Overrated/Underrated Geek Media

[MGibster]

Underated: Lifeforce. For me this movie had it all, but audiences and critics never really seemed that enthusiastic about it

It also had Mathilda May running around in her birthday suit for a significant amount of time. And for a Cannon Film production it actually had good special effects. 10/10, one of the breast space vampire movies I've ever seen.

 

[Ryujin]

It also had Mathilda May running around in her birthday suit for a significant amount of time. And for a Cannon Film production it actually had good special effects. 10/10, one of the breast space vampire movies I've ever seen.

Freudian Slip noted and approved

 

[Bedrockgames]

I think that it's currently still available on Tubi. They've listed it as "leaving soon" a couple of times, but I guess it gets enough new viewers that they keep it around.

(I originally saw it in a theatre and had no idea who Patrick Stewart was, because it was just pre-TNG.)

That role and his role as Sejanus in I, Claudius are always fun to see

 

[Bedrockgames]

It also had Mathilda May running around in her birthday suit for a significant amount of time. And for a Cannon Film production it actually had good special effects. 10/10, one of the breast space vampire movies I've ever seen.

It is up there with Planet of the Vampires !

 

[Clint_L]

What I am saying is one being an expert doesn't automatically make them right about things.

Has anyone ever made this claim?

 

[Bedrockgames]

Has anyone ever made this claim?

No but so think sometimes people forget experts are human too, and I think some experts do get overly accustomed to having their words taken with more weight than other peoples

 

[Paul Farquhar]

No but so think sometimes people forget experts are human too, and I think some experts do get overly accustomed to having their words taken with more weight than other peoples

All opinions are valid, but an informed opinion is always going to carry more weight with other people than an uninformed opinion.

 

[Gradine]

I’ve just been reminded of this one:

Underrated: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Disney).

Yes, this, 100%. I don't know that I'd call it a good movie, but it is a movie where Helen Mirren fights Hussar terminators with a bull whip, and that's great fun. Also, Kiera Knightly as the Sugarplum Fairy is the wildest thing, just off the wall insane and so much fun.

Other underrated movies:

*Jupiter Ascending. Sky roller blading. Nonsensical space politics. Eddie Redmayne whisper shouting as he devours the scenery. Extreme tonal shifts that will give you whiplash every five minutes. "Bees recognize royalty". Odd nonsequitor homages to Terry Gilliam's Brazil. What more could you want?

*Smile 1 & 2. Genuinely disturbing at times, occasionally hilarious, the sequel is actually better than the first one (the scene with the dancers in the apartment... hachi machi...) Worth a watch.

*Trap. If I thought M. Night Shayamalan had even an ounce of self awareness I'd call it by far his best comedic film. The cast mostly understands the assignment though, especially Josh Hartnett. At one point Kid Cudi shows up, screams at a lady about Kombucha, flirts with Hartnett, then walks out the movie and our lives forever. This barely cracks the top 5 strangest things that happens in this movie. Best enjoyed with friends and... altered through your preferred methods.

 

[Ryujin]

*Jupiter Ascending. Sky roller blading. Nonsensical space politics. Eddie Redmayne whisper shouting as he devours the scenery. Extreme tonal shifts that will give you whiplash every five minutes. "Bees recognize royalty". Odd nonsequitor homages to Terry Gilliam's Brazil. What more could you want?

I really liked this movie. Also one I saw in theatre. It at least tried for something different and the effects had a definite European flair, rather than the usual nuts & bolts North American appearance.

"I like dogs."

 

[Bedrockgames]

All opinions are valid, but an informed opinion is always going to carry more weight with other people than an uninformed opinion.

I wasn't making this comparison