FelixSH
(He/Him)
After watching a few of the old Planet of the Apes movies, I want more. Other movies I want to watch are:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Google isn't much help, when I ask for similar movies. For The Day the Earth Stood Still, it recommended me modern action movies, including Avengers. Come on.
So I hope you good people can recommend me movies that actually are similar to these here, in some way. I want them to be from before 2000, preferably even from before the 90s. Not a hard rule, but I want the movie to be slower than modern movies - I really enjoyed, how Planet of the Apes takes 30 minutes, to get to some actual people/apes. And that it has ten minutes or so of the astronauts just wandering the desert. Point is: It needs to be somewhat slow paced. Not too much action (some is ok, but it shouldn't be the focus), and more ideas driven. I was very surprised, by how heady Planet of the Apes actually was.
If there is action, it really shouldn't take itself too seriously. A movie like They Live is also fine, which has fun one-liners (at least if I remember correcly), and is mainly an action film. It's not primarily what I'm looking for, but also works. I guess I find old movies simply more charming.
Dunno, maybe just suggest me sci-fi classics. I obviously don't really know what I want, except that I seem not to want any newer movies, so just throw everything in that you can think of. Maybe include forgotten gems.
And, when I'm already at the topic: You remember the Beaver Brothers, that Nickelodeon cartoon? Sometimes, they would watch this old sci-fi show. Does anyone know what this is based on? I want to see something like that.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Google isn't much help, when I ask for similar movies. For The Day the Earth Stood Still, it recommended me modern action movies, including Avengers. Come on.
So I hope you good people can recommend me movies that actually are similar to these here, in some way. I want them to be from before 2000, preferably even from before the 90s. Not a hard rule, but I want the movie to be slower than modern movies - I really enjoyed, how Planet of the Apes takes 30 minutes, to get to some actual people/apes. And that it has ten minutes or so of the astronauts just wandering the desert. Point is: It needs to be somewhat slow paced. Not too much action (some is ok, but it shouldn't be the focus), and more ideas driven. I was very surprised, by how heady Planet of the Apes actually was.
If there is action, it really shouldn't take itself too seriously. A movie like They Live is also fine, which has fun one-liners (at least if I remember correcly), and is mainly an action film. It's not primarily what I'm looking for, but also works. I guess I find old movies simply more charming.
Dunno, maybe just suggest me sci-fi classics. I obviously don't really know what I want, except that I seem not to want any newer movies, so just throw everything in that you can think of. Maybe include forgotten gems.
And, when I'm already at the topic: You remember the Beaver Brothers, that Nickelodeon cartoon? Sometimes, they would watch this old sci-fi show. Does anyone know what this is based on? I want to see something like that.