I was reading this list of the 50 greatest sci-fi movies of the last 50 years, and it was all fairly predictable. There’s only a couple that I’d disagree with, but there were a few that would have made the list in place of them if I were compiling it myself, and I realised my additions were less mainstream or less critically acclaimed than were on there.

What guilty-pleasure sci-fi movies would you recommend?

For starters, ones I’ve watched a bunch of times would be:

Dredd (2012)

Pandorum (2009)

Lockout (2012)

Monsters (2010)

  • Quicky@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Great list, for Equilibrium alone, which I loved. Event Horizon also, that’s an unquestionable masterpiece.

    • EvilBit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      The extreme horror of Event Horizon limits its appeal but I think it’s brilliant.

      • Quicky@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I read a while back that there was a much longer, far more gruesome version of the blood orgy scene that had to be cut because of how disturbing it was. I hate that sort of thing generally - I usually can’t watch horror without shitting myself - but the fact that it’s part of a film I loved makes me disappointed I won’t see it.

        • EvilBit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          I’ve heard of that too, that the original film decayed in a vault or something. Pity. I’m not a torture porn fan or total gorehound myself, but I’d pay to see that footage just out of curiosity.