The best science fiction makes us feel like we’re kids again. It’s not easy to be put in a state of awe as an adult, at least for most of us. We’ve been around the block enough to know a thing or two, and that leaves us skeptical and a little bit hard to impress. We’ve seen all the movies, we’ve read all the books, we’ve lived all the life. Unless something is truly amazing, it’s hard to truly move us. But the best works of art make us feel like we’re a kid again. 

They make us feel like we did when we were nine years old and watched Star Wars for the first time. We remember how our mouth was agape and we couldn’t believe what was happening next. We knew it would change our lives forever, and it did. That feeling is harder to come by as an adult, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. There’s plenty of amazing works of art out there that can put us in a state of wonderment. I mean, the advancements and special effects alone should leave us at least a little bit agog.