A few weeks ago I saw Super 8. While the film was enjoyable and of course extremely well-directed and well-produced (almost to a fault), it struck me how non-sci-fi this science fiction movie was. I think you could argue that the movie was about the dream of film-making, and the sci-fi elements were just there to provide a backdrop to the real story.
That’s fine with me, but it got me thinking about how this year has been a little lacking in terms of sci-fi movies. There are a few, sure, but does anyone else get the sense that movie-makers think they can sate the sci-fi crowd with comic-book superhero movies? I mean, even Cowboys and Aliens was originally a graphic novel.
2011 might be a little bit of a rut for sci-fi, but it hasn’t been all-bad the last few years. Thinking back, I came up with a list of my favorite true science fiction movies that came out between 2005 and 2010.
