Monday, February 1, 2010

Best Films on Technology

If you know me, you know I love movies.
I also dig technology. Technology is also my job and it pays me.

Movies + Technology = Sci-Fi Movies

Presented here for your viewing pleasure is a list of Sci-Fi movies that needs attention and some others you need not bother. This list has gone through rigorous discussions with other avid movie people and tech geeks.....and as expected, there is no real consensus. But its still a big list and can be used at least for reference.

(Note - If something is not on the list, it means I didn't care about it or I have I not had the opportunity.)

ABOUT THE CATEGORIES
Favorites - Does not need explaining
Close to the Top - Some of the very best; Probably on others' favorites.
Also Very Good - Well made and worth the time.
Didn't Like em as Much- People thought it was good, but it was missing something for me
Duds - Wasted my money, time, and brain cells
Have Not Seen - but might see it soon

(Click on Categories below for more details)


Favorites
(RANKED)
Close to the top
(Alphabetical)
Also very good
(Alphabetical)









1) 2001: A Space Odyssey
2) Terminator 2
3) Gattaca
4) The Matrix (ONLY the first one)
5) Mad Max - Road Warrior
6) Back To The Future (I)
7) Akira
Aliens (I, II)
Avatar
Blade Runner
Brazil
Children of Men
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
District 9
Escape from New York
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ironman (2008)
Jurassic Park
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Predator (1987)
Star Trek (2009)
Star Wars (IV, V, VI)
Young Frankenstein



Clockwork Orange
Dark City
Fifth Element
Iron Giant
Repo Man
RoboCop
Scanner Darkly
Serenity
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Strange Days
Terminator (1984)
Tetsuo: Iron Man (1989)
The City of Lost Children
The Fly (1986)
THX 1138
Total Recall
Transformers (the first one only)
Twelve Monkeys



Didn't like em
as much as
others did
Duds Have not seen
Contact









Donnie Darko
ET
Fahrenheit 457
(read the book, instead)
Ghostbusters
I am Legend
Metropolis
Minority Report
Pleasantville
The Abyss
Truman show
V for Vendetta
1984
(Read the Book)
Aeon Flux
Alien III
Armageddon
A.I.
Alien vs. Predator
Dune
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Independence Day
Matrix (II, III)
Star Wars (I, II, III)











Moon (2009)
Rollerball (1975)
Ghost in the Shell
The Road (2009)
Solaris (1972)
Sleeper (1973)
Stalker (1979)
Logans Run (1976)

















Contact me:
Sujan Manandhar
Technology Integration Specialist,
Foreign Language Center
Ohio State University