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An error has ocurred. Please try againI did not include fantasy, nor horror movies which are not science fiction at all. By the way, I regard 2001 Odyssey in Space as an excellent fantasy movie, but it is not science fiction. Also dystopian movies cannot be count as hard science fiction, because they are a totally own genre of its own.
The order of the entries in the list is not important.
I will expand this list with the time. One main problem is to identify a movie as hard science fiction, because many movies are indeed dystopian, culture critics, dramas, and not based on the promise of science. For example some regard "Alien" as hard science fiction. Well it is a good movie, excellent action and suspense, but it is a horror movie in a science fiction environment. The same applies to movies like 2001, 2010, Blade Runner, and so on.
Reviews
The Strain (2014)
Ok, but not really something binge
It is very interesting in the beginning, but later it feels as if other interests interfered with the writing of the script, inserting way too much politics and personal relationships, father son problems, and so on.
Also there are way too many logical errors. All in All the series could have been only one season, just 5 episodes would have been enough, like a mini series. But 4 seasons? Why? Why tell the story diluted with boring politics?
I would love to see a remake, condensed the essence to just 4 episodes, without politics and hypocrite love stories. Just tell the story in a way that hooks one and does not bore in the end.
Teluh Darah (2023)
A lot like typical Italian Mafia dramas
Well, it ends like it always ends, in a bad bad drama. The problem of such dramas is, that they have no other choice to overdramatice and exaggerate the blood and violence.
At least it does not contain too much horror shocking moments. It is "well balanced" in this regard.
The actors did well. Really. For this they get one star.
But the music is horrible.
In the end they try desperately to find a good reason why "normal people", "religious and humble people" got very very bad and used magic for doing harm and get revenge of the wrongdoers. No plausible explanation for why they was so weak and get into magic. No explanation why the "grandma" was a black shaman. All the violence in the end was just a cheap justification and it felt exactly like that: cheap.
Extraction 2 (2023)
No necessity for a sequel
Why? Why another movie about an extraction? A tooth extraction? A family extraction? The story is not better than the first movie, it does not contain more suspense, it is even made in Germany (a good reason not to watch). Why I ask you, the director, the producer, the actors, why? I would love to see something original, maybe a sequel to Dune, but not "Extraction". Make a movie about a living moon, make a movie about Cthulhu maybe (nobody made such a movie and we have the possibilities now). So sad to see that the industry is dying, decaying, falling apart into pieces. Good that I can now listen to books, there are still some gems.
Hellraiser (2022)
There is no soul we can tear appart
You make an remake? Ok. You can do if you have the ressources, some ideas, a story, make up, cgi, actors, etc. But don't expect that we will not compare it to the ORIGINAL.
Music
The music, the soundtrack, is the real soul of the movie. In the new one it was lacking, so soft, so careful. The music in the original was strong, passion, you could feel the pain, the fear.
Story
The new one is also soft from the story. There is no mystery, no atmosphere ... but in comparison, I mean. The CGI is great, no doubt. But this is the advantage of the modern times. But where is the atmosphere of Clive Barkers vision? I don't see any. The story is told as if they try to satisfy the older fans and the new ones, which naturally fails.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Just another movie for little children
The script writer got 2 $, the CGI got 200 Million $, apparently, because this is the impression most have after watching just 10 minutes of this "low budget for the script writer movie".
Why do they put in front the children and the teens so much in this movie? Because of their telekinetic connection to the animals? Why? Is this a typical storyline for King Kong or Godzilla? I don't think so.
It seems they try to sell us another story within a story. And they do it in the worst way possible, by ruining a great idea.
I can only imagine, that these movies nowadays have political driven storytelling. Now you would not eat a meal if it smells funny, right? Definitely you would go to another restaurant and never come back to this one.
Who sponsors this movies? King Kong alone would make a great movie. Godzilla should be a blockbuster with all this CGI. But the script writing is essential, not a goodie!
Andor (2022)
Designed to make YOU bored!
It seems that the screenwriter desired to write a political drama, but embedded it into the Star Wars world. If you try to create characters with deep emotions, with a lot of background story, then don't use Star Wars. Why Star Wars? Its the wrong universe for such political thriller dark noire blade runner stuff. Use instead Batman universe (I don't like Batman), so it cannot be made worse.
Also it shows too much "grey" characters, not really good, not really bad, there is no real villain, and so it transforms Star Wars into a "reality show", which is boring, because reality is boring! If you want to entertain, then please use more imagination, don't rely too much on the current world situation, which is boring.
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
persiflage = light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter of the spectators
The entire movie feels like "the making of a music video", only that the music is bad, the acting is worse, the script even worser (? If you can say that in English), ... and a clear wind-up of former matrix fans. Because IF you are a matrix fan, don't ... never ... no ... do not give money for this charade and the maker. Just boycott it!
I chose the word "persiflage" for the title of the review of "The Matrix Resurrections", because this happens to every group of elder actors, who maybe come together one weekend to spend some time and eat and drink good vine and talk about the good old times, bla bla bla, and when they got drunk enough they all decide to resurrect matrix one more time, just to kill it together with the fans of the trilogy. In German we say "Schnapsidee" (sound nice, but is not really a good idea).
Here is my appeal to the producer: Please don't do this to the audience, it is not what they payed for. Just leave the industry and let other people make better movies. You seem to have lost definitely your mojo.
Charmed (2018)
Just another political show
People want to relax and to be entertained when they watch a series like "Charmed" and not be spoon feed like a child by an very obvious political sponsored TV show that tries to sell you your new world view. Please stop doing this! It is ridiculous, it feels like the men and women behind this show are desperately trying to promote their own agenda. This is such a pathetic display.
And then it did not even got cancelled after the first season, no they apparently made 3 of the same lowest quality product. Someone is sponsoring this stuff, because how else could you explain its existence?
Other series like Firefly got cancelled after one season due to poor ratings, but here we see people crying for a cancelling of the abomination, they even pray for it. So why do you still accept its existence?
I hope the producers will lose all their money!
Atiye (2019)
Just another mystery about a goddess wannabe
It does not build up enough suspense, because of the many superficial, emotional, over dramatized relationships. The entire story is so easy to figure out. The typical Semiramis / Ishtar / goddess theme is so chewed and repeated in so many movies, that it is really not worth the time to spend watching. Really, I watched the first season in the hope a real dramatic change would occur, but you get so small portions of suspense, that I decided to chose something else to watch.
Biohackers (2020)
Please produce cars and beer instead of distopian propaganda!
I have no problems with fantasy and science fiction. Indeed I love escaping reality for one or two hours and immerse myself into a fictional world. But if the series "Biohackers" pretend to be "scientific" and this "pretending" becomes a pretension,arrogance and boastfulness, mixed with a lot of hypocrisy, then it is difficult to consume.
The War of the Worlds (2019)
Why did you ruin the movie, Mr. Harness?
1) What was the premise of the movie? The aliens who attacks the earth or the arrogance, cowardliness and stupidity of George?
While watching the movie I could not sympathize with this so called George character. He is not a "man", more a girly like dude who just is divided between two women. I really desired to watch this man die in the movie and that a better character appears. Was this intentional?
2) Why are the dialogues so bad and boring?
Did you try to buy time with the dialogues because the CGI team was not ready with the special effects? The "back and forth" between the character should not be repeated, unless it provides a value to the drama. Now the movie feels like "yes", "no", "yes", "no", "I said YES", "and I said NO" ... ok you get it?!
3) Why including a post-apocalyptic preview?
What was the intention to jump back and forth between the actual drama and the future post-war scenario? This happened almost without warning, no clue, just useless.
4) And worst of all: why project a typical present social drama of divorce back in the early 20th century? This makes no sense at all. Do you try to rewrite history? The book of Wells is so good, now you have injected way too much of your own interpretation.
V-Wars (2019)
Let us talk about logic in a storyline
NETFLIX listen and read carefully,
if you continue to support bad writers, wasting OUR money for producing movies with bad screenwriting, then you can close your business.
Why don't you even care about telling why the wife of Luther got infected?
Why did all the other got infected?
Not even one of the scientists and "big brother" wannabes seems to wonder why and ask some simple questions. What kind of story do you try to tell here? It is overly confusing and boring at the same time. The potential WAS there, but you ruined it, because ... and I'm sure this is the very reason why ... YOU did NOT read the script! You decided again to spend millions for something someone told you would be cool, ... right? Right!
Maria (2019)
A useless movie, good for nothing
The screenwriter and the director and the producer should be severally be punished for making this movie and banned from this planet. They promote senseless violence ... I mean literally senseless. After 30 minutes you just considered it as time stolen from your life. I really hope they will become bankrupt and never again work in this business.
Hold the Dark (2018)
Makes no sense and is a pure waste of time
You know this kind of movies which are atmospheric very dense, dark, but you really try to understand what is the whole idea behind the movie??? ... and then a part of your mind tells you that the writer did not have a clear picture in his mind, just vague ideas of a "kind of atmosphere" and that's all. A screenwriter should learn to first write down a draft plot which makes sense and then they can add atmospheric elements AND not the other way around.
I don't recommend this movie. Besides of the dark theme and atmosphere, the brutality makes no sense. It should be labeled with "splatter punk", but this would downgrade it to a b-movie, right?! Right!
Mind's Eye (2016)
Not worth to be tagged as Science Fiction
Awful, yes, just after 1 hour. Before that time you are mislead in believing that it is a Science Fiction movie about space time fragmentation, but in the end you recognize that the writer got no clue how to end the story.
My advise: write a story with a beginning, middle and end. Do not experiment with alternative story writing. Indie movie is not all about holding a brand new camera with 4k resolution.