[_Perfect_Insanity_]

What about Sin City ?
Don't think you can call it sci-fi exactly, but I think it's great.

[King Lear]

The Apple (1980)

Sci-fi rock opera + thinly veiled religious allegory. How can you lose?

[CowboyYojimbo]

aahz, on 08 November 2010 - 06:11 PM, said:

Yup, talking of the U.S. version, but I liked the book, so should I start looking for "Solyaris"?

I would definitely recommend Solyaris, on average more prefer it. Andrey Tarkovskiy is a very unique director and brings a lot to it. He also did the film "Stalker" if you're familiar with it.

[knight of shadows]

I'm gonna have to say highlander, Interview with a vampire, and the mad max trilogy

[HoosierDaddy]

So, it looks like you have six slots after Serenity, Star Trek, District 9, and the Original.

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Alien
Moon
Sunshine
Terminator
Primer

Or substitute The Matrix for any of them.

[Abyss]

Y'know, i'm tempted to add CONAN THE BARBARIAN to the list, but Ahnuld in all his loinclothed glory is going to make you look pretty pale by comparison so maybe a bad idea.

THE PRINCESS BRIDE is an obvious charmer classic.
Less well know but well done are LEGEND (Tim Curry as Satan smacking Tom Cruise around plus unicorns = pure date win!) and
THE DARK CRYSTAL, which is so cheesy muppet puppet goodness bad that it's good.

Cocoreturns, on 08 November 2010 - 08:49 PM, said:

I'm telling you man,

Mega Force - it has the coolest motorbike in the entire history of film motorbikes (okay, with the possible exception of Kaneda's bike in Akira, but that's it).

qft. and the jeeps were cool too.


- Abyss, stole your lighter.

[foolio]

knight of shadows, on 09 November 2010 - 04:40 AM, said:

I'm gonna have to say highlander, Interview with a vampire, and the mad max trilogy

god I loved highlander back when it came out.

[foolio]

H.D., on 09 November 2010 - 05:01 AM, said:

So, it looks like you have six slots after Serenity, Star Trek, District 9, and the Original.

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Alien
Moon
Sunshine
Terminator
Primer

Or substitute The Matrix for any of them.

a guy i work with told me sunshine was good. I had never heard of it....still have not seen it though.

[Abyss]

foolio, on 09 November 2010 - 07:30 PM, said:

knight of shadows, on 09 November 2010 - 04:40 AM, said:

I'm gonna have to say highlander, Interview with a vampire, and the mad max trilogy

god I loved highlander back when it came out.

It ages relatively well, tho the parts that were silly then remain silly now.

- Abyss, doesn't generally consider being stabbed to death a form of foreplay...

[Slow Ben]

Abyss, on 09 November 2010 - 03:14 PM, said:

THE DARK CRYSTAL, which is so cheesy muppet puppet goodness bad that it's good.

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I tried watching this a little while back for nostalgia. Wow....just wow. Took about 3 different sitting to make it through.

Then went on to Little Monsters. Good times.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Tapper, on 08 November 2010 - 03:27 PM, said:

Ehm, I think Tiste does not want her to get in the mood overly much, what's with the no-sex-before- marriage-vow and such... so unless he takes a leaf out of Bill Clintons book, he'll just be left frustrated if she does get in the mood for physical fun.

Ooooohh.....In that case, don't watch any of those movies!!!

Obdigore, on 08 November 2010 - 06:44 PM, said:

Come on guys, stop suggesting trash movies ... Avatar? Sure if you want to read Pocahontis in Space with Giant Smurfs that rape animals. Yes, thats right.

You forgot Dances with Wolves

But c'mon, it's not a trash movie. It's effin awesome, visually speaking! Yes, the story is simple and we've seen it many times before, but so what?I'm all for originality, but Avatar was almost a perfect "seeing a movie at the cinema"-moment for me. I went out thinking WOW, and I wanted to see it again, immediately.

I think the movie would have suffered if the story was convoluted and complicated...would you have been able to follow Memento, if it looked like Avatar?

foolio, on 09 November 2010 - 07:30 PM, said:

H.D., on 09 November 2010 - 05:01 AM, said:

So, it looks like you have six slots after Serenity, Star Trek, District 9, and the Original.

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Alien
Moon
Sunshine
Terminator
Primer

Or substitute The Matrix for any of them.

a guy i work with told me sunshine was good. I had never heard of it....still have not seen it though.

I quite liked Sunshine. It was an interesting mix of two different sci-fi subgenres, I think

[stone monkey]

I would have loved Memento even more than I do now (which is a lot) had it looked like Avatar. But I am a bit odd.


How about The 13th Warrior? It's the manliest of manly films.

I'd recommend 2001: A Space Odyssey; because if she's going to watch the classics of sf, you might as well bring out the big guns...

Any number of Godzilla movies might fit the bill. If, that is, you actually like any of them. For sheer insanity Final Wars or Destroy All Monsters! can't be beaten.

Maybe Crank if you feel like exposing her to something that's both utterly reprehensible and batshit insane.

Or Kung Fu Hustle if you feel like giving her a laugh.

This post has been edited by stone monkey: 09 November 2010 - 09:37 PM

[Morgoth]

man... a lot of these suggestions points to a) a lot of single guys who never watched movies with a girl, or b ) guys with absolutely awesome girlfriends.

[caladanbrood]

If you don't put Serenity on the list I might kill you. Just so you know. I know where you live

[Mezla PigDog]

If she doesn't put When Harry Met Sally on her list, she don't know her chick flicks/rom coms and must be cast aside!

[Grimjust Bearegular]

stone monkey, on 09 November 2010 - 09:35 PM, said:

I would have loved Memento even more than I do now (which is a lot) had it looked like Avatar. But I am a bit odd.


How about The 13th Warrior? It's the manliest of manly films.

I'd recommend 2001: A Space Odyssey; because if she's going to watch the classics of sf, you might as well bring out the big guns...

Any number of Godzilla movies might fit the bill. If, that is, you actually like any of them. For sheer insanity Final Wars or Destroy All Monsters! can't be beaten.

Maybe Crank if you feel like exposing her to something that's both utterly reprehensible and batshit insane.

Or Kung Fu Hustle if you feel like giving her a laugh.

The 13th Warrior is awesome!

I found Kung Fu Hustle boring, actually. Laughed a little here and there, but not nearly enough..

[McLovin]

Not strictly sci-fi, but Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would be date night win. Magic swords, flying ninjas, and forbidden luuuuuuurve

This post has been edited by McLovin: 10 November 2010 - 04:04 PM

[CowboyYojimbo]

Sunshine was fantastic. Incredible Score.
The trailer for it is absolutely awful and sells it completely wrong.

[Tiste Simeon]

caladanbrood, on 09 November 2010 - 09:54 PM, said:

If you don't put Serenity on the list I might kill you. Just so you know. I know where you live

That was the only one I knew for definite when I started off.

13th Warrior is pretty epic...

[Darkwatch]

Abyss, on 08 November 2010 - 03:03 PM, said:

Here's the thing...

You are going to be watching these movies with your girlfriend. That's right, your girlfriend. Not your buds.
I assume that the strategic thinking behind this move is to
a) bring you closer;
b ) share each others' interests; and,
c) have an excuse to hang out for an couple of hours before you just shag.

So a bit of tactical thought is required.

Movies that are essentially splatterfests or shootemups are not going to help you here. There is nothing about PREDATOR, legendary flic that it is, that will put anyone in the mood. At least, not anyone normal and over the age of 14...

As it has been pointed out, no shagging will occur.
Thus Predator will remain on the list.
If it isn't there will be a severe lack of cultural education.

Seriously though Tiste, go for "Wrath of Kahn" instead of the new Trek.
It is entertaining, well done, fun and contains one of the most important one-liners in sci-fi history.
The new Trek has... well nothing of any lasting or cultural importance, except to serve historians in the future to know how far the Apple inc. aesthetic had gone.