On 3/17/2010 8:38 AM, Doug Freyburger wrote:


It's true that most people watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the special
effects and the music. Few have any idea at all what the story line is
about. It's part of why I think the movie Gattaca, almost completely
lacking special effects, is a better science fiction story.

That one bored the hell out of me; I can't even remember anything about
it except it had Gore Vidal and Uma Thurman in it.
Since this seems to be about "The thinking man's science fiction film"
that's a pretty rarefied category. Certainly "Blade Runner" was thought
provoking, as were "The Matrix" and "Fahrenheit 451". The new movie
"Moon" is also good in this regard, although I have yet to be able to
sit through all of either version of "Solaris", or even the first third
of "Alphaville".

Pat