Pfft. I can only hope that the 50 is just how they’re listed (or, did I miss something), because if they’re in some kind of an order… Jesus Christ

Looper, as well, is horrible. Might’ve been an entertaining movie – but, how they present it to be and all that people feel they should say about it… Fail. Not to mention that the plot is STUPID (& it doesn’t even work in the film, to make things worse), heh.

EDIT: OMG and Timecrimes, wow. Some people…

Paprika! Inception seems to be inspired by “Paprika”.

Yes, as they fantasize they are not one of them Ha !

ouch. Check and mate. Well played devraticus

Hey don’t cry. There are literally billions of lonely sheep out there, just like yourself . Just as aimless and foolish as you. You’re not on your own metaphorically speaking, take comfort in that fact.

All your comment proves is that you are a
massive snob who fails to recognise what constitutes quality.
And no, I prefer the cinema experience to the couch.
Speak for yourself!

All this proves is that you are one of millions of mindless sheep that rubbish like this appeals to and is made for. And why I hold a degree in aeronautical engineering while you remain loyal to your couch. As for taste….you really have no argument. Have a good day.

Oh, *that* _Oblivion_. Meh. _Moon_ covered the same territory better, not least by casting a better actor in the lead rôle.

You almost had me convinced, and that’s saying something. As a print SF fan from waaaaaaay back, I don’t have much patience for what mainstream Hollywood calls “sci-fi”. But while I enthusiastically second your nomination of _Predestination_, I note that it qualifies as all the things you complain about: a lo-fi indie drama with a love story (albeit a rather twisted one). I’ll go you one better and add a vote for _2081_, based on a short story by one of SF’s biggest “indie snobs”: Kurt Vonnegut.

When you lost me completely, though, was at the mention of Garth Jennings’s lifeless reboot of _HHGttG_. However immortal the original — a radio serial, BTW, not the later novels — it’s a piece of shamelessly pandering nerd bait that deserves to be thrown on the same dungheap as _Avatar_ and everything Michael Bay has directed this millennium.

Although real SF is better understood by Hollywood than in the past, there is still a large gap of understanding between true “fen” and the mass-market audience which is Hollywood’s bread and butter. It is a disconnect which many still misinterpret as snobbery or purism, but which is in fact mere passionate defense of a genre which has struggled for decades to be taken seriously — first as literature, now as cinema and television.

Doesn’t qualify, released in 1996.

Good points, and now you’re taking the list very seriously, just like Alex. Why didn’t you just say all this in the first place instead of trying to belittle someone for being like you?

Re-read the title. “of the 21st Century”

Some great underrated picks here especially, Primer, Under the skin ( weird, fantastic movie! ) and Midnight Special, a personal fave.

I agree. Say what you want about the guy be he sure knows how to make a movie.