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Is Inception the Best Science Fiction Movie of All Time?
October 11th, 2010
Better than Star Wars? Better than Blade Runner? Better than Back to the Future? Better than Alien? Better than the Matrix? Better than 2001?
I don’t think so, even though I enjoyed the movie very much, but the reviewers at IMDB disagree.
Top Rated “Sci-Fi” Titles
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.0 | Inception (2010) | 200,923 |
| 2. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 280,023 |
| 3. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) | 323,259 |
| 4. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 384,562 |
| 5. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 239,947 |
| 6. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 181,988 |
| 7. | 8.5 | WALL ·E (2008) | 184,890 |
| 8. | 8.5 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 195,194 |
| 9. | 8.5 | Aliens (1986) | 171,561 |
| 10. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 222,074 |
There’s a few hundred thousand people out there making these rankings. Are they science fiction fans? Have they not seen any movies before 2010?
What do you think? Are they nuts, or just wowed by the most recent sf movie that didn’t suck?
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I imagine that a large part of it is “cult of the new” and being more excited about the movie you just saw than the movies you saw years ago.
I suspect you’re right. Why can’t people be objective and rational, like machines…
Ooops! Just watched Colossus: The Forbin Project last night and learned why!
BIG YES FROM ME
i watched it like 2 months ago now , and i CANT stop thinking about the idea of Inception , Nolan is genius