Best and worst Space movies (inc recommendations)

[bileduct]

Although I haven't seen it in a long time, I have a memory of enjoying the last starfighter.

Might have to seek it out and see if it holds up.

I remember they were giving away copies of this with triple packs of blank VHS tapes. I loved it at the time and watched it over and over. Not sure I want to be disappointed watching it again a few decades later...

 

[ACTPanthers]

I remember they were giving away copies of this with triple packs of blank VHS tapes. I loved it at the time and watched it over and over. Not sure I want to be disappointed watching it again a few decades later...

I'd forgotten about this movie! This was an all time favourite of mine as a kid. Watched it so much the tape snapped.

 

[cerberus]

best
district 9
2010 (just to hear helen mirren count down to zero in russian)
blade runner (original not the directors cut , the sam spade narrative made the movie)
the expanse (not a movie but a don't care)
the day the earth stood still 1951 version
forbidden planet 1956
extinction
signs



worst
farscape

 

[Styles clash]

district 9

From memory District 9 is set entirely on Earth and is an unsubtle commentary on apartheid and xenophobia. Which is fine - movies don't have to be subtle - but not a space movie.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

In my itch to watch new space movies I found one yesterday on Netflix called Infini..

An AUSTRALIAN film with Daniel McPherson in the lead role.

Save yourselves the time people... if it was a racehorse you'd scratch it.

 

[Styles clash]

In my itch to watch new space movies I found one yesterday on Netflix called Infini..

An AUSTRALIAN film with Daniel McPherson in the lead role.

Save yourselves the time people... if it was a racehorse you'd scratch it.

I find Metacritic essential. If a recent movie with an intriguing premise pops up and I've never heard of it the explanation is often it sucks (apparently). I'm done going in completely blind; life's too short and lots of movies aren't trying.

 

[cerberus]

From memory District 9 is set entirely on Earth and is an unsubtle commentary on apartheid and xenophobia. Which is fine - movies don't have to be subtle - but not a space movie.

is there a big honking space ship ?

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I find Metacritic essential. If a recent movie with an intriguing premise pops up and I've never heard of it the explanation is often it sucks (apparently). I'm done going in completely blind; life's too short and lots of movies aren't trying.

I agree and do this too. Usually. Yesterday I was scrolling for 20 minutes trying to select something to watch (standard for me), then looking at reviews on anything that took my interest..

In the end I took a punt and watched this without checking a review.. full-well knowing it's an Australian space movie I'd never heard of starring a bloke who I last saw playing fetch with Bouncer in Ramsay St.

Will be the last punt like that I take for a while.

 

[hrundi99]

I hated Ad Astra, so disappointing...

Event Horizon is a classic lol

I enjoyed Ad Astra but it felt like it could have been better.

Event Horizon is a very good sci-fi B movie.

 

[hrundi99]

Ever since I walked out of the cinema after the Last Jedi ended, Star Wars has been dead to me. Total disrespect for Luke Skywalker, that purple haired freak and the patriarchy crap. Dead...and...buried.

The prequels were bad outside of ROTS. But at least they weren't pushing this bullsh*t feminist agenda. And they did have some redeemable aspects like Ewan McGregor's portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Christopher Lee's Count Dooku and Liam Neeson's Qui Gon Jinn, all of whom took their roles seriously and worked with what they had.

Calling out a supposed feminist agenda says more about you than the filmmakers.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I enjoyed Ad Astra but it felt like it could have been better.

Event Horizon is a very good sci-fi B movie.

Same with you on Ad Astra..

To me, almost as if it could have been extended even further (time wise) to add more to it. Especially when Tommy Lee Jones turns up.

 

[t-ba]

I enjoyed Ad Astra but it felt like it could have been better.

Event Horizon is a very good sci-fi B movie.

Event Horizon is basically a 40k prequel.

It is also awesome.

 

[Styles clash]

Calling out a supposed feminist agenda says more about you than the filmmakers.

This stuff gets sadder with every passing year. Non-male/non-straight/non-white characters doing anything is "political" and "woke agenda". Male/straight/white characters doing everything is "not political" and "normal".

 

[SpaceMonkey]

This stuff gets sadder with every passing year. Non-male/non-straight/non-white characters doing anything is "political" and "woke agenda". Male/straight/white characters doing everything is "not political" and "normal".

imagine if Aliens came out in 2020, it’d be panned as “woke bullshit” because it had strong female characters