Category: International SF
The Adjustment Bureau and Creationism
| April 21, 2011 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
A couple of weekends ago I went to see The Adjustment Bureau. I was expecting a really good science fiction romance, which I have a weak spot for, but must say I was disappointed. I liked the idea, the acting by Matt Damon and Emiliy Blunt was pretty solid and it was entertaining most of the time. Still, something disturbed… more!
Stargate and the Arab Revolutions
| March 18, 2011 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
A couple of nights ago I got an urge to watch the original Stargate movie, from 1994. The movie is directed by Roland Emmerich and have actors like Kurt Russel, James Spader and actually the late Swedish actress Viveca Lindfors in important roles. The characters are part of a military expedition, lead by Colonel O’Neil, which travels through a gate… more!
Starship Troopers analysis
| December 1, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
This article is a translation of a paper I wrote about Roz Kaveney’s comparison between the Starship Troopers movie and the original book, which can be found in From Alien to the Matrix. I doesn’t cover all aspects of the movie, but some that I do find interesting. About the movie Movie vs. book Failure in style Johnny’s relationship with… more!
Endhiran review
| October 23, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
Science fiction is not very common in the Bollywood film industry. Earlier this year I was on my way to write an essay about Indian sci-fi, but because of the lack of movies I wrote about Indian superhero movies instead. Last night I got an SMS from a friend that the blockbuster Endhiran was going to have a one time… more!
Cargo review
| September 30, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
I’ve seen a lot of fresh sci-fi from Germany (or in German) lately. Pandorum (2009) and Transfer (2010) are both really good and tonight I saw another one, Cargo. Just as with Pandorum, Cargo takes place on a interstellar ship with the crew in hypersleep. We follow a medic that goes on those missions to save money to afford to… more!
Transfer review
| September 26, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
The annual Lund International Fantastic Film Festival has begun. Last year there was not as many science fiction movies as I hoped for, but I got to see the Swedish premiere of Moon (2009) which compensated for that. This year I’m going to watch three films of the genre and first out was the German movie Transfer. The movie takes place in a future where science have made it possible to rent or buy someone else’s body and transfer your mind into it. more!
Knowing review
| September 25, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
There is a certain category of movies that hit the cinemas without me knowing about its existence. Deja Vu (2006) was one of those, that when I got to see it, thought was actually pretty good. Knowing is another one. It is about an astronomy teacher who does not believe in faith, but stumbles over information about future events when his son brings home a paper, written in 1950. Suddenly he finds himself in the middle predestined events, trying to find out what is going to happen, if he can stop it and questioning his attitude towards destiny itself. more!
Soylent Green review
| August 8, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
Some films have such spectacular endings that there is a great chance you already know how the movie ends before you’ve seen it. One of the most famous among science fiction movies, is the when Luke Skywalker gets knowledge about who’s behind Darth Vader’s mask in Star Wars – Return of the Jedi (1983), but another one that you may know about, is the ending in Soylent Green. If you don’t, I wont spoil anything for you with this review, but at least you should know what my basis for it is, that I knew the ending before I saw the movie. more!
Pandorum review
| July 26, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
Sometimes you read a synopsis or watch a trailer for a movie you are interested in, but which makes you want to avoid that movie altogether. Sometimes this decision is later revealed to have been totally wrong. This is the case with the intriguing movie Pandorum (2009). The movie takes place in a future where an overpopulated Earth decides to send out a huge ship with settlers to an Earth like planet. We get to follow corporal Bower, a member of one of the bridge crews, as he and his captain wakes up from hyper-sleep. The captain stays in the control room where they woke up and Bower tries to get to the engine room to reset the reactor of the ship. more!
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