Fiction is one of the genres of literature, cinema and visual arts. It takes its beginning in the deep past. Even at the dawn of his appearance, man admitted the presence of mysterious and powerful forces in the world around him. The first fiction is folklore, fairy tales, myths and traditions. The basis of this genre is a kind of incredible, supernatural assumption, an element of something unusual or impossible, a violation of the boundaries of human reality.
The beginning of the development of science fiction in cinema
From literature, the genre moved to the cinema almost immediately after its emergence. The first science fiction films appeared in France in the 19th century. In those years, the best director in this genre was Georges Méliès. His fantastic film “Journey to the Moon” was included in the golden fund of world cinema masterpieces and became the first picture telling about space travel. At this time, science fiction is an opportunity to show on the screen the achievements of human progress: amazing mechanisms and machines, vehicles.
From the beginning of the 20th century, science fiction films began to gain more and more popularity, and spectator interest in them increased.
Kinds of fiction
In cinema, science fiction is a genre whose framework is difficult to define. Usually this is a mixture of different styles and forms of cinema. There is a division into types of film fiction, but it is largely conditional.
Science fiction is a story about the incredible technical and other discoveries of man: the ability to travel in time, cross cosmic expanses, use genetic engineering, and create artificial intelligence.
The film “Prometheus” is an interesting picture with philosophical meaning about a person’s search for an answer to the main question: who are we and where are we from? As a result of archaeological excavations, scientists have received evidence that humanity was created by a highly developed humanoid race. A scientific expedition sets off in search of its creators to the edge of the solar system. Each team member has his own interest: someone wants to get an answer why humanity was created, someone is driven by curiosity, and some pursue selfish goals. But the creators are not at all as they were people.
Space fiction
This view is very closely intertwined with science fiction. A striking example is the recently released Interstellar film, which received rave reviews from critics, about the possibility of traveling through black holes and the resulting spatio-temporal paradoxes. Like Prometheus, this picture is filled with deep philosophical meaning.
Fantasy is a fantasy that is closely connected with mysticism and a fairy tale. The most striking example of a fantasy film is the famous epic saga of Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings. Of the most recent interesting works in this genre, the Hobbit trilogy and the last work of Sergei Bodrov's The Seventh Son can be noted.
Horror - strangely enough, this genre is also closely associated with science fiction. A classic example is the Alien movie series.
Fiction: movies that have become classics of cinema
In addition to the already mentioned films, there are still a large number of magnificent paintings included in the list of the best works in the genre of science fiction:
- The space saga "Star Wars".
- Series of films "Terminator".
- Fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia."
- The Iron Man trilogy.
- Highlander series.
- "Beginning" with Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Fantastic comedy "Back to the Future".
- "Dune".
- The Matrix trilogy with Keanu Reeves.
- Post-apocalyptic painting "I am a legend."
- Fantastic comedy "Men in Black".
- War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise.
- Combat space fiction "Star landing".
- The Fifth Element with Bruce Willis and Mila Jovovich.
- A series of films "Transformers."
- The cycle "Spider-Man."
- A series of films about Batman.
The development of the genre today
Modern science fiction - films and animated films - continues to be interesting to the viewer today.
Only in 2015, several large-scale and spectacular fantastic paintings were announced. Of the most anticipated films, one can name the final film from the Hunger Games series, the second part of The Maze Runner, Star Wars, Episode 7 - The Force Awakens, Terminator 5, Earth of the Future, the continuation of Divergent, a new a film from the Avengers series and the long-awaited Jurassic World.
Conclusion
Fiction is a genre of art that gives a person the opportunity to dream. Here you can imagine yourself as a superhero saving the world, allow the possibility of the existence of other worlds and make a flight into the depths of space. For this, viewers also love science fiction films - dreams come true in them.