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What's another underrated SciFi?
by keepquestioning 4y ago
What's another underrated SciFi?
- defrost 4y agoDark City (1998) It was a box office bomb but a real sleeper classic, it's highly rated in some circles, unknown in others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film) There are others.
- oboes 4y agoBe sure to watch the director's cut with that one. The original theater version has an opening narrative (added by the producers) which spoils much if the plot.
- tigerlily 4y agoAt the risk of courting downvotes, Brazil from 1985. Not 100% sci-fi, as there are some comedy/fantasy/horror elements, but boy is it just wild. I don't know where Terry Gilliam gets his inspiration from.
- nullify88 4y agoI'd say its a fine suggestion. A dystopian movie portraying a futuristic, overly bureaucractic government which is highly dependent on unreliable whimsical machines paired with a hyper consumerist society. Robocop and Running Man portray similar scifi futures / society.
- rzzzt 4y agoThey each have a big corporation pulling the strings, OCP and ICS.
- rzzzt 4y agoReal-life bureaucracy?
- oboes 4y agoThis is one of my favorite films, maybe my favorite sci-fi film. The "steampunk" way in which future technology is depicted is one of the reason Brazil aged so well IMO. I would actually consider it to be a free adaption of Orwell's 1984.
- bazoom42 4y agoBrazil is so billiant because it depicts a technologial socity where the technology is full of bugs and often malfunction - just like reality. Most dystopian sf assume technology just works but is used for evil purposes. Brazil suggest the terrorist bombings are really just explosions caused by bad plumbing.
- phatfish 4y ago12 Monkeys is also a great sci-fi Gilliam movie, not underrated though :) Is there some dislike for Terry Gilliam? Can't think why anyone would want to downvote Brazil here.
- jbaber 4y agoI love Brazil and nagged lots of friends to see it. I now see through their eyes that it's pretty long if you're not enjoying the scenery.
- sorokod 4y agoEvery time I watch Brazil, I am surprised to discover Robert De Niro in it. Every time.
- thunderbong 4y agoI'd say, 'The Man from Earth' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
- rwmj 4y agoGreat film, but skip the "sequel".
- thunderbong 4y agoWhat 'sequel'? I've never heard of this.
- rwmj 4y agoThe Man from Earth: Holocene - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5770864/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5770864/. The story seems to be that the writer of the original film's son tried to write a sequel, but failed to understand why the original worked. The imdb user reviews are pretty accurate.
- Vaslo 4y agoNot at the level of Gattaca or Dark City but a few good ones filmed around the same time period - -Thirteenth Floor -The Cell -Strange Days -Frequency -Event Horizon (The Shining in deep space but very gory, especially the recording they find) Rufus Sewell from Dark City was also on a sci-fi show called The Man in The High Castle. A great series to start but the last season was awful. I’ll also add Children of Men, Primer, Looper, and The Thing though I don’t know these are as underrated these days.
- phatfish 4y agoThis is a good list, although I don't remember The Cell being that good. Might be wrong :) I would add Cube and Donnie Darko.
- ngc248 4y agoTimecrimes ... a spanish movie, its superb ... they executed the time loop concept really well. If you want a non-serious fun movie "Summer Time Machine blues", a japanese movie is also a pretty good watch
- phatfish 4y agoPrimer (2004) is good time travel movie too. Low budget that was written, directed and acted by the same few people if i remember.
- whywhywhywhy 4y agoNever hear people talk about it but Upstream Color by the same director is also excellent. Probably more bio-punk than sci-if though.
- sprkwd 4y agoWonderful film.
- rwmj 4y agoAnother Japanese soft sci-fi film is Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14500584/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14500584/ (edit: which seems to be by the same writer)
- rwmj 4y agoCypher - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284978/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284978/ Primer - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/ Quiet Earth - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/
- antman 4y agoBrazil, The man from Earth, Moon, The fountain, Ad Astra, Donnie Darko, Ender's Game, Edge of tomorrow, Solaris (the old one), Westworld (70s), Metropolis (the japanese anime), Dark Star (trippy, 70s, great end), Firefly series and Serenity movie, Attack the block, Fifth Element, planet of the apes (the old one), ex machina, children of men
- magicalhippo 4y agoI'll add some films that I enjoyed. Some might be flawed, some constrained by their budget etc, but overall I enjoyed watching them. Ordered alphabetical (I hope). The more mainstream ones: - Brainstorm (1983) - Gamer (2009) - Midnight Special (2016) - Pandorum (2009) - Outland (1981) - Possessor (2020) The more low budget/indie ones: - Alien Arrival (2016) - Chariot (2022) - The Endless (2018) - Galaxy of Terror (1981) - Honeymoon (2014) - The man with the magic box (2017) - The Objective (2008) - Senn (2013) - The Signal (2014) - Time Trap (2017) - Welcome the Stranger (2018)
- kadoban 4y agoMoon (2009) escaped many people's notice and was really good. Don't read too much about it, there's a component of mystery that's better if it's not spoiled.
- green-eclipse 4y agoTotally agree. Very good film. What a plot twist.
- dimator 4y agoYes. Criminally underrated, I come back to it often.
- papito 4y agoThere is a big budget Hollywood movie with an A-lister that many claim has totally jacked the Moon concept. I noticed that myself without any suggestions, but I can't say anything more because it will spoil it.
- kadoban 4y agoYeah, I know the one you mean. Not a bad movie either, though I think Moon did that part (and most things) better. I looked it up and they _say_ the other movie was written before Moon came out, so it couldn't have copied, but feels like a pretty shallow denial to me. I suspect they just saw the screenplay or something, but what do I know.
- papito 4y agoThe studio execs literally went "well, we can't just have one dude in the movie, so let's add sex appeal by making GERTY an actual hot woman - but she is tied to the place and can never leave the premises, just like that robot".
- magicalhippo 4y agoThis is an example of why I think "underrated" is such a difficult word in the context of movie recommendations. In my view, Moon wasn't underrated. It was very well received overall by both critics and those who saw it[1], which is inline with how I felt about it. However, it wasn't a blockbuster, and so the chances are there are many who don't know about it and who would enjoy seeing it. [1]: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moon https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moon
- devoutsalsa 4y agoPitch Black starring Vin Diesel.
- unzadunza 4y agoI guess you couldn't call it underrated (93% rotten tomatoes) but Vast of Night was my favorite sci-fi movie I saw this year.