criminally underrated movies

[Mr Films]

Kevin Spacey's "Beyond the Sea"

warning: this is an opinion thread.

[miss soul fire]

The Game.

[TurdBerglar]

movies suck

[Tzar]

the mighty ducks.

[DipDipDive]

Kevin Spacey's "Beyond the Sea"

I'm obsessed with Bobby Darin and I can't believe I haven't seen this movie yet. Good, eh?

[jabumbo]

national lampoons senior trip

[enree erzweglle]

Kevin Spacey's "Beyond the Sea"

warning: this is an opinion thread.
My ma was a Bobby Darin fan; I have memories of her and my dad singing BD songs together in the car. I wanted to see that movie just for her but it came and went quickly and that made me think that maybe it wasn't worthwhile. Maybe I'll put it in my netflix queue & see it with my dad.

[Brooklyn Babe]

Ed Wood

Sixteen Candles

[Mr Films]

I'm obsessed with Bobby Darin and I can't believe I haven't seen this movie yet. Good, eh?

it was really fucking good. then again, I love that era of music and grand movie musicals.

but if you like bd, check it out.

spacey sings great.

[greenidentity]

Roaracers. I love that movie and don't know many people who've seen it.

[steve-onpoint]

Killer Klowns From Outer Space

[mickill]

The Cable Guy (You just don't get it)
Zero Effect
The Boxer
Red Violin
Double Whammy
State Of Grace
Following

and THE SCORPION KING!

[bigblu89]

Heh (y)

Monster Squad.


Im serious. One of my all time favorites when i was a kid, and i STILL love it.


"Kick him in the nards!"

"Wolfman has nards?"

[beastieangel01]

Night of the Creeps.

:p

[mickill]

Actually it goes a little something like this...
I haven't even seen this movie in like 20 years or whatever, and I only saw it once. Even I could have quoted it better than he did.

[g-mile7]

Cable Guy was stupid funny hahaha


but what doi you mean underated? if its not everyone gives it alot of props then


Sandlot
Cant Hardly Wait
Above the Rim
Undercover Brother (that shit is the funniest black movie in a long time)

[miss soul fire]

Stephen King's The Langoliers.

[adam_f]

Bad Boys II
The Hunted
Phone Booth
Tears of the Sun

[TAL]

Stephen King's The Langoliers.
Not the part where we see the "things". That's horrible.

[Mr Films]

Bad Boys II
The Hunted
Phone Booth
Tears of the Sun

you're such a rebel.

ps, your sig rocks

[g-mile7]

you're such a rebel.

ps, your sig rocks


I 2nd that (y) , but shit I liked Phone Booth, underated no but to me I liked it

[beastieangel01]

Reefer Madness.

[King of Rock II]

you're such a rebel.

ps, your sig rocks

I'll take any song from Norcen's band over "instant gratifcation" any day (n)

[abcdefz]

Kevin Spacey's "Beyond the Sea"




Wow -- I hadn't seen a single positive notice until this one.


Let's see... I like plenty of movies that are widley considered pretty great but not namechecked as masterpieces...

Birdy
Hail, the Conquering Hero
The King of Comedy (Scorsese)
Defending Your Life
The Story of Adele H.
La Chienne


...but GREAT movies that get middling to poor reviews?

The Age of Innocence (criminally regarded as "fussy")
Avalon (Levinson)
Grace of My Heart
Postcards from the Edge
I'll Do Anything
Interiors

[paul jones]

Black Belt Jones
Truck Turner
Grease 2

no,sorry Grease 2 is in the top 10 worst films,of course

[beastiegirrl101]

The Neverending Story

[enree erzweglle]

I rarely read movie reviews, so I don't know what's critically underrated or under-acclaimed either before or after seeing a movie.

About the closest I come to knowing what's gotten some acclaim is when the academy announces its nominees (and I don't particularly think that's a good measure of a movie's worth anyway).

[abcdefz]

About the closest I come to knowing what's gotten some acclaim is when the academy announces its nominees (and I don't particularly think that's a good measure of a movie's worth anyway).



...Gladiator, American Beauty, or The English Patient, anyone? :D

[enree erzweglle]

'...Gladiator, American Beauty, or The English Patient, anyone? :D
"The English Patient sucked."

There's a particular flavor of movie that appeals to me; the academy rarely recognizes these. Like Waking Ned Divine or Sideways (which, surprisingly, the Academy did like). I enjoy quiet movies with small plots--like Wild Parrots, which probably won't go anywhere at the Oscars, but I liked it a lot.

I did like Gladiator and American Beauty.
I do like commercial and good blockbustery movies but they too often get the noms/attention over more deserving but less blockbustery types of movies.

[Mr Films]

I'll take any song from Norcen's band over "instant gratifcation" any day (n)

what the fuck does this have to do with anything?

[adam_f]

Evolution
Life
The remake of 'House on Haunted Hill'
Halloween:Resurrection (c'mon, Busta kicks ass)
Halloween: H20 (c'mon, Josh Hartnett is a dream)

[Mr Films]

Evolution

funny stuff.

"rub some funk on it!"

[abcdefz]

Evolution
Life
The remake of 'House on Haunted Hill'
Halloween:Resurrection (c'mon, Busta kicks ass)
Halloween: H20 (c'mon, Josh Hartnett is a dream)



:eek: x5

[adam_f]

Originally posted by abcdefz
:eek: x5

Kinda curious as to what you think of those movies. I need laughter.

[abcdefz]

I'm being a snob. I haven't seen any of them.

[enree erzweglle]

The remake of 'House on Haunted Hill'

I have seen this and I don't remember it being any good. I do remember, though, that the way it was shot--something about the way the movie felt and looked--scared my kid into sleepless nights. We wound up setting up a tent in the living room and camping out in it. It was his way of saying that he didn't want to be alone while feeling like he was too old to come into bed with me. We popped popcorn and roasted marshmallows on top of the burners on the oven. It took a few nights of that for him to get that movie out of his system.

[abcdefz]

I have seen this and I don't remember it being any good. I do remember, though, that the way it was shot--something about the way the movie felt and looked--scared my kid into sleepless nights. We wound up setting up a tent in the living room and camping out in it. It was his way of saying that he didn't want to be alone while feeling like he was too old to come into bed with me. We popped popcorn and roasted marshmallows on top of the burners on the oven. It took a few nights of that for him to get that movie out of his system.



For the Love of Benji did the exact same thing for me.

[done]

What is that movie?

[enree erzweglle]

This is an inside joke.

From my kid.

I refuse to answer it. :D

[marsdaddy]

For the Love of Benji did the exact same thing for me.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang did something like that to me, too.

[hardnox71]

Sleepers
The Boondock Saints
This Boys Life
City of Angels
And the one where Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan are a married couple and her alcoholism is destroying their marriage but he refuses to give up on her and sticks by her side. I can't remember the name of it but it was fucking good.

[Lex Diamonds]

Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. (y)

[avignon]

Mystery Men
Girl Fight
In God's Hands
Big Trouble In Little China
Tremors
Rabbit Proof Fence

[abcdefz]

And the one where Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan are a married couple and her alcoholism is destroying their marriage but he refuses to give up on her and sticks by her side. I can't remember the name of it but it was fucking good.




I think it was When a Man Loves a Woman.

[hardnox71]

I think it was When a Man Loves a Woman.
I think that was it.

I just remembered another one that I was made to sit through by the ex but wound up really liking it when it was over and that was The Story of Us.

Bruce Willis and his wife (?) struggling to keep their marrige, family and home together.

That was really good.

[abcdefz]

I think that was it.

I just remembered another one that I was made to sit through by the ex but wound up really liking it when it was over and that was The Story of Us.

Bruce Willis and his wife (?) struggling to keep their marrige, family and home together.

That was really good.



MICHELLE PFIEFFER.


Oh my my my my my. (y) (y) (y)

[zippo]

bruce willis is an idiot


edit-no offense and shit

[Lex Diamonds]

bruce willis is an idiot
I disagree.

[hardnox71]

bruce willis is an idiot


edit-no offense and shit
He was good in The Story of Us, though.

[hardnox71]

MICHELLE PFIEFFER.


Oh my my my my my. (y) (y) (y)
Yeah, A-Z, looks like I'm suffering from a pretty bad case of CRS today.

[zippo]

I disagree.

as if this were up to discussion

[Lex Diamonds]

as if this were up to discussion
Discuss THIS! *raises middle finger*

[CrankItUp!]

The Player's Club

[zippo]

Discuss THIS! *raises middle finger*

cmere little boy, im gonna slap you around a bit

[Lex Diamonds]

cmere little boy, im gonna slap you around a bit
Slap THIS! *turns around and drops pants*

[zippo]

Slap THIS! *turns around and drops pants*

you want homosexual sex in the middle of a conversation? ok kid.

[Documad]

Tremors

Grace of My Heart
Postcards from the Edge


I haven't seen it in ages, but I really loved Experience Preferred But Not Essential and I don't know anyone else who ever saw it. It might have been made for British TV though. ???

Also Sandra Bernhard's Without You I'm Nothing knocked me out when I saw it, but most of the audience left the theater while I was watching it.

[Mr Films]

Slap THIS! *turns around and drops pants*

whoa, whoa- not in my thread.

and I'd like to add "Fight Club" to this list.

sure, it's got quite the following, but when it was released it didn't get adequate props in my opinion.

[miss soul fire]

Since you guys are talking about Bruce Willis it reminded me of "Unbreakable". I absolutely LOVE this movie, but I have no idea if it is unnderrated or not. I haven't heard anything about it until I watch it though.

[enree erzweglle]

Since you guys are talking about Bruce Willis it reminded me of "Unbreakable". I absolutely LOVE this movie, but I have no idea if it is unnderrated or not. I haven't heard anything about it until I watch it though.
I loved that movie too. Surprised by it. It's one of the few BW movies that I really liked.

[Mr Films]

I loved that movie too. Surprised by it. It's one of the few BW movies that I really liked.

i saw "BW" and I was all "It's not in Black and White."

lol

LOL

LOL

[abcdefz]

Yup -- Unbreakable is a great one.

And, for other great BW movies, let us not forget the first Die Hard movie. Alan Rickman was AMAzing.



Okay --

Not enough people know McCabe and Mrs Miller (Altman movie) which is a crying shame.

Also, check 3 Women.

Also, Truffaut's Stolen Kisses which had the nerve to be a slapstick Antoinne Doinel movie (sacre bleu!), and is unjustifiably dismissed.

Hitchcock's second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much also gets glossed over, which is a shame. Doris Day is fantastic in that, and has one of the two most authentic nervous breakdowns I've seen on film (the number one spot goes to Agnes Moorehead in The Magnificent Ambersons).

Ishtar gets unfairly bashed, but it's not a great movie.

Dazed and Confused is much, much better than its rep would make you think. The lead is a bit amateur, but it kinda works -- it just bugs me that his go-to gesture is pinching the bridge of his nose.

After Hours is pretty underrated.

So's The Underneath -- and it doesn't help that Soderbergh joins in on the bashing.

King of the Hill (Soderbergh) is a minor masterpiece. Look for a young Adrian Brody in that one. His first appearance made my girlfriend-at-the-time gasp.

Why have people forgotten all about Dreamchild? Beats me. Terrific movie.

Don't forget -- Peter Brooks' version of Lord of the Flies is very, very good.

Albert Brooks' Modern Romance had damned well better come out on DVD yesterday. There's a scene where he takes a lude and the camera just stays on him for one long take that's so funny it hurts.

Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo is arguably his best film to date.

And don't forget Stephen Frears' The Grifters. Hooba hooba!

[Tzar]

the sandlot kids is pretty underrated...

:D

[NurfBallJeaneus]

Vanilla Sky
and
The Thirteenth Floor

[g-mile7]

Life



thats truth

[ms.peachy]

I'm too damn lazy to read through this whole thread and see if anyone's said Anchorman yet. But I think that was about the funniest movie I've seen in the past year.

[enree erzweglle]

I'm too damn lazy to read through this whole thread and see if anyone's said Anchorman yet. But I think that was about the funniest movie I've seen in the past year.
I felt that way about Dodgeball. :o

[Fade2White]

The Cable Guy
Evil Alien Conquerers ( (y) one of the funniest movies ever created)
Donnie Darko

[Mr Films]

Donnie Darko

I'm gonna have to disagree with this one. Everyone and their dog seems to be part of this movie's "cult" following. and Richard Kelly has milked it for all it's worth.

still a good flick, though

[Yorkshire~Rose]

I haven't seen it in ages, but I really loved Experience Preferred But Not Essential and I don't know anyone else who ever saw it. It might have been made for British TV though. ???


Was that about the girl who goes to be a chambermaid in a hotel? It was brilliant!! Ahhh, i haven't seen that for years. I think it was a play/one off drama. (y)

[abcdefz]

I'm gonna have to disagree with this one. Everyone and their dog seems to be part of this movie's "cult" following. and Richard Kelly has milked it for all it's worth.

still a good flick, though



1) Yes

2) It's okay.

[wanton wench]

has anyone seen "4 rooms" or "the life of david gale"
both great movies but i never hear them mentioned!

[kll]

Amelie

[kll]

has anyone seen "4 rooms" or "the life of david gale"
both great movies but i never hear them mentioned!

I love Four Rooms

[abcdefz]

^
seriously?

I haven't seen either one, but those are two of the most universally-panned movies of the last 15 years. I'd be interested in reading why you like them. Seriously -- all I ever hear is bad stuff.

I think Rodriguez is the only one of those directors who'll fess up to Four Rooms, mainly because that's when he got the idea for Spy Kids.

[kll]

^
seriously?

I haven't seen either one, but those are two of the most universally-panned movies of the last 15 years. I'd be interested in reading why you like them. Seriously -- all I ever hear is bad stuff.

I think Rodriguez is the only one of those directors who'll fess up to Four Rooms, mainly because that's when he got the idea for Spy Kids.

I always thought Four Rooms was just an interesting concept... I haven't seen it in years, but to my young mind (at the time), it was unique, well acted, my first intro to Tim Roth and just fun.

[enree erzweglle]

Amelie
Oooh, I loved that movie.

I saw it with my kid when we couldn't catch the movie we actually went to the theater to see.

During the funny bits of Amelie, he sometimes laughed so hard and uncontrollably giggley that it caused other people in the theater to laugh all over again. (y)

[Fade2White]

Darko is still an awesome movie. I would agree that Kelly has milked it to the last dime...I don't know about everyone and their dog being part of the movies following, I don't know many Darko fans besides my cousin.

[beastiegirrl101]

I always thought Four Rooms was just an interesting concept... I haven't seen it in years, but to my young mind (at the time), it was unique, well acted, my first intro to Tim Roth and just fun.


"there is a dead whore in the bed!"

[skinnybutphat]

Swimming with Sharks

[wanton wench]

^
seriously?

I haven't seen either one, but those are two of the most universally-panned movies of the last 15 years. I'd be interested in reading why you like them. Seriously -- all I ever hear is bad stuff.

I think Rodriguez is the only one of those directors who'll fess up to Four Rooms, mainly because that's when he got the idea for Spy Kids.

i liked them because they were different! i like a movie that you cant tell whats going to happen next. i dont know anything about spy kids but that is kind of sad! i hope it was not the same kids as the ones in 4 rooms cause that is just cheezy and not in a good way!

ok how bout "the accountant" very low budget film. it was only about 45 min. but great flick. you know how sometimes you see a movie and you think "well if it wasnt for the scenery this movie would suck" well its the other way around with this one!

[abcdefz]

...I guess Rodriguez had those kids in the hotel room and then saw them and/or Banderas in a tux and thought "Hmmmm... pint-sized James Bonds... kids who are spies... Spy Kids!"

He told Harvey Weinstein "Spy Kids" and Harv agreed to make the movie on the basis of those two words.

[ToucanSpam]

The original Batman movie with Batman and Robin taking on Catwoman, Joker, Riddler, and Penguin. Some random chick plays Catwoman, though.

[steve-onpoint]

Heh (y)

Monster Squad.


Im serious. One of my all time favorites when i was a kid, and i STILL love it.

Oh, I dig Monster Squad. But I still have dreams of fighting the Killer Klowns. Whew. One just the other night actually. Which is why I think it is underrated. That movie has had the power to freak me out for many moons now.

[steve-onpoint]

Swimming with Sharks

Oh yeah. Absolutely.