7 Movies About Aliens Robbie Williams Might Enjoy
September 22nd 2008 15:48
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So, it's been reported British punce, um, I mean pop star Robbie Williams has got a UFO fetish which has caused his girlfriend to leave him.
At least that's the word from Fleet Street, so who are we to argue with that. Apparently the guy has become obsessed with flying saucers after seeing a few in the sky one night.
Whatever happened to "loving angels instead" Robbie?
While he's not seeing them for real, here's a few films he can chuck in the DVD player to get by ... Careful, there may be spoilers.
7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1978)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Terri Garr, Bob Balaban.
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi epic and forebearer to E.T. The movie did as much for UFOs as it did for mashed potato. Williams should be able to appreciate what Richard Dreyfuss' character goes through after the recent close encounter himself recently. As well, the aliens are musically-minded so it should strike a chord with the pop star. Although they look friendly enough, the little stick-figure extra-terrestrial visitors have been abducting humans for over 30-years, including children. Of course, it’s all for the greater good of the universe. The ending is like the Deliverance's duelling banjos of sci-fi films.
6. Signs (2002)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jacquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin.
An interesting take on the old invasion of Earth scenario, exclusively from the view of a mid-west family. From self-proclaimed ‘master’ of twists and turns, director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), it is gripping, but a little outrageous all the same (even for a movie that sees trash-taling Mel Gibson portraying a preacher). The aliens, each seven-foot tall, are capable of flying billions of miles through space, but can’t knock down a couple of wooden boards. And what’s with not liking water? Isn’t it the key to life or something? If Williams ever comes in contact with these ETs, maybe he should take them out on one of his famous benders – no water, just spirits.
5. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Directed by Robert Wise.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Pat Neale
The first great sci-fi film, and the first to take a serious look at why aliens might be paying us a visit – in this case it is to warn us about what will happen if we keep trying to destroy ourselves. It's a movie with a message. The alien, Klaatu of the piece lands in a big shiny flying saucer and has got a big shiny robot called Gort that shoots lasers. It was pretty scary at the time I guess. Their arrival in Washington DC got the same type of reaction Williams normally gets I'm led to believe.
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace.
Everyone's favourite little alien who is lost on Earth and gets taken in by a little boy with a big basket on the front of his bike. Who didn’t shed a tear at the end of this film? Betcha Robbie did. I mean, don’t all pop stars like ET? Michael Jackson is his biggest fan. I guess he can relate to his predicament - treated like something from out of this world. Jackson apparently owns one of the ET puppets used in the movie. It’s only a rumour he has sexually assaulted it.
3. Contact (1997)
Directed by Robert Zemekis
Starring: Jodie Foster, Tom Skerritt, Matthew McConaughey
If you build it you can come, is the message from an alien race to Jodie Foster. Her character receives radio signals from outer space that she must decipher. They turn out to be an instruction manual for a giant machine that will take her to ... some fake beach where she is visited by her dead father? Okay, if you can get past the ending, and the two leads Foster and McConaughey, it's a pretty intelligent film, if you're into this sort of stuff like Robbie is. It delves into the whole Creation v Evolution debate too.
2. The Abyss (1989)
Directed by James Cameron
Starring: Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Something a bit more intense for Mr Williams here from master director James Cameron. The crew of an underwater oil rig witness strange occurences deep down in the ocean. These aliens are more accustomed to getting around in UWOs (Unidentified Water Objects). They were planning to destroy mankind because we were destroying mankind - they just wanted to do it quicker - but have second thoughts thanks to Ed Harris. The movie featuring special effects ahead of its time.
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood.
The sci-fi film of all-time. No, make that the film of all-time. It involves a highly intelligent alien civilisation we never see, but know exist from their calling card, massive black monoliths. Directed by the great Stanley Kurbick from a story by legendary writer Arthur C Clarke. A couple of pills beforehand could really enhance Robbie’s viewing pleasure (not that I condone such things), especially during the real psychadelic moments near the end. While actions of killer computer HAL steal the show, the overall premise of the film is about how we humans were given a little push along in development by beings outer space ... or was that another dimension? Anyway, Robbie, if you’re reading, it is brilliant.
Honourable mention.
Bad Taste (1987)
Directed by Peter Jackson.
Starring: Peter Jackson, Doug Wren.
The cult New Zealand movie renowned for being Peter `The Lord of the Rings' Jackson's first. This could be right up Robbie's alley as it is a ridiculous, albeit fun, splatterfest about a group of the ugliest damn aliens you've ever seen using the residents of a small town as the special ingredient in an interplanetary fast-food chain. It's up to a small band of clumsy army officers (led by Jackson himself) to save the day - and the rest of the planet. Lord Crumb the alien leader sums it up like this, "The sad news is that we will be heading for Nalic Nod with six of our co-workers in a state of permanent death. They died today, murdered by some real assholes."
At least that's the word from Fleet Street, so who are we to argue with that. Apparently the guy has become obsessed with flying saucers after seeing a few in the sky one night.
Whatever happened to "loving angels instead" Robbie?
While he's not seeing them for real, here's a few films he can chuck in the DVD player to get by ... Careful, there may be spoilers.
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Terri Garr, Bob Balaban.
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi epic and forebearer to E.T. The movie did as much for UFOs as it did for mashed potato. Williams should be able to appreciate what Richard Dreyfuss' character goes through after the recent close encounter himself recently. As well, the aliens are musically-minded so it should strike a chord with the pop star. Although they look friendly enough, the little stick-figure extra-terrestrial visitors have been abducting humans for over 30-years, including children. Of course, it’s all for the greater good of the universe. The ending is like the Deliverance's duelling banjos of sci-fi films.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jacquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin.
An interesting take on the old invasion of Earth scenario, exclusively from the view of a mid-west family. From self-proclaimed ‘master’ of twists and turns, director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), it is gripping, but a little outrageous all the same (even for a movie that sees trash-taling Mel Gibson portraying a preacher). The aliens, each seven-foot tall, are capable of flying billions of miles through space, but can’t knock down a couple of wooden boards. And what’s with not liking water? Isn’t it the key to life or something? If Williams ever comes in contact with these ETs, maybe he should take them out on one of his famous benders – no water, just spirits.
Directed by Robert Wise.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Pat Neale
The first great sci-fi film, and the first to take a serious look at why aliens might be paying us a visit – in this case it is to warn us about what will happen if we keep trying to destroy ourselves. It's a movie with a message. The alien, Klaatu of the piece lands in a big shiny flying saucer and has got a big shiny robot called Gort that shoots lasers. It was pretty scary at the time I guess. Their arrival in Washington DC got the same type of reaction Williams normally gets I'm led to believe.
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace.
Everyone's favourite little alien who is lost on Earth and gets taken in by a little boy with a big basket on the front of his bike. Who didn’t shed a tear at the end of this film? Betcha Robbie did. I mean, don’t all pop stars like ET? Michael Jackson is his biggest fan. I guess he can relate to his predicament - treated like something from out of this world. Jackson apparently owns one of the ET puppets used in the movie. It’s only a rumour he has sexually assaulted it.
Directed by Robert Zemekis
Starring: Jodie Foster, Tom Skerritt, Matthew McConaughey
If you build it you can come, is the message from an alien race to Jodie Foster. Her character receives radio signals from outer space that she must decipher. They turn out to be an instruction manual for a giant machine that will take her to ... some fake beach where she is visited by her dead father? Okay, if you can get past the ending, and the two leads Foster and McConaughey, it's a pretty intelligent film, if you're into this sort of stuff like Robbie is. It delves into the whole Creation v Evolution debate too.
Directed by James Cameron
Starring: Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Something a bit more intense for Mr Williams here from master director James Cameron. The crew of an underwater oil rig witness strange occurences deep down in the ocean. These aliens are more accustomed to getting around in UWOs (Unidentified Water Objects). They were planning to destroy mankind because we were destroying mankind - they just wanted to do it quicker - but have second thoughts thanks to Ed Harris. The movie featuring special effects ahead of its time.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood.
The sci-fi film of all-time. No, make that the film of all-time. It involves a highly intelligent alien civilisation we never see, but know exist from their calling card, massive black monoliths. Directed by the great Stanley Kurbick from a story by legendary writer Arthur C Clarke. A couple of pills beforehand could really enhance Robbie’s viewing pleasure (not that I condone such things), especially during the real psychadelic moments near the end. While actions of killer computer HAL steal the show, the overall premise of the film is about how we humans were given a little push along in development by beings outer space ... or was that another dimension? Anyway, Robbie, if you’re reading, it is brilliant.
Bad Taste (1987)
Directed by Peter Jackson.
Starring: Peter Jackson, Doug Wren.
The cult New Zealand movie renowned for being Peter `The Lord of the Rings' Jackson's first. This could be right up Robbie's alley as it is a ridiculous, albeit fun, splatterfest about a group of the ugliest damn aliens you've ever seen using the residents of a small town as the special ingredient in an interplanetary fast-food chain. It's up to a small band of clumsy army officers (led by Jackson himself) to save the day - and the rest of the planet. Lord Crumb the alien leader sums it up like this, "The sad news is that we will be heading for Nalic Nod with six of our co-workers in a state of permanent death. They died today, murdered by some real assholes."
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