science fiction movies

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Star Trek 10 – Nemesis – (2002 movie)

2017-04-08
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253754/
https://www.startrek.com/database_article/star-trek-nemesis

The Romulans have an internal power struggle, and The Enterprise is brought in for diplomacy by one of their factions, which has a member particularly interested in their captain.

Generally trashy and obvious, with multiple issues throughout. Not worth watching. Definitely avoid if not already a fan of the television show, as this is an absolute mess without a moderate understanding of its lore.

  • Properly titled Star Trek X: Nemesis



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Deep Impact – (1998 movie)

2017-01-22
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/

An comet’s path crosses the earth’s, and a shuttle crew is to rendezvous with it to plant nukes to divert its course.

With a decent story and good characters, the science proves, unfortunately, fundamentally flawed. It’s still a good watch and doesn’t show its age.



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Robotrix – (1991 movie)

2017-01-21
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102562/

An evil scientist constructs a robot surrogate and transfers his consciousness into it to carry out his plans for global domination by kidnapping a very wealthy sheikh’s son.

A watchable moderate-budget movie which somehow still falls into an 80s-cheese style. It’s rare to find such a bold movie, even with it being unashamedly graphic to the point of dark comedy. I think that’s why I like it.

It’s worth watching once.



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The Matrix Revolutions – (2003 movie)

2017-01-15
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TODO – replace my copy

The Matrix Revolutions - (2003 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653/

With killer-machines digging down to bypass the defences of the last refuge of mankind, a man with sudden magic powers magics with his powers.

Oh god, make it end. The writing is so fucking sloppy that the second movie and this third movie should not be watched by anyone, most especially fans of the first movie.



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The Matrix Reloaded – (2003 movie)

2017-01-12
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Just like this poster, this movie has no brains.
Just like this poster, this movie has no brains.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/
https://web.archive.org/web/20040529194222/http://www.thematrix.com/

The war against The Machines escalates, and it’s a race between them digging down to Zion and The One pushing his way into the core of The Matrix for reason that wasn’t explained very well.

If there are people out there who saw the first one and somehow get to this post before seeing this movie, please avoid this. Yes it’s more of the same and it’s “good”, but this is a shit story that should be skipped.

This movie does not have an ending. It is part one of a mandatory two-movie binge.



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Under the Skin – (2013 movie)

2017-01-09
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Under the Skin - (2013 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441395/
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Something something Scarlette Johansson something picking up people to kill something skin? something.

Artsy trash.



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Her – (2013 movie)

2017-01-06
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Her - (2013 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/her

Artificial intelligence is created but is somehow only used as a personal assistant.

Awkward and slow, and so lacking in intellectual merit as to make it far too weak a story. Science fiction chick flicks are fucking weak.



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Cloud Atlas – (2012 movie)

2016-12-30
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Cloud Atlas - (2012 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/cloud-atlas

During the thrashing of an epileptic seizure, an editor stitches together bits of various unrelated shorts into a single movie filled with famous people and great music.

If one can labour past the non science-fiction, it’s pretty good. In fact, I think if one cut out everything except two of the storylines, they would make for good shorts. I may do that one day.

I wouldn’t imagine this to have been a critical success.



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Millennium – (1989 movie)

2016-12-27
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Millenium - (1989 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/

An investigator of airplane disasters learns their passengers are critical to the plans of a woman he falls in love with.

This is one of the early time travel movies which really grabbed me and brought me into the genre. I don’t know that I’d call it great or could strongly recommended it to others, but I like it a lot.

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