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hey everyone i'm rebecca and welcome to
watch mojo
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 sci-fi movies that exceeded
expectations are you telling me you
built a time machine
kind of a delorean so do you know what's
gonna happen you've done all this
already
it's me you take the red pill you stay
in wonderland
and i show you how deep the rabbit hole
goes for this list
we're looking at science fiction films
that achieved surprising success
and or were much better than anyone
believed they would be
if there's a surprisingly good sci-fi
movie you're shocked to see us leave off
this list
be sure to let us know about it in the
comments alright let's get into it
number 10 pitch black they say most of
your brain
shuts down and cry asleep
all but the primitive side
the animal side david tui's action
horror film
follows a group of survivors whose
spaceship crashes on an alien world
they soon encounter deadly creatures
that only come out at night
finally found something worse than me
huh when the planet's long night begins
they're forced to rely on violent
criminal richard b
riddick to survive because he can see in
the dark
where the hell can i get eyes like that
between its relatively modest budget
and lack of established action stars for
the time pitch black had everything
working against it
however the movie proved to be a
surprising success
it doubled its profits at the box office
and became a cult hit
the film also helped make vin diesel
into an action star
and spawned two sequels it's a moment we
want to remember this moment number nine
moon an astronaut working an extended
solo mining mission
on the moon learns that he may no longer
be alone when he encounters a clone of
himself
kind of my side
i put him outside
by the although duncan jones's
directorial debut feature film was made
on a small hollywood budget of five
million dollars
and didn't dominate the box office moon
managed to turn a profit but its true
success
lies with its critical reception
character actor sam rockwell's dual
performance as the astronaut
and his clone earned tons of acclaim
what do you think tess is back home
waiting for you on the sofa and lingerie
what about the original sam huh
i'm the original sam the film story also
received plenty of praise
particularly from the scientific
community to paraphrase another famous
man on the moon
moon may seem like a small step for
movies but it felt like a giant leap for
cinema
number eight looper before director ryan
johnson became
depending on who you talk to the best or
the worst thing to happen to star wars
he made this intriguing sci-fi flick the
film follows joe
a gunman who disposes of victims sent
from the future
but everything changes when he fails to
take out his future self
his older counterpart quickly escapes
and leaves joe in a world of trouble
so do you know what's gonna happen
you've done all this already it's me
i don't wanna talk about time travel
because if we start talking about
it then we're gonna be here all day
talking about and making
diagrams with straws although looper
features some impressive star power
its average budget and the relatively
unknown director kept expectations low
the film's major success at the box
office proved that anyone who
underestimated it was just
out of the loop
number seven district nine when one
million malnourished aliens arrive on
earth
they're made second-class citizens and
placed in an internment camp
this leads to severe mistreatment one
hapless government official learns what
it's like for the aliens firsthand
when he starts transforming into one of
them
what is happening the film's documentary
style leads it a sense of gritty reality
even when the screen is full of special
effects everything that happens feels
down to earth
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a sci-fi movie set in south africa that
serves as an allegory for apartheid
sounds like a recipe for controversy
instead of a blockbuster
however viral marketing and word of
mouth led district 9 to become a
surprise smash hit
i can't believe i get paid to do this
i love watching the prawns die number
six
back to the future my calculations are
correct
when this baby hits 88 miles per hour
you're gonna see some serious let's
travel back in time to the 80s for a
moment
robert zemeckis and bob gale have been
shopping around a script for a time
travel movie that's been rejected at
least
40 times but eventually it gets made
while zemeckis and gayle truly believed
in the project
they never could have expected it to
become the pop culture juggernaut people
know and love today wait a minute
are you telling me you built a time
machine
out of a delorean the way i see it if
you're gonna build a time machine into a
car why not do it with some style
back to the future received numerous
accolades and spawned multiple sequels
a tv cartoon and even a musical
marty and doc brown's time traveling
adventure has become a crucial sci-fi
staple
it's hard to believe there was ever any
doubt that it would be 1.21 gigawatts of
fun
what the hell number five blade runner
2049.
look at you quiet now i have to sing
sure this film was a box office
disappointment but then again so was the
original blade runner
although it performed poorly in theaters
the first blade runner has since been
hailed as a masterpiece
all those moments
will be lost in time
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like tears
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in rain anything with that kind of
reputation is going to be a tough act to
follow
especially since the film had a new
director and added another writer to the
script
fortunately critics loved blade runner
2049 too
it's stunning visuals and fresh yet
familiar themes about the human
condition
added up to a movie that was every bit
as fascinating as its predecessor
did you miss me number four the matrix
you take the blue pill the story ends
you wake up in your bed and believe
whatever you want to believe
you take the red pill you stay in
wonderland
and i show you how deep the rabbit hole
goes while keanu reeves had appeared in
a few hit films throughout the 90s
he still was far from the superstar he
is today
this is probably why he wasn't the
studio's first choice to play neo
i know kung fu in addition the plot of
the matrix seemed pretty
out there for the time but all the
doubts and
everyone's minds were blown away by the
intriguing philosophical concepts
and groundbreaking special effects
the matrix not only became a runaway
success
it also spawned two live-action sequels
with a third on the way
what's more it inspired many imitators
and
probably helped the leather clothing
industry make a mint
number three the terminator come with me
if you want to live it's hard
to believe that the tale of a robot
assassin sent back to terminate the
mother of humanity's future leader
wasn't seen as a potential hit before
its release
okay maybe we see why people were
skeptical how could that man just get up
not
terminator cybernine systems model 101.
it also didn't help that before this
project the only movie that james
cameron had directed was piranha
to the spawning excuse me i've got
business to attend to
back on earth even star arnold
schwarzenegger wasn't sure if playing
the terminator was a good idea at first
but the terminator proved to be more
memorable than anyone could have
foreseen
not only was it a tremendous success at
the box office
it jump-started a massive franchise
that's endured for decades
i'll be back number two e.t the
extraterrestrial
who knew the friendship between a young
boy and an alien would resonate with so
many people
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before e.t the extraterrestrial became a
cinematic classic
it had to overcome huge obstacles from
its own studio
several high-ranking people at columbia
pictures the company who originally had
the rights to the film
thought et was too much of a kid's movie
to be successful at the box office
when universal made a deal to distribute
the film it became the highest grossing
movie in history up to that point
since then e.t has been re-released in
theaters brought in generations of fans
and immortalized reese's pieces
one of these honorable mentions i made
fun of a lot before it came out but then
i saw it
and it was actually one of the greatest
action movies i've seen in a very long
time
go figure so let's check out those
honorable mentions and then
we'll see which sci-fi movie exceeded
expectations the most
rise of the planet of the apes after
burton's panned reboot
this movie rose to the occasion
star trek this reboot boldly went where
few had gone before maneuvering
thrusters mr summer
thrusters on standby take us out
captain edge of tomorrow a familiar time
loop narrative was improved with epic
action
come on the ship is going to explode
what are you doing find me when you wake
up
but come find me when you wake up
gattaca it was a box office flop but
critics loved its take on genetic
engineering
congratulations
what about the interview that was it
dark city
many assumed it was a matrix ripoff but
dark city
came out first so it seems you've
discovered your unpleasant
nature
how are you we might ask the same
question
yes sleep
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number one star wars episode 4 a new
hope
we know we know it seems impossible now
to think that star wars wouldn't succeed
but the confidence wasn't strong with
this film before its release
use the force
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the force is strong the studio thought
an adaptation of the novel the other
side of midnight would be their hit
on opening day star wars was screened in
a grand total of 32 theaters
even george lucas himself wasn't sure it
would be a success
he realized it was big when he saw fans
going crazy for it on the news
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it proceeded to smash records and become
the highest grossing movie
ever made at the time it also launched a
huge multimedia franchise
and is still a dominant force in pop
culture today great shot ken that was
one in a million
meanwhile we doubt you've heard of the
other side of midnight
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i know it's obvious to you now that
these movies are awesome
but a lot of these movies are
questionable on paper
yeah even back to the future maybe
especially back to the future
anyway be sure to let us know in the
comments if there are any sci-fi movies
that exceeded your expectations
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