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#4444899 - 10/22/18 09:46 PM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Well, I started to look at the 5th Element as an attempt for a more or less literal attempt to transscribe a space fantasy comic book into a film. As such, it works. A lot of elements are over the top, no matter what (the military guys dying in the freezer within two or three minutes, the insufferable radio host, to give but two examples), but that'd also be part of the comic book style. It doesn't elevate the film to a special status, it remains a pulpy type of story, but at least it took the edge off for me so I could appreciate it for what it is, even the silly parts.

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#4444991 - 10/23/18 11:09 AM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Reading Ssnakes post about Opera and the 5th Element, I did enjoy the operatic scene in that film, I had not visited this thread in a while and coincidently I was listening to Scheherazade in the car on the way to the shops this morning and thinking about how opera back in the day would be somewhat similar to what cinema is today.

It has been a long while since I went to see an opera and that was The Marriage of Figaro in the Grosvenor Theatre in London in 2005, this was sung in English so it made a pleasant change to be able to understand the words without referring to the libretto. It was also the last time I went to a musical Ben Elton's We Will Rock You the following night.

The next one I'm going to is in a few weeks where two of my granddaughters are playing parts in a dramatization of Hechtel-Eksel during WW1


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#4444997 - 10/23/18 11:49 AM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Opera simply went from being a mainstream form of entertainment to being a niche form of entertainment due to its relatively high cost and due to competition from cinema and musicals.


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#4445276 - 10/25/18 12:33 AM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Just watched "Incredible`s 2" By far way better then the first. We own it now. For animated films, This takes it.


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#4445662 - 10/27/18 06:49 AM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: JimK]  
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Originally Posted by JimK
Just watched "Incredible`s 2" By far way better then the first. We own it now. For animated films, This takes it.


How so? I have not seen it, but the first one was probably the best (and defiantly in the top 3) of Pixar movies.

#4452519 - 12/09/18 02:53 PM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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I saw an excellent Sci-fi film last night that came out this year--Annihilation. Though it was a derivative work, borrowing from Tarkovski's works such as Stalker and Solaris, as well as a little 2001, it had a neat concept of its own, too. I even got a neat Hyperion vibe for a minute in one scene.

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#4452527 - 12/09/18 04:01 PM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Nimits]  
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Originally Posted by JimK
Just watched "Incredible`s 2" By far way better then the first. We own it now. For animated films, This takes it.


How so? I have not seen it, but the first one was probably the best (and defiantly in the top 3) of Pixar movies.


Yep, both "Incredibles" movies were excellent.


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#4452798 - 12/11/18 05:02 AM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Mila Kunis, ugh...

How about Valerian? Anyone see that? I love Luc Besson(some of his stuff) but I've avoided the film due to mixed reviews and the potential for nonsensical action. The Fifth Element had a fair bit of action, but also had plenty of slower dialogue and comedy heavy scenes--and great characters, which helps it stay fresh and quite enjoyable, even so many years later.

Seems just about everyone loves "The Fifth Element" but I hated the movie when I saw it at the theater and I haven't been able to sit through a viewing when I tried to give it another chance at home.


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Ditto, except for the seeing it in theater.

#4453178 - 12/14/18 02:20 AM Re: I need to see a good sci-fi movie I haven't seen... [Re: Nimits]  
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It isn't Science Fiction but Besson's "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec" is very good. Valerian is a thing of beauty but, it is not as good as the Fifth Element. It does have its' moments. I'd watch it anyway and draw your own opinion.

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