The 2010s gave us many issues. This was the last decade the place the MCU exploded, going from a few good films to creating an unlimited interconnected universe the likes of which we had by no means seen in cinema earlier than. Within the realm of sci-fi, the last decade noticed a number of the finest sci-fi films ever made, from Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” (it counts!) and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival,” to Makoto Shinkai’s sci-fi romance blockbuster, “Your Identify.”

The last decade additionally gave us a wave of big-budget, bold sci-fi films that launched us to brand-new worlds filled with cool creatures and spectacular visuals that had been additionally large monetary and significant flops. Motion pictures like “John Carter,” an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ influential sci-fi novel sequence that’s vastly underrated, and sadly so underseen its very cool-sounding sequels by no means materialized. 

Likewise, “Valerian and the Metropolis of a Thousand Planets” was a ludicrously costly movie based mostly on one other vastly influential sci-fi sequence, and it had a number of the most beautiful visuals in a sci-fi film, in addition to one of many single finest opening scenes in a sci-fi film ever. Sadly, the film was far too idiosyncratic for basic audiences, and it featured two extremely lifeless principal performances and a script that obtained extra standard and uninteresting with each passing minute. 

This occurred usually within the 2010s, as audiences began turning into weary of non-IP-driven big-budget blockbusters, till the one big-budget style films had been franchises. There could be no “Mortal Engines” saga, or “A Wrinkle in Time” trilogy.