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17 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

I will never understand how Big Fish did/does not get more hype.

I didn't know anything about it when I begrudgingly went to see it with my wife.  I walked out a damn-near changed man.  Maybe I was in some sort of bubble, but I don't recall much buzz about it after it came out.

My dad, a 6’4” Marine Colonel, cried at the end of Big Fish. I think he saw a lot of his old man in Albert Finney’s character.

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Big William Petersen fan, so Long Gone and Hard Promises.  

Perhaps not underrated but maybe Overlooked? 

The Last Seduction

Breaker Morant

Ode to Billie Joe

The Verdict

My Bodyguard

The In-Laws(OG)

 

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8 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Gonna watch used cars this weekend. My brother has been on me about this for years. Summer rental is not underrated it’s a CLASSIC so is great outdoors. Gung Ho is super underrated! Great movie. Same brother and I used to quote the dinner scene at dinners we didn’t like the food at “Len leaned over to me and said hey you gonna finish that? What am I gonna say no?” Then scrape all our food on each other’s plate which when we were younger got a us a slap or chased with a wooden spoon from Nonna. Any csb

Is a frogs ass water tight?

28 minutes ago, South Austin said:

My dad, a 6’4” Marine Colonel, cried at the end of Big Fish. I think he saw a lot of his old man in Albert Finney’s character.

I'm not Mr. Tough guy, but I find it extremely hard to show this emotion in public or around my family.  At the end of this movie, I spent 15 straight minutes counting pixels on the wax Coke cup I was drinking out of.  No way was I looking up to watch the end.  I then had to wait several months for it to come out on DVD to see what actually happened.

I'm not Mr. Tough guy, but I find it extremely hard to show this emotion in public or around my family.  At the end of this movie, I spent 15 straight minutes counting pixels on the wax Coke cup I was drinking out of.  No way was I looking up to watch the end.  I then had to wait several months for it to come out on DVD to see what actually happened.

Belongs in allergy thread, but end of Star is Born in the theater there was mass gasping and wailing. And people with their head in their hands. I miss real movies in movie theaters.

Viva Max!

Happy, Texas

 

I’ve posted over and over again:

Dredd with Karl Urban.  
 

In some ways, the only movie that did 3D right and literally no one saw it in the theater. 

Big Fish was good but I thought it was a slightly inferior version of Secondhand Lions.

I don't know that Miller's Crossing is necessarily underrated but it is to me as one of my favorites of all time. It is kind of lost among the rest of the the Coen bros stuff.

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Haywire [Blu-ray] [2012] - Best Buy

I randomly love this movie, and I might be the only one around who does

The Ninth Gate - Rotten Tomatoes

I randomly love this movie, and I might be the only one around who does
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The devil had some great tits in this movie.

That's arguably a spoiler, but also a selling point, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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If you grew up or had parents that grew up in small town "Texas, Daddy's Dyin, Whose Got the Will?"

Only time I've ever seen my father cry.  Didn't understand until much later in life.  

4 hours ago, Fud said:

I randomly love this movie, and I might be the only one around who does

The Ninth Gate - Rotten Tomatoes

Best movie with the worst ending imo

52% on Rotten Tomatoes but I enjoy the hell out of it. Lucky Number Slevin.

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Pretty sure this one bombed the theatres and critics alike but dammit I enjoyed it. Plus Selma Hayek.

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On 9/9/2021 at 3:43 PM, Eskimohorn said:

A Knights Tale

I think this movie is certainly good. Hard to call it underrated as most people I know like it and Critics don't kill the movie.

 

On 9/11/2021 at 8:44 AM, Daichee Bell said:

Donnie Darko

The Host

Big Trouble in Little China

There is nothing underrated about these films, depending on what "The Host" you are talking about.

 

On 9/12/2021 at 9:03 AM, Bateshorn said:

I’ve posted over and over again:

Dredd with Karl Urban.  
 

In some ways, the only movie that did 3D right and literally no one saw it in the theater. 

Absolutely. This film is great. Hell, I'm not sure many people have seen it period.

 

My entry on this list:

Punchline (1988) - Another Tom Hanks pre-oscar dramatic role.

Collateral.  Both dudes go against type-cast.  It was on last night and it reminded how entertaining it is all the way through.

Hostiles. Tough men in a tough world.

Agree on Death to Smoochy and Miller's Crossing.

I don't see how Miller's Crossing qualifies; it's 90%+ on both the audience and critics on RT

 

I randomly love this movie, and I might be the only one around who does
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The book it’s based on is great so I have a soft spot for the movie.
1 hour ago, slorch said:

Collateral.  Both dudes go against type-cast.  It was on last night and it reminded how entertaining it is all the way through.

Hostiles. Tough men in a tough world.

Agree on Death to Smoochy and Miller's Crossing.

Skitch, come on, man, Collateral?  AYFKM?  That’s a well reviewed, watched, movie that is aging well.

 

Now, if you want to discuss a Michael Mann movie that deserves more love, I’m here for a Miami Vice talk.

Might just qualify as under recognized rather than under rated, but this is my submission. Also totally agree with whomever mentioned Lone Star up thread.

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1 minute ago, Bateshorn said:

Now, if you want to discuss a Michael Mann movie that deserves more love, I’m here for a Miami Vice talk.

I watched that earlier this year. My god what a terrible, incoherent, movie 

I watched that earlier this year. My god what a terrible, incoherent, movie 

Miami Vice is great.

I will say it’s hard to catch all the machinations of the plot in one viewing. It can come off an incoherent but all the pieces are there.
28 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:


Miami Vice is great.

I will say it’s hard to catch all the machinations of the plot in one viewing. It can come off an incoherent but all the pieces are there.

Also, if you consider Jamie Foxx basically walked off the set with a third of the movie left and they were forced to reshoot and work around that, the muddled ending is a bit more understandable.

From a style and cinematic perspective, I think the movie is amazing.

16 hours ago, GringoSalado said:

I don't know that Miller's Crossing is necessarily underrated but it is to me as one of my favorites of all time. It is kind of lost among the rest of the the Coen bros stuff.

Nope.  Miller's Crossing is uniformly loved, admired, etc.

It does not belong in this thread. 

On 9/10/2021 at 4:36 PM, closetohumping said:

Yes.  Lady had some nice tittays

Oh yes, this was a great one.

 

 

Another Farrelly brother was the one where Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear were Siamese twins.

 

Gung Ho with Michael Keaton.  Great flick.

I like the cut of your jib

55 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

Skitch, come on, man, Collateral?  AYFKM?  That’s a well reviewed, watched, movie that is aging well.

 

Now, if you want to discuss a Michael Mann movie that deserves more love, I’m here for a Miami Vice talk.

You bring up collateral in a regular conversation and most people don't even know what it's about.  Then you have to tell them Cruise/ Foxx/ hitman/ cab driver and they're like yeah, i remember it... I guess.

I don't think it got its due for what they made happen on screen.

Hell, maybe it's just the title that doesn't resonate...

The Shootist is a fantastic film with a great cast.  Duke Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ronnie Howard, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Boone, John Carradine, Scatman Crothers, Harry Morgan, Bill McKinney, etc.

For me, it's up there with The Searchers and Red River, and I'm not sure I have enjoyed or have re-watched another John Wayne movie as much.  (And I love his movies -- inherited that from my dad).  Wayne could act.  The Shootist, The Searchers, and Red River proved it.

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2 hours ago, slorch said:

Collateral.  Both dudes go against type-cast.  It was on last night and it reminded how entertaining it is all the way through.

Hostiles. Tough men in a tough world.

Agree on Death to Smoochy and Miller's Crossing.

Death to smooch?!?!  I about died during the rocket scene

13 hours ago, Noah Fence said:

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I love this movie 


Uncommon Valor

Not sure how underrated it is but very few people I talk to have seen it

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There’s a movie called Rat race with a John Cleese, mr bean, Cuba goofing, Seth green, etc that’s worth watching 

 

 

Greedy with Michael j fox and Phil Hartman too 

16 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

The Shootist is a fantastic film with a great cast.  Duke Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ronnie Howard, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Boone, John Carradine, Scatman Crothers, Harry Morgan, Bill McKinney, etc.

For me, it's up there with The Searchers and Red River, and I'm not sure I have enjoyed or have re-watched another John Wayne movie as much.  (And I love his movies -- inherited that from my dad).  Wayne could act.  The Shootist, The Searchers, and Red River proved it.

“I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”

Always been one of my favorites.
 

2 hours ago, Scranton said:


Uncommon Valor

Not sure how underrated it is but very few people I talk to have seen it

I like it a lot.  Have seen it many, many times.

Rolling Kansas....hilarious. Kind of has a Super Troopers vibe to it.

Narc

Anything directed by Billy Wilder

There’s a movie called Rat race with a John Cleese, mr bean, Cuba goofing, Seth green, etc that’s worth watching 
 
 
Greedy with Michael j fox and Phil Hartman too 

Greedy with Olivia D’Abo - yep!

Also MJ Fox in Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners
Anything directed by Billy Wilder

If you want to introduce black and white movies to a younger generation, your best bet are Billy Wilder movies (Some Like it Hot/Stalag 17) and Casablanca (in the theater).

Its still like dirt in the eyes to Gen Z
On 9/12/2021 at 8:03 AM, Bateshorn said:

I’ve posted over and over again:

Dredd with Karl Urban.  
 

In some ways, the only movie that did 3D right and literally no one saw it in the theater. 

 

Even in 2D on my shitty TV it looks awesome.

 

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