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give me some titles of films you think don't get the apreciationioonion they should get + why. I would go for 'saturn 3'. it has strange atmosphere and the robot is truely scary. also, the director wasn't afraid to take a lot of time to show us how the robot gets assembled - I like that. |
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gattaca - probably one of the most intelligent movies i've seen, very stylish, and great acting also. |
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jacobs ladder doesn't get spoken about enough. Theres also a nice little movie called Local Hero that no one seems to have heard of. |
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bulworth smartest comedy i've ever seen, truest criticism of hollywood and politics ever on film, brilliant job all around by warren beatty who stars, directed, produced, and wrote the script. |
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and yes, gatacca was good, although the ending was hammy as hell. |
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oh yeah, and office space for those of you who have spent one minute in a cubicle. |
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A.I. & Contact |
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I think Twelve Monkeys is underappreciated... it's a brilliant film with endless possibilities for interpretation of reality... kind of like real life. I also like Bruce Willis, and Terry Gilliam is a genius... He always makes films about insane people. |
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84 Charlie MoPic is also a good one. frightening.. |
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You seen Brazil? |
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2001 'nuff said. |
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hedphelym: i'm glad you mentioned contact, i love that movie too! |
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i would hardly call that undervalued. |
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also underrated: series 7: the contenders. great spoof of reality tv that pre-dates survivor. slam. saul williams is one of my idols. this is a great intro to slam poetry and saul williams in specific. blue velvet. creepy fun. dark days. amazing documentary on underground nyc homeless. music by dj shadow. amelie. magical. uhf. cute comedy. roger & me. somewhat dated but so true capitalist criticism. michael moore's masterpiece. i hope it gets a dvd release soon. bamboozled. another great criticism of hollywood including the racist past of entertainment. damon wayans' greatest performance. brilliant writing. wings of desire. bizarre multilingual, french originated existentialist film from the 1980s. a.i. underrated sci-fi. would've been better w/ kubrick at the helm and more involvement from cunningham. |
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Ya, I've seen Brazil, it's cool. Cheers, naaic. |
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Any film with Arnold Schwarzenegger is undervalued. I love the guy, and he has fantastic acting range (yes...) and big muscles! And he gets the best lines. He is an arTISTE. He is everything we want to be. He is... Ahnuld. |
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HAVE I SEEN BRAZIL! its playing in my head all the time. just bought the OST 2 months ago. good point, Thater, I agree, 12 monkeys is underapreciated. |
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tits, Amelie is overrated. I figure all the ppl who love it haven't seen much foreign film. It is good, but pretty average. Wings of Desire is very good! |
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roger and me is classic. i hear moore has a new one about columbine. should be interesting. |
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How about "Ghost Dog: The way of the Samurai"? |
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he does get the best lines. "let off some steam." "if it bleeds, we can kill it" |
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the professional - don't know if it's underrated or not, but it's a really good movie nonetheless. |
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don't be a hater!!! amelie is one of the best foreign films i've seen in years. it's special. zaphod: that sounds incredibly interested. i'll look into that. i know this makes me creepy but for the last couple of years i've toyed with writing a short story called "return to columbine" where some sicko obsessed with the news media (ie: he was glued to the columbine footage) returns to the school years later to "finish the job". |
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I see a lot of foreign films (I live in Foreign) and I really like Amelie (but I am a big fan of Jean-Pierre Jeunets work). why would someone like that film a lot because its the first foreign film they've seen? |
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leon/the professional is one of my favorite movies as well. i think it's underrated as an action movie. |
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toys, crazy in alabama, dancer in the dark, ummmmmm, several forgien films... |
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the professional is a great movie. get the uncut dvd if you haven't already. |
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cool new avatar, thanksomuch. i saw toys years ago when i was too young to appreciate it. what's so great about it? i might rent it again to see what's up. |
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might I mention steven soderberghs 'the limey' at this point? superb thriller, told in an intelligent way (flashbacks and -forwards) with beautiful camerawork. "tell him I'm coming" |
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thx 1138 dark city patlabor 2 american beauty(...ok, it won an oscar..but no one ever mentions it..) clockers bottle rocket le femme nikita following the virgin suicides |
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We jst went and saw "The Sweetest Thing"..i mean this thing has been colossally slammed by every critic her to Timbaktu...but I really enjoyed it..really crude, rude, obnoxious and funny in the Farelly Borthers kind of way, rife with blowjob, semen jokes etc..a far cry from a chick flick I was dreading...Cameron Diaz is a natural comic, while Christina Applegate all that time of the funniest sitcom ever (Married with Children)..has impeccible timing..sure no cerebral Oscar Cannes et all contender but much mucho entertaining.. |
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Speaking of undervalued, i just saw After Life. Its an amazing movie, i suggest everyone here see it. And Being There, with Peter Sellers, is also seldom mentioned. |
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thx 1138: grand film. following: yes, good. the virgin suicides: beautiful. I have to say NO to american beauty though - trite piece of shit imo. |
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after life is good. slow slow slow. we like that. |
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and yeah... i liked the professional a lot as well.. and as far as amelie goes.. i think its a great movie..but wouldnt call it underrated.. everyone i know who's seen it loves it |
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american beauty was trite and overrated, wrapped up in sentimentality. |
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The new Michael Moore picture is called Bowling For Columbine and it's about violence in the media. And yes I've seen Brazil and I own the Criterion DVD. here are some other Underrated films.... The Audition (Odishon)- Japanese film by Takashi Miike. Incredibly misleading and bizzare. Very thought provoking, and stomach churning. Session 9 - I watched this film alone in the dark and it made me question my sanity. But then, so did Fight Club and Memento. Man On The Moon - Sure it was a suck ass film with little to no historical accuracy about the life of Andy Kaufman, but Jim Carrey was born to play that role. Plus I just love Andy Kaufman. Bladerunner and Total Recall - Both very loose interpretations of Philip K. Dick short stories... both awesome. City Of The Lost Children, and Delicatessen - Both films by Jean Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amelie, only both of these are about 100 times better. I really liked Amelie, but mostly because Audrey Tatou is absolutley incredible *sigh* That's all i can think of for now... I'm going outside... the sun is gone. |
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um..define undervalued? I keep seeing films metioned that are acknowledged cult classics Jacobs Ladder Brazil Delicatessian etc all have critical respect as well as cult followings.. |
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Oh yeah, every Terry Gilliam movie ever... Baron Munchausen Time Bandits Jabberwocky Fisher King and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, even though he didn't seem to understand what that book was about, I liked the visual asthetic. |
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I agree. those aren't underrated imo too. how about Mel Brooks "young Frankenstein"? strange mix of comedy and horror. |
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good movie, but considered a comedy classic, so not undervalued. |
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Kurasowas Ikiru, though not undervalued, is never mentioned here. Its one of the saddest movies i've seen. |
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Total Recall is awesome... it's got Arnold! |
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blam! "Consider that a divorce" |
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titsworth, thanks man. it's fom a japanese print of a fox possesing a woman. i don't know why i liked toys so much. maybe becasue it is quite clever, and the sets rock. |
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zaphod, his movie "dreams" has got to be my favorite movie. |
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that was pretty damn good as well. |
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lets see there are several already listed that i agree with - gattaca was great i LOVE jude law, but it was just a interesting and original movie - bullworth was fantastic, and i think stepped on the toes of too many in hollywood so it was 86'd - the professional was SO GOOD. i own the unrated directors cut DVD and it's brilliant!! - OMG i thought i was the only one to see 'the limey' it was fantastic. i love that actor...i can't think of his name right now but he is ALWAYS a good bad guy. although did you see him in priscilla queen of the desert as a cross dresser.....he was great in that too. - contact was a great movie from a GREAT book by carl sagan...i recommend the book before the movie - young frankenstein (which i own) has been one of my TOP TEN fav's of all time - ARNOLD movies are underrated. he's an excellent action star and comes across as intelligent and witty in the movies i've seen him in. QRTER.....you have EXCELLENT taste in movies.....ehehhehe some i disagree with - A.I. while my beloved jude law was in it, it just lacked HEART, that movie did not move me. - toys was a movie i saw TWICE and didn't like both times. i dunno maybe i missed the point of that film but i just kept scratching my head. one movie i'd like to NOMINATE would have to be Tombstone.....it was a great western in the tradition of great westerns with just a lil twist. had one of my fav lines (as said by val kilmer) 'i'm your little huckleberry'....ehehhe |
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Terrence Stamp was the main character in the Limey. |
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yessssss....12 monkeys...awesome film, dark & thought provoking brain candy...kith ROCK! |
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