12 Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Remakes Ever

12. Godzilla

Yes, alright, so Roland Emmerich’s 1998 iteration of Godzilla is rightly roasted for its less-than-convincing CGI, and there are times when the titular city-eater looks like he might be unintentionally smirking at the camera due to the limitations of the yet-to-be-perfected technology. But the ambitious monster movie was met with critical drubbing upon its 1998 release, with most complaining that the film took the “dumb fun” approach of the director’s earlier Independence Day too far and left audiences with a film too silly to take seriously.

Then 2014 brought us Gareth Edward’s Godzilla, and audiences were shown just how self-serious a creature feature could be. The Monsters director offered a more portentous take on the material, but it’s hard not to think of Roland Emmerich’s comment about how Godzilla was his most popular film amongst children when watching the darker 2010’s reboot.

The Matthew Broderick starring flick is quicker and sillier than Edward’s offering, and honestly there’s an argument to be made for its taxicab-chomping anarchy in this age of frowny, quasi-philosophical blockbusters.