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Underrated films that people seem to think are a rubbish but really are not

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    #32
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,653 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Dumb and dumber 2 and trainspotting 2.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #33
    flasher0030
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    OU812 wrote: »
    Love that movie



    So dark. Brilliant flick.

    Two that I keep coming back to are Rock Star & Rock of ages. Neither should be regarded as high quality, but I love them.

    Oh man. I need to watch Rock of Ages again. Staceee Jacks.
    I've only seen it once. Great film.


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    #34
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    The thread is just going to turn into people listing great movies which aren't considered rubbish in the first place. With that in mind, I'd like to be one of the first

    Ben Hur


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    [Deleted User]
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    Juno.

    I think it got too hyped at the time and people turned against it. Plus a wise-cracking teen is off-putting to many. But Ellen Page was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for it and I completely understand why. She’s finds the vulnerable note that prevents Juno from being totally obnoxious.

    Highly annoying actress imo - even just annoying to look at before she starts speaking.

    This movie was her high point really and has disappeared into minor exposure since. Not that I'm complaining about that.

    Juno doesn't qualify for the concept of this thread really as it was well-reviewed / rated at the time....

    I think that anything above about 55 or so on metacritic should be the exclusion bar for not being "under-rated"

    Juno for example got 81 which is a very high score for a movie.


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    #36
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Constantine.


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    #37
    The Mulk
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    Wayne's World 2 is a classic, it's hard to believe some people think it's rubbish.

    Bloodsport was really good, but gets a lot of slack, especially around the actor playing the young Frank Dux.

    Soul Man- a movie that probably wouldn't be made now.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091991/


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    #38
    brilou23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭brilou23


    The goods, sell hard, live hard and that's my boy bad reviews but really funny movies


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    #39
    [Deleted User]
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    Straight to DVD and free on you tube and I have met only two other people who have also seen it - I think Ink (2009) was artistically one of the best low budget movies I have seen. Good effects given their tiny budget and just generally well acted.


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    #40
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Limitless.
    Got sloppy reviews, I thought it was brilliant


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    #41
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    glasso wrote: »
    Highly annoying actress imo - even just annoying to look at before she starts speaking.

    This movie was her high point really and has disappeared into minor exposure since. Not that I'm complaining about that.

    Juno doesn't qualify for the concept of this thread really as it was well-reviewed / rated at the time....

    I think that anything above about 55 or so on metacritic should be the exclusion bar for not being "under-rated"

    Juno for example got 81 which is a very high score for a movie.

    I think it belongs because people haven’t continued to speak well of it. The Metacritic reviews are from when it was released.


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    #42
    complicit
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭complicit


    The Cobbler (2014) starring Adam Sandler

    10 % rating on rotten tomatoes.

    Saw it on a flight and found it quite good .


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    #43
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Starship Troopers


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    #44
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,226 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Treasure Planet.


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    #45
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Cliffhanger.


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    Sgt Hartman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    Ironclad which stars James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Derek Jacobi and Lars "Ulfric Stormcloak " Kulich. I thought it was a great medieval action movie, loosely based on the siege of Rochester Castle.


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    #47
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Tremors 2 and 3.
    Fred Ward carries part 2. The legend that is Bert Gummer carries part 3.
    They are fun films, the one thing that really lets them down is they use too much crappy CGI instead of live action graboids like the first film.


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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I think it belongs because people haven’t continued to speak well of it. The Metacritic reviews are from when it was released.

    That would make it overrated to me tbh.

    There are lots of movies, even good ones that get talked about less as time goes on...


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    #49
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    That Lone Ranger film with Johnny Depp

    The Shadow with Alec Baldwin

    Both enjoyable for what they are

    Revolver Guy Ritchie, got very mixed reviews but worth watching


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    EyesClosed
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭EyesClosed


    Hot Tub Time Machine


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    Dufflecoat Fanny
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    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    Ironclad which stars James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Derek Jacobi and Lars "Ulfric Stormcloak " Kulich. I thought it was a great medieval action movie, loosely based on the siege of Rochester Castle.

    I remember having to turn it off because of the shaky cam it was giving me a headache


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    Pretty much all the star wars movies after the original trilogy are at worst pretty decent and some are very good but you would get a pain in your head listening to so many Star Wars fans saying everything after episode 6 is terrible.

    * 3 - 6 are excellent not saying otherwise.

    I’ve even heard one or two saying the mandolorian is rubbish and it is absolutely superb. Some just can’t be seen to compliment anything recent.


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    #53
    Rothko
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    Sofia Helpless Den wrote: »
    Pretty much all the star wars movies after the original trilogy are at worst pretty decent and some are very good but you would get a pain in your head listening to so many Star Wars fans saying everything after episode 6 is terrible.

    * 1-3 are excellent not denying they either.

    I’ve even heard one or two saying the mandolorian is rubbish and it is absolutely superb. Some just can’t be seen to compliment anything recent.

    I think the prequels are slightly underrated, except for Attack Of The Clones. That was terrible.


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    #54
    Notmything
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭Notmything


    Thirteenth Warrior, Vikings action flick with Antonio Banderas


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    salmocab
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    Masters of the Universe, I’ve seen lots of giving out about it and to be fair it’s a distant cousin of the actual He-Man story but I loved it.


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    #56
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,162 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Any Steven Segal film,


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    #57
    Lockheed
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    Uncut Gems, watched it and enjoyed it so much that I was genuinely surprised to see the reviews.


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    #58
    Quandary
    Registered Users Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭Quandary


    I absolutely loved Event Horizon and was shocked to see it reviewed so poorly.


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    #59
    onform
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭onform


    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

    Great cast, Bill Murray is excellent.

    I think the movie might have got a bit of a backlash critically due to high expectations because it was Wes Anderson's next movie after The Royal Tenenbaums, which had been a big hit.

    Great soundtrack also.


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    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,357 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    rapul wrote: »
    The Jacket, Adrian Brody at his best imo

    Nope that award goes to the underrated Summer Of Sam


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    accensi0n
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    Lockheed wrote: »
    Uncut Gems, watched it and enjoyed it so much that I was genuinely surprised to see the reviews.

    Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
    Empire: 5/5

    Doesn't seem very underrated.


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