Underrated films

[Slap-Happy]

There are a Lot of underrated movies that come to mind.
Of the top of my head, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", "Halloween 2", and the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Well, to non-fans.) What are some others?

[愛]

I can see this trainwreck from a mile away. But either way...

The only one that comes to mind at the moment is Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. While it was a horrible Final Fantasy film, it wasn't that bad of an overall film. I still pop it in every so often to enjoy the CG animation.

[Cure]

Speed Racer, man. The last race is incredible.

[RAM BAM]

I'd say Manhunter starring William Petersen & Brian Cox.
The prequel to Silence of the Lambs.

Dante Spinotti's cinematography is amazing in this movie.

[Hannah]

Alice (Něco z Alenky) is absolutely fantastic but I know very few people who have even heard of it.

[Warhorse]

What about My Bodyguard, with Adam Baldwin (from Full Metal Jacket) and Matt Dillon.

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

"Yellowbeard", the 1983 pirate movie parody with John Cleese and Graham Chapman. It isn't a classic, but certainly better than the critics said it was.

[Wes]

Alice (Něco z Alenky) is absolutely fantastic but I know very few people who have even heard of it.
I thought that was a snoozefest, but I'm quite fond of Little Otik. :)

I'm not sure whether they're technically underrated, but I'm a huge fan of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Much love for Waking Life as well!

Aaand let me throw Johnny Suede in, too. ;)

[Ginny]

Speed Racer, man. The last race is incredible.

Couldn't agree with you more. I thought that film was visually stunning in general, but that last race was totally amazing.

[Warhorse]

What about Bad News Bears? Depicting potty mouthed little brats, which today is now common in movies, it was ahead of it's time by at least 2 generations.

[That Matt Guy]

I'd say Manhunter starring William Petersen & Brian Cox.
The prequel to Silence of the Lambs.

Dante Spinotti's cinematography is amazing in this movie.

Yeah, that's actually a pretty good movie.

I'm going to say The Rocketeer is underrated.

[cowabunga14]

Most of what I watch, but more specifically: Blood Simple, Onibaba, Kwaidan, Suicide Club, and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage just to name a few.

[ToTheNines]

Turns out The Godfather is underrated. I brought it up in math class today and some Watchmen loving ADD jack-asses started hating on it, but I **** on all their arguments.

[raphael_is_cool]

The Godfather is considered one of the greatest films ever. It is usually within the top three on any list. I would not consider it underrated, generally-speaking.

[Archon_Turtle]

DeathRace!

[Sewer Bull]

To each his own. Some of my friends claim "Star Wars" trilogy is high underrated just because not everyone is a fan.

[Hannah]

What the f*ck is happening? Where did those other posts go and why are we having the same conversation?

[Jester]

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. I mean come on, it's still better than Superman III...right?

[Sewer Bull]

What the f*ck is happening? Where did those other posts go and why are we having the same conversation?

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=27189

[raphael_is_cool]

So, wait...he made the joke before and it failed so he's repeated it...only making it far less obvious? Or he believes a few people's opinions count in the whole. I don't know which to believe.

[VaughnMichael]

Phantom of the Paradise
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
TMNT 1
Return To Oz
The Dark Crystal
Dark City
The Cell

Most of my list is from things that mostly have inspired me in some way shape or form, but I do feel that they pushed boundaries and many modern movies bite off of what they did.
I'm sure there are more but that's all I can think of right now off the top of my head.

[Jester]

PotP, most definitely. I fell in love with that movie when I reviewed it on request of my girlfriend/fiance.

[Hannah]

Phantom of the Paradise
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
TMNT 1
Return To Oz
The Dark Crystal
Dark City
The Cell

Most of my list is from things that mostly have inspired me in some way shape or form, but I do feel that they pushed boundaries and many modern movies bite off of what they did.
I'm sure there are more but that's all I can think of right now off the top of my head.

RETURN TO OZ. That movie rules!

[VaughnMichael]

RETURN TO OZ. That movie rules!
Totally and it's odd like so many people don't even know about it.:ohwell:

[Leo656]

I agree on Speed Racer. I got the Mach 5 "M" tattoo a few days after seeing that movie. 8)

Biggest Superman fan ever (that'd be me) says no, Quest For Peace isn't better than III, but only because of Chris Reeve's brilliant work in the Clark Kent vs Evil Superman junkyard scene. Best scene in an otherwise lame movie, where part IV... well, it ended. Best part.

Any of Emilio Estevez's lesser-known work is really underrated, but everyone I know who saw it loved him in The War At Home. The Vietnam movie, not the lackluster sitcom.

Young Guns I and II always felt underrated to me, because they're often forgotten despite being brillantly cast, acted, and researched.

I'm a sucker for pretty much any movie where people do a lot of work on it... so to me, pretty much every movie is underrated and under-appreciated, at least a little.

[Jester]

Biggest Superman fan ever (that'd be me) says no, Quest For Peace isn't better than III, but only because of Chris Reeve's brilliant work in the Clark Kent vs Evil Superman junkyard scene. Best scene in an otherwise lame movie, where part IV... well, it ended. Best part.

I agree that that is the best part of Superman III, I guess i just like the idea of a being that can take Superman, which is why I like Superman 2 the best, because of Zod and crew.

[BigApple3AM]

I completely agree with The Rocketeer. Everyone was psyched for Terminator 2, no one wanted to see Rocketeer.

Interestingly, the director of Rocketeer is going to be doing the new Captain American movie. Maybe that'll bring some fresh attention to Rocketeer. (I have high hopes for Captain America now too!)

[Leo656]

I agree that that is the best part of Superman III, I guess i just like the idea of a being that can take Superman, which is why I like Superman 2 the best, because of Zod and crew.


Actually, yeah, I admit, the idea of Nuclear Man was what made me like that one as a kid. It did take me until I was about 13 to realize how bad that flick is, so props to Mark Pillow for that.

Even though he's still probably curled up at the bottom of a reactor, or wherever Supes threw him at the end. He never did another movie, as I recall. :lol:

[RAM BAM]

Manos, The Hands Of Fate, very underrated.

[That Matt Guy]

Manos, The Hands Of Fate, very underrated.

How do you figure that?

[Jester]

Entertainment value? It may suck, but it's a fun ride.

[XERO]

I remember Willow.

I wouldn't say it's vastly underrated, but not many people talk about it much.

Where else can you see a pre-Leprechaun Warwick Davis and a pre-TombStone Val Kilmer pwn so sorcerer ass?

[Andrew NDB]

Saw "The Nice Guys" (it's on Netflix) again for the first time in a few years. Really, really solid and like on every level. Every character is so well defined, the script is highly energized and just WEIRD random sh** is constantly happening, and nothing is remotely predictable.

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Highly, highly recommended.

[joe-eyeball]

Saw "The Nice Guys" (it's on Netflix) again for the first time in a few years. Really, really solid and like on every level. Every character is so well defined, the script is highly energized and just WEIRD random sh** is constantly happening, and nothing is remotely predictable.

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Highly, highly recommended.

I agree this movie is pretty entertaining! If you like this one have you’ve ever watched “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?”

Shane black wrote and directed that one and it is pretty much the same vein as this film.

[Andrew NDB]

I agree this movie is pretty entertaining! If you like this one have you’ve ever watched “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?”

I did and that was OK but I found "The Nice Guys" way, way better and more polished. Also more hysterical.

[Barkworm]

Anyone's ever seen "Killing them softly" with Brad Pitt? I have almost no memory of what the film was about but I remember enjoying it. Apparently it's the only film to ever get an F from audiences polled by CinemaScore. I wonder what it was that got people so angry about it.

[Andrew NDB]

Anyone's ever seen "Killing them softly" with Brad Pitt? I have almost no memory of what the film was about but I remember enjoying it. Apparently it's the only film to ever get an F from audiences polled by CinemaScore. I wonder what it was that got people so angry about it.

Oh wow... I'm honestly not sure! I thought I'd seen it, but the Wiki I just read about it doesn't really sound familiar at all. Now I watched the trailer for it and it all looks really, really familiar. I'm leaning towards I've seen it but that large parts of the movie must have been "meh" for most of it not to have stuck.

[IMJ]

Anyone's ever seen "Killing them softly" with Brad Pitt? I have almost no memory of what the film was about but I remember enjoying it. Apparently it's the only film to ever get an F from audiences polled by CinemaScore. I wonder what it was that got people so angry about it.

Is that the one where he takes a guy down with a shotgun in a condo parking lot and preps the shot intentionally to go through a few car windows? I've seen it - it was fine, but like Andrew I don't remember much about it. I remember the shotgun killing because it was a very "real" way to use a shotgun - just shoot through walls and obstacles and it's still going to make contact. I also remember that it ends somewhat abruptly in a bar, I think.

[Andrew NDB]

Oh, and also...

* The 13th Floor.

* Existenz.

* Innerspace.

* Freejack.

[ToTheNines]

Turns out The Godfather is underrated. I brought it up in math class today and some Watchmen loving ADD jack-asses started hating on it, but I **** on all their arguments.

Damn. What a pretentious little 18 year old lol.

[TheUltimateBum]

The 1962 version of Phantom of the Opera is a movie that needs more appreciation and notice, especially with Herbert Lom's performance as the Phantom.

[Andrew NDB]

On a Christmas note, any idea why Santa Claus from 1985 never really caught on as a popular Christmas movie?

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[ssjup81]

A while ago I showed Coola_Yagami a movie that I feel is underrated. Slingblade. It’s such a quirky film. Not politically correct by today’s standards but I liked it back then and still enjoyed it now. It stars Billy Bob Thornton. Anyone else ever seen this film.

[Andrew NDB]

Here's one. I've never seen it... but I want to!

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A while ago I showed Coola_Yagami a movie that I feel is underrated. Slingblade. It’s such a quirky film. Not politically correct by today’s standards but I liked it back then and still enjoyed it now. It stars Billy Bob Thornton. Anyone else ever seen this film.

Underrated? It won an Oscar and was the talk of the time for a while. I also got the cops sent after me because of it. I was using a Sling Blade soundboard with my buddies one morning and we called a hospital with it. Turns out they didn't like the whole, "I killed a man with a lawnmower blade. Hit him two good whacks with it... second one plumb took his head off!" bit.

[Prowler]

I think Irréversible (2002) by Gaspar Noé is underrated.

I can't really come up with an argument to defend my statement, but it's the kind of movie that no one who watches it is just indifferent about. People either "love it or hate it".

[IMJ]

Speaking of Billy Bob Thornton, "Pushing Tin" is underrated as hell.

[Barkworm]

Here's one. I've never seen it... but I want to!

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Oh my god. That looks AWESOME.

[ssjup81]

Underrated? It won an Oscar and was the talk of the time for a while. I also got the cops sent after me because of it. I was using a Sling Blade soundboard with my buddies one morning and we called a hospital with it. Turns out they didn't like the whole, "I killed a man with a lawnmower blade. Hit him two good whacks with it... second one plumb took his head off!" bit.Seems no one around me outside of my parents had even seen it. Others around me had never heard of it, so I just figured it was underrated. I don’t remember how things were when it was originally out, though.

[Andrew NDB]

Was just on a smuggler kick and I was thinking about 2 movies that probably deserved a whole lot more credit than they got:

Lord of War, with Nicolas Cage:

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American Made, with Tom Cruise:

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Lord of War was about a real-life arms smuggler (the one we released to Putin in exchange for the lesbian basketball player potsmoker) which is now getting a sequel and American Made is about a real-life drug smuggler who smuggled drugs for Pablo Escobar who got machine-gunned for snitching.

[IMJ]

Well if we are going that C-list Sci-fi route I'd say "Solarbabies" is way underrated and ton of fun.

[CyberCubed]

Grudge Match 2013 has Stallone vs Robert De Niro in the boxing ring, but it isn't a Rocky movie.