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Holden won the Oscar for Stalag 17. and Strauss and Wilder were nominated.  Not exactly underrated

Holden won the Oscar for Stalag 17. and Strauss and Wilder were nominated.  Not exactly underrated


Its underrated by younger generations who refuse to watch black and white movies. Also, I was responding to “any Billy Wilder” movie which can sometimes be lumped with other old movies, but stand the test of time better than their contemporaries.
I like it a lot.  Have seen it many, many times.

Ex-rookie
5 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:

Its underrated by younger generations who refuse to watch black and white movies.

You  can't rate something that you won't watch.

I mean, fuck them if they won't watch a good movie.

5 minutes ago, nycHorn said:

Streets of Fire.

Probably haven’t seen that movie since I was 10.

The Spanish Prisoner

Maudie

Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I can't believe it tanked & resulted in Fincher, Craig & Mara being denied making at least one or two more of films based on Larsson's books.

Burn After Reading

The Other Guys

Great movies  

 

 

10 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Burn After Reading

The Other Guys

Great movies  

Great indeed, but hardly underrated.

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


It’s Jerry Zucker’s sendup or homage to It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s in HBO’s rotation now. John Cleese and the degenerate gamblers betting on everything under the sun is the funniest bit.
Well, if you're bringing up Pierce, then The Matador.
 

Love that movie. Also like Brosnan’s The Tailor of Panama, which I now need to rewatch since I just got back from a trip to Panama.

Jesus Christ with some of your "underrated" recommendations.

You might as well Nominate Godfathers 1 & 2, all 3 of Nolan's Batman films and the Lord of the Rings trilogy too.

18 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:

 

 


Its underrated by younger generations who refuse to watch black and white movies. Also, I was responding to “any Billy Wilder” movie which can sometimes be lumped with other old movies, but stand the test of time better than their contemporaries.

 

 

I introduced Sunset Blvd. to my teenage sons and they were captivated.  It holds up perfectly, 70 years later.  It can go toe-to-toe with the best modern movies, and not give an inch.

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13 hours ago, tantric superman said:

You  can't rate something that you won't watch.

I mean, fuck them if they won't watch a good movie.

Back in the day, I went with a couple of my older friends to watch North by Northwest and I know it was reconditioned or cleaned up or whatever but I said "the film quality still looked like shit."

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Great indeed, but hardly underrated.

Agree, but the rotten tomatoes ratings aren’t as high as they should be and some people express “meh” for those movies. Those people are sadly mistaken. 

30 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Jesus Christ with some of your "underrated" recommendations.

You might as well Nominate Godfathers 1 & 2, all 3 of Nolan's Batman films and the Lord of the Rings trilogy too.

Yeah but the 3rd movies in both the Godfather and Batman films are trash, so fuck you for nominating them as under rated.

Probably haven’t seen that movie since I was 10.

My father loved that movie. He had the soundtrack and everything. Funny to see little roles like Bill Paxton as the bartender and Slider you stink as the cop.
Whoever the male lead is couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag but Diane Lane was smoke.
1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Yeah but the 3rd movies in both the Godfather and Batman films are trash, so fuck you for nominating them as under rated.

To be fair to Captain Ron, I don't think he was nominating those films. He was just trying to make a fruitless point (considering his audience). And fuck Michael J. Fox and anyone who likes that talentless, shaky, midget.

3 minutes ago, Capt. Squints said:

To be fair to Captain Ron, I don't think he was nominating those films. He was just trying to make a fruitless point (considering his audience). And fuck Michael J. Fox and anyone who likes that talentless, shaky, midget.

Probably but still fuck him tho.

21 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:

Its underrated by younger generations who refuse to watch black and white movies. Also, I was responding to “any Billy Wilder” movie which can sometimes be lumped with other old movies, but stand the test of time better than their contemporaries.

This. Wilder is possibly the most underrated director by the younger generation because his best directorial work they would relate to is b&w.

36 minutes ago, nycHorn said:


My father loved that movie. He had the soundtrack and everything. Funny to see little roles like Bill Paxton as the bartender and Slider you stink as the cop.
Whoever the male lead is couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag but Diane Lane was smoke.

I had the soundtrack, and agree on the young Diane Lane.  Shit, the old Diane Lane is still smoke.

The male lead, Michael Pare, had previously been the lead in Eddie in the Cruisers.  I think he's done a lot of B movies since.

These three are in my top five, and nobody ever seems to have heard of them:

The four feathers (2002 remake)
Atonement
A very long engagement (foreign film, so I get why nobody's heard of it)

Since we've delved into the world of older movies...   I nominate The Guns of Navarone.    All star cast with Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn.   The pacing is a little slow by today's standards and it runs at something like 2 Hours and 35 minutes.  But the characters are developed on excellent arcs and the plot, while simple and perhaps cheesy by today's standards is solid.   The sublot with Maria and the Peck/Niven exchange on "getting the job done" toward the end is worth it in itself as they jaw at each other over what to do with her.  

The Grey Fox. Richard Farnsworth in a rare leading role.

Not ‘exciting’ to watch, but great acting, character development and cinematography.

On 9/11/2021 at 4:47 PM, Underdog said:

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)

 

American Gigolo? 

Body Double? 

 

Ballad of Little Jo - A virtually unknown western starring Bo Hopkins about an eastern society woman in the late 19th century who moves to the west, changes her identity and lives as a man...based on a true story.  The cinematography is beautifully stark, and there was just something about this film that drew me in.

This Is My Father - Starring James Caan about an American high school teacher who travels to Ireland seeking to learn the story of his parents relationship.  A moving story, told with generous bits of humor.

12 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

The Grey Fox. Richard Farnsworth in a rare leading role.

Not ‘exciting’ to watch, but great acting, character development and cinematography.

Same with The Straight Story.

15 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

The Grey Fox. Richard Farnsworth in a rare leading role.

Not ‘exciting’ to watch, but great acting, character development and cinematography.

Great call.  Good movie.  I must have been 11 or 12 when I saw it and really liked it.  Now I need to watch it again.  Thanks!

The Boys in Company C - R. Lee Ermey
“Yeah, get Jesus good. I want to see Jesus bald”

It's just a popcorn movie, and I'm sure it's riddled with inaccuracies.  But I like U571.  Very rewatchable, and it's a sincere homage to what our submariners went through.

Eddie and the cruisers

On 9/17/2021 at 5:36 PM, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Used to jam out on this one

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The Judgement Night soundtrack kicks ass

So my criteria here are movies that either a lot of people haven’t seen or are movies that people don’t name when you ask them to name their favorite movies but then when you bring them up, they say “oh yeah, I like that movie too.”

Road to Perdition

Layer Cake

Hostiles

Again these may be well reviewed and people like them if they’ve seen them, but aren’t ever brought up in “favorites” lists that I see so I consider them underrated. 

On 9/17/2021 at 1:21 PM, South Austin said:

I had the soundtrack, and agree on the young Diane Lane.  Shit, the old Diane Lane is still smoke.

The male lead, Michael Pare, had previously been the lead in Eddie in the Cruisers.  I think he's done a lot of B movies since.

Eddie and the cruisers was a good film for the time. It just didn’t age well. And the title track was catchy.

Anger Management comes to my mind first as I can't stand Sandler after his 90s run but the Nicholson gif reminds me every time that it is not a terrible movie.

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28 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

Anger Management comes to my mind first as I can't stand Sandler after his 90s run but the Nicholson gif reminds me every time that it is not a terrible movie.

On that note Grown ups as well

4 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

On that note Grown ups as well

And Marisa Tomei looking so fucking good. 

I feel like Ronin flies under the radar a little. Always enjoyed that one.

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55 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

And Marisa Tomei looking so fucking good. 

He's had some hot leading ladies.  Hayek, Anniston, Barrymore, etc

Kill List
Bone Tomahawk
Triangle
Law Abiding Citizen
Krampus
Crawl
Bloody Hell
Sing Street
The Guest
The Loved Ones
The Mist (ending alone)
Mommy (highly rated but nobody in the states has seen it)


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Already mention, but I fully endorse:

Let it Ride
Streets of Fire

But my entry that I didn’t see mentioned is Hope and Glory. Great coming of age story during the blitz. Loved this movie since I was a kid.

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On 9/17/2021 at 5:36 PM, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Used to jam out on this one

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Oh man I remember this.  That moment with Jeremy piven was cringe

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I feel like Ronin flies under the radar a little. Always enjoyed that one.

That’s one of those movies I enjoyed but have a really hard time selling to anyone who isn’t a car person. I think the pacing and story fall way behind the car chases.

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