Most Underrated Sci Fi movie, a recommendations thread!

[Whirlysplat]

2 Categaries.

Recent - last 10 years

For me Gattaca was very underrated, The tag line "There is no gene for the human spirit." Was genius and the film lived up to it, think Shawshank Redemption meets a film noir thriller with some topical science fact in a fictional scenario. Genius!

Older - Before the last 10 years

Brazil pure genius imo! Love it, it's that simple.

Your pics and thoughts.

What did you like which wasn't a commercial success?

- Whirly

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Equilibrium.

 

[Max J Power]

Serenity, along with Gattaca and Equilibrium.

 

[3dman27]

infra-man

 

[Dangerous]

Turantula!

Also known as Earth Vs The Spider.

 

[Hades]

Equilibrium.

That's not underrated.

Everybodies seen that damn movie

 

[Max J Power]

That's not underrated.

Everybodies seen that damn movie

This message board and ones like it don't reperesent the general population.

 

[ariellem]

Gattaca... Brazil...

Those are two of our favorite SF movies of all time. Another underrated-but-excellent SF film is "12 Monkeys" (Bruce Willis).

Underrated, though not in the same league, is "Last Action Hero". It got totally panned as cr@p, but it was actually a pretty decent movie.

Is there another thread for "most overrated"?

 

[FOG3]

yeh Id say 12 Monkeys for the past 10 years. That movie doesn't get enough praise.

As for before the last 10 years Id say -

Should be everyones favorite movie.

 

[3dman27]

yeh Id say 12 Monkeys for the past 10 years. That movie doesn't get enough praise.

As for before the last 10 years Id say -

Should be everyones favorite movie.

since this movie reminds me of doc SAVAGE i'll ask this does doc's movie count?

 

[ariellem]

Bump!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Serenity definately. Believe it or not i also think Terminator 1 doesnt get the credit it deserves.

 

[SalaciousVC]

those sci fi channel original movies seem so cheesy and fake

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Turantula!

Also known as Earth Vs The Spider.

Actually they are two different films, Tarantula was released in 1955 and Earth Vs The Spider in 1958.

 

[Doomed_hero]

Dark City

 

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[Gilpesh]

Serenity (of course look at my sig.. t: )
Dark City... but a lot of people know it though
Gattaca (again of course... no one really knows it)
Immortal
Frank Herbert's Dune (miniseries from SciFi)
Rollerball (the original was great)
Scanners
Nothing (more comedy but what happens falls under Sci-Fi)

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[blind_fury]

lawnmower man
fantastic planet
they live
idiocracy
truman show
equilibrium
artificial intelligence
THX 1138

anime

akira
neo tokyo
genocyber
baoh
gunslinger girl (series)

 

[Gilpesh]

Damn, forgot that one. Best. Twist. Ever.

 

[blind_fury]

better than Citizen Kane?

*snorts*

yeah, whatevah.

 

[blind_fury]

existenz isn't a classic but it is worth watching.

 

[Gilpesh]

The twist in that movie completely redefines the genre of the movie.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Dark City

I love Dark City. It's perfectly formed. What starts off as a murky film noir somehow morphs into a creepy horror, then a dark sci-fi epic that climaxes with two beings firing psychokenetic blasts at each other whilst battling for the very city - and ends with a romantic epilogue on a sunlit beach. Amazing. Very, very atmospheric, wonderful visuals, deliciously sinister villains, superb and very imaginative special effects, thrilling soundtrack....and simply endless imagination.

 

[Warhammer]

Word up.

When I first saw this thread, the first film that came to mind was Dark City.