Ascifi's Top Scifi, Fantasy and Horror movies of 2002

treasure planet!!!!!!!DAH!!!!!!!!!thats awesome!but no...it didnt go down well at all...Opening night the theatre I went to...it wasnt even half full...and thats REALLY bad especially for a disney movie
 
Of those I didn't see (that are on this list) I still really want to see The Mothman Prophesies (yeah, I know... taking me long enough :rolleyes: ) and Solaris. I don't care what ANY critic says, Clooney is enough for me... plus Jim Cameron DID come to the San Diego Comic Con to push the movie, so I SHOULD go check it out. Really, it's for Cameron... not Clooney. ;)
 
I'd have to say my top 5 choices are:

1. The Mothman Prophecies
2. Signs
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. LOTR: TTT
5. Minority Report


:D
 
As I live in a bit of a cultural backwater, and spend most of my spare time writing fan fic., I've only seen two genre films this year (that I remember anyway).

Last January, we went over the Great Divide to 'Ull, and watched
'The Lord of the Rings, part 1', in an almost empty cinema. Well, it was during the daytime... :D

We also rented 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' on D.V.D. - and that's it!

Enjoyed them both very much, though, especially LotR, and am looking forward to part 2 when it comes our way.

Best wishes for a Very Happy and Peaceful New Year,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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my top 5 picks . . .

The Others
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Trek: Nemesis
Spider-Man
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 
My top five would be

1. The Lord of The Rings : The Two Towers
2. SpiderMan
3: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones
4: Minority Report
5L Signs
 
Equilibrium
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Spider-Man
Signs
 
My fave o course is LOTR - TTT followed by Harry Potter. I didn't really see much else! :D
:flash:
 
8 mile
two towers
spiderman
star wars
harry potter
signs
road to perdition
the bourne identity
sum of all fears
count of monte cristo
the transporter
the importace of being earnest
a walk to remember

those are the best!
 
Hey Tabitha! :D Ok, you asked for it, so I'm throwing in my 2 cents worth.

Now my movies are probably a bit wierd, but that's ok, so am I!!

1. Gangs Of New York
Just saw it, quite an entertaining ride, very ambitious.

2. Bowling For Columbine
(Probably only released in America.)

3. Road To Perdition
I love great story telling.

4. White Oleander
(Certainly not a big money maker, but again an attempt at story telling where nothing blows up.)

5. In The Bedroom
Cried for about 3/4 of the film.

6. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Just a really funny, simple movie.

7. Bourne Identity
I knew nothing about it going in and was really pleased.


I'm sure there are others that I missed. I love movies. I still need to see most of the holiday releases including Lord II and Star Trek.

Biggest Disappointment : Star Wars Attack Of The Mundane
(Sorry guys, I know that it is popular here. And it should be said that I appreciate that Lucas continues to make his movies clean family fun. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great movie and Ewan McGregor is well, Ewan McGregor, but still I walked out a bit disappointed.)
 
That's a good list ML - a few of my non-sf faves from 2002 are on there (in particular Road to Perdition and Bowling for Columbine). I also highly rate The Bourne Identity - I thought it was a nice counterpoint to the more ridiculous spy movies this year (Bond, XXX, I Spy, The Tuxedo).


You walked out on a Star Wars movie! You must have really hated it! Didn't you think it was better than the last one?
 
Yeah, I like many of those films, too (especially Bourne Identity), but... isn't this "poll" for sci-fi/fantasy films?

Bond and XXX were still fun rides, even if Bourne's training was obviously better... if more devious. :cool: It's pretty hard for me NOT to like most of the films I see... at least to some degree.
 
Well, I had noticed a few non-sf movies had started seeping in, but I was going to post the poll later anyway, so I'll let it go. Just this once, mind ;) :lol:


I think I like most movies I see too - I have never walked out of a movie theatre, and only rarely turned off a rented vid or dvd. The closest I ever came to walking out was when I saw Problem Child :rolleyes: Cinematic torture I'm telling ya.
 
the only time i came close to walking out of a movie was little buddha. HATED that!
 
There are quite a few movies that I think have been neglected in our list. Hasn't anyone else seen 28 Days Later, or Dog Soldiers? Sterling stuff from the Brits this year.
 
ok, i have completely done this poll wrong. didn't realize it was only scifi films. :confused:

so never mind my other post. on a good note, reign of fire had cool dragons.:angryfire

anyway, i didn't walk out on star wars. i meant when it was over i walked out disappointed. it was still a good movie. my son loved it. i was just kind of confused on what it was trying to accomplish.


tabitha, concerning the movies that you mentioned, my supply to british movies is basically limited to what encore and starz are willing to put on their line-ups. most brit and irish movies that make it to US television tend to be about PEOPLE, an underutilized subject matter often times. so when i can catch them, i do. i'll look for those two that you mentioned. :D
 
I am not sure if either of them have actually made it across the Atlantic yet, but 28 Days Later is definitely a stand-out, you should all see it if you can. It is a modern day zombie movie, made by Danny Boyle - the director of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and the Beach - with a cast of mainly unknowns (except Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston). There is a thread in the movies section about it if anyone is interested in looking into it further.

And ML - don't worry about your off-topicness, you had a good set of movies and that's what matters :D
 
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