What movie should I rent tonight? Looking for something in the scifi space.... thought provoking, etc?

I just saw 'let the right one in' and it was a gorgeous, haunting, ethereal vampire flick....might be up your alley!

Firefly (Serenity) youtube.com/watch?v=0BvP99-Ci6k 2001 youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w Star Wars youtube.com/watch?v=9gvqpFbRKtQ.

You may have seen it, but "Children of Men" is my favorite sci-fi film in recent memory. I also think Spielberg's "Minority Report" from a few years back is seriously underrated. Great action, cool effects, interesting social commentary about the pervasiveness of modern advertising and a surprisingly grim view of humanity's potential from the guy who made "ET" and "Close Encounters."

youtube.com/watch?v=oBaiKsYUdvg Oh, and Linklater's "Scanner Darkly" is quite thought-provoking, beautifully animated and super-trippy. "Donnie Darko" also brilliantly toes the line between comedy, sci-fi, horror and coming-of-age drama. "Dark City" is just a brilliant film, picking up future noir where "Blade Runner" left off.

Like "The Matrix," only better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPgYx9GolQ If you'd like something older, Godard's "Alphaville" is one of my favorites.

Try Solaris, either the Tarkovsky original or the Soderbergh remake. It's pretty heady. If you want even more cerebral, try Tarkovsky's Stalker.It'll twist your brain (they even based a video game on it!

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Here are my suggestions: Sunshine: rottentomatoes.com/m/sunshine/ youtube.com/watch?v=YZ2-xR54UDU 2046: rottentomatoes.com/m/2046/ youtube.com/watch?v=8-RbpQUqosI Casshern: rottentomatoes.com/m/10004734-casshern/ youtube.com/watch?v=kk9fGI90qdM And if you are up for a really nutty movie check out Southland Tales rottentomatoes.com/m/southland_tales/ youtube.com/watch?v=vtp14ikRvxo.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.