Monday, May 23, 2011

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies of the 00's

Interesting user poll from Tor.com, asking what was the best science fiction or fantasy movie of the last decade. The results:
  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 172
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 151
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 147
  4. Serenity - 107
  5. Inception - 92
  6. WALL-E - 88
  7. Pan’s Labyrinth - 80
  8. The Dark Knight - 78
  9. Spirited Away - 67
  10. District 9 – 67
  11. Moon – 66
  12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 60
I'm not surprised that the LOTR trilogy dominated. It really was a monument in epic fantasy movie making. So much so that it overshadowed other efforts to repeat it's success. I can't understand how 'Two Towers' could possibly get the least votes of the three since it was clearly the best of them.
The rest of the list has some very good movies on it. The only quibble I have is with 'District 9', which I thought was overrated. It's nice that 'Eternal Sunshine' is on here. If you haven't seen it, you should. A very endearing love story.

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