Comments on: Top Ten Movies You Don’t Realize are Sci-Fi or Fantasy

By: dpomerico

dpomerico — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:04:51 +0000

I actually haven’t seen Primer yet, but one of the reasons I started this list was to get movie suggestions! I’ll have to check it out.

By: dpomerico

dpomerico — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:00:52 +0000

Exactly! And yet, most people would probably just say: It’s a Jim Carrey movie, not a sci-fi movie. This irks me quite a bit.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:40:40 +0000

Love this list. Especially for its inclusion of Eternal Sunshine, which I've always watched as a time-shifting, mind-bending teaser-thriller with a Buddhist overlay. But, I'm convinced it's Sci-Fi. I might add Primer into the mix. It is more obviously "Sci-Fi" as it involves time travel. But, the way it is written/shot, I think it tricks audiences into viewing it as a thriller pure and through. The time-travel is down-played and almost mundane. The psychology of time travel is the point. At any rate, its a great film and this was a great post. Thanks.

By: Brian Lindenmuth

Brian Lindenmuth — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:24:35 +0000

Oops, I meant Time Out of Joint

By: Brian Lindenmuth

Brian Lindenmuth — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:18:33 +0000

I would also add that The Truman Show is 1000% SF just by essentially being a filmed version of the Philip K Dick novel The World Jones Made.

By: dpomerico

dpomerico — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:06:12 +0000

And that’s kind of the point: that you have to “trick” your friends into watching sci-fi, even though they actually already like it. It’s interesting that the highest grossing movies are all sci-fi, fantasy, or based on comic books, and yet people claim they don’t like those genres.
It is Carrey (sorry Jim!).

By: izikavazo

izikavazo — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:20:00 +0000

Great list. I do love all of these movies, mostly because you can trick your sci-fi hating friends into watching and enjoying these movies.
BTW, I think it’s Carrey not Carey.