The 4 Most Unfairly Overlooked Sci-Fi Movies Of 2011
Four really good science fiction films which we think more people should have seen, even if they didn’t.
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Source CodeThis was supposed to be the blockbuster debut of independent sci-fi filmmaker Duncan Jones. The movie got a big marketing campaign and a splashy premiere at SXSW, but never really blew up at the box office. It made its budget back and then some, largely thanks to overseas grosses, but Source Code should have been a big deal blockbuster. Instead it’s a movie everyone’s already forgotten about, or maybe they’ve confused it with some other movie released in 2011 that started with an “s”.
Part of the problem was likely that it’s not as good as Duncan Jones’ first film, Moon, and that it’s too easy to dismiss as Groundhog Day with a ticking time bomb. In someone else’s hands, maybe that’s what it would have been, but Jones takes something that’s not really all that original and crafts something intelligent, thrilling, and almost fresh feeling. The twist at the end is a mind-blower and the questions it raises about the nature of reality are an even better way to burn out the stuff in your head. Source Code was never going to be the year’s best movie, but it tries harder and does more with less than anyone had a right to expect.
How many of these movies have you seen? Which ones did you miss? It’s not too late to correct your mistake. Seek them out on Netflix, On Demand, or pick up the Blu-ray. Then tell us what you thought of these overlooked sci-fi movies in the comments section below.
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