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Hi guys , which are the movie(s) you think are underrated or those movies which never surfaced to the limelight?
One movie which always comes to my mind is John Carpenters : The Thing . (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/).
Those of you who haven't watched this amazing piece of work from Carpenter, then do watch it asap .. and hey if you have a dog in your house/room then make sure you watch this movie along with it. Trust me, you won't regret it :biggrin:.
So tell us which are the movies you think are underrated.
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I don't know if this movie is really underrated, but I like Disturbia (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486822/) very much, a thriller inspired by Rear Window. :smile:
Disturbia is indeed very good movie!
One movie which always comes to my mind is John Carpenters : The Thing ..
i never had the feeling this movie was underrated (i agree its a good one), especially since it came out a few years after the famous Halloween - i imagine many people were interested in his subsequent movies - now, when mentioning Carpenter i would say that In the Mouth of Madness (1994) was underrated, yet a very interesting & entertaining movie with Sam Neill
another one i remembered is:
James Clavell's Shogun (1980) - this is a lengthy adventure (miniseries, which i recommend, as the movie version is way shorter) set in Japan with Richard Chamberlain
Logan's Run (1976) great movie
Logan's Run (1976) great movie
Oh, ya, man. definitly Logan's Run. Totally a classic. I would have to agree.
Here's one that I recently found to be a good one: Les filles du botaniste
ghostfucker
10.09.09, 03:00
One movie which always comes to my mind is John Carpenters : The Thing . (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/).
User Rating: 8.1/10
Top 250: #176
this movie is definitely not underrated ;-)
Serendipity.. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240890/). from Imdb it has received a rating of 6.6/10. Not sure whether its really underrated..but its really a fantastic movie :klatsch_3:
this movie is definitely not underrated ;-)
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Road to Pedition (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257044/) maybe? I remember it's a very good film and I know many people who didn't watch it. :frown:
ok, guys its going off topic:
Serendipity (2001) 28,228 votes, 3 nominations
Road to Perdition (2002) 74,899 votes, Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 51 nominations
also if you check the starring actors, no way these movies can be called underrated :tongue:
^^ I was afraid someone would come up with that. When I mean underrated, I like to think of a film who isn't frequently commented by folks, and when I said "Road to Perdition" I mean just that. With talks to close friends, few of them has actually watched it.
^^ I was afraid someone would come up with that. When I mean underrated, I like to think of a film who isn't frequently commented by folks, and when I said "Road to Perdition" I mean just that. With talks to close friends, few of them has actually watched it.
Exactly :top: . This is what in mind as well.
Underrated(informally)= The ones less discussed within our friends group .
The Mosquito Coast (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091557/)
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Realy worth a watch IMO.
Obviously the boondock saints, hello top 250? 0o
The Boondock Saints (1999) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/)
Disturbia - good first half, until the neighbor 'hunt' began - then it all broke down with one scene less believable than another, quite disappointing with such obvious script holes :frown:
Logan's Run - interesting view of the future, a bit old fashioned but enjoyable
The Boondock Saints - watched it some time ago, imo uninspired and overrated
I recently saw Surveillance..and it looks underrated for me.
Have to agree there,disturbia was a great one,really underrated movie
Guinea Pig for me.
you mean the japanese cult horrors? if so, obviously because of their cruel/hard to digest nature :wink:
Yes saw surveillance and wasn't worth the download
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Thought GI Joe was great movie...loved all the stunts
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Toy Story 2.....kids loved it just as much as Toy Story 1
^ Toy Story 2 is by no means an underrated movie.
Don't know what all the fuss was about.....I saw GI Joe for the 2nd time and enjoyed it even more:klatsch_3:
Outsourced Outsourced (2006) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425326/)
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SUPER (2010) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512235/)
Such a great movie :smile:
SUPER (2010) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512235/)
Such a great movie :smile:
Lol, that movie is supermadness, insane.
For me one underrated movie could be: Castaway on the moon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1499666/)
But there are lots of underrated movies out there.
The Kingdom (2007) The Kingdom (2007) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/)
Wasn't expecting anything from the movie, in turn it actually turned out to be an excellent movie.
The Flowers of War. A very good movie when I watched it.
The Flowers of War (2011) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1410063/)
Definitely Postman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119925/). The movie is epic. IMDB rating only 5.7? Come on... :err:
I agree, this movie is indeed very good!
Ondskan! Great underrated movie.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Maybe not completely underrated, but people are giving it too much crap.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
..., but people are giving it too much crap.
Maybe for good reason??
I personally wouldn't know as I've never seen. Though in my experience and opinion, if a film has bad consumer reviews (note, I mentioned 'consumer', not film critic), then it might at times refer to the idea that it isn't really all as hot as the trailers make the films out as.
Maybe for good reason??
I personally wouldn't know as I've never seen. Though in my experience and opinion, if a film has bad consumer reviews (note, I mentioned 'consumer', not film critic), then it might at times refer to the idea that it isn't really all as hot as the trailers make the films out as.
I disagree. People are sheep.
They wanted the movie to be the same as the first part, but if the sequel would of been the same no one would still be satisfied.
It has nothing to do with trailer or false impressions. People should compare the today's crap movie gallery and good movies that are worth watching like one I mentioned above. It won a Oscar for God's sake.
The first one was brilliant movie. Other two not so much, but still satisfying. I wouldn't call them crap, cuz I did go watch them in cinema, maybe a little too hard to understand at first.
the first one was decent/good, others kept repeating the same old with increasingly bizarre situations and decreasingly inspired scriptwriters/actors/directors, failing to be even moderately satisfactory
Maybe for good reason??
+1
People are sheep.
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It won a Oscar for God's sake.
btw, oscars are guidelines for sheep :P
btw, oscars are guidelines for sheep :P
I never stated that Oscar is a guideline for being good. And I disagree with your logic, any guideline people might follow would make them sheep then.
Oscar is awarded to movies for being best at some criteria. What I was talking about is that movie is good, while people give it shit because they are ignorant.
Also I despise the fuss about Oscars being meaningless. I've heard lots of people saying "a different movie should of won", but I have never heard people saying "the movie didn't deserve a Oscar.
They are rating given by certain people, where is choice to be made there are always going to be disagreements.
any guideline people might follow would make them sheep then.
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while people give it shit because they are ignorant.
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Also I despise the fuss about Oscars being meaningless.
exaggerating things won't make your arguments 'hold more water'
I have never heard people saying "the movie didn't deserve a Oscar.
you sure about that?
in fact, i'd agree on that last part (on a more fundamental level of perception):
- everything they got was deserved
- proof: 'it happened'
- now try expanding that idea onto everything else that happens anywhere else
- to quote another movie: 'can you dig it'? ;)
They are rating given by certain people
qualified personnel or experts to be exact - sheeple don't question their decisions and/or the pre-arranged set of choices and/or ...
Sometimes movies don't deserve an Oscar. I look at it this way in explaining that statement. Film critics aren't entirely independent of peer pressures and current trends. Film critics and/or reviewers at times need to take into consideration their relationships with actors and directors. That is if they want to get easy access to more reviews (hint...$$$$$) in the future. Supply enough positive reviews and the sheep will follow. So will the Oscars and so does the money.
As a side note (or question more so), why the statement that people are ignorant when they give it shit?? If I might ask, ignorant in what way??
Ignorance with respect to a lack of knowledge base on how to review/what to say over a film?? If you agree with that, then I would disagree with you. (Notice I bolded and underscored the word 'If' as you'll have to ensure whether or not I was reading you correctly). Who's to say that non-professional reviewers are the ones that are ignorant and don't know how to review a film and hence give it 'shit'?? Again, you'll have to tell me if I was reading you correctly or not when you made that statement.
I watched this movie caught Caught Inside one day and was pleasantly surprised. Definitely underrated.
The Boat That Rocked.
Please watch it. It deserves the popularity!
Maybe The Fountain..
I can't agree or disagree because my reaction after the credits rolled was this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vSe-mmw
Same with Donnie Darko, and I watched the director's cut which is supposed to tell you what the hell is going on. As for the titular question...
Sneakers (1992) - the plot involves the NSA, encryption and computers... two decades before the Snowden leaks.
True Romance (1993) - written (but not directed) by Tarantino and it shows. A love story that guys can also watch!
Voices of a Distant Star (2002) - it's anime and pretty short (25 minutes) so it may not count, but I liked it a lot. Has high allegorical potential.
Alright, not sure the first two are underrated, but they didn't exactly make hundreds of millions or win several Oscars :idunno: Nor do they have people referencing and talking about them to this day unlike say, Fight Club or The Matrix, which in my opinion is the real "proof" of success for a movie.
sashiagustina
05.10.20, 04:04
Treasure Planet for sure, this movie has great moral value, touching songs, ah john rzeznik was singing for the theme song.
No Such Thing: IMdb link (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248190/)
Really top notch existential tale with the aid of using Hal Hartley (IMO the maximum underrated/unappreciated unbiased director of our time). Solid performances from the cast (which with the aid of using the manner is pretty fantastic for the sort of small-time director), however the spotlight is truly Hartley's script.
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