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Most Underappreciated/Underrated/Overlooked Films
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Excellent call. I wouldn't have called it underrated because I know so many people who love it, but then again I know so many who've never heard of it that yeah, it should make the cut.
I don't think The Village has been mentioned yet. Lots of people hate that movie, but it seems to me that most people completely miss the point the movie is making.
M. Night Shyamalan is a one-trick hack. Terrible movies since the Sixth Sense. (...and even that idea was based on an Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode.) I can't believe a studio gave him the greenlight to direct Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I'm with you on the first but Green Street Hooligans was one of the stupidest most BS films I've ever seen.
Yes and YES!
Oooooh, good one!
In a similar name and name movie vein, Rubin and Ed is also brilliant.
I'd like to add Fight Club and Sin City to the list as well.
What happens at football stays at football
Total tripe of a film
How is Fight Club any of the options "Under appreciated, Underrated or Overlooked"?
Pffft what! That's the most ridiculous name ever. It can't be a comedy if he's directing it.
I wasn't joking.
I'm glad you weren't.
Maybe I was stunned by the three gorgeous female leads, but that movie was great. They say Reynolds is a bad actor, but I thought he played the role perfectly.
Poor Charlie Hunnam just can't get a break. The guy's been in flop after flop except for Children of Men. But you couldn't even tell it was him. The only other decent thing he did was the british Queer as Folk.
- Sin City
- Mississippi Burning
- Deperado
- In Bruges
- The Departed
- Layer Cake
- No Country For Old Men
- A Very Long Engagement
amongst more.
Here is my imdb ratings list of all the movies I've seen in recent years.
Not to mention Sin City and Layer Cake, the latter launching Daniel Craig's career.
In Bruges, though, absolutely.
Agree with many of the above films. I also liked M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" (I hated his last one though).
But my personal best is "Night of the Hunter" (the original use of a villain have love/hate tattoos). The only film by the late Charles Laughton, there are scenes in that movie that are still haunting. Brilliant.
Similar to it in that it's an American Gothic tinged with magic realism is Bill Paxton's "Frailty".
Another old-school b&w favorite "The Bad Seed".
But my personal best is "Night of the Hunter" (the original use of a villain have love/hate tattoos). The only film by the late Charles Laughton, there are scenes in that movie that are still haunting. Brilliant.
Similar to it in that it's an American Gothic tinged with magic realism is Bill Paxton's "Frailty".
Another old-school b&w favorite "The Bad Seed".
If You Could See What I Hear
A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.
The Diner
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Stand By Me
Based on Stephen King's Short story "The Body", "Stand By Me" tells the tale of Gordie Lachance, a writer who looks back on his preteen days when he and three close friends went on their own adventure to find the body of a kid their age who had gone missing and presumed dead.
A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.
The Diner
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Stand By Me
Based on Stephen King's Short story "The Body", "Stand By Me" tells the tale of Gordie Lachance, a writer who looks back on his preteen days when he and three close friends went on their own adventure to find the body of a kid their age who had gone missing and presumed dead.
I think No Country For Old Men was one of the most OVERrated films I've ever had the boring displeasure of sitting through. Utter crap, IMO.
In Bruges was pretty good, I forgot about that one. Good addition to the thread.
Has anyone mentioned The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
In Bruges was pretty good, I forgot about that one. Good addition to the thread.
Has anyone mentioned The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?