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Most Underrated/Hidden Gem Movies
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i'm not sure a lot of the movies mentioned qualify as 'underrated', but there are definitively some great movies mentioned in the thread
three of the not-so-underrated category:
blue velvet - david lynch
fight club - david fincher
young frankenstein - mel brooks
and two true hidden gems (both by jim jarmush)
Dead man
Down by law
i would also signal the kieslowski " three colors" trilogy (though it could be hard to find in the states)
Blue
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Red
three of the not-so-underrated category:
blue velvet - david lynch
fight club - david fincher
young frankenstein - mel brooks
and two true hidden gems (both by jim jarmush)
Dead man
Down by law
i would also signal the kieslowski " three colors" trilogy (though it could be hard to find in the states)
Blue
white
Red
My name "Everythingisnt" is really just an amended version of my film production company name, which is "Everything is NOT Rosey productions".
I really chose the (macrumors) name in the spur of the moment, so it sometimes seems a bit 'random'. Certainly a far cry from my real name! (which is Tristan)
Since somebody brought up films from Hollywood's Golden Age, here's two neglected files from the '40s, which TCM just happened to show back-to-back last night:
-The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944). Possibly the screwiest of Preston Sturges screwball comedies.
-To Be or Not to Be (1942). A very dark and funny comedy about Nazism by Ernst Lubitsch. Easily the best film role for Jack Benny, and the last for Carole Lombard.
-The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944). Possibly the screwiest of Preston Sturges screwball comedies.
-To Be or Not to Be (1942). A very dark and funny comedy about Nazism by Ernst Lubitsch. Easily the best film role for Jack Benny, and the last for Carole Lombard.
I love that film.
A few of my underrated favorites:
Dark City: There's quite a conflict on the internet over whether this was a better movie than its more famous cousin, "The Matrix". I think so.
Colossus: The Forbin Project: Dated because of its 1960s computer technology and Cold War background, but it's got one of the scariest endings I've ever seen in a movie. Ron Howard is remaking this, but I have the nasty feeling he's screwing it up.
...And Justice for All: Rather off-the-wall Al Pacino film which gave us the classic line, "You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order!"
The Replacements: One of the most charmingly nutty comedies I've ever seen. Tons of scenes stick in the memory:
- The ditzy blonde cheerleader who goes, "Omigosh, I forgot to tell you...", and then her brain gets stuck. Her friend: "Oh, she always does that."
- The near-pornographic cheerleading
- The jail scene, where the team sings and dances to "I Will Survive"
- The clubhouse argument over whether Japanese and Chinese are really the same thing
- One of my all-time favorite movie lines. Leading to a game-breaking final play, quarterback Shane Falco tells his teammates, "I wish I could say something that was classy and inspirational -- but that just wouldn't be our style."
I think we must be the two people who've seen it. A very small cult.
Wasn't "Colossus" made for TV?
Y tu mamá también
La Jetée
Maria Full of Grace
Pecker (It's a comedy dealing with a young photographer, not a stag film. Get your mind out of the gutter people!)
Saved!
Pi (although it has been mentioned a few times already)
25th Hour (the only Spike Lee joint that I have enjoyed)
Lonesome Dove (made for TV movie based of a novel by Larry McMurtry and does it justice. Great cast: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, Diane Lane, etc.)
La Jetée
Maria Full of Grace
Pecker (It's a comedy dealing with a young photographer, not a stag film. Get your mind out of the gutter people!
)Saved!
Pi (although it has been mentioned a few times already)
25th Hour (the only Spike Lee joint that I have enjoyed)
Lonesome Dove (made for TV movie based of a novel by Larry McMurtry and does it justice. Great cast: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, Diane Lane, etc.)
I saw it on Cinemax years and years ago. Came across it totally by accident. My favorite line is from Eli, the movie director: "If God could do the tricks we can do, he'd be a happy man!"
No, but I can understand your thinking so. It was probably in and out of theaters so fast. The first place I saw it was on (I believe) NBC, which was probably the first place a lot of people saw it.
Aside from IMDB, another way you can tell is by noticing the pan-and-scan when you watch the DVD. The DVD was not released in its original theatrical widescreen ratio, so you have to endure a lot of cuts of people on the left side of the screen talking to people on the right side of the screen.
two i love that never made a big splash and i didn't see on the list yet;
The Spanish Prisioner (1997)
If Lucy Fell (1996)
The Spanish Prisioner (1997)
If Lucy Fell (1996)
There are so many good ones listed already! I'll have to go back to this thread and make a list of ones I want to see, or own.
To add to this list I'll recommend two movies that I think I've mentioned elsewhere in the vast MacRumors forums:
"Nine Queens" or Nueve reinas (2000)
"The Legend of 1900" (1998)
To add to this list I'll recommend two movies that I think I've mentioned elsewhere in the vast MacRumors forums:
"Nine Queens" or Nueve reinas (2000)
"The Legend of 1900" (1998)
The key line of the movie, along with "How tall was King Kong?" Peter O'Toole said he patterned his portrayal of Eli Cross on David Lean.
This was one of the first DVDs I bought for my collection.
No, but I can understand your thinking so. It was probably in and out of theaters so fast. The first place I saw it was on (I believe) NBC, which was probably the first place a lot of people saw it.
Aside from IMDB, another way you can tell is by noticing the pan-and-scan when you watch the DVD. The DVD was not released in its original theatrical widescreen ratio, so you have to endure a lot of cuts of people on the left side of the screen talking to people on the right side of the screen.
Yes, I saw this one on TV, a long time ago. In this day and age I can't figure out why any movie would be shown, let alone transferred to DVD, in pan-and-scan format. I'm getting to the point where I refuse to watch any movie butchered in this way.
The Fountain is one of the most underrated movies in recent memory. It was both brilliant and moving. The Mist was also quite underrated. It's a great horror film by Stephen King. For older films, I concur with Big Trouble in Little China...and would add Overboard to the comedy mix. Red Sonja was panned but I loved it. Another way underrated horror film is The Feast. That broke a lot of conventions and was quite a fun romp.
