Not that this pulpy adaptation of a 1960s French comic book series is dumb, just kind of simple. Luc Besson delivers another stunning spectacle following his previous effort, Lucy (my 14th favorite of 2014), and it is a similarly brilliant movie in the visual sense, not so much in terms of intelligence. ![]() ![]() Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets As for my number one pick, apparently, it’s debatable whether it actually qualifies. Happily, a DC superhero movie did for the first time in four years, and the X-Men franchise cracked the top 10 for once, while the Marvel Cinematic Universe kept to the back half despite delivering some of its best films yet (2017 was that good a year for the genre!). Sadly, no animated features made the cut this time around ( Coco came close). And the future looked more dazzling and detached than we could have possibly hoped for, or feared.īelow is my annual personal ranking of the best in sci-fi and fantasy cinema. Ghost stories reached new heights, as well. Superhero pictures collectively hit a new peak while becoming both more dramatic and more comedic than ever before. This year at the movies, we saw many surprises with the sci-fi and fantasy genres. ![]() From superheroes to the supernatural, this year’s most imaginary films gave us sea creatures, celestial comedy, and the sunken place.
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