underrated films

Mal-Adjusted

well, seeing as there is a thread about overrated films out there (and gets ppl pretty heated), i thought the opposite may be fun.

i may as well start with Sphere. i thought it was great & couldn't believe the bad rap it got in the Imdb.:eek:

moe_sizlak

seeing as i watched it again last night , i would say king kong 2005 is under rated , so too beouwolf which i saw for the 1st time the other night and really liked

a few others that spring to mind are kingdom of heaven , much better for me than troy which was released around the same time
hulk with eric banna which i saw again today
also , i always enjoy alien v predator

Pigman II

So basically you like anything with big dumb monsters in it? (Kingdom of heaven qualifies by virtue of Liam Neeson)

MagicMarker

National Treasure (1&2)

As OTT as they were they were both really good fun, rivaling Indiana Jones imo.

moe_sizlak

Pigman II wrote: »

So basically you like anything with big dumb monsters in it? (Kingdom of heaven qualifies by virtue of Liam Neeson)

perhaps or another way of looking at it is , i like movies that ive seen in the past 7 days , oh and neither kong nor the hulk were dumb , agree with you about liam neeson though

Frailty - Bill Paxman and Matthew McCougghhhanneyyy (or whatever, I can never pronounce it! )

A good movie overall, but a truly great ending!

jf852003

Blast From The Past- its got Christopher Walken, Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone and a really cool premise, what if somebody spent 40 years in a bomb shelter thinking America had been destroyed by russian missiles.

Shacklebolt

jf852003 wrote: »

Blast From The Past- its got Christopher Walken, Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone

The last two are not a good thing. Ever.

MagicMarker

Shacklebolt wrote: »

The last two are not a good thing. Ever.

I beg to differ....

Tusky

Ravenous, Identity, Chronicles of Riddick & Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead.

M450

Have to say one of my favourite films is Sunshine which didnt seem to be a big movie at all. I don't even remember it being in the cinema which is a pity as I'd say it would be amazing on the big screen. Brilliant soundtrack by Underworld and John Murphy aswel, which was never released...

Along with this I'd put Children OF Men, it really took me by surprise... great camerawork and for once an "end of the world" film without an absolutely ridiculous plot.

BTW I really cannot understand how Brendan Frasier is an actor!! He is probably the worst actor I've ever seen in a 'big' film, with that dumb looking emotionless face... haha.

e_e

Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai

Patricide

King kong 2005, one of my fave movies of all time and a lot of people hated it. Actually felt emotion when kong fell which is pretty weird cause i normally hate cg laiden films.

norrie rugger

Patricide wrote: »

King kong 2005, one of my fave movies of all time and a lot of people hated it. Actually felt emotion when kong fell which is pretty weird cause i normally hate cg laiden films.

It just takes so bloody long to get going

Patricide

norrie rugger wrote: »

It just takes so bloody long to get going

Ah i dunno, i think that a lot of films these days just lob you straight into the action then you dont get a feel for the characters and then never really care what happens to them. I think the build up helps the film, although yup they could have easily cut 30 mins here and there!

bikki

The Matrix was pretty under rated when it was first released. Shame they made the other 2

MagicMarker

bikki wrote: »

The Matrix was pretty under rated when it was first released.

fryup

who remembers a movie from the 90s called ...Paper Mask

its about a hospital porter who pretends to be a fully qualified doctor when he gets a job in another hospital...full of black humour...worth a watch

doubledown

State of Grace is on MGM Movies right now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100685/

Great flick. Amazing cast. Well worth checking out if you haven't seen it.

I don't know what the hell it's doing on at 6pm though!

irish_bob

Patricide wrote: »

Ah i dunno, i think that a lot of films these days just lob you straight into the action then you dont get a feel for the characters and then never really care what happens to them. I think the build up helps the film, although yup they could have easily cut 30 mins here and there!

i really like king kong 2005 though i cant think of another film that looses its appeal on the small screen like king kong does
there are a few things wrong with the movie though , its about 45 mins too long and it has a completly pointless and altogether tedious side story involving the cabin boy and a black sailor which is irrelevant to the main story and eventually goes nowhere

peter jackson must have forgot to hire an editor


as regards over rated movies , i saw beowulf at christmas and loved it , it got slightly above average reviews upon release
you could also add in any jerry bruckheimer movie , i love both con air and armageddon infact along with king kong , armageddeon was the only time i ever shed a tear at the movies

jdscrubs

I would add Peter Jackson's King Kong though I thought it was well reviewed.

The 2 Transporters. Havent seen the 3rd one yet.

Cellular. Has Kim Bassinger and Chris Evans in it.

Crank. Hopefully the sequel will be as good.

Mr Brooks. Kevin Costner, William Hurt as his alter Ego, Demi Moore.

Patricide

irish_bob wrote: »

i really like king kong 2005 though i cant think of another film that looses its appeal on the small screen like king kong does
there are a few things wrong with the movie though , its about 45 mins too long and it has a completly pointless and altogether tedious side story involving the cabin boy and a black sailor which is irrelevant to the main story and eventually goes nowhere

peter jackson must have forgot to hire an editor


as regards over rated movies , i saw beowulf at christmas and loved it , it got slightly above average reviews upon release
you could also add in any jerry bruckheimer movie , i love both con air and armageddon infact along with king kong , armageddeon was the only time i ever shed a tear at the movies

Gotta agree with con air, think its a great action film.

REPSOC1916

Stanley Kubricks adaption of Lolita was enjoyable. It was really faithful to the tragi-comic aspects of the novel.

eagle eye

Midnight Sting from way back with James Woods, never mentioned anywhere but a nice little flick with a great cast. Not an award winner by any means but very likeable.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot from way, way, way back, with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

I still say not enough people have seen The Third Man and 12 Angry Men. But they are not underrated to be fair. Oh and I'm talking about the 1957 version of the latter one.

Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

I'm going too much for oldies here so I think I'll stop.:)

ziedth

eagle eye wrote: »

Midnight Sting from way back with James Woods, never mentioned anywhere but a nice little flick with a great cast. Not an award winner by any means but very likeable.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot from way, way, way back, with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

I still say not enough people have seen The Third Man and 12 Angry Men. But they are not underrated to be fair. Oh and I'm talking about the 1957 version of the latter one.

Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

I'm going too much for oldies here so I think I'll stop.:)

TBF I totally agree with you about Midnight Sting and the more recent version of 12 angry men is just a steaming pile of Cock compared to the 1957 version with Henry Fonda.

I always thought that Equilibrium got a very raw deal i'm sure I mentioned it on another thread last week. (I'll prob get done for spamming )

Vic Vinegar

Who said Ravenous? awful film to be honest!

The 13th Warrior is severely underrated. No, wait, that's awful too.

JP Liz

Dark Blue
Albino Alligator
State of Grace
Buffalo Soldiers
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Serenity
The Yards
Stop-Loss
Narc
Duets
25th Hour
The River King

ziedth

JP Liz wrote: »

Serenity

I Smell death on you :pac::pac:

Rob_l

e_e wrote: »

Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai

So long ago i seen this film but at the time i thought it was class, I think i may have to source myself a new copy

ziedth

ziedth wrote: »

I Smell death on you :pac::pac:

Why? Serenity is an underrated film- and that's what makes it brilliant!

jobucks

"The worlds fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins, I never remember this being in the cinema or hearing any hype about it, but what a film.

Síle28

I recently saw The Passengers (2008), this was hardly advertised or I just didn't see the ads maybe but I really liked it. Did anyone else see it and what did u think?

Latchy

I first saw this on release and again on sunday evening .For anybody intrested in the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson and his administrations effort's to win the Vietnam war , this film is a very historical in dealing with that sad period in American history .The film is mainly concentrated in the white house and explores how Johnson was ill advised many times in his decision making to send more and more troops to win the war , a war that could not be won by conventional means . When Johnson took over the presidency, after Kennedys assassination, his main focus was to improve all aspects of american life by introducing what he called ' the great society ' which was a set of programmes designed to help all americans , black and white, rich and poor alike and Johnson saw the vietnam war as a side issue to be dealth with as quickly as possible . However , the war was to become the biggest issue in his presidency and forced him to put on hold most of the major changes he had in mind for the country .Michael Gambon play's Johnsons superbly ,and sometimes his ' serious ' comments to his staff are hillarious to watch .Alec Baldwin plays Defense Secretary Robert McNamara who was mainly responsible for encouraging Johhson to increase the troops and equipment to the war .This is a must see for anybody intrested in American politics ,specially the 60s period and the acting by all including Donald Sutherland is superb .

Recommended



http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2126290688/tt0218505

NedTermo

90% of the movies I've seen listed in this thread are rated lowly because they are tripe!
Can't belive the taste on some people, each to their own! (losers)

ziedth

Deleted User wrote: »

Why? Serenity is an underrated film- and that's what makes it brilliant!

Ah yes I feel a bit silly now cause for a Min I thought it was the Overratted Films. Serenity Is indeed brilliant

NedTermo: 90% of the movies I've seen listed in this thread are rated lowly because they are tripe!
Can't belive the taste on some people, each to their own! (losers)

Oh Hello Empire

e_e

Rob_l wrote: »

So long ago i seen this film but at the time i thought it was class, I think i may have to source myself a new copy

You can get it in Tower Records for just a tenner.

It's a movie I would happily watch once a week, but can't since there is so much else I wanna watch too.

Fallen Buckshot

I think In Bruges is waaay underrated its a great film and i had heard nothing of it till i saw the DVD a shop

bikki

One of my guilty favs is Jim Carreys, Man on the Moon.

I thought it was a very good film.

Kettle316

Transformers got fairly bad reviews but i tought it was quite good!!

jdscrubs

Would second the comment about 12 Angry Men, great film. As is Cat on a hot tin roof.

Punch Drunk Love

Adventures in Babysitting.

SoupyNorman

The Machinist
Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle

m83

The man who wasn't there. I love this movie!

m83

bravestarr082 wrote: »

The Machinist
Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle

Spirited away is hardly underrated.

damselnat

I watched Breaking and Entering recently...it got very mixed reviews when it came out if I remember, and I can see why some people may not like it, but I really enjoyed it, I found it quite intriguing and kind of unsettling...

TerrorFirmer

Half the movies on this thread are proper, cinema released movies or high profile DVD releases.....hardly underrated. Someone even mentioned Transformers for gods sake.

I would nominate The Lost Battalion, truly the Saving Private Ryan of WWI yet by the vast majority of people not only not viewed as such, but is totally unknown.

Another brilliant gem I saw recently was 2001 Maniacs, totally OTT slapstick gore-horror with plenty of T&A - just like they used to make them.

No doubt there are dozens more but I watch so many damn movies that I can never call to mind good examples at a whim.

"The worlds fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins, I never remember this being in the cinema or hearing any hype about it, but what a film.

That was indeed a very good film. Hadn't heard of it either until I saw it.

TerrorFirmer

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Half the movies on this thread are proper, cinema released movies or high profile DVD releases.....hardly underrated. Someone even mentioned Transformers for gods sake.

I would nominate The Lost Battalion, truly the Saving Private Ryan of WWI yet by the vast majority of people not only not viewed as such, but is totally unknown.

Another brilliant gem I saw recently was 2001 Maniacs, totally OTT slapstick gore-horror with plenty of T&A - just like they used to make them.

No doubt there are dozens more but I watch so many damn movies that I can never call to mind good examples at a whim.



That was indeed a very good film. Hadn't heard of it either until I saw it.

In that spirit, I'd like to nominate "Hamburger Hill"...

megadodge

Bulworth.

Almost nobody ever mentions this absolute gem which I think is one of the best films I've ever seen.

It was hugely acclaimed by the critics, but didn't seem to be widely released or publicised. Why, I just don't know ?

Highly Recommended for those with a cynical view of politics or those just needing a good laugh.

eagle eye

I had to bring this up again, one of my fav subjects anyways.:)

But I have long been a fan of Cameraon Diaz, she has made lots of money now and all that but her second movie was was the one that made me a fan, a little gem that I remember so well.

If any of you have not seen it and like a US style black comedy this is definitely worth watching.

Its called The Last Supper.

Freshly squash

Barry Lyndon.
Its respected but it never gets the props it deserves in comparison to Kubricks other movies. Strangelove, 2001, the Shining- these titles are always bandied about when discussions of Kubricks best film come up. All of the above are great movies but I think Barry Lyndon is his best. I didn't watch it for a long time because I had read that it was somewhat inferior to his best work. A cheap DVD came into my posession, well I've never been more pleasently surprised to be confronted with excellence. Strong story, absolutely stunning visuals,it seemed to me to be the high water mark of Kubricks vision as a director and the greatest illustration of his worldview.
And yet when all the souped up special editions of his movies were released last year there was no special edition for the movie. The vastly inferior Eyes Wide Shut got the special treatment, makes me shake my head and wonder.

AL][EN

Allot of people don't like it but equilibrium is a pretty darn good movie.

ben bedlam

Speed 2: Cruise Control. Masterpiece. Forget Citizen Kane.