This weekend has been an SF film extravaganza (by my standards) in the Fool household.
We re-watched Moon - an impeccable contained thriller that makes explicit the hidden agenda that motivates cloning - to have a person be equipment. Brilliant film from front to back - don't miss it.
We watched 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' - probably the best Planet of the Apes, a rich homage to the others, but a strong film in its own right. In a world where you can hardly get a film made with a black male lead, the screenwriters sold a concept where the central character is a CGI chimpanzee.
Finally, District 9. Somehow, like Moon, it just flows so effortlessly that it is a first rate film, full of surprises.
When will we see an SF best picture Oscar, I wonder, instead of nostalgic pap?
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