Joshua Tyler | publishing
In early 2020, the world closed and people were locked at home. Most people stay at home for the next two years. Our only form of release is everything that happens on streaming. But, at the same time, Hollywood stopped producing new content.
New streaming movies are suddenly more valuable than ever. A stunning movie that shouldn’t be obtained with drama releases. Some of the best works in science fiction are lost or ignored, while others are exaggerated.
Looking back now, these are the best science fiction movies in the Covid era.
7. Invisible person | February 2020
Invisible person It’s the kind of movie you exhale when it’s released, just realizing that you’re breathing all the time.
Cecelia, played by Elisabeth Moss, is trapped in an abusive marriage with Adrian Griffin, a rich tech-rich distance. When Adrian committed suicide, she thought her nightmare was over. Until she convinced him to fake death, make herself invisible, and continue to torture her. Cecelia’s friends didn’t believe her, thinking she was about to be unpopular. But we know better. Adrian isolates her, leaving everyone to question her sanity.
Director Leigh Whannell is filled with more horror, more pressure, The invisible person Photographer Stefan Duscio uses wide lenses filled with negative space to create creeping fears. Nothing Invisible person It looks as sinister as an empty space. This is a masterclass of the pressure of upgrading.
Invisible person The debut in theaters just days before the initial Covid Panic in 2020 began, resulting in people locking themselves in their homes, and too many potential moviegoers missed the theater.
6. night | May 2020
Release on the peak of horror in the summer of 2020, see those who see it night In a few cases, it is a rare highlight between new versions that appear on streaming.
This is a simple story. night Located in a small town in New Mexico in the 1950s. It follows a radio DJ called Everett (Jake Horowitz) and a local phone switchboard operation board Faye (Sierra McCormic) as they encounter a strange signal and investigate its origins. The entire movie goes on within hours as the two call and call into the local library for evidence while the whole town is busy playing local high school basketball games.
night is the slowest burning speed, almost entirely composed of longer camera movements and close-ups, and with minimal editing cuts. Faye crazes over the operator’s switchboard. When Everett answers a mysterious call, the entire screen goes black so that viewers like Everett can focus entirely on the words on the other end.
In the end, everything paid off, but the near-real time experience of getting there made night masterpiece. It’s not for everyone, but for those who need focus and attention span, it’s one of the most fascinating sci-fi movie viewing experiences you have in your home alone in the dark.
5. Bill & Ted Faces Music | August 2020
Bill & Ted Faces Music There are many things to live up to. The end of the trilogy is expected to climax with a song that can unite the world and save reality.
fortunately, Bill & Ted Faces Music Know the burden it has to bear and decide to take advantage of it. Rather than putting narrative pressure on the plot, the film uses the framework of the plot to explore Bill S. Preston Esquire (Bill S.
Our fattest protagonists are about to give up their music career as the film begins. They then lead a pursuit through their personal future in an attempt to steal their savings reality songs from themselves.
Bill & Ted Faces Music It’s the right ending for fans’ favorite series. It leaves behind a franchise and always promises to commit, while reminding us that all of us are worth saving.
4. Greenland | December 2020
exist GreenlandGerard Butler plays John Garrity, a man who tries to tinker with his estranged wife Allison, played by Morena Baccarin. Because every hero in every disaster always has an alienated wife. He also has a young man named Nathan’s son.
When a comet named Clarke becomes a straight line of the Earth in an extinction-level event, he must find a way to make them safe. That’s it. On a basic level, this is the story. Of course, it was much harder to do the job, and Gerard Butler’s John was thwarted at any time.
Greenland Precisely delivers the film it promises. Big and thriving, with lots of sensational stimulation and extinction, and with enough human relationships to keep the audience engaged. It will never deviate from the disaster movie template, but everything is done well and Greenland should be more than just those who want to watch the world crash on screen.
3. Mitchell and the Machine | April 2021
Mitchell and the Machine It is one of the smartest and most interesting family science fiction animated films in the Covid era. It blends the epic robot-Apocalypse bet with a truly impact family drama.
On the surface, Mitchell and the machine are flashy, bold and fun. When the AI uprising suddenly created its own world, the Mitchell clan dysfunction fell into a road trip. Under chaos, the emotional core and sharp comments on our digital dependence are just the moment the world is forced into endless zoom calls and screens.
The films by directors Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe explode in a vibrant visual style, partly in comic energy and Pixar Polish, but based on the core of their characters. The real genius here is how Mitchells make our obsession with technology and control by celebrating the beauty of human improvisation, glitches, and real, imperfect connections.
Mitchells arrives with the machine in April 2021 when it needs it. It sends out a crazy creative story of technological rebellion that celebrates the idea that humanity remains the most important.
2. Free guy | August 2021
Free guy It’s a rare original IP that evades the remake restart reply trap and gives us something fresh, fun and sneaky.
At first glance, it’s just that Ryan Reynolds is his fascinating self in the video game world. But under the ground, Free guy Dealing with large-scale science fiction topics: AI awareness, digital freedom and the soul in simulation. It is Tron Meet Truman performanceModern comments about our obsession with open world escapism and the power structures that govern them.
Director Shawn Levy balances humor and heart, with a bright and dynamic visual style without feeling hollow. There is real emotional weight behind Guy’s awakening, and Reynolds offers a more subtle performance than people praise. The film’s keen gathering in gaming culture, but never cynical, and its final performance provides a pleasant cathartic audience that doesn’t know they need it. Free guy It is one of the few blockbusters from 2000 years later, and they actually feel new.
During the period when most science fiction tabloids tilt darkness and dystopia Free guy Dare to be optimistic, after the lockdown and the fear of existence in August 2021, this situation was different at the end of the Kuvid era.
1. Dunes: Part 1 | October 2021
With the end of Covid, people are just starting to return to theaters, dune It may be the number one thing that brings the audience back. But even in October 2021, Warner Bros. is still uncertain about the audience’s group aspirations. so dune Get streaming and dramatic releases at the same time.
The movie is still making a lot of money, but maybe it might be bigger, because dune First of all, the flawless sight, photography surpasses breathtaking. Medieval images are fighting for attention to the endless, threatening sand across otherworldly planets. The vague Catholic theme bleeds in the cracks of the hypnotic scene and has an ancient, barbaric aesthetic of grace. Paul’s tr-like dream sequence with Fremenff was burned into orange shades and destroyed visually like cracks.
dune Take the time to indulge in every moment and be fully addicted to your own moments. No hurry dune Hurry up its beauty. The worms squirming under the desert carved by the wind are wonderful beasts, both terrible and truly glorious. The film relies heavily on visual narrative and action to move the narrative forward, accompanied by Hans Zimmer’s somber score. Use of an invitation (even if welcome) through physical orientation and screen blocking invitation (if not welcome) to a personal explanation of the plot (even if not welcome).
dune It used to be a narrative and an experience, and there was no need for words to explain yourself. Therefore, appropriately, the film that symbolizes the crazy end of the contemporary era is also the best science fiction film for survival.
