Gattaca vs Dark City

[ChickenBrother]

We loved it so much that we made it a tradition on my high school swim team to have a carb-loading spaghetti night where we watched it every year before championships.
"This is how I did it. I never saved anything for the swim back."

One of the most inspirational movies of all time.

+1

But the other powerful theme of the movie is that no one accomplishes anything great without good people helping them along the way.

Jerome: I got the better end of the deal - I only lent you my body. You lent me your dream.

Dr. Lamar: For future reference, right handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things. [overrides test result to "valid"]. You don't want to miss your flight, Vincent.

 

[mixmastermo]

Both are 90s scifi films with elements of noir, though dark city leans into it and the aesthetic a bit more.

Plots are overall pretty different. But both executed very well.

I think highly of both films. Personally though I'll say Gattaca syncs up with me a bit more.

Which do you prefer.

Josh Hartnett and Ethan Hawke are the same person

Change my mind.

 

[Osculater]

Josh Hartnett and Ethan Hawke are the same person

Change my mind.

One is tall and the other is a manlet

 

[mixmastermo]

One is tall and the other is a manlet

The Rock is a legit 6'4

Vin is a manlet.

Hollywood has superpowers. What is your point?

MIND NOT CHANGED

 

[Spam On Rye]

Jennifer Connelly in that dress nuff said.

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

Looks like I need to rewatch Gattaca

 

[Osculater]

The Rock is a legit 6'4

Vin is a manlet.

Hollywood has superpowers. What is your point?

MIND NOT CHANGED

Okay, one is younger and the other one is older

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

The Thirteenth Floor >

 

[mixmastermo]

Okay, one is younger and the other one is older

Makeup and CGI can be used to to age or deage people.

MIND NOT CHANGED

 

[Mike]

Dark City by a mile for me. Dark tone, cool plot, good actors, awesome and unforgettable setting and atmosphere.

Visually it's an absolute masterpiece. I remember thinking so even as a dumb teen that didn't really know anything about movies.

 

[Osculater]

Makeup and CGI can be used to to age or deage people.

MIND NOT CHANGED

 

[Mike]

At the time I thought it was kind of sad that the matrix came out like a year later with fairly similar themes and got all the fanfare and attention and this movie fell into relative obscurity.

It's good enough that it deserves to be remembered.

 

[Mike]

I think Gattaca works better overall as a movie. Dark City is kind of like an interesting and mostly successful experiment.

Ah man this stings to see wasn't expecting it today. Rest well bud.

 

[Mike]

You should watch it. Ebert rated it his #1 movie in 1998. Not at all the kind of film you'd expect a critic to put at the top of the year, either.

https://reelgood.com/movie/dark-city-1998

It's free on Tubi:
Tubi: Dark City

Random only mildly related trivia. The only times Siskel and Ebert both ranked the same film #1 for the year (1967-1998):

• Z (1969)
• The Godfather (1972)
• Nashville (1975)
• The Right Stuff (1983)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• Hoop Dreams (1994)

Nice my TV comes with tubi maybe I'll watch this again on my days off.

 

[Doomer]

I remember watching them both in two days 20 years ago and Gattaca was clearly better. Should rewatch them.

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

The Thirteenth Floor >

Super underrated movie

 

[Ladder Master]

Gattaca is a really good movie.

That said I had to post this from Dark City.

 

[Renard]

Dark City, especially since the ending hadn't been spoiled to me. I don't remember anything from Gattaca except it was Brave New World-ish.