Science Fiction Movie Assignment

Science Fiction Movie Review
Escape from New York (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Dead Zone (1983)
2010 (1984)
Firestarter (1984)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Runaway (1984)
Starman (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Cocoon (1985)
My Science Project (1985)
Real Genius (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Short Circuit (1986)
Batteries not included (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
Project X (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
They Live (1988)
The Abyss (1989)
Millenium (1989)
Total Recall (1990)
Flatliners (1990)
The Rocketeer (1991)
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
Universal Soldier (1992)
Demolition Man (1993)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Stargate (1994)
Timecop (1994)
Congo (1995)
Outbreak (1995)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Independence Day (1996)
Contact (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
The Faculty (1998)
Sphere (1998)
The X-Files (1998)
The Astronaut’s Wife (1999)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
The 6th Day (2000)
Hollow Man (2000)
Pitch Black (2000)
X-Men (2000)
K-Pax (2001)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
The Time Machine (2002)
Paycheck (2003)
Timeline (2003)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
The Island (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Déjà vu (2006)
I am Legend (2007)
Jumper (2008)

You will watch the movie and complete the following activity:
1. Explain what aspects make the movie fall into the Science Fiction genre.
2. What lesson is the movie trying to teach or show? Please use specific examples from the movie (i.e. quotes from the characters, scenes from the movie, director comments)
3. Would you recommend this movie to a friend? Explain why or why not.
4. You will incorporate the answers from above into a movie critique essay.
5. Must be at least one page typed, 12 point font, double spaced
6. Be prepared to share your opinions with the class.

You can complete this assignment by yourself or with a partner. No more than two people per movie!
You must confirm with me ahead of time what movie you will be watching.
Due week of April 16th. Must be turned in no later than April 20th!
Worth 24 points

Science Fiction: Prose writing that presents the possibilities of the past or the future, using known scientific data and theories as well as the creative imagination of the writer. Most science fiction comments on present day society through the writer’s fictional conception of a past of future society.