What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? 2141
Moses Lawn asks: "With the impending re-release of Spirited Away, I've been wondering about this. There are a lot of movies I love that no one else seems to know about. Some of them disappeared from theaters within a week, some came out years ago and seem to have been forgotten. Here are a few of my favorites: The Hot Rock, The Pope Must Diet (formerly 'The Pope Must Die'), They Might Be Giants, and The Big Hit. Maybe you like these, too. Maybe you think they stink up the joint. So what are your favorite forgotten movies?"
Well... (Score:2)
Can anyone think of any anime that actually made it to theaters and was promptly forgotten? I want to say metropolis, but I know that did well.
Hudson Hawk (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Hudson Hawk (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Hudson Hawk (Score:2)
Re:Hudson Hawk (Score:2)
Similar, but less pronounced effect for "The Fifth Element" [imdb.com]. Also for "Sunset" [imdb.com]. Hmmm ... maybe it's just people don't get Bruce Willis :-)
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Re:Hudson Hawk (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Hudson Hawk (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Hudson Hawk (Score:2)
Meet the Feebles! (Score:2)
Re:Meet the Feebles! (Score:2)
Re:Meet the Feebles! (Score:2)
What Mr. Jackson was doing before he got interested in Feebles!
Battlefield Earth (Score:2)
Re:Battlefield Earth (Score:2)
Course, I probably just got trolled...
Re:Battlefield Earth (Score:2)
NOTE: the above was meant to be humorous, not a personal attack on benzapp. Of course, this will soon be modded as troll anyway. Oh, well.
Robocop (Score:2)
"You crossed my line of death!" BOOM! Play global war with the whole family!
Re:Robocop (Score:2)
And if you want to get turned on there is always Basic Instinct as well.
Re:Robocop (Score:2)
To the Grandparent Post: Wait, since when was robocop underapreciated. I mean, some people really like it, and the rest realized it was a horrible action flick. In order to be under-appreciated, it must first deserve appreciate and then not recieve it. Robocop was appreciated just fine, and doesn't deserve any more app
Re:Robocop (Score:2)
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Titanic (Score:3, Funny)
There is no global village... (Score:2)
I would guess, that under-appreciation varies from place to place. Some American stinkers never even make the theatres elsewhere on the planet and I guess that only a really small number of foreign films have any kind of success in America. My favourite film at the moment is Rushmore [imdb.com], a relatively popular film in English-speaking countries, but not even dubbed to German as far as I know. The Filthy Critic [bigempire.com] has been an invaluable guide to find Films that would otherwise not have been noticed by me and avoid o
Split Second (Score:2)
Re:Split Second (Score:3, Funny)
Split Second is one hell of a romp. Formative of my childhood. Best part is Hauer's nebbish partner transformed by seeing the thing.
"We need big fucking guns!" (Examining an auto-shotgun.) "Too fucking small! Bigger!"
Fun fun fun.
Transformers: The Movie (Score:4, Interesting)
Come out, Autobot. We all must die sometime.
That's deep. And the first appearence of the Matrix! Whoa.
Re:Transformers: The Movie (Score:3, Interesting)
Agreed, that was a good one.
A bit off-topic but I'd also like to see the following television shows return:
-Dr. Who(specifically the Tom Baker years)
-GeForce(aka Gatchaman, an early japanime cartoon series which aired in the late 70s and early 80s)
-Neutron Man(Japanese live-action show, like godzilla)
-Dungeons and Dragons(the cartoon, aired in the early-mid 80s)
-Starblazers(japanime cartoon series)
Re:Transformers: Optimus Prim (Score:3, Funny)
Optimus Prime is Fighting in Iraq
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=38 2 8
There's a picture of both Optimus Primes (Optimii Prime?) on the site.
National guardman changed his name to a toy
CUYAHOGA FALLS -- A member of Ohio's 5694th National Guard Unit in Mansfield legally changed his name to a Transformers toy.
Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit on Wednesday to provide fire protecti
Buckaroo Bonzai (Score:2)
Another favorite of mine was a movie that Bruce Lee orginally wrote called Circle of Iron. However, since he died, his part was played by David Carradine. Also an excellent movie.
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are!
My favorite underappreciated movie is "Supernova" (Score:2)
I saw it, thought it was kind of good, but the (Score:2)
Oldies but goodies.... (Score:2)
Wilder: Sunset Blvd, Double Indemnity. (film noir)
Everybody should check out the AFI Top 100 List [afi.com].
Brokedown Palace (Score:2)
OT: Music tie-in (Score:2, Interesting)
Maximum Overdrive (Score:2)
Another animation: Iron Giant (Score:2)
The story is simple and sweet, and although it uses cliches a bit, it has a good sense of history and how absurd (or maybe not that paranoid) back in the 60's.
If you're bored one night, try to pick it up. I think you'll know what I mean after you see it.
The Beach (Score:2)
It really is a beautifully done movie. The scenery alone makes it worth while. That french actress is also perhaps the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. New Order did their first new song since 1993 for this movie, a
New Order, Boyle and "Shallow Grave" (Score:2)
Still, I can't agree on this one. "The Beach" is a rotten movie. If you want an unappreciated Boyle flick pop on over and see "Shallow Grave". "I don' 'ave da time."
One of THE best has to be... (Score:2)
Wim Wenders film: Wings of Desire [imdb.com]
Two and half hours of truth, beauty and love. Of course any film by him is really good, but highly overlooked.
It's gotta be 'Brazil' (Score:2)
Animation/graphics by Terry Gilliam. Leads include Robert de Niro in a surprise role, and Michael Palin as the arch-evil government interrogator (Ministry of Information Retrieval officer).
Definitely a canonical hymn of the individual's struggle against the machine.
Shamefully, some US releases of the film omitted a decisive final scene (which totally changed the meaning of the fil
Re:It's gotta be 'Brazil' (Score:2)
Well it would have been *smack*
Brother (Score:2)
Brother from Another Planet (Score:2)
Forgotten (Score:2, Interesting)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension [imdb.com]Geeky, yet delightful.
Zardoz [imdb.com] John Boorman and Sean Connery. Yeah!
Groundhog Day (Score:2)
Fairly new, but still relatively unknown (Score:2)
Barb Wire (Score:2)
It is, sadly, underappreciated because so many people in the US are so sexist. The world needs female superheroes too!
Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World (Score:2)
Right off the bat... (Score:2)
The Bastard's Can't Go Wrong Underrated Film List:
* Bachelor Party (Bad USA Up All Night movie done right)
* Fear of a Black Hat (Rap mockumentry... damn funny)
* Fandango / A Perfect World (yes, they have Costner, but he's damn good in both... shoot me)
* The Italian Job (majorly appreciated in the UK, hardly anyone knows of it here in the states)
easy -- "The Wraith" (Score:2)
Withnail & I (Score:2)
Legend (Score:2)
Here's a list (Score:2)
The Big Lebowski [imdb.com]
Big Trouble [imdb.com]
Blood Sucking Freaks [imdb.com]
Amazon Women on the Moon [imdb.com]
Cannibal! The Musical [imdb.com]
Superman 3 [imdb.com]
Once Bitten [imdb.com]
Men Alone 2: The KY Connection [imdb.com]
Man Who Wasn't There, The [imdb.com]
The Last Starfighter (Score:5, Funny)
"You're my Juliet... *kiss* my Venus... *kiss*...Do you want me to talk dirty to you now?"
"Do you smell something?"
"Like what?"
"Like a Xa--forget it."
The Ruling Class (Score:2)
Re:The Ruling Class (Score:3, Informative)
-Peter
Miller's Crossing (Score:2)
Too bad it's not available on DVD. (Yet! I just learned (via IMDB) that this film, released in 1990, is coming to DVD in May. Yipee!)
here's a few... (Score:2)
Breaking Away - 1 future star, great story, bikes.
There's more, but when people say "whatchawannawatch?" I suggest these. They likely haven't seen them, and they come away with a smile.
Army of Darkness (Score:2)
Hype! (Score:2)
Five Corners - star power + penguin bashing :-) (Score:2)
On second thought that might not play so well here...
Tetsuo: Iron Man (Score:2)
I dared a roomate to watch it one night. The entire time he was viewing this video the only words that came out of his mouth were "What.. the.. fuck?" in a half-scared, half-interested tone.
Not to be watched with the kids.. or the parents. Do not view Totsuo: Iron Man wh
The Butcher Boy (Score:2)
It revolves around a boy named Francy Brady (Anti-hero?) who grows up in a home with a mother who constantly tries to commit suicide and a father who drinks like a fish.
He has one friend throughout the whole movie, and his arch nemisis's (the nugents) constantly remind him that he is low class trash. The best part in the movie is when Francy starts having delusions of the Virgin Mary (played by Sinade O'Conner) They
Cannibal the Musical (Score:2)
SHUT THE F*CK UP! *blam*
Countryman and Homegrown (Score:2)
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/6074/mo v cm.htm [geocities.com]
Countryman is about a rastafarian super-hero, of sorts, named Countryman. From holywood.com, "A peaceful Rastafarian fisherman becomes an unwitting player in an international political scheme when an airplane crashes into a nearby swamp. Later, when violence breaks loose, he displays an almost magical ability in hand-to-hand combat." With a soundtrack featuring Bob Marley and many other big names in reggae, Countryman is THE all time clas
The Big Lebowski (Score:2, Insightful)
Well acted and directory.
My List (Score:2)
About A Boy
The Big Lebowski
Falling Down
Heathers
Human Traffic
Kelly's Heroes
Office Space
The Opposite of Sex
The Prophecy
Ronin
Sliding Doors
Nearly all of these require an explanation every time I have company.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (Score:2, Interesting)
Where else can you get Leprechauns and Sean Connery at the same time?
The Way of the Gun (Score:2)
My fave . . . (Score:2)
The Mission (Score:2)
The Stoned Age (Score:2)
Mine? (Score:4, Informative)
The Boondock Saints
It rocks
As for underrated TV shows, my all-time favourite is Vengeance Unlimited, with Firefly being a close second. I heard a rumor that Firefly is coming out on DVD! woo!
Werd (Score:3, Interesting)
Firefly on DVD? I'll be all over that like a fat kid on a smartie.
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes! (Score:2)
I think the best scene from the movie is when "the opposition" infiltrates the Tomato Camp. He's dressed up like a giant tomato while sitting around a campfire roasting hotdogs on a coathanger discussing war strategies. He says, "Could someone pass the ketchup?" They say "Huhhhh?" And roll over him!
A Midnight Clear (Score:2)
A Midnight Clear [imdb.com]
...so many good movies listed (but Space Truckers? Poor, poor, sick bastard ;). A Midnight Clear is not exactly Brazil, Hudson Hawk or Buckaroo Bonzai... but those of you who like FILMS should see this one! It's on par with Shawshank [imdb.com] IMHO!
Oh... and far from under appriciated (per its sceen showing at the Oscars) is A Fish Called Wanda [imdb.com]!
Electric Dreams (Score:2)
It's got some laughs, lots of old computers, and rather decent 80's music.
It's hard to find now, but since I work for a video chain I was able to get one old copy from their warehouse recently.
-Adam
The John Carpenter Sleeper... (Score:2)
Who can forget the crew (even the dead but cryo-preserved skipper) arguing with the AI of a planet-buster thermonuclear bomb
warning: gratuitous anti-MS jab
(probably Microsoft Bomb (tm)). Trying to convince it not to blow up, when that's the sole and total purpose of existence. Just because it couldn't detach from the bomb rails.
They just do
Buckeroo Banzai (Score:5, Interesting)
It's a definate original. If only they had been able to make the planned sequal.
Dark Star (Score:3, Informative)
Four guys on a small ship for 20 years in deep space looking for unstable planets with the ever complaining Pinback, the alien beachball and of course a deep philisophical argument with a bomb.
Kentucky Fried Movie (Score:4, Interesting)
"This requires total concentration."
"Aries should expect the unexpecte...urrghhh"
The Boondock Saints (Score:3, Interesting)
While we're at it, I have yet to find someone who truely appreciates Fight Club on the same level I did.
Re:The Boondock Saints (Score:3, Informative)
Amelie (Score:3, Interesting)
But how many have watched it...twice? Three times?
As popular as it was, I call it underrated because not enough people know how UTTERLY BRILLIANT it is! The massive 5% zooms, the monochromatic scenes (except for one item), the jokes that you don't realise were jokes until the next day, the mood, the characters, the...oh man, the everything. Having watched it about 10 times on DVD, I'm only BEGINNING to see the real detail that went into this work of art.
Miracle Mile (Score:3, Insightful)
The Man in the White Suit (Score:5, Interesting)
Dr. Strangelove (Score:3)
Not exactly forgotten perhaps, but strangelovely few people I've talked to have seen this classic - now even relevant today with mad generals on the loose throughout!
Favourite quote: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room!"
Re:Star Wars (Score:2)
Re:Star Wars (Score:2)
OK, so this is a quote from an AC troll, but I think it's probably my number one choice. The recent trend of "directors cuts" and "digital remastering" has done far more damage than good to most films. Specifically films like "Apocalypse Now" and "The Exorcist", two monumental films, have been marred by the directors cut. The original starwars trilogy is no different.
These were great great films. They had a rhythm to th
Re:Gunkata (Score:2)
Re:Eraserhead (Score:2)
Re:Excalibur! (Score:2)
Re:Flight of the Navigator (Score:2)
Re:Funny, blood, and gore Boondock Saints (Score:2)
Re:Funny, blood, and gore now with HTML (Score:2)
The movie has some of the best dialogue in it that I have heard in a flick in a long time. And although cheesy at times the two main characters were good actors.
And where else do you get to see a Gay Wilhem Defoe? In drag no less.
[A Russian gangster comes into the bar] Murphy MacManus: So you're Chekov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team.
Murphy MacManus: There are many forms of evil. We urge you lesser forms of filt
Re:My Top Three (Score:2)
Re:Buckaroo Banzai (Score:2)
C'mon: "Dead Heat" or "They Live" (Score:3)
Those are the classic no-names ever created. How can you not love movies with increadibly over-the-top stupid fight scenes?
"Dead Heat" had the zombified cop and the zombified henchman doing the traditional gun battle in a hallway, ending up inches apart with guns blazing.
"They Live" had the best overdone fight between friends I've ever seen.
Bruce's stuff is downright popular in comparison!
Re:Easy (Score:3, Informative)
The plot for "Strange Brew" was a ripoff of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'!!! Really!
--jeff++
I am here to chew bubble gum... (Score:3, Funny)
And I'm all out of bubble gum!
Plus I got it wrong. Not that it matters. You all know how it goes.
Actually, as far as one liners go, that's a classic, but most of the good one liners are in Army of Darkness.
"First you want to kill me, then you want to kiss me. Blow."
"Give me some sugar, baby."
"Who wants some? You? You want a little?"
"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."
"Klatu Berata Necktie!"
"You loved me once. Honey, you got REAL ugly."
"Hail
The Movie Which Invented the Indoor Car Chase (Score:3, Informative)
How 'bout the movie that invented the indoor car chase (yes... indoor car chase), and still reigns champion of Hollywood automotive carnage? (And these aren't shitty little imported cars, either, these are real American cars with man-sized 7.2L V8 engines doing over 120 miles per hour through the streets of Chicago.)
I cried the first time I saw it, but I love it.
"Well, thank you very much, pal. The day I get out of prison, my own brother picks me up in a police car."
"Shit!" "What?" "Rollers." "Rollers?"
Re:One of my fav movies... (Score:3, Insightful)
He's referring to David's program. He was programmed to love his 'mother'. But once his mother was established, there was no way for them to change who his mom is. It was a one shot deal. So when his mother eventually died of old age, that was it for him. Tragically, he couldn't finish his program. I think the programming reference the A