New Zealanders choose their favorite and most hated movies – and Star Wars makes both lists. On the high end, A New Hope comes in at #2, beating Pulp Fiction and locally-filmed Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. On the low end, The Phantom Menace eeks in at #10, just below Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. But I wouldn’t get too worked up – the most-hated film is Titanic.
Everybody Comes to Rick’s
The Writers Guild of America have released their list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays… Raiders of the Lost Ark is #42, with at Star Wars #68.
“The cats have guns and they’ve killed R2-D2, the brutes!”
Visual Guide, Chapter 5
A long time ago, in a Fourplex far far away…
Jim Gorant’s Star Wars memories in Parade magazine. And of course, they ask for ours. (Who isn’t?) Also, polls!
Video du jour: A movie like no other!
Deet, this means you
VES recognizes Star Wars
Star Wars is #1 on the Visual Effects Society’s list of the most-influential visual effects films of all time, surprising no one. Blade Runner, 2001, The Matrix, and Jurassic Park round out the top five.
Furtive glances and shifting stormtroopers
“Guns. Lots of guns.”
Plenty of familiar moments in SF Signal’s seven coolest scenes in science fiction film and television. Including Raiders of the Lost Ark seems to be stretching the limits of ‘science fiction,’ though.