Great Science Fiction by Today's Standards

Rating: 9/10 (6 March 2014)

We don't know all that much about Science Fiction anymore, because we have become way too cynical and have given up on the stuff that made previous generations great. We're stuck in our texting machines and haven't put anyone on the moon in decades. We're happy to be distracted by Wizards, Vampires and post-apocalyptic archers.
This movie harks back to the original notions of Science Fiction, back when we really appreciated it. Everything we start out knowing in this movie turns out to be wrong. Humans just won't go away or give up. And they won't stop believing.
This movie brings back all of those old, long lost themes. The enemy is faceless, huge and mechanically cynical. It has only one mission, and humans are merely pawns in the scheme.
And, in the end, the things that make us human become the defining theme of the movie. "If we have souls" Harper begins, and then explains what makes them.
Great stuff.