The only one I have seen is 2001. I thought it was awful.
I had rather enjoy watching them than try to figure out what they are doing since very little of it is actually something which could really happen.
I think my favorite one was “Forbidden Planet” which had an interesting theme. Also the original “Invaders from Mars”.
I loved “Star Wars” then it began a long slide.
Saw #3 and loved it but probably for the wrong reason. Didn’t like #1.
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
Minority Report (2002)
Primer would be a lot less confusing if it wasn’t so mumbly
I’m sorry but Solaris was one of the worst movies of all time, Sci-Fi or otherwise!
It was complex, it was just crap.
Andromeda Strain (1971)
I loved #3 as a kid.
Dune?
Why is Gattaca not on the list? Both obscure plot and never was much seen.
Watched 1 & 3 Liked 2001, Buckaroo was kinda fun.
Saw a few minutes of 9, 4 and 2 on TV, They didn’t capture my interest. Maybe they were too complex for my simple mind.
Time travel movies are inherently complex because they must to some degree deal with the impossibility of what’s known as the grandfather paradox. How is it possible to change the past in a way which completely contradicts the future? Some sci fi attempts to solve it by eliminating free choice, or by creating alternate universes. None really have, however, since I believe time travel into the past is inherently impossible. Time has no direction, just a magnitude. You can slow it down using relativistic time dilation, but not reverse it.
Moon should be on the list.
The only ones I haven’t seen are Predestination, The Fountain, Coherence, and Upstream Color. And I’ve heard of all but Upstream Color.
I’m still traumatised by seeing #8 “The Fountain” rben after ten years.
The most bizarre convoluted mind numbing piece of garbage movie I have ever seen...
Every person left the movie mad...
The recent movie "Lucy" did a great job of using the same concept, without overdoing it. As Scarlett Johansson is walking into the building as a reluctant courier, the movie quickly shifts to a scene of cheetah stalking an antelope. Emotional message conveyed. The predators are coming. They did about a dozen outtakes like this in the movie, most lasting a few seconds. Kubrick shoved it for almost 20 minutes straight at one point, and some of his images were not easy to read. (A fetus in space... the beginning of Life... got it... some of the others were much tougher.)
As for complex Sci-Fi, how about Dune? When it came out, I was working as a ticket-taker at the local theater, and we had to hand out multiple pages to help viewers to keep up with all of the concepts, politics, characters, and language.
I’m still traumatised by seeing #8 “The Fountain”
The most bizarre convoluted mind numbing piece of garbage movie I have ever seen...
Every person left the movie mad...