Underrated Movies

[BigDavis75]

Has anyone ever seen the movie Angus? I loved that movie, it had the Sherminator from American Pie.

 

[mjb21aztd]

House of 1000 corpses if your into horror flicks wouldnt say its the best horror movie but its defintally pretty good i'm a huge horror movie fan by the way

 

[Evil Ash]

- Brain Donors
- Shattered Glass
- The Sandlot

 

[vince56]

- Brain Donors

hell yeah. Bob Nelson is so funny in that movie.

Also, Kentucky Fried Movie.

"And the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln!"

 

[82CardsGrad]

A River Runs Through It...

 

[Matt L]

Better Off Dead

Probably my favorite John Cusack movie.

 

[thirty-two]

- Brain Donors
- Shattered Glass
- The Sandlot

The Sandlot ruled.

"You're killing me smalls!"

 

[asudevil83]

Boondock Saints
Requiem for a Dream

 

[Mike Olbinski]

The Sandlot ruled.

"You're killing me smalls!"

"He was lucky she didn't beat the crap out of him."

"You're going to pickle THE beast?"


"Did you plan that?"
"Of course I did...been planning it for years."
"You guys, he planned that!!!"

 

[NEZCardsfan]

I just watched the Great Escape again. People don't talk about it as much as they probably should....great film.

 

[cynical_kitten26]

Boondock Saints
Requiem for a Dream

2 great picks right there.

*City of God
*High Tension
*I am Sam
*Circle of Friends
*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
* Casino (to this day because of how great Sharon Stone did in that movie, I want to slap her)
*SLC Punk

 

[BigDavis75]

2 great picks right there.

*City of God
*High Tension
*I am Sam
*Circle of Friends
*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
* Casino (to this day because of how great Sharon Stone did in that movie, I want to slap her)
*SLC Punk

City of God is such a good movie, in my top 5.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

2 great picks right there.

*City of God
*High Tension
*I am Sam
*Circle of Friends
*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
* Casino (to this day because of how great Sharon Stone did in that movie, I want to slap her)
*SLC Punk

I am Sam?

A little tug of the heart strings, (and I do mean a little) and that's it. Underrated? Nope.

I would say Casino, but I think that it is pretty well received. The acting in that movie was superb.

 

[cynical_kitten26]

I am Sam?

A little tug of the heart strings, (and I do mean a little) and that's it. Underrated? Nope.

I would say Casino, but I think that it is pretty well received. The acting in that movie was superb.

I think Sean Penn and Dakota Fanning did a great acting job and the subject matter of the movie was original.

 

[mojorizen7]

bump:

I'd like to name a few from the sci-fi genre.
Gattica
Capricorn One
K-PAX
Pitch Black

Some others that come to mind:
Assault on Precinct 13(original '76)
Alien 3
Feeling Minnesota
Below

 

[Chaplin]

bump:

I'd like to name a few from the sci-fi genre.
Gattica
Capricorn One
K-PAX
Pitch Black

Some others that come to mind:
Assault on Precinct 13(original '76)
Alien 3
Feeling Minnesota
Below

Great thread, I had totally forgot about it. Funny looking back at what I wrote--I'm not a big fan of Crash anymore and I thought Primer was just AWFUL. But there are some interesting choices.

As for your new list, Below and Pitch Black are great, although I wonder if Pitch Black would be considered "underrated". Gattaca definitely is probably the best choice you have on there. And Alien 3 is definitely an interesting addition to your list.

Maybe not science fiction, but I'd add a few more off the top of my head:

Unleashed (Jet Li)
The Mist
Mystery, Alaska

 

[mojorizen7]

Great thread, I had totally forgot about it. Funny looking back at what I wrote--I'm not a big fan of Crash anymore and I thought Primer was just AWFUL. But there are some interesting choices.

As for your new list, Below and Pitch Black are great, although I wonder if Pitch Black would be considered "underrated". Gattaca definitely is probably the best choice you have on there. And Alien 3 is definitely an interesting addition to your list.

Maybe not science fiction, but I'd add a few more off the top of my head:

Unleashed (Jet Li)
The Mist
Mystery, Alaska

As for Alien 3, i just felt that it was setup to fail following the first two films. The 2003 Special Edition of Alien 3 is my true gauge of the film.
Roughly dubbed as a Directors Cut(David Fincher's first film)runs a full 30 minutes longer than the theatrical release. There's an entire middle section cut out of the original release that, while not vital to the film, adds much IMO to the weight of the story. There are other added scenes that are visually pleasing....the ending is also a little better:

Spoiler

When Ripley falls to her molten death,there is no baby alien popping out of her chest which was IMO...overly melodramatic ,cheesey,and unnecessary.

I like dark films....Alien 3 for me was obviously not as good as the first two,but considering the circumstances surrounding the making of this film, and the insane expectations....I thought it was quite good>>the full length version.

The Mist is a great choice, it still to this day remains my favorite short story/novella I ever read.
Thank God Darabont finally got it done, and not some other shmuck of a director. I loved the choice to have virtually no music in it, save for a few scenes. Highly controversial ending...it hit me hard...(I remember leaving the theater feeling like i'd been punched in the stomach)...but it hurt so good. Very well done film on a low budget.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Outland
The Man With One Red Shoe

Two of my favorites that no one seems to have heard of, hence making them underrated in my book.

 

[Mulli]

I heart Outland. Haven't watched it in years. I wonder if it is still good.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

I heart Outland. Haven't watched it in years. I wonder if it is still good.

I watched it a couple of months ago, it still holds up.

 

[Mulli]

I watched it a couple of months ago, it still holds up.

I think I like it the best out of the "bad things happening at a deep space outpost" genre.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I love seeing old threads like these bumped.

 

[Mulli]

I wish I could find the "please stop bumping old threads" thread.

 

[Linderbee]

I wish I could find the "please stop bumping old threads" thread.

Message for you from HeavyB3...

Stop bumping this stuff. Seriously.

 

[Chaplin]

I wish I could find the "please stop bumping old threads" thread.

Why? What do you care?