The Best and the Worst (Serious) Films About Space Travel and Mars
The Best and the Worst (Serious) Films About Space Travel and Mars
By Johnny Rico, Action & War Movies Expert, About.com
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Best!
Let's get this one out of the way first. When you've got a Top 10 list about space travel and astronaut movies, it's almost a rule that somewhere on your list, you have to include 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick's master work, released in 1968, was so far ahead of its time, and set the design for so much of how the future would feel, that it's really the base genetic code of every other space move to follow in its footsteps.
Although the actual movie has both brilliant moments and "what the hell?" moments, its historical prestige deserves it an honorary spot on the "Best" list.
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http://warmovies.about.com/od/Sci-Fi/ss/The-Best-and-the-Worst-Serious-Films-About-Space-Travel-and-Mars.htm#step1
Comment by Buzz:
Most of the films listed have been produced fairly recently, so I did not post this under the Classic Cinema group, but Science Fiction Fanatics is a good home for it. There is a considerable number of classic space travel films I would choose if I were putting together a best/worst list, other than the ones chosen by Johnny Rico. For worst I would have chosen Planet 9 From Outer Space and I would have trouble coming up with a #1 best, but I think the episodes 4, 5 and 6 of Star Wars will have to do. If the choices had been among sci-fi films instead of the limited space travel and Mars categories there are much better films than Star Wars.
What would be your choice for Best and Worst space travel and mars films?.
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