The magic of cinema has allowed humanity to recreate and shape everything that escapes its domain. What there is beyond our terrestrial sphere It has served as the inspiration and setting for countless adventures. Space movies have served to portray our darkest fears of the unknown and to imagine the greatest adventures.
Dramas, comedies, horror, action, adventure, history, philosophy and of course, science fiction. Also, in most cases, These are pretty blockbuster movies.
Space, the last frontier ...
Trip to the moon by George Meliès (France-1902)
Less than a decade took him to the cinema since its invention, to venture into science fiction and space travel. Based on the texts of Jules Verne From the Earth to the moon and HG Wells The first men on the moon. Were 14 minutes of silent movies, that contributed one of the most famous plans in the history of the Seventh Art (the face of the moon being hit by a space rocket).
Solaris by Andréi Tarkovski (USSR-1972)
The Soviet cinema bequeathed, among other things, this "cult" film, one of the most striking existentialist dramas, where individual feelings are opposed in the middle of an infinite "nothing". Despite having been shot more than 40 years ago, many space films of the new millennium unsuccessfully sought to replicate the spatial depth of field achieved by Tarkovski. Steven Soderberth directed a remake in 2002 starring George Clooney.
2001: A Space Odyssey (USA-1968)
Five years before Tarkovski, already Stanley Kubrick He talked about the history of mankind, looking for its origins in the confines of the universe. Another cult film. Most of the Hollywood productions "shot" in space, contain visual references to one of the most emblematic (and at the time, misunderstood) works of the New York director.
Star Wars
We talk about the complete saga, the 8 live action films released to date, including the 2016 spin off Rouge One. The whole world is looking forward to the next release of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
Alien
Another seemingly inexhaustible franchise, whose first film dates back to 1979. Ridley Scott first with The eighth passenger and James Cameron later with The Return (1986), were the directors who defined the parameters of space terror. Although the last installment of the franchise Alien: Covenant it didn't do quite well at the box office, Scott promised that he would at least shoot one more episode.
Interstellar by Christopher Nolan (USA-2014)
The British director brought space science fiction out of the cesspool full of innocuous stories in which it was, with a drama full of references to Stanley Kubrick, and whose handling of the temporal diegesis left more than one confused.
Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón (USA-2013)
If Nolan's film created confusion, Cuarón's film caused a lot of visual impact. The feeling dizzy and lonely that transmit each of the shots of this film, well justify the Oscar for the best direction that the Mexican director took home.
Trip to the stars
Another cult saga, although somewhat irregular and always in the shadow of The Wars. Thirteen films, in addition to novels, TV series and video games, make up an interspatial universe, responsible for contributing elements such as Warp speed or teleportation, the collective imaginary gadgets and technologies that would eventually become commonplacesuch as tablets, cordless phones, and many others.
The Fifth Element by Luc Besson (France-1997)
Starring Bruce Willis, it is a strange mix of visuals taken from films like Blade Runner of Ridley Scott, with the typical action of the saga of Hard to Kill. Although most of the story does not take place in space, in this futuristic world planet-to-planet travel or intergalactic cruises they are an everyday thing.
Armagedon by Michael Bay (USA-1998)
Again Bruce Willis leads a cast, which this time must intercept the trajectory of a large meteorite traveling directly towards Earth and whose impact would be catastrophic.
Deep Impact by Mimi Leder (USA-1998)
Just a month before the premiere of Armagedon, a film with the same plot synthesis it was released in theaters. The only differences between one movie and another: Robert duvall was the mission leader and Morgan Freeman served as president of the United States. Who spied on whom?
Apollo 13 by Ron Howard (USA-1995)
La failed mission to the moon of 1970, dramatized with a verisimilitude that managed to keep the spectators clinging to their seats, even though they all knew the end. The phrase "Houston, we have a problem”Is one of the most iconic in the history of cinema.
Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys (USA-2000)
The movie, starring veterans Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner and Donald Sutherland, was promoted as a space western, given the background of its protagonists.
Wall-E by Andrew Stanton (USA-2009)
Animation could not be left out when speculating about adventures out of Earth orbit. In addition to a manifesto on the irresponsibility of humanity regarding the excessive generation of toxic waste, it is a beautiful love story, full of references to ET the alien, by Steven Spielberg.
Mars by Ridley Scott (USA-2015)
The director Alien, the eighth passenger, resumed space travel with a story of survival on the lonely red planet, one of the favorite destinations of science fiction cinema.
Mission to mars by Brian de Palma (USA-2000)
Another bumpy trip to our neighboring planet, the movie ended as a somewhat confusing tribute from Brian de Palma to Stanley Kubrick and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Red planet by Antony Hoffman (USA-2000)
Another trip from Earth to Mars it serves as an excuse to debate politics, philosophy, science and religion.
passengers by Morten Tydum (USA-2016)
No one feels more alone in the vastness of the universe than Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) after waking up from hibernation 90 years before reaching its destination. passengers it's one of those rare movies that it doesn't need a villain to function.
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