predators. We, the real Alien
fan, know that they wouldn't let that happen. Hopefully this hasn't
destroyed it for the real Alien 5, where the plot could be set to Earth.
Nothing seems to be final as of yet, but if there is money to be made,
there probably is going to be another movie.
Another SciFi favorite is
The Island. What I
really like about this one is that has two distinctively different
parts. In the first part we don't get to know much more than the
characters in the film and in the second part it is all revealed and
here the action comes in.
Serenity is yet another SciFi favorite.
This is based on the
Firefly SciFi series.
Final fantasy
- The spirit within. This is an absolutely great computer
animated movie which very well could also be filed under the
SciFi genre. It's absolutely fantastic how they manage to get it
to look so real - and this was as long ago as 2001. Imagine what
will happen in the future. The character voices are not computer
made (as always with computer animated movies?!) but are done by
real actors who also greatly contribute to this movie. If you
haven't seen it yet - rent it and be dazzled by it.
Donnie Darko. A great
drama which also has a bit of thriller and SciFi in it which is probably
why I like it so much.
The best action move to date is undoubtedly
Terminator. It has
great special effects, a good story and lots of action.
Another great action movie is
Mission Impossible III.
I liked this a lot. |
