Why is it that every time I see a video that mentions any of the Quatermass films the narrators ALWAYS mispronounce it as quaRtermass? Literally every time. It's pronouced KWAY-ter-mass.
@@Ethrianor'Quatermass and the Pit' was called 'Five Million YEARS to Earth' in the USA. The time the ship was lying underground where London would one day be built. Perhaps the reason it was built... no more spoilers.
Regarding ex_machina, Alex Garland wasn't just the screenwriter, he directed it, too. Almost the entire production team were British. It was also filmed at Pinewood studios for the majority of it.
A recommendation for a great and overlooked (American) sci-fi has to be Silent Running (1972). One of the few that manages to convey the unimaginable size and loneliness of the universe.
I loved that some of the van scenes where she's picking up guys was real filmed with hidden cameras. She just drove around and improvised and tried to entice people into the van. I would've got in for Scarlet too!! 😂
2 cast members in a small set makes it more like a play then a film. One of the best acted and story's in film I have ever seen. If you think what the mane actor had to work poserit, (no spoilers) it shows how good the acting really is.
"The Man Who Fell to Earth" would fit into this list - Nicolas Roeg & David Bowie. Also a forgotten about one from 2008 with Eva Green & Sam Riley - "Franklyn".
British sci-fi is such a favourite area of film for me, in how so much of the vibes in our sci fi films feel distinctly un-Hollywood ish. But also because Britain is a country that saw the birth of modern science fiction, for instance the works of author HG Wells, who wrote The War of the Worlds (the first massively influential sci fi novel and the first to depict a conflict between mankind and an alien race), also The Time Machine is one of his books (written in 1895 when he was 18 and it’s the first novel depicting time travel) and The Invisible Man is another (which popularised sci fi horror and early monster films)
@@reginaldhornswoggle8106 Whilst it isn't easy to pin down (what constitutes sci-fi?), Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, written in 1818, is often thought to be the first modern sci-fi novel.
It could be argued that early Indian poetry was the first science fiction. The Rigveda apparently contains descriptions of space travel and "mechanical birds". There are depictions of flying machines, submarines, space travel, advanced weaponry, time travel. And they were passed down from 1500-1000BCE, longer as an oral tradition.
Brazil is my favourite film of all time. If you watch it, make sure you get the Criterion director’s cut. There’s a Hollywood cut too that’s an almost entirely different film, and the Criterion edition has both the film as intended and that (with commentary explaining how the edits changed the message to the opposite). Also it has a documentary about the fight Gilliam had getting his cut released.
In Alien the cast knew what was going to happen, it's in the script! They didn't know how it was going to happen. They freaked out when they saw all the crew and cameras covered in raincoats and plastic sheets. It worked one of the best death scenes of all time. There is an interview with the late awesome John Hurt where he talks about how its done. Hilarious interview. :)
I’ve loved Scarlett Johnasen ever since she drove round the east end of Glasgow in a Ford Transit van as part of the story of Underneath The Skin. There’s plenty of Glaswegians wouldn’t even do that. It’s a great film, genuinely unsettling and original.
Sunshine on the surface sounds so incredibly dumb but there's a lot of hard science behind the scenes of it and the film goes to a lot of really dark places with one of the best sound tracks i've ever heard.
@@corneliusdobeneck4081 Yes Lifeforce is one of my favourites, great cinematography and probably the most gorgeous woman to ever walk on this planet (Mathilda May). It was also, for a lot of us, our first look at Patrick Stewart. The movie was a flop for reasons I can't fathom, but it has since garnered a cult following.
@@vtbn53 Don't know why it flopped ... hmm .. maybe google knows ....from what I can gather it basically flopped due to American can't deal with british making better films! US Critics tore the film apart which means that a lot of theatres most likely didn't booked the film, they probably thought "Cocoon" is so muchbetter.
Sunshine is mentally stimulating, atmospheric, with a great plot and characters, and visually stunning. There's a scene that pops up in my head quite often and I get a real physical sensation from it every time. I feel like I'm floating in liquid sun. Danny Boyle is a master.
It's one of those pieces, like "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" that is wonderful on one viewing, but too desperate to watch twice. With Rosencrantz I did, and laughed all the way through the first viewing, but cried all the way through the second.
@@neilgrundy it's generally highly scored by people who have seen it however when only low number people have seen it the number of ratings are lower than they should be so it is under rated also unfortunatly rotten tomatos rating system is not to be trusted the figure is the % of critics that have given it 3 stars or more so in theory if 99% of critics gave it 3 stars the move would get a 99% critic score
2001: My neighbour worked at Decca and was called in when Kubrik wasn't happy with the audio quality. He took the master tapes of the main theme (also spracht zarathustra), configured the audio system with specialised equipment apart from analog volt meters and ran a cable to bypass the 1930s switchboard to lay down that track. I'm no audiophile but if you listen to the quality and compare it with the Blue Danube or other tracks, the difference is obvious. He'd never seen the movie until I showed it to him.
"The Quatermass Experiment" and "Quatermass and the Pit" are two of my favourite early British sci-fi movies. They, along with "Village of the Damned", "Day of the Triffids", and "Things to Come" all have a sense of unease about them I don't find in Hollywood sci-fi movies , though I did find it in the "Twilight Zone" TV series (thanks, Rod Serling). There are a number of other early and recent Brit sci-fi films that are worth a look, I think. The more comedic "Attack the Block" and "The World's End", the Edmund O'Brian starred "1984", "28 Days Later" and the Hammer films production, "The Damned" (no relation to "Village of the Damned). And although it's got its fair share of critics, including Alan Moore, I still rather like "V for Vendetta". For nuclear apocalypses there's "The Day the Earth Caught Fire", "Threads" and "On the Beach". Let's not forget "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150AD"
@@BigBadJock I got my first dose of nuclear horror with Peter Watkins' "The War Game" back in the Sixties. Very gritty and scary and a forerunner to "Threads". It was banned by the Beeb, so I'm not sure how we in NZ ended up seeing it. I was 13 or 14 at the time!
Under the Skin was a strange, but very good movie. I would recommend it. On a side note in the bit about Quatermass and the Pit they mentioned Hammer studios, they are definitely worth checking out. They made some great movies starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Jonathan Glazer, who directed Under The Skin, has only made 4 films and his latest is nominated at this year's oscars for both best picture and director - The Zone of Interest. Great reaction!
FYI, Starwars was not made at Pinewood (South London) but at EMI studios near ELSTREE, North London. At that time Frank Oz played Yoda in the mornings, then ran over the road to ATV Studio (formerly MGM) to play Fozzy Bear in the afternoon where the Muppet Show was produced.
Quatermass - 'Quater' rhymes with Quaker. The central character Bernard - rhymes with learned - has appeared in television serials and films. Originally created for television by the author Nigel Kneale, The Quatermass Experiment was first broadcast in 1953. The last broadcast Quatermass was a remake starring David Tennant
Quatermass and the Pit is a fantastic film which truly terrified me as a kid when I first saw it. The story slowly unfolds and although the visual effects are of their time, the final denouement is best watched from behind the sofa.
Hi Connor, did you notice the flying pig and chimney of the Battersea power station in 'Children of Men'? Perhaps an homage to Pink Floyd's 'Animals' album cover? The 'guy' with he alien out of his chest is John Hurt.
Monty Python's Carol Cleveland (half American, born UK), moving back when she was 18 after being Miss California Navy and appeared as Miss Teen Queen in MAD Magazine at age 15.
It was widely publicised yes that the cast didn’t know what was going to happen in Alien’s chestburster sequence, but they basically did, they knew it happened in the script, they just didn’t know how violent and explosive it was going to be when it burst from John Hurt’s chest. That the fake body it bursts out of was capped with tiny explosives and full of high pressure lines that spew fake blood everywhere. Because in the script, it almost read as a silly scene, John Hurt’s line was supposed to be “Oh my gooooaaaaahhhh” which didn’t prepare them for the shoot at all. Alien (1979), maybe my favourite movie of all time (tied with the original Terminator movie, just two gritty intense sci fi movies that on virtually every level feel perfect to me in what they accomplish), such an effective movie, so well made, perfect horror film, the sense of being trapped in a ship in the inescapable environment of space, creates so much dread and helplessness. Speaking of the script almost sounding cheesy, the writers assumed it was going to be like a B-movie, full on Roger Corman 1950s vibe B-movie. It sat on the tables at 20th Century Fox for ages, never got green-lit. But then Star Wars blew up in 1977 and Fox wanted more sci fi, so they immediately gave the green light and increased its initial estimated budget.
Star Wars has a lot of British contributions but is definitely American, made at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. Terry Gilliam was known as the American Python but renounced his American citizenship and formally became British. We're proud to have him!
just discovered your channel. very likable guy. thanks for being here :) bizarrely enough my initials are JJL. have you done 'top british gangster films' yet? you'll be in for a treat. we got some really gritty lifelike stuff. 'rise of the foot solider' is one of my favs
Thanks. I think Anthony Burgess deserves a shout out. Read the novel first before the Clockwork Orange film. I enjoyed both. And often - particularly the longer time goes on - reflect on its accuracy of future vision.
Quatermass is pronounced wrong in this video i think. They made a live broadcast of the Quatermass experiment with David tennant. Danny boyle also did trainspotting sunshine is very good
Under the Skin was filmed in Glasgow. I was heading home after work one evening through Glasgow city centre and had a strange experience, this girl appeared out of nowhere and started trying to talk to me. I was in a rush to get home and thought it was perhaps some kind of distraction crime attempt so I brushed her off and kept walking. Years later I saw stills of the film and recognised the character It was Scarlet Johansson. They secretly filmed her approaching random men in Glasgow then ran after them to get permission if they got footage they wanted to use.
There are two versions of Quatermass and the pit. A TV series in black and white and then a later film version in colour. Both are brilliant and worth seeking out.
More British Sci-fi movies that could have made this list - 1984 (1984) , DOOMSDAY (2008) , THE WORLDS END (2013) , PAUL (2011) , VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960) , TIME BANDITS (1981) , THE DARKEST DAWN (2016) , THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976) , MONSTERS (2010) and of course we can't forget SHAuN OF THE DEAD (2004) .
Oh and 2010, although no where near as groundbreaking as 2001, if watched as a standalone movie is still really really good (with Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, and John Lithgow really adding some punch to it!)
There is a youtube channel called collative learning which dies film analysis, he goes into a lot of depth and has a whole series about kubric films including the hidden themes behind 2001, there are a lot of scene analysis, and location analysis for example the layout of the shining hotel. The has done Alien also
I'd say that "Under the Skin" is an acquired taste, but I loved it. It's a grounded look into alien interactions with humans, with a bit of artsy cinematography. I'm underplaying it somewhat but it's not to everyone's taste.
Whoever told you Moon was "not very good" has zero idea what makes a good film. It is breath takingly brilliant, Sam Rockwell carrying the entire thing with just one other actor on a screen and another voicing the computer.
Star Wars is officially a United States film. If the writer, producer or director is British, then that might have some influence on whether or not its considered a British film. If location was a factor, then Guatemala, Tunisia, Norway and the USA would have to be considered too, for the original trilogy. Another example is Superman. An all-American superhero film that was filmed in Britain and Canada, not just the USA.
Now who on earth told you Moon wasn't that great!!! (pun not intended) Nice that you have a few to check out, they are all gems! Oh and as others are saying, the classic Quartermass is mispronounced by the narrator. Great list, great reaction, brilling stuff!
Brazil is one of my all-time favourite films. British cut. Moon is excellent too, and Children of Men. Actually, i agree with the choice of most of these films .
Sunshine has an amazing song from I AM KLOOT on the end credits. If you want to hear a criminally underrated British band, they're a good one for you. Manchester's melancholic soul.
Alien's director Ridley Scott is British as was John Hurt, and the studio it was filmed at was in England close to London (Shepperton Studios). The production company however was American, and distributed by 20th Century Fox - very much a Hollywood film. Also all 3 of the script writers Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett and David Giler were American.
Depends if you define a film purely by money.And these days most films are financed by companies worldwide.A lot of stuff is mainly British,German,Australian etc.But you wouldn't even know it.
Jonathan Pryce in Brazil. Marvellous actor! Also the voice of Jack in Jumping Jack Flash.. Split in my favourite film with him between Consuming Passions and Narcopolis (because I spent money to get the film going) Love him. he's the kind of actor I would pay good money to watch him open a packet of cornflakes and be glad my money was well spent..
Star wars is American and only partially shot in the UK. 2001 a space odyssey is actually a British produced film, filmed in England and written by an englishman based on his book!
Village of the Damned should be on this list as it is a great film, based on an equally excellent book by John Wyndham, (The Midwich Cuckoos). I also wondered why Blade Runner was not included on this list as its director, Ridley Scott, is British.
Interestingly the British instrumental group The Shadows released "Quatermasster's Stores" - a version of "Quartermaster's Stores" around the same time. Search the web now and most references to it are as "quartermaster's" which I think is a shame.
I know I’m going to get caned for this and I know the whole point of the reaction video is in relation to these being British films, but it seems obvious to me that a better description of some of these films is that they are multinational. The best films are always those where cultures collide not just on screen, but in terms of the people who make them. So what really makes a British film? British money? A reflection of British culture? British cam sound, man or women or people! I think it’s hard to accurately, describe a British film nowadays. Harder than for example, defining an American film or a French film which have stronger cultural drivers, but it was an interesting video.
Quatermass and the pit does not have an "R" before the "T". There are a few great Quatermass stories.. It's an AI reader that just refuses to pronounce the titie correctly, it's a clear giveaway...
I believe the actors in Alien knew that the chestburster was going to happen but never knew what would pop out and that there would be so much fake blood... I stand ready to be corrected if im wrong but pretty sure thats how it went. Also, all great films... Could easily recommend any one of them...
9 of the Star Wars films were made in Britain. If u read the history of Lucas trying to get funding, you'll know why he made it in England. Similiar with Jim Henson and the Muppet show which was English. Apart from most of the talent.
Why is it that every time I see a video that mentions any of the Quatermass films the narrators ALWAYS mispronounce it as quaRtermass? Literally every time. It's pronouced KWAY-ter-mass.
Came here to say the exact same thing. I physically flinch every time someone says QuaRtermass.
No he didn't.@@digidol52
@@Ethrianor'Quatermass and the Pit' was called 'Five Million YEARS to Earth' in the USA.
The time the ship was lying underground where London would one day be built. Perhaps the reason it was built... no more spoilers.
@@mustangtel9265 You and me both :-(
Yep it's kwayter mass not quartermass. I can't abide these sort of films 😂😂😂😂
Regarding ex_machina, Alex Garland wasn't just the screenwriter, he directed it, too. Almost the entire production team were British. It was also filmed at Pinewood studios for the majority of it.
If you watch Brazil, don’t watch the old US. Cut watch the original UK cut.
A recommendation for a great and overlooked (American) sci-fi has to be Silent Running (1972). One of the few that manages to convey the unimaginable size and loneliness of the universe.
Easily a top five film, Bruce Dern epic.
Good film. I love Huey Dewey and Louie.
Danny Boyle also directed 28 days later, which also had Cillian Murphy in it. Fantastic British 🇬🇧 horror film.
And very influential in reviving the zombie genre.
@@patriciamcl54 indeed
'Under the skin' is almost an 'art-movie' more than pure sci fi, it's really unique, thought provoking and creepy. Also 'Moon' is superb.
I loved that some of the van scenes where she's picking up guys was real filmed with hidden cameras. She just drove around and improvised and tried to entice people into the van. I would've got in for Scarlet too!! 😂
Moon is a fantastic film. I'm surprised you heard it wasn't great - I thought the consensus was pretty positive.
Yup, it is a great film.
Watched it several times. Its really good. Sam Rockwell is amazing in it.
2 cast members in a small set makes it more like a play then a film. One of the best acted and story's in film I have ever seen. If you think what the mane actor had to work poserit, (no spoilers) it shows how good the acting really is.
One of my all time faves. really thought provoking and I thought Sam Rockwell should have gotten a couple of awards for his performance.
MOON is fantastic
Who told you that Moon isn’t great? It’s a really good film!
"The Man Who Fell to Earth" would fit into this list - Nicolas Roeg & David Bowie. Also a forgotten about one from 2008 with Eva Green & Sam Riley - "Franklyn".
Per ardua ad astra
British sci-fi is such a favourite area of film for me, in how so much of the vibes in our sci fi films feel distinctly un-Hollywood ish.
But also because Britain is a country that saw the birth of modern science fiction, for instance the works of author HG Wells, who wrote The War of the Worlds (the first massively influential sci fi novel and the first to depict a conflict between mankind and an alien race), also The Time Machine is one of his books (written in 1895 when he was 18 and it’s the first novel depicting time travel) and The Invisible Man is another (which popularised sci fi horror and early monster films)
I'm not sure Jules Verne (or the French for that matter)would agree! With regard to extra terrestrials I would think that's correct.
@@reginaldhornswoggle8106 Whilst it isn't easy to pin down (what constitutes sci-fi?), Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, written in 1818, is often thought to be the first modern sci-fi novel.
@@stevenmac993 I wouldn't disagree with that Steven.
It could be argued that early Indian poetry was the first science fiction. The Rigveda apparently contains descriptions of space travel and "mechanical birds". There are depictions of flying machines, submarines, space travel, advanced weaponry, time travel. And they were passed down from 1500-1000BCE, longer as an oral tradition.
Brazil is my favourite film of all time. If you watch it, make sure you get the Criterion director’s cut. There’s a Hollywood cut too that’s an almost entirely different film, and the Criterion edition has both the film as intended and that (with commentary explaining how the edits changed the message to the opposite). Also it has a documentary about the fight Gilliam had getting his cut released.
In Alien the cast knew what was going to happen, it's in the script! They didn't know how it was going to happen. They freaked out when they saw all the crew and cameras covered in raincoats and plastic sheets. It worked one of the best death scenes of all time. There is an interview with the late awesome John Hurt where he talks about how its done. Hilarious interview. :)
I’ve loved Scarlett Johnasen ever since she drove round the east end of Glasgow in a Ford Transit van as part of the story of Underneath The Skin. There’s plenty of Glaswegians wouldn’t even do that. It’s a great film, genuinely unsettling and original.
Sunshine on the surface sounds so incredibly dumb but there's a lot of hard science behind the scenes of it and the film goes to a lot of really dark places with one of the best sound tracks i've ever heard.
and brian cox as science adviser
For me No1 should be Village of the Damned (1960 film)
Missing "Lifeforce" and "Dredd" and "Death Machine" as well.
Village of the damned is a comedy.....please. it's as scary as daleks!!!! 😂
@@corneliusdobeneck4081 Yes Lifeforce is one of my favourites, great cinematography and probably the most gorgeous woman to ever walk on this planet (Mathilda May). It was also, for a lot of us, our first look at Patrick Stewart. The movie was a flop for reasons I can't fathom, but it has since garnered a cult following.
@@vtbn53 Don't know why it flopped ... hmm .. maybe google knows ....from what I can gather it basically flopped due to American can't deal with british making better films! US Critics tore the film apart which means that a lot of theatres most likely didn't booked the film, they probably thought "Cocoon" is so muchbetter.
@@carolinejohnson22 We're talking sci-fi films not horror films. Though sci-fi can include horror and gore.
Just love the freeze frame you got for 'Alien' the different expressions all revealing their characters.
I highly recommend the Quatermass Xperiment, Quatermass II and Quatermass and the Pit.
Sunshine is a proper trip of a film. Intense thriller with an outstanding cast
Sunshine is mentally stimulating, atmospheric, with a great plot and characters, and visually stunning. There's a scene that pops up in my head quite often and I get a real physical sensation from it every time. I feel like I'm floating in liquid sun. Danny Boyle is a master.
Brazil is such an under rated movie full of subtle jokes and nuances that really require multiple viewings to fully appreciate
It's one of those pieces, like "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" that is wonderful on one viewing, but too desperate to watch twice. With Rosencrantz I did, and laughed all the way through the first viewing, but cried all the way through the second.
"Brazil" has become one of the most prescient accidental documentaries .
7.9 on IMDB and 98% on Rotten Tomatoes is hardly underrated.
@@neilgrundy it's generally highly scored by people who have seen it however when only low number people have seen it the number of ratings are lower than they should be so it is under rated also unfortunatly rotten tomatos rating system is not to be trusted the figure is the % of critics that have given it 3 stars or more so in theory if 99% of critics gave it 3 stars the move would get a 99% critic score
@@simonfreeman8233 It's more underexposed than underrated.
2001: My neighbour worked at Decca and was called in when Kubrik wasn't happy with the audio quality. He took the master tapes of the main theme (also spracht zarathustra), configured the audio system with specialised equipment apart from analog volt meters and ran a cable to bypass the 1930s switchboard to lay down that track. I'm no audiophile but if you listen to the quality and compare it with the Blue Danube or other tracks, the difference is obvious.
He'd never seen the movie until I showed it to him.
What about 'Blade Runner'? Directed by Ridley Scott. Has to be seen on the big screen, and in the Director's Cut (best version).
Whatever criteria they used to make this list I think all the films are filmed in Britain, while BR was filmed in LA.
Yeah, Ridley Scott's first American made movie. There were serious culture clashes. Based on Phillip K Dick's book, so pretty American really
"The Quatermass Experiment" and "Quatermass and the Pit" are two of my favourite early British sci-fi movies. They, along with "Village of the Damned", "Day of the Triffids", and "Things to Come" all have a sense of unease about them I don't find in Hollywood sci-fi movies , though I did find it in the "Twilight Zone" TV series (thanks, Rod Serling).
There are a number of other early and recent Brit sci-fi films that are worth a look, I think. The more comedic "Attack the Block" and "The World's End", the Edmund O'Brian starred "1984", "28 Days Later" and the Hammer films production, "The Damned" (no relation to "Village of the Damned).
And although it's got its fair share of critics, including Alan Moore, I still rather like "V for Vendetta".
For nuclear apocalypses there's "The Day the Earth Caught Fire", "Threads" and "On the Beach".
Let's not forget "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150AD"
Threads is a truly horrific '80s film about nuclear war. It will give you nightmares
@@BigBadJock I got my first dose of nuclear horror with Peter Watkins' "The War Game" back in the Sixties. Very gritty and scary and a forerunner to "Threads". It was banned by the Beeb, so I'm not sure how we in NZ ended up seeing it. I was 13 or 14 at the time!
Under the Skin was a strange, but very good movie. I would recommend it.
On a side note in the bit about Quatermass and the Pit they mentioned Hammer studios, they are definitely worth checking out. They made some great movies starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Peter Cushing was super-famous in Britain because of the Hammer films many years before he appeared on Star-Wars.
Moon is great - well worth a watch!
Yes it is. It came out at the same time as the Avatar film. So nobody noticed it.
@@newmillenniumsurveyor-650 As far as I remember,, it won loads of awards, so someone must have been watching.
I watched Quatermass on TV in the 50s. It was terrifying.
...and live
The opening credits and music to Moon...man just great on there own
For what it's worth, I always thought it was Quater rhymes with later.
you're right.
It is 👍
Jonathan Glazer, who directed Under The Skin, has only made 4 films and his latest is nominated at this year's oscars for both best picture and director - The Zone of Interest. Great reaction!
FYI, Starwars was not made at Pinewood (South London) but at EMI studios near ELSTREE, North London. At that time Frank Oz played Yoda in the mornings, then ran over the road to ATV Studio (formerly MGM) to play Fozzy Bear in the afternoon where the Muppet Show was produced.
'Things to Come' 1936, a mutilated masterpiece.
See if you can spot De Niro in 'Brazil'!
Quatermass - 'Quater' rhymes with Quaker. The central character Bernard - rhymes with learned - has appeared in television serials and films. Originally created for television by the author Nigel Kneale, The Quatermass Experiment was first broadcast in 1953. The last broadcast Quatermass was a remake starring David Tennant
Moon is a must see. Whoever told you it was no good hasn’t a clue.
when you watch the movies, make a video review of what you thought of them
Quatermass and the Pit is a fantastic film which truly terrified me as a kid when I first saw it. The story slowly unfolds and although the visual effects are of their time, the final denouement is best watched from behind the sofa.
I worked with Derek Tomblin who helped with the Special Effects on this film he also did sleepy hollow and others too
Very surprised that 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' is not mentioned at all. One of the very best and definitely worth a watch.
Yes, Danny Boyle did Slumdog Millionaire, he also master-minded the Opening of the London 2012 Olympics. Which is why it was so damned awesome.
Moon, the first time I watched it, I had a great respect for Sam Rockwell then it went way up. Fantastic movie. ~Trooper
Hi Connor, did you notice the flying pig and chimney of the Battersea power station in 'Children of Men'? Perhaps an homage to Pink Floyd's 'Animals' album cover? The 'guy' with he alien out of his chest is John Hurt.
Monty Python's Carol Cleveland (half American, born UK), moving back when she was 18 after being Miss California Navy and appeared as Miss Teen Queen in MAD Magazine at age 15.
Add Dredd (2012), Threads (1984) and 1984 (1984) to your list
It was widely publicised yes that the cast didn’t know what was going to happen in Alien’s chestburster sequence, but they basically did, they knew it happened in the script, they just didn’t know how violent and explosive it was going to be when it burst from John Hurt’s chest. That the fake body it bursts out of was capped with tiny explosives and full of high pressure lines that spew fake blood everywhere.
Because in the script, it almost read as a silly scene, John Hurt’s line was supposed to be “Oh my gooooaaaaahhhh” which didn’t prepare them for the shoot at all.
Alien (1979), maybe my favourite movie of all time (tied with the original Terminator movie, just two gritty intense sci fi movies that on virtually every level feel perfect to me in what they accomplish), such an effective movie, so well made, perfect horror film, the sense of being trapped in a ship in the inescapable environment of space, creates so much dread and helplessness. Speaking of the script almost sounding cheesy, the writers assumed it was going to be like a B-movie, full on Roger Corman 1950s vibe B-movie. It sat on the tables at 20th Century Fox for ages, never got green-lit. But then Star Wars blew up in 1977 and Fox wanted more sci fi, so they immediately gave the green light and increased its initial estimated budget.
Another couple of underated ones are Doomsday and Reign of Fire which are both awesome :)
I love Reign of Fire. Rarely comes up on TV but I watch it every time. Have to ask my younger son to download it for me. 😊
Star Wars has a lot of British contributions but is definitely American, made at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. Terry Gilliam was known as the American Python but renounced his American citizenship and formally became British. We're proud to have him!
just discovered your channel. very likable guy. thanks for being here :) bizarrely enough my initials are JJL. have you done 'top british gangster films' yet? you'll be in for a treat. we got some really gritty lifelike stuff. 'rise of the foot solider' is one of my favs
I mean Quatermass is the root of a large body of British sci-fi since. Including a very large property that predates things like Star Wars.
Quartermass and the Pit is an amazing film. One of my favourite films from childhood
Thanks. I think Anthony Burgess deserves a shout out. Read the novel first before the Clockwork Orange film. I enjoyed both. And often - particularly the longer time goes on - reflect on its accuracy of future vision.
Quatermass is pronounced wrong in this video i think. They made a live broadcast of the Quatermass experiment with David tennant. Danny boyle also did trainspotting sunshine is very good
That live remake was so brilliant to watch! I have it on DVD
Under the Skin was filmed in Glasgow. I was heading home after work one evening through Glasgow city centre and had a strange experience, this girl appeared out of nowhere and started trying to talk to me. I was in a rush to get home and thought it was perhaps some kind of distraction crime attempt so I brushed her off and kept walking. Years later I saw stills of the film and recognised the character It was Scarlet Johansson. They secretly filmed her approaching random men in Glasgow then ran after them to get permission if they got footage they wanted to use.
supprized Dredd was not mentioned.
Surprised Zardoz wasn't mentioned.
Or Blade Runner.
Brazil is a great film. Good luck finding it to watch though
Brazil is my favourite film! Several versions out there, the longer the better!
There are two versions of Quatermass and the pit. A TV series in black and white and then a later film version in colour. Both are brilliant and worth seeking out.
More British Sci-fi movies that could have made this list - 1984 (1984) , DOOMSDAY (2008) , THE WORLDS END (2013) , PAUL (2011) , VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960) , TIME BANDITS (1981) , THE DARKEST DAWN (2016) , THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976) , MONSTERS (2010) and of course we can't forget SHAuN OF THE DEAD (2004) .
Haven't seen 'Moon'!!??!?!
Now that's a MUST SEE!!!!
One of the best movies ever, so absolutely great. And music by Clint Mansell too!
Brazil is one of my top five all time favourites. It’s horribly fascinating and imaginative.
Quatermass & the pit - great movie, also Under the Skin was amazing.
yes...Quartermass and the Pit.... "Moon" is a great movie as well, love the ending
Oh and 2010, although no where near as groundbreaking as 2001, if watched as a standalone movie is still really really good (with Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, and John Lithgow really adding some punch to it!)
Brazil is up there with Muppet Christmas Carol in the greatest Christmas films.
Moon is an incredibly under rated movie.
There is a youtube channel called collative learning which dies film analysis, he goes into a lot of depth and has a whole series about kubric films including the hidden themes behind 2001, there are a lot of scene analysis, and location analysis for example the layout of the shining hotel. The has done Alien also
Ex-Machina was filmed in Norway at a hotel too!
'Under the Skin' is one of the strangest films I've ever seen, although much better second time around. And a fully naked Scarlet Johannson!!!!!
I'd say that "Under the Skin" is an acquired taste, but I loved it. It's a grounded look into alien interactions with humans, with a bit of artsy cinematography. I'm underplaying it somewhat but it's not to everyone's taste.
I found it better second time round. And less confusing!!!
The majority of “Hollywood” blockbusters over the last 40 years have been shot in the UK with majority British crews
Sunshine is a great film I saw it completely on a whim not knowing what it was and it's definitely on my list of best sci-fi films
Whoever told you Moon was "not very good" has zero idea what makes a good film. It is breath takingly brilliant, Sam Rockwell carrying the entire thing with just one other actor on a screen and another voicing the computer.
Star Wars is officially a United States film. If the writer, producer or director is British, then that might have some influence on whether or not its considered a British film. If location was a factor, then Guatemala, Tunisia, Norway and the USA would have to be considered too, for the original trilogy. Another example is Superman. An all-American superhero film that was filmed in Britain and Canada, not just the USA.
Now who on earth told you Moon wasn't that great!!! (pun not intended)
Nice that you have a few to check out, they are all gems! Oh and as others are saying, the classic Quartermass is mispronounced by the narrator.
Great list, great reaction, brilling stuff!
Brazil is one of my all-time favourite films. British cut.
Moon is excellent too, and Children of Men.
Actually, i agree with the choice of most of these films .
Sunshine has an amazing song from I AM KLOOT on the end credits. If you want to hear a criminally underrated British band, they're a good one for you. Manchester's melancholic soul.
Kubrick filmed in twice the resolution of standard cinematography film which is why 2001 still looks like a 4k film today.
Moon is excellent, well worth a watch. Holds up to a repeat watch too, when you already know what's really happening
Alien's director Ridley Scott is British as was John Hurt, and the studio it was filmed at was in England close to London (Shepperton Studios).
The production company however was American, and distributed by 20th Century Fox - very much a Hollywood film.
Also all 3 of the script writers Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett and David Giler were American.
Depends if you define a film purely by money.And these days most films are financed by companies worldwide.A lot of stuff is mainly British,German,Australian etc.But you wouldn't even know it.
Star Wars was shot in the UK, but written and directed by an American, 2001 was written by a Brit
Would be interesting to know what your criteria for British film was. Talent, production,finance? There were some classics in there!
Under the Skin and Moon are worth seeing (I'm not a Rockwell fan so avoided the film for too long). Clockwork Orange is a "disturbing great".
The best Quatermass has to be the series starring John Mills in the title role. It was all about aliens harvesting the human race.
Jonathan Pryce in Brazil. Marvellous actor! Also the voice of Jack in Jumping Jack Flash.. Split in my favourite film with him between Consuming Passions and Narcopolis (because I spent money to get the film going) Love him. he's the kind of actor I would pay good money to watch him open a packet of cornflakes and be glad my money was well spent..
He was very good in Game of Thrones too.
Star wars is American and only partially shot in the UK. 2001 a space odyssey is actually a British produced film, filmed in England and written by an englishman based on his book!
Funny: I find György Ligeti's Lux Aeterna really beautiful rather than creepy.
Village of the Damned should be on this list as it is a great film, based on an equally excellent book by John Wyndham, (The Midwich Cuckoos). I also wondered why Blade Runner was not included on this list as its director, Ridley Scott, is British.
Interestingly the British instrumental group The Shadows released "Quatermasster's Stores" - a version of "Quartermaster's Stores" around the same time. Search the web now and most references to it are as "quartermaster's" which I think is a shame.
Quartermass?? It's Quatermass, but even the narrator got it wrong.
@@DaveKeenan1956 the original SONG title was "Quartermaster's Store"
I know I’m going to get caned for this and I know the whole point of the reaction video is in relation to these being British films, but it seems obvious to me that a better description of some of these films is that they are multinational. The best films are always those where cultures collide not just on screen, but in terms of the people who make them. So what really makes a British film? British money? A reflection of British culture? British cam sound, man or women or people! I think it’s hard to accurately, describe a British film nowadays. Harder than for example, defining an American film or a French film which have stronger cultural drivers, but it was an interesting video.
Some good choices there. If you like Moon, give Archive a watch too if you haven't seen it. I enjoyed both of them!
Under the Skin is a modern classic Jonathan Glazer films are must see films.
I'm surprised that the 1969 Moon landing didn't make the list.
Wasn't it filmed at Stage 6, MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire?
Quatermass and the pit does not have an "R" before the "T".
There are a few great Quatermass stories..
It's an AI reader that just refuses to pronounce the titie correctly, it's a clear giveaway...
Ex Machina is British because it was written and directed by a Brit, produced by a Brit for a British production company and filmed mostly in Britain!
Star wars, close encounters were filmed in the UK, but are essentially US in origin.
If Brazil and Children of Men is "Science Fiction" then so is "V for Vendetta" which 100% should be on the list
fun fact
the oscar for best make up 1968 was "planet of the apes" because they used "real apes" in 2001
I believe the actors in Alien knew that the chestburster was going to happen but never knew what would pop out and that there would be so much fake blood... I stand ready to be corrected if im wrong but pretty sure thats how it went.
Also, all great films... Could easily recommend any one of them...
Sunshine is a film I need to watch again.
JJ THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION FOR "QUATERMASS" IS KW8TERMAS NO KWORTERMASS
9 of the Star Wars films were made in Britain. If u read the history of Lucas trying to get funding, you'll know why he made it in England. Similiar with Jim Henson and the Muppet show which was English. Apart from most of the talent.