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

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  • #252
    Sakana
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭Sakana


    Tony EH wrote: »
    Yeah. I'll sing praises for 'Freddie Got Fingered'. I was going to post it myself, but 'Alien 3' won out. :pac:

    Tom Green's film is reviled in numerous places, but I found it funny in a WTF sort of way. Difficult to know just how something like that got made, though, and I can't tell if it was all just one big accident or if Green made everything they way he wanted to.

    "Daddy would you like some sausage..."

    Nice discussion about it here:



  • #253
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    I'll have a look.


  • #254
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    The Mosquito Coast (1986) - Harrison Ford as an inventor who takes his family off to live in the jungle. I'd just read the book around the time it came out and I loved it. Nobody else seems to.


  • #255
    Homelander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,434 ✭✭✭Homelander


    I think Freddy Got Fingered is brilliant, mostly because Tom Green was so successful in making such a truly bizarre, stupid movie exactly the way he wanted to - it's almost like he was daring himself to see how much he could get away with.

    I just really admire that it even saw the light of day.


  • #256
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    I've never met anyone who thought that 'The Blue Max' was underrated.

    Half the people here are on the wrong thread. :pac:


  • #257
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Tora Tora Tora

    I like the way the Japanese parts use Japanese music. Yes they were done by the Japanese but Hollywood didn't change it.

    Yes it's practically a documentary but they say people watch films again and again because they are familiar.

    The ending with Yamamoto is just pure class, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Compare to the modern Hollywood cheese fest of Pearl Harbour where the Americans "win" at the end.

    🙈🙉🙊



  • #258
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Wichita Lineman wrote: »
    The Mosquito Coast (1986) - Harrison Ford as an inventor who takes his family off to live in the jungle. I'd just read the book around the time it came out and I loved it. Nobody else seems to.

    Never herad of it; but sounds interesting have to check it out.

    🙈🙉🙊



  • #259
    bradolf pittler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 558 ✭✭✭bradolf pittler


    Nacho Libre- Jack Black as the monk turned pro wrestler.Stupid but funny comedy


  • #260
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Plan 9 from Outer Space. Any Ed Wood films really.
    They are so badly made that they are very enjoyable.


  • #261
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    bradolf pittler wrote: »
    Nacho Libre- Jack Black as the monk turned pro wrestler.Stupid but funny comedy
    oh no it was awful


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  • #262
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Plan 9 from Outer Space. Any Ed Wood films really.
    They are so badly made that they are very enjoyable.
    There is such a thing as good bad taste.


  • #263
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    There is such a thing as good bad taste.
    AKA So bad it's good. Who can forget the memorable opening


    Greetings, my friends! We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friends; future events such as these will affect you in the future.


  • #264
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    AKA So bad it's good. Who can forget the memorable opening


    Greetings, my friends! We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friends; future events such as these will affect you in the future.
    And when Bela Lugosi died half way through filming, didn't he hire his postman or something to play him for the rest of the film and keep his face hidden as much as possible :D
    The film Ed Wood with Johnny Depp is great as well.


  • #265
    RandomViewer
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    Montage of Feck wrote: »
    Never herad of it; but sounds interesting have to check it out.

    River Phoenix as well from memory, BBC used to show a film at 8 on a Sunday night, remember watching the Mosquito Coast and The River (Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek farming along the Mississippi) around the same time.


  • #266
    faffingaround
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭faffingaround


    Tony EH wrote: »
    'The Game' is great, right up til the end, which was beyond stupid. How could anyone have possibly known that Douglas' character would have thrown himself off the roof?

    You mean exactly how his father killed himself? He had gone through extensive tests with the fake company CRS too! They knew he would do this and exactly where!

    Nah, wheeze, it is a weak part. Even worse though is the taxi water incident! If you can accept those events rather than believe in them it still makes great cinema.


  • #267
    silvervixen84
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 6,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭silvervixen84


    Freejack (1992)

    Hardly anyone seems to have seen it but I love it! Sci-fi/action film starring Emilio Estevez, Renee Russo and Anthony Hopkins - with bonus Mick Jagger :pac:


  • #268
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    silvervixen84 wrote: »
    Freejack (1992)

    Hardly anyone seems to have seen it but I love it! Sci-fi/action film starring Emilio Estevez, Renee Russo and Anthony Hopkins - with bonus Mick Jagger :pac:

    I actually saw this in the cinema.

    And, no, it's not underrated at all. It's bloody awful. :D

    Casting Jagger. I don't what they were thinking.

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  • #269
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    silvervixen84 wrote: »
    Freejack (1992)

    Hardly anyone seems to have seen it but I love it! Sci-fi/action film starring Emilio Estevez, Renee Russo and Anthony Hopkins - with bonus Mick Jagger :pac:

    It's not great


  • #270
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    Cheesfest, Over the Top, Stallone trying to do a Rocky on the world of professional arm wrestling,
    Even Cheesier ,Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, awful buddy,sci-fi,action film with Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson


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  • #271
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    RandomViewer wrote: »
    Cheesfest, Over the Top, Stallone trying to do a Rocky on the world of professional arm wrestling,
    Even Cheesier ,Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, awful buddy,sci-fi,action film with Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson
    Don't forget Tango and Cash, a daft and fun action flick with Sly and Kurt Russell.


  • #272
    Alejandro68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Alejandro68


    Cloak and Dagger from 1984 with Dabney Coleman. About a young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.


  • #273
    85603
    Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭85603


    Sexy beast.

    Not the greatest film ever, but probably deserves a little more praise.


  • #274
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    85603 wrote: »
    Sexy beast.

    Not the greatest film ever, but probably deserves a little more praise.

    It's widely considered to be one of the best British gangster movies ever made.


  • #275
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Tony EH wrote: »
    It's widely considered to be one of the best British gangster movies ever made.

    It kind of gets lost behind Lock, Stock, Snatch and the Italian Job in most conversations.


  • #276
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    pickarooney wrote: »
    It kind of gets lost behind Lock, Stock, Snatch and the Italian Job in most conversations.

    I'm sure it does on occasion. But it's hardly "underrated" or thought of as "rubbish".


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  • #277
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Screamers from 1995 is a great sci-fi film based on a Philip K Dick story.
    28% on rotten tomatoes.


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