Cosmos, mysterious and alluring, promises mankind many wonders and discoveries. So far, people can’t travel from planet to planet, like the heroes of the best films about space, but we can watch it on television and dream about it. Introducing you a selection of the most interesting paintings about spaceissued between 2000 and 2017.
10. Mission "Serenity" (2002)
Rating - 7.2
When Fox closed the science-fiction series Firefly in 2002 after one season, the outrage of his fans was very stormy. The universe shown in the series was very interesting. In 2005, Joss Whedon brought together actors playing in Firefly in a sequel to the film, entitled Serenity Mission. This is a wonderful science fiction film about space smugglers, whose life became very complicated after the hunt for the passenger of the ship - the telepathic River. Fleeing from the pursuit of powerful enemies, Serenity falls into the possession of the cannibal-Eaters.
9. Gravity (2013)
Rating - 7.4
In the thriller Alfonso Cuarona there are no flying saucers and epic battles with aliens, there are only astronauts in distress in orbit. Astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) and medical engineering specialist Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) because of the destruction of the shuttle are not connected to Earth. It seems that all that remains for them is to move in orbit in outer space, not hoping for salvation.
To achieve the effect of weightlessness in the film Cuaron uses innovative visual effects. The actors stood inside a three-meter box where the LED screen was placed. Thanks to this, the actors could remain static, while the projected image could move around them. Then their faces were integrated into spacesuits made using computer graphics. So in many scenes of “Gravity”, only the faces of Bullock and Clooney are real in the frame.
8. Moon 2112 (2009)
Rating - 7.5
In the top 10 films about space "Moon 2112" - the only film-theater of one actor. And Sam Rockwell did his job brilliantly, which the audience noted in their reviews.
Sam spent three years at the lunar station for the extraction of rare gas. His only interlocutor was a smart assistant robot. And then the contract comes to an end and shortly before flying home Sam meets his successor.
7. Star Trek: Retribution (2013)
Rating - 7.6
The Enterprise team, led by Captain James Kirk, confronts the practically unbeatable villain Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch). It is important for Khan to save his comrades, for Kirk - to protect the Enterprise and humanity.
6. Martian (2015)
Rating - 7.6
So far, NASA is only dreaming of how to send people to the Red Planet and talks about it in one of the best documentaries about space - “Man on Mars. Expedition to the Red Planet. " But the hero of the “Martian”, a cheerful and purposeful biologist and engineer, Mark Watney, is already planting potatoes on Mars, waiting for a rescue expedition. Spectators note the excellent camera work, Matt Damon’s good acting and music that emphasized the hero’s positive attitude.
5. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Rating - 7.7
A fun and interesting blockbuster about a motley group of non-heroes united to save the universe. And let Mark Watney have potatoes, but the Guardians of the Galaxy have a battle raccoon and Groot!
4. Star Trek (2009)
Rating - 7.7
There was a brave man who decided to take on one of the most revered franchises in the world and remake iconic characters such as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. This person is JJ Abrams, creator of Lost. The reboot of Star Trek allowed Abrams to rejuvenate the Entreprise crew and tell a new interesting story - while retaining a link to the old Star Trek in the form of Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in old age.
3. Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Rating - 8
In the second part of Star Wars (the first came out in 1999, so it wasn’t on our list), the love line between Padme and Anakin continued. And the Jedi, who are busy saving the Republic from the separatists, do not even suspect that a powerful and cunning enemy is right next to them.
2. Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Rating - 8
The third part of Star Wars, so beloved by the audience, will tell how Anakin “came to such a life” - became a Sith, as well as about the defeat of the Jedi Order.
1. Interstellar (2014)
Rating - 8.5
In the first place in the list of the best films about space is a picture of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity. The director Christopher Nolan managed to show in "Interstellar" and flights through the majestic and dangerous space, and landing on another planet and even another dimension with its unity of space and time. Interstellar may seem drawn out to some viewers, and it also has specific terminology about wormholes and black holes. However, for good science fiction is only a plus.
