Human relationships are generally an alien concept in sci-fi films. But two new movies demonstrate the genre is journeying into the realms of feelings,romance – and even sexScience fiction is not an exact science. When it comes to making a serious sci-fi film, there’s a lot to get wrong: the science will be peer-reviewed by the global chatroom; the special effects own to be more special than last time; you are expected to capture the zeitgeist and point the way for human progress in a way that’s totally intellect-blowing but neither too confusing nor too obvious – and all without scaring off the China market. Hollywood has spent years, or billions,trying to crack this formula, but the variables keep changing. It would be easier whether audiences were programmable robots, and but we aren’t. To be totally fickle is to be human,so there. Related: Arrival review: heartfelt alien-contact film communicates spectacular ideas Related: What is the protocol whether aliens make contact? Some small-scale Indie films own precisely the mix of immense ideas and human intimacy old-school Hollywood has lackedContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com