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Moon (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 ago
Totally agree. Very good film. What a plot twist.
dimator 4y ago
Yes. Criminally underrated, I come back to it often.
papito 4y ago
There 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 ago
  Yeah, 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 ago
    The 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 ago
This 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
- kadoban 4y ago
  Yeah that's a good point. I couldn't think of any actually underrated movies I've seen in a while. There's some I've enjoyed that got poor ratings, but not like they were objectively better than their reviews suggested, I was just willing to overlook their flaws. I'm not sure if this is due to movie criticism improving, or my tastes just more closely aligning with modern trends or what. Feels like it didn't used to be true. Only thing I can guess at as a turning point was the existence of rottentomatoes.com.
  - magicalhippo 4y ago
    > I was just willing to overlook their flaws For me personally I think that's a large part of it. For example I loved Dark Star, even though the main "monster" is literally and very obviously a beach ball. There was just so much else that I liked that the beach ball didn't put me off. I've seen many movies with relatively poor ratings that I enjoyed quite a lot.

green-eclipse 4y ago

Totally agree. Very good film. What a plot twist.

dimator 4y ago

Yes. Criminally underrated, I come back to it often.

papito 4y ago

There 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 ago
Yeah, 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 ago
  The 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 ago

This 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

kadoban 4y ago
Yeah that's a good point. I couldn't think of any actually underrated movies I've seen in a while. There's some I've enjoyed that got poor ratings, but not like they were objectively better than their reviews suggested, I was just willing to overlook their flaws. I'm not sure if this is due to movie criticism improving, or my tastes just more closely aligning with modern trends or what. Feels like it didn't used to be true. Only thing I can guess at as a turning point was the existence of rottentomatoes.com.
- magicalhippo 4y ago
  > I was just willing to overlook their flaws For me personally I think that's a large part of it. For example I loved Dark Star, even though the main "monster" is literally and very obviously a beach ball. There was just so much else that I liked that the beach ball didn't put me off. I've seen many movies with relatively poor ratings that I enjoyed quite a lot.