Okay, now I can't wait to see The Clone Returns Home.
The idea is this: when an astronaut named Kohei dies on a space mission, his superiors create a clone (that I'll call K2) who's supposed to have a fully "regenerated" body and memory. Only there's a problem with K2's memory: Kohei's twin brother died in their childhood, and these memories overwhelm K2. I recommend reading the description, which is really interesting.
What interests me most is that K2 unexpectedly dwells on the childhood memories of the brother's death. It seems that scientists could reproduce the data of Kohei's memories, but not all the blood, sweat and tears that went into dealing with them. This makes me think about grief, about how the only way around it is through it, and I'll be interested to see if the movie implies that Kohei himself had never adequately confronted his grief.
The Clone Returns Home makes sci-fi seem like the perfect arena for themes like this. When talking to people about your favorite stories, do you ever find that others may seem interested until they figure out it's sci-fi or horror or fantasy? Then they suddenly get this superior look in their eye? That would happen to me when I'd tell people I thought World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War was the best new novel I'd read in years.
What are stories you've been looked down on for thinking they were great?