As usual the judges didn't get to the cinema as much as they would have liked, and in fact missed the big SF release of the year, Sunshine. (Also the second biggest release of the year, I Am Legend was only released yesterday.) To compensate with the lack of cinema going there was a concerted attempt to catch up with older missed films on DVD, and also a flight to the other side of the world with on demand videos (thank goodness).
Interestingly, only The Golden Compass could be classified as straight-ahead blockbuster SF, and maybe Deja Vu. Everything else is a bit quirkier (or in the case of The Fountain, completely mental), a bit indie, and very, very cool. In fact 70% of the films are Woah!++, with three of them being genuine SF classics.
It should also be noted that one of the films of the year was not SF, and so is not eligible, the incredible The Bourne Ultimatum. Non-stop awesome action.
- The Prestige
- The Fountain
- Deja Vu
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
- 28 Weeks Later
- The Golden Compass
- Primer
- Gattaca
- The Nines
Interestingly, only The Golden Compass could be classified as straight-ahead blockbuster SF, and maybe Deja Vu. Everything else is a bit quirkier (or in the case of The Fountain, completely mental), a bit indie, and very, very cool. In fact 70% of the films are Woah!++, with three of them being genuine SF classics.
It should also be noted that one of the films of the year was not SF, and so is not eligible, the incredible The Bourne Ultimatum. Non-stop awesome action.
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