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The Best Space Movies

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The votes are in on Space.com's website, and these are the top 10 best space movies:

1. Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3. Apollo 13
4. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. Star Trek: First Contact
7. Alien
8. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
9. The Right Stuff
10. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Any other favorites out there?

Personally, I'm not a Trekkie so I'd add "Aliens" to the list and "The Thing" (1982 version) as well as "Enemy Mine."
 
I personally think Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is the best of the Trek movies, but it isn't really set in space. II is the next best one, though. But for Episode IV to come in second place? If Star Wars didn't happen, then the Star Trek movies wouldn't have even been so good. I am biased on Star Wars, though. Galaxy Quest is a really funny spoof on all that is Star Trek. I can't think of anything else to add. o.o
 
Why am I not surprised that the second Star Wars trilogy (Eps 1-3) didn't make the cut?
 
Indeed. :p I don't think that's fair, either, because I like the prequel trilogy, but all the fans are all "Jar Jar must die, Anakin is an emo whiner, too much computer junk. Somebody call the waaaaambulance. I will admit, it's not the original trilogy, but it wasn't meant to be the original trilogy, either, except for a few references. Episode II gave me the kind of feeling IV gives when I watch it. It's just cool. Episode III gave me what has been described as the reaction that Episode V got. I was like "Holy cow." You would probably know that better than I do, I wasn't even born yet.
 
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It wasn't meant to be the original trilogy, but I felt that George Lucas was far too enamoured of what CGI effects his production company could put onscreen and substituted that for a workable plot and realistic dialogue. "Attack of the Clones" was really good, but "The Phantom Menace" was very confusing and "Revenge of the Sith" had some of the worst dialogue this side of an Ed Wood film.

The battle scene between Obi-Wan and Grievous was (for me) one of the highlights of Episode III; it runs a close second to Luke vs Vader in Episode V and Obi-Wan vs Vader in Episode IV.
 
Attack of the Clone had some painful dialogue too.

Really any scene that had Padme and Anakin on stage at the same time had some fo the worst dialogue this side of an Ed Wood film.

Aside from those, though, Revenge was actually a pretty fine movie. Clone suffered from the dialogue (and generally the poorly done romance) a lot.

And may I add, Padme's really desperate.

Ani : "I just killed a whole campload of people, including the women and the children!"
Padme : "I love you, except I can't say it because of silly rules the director thought to slap around in his world!"
 
Ok, I'll go with you on the romance not being believable, and perhaps being obsessed with computer effects. I'll even say that Episode I doesn't even seem like a Star Wars movie at all. I just don't think they deserved the hatred they have received. True, they are not the best, but they deserve some acclaim. Making Yoda even cooler than he was before alone scores major beanie points. It just stands in the shadow of a much better set of movies that have been loved for generations. These movies, I'm afraid, will only become a footnote in history. The old trying to fix what isn't broken thing.
 
Yoda is awesome in the prequel trilogy. Come to think of it, so was R2D2.

CGI is wonderful, but the real power of a film--any film--lies in its storytelling. We all "ooh" and "aah" over the brightly colored explosions, the rapid movement of the dinosaurs/aliens/monsters/whatever, and the sweeping background views, but it all comes down to the story. My son and I loved Peter Jackson's "King Kong". It's a terrific film. However, I feel the same emotions (anger and sadness when Kong dies) watching the original 1933 film with its somewhat jerky, stop-motion animation.

If you don't have a good story to tell, all the CGI in the world will not help you.
 
That's a really dumb list.
2001 should be first on the list, followed by Episode V. The Wrath of Khan is really good, but I'd place it fourth, behind Spaceballs. I mean, who can forget Spaceballs? It deserves a place among the best, if only for spoofing them well. Star Trek:The Motion Picture should not be on the list because the writing was terrible. First Contact was far better.
 
I liked "First Contact," too. I also noticed that several films, notably "2001" and "The Right Stuff" are the rare sci-fi films that do justice to their subject (i.e., they mostly got the physics of space right).
 
Thank god First Contact's there, it really deserves it. I half expected it to not be there, dunno why. I agree that Spaceballs should be there, that's an all time favourite movie of mine as well (First Contact being another)
 
Maybe the fact that "Spaceballs" is a comedy had something to do with its exclusion from the list. I just re-read it again, and most of the other entries are all dramas, as are the top 10.
 
here's my list
1. 2001
2. Star Wars
3. Alien
4. Empire Strikes Back
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still
6. Dune (David Lynch Version)
7. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, not anime version)
8. First Men in the Moon
9. Spaceballs
10. The Thing
how could you forget dune?
 
A lot of people wanted to forget Dune. My friend Carla told me to read the book instead of watching the film. Do you feel it did justice to Herbert's book?
 
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Attack of the Clone had some painful dialogue too.

"Really any scene that had Padme and Anakin on stage at the same time had some fo the worst dialogue this side of an Ed Wood film."

Yes, I watched it and other than some cool fighting seens, it was pretty much down right bad.
 
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Attack of the Clone had some painful dialogue too.

"Really any scene that had Padme and Anakin on stage at the same time had some fo the worst dialogue this side of an Ed Wood film."
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Yes, I watched it and other than some cool fighting seens, it was pretty much down right bad.
 
I just liked Dune... I can't explain it. I'm really pumped on David Lynch.
 
how could you forget dune?
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Easily. It did not at all do justice to one of the best space operas ever written. The intricacies of the plot were discarded in favor of major Sand Worm action. And the way Paul was portrayed was really flawed. Whoever played Paul wasn't very good. I have to say the rest of the cast was excellent for what they had to work with. I blame the writers and director.
One thing I can't understand is why Star Trek is placed ahead of The Empire Strikes Back in most lists. The writing was clearly better in Episode V.
Does The Fifth Element count as a space movie?
 
I guess "Fifth Element" would count, but didn't most of the film take place on Earth in the future?
 
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