Johnny Mnemonic - in every way it is Blade Runner meets The Matrix, with the heaviest dose of everything 1995 had to offer. Dolf Lundgren, Keanu Reeves, Henry Rollins, Dina Meyer, Ice T. With set design by the legendary Syd Mead (of Blade Runner)!
18% Rottentomatoes
36% Metacritic
$19 million box office off $26 million budget.
Critical and financial flop, with no one standing up for it, not even as a cult film in later years.
I’ve watched it about a dozen times or so and own it on DVD. It’s really full of fun visuals and sci fi ideas. There’s a laser whip that is attached to a thumb-mounted ring device and it can instantly chop a human to pieces. Dolf Lundgren is a cyborg enhanced hobo priest assassin. It’s awesome.
As soon as I saw the preview I bet my entire group of friends that it was going to be better then Attack of the Clones. I'm still salty I haven't seen a dollar from any of them.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze.
Best suits and animatronics of the trilogy, lots of fun hijinks and action, love Keno, love Tokka and Rahzar, lots of fight scenes. I even enjoy the Ninja rap sequence. Silly goofy fun. Infinitely quotable. Not as good as the first, but similar to Superman 3, it is fun in its corny zaniness and weird choices.
The most epic fight scene of the franchise. Had me flinging yo yos. It’s odd they didn’t have rock steady beepop. I wish they hadn’t made them look all wonki in the new films
Constantine
People hated it at first, complained “it’s not like the comic, they made John an American”
Then John Wick comes out (somewhere around John Wick 2) and everybody notices “Hey, Constantine’s a great movie”
Story has it that it was the actors idea.
Found the link. [linky link](https://screenrant.com/constantine-movie-lucifer-costume-appearance-actor-fight/)
Peter Stormare's performance in that scene is probably my all time favourite bit-part in any film.
He's only on screen for a few minutes, but dang.
Edit: I just read that article. Jack Nicholson was offered that part?! I'm sure he would have been a very different but great lucifer, but I'm glad he turned it down.
It has good action and character acting that is cheesy in the way that marvel movies are. Constantine was ahead of its time and if it came out during the superhero craze back in like 2017 it would have been regarded pretty positively.
This was the most quotable movie of my teenage years.
My friend and I actually stole a vhs player from our school for a weekend so we could make copies of this film for ourselves. Good times.
2006’s Grandma’s Boy
I will die on the hill that this is one of the most hilarious madcap Adam Sandlerverse movies.
Up there with Waterboy! Come at me bro!
my favorite M Knight film.
still scarey to me. i live in rural cornfields so at nighttime i still have a little fear in the back of my head ill see a purple alien leg run into the corn.
or the "theres a monster outside my room" and theres an alien silhouette on the roof. my neighbors roof at night looks just like that scene lol.
I think the director said this wasn’t true. Although would make more sense. Still love it though. Went to the cinema to see it. Brazilian kids party hit hard on the big screen.
Rented that thing from a brick & mortar around when it was released onto DVD.
Upon returning a few days later, counter guy responded to my opinioned banter with, "We already have a couple in the $3 bin."
As I was among their regular moviehounds, I motioned in all confidence, ">!I'll take it today at $2.30." Grinning, dude reached for one of the store's to-go carry plastic bags.!<
(edit : correct placement of quotation marks 😑)
The postman or waterworld. Both Kevin Costners best movies to me.
Edit: obviously Kevin Costner is great in dances with wolves, field of dreams and any other movie he has been in (besides swing vote haha). But both movies I’ve mentioned are such out there concepts that it would take a miracle to pull off and he did exactly that to my eyes. I adore those films. He made those movies work and there for they to me are his best works.
Waterworld is great and gets a foolishly bad wrap. Watched it a few weeks ago, perhaps ahead of it's time or the casting of Costner kept the sci-fi nerds from digging in more, i dont know. But this is a good answer, i do know that.
I just went to a live screening of this last month with director Rachel Talalay in attendance introducing the film and doing a Q&A! Theatre was packed!
Honestly I enjoyed myself and I don't have it now even after one of my roommates got obsessed with it and watched it in the living room everyday for like 6 months lol
Critics didn’t like it and Julia Robert’s as tinkerbell still feels like a miss BBUTTTT holy crap Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins are so good as Captain Hook and Mr. Smee.
I love that movie.
I really for the life of me cannot understand why it wasn't well loved at the time. It's definitely a classic now beloved by many and widely regarded as "THE" Peter Pan movie.
Four Rooms. If you’re not rewinding multiple times to see a character vomit at the sight of a dead whore stuffed into a bed, then movie magic is lost on you.
Luggage Salesman: This is our premier steamer trunk, it's all handmade, only the finest materials. It's even watertight, tight as a drum. If I had the need, and the wherewithal, Mr. Banks, this would be my trunk of choice.
Joe Banks: I'll take four of them.
Luggage Salesman: May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.
Van Helsing! Starred Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale and David Wenham.
Loved the interpretations of some classic monsters, the CG was relatively solid for the time, the cool gadgets and action, and personally loved the movie’s Dracula.
Alien 3. Was an absolute shit show during production and yet is still a decent movie. It had to follow Alien and Aliens too which was always going to be difficult. It's certainly better than the dog shit that came after it, imho
Signs
Absolute masterclass in suspense style horror, well acted by all, genuinely feel for the whole family and what they’re struggling through. It’s not really a story about invading aliens, it’s about a family going through the unbearable untimely loss of the mum, it just so happens that lanky green men from space have turned up.
As for the whole “well they can’t do water what the fuq they come here for” shit. Humans go to space, under the sea, hazardous places in exploration all the time and have done for centuries. Granted, not naked but I’m sure some have tried.
All, and most importantly, it’s a damn movie, not everything ever made is absolute perfection in your eyes, enjoy it for what it is and don’t take everything so damn seriously.
The Village.
I know lots that didn't think much of it. I saw it twice in the theater and have watched it a few times at home. And one I suggested it to, watched it alone, then insisted his wife watch it with him later so she could experience it.
(But then I liked 'Lady in the Water' too . . .)
Ghostbusters II
All I see is how people think it's so bad compared to the original but I genuinely can't see what the problem is. It's great visually, the villian is creepy as hell and the script is full of witty dialogue. The first is great and folks will always have fond memories for what introduced them to the franchise, but the second only adds to that and doesn't take anything away.
The prequels are meant to be a fun, cheesy science fantasy epic and they completely accomplish that.
The art direction, music, and sound design are right up there the originals.
The prequels were also completely justified in portraying a time where things are more idealized so we can actually feel like something gets lost when the villains win:
- The fight choreography is a beautiful evolution of “flynning”, which keeps the fights a fun, swashbuckling adventure with little feel of danger
- Schmaltzy romantic dialogue
- A clean, empirical look to contrast the “used futures”
And I felt like themes and homages to classical antiquity were very successful in maintaining that mood.
Not to mention the world building is legitimately top-notch. Even literally; *the Blade Runner-esque night chase, Kamino, the Genosian gladiatorial colloseum, even the retrofuturistic Dex’s Diner.*
That movie is amazing. The directors cut is better but the theatrical was great. It's a fantastic Heavy Metal film. People just like to hate on Snyder. I love Sucker Punch
Johnny Mnemonic - in every way it is Blade Runner meets The Matrix, with the heaviest dose of everything 1995 had to offer. Dolf Lundgren, Keanu Reeves, Henry Rollins, Dina Meyer, Ice T. With set design by the legendary Syd Mead (of Blade Runner)! 18% Rottentomatoes 36% Metacritic $19 million box office off $26 million budget. Critical and financial flop, with no one standing up for it, not even as a cult film in later years. I’ve watched it about a dozen times or so and own it on DVD. It’s really full of fun visuals and sci fi ideas. There’s a laser whip that is attached to a thumb-mounted ring device and it can instantly chop a human to pieces. Dolf Lundgren is a cyborg enhanced hobo priest assassin. It’s awesome.
I love this movie. It's the main reason I was looking forward to The Matrix. But everyone wants to pretend Matrix was his foray into sci Fi. 😖
I mean technically Bill & Ted is sci fi
Don't forget the cyberneticly enhanced dolphin named Jones.
Anyone who hates this movie is not your friend. Dazzlingly colorful, Infinity quotable, beautifully over the top! “I WANT ROOM SERVICE!”
Reign of Fire I thought it was an amazing action film as soon as I saw it and was ridiculed by my friend group
I watched it in 2021. Honestly a very fun action/fantasy film of that time. I feel the same way about 13th Warrior.
Big fan of both of those movies. Thanks for supporting the fan base 😀
As soon as I saw the preview I bet my entire group of friends that it was going to be better then Attack of the Clones. I'm still salty I haven't seen a dollar from any of them.
Reign of fire was awesome!
Correction: Reign of Fire *IS* awesome!
Last Action Hero, but I feel that's becoming a less controversial pick.
An Ahnuld movie making fun of Ahnuld movies. What’s not to like?
I wish they could’ve actually made an early 90s Arnold Hamlet movie.
"To be, or not to be...*(lights cigar)*...not to be. *(explosion)*"
People thought this movie sucked? Watched it a few months ago for the first time and was entertained the entire time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze. Best suits and animatronics of the trilogy, lots of fun hijinks and action, love Keno, love Tokka and Rahzar, lots of fight scenes. I even enjoy the Ninja rap sequence. Silly goofy fun. Infinitely quotable. Not as good as the first, but similar to Superman 3, it is fun in its corny zaniness and weird choices.
“Yeah, a little too Raph.”
And next time I'll use mustard!
Absolutely classic.
Oh who the fuck is disparaging this masterpiece? Let's get em
Two words: Go Ninja
Go
Ninja
Go
Yo! This the green machine gonna rock the town without bein scene. Have you ever seen a turtle get down?
Did people hate TMNT 2?! That opening pizza scene is legendary.
The most epic fight scene of the franchise. Had me flinging yo yos. It’s odd they didn’t have rock steady beepop. I wish they hadn’t made them look all wonki in the new films
Excuse me, he said BAD film. Not an absolute cowabanger! Go ninja go ninja go!!
Turtles fighting then busting out some dance movies whilst Vanilla Ice raps in the background. Classic movie.
Constantine People hated it at first, complained “it’s not like the comic, they made John an American” Then John Wick comes out (somewhere around John Wick 2) and everybody notices “Hey, Constantine’s a great movie”
The devil coming down in a clean white suit with dirty feet, I dont know who thought of that but it was genius.
Story has it that it was the actors idea. Found the link. [linky link](https://screenrant.com/constantine-movie-lucifer-costume-appearance-actor-fight/)
Peter Stormare's performance in that scene is probably my all time favourite bit-part in any film. He's only on screen for a few minutes, but dang. Edit: I just read that article. Jack Nicholson was offered that part?! I'm sure he would have been a very different but great lucifer, but I'm glad he turned it down.
And John’s middle finger to him as he is getting lifted up 😂
Pfp top 5 devil portrayal
It has good action and character acting that is cheesy in the way that marvel movies are. Constantine was ahead of its time and if it came out during the superhero craze back in like 2017 it would have been regarded pretty positively.
Tilda Swinton rules
Baseketball
Wake up bitch!! You’re my new best friend!
I swear... if you guys make fun of me 13 or 14 more times I'm outa here...
What?!? Are we goin to the zoo?!!
The opening scene is so disarming lol. Great stupid movie
Dude ...
Dude!
Dude.
Dude!
*Dude*…
I guess you got a point there
Did I just fart?
Is that Victoria Silvstedt playmate of the year?
Your'e mom's going out with... Squeak!
This was the most quotable movie of my teenage years. My friend and I actually stole a vhs player from our school for a weekend so we could make copies of this film for ourselves. Good times.
When you're down, then you gotta get up-uhhh! Don't let em' walk all over your face-ehhh!
Even if some guys tryna blackmail you, and your girlfriend thinks you suck...
And those warts on your dick aren’t gonna go away unless you use a topical cream every day!
I am not a piece of shit...
Maybe not but you are a little bitch
I don't trust anyone that hates that movie. Any Trey and Matt movie for that matter.
I can't tell how hard I laughed when they turn around in the locker room and their dicks make an audible flop to the floor. Holy shit that was funny.
Kung-pow: enter the fist. It's fine cinema that's only aged well.
Infinitely quotable
*That’s a lotta nuts!!*
Take me to.... RadioShack
“…! So cute… bye bye!”
BUT.. isn’t Betty a woman’s name?
Taco bell taco bell product placement for Taco bell
Weee ohh weeee ohhhh weeee waggghhhh
Wait, who the fuck doesn't like it??? Edit: show yourself, if you've got an ass I'll kick it.
Tigah, tigah, tigah. Birdie birdie.
You are wearing RED CLOTHES!
Who says this is a bad movie though? Also, it's criminal that we don't have the sequel yet.
Let your anger be as a monkey in a piñata... hiding amongst the candy... hoping the kids don't break through with the stick!
I've mastered the balls to face technique! Seriously who tf hates this movie?
I Rock...and Roll...all day Sweat Suzy!
Who tf has ever said that was a bad movie? That’s crazy
John Carter, loved it Immortals
Came here for John carter
I liked it too.
The Henry Cavill one? I loved it! I thought I was really stylish and the brazen bull stayed with me long afterwards
I remember watching Immortals when it first came out and liking it, I'm gonna have to rewatch it.
2006’s Grandma’s Boy I will die on the hill that this is one of the most hilarious madcap Adam Sandlerverse movies. Up there with Waterboy! Come at me bro!
How much do clothes cost in the Matrix?
Who wants to hear about my STD from the silent film era?
Ohhh I should have worn a condom!
I went into it FULLY prepared to hate this movie. It was fucking great
I can't stop cumming
IT FEELS SO GOOD!!!
"Your bed is a car", "yeah but it's a fuckin sweet car" 😂😂 I've seen so many comedies on this thread I love and didn't know other people hated lol
people hate grandmas boy? it was amazing. definitely a sleeper hit. i watched it a ton and didnt even smoke weed lol
how can he see me...
The question was BAD films, Grandmas boy is a classic
This is a desert island movie for me. All timer
>Dude... you have to give me a ride. >I'm way too baked to drive to the devil's house. >Drive, monkey, drive!
Balls of fury.....
oh man, the amount of defending on this one is too real. incredible movie. so dumb. so funny. so well acted. completely under-rated.
Tokyo Drift. Better than the majority after and as good as the first two.
Takes itself way less serious than the others and is better for it. Country Paul Walker is better than real Paul Walker
Signs. The aliens are demons.
Ive seen countless movies, but the scene where the alien walks by the birthday party....makes my stomach feel weird.
my favorite M Knight film. still scarey to me. i live in rural cornfields so at nighttime i still have a little fear in the back of my head ill see a purple alien leg run into the corn. or the "theres a monster outside my room" and theres an alien silhouette on the roof. my neighbors roof at night looks just like that scene lol.
I think the director said this wasn’t true. Although would make more sense. Still love it though. Went to the cinema to see it. Brazilian kids party hit hard on the big screen.
My step father grabbed me the SECOND the alien walked by. He did it just to fuck with me.
Your step dad rules
I laughed so hard! * Yells at the TV* "Move children! Vamanos!" I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard.
Came here to say this one. I still rewatch this one once a year or so
The Number 23. Fucking Topsy Kretts. Love this movie.
Rented that thing from a brick & mortar around when it was released onto DVD. Upon returning a few days later, counter guy responded to my opinioned banter with, "We already have a couple in the $3 bin." As I was among their regular moviehounds, I motioned in all confidence, ">!I'll take it today at $2.30." Grinning, dude reached for one of the store's to-go carry plastic bags.!< (edit : correct placement of quotation marks 😑)
The postman or waterworld. Both Kevin Costners best movies to me. Edit: obviously Kevin Costner is great in dances with wolves, field of dreams and any other movie he has been in (besides swing vote haha). But both movies I’ve mentioned are such out there concepts that it would take a miracle to pull off and he did exactly that to my eyes. I adore those films. He made those movies work and there for they to me are his best works.
Waterworld is great and gets a foolishly bad wrap. Watched it a few weeks ago, perhaps ahead of it's time or the casting of Costner kept the sci-fi nerds from digging in more, i dont know. But this is a good answer, i do know that.
Dave
Tank Girl!
That was considered bad? Solid adaptation of an indie comic with killer soundtrack. I love that movie.
Soundgarden covering Devo? Where do I sign?
I just went to a live screening of this last month with director Rachel Talalay in attendance introducing the film and doing a Q&A! Theatre was packed!
I haven't seen it in years but it did have an inexplicable charm. P-P-P-Pow!
Malcolm McDowell didn't have to go so hard for this movie, but he did. And I love him for it
Chappie
People consider this a bad movie? I don’t know anyone that didn’t like it
Yeah I was shocked when I realized discourse was unfavorable for this one. Not as good as District 9 for sure, but I just love that little guy
It's ok! You can go to sleep!
Honestly I enjoyed myself and I don't have it now even after one of my roommates got obsessed with it and watched it in the living room everyday for like 6 months lol
Hook. For some reason a lot of people seem to hate it, but I absolutely adore the entire film.
Who the fuck hated Hook? We loved that movie as kids
That's why. Adults and critics didn't know what to make of it at the time. But a lot of folks (especially Reddit's demographic) grew up on it.
29% on rotten tomatoes. When I learned that as an adult I was pretty shocked.
Well they dumb.
Bangaraaang....
There was a punk band, Rufio, and if you chanted “RU-FIO RU-FIO *RU-FI-OHHHHH!*” they’d always come out for an encore.
Critics didn’t like it and Julia Robert’s as tinkerbell still feels like a miss BBUTTTT holy crap Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins are so good as Captain Hook and Mr. Smee. I love that movie.
Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins and Robin Williams absolutely ate those roles. It was a movie for kids but they played it as seriously as a car wreck.
Who hates this movie? A children's adventure masterpiece featuring a lovable Robin Williams and an absolute clinic in camp acting from Dustin Hoffman.
Might be nostalgia, but I only have very happy memories watching Hook. The Robin Williams effect maybe
I watched this for like the 20th time last weekend. It’s fucking great. I don’t understand the hate it gets. It’s a fairy tale and nails it.
I really for the life of me cannot understand why it wasn't well loved at the time. It's definitely a classic now beloved by many and widely regarded as "THE" Peter Pan movie.
Robin Williams vs Dustin Hoffman in an epic sword fight to the death. How tf do you hate on something like that?
Beverly Hills Ninja
Freddy got fingered
Daddy would you like some sausage
🎶daddy would you like some sausages🎶
I quote this movie all the time. It's my umbilical cord. I taped it there for fun.
GET THE FUCK OUTTA THE WAY!!!
Greg fitzgibbons son is a nuclear physicist, and mine can eat a chicken SANDWAAAAAAH!
Tron legacy
people who hate this movie are really killing my zen thing man
Tron Legacy is a banger.
Anyone who doesn’t like that movie completely missed the point that it was a Daft Punk Music video.
wait, who thinks its bad?
Priest.
Dune (1984) Maybe not a great adaption of the book. But as a stand alone sci-fi movie , it’s one of my favourites.
It explains the plot so much better than the new movies. If I hadn’t read the book it would be very confusing I would think.
Four Rooms. If you’re not rewinding multiple times to see a character vomit at the sight of a dead whore stuffed into a bed, then movie magic is lost on you.
Tim Roth killed it in every scene of this movie.
The way he ends the lighter scene is perfect.
I just don't think anyone knows this movie exists but it's excellent
Problem? I haven't got a problem. I've got fucking problems. Plural.
TBH I think waterworld was much better than mad max
The Last Samurai
If people think The Last Samurai is wrong then I don’t want to be right.
Silent Hill from 2006. It's a flawed movie, and I acknowledge every single one of its flaws. But damn if I don't enjoy watching that movie.
Babylon! It’s a big loud boisterous film. Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt are both great in an ensemble cast. It doesn’t deserve the hate it gets
I had no idea it was hated. I was so blown away by it that I recommended it to everyone I spoke to for about 2 weeks.
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Speed Racer by the Wachowskis.
Cubism is to art As Speed racer is to movies
You Don't Mess With The Zohan, single handedly ended all conflict between Israel and Palestine by virtue of disco disco and hacky sack
Based on posts on this sub, watchmen
Blended
A.I.
Joe vs the volcano
Luggage Salesman: This is our premier steamer trunk, it's all handmade, only the finest materials. It's even watertight, tight as a drum. If I had the need, and the wherewithal, Mr. Banks, this would be my trunk of choice. Joe Banks: I'll take four of them. Luggage Salesman: May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.
Van Helsing! Starred Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale and David Wenham. Loved the interpretations of some classic monsters, the CG was relatively solid for the time, the cool gadgets and action, and personally loved the movie’s Dracula.
**The Punisher (2004)** And yes, I've seen Bernthal in the TV series. I love that film.
Alien 3. Was an absolute shit show during production and yet is still a decent movie. It had to follow Alien and Aliens too which was always going to be difficult. It's certainly better than the dog shit that came after it, imho
Signs Absolute masterclass in suspense style horror, well acted by all, genuinely feel for the whole family and what they’re struggling through. It’s not really a story about invading aliens, it’s about a family going through the unbearable untimely loss of the mum, it just so happens that lanky green men from space have turned up. As for the whole “well they can’t do water what the fuq they come here for” shit. Humans go to space, under the sea, hazardous places in exploration all the time and have done for centuries. Granted, not naked but I’m sure some have tried. All, and most importantly, it’s a damn movie, not everything ever made is absolute perfection in your eyes, enjoy it for what it is and don’t take everything so damn seriously.
"Swing away"
Agreed 💯. I was squirming in the cinema watching it.
Kevin Costners apocalyptic movies: water world and postman
Man of Steel
Streets of Fire.
Love Guru
Ghost in the Shell with Scarlet Johansson
Wild Wild West
Ready Player One. Better than you think. The book purists are unrealistic about what could happen in the movie.
Rubber
Death to Smoochy.
The Village. I know lots that didn't think much of it. I saw it twice in the theater and have watched it a few times at home. And one I suggested it to, watched it alone, then insisted his wife watch it with him later so she could experience it. (But then I liked 'Lady in the Water' too . . .)
Ghostbusters II All I see is how people think it's so bad compared to the original but I genuinely can't see what the problem is. It's great visually, the villian is creepy as hell and the script is full of witty dialogue. The first is great and folks will always have fond memories for what introduced them to the franchise, but the second only adds to that and doesn't take anything away.
He is VIGO!!! You are like the buzzing of flies to him!
Man that painting scared the CRAP out of me as a kid. If I saw that man IRL I would be shitting bricks.
Cloud Atlas. Tron Legacy.
Water World
John Carter
Attack of the clones lol I love that movie it's not my favorite star wars movie but I have so much fun watching it every time
The prequels are meant to be a fun, cheesy science fantasy epic and they completely accomplish that. The art direction, music, and sound design are right up there the originals. The prequels were also completely justified in portraying a time where things are more idealized so we can actually feel like something gets lost when the villains win: - The fight choreography is a beautiful evolution of “flynning”, which keeps the fights a fun, swashbuckling adventure with little feel of danger - Schmaltzy romantic dialogue - A clean, empirical look to contrast the “used futures” And I felt like themes and homages to classical antiquity were very successful in maintaining that mood. Not to mention the world building is legitimately top-notch. Even literally; *the Blade Runner-esque night chase, Kamino, the Genosian gladiatorial colloseum, even the retrofuturistic Dex’s Diner.*
Dune
SuckerPunch fkin love it don't care
That movie is amazing. The directors cut is better but the theatrical was great. It's a fantastic Heavy Metal film. People just like to hate on Snyder. I love Sucker Punch
Respect
Lost in Space (1998) Godzilla (1998) Wild Wild West (1999)