Best Science Fiction Film Round 1b: Inception (12) vs Children of Men (53)

[Chris]

Inception
Release Date: July 8, 2010 (Odeon Leicester Square), July 16, 2010 (United States and United Kingdom)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy
Plot: A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.



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Children of Men
Release Date: 3 September 2006 (Venice), 22 September 2006 (United Kingdom), 18, November 2006 (Japan), 25 December 2006 (United States)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine
Plot: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
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[Keith]

I'd say their about on a par. Two of the best modern Sci-fi's. I went Inception because its so visionary.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I like Inception but I actually think I'm going to go for Children of Men here surprisringly. Over time the latter has really grown on me.

 

[Chris]

Yeah terrible match-up for Children of Men, but I love that it made the tournament bc it's a phenomenal movie that gets overlooked at times. Inception was just so fucking good though, it's gonna take a lot for me to vote against it.

 

[Spitfire]

Children of Men, I feel has inspired a bunch of other films because of how they managed to put across the idea of the story in the way they did. I would say the Inception is a better art piece, but not a better sci-fi film.