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11/26/2007 8:40:33 PM

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any mention The Lookout yet? I really liked it

[Edited on November 26, 2007 at 9:07 PM. Reason : .]

11/26/2007 9:06:58 PM

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^^ seriously

<3

11/26/2007 9:13:00 PM

titans78
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Kids

11/26/2007 9:48:30 PM

philly4808
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shattered glass is another one

11/26/2007 11:54:31 PM

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Stealing Home (1988)

Anybody else love it?

(It really is underrated. It got terrible reviews.)

[Edited on November 27, 2007 at 5:23 AM. Reason : ]

11/27/2007 5:14:36 AM

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spooky, the prestige was HORRIBLE compared to the Illusionist. IMO

Illusionist seemed alot more possible than some magic machine that makes copies of everything, and a love story thrown in for kicks. I really didnt like the prestige.

Children of men, what did you guys like about it? About an hour in I wanted to kill the damn kid so I could leave.

11/27/2007 9:40:17 AM

hadrian
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Children of Men killed part of my soul and I liked it.

11/27/2007 9:41:45 AM

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I'm truly surprised that no one has mentioned Alex Proyas' "Dark City" - it's an incredible sci-fi thriller that most people will love the hell out of.

I'm really happy that "Babe: Pig in the City" has gotten the kind of love it has, too. I just watched that again the other day, and - as two people have pointed out - it's truly a wonderful, wonderful movie.

I second or third the thoughts on "Frailty"

I also wanted to note the following as highly underrated:
Robert Altman's "Cookie's Fortune"
Two Sam Raimi films: "A Simple Plan" and "The Gift"
Peter Sollett's "Raising Victor Vargas"
Peter Weir's "The Mosquito Coast"
Billy Bob Thornton's "Daddy and Them"
"Broken Lizard's Club Dread" (if you like stupid funny)
John Sayles' "Lone Star"
Bob Rafelson's "Five Easy Pieces" (has Jack Nicholson's famous Toast scene)

Other notes on this thread:
--"The Shawshank Redemption" did NOT win an Oscar. It was voted the best movie never to win one in a recent poll (source forgotten)
--"Babe: PITC" was Siskel's #1 in 1998, but not Ebert's. Ebert picked, and led me to watch, "Dark City"
--"Donnie Darko?" That's like saying "The Princess Bride" or "The Boondock Saints" is underrated - everyone owns that fucking movie.

11/27/2007 10:58:12 AM

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you have to wonder what the word "underrated" means

the question is, is the movie underrated by people who have "good" opinions

because, honestly, who gives a shit about what most people think

I LOVE AMERICAN PIE!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

11/27/2007 11:00:41 AM

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oldboy. nobody has ever heard of it, and its great.

11/27/2007 11:05:45 AM

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Flubber.

11/27/2007 11:22:37 AM

StillFuchsia
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"spooky, the prestige was HORRIBLE compared to the Illusionist. IMO

Illusionist seemed alot more possible than some magic machine that makes copies of everything, and a love story thrown in for kicks. I really didnt like the prestige.

Children of men, what did you guys like about it? About an hour in I wanted to kill the damn kid so I could leave."


He's totally right, you have horrible taste in movies.

1. The Illusionist was so shittily acted (I mean please, Jessica Biel?) that Ed Norton had a snowball's chance in hell of ever saving it. The love story was cheap, the movie was predictable (like LOL guyz, he's a REAL MAGICIAN! ).
2. The Prestige stars David Bowie. It has other virtues, but this is the most important one.
3. Children of Men had beautiful cinematography, for one: if you were watching ONLY for the plot, then you definitely missed some of the best stuff.

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"oldboy. nobody has ever heard of it, and its great."


We've heard of it. It's far from obscure.

[Edited on November 27, 2007 at 11:51 AM. Reason : .]

11/27/2007 11:48:57 AM

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Seriously, if there's been an American theatrical release, an upcoming Nicholas Cage remake, and a motherfucking BOLLYWOOD remake, it's not that obscure.

On top of that, underrated is not the same as unknown. My 9th grade spanish class film spoof of The X-Files isn't underrated just because none of you have seen it--even if the cinematography was fucking brilliant.

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"Illusionist seemed alot more possible than some magic machine that makes copies of everything,"

This is like arguing that Star Wars is more scientifically accurate than Lord of the Rings. Both stories have essentially "magical" things that happen, although neither one is really about that. They are both simply vehicles used in telling two stories, only one of which actually happens to be good.

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"Children of men, what did you guys like about it? About an hour in I wanted to kill the damn kid so I could leave."

In addition to the great setting, the story, the amazing performances by Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and the other actors? It has some of the best cinematography of any film in recent memory and some of the most impressive (visually, technically, whatever) one-shot set pieces of any film I've ever seen. If you are anything less than amazed by the car chase in the middle and the battle at the refugee camp at the end, I'd be really interested in hearing your reasons.

Oh, and, of course, there's the awesome shout-out to The Exterminating Angel right there at the end. But this thread isn't about Children of Men, a film which is quite accurately rated by basically everybody incredibly highly. Let's get back to underrated films.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is highly underrated by film nerds in general.

11/27/2007 12:15:16 PM

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"3. Children of Men had beautiful cinematography, for one: if you were watching ONLY for the plot, then you definitely missed some of the best stuff."


Agree. The long take in the car (where they were attacked and Julianne Moore's character died) was one of the best cinematography sequences I've ever seen. Was the last gunfight also a long take?

11/27/2007 12:30:53 PM

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^well Ill disagree again. One uses a magical machine that makes copies of hats, people, whatever. The other just uses magic, and what i assume to be projectors.

haha, if you think I have bad taste. I like Hook with robin williams, so you might have a point.

Speaking of children of men, other than being shitty even to look at, did you like how they were all dressed as the lost boys from hook? I couldnt imagine anyone outside an arts major liking that film.

bubbe, Ill give that one scene was pretty awesome. People all running out of the trees and down the hill was good, but not worth the whole sucky movie.

[Edited on November 27, 2007 at 12:32 PM. Reason : .]

11/27/2007 12:31:23 PM

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"Speaking of children of men, other than being shitty even to look at, did you like how they were all dressed as the lost boys from hook? I couldnt imagine anyone outside an arts major liking that film."

What the fuck are you even talking about?

11/27/2007 12:47:32 PM

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Napoleon Dynamite
Transformers
Borat
any Saw movie

Toy Story 2 was okay.

11/27/2007 1:15:53 PM

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"Duncan
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Napoleon Dynamite
Transformers
Borat
any Saw movie

Toy Story 2 was okay.

"


ahahahhahaha

well, i guess that's end thread GUYS

ahahahahahahahahahhahahahhaha

11/27/2007 1:17:33 PM

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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is highly underrated by film nerds in general."


yes.

and prestige>>>>>illusionist.

I'll nominate Bug.

11/27/2007 1:27:31 PM

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I'll second Harold and Kumar. Its one of my favorite comedies of all time.

Bug on the other hand was in my opinion insane ass.

11/27/2007 1:29:52 PM

Arab13
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and prestige>>>>>illusionist.


time bandits
grandma's boy
Fifth Element
though recently it's been getting fan love
kuffs
sneakers
Basquiat
Henry Fool
Lost and Delirious
kids
death race 2000

11/27/2007 2:43:02 PM

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holla

11/27/2007 3:01:00 PM

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groundhog day.

11/27/2007 3:02:55 PM

daJOel
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I find it hard to believe that "Groundhog Day" is underrated. Everyone loves that movie

11/27/2007 3:16:09 PM

Thorsten
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so is any and every movie considered underrated?

Someone actually mentioned Children of Men? It had wide critical appeal and did well at the Box Office.

and it was one of my favorite movies of that year.

ps. I would have liked The Prestige a lot more if it weren't so damn predictable. But I still liked it more than the illusionist

11/27/2007 5:31:32 PM

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Robot Jox

11/27/2007 7:48:18 PM

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i'll say it again; Children of Men was fucking amazing. I definitely hadn't been "wowed" like that by a movie in a long time and none have done it since. I'm lucky to have seen it in the theater when it came out.

The Prestige was a million times better than the Illusionist, but as movies, neither of them were very special. I don't get the argument in this thread because the movies simply weren't that great, or at least great enough to be argued over.


I also have to mention Repo Man. That movie rules. Please go see it.

11/27/2007 7:58:58 PM

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From a cinematography/technical aspect I can respect Children of Men, however, I still came away from the movie with a meh opinion, I need to watch it again.

11/27/2007 8:29:45 PM

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i was really really really into children of men until the very end

and then i laughed uncontrollably for 45 minutes straight because it dawned on me it was a comedy

11/27/2007 8:33:49 PM

hadrian
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Night at the Roxbury

11/28/2007 10:01:49 AM

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I say Bug mainly because people got the wrong idea from the trailer. most of the people I talked to hated the movie, but it seemed their reason was that it wasn't a retarded factory sealed silly horror flick. But it was a pretty strong psychological thriller with great acting and characters. IMO

[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 10:14 AM. Reason : FSND]

11/28/2007 10:13:57 AM

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lol that movie was terrible

but i loved it as a kid

11/28/2007 3:26:17 PM

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Aeon Flux.

Don't trash it 'til you've actually seen it.

11/28/2007 5:22:33 PM

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Primer

11/28/2007 7:02:34 PM

Fry
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^^ gonna be honest i couldnt take more than 10 minutes of Aeon Flux

11/28/2007 7:24:32 PM

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Undercover Brother

On a side note, I just watched 28 weeks later on my computer.
It was a good movie and all, but its ending was so blah. Given, it left off the story with a cliffhanger (stupid kid continuing the plague, eiffel tower in background, yadda yadda). It was just lame how it immeadiately went to credits with a downbeat song. They could at least thrown in some hard rock or somethin to level things out. Poor concluding for a good horror flick imo.

11/28/2007 9:46:43 PM

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The Cable Guy

11/28/2007 10:32:50 PM

titans78
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^ agreed, if for only the kareokee (sp?) scene and the medieval times scene. both are awesome.

11/29/2007 12:33:19 AM

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poison ivy

11/29/2007 12:43:58 AM

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25th hour

11/29/2007 12:49:05 AM

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werd

11/29/2007 1:17:17 AM

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The Thin Red Line and Enemy at the Gates (both great but people were suffering from war movie fatigue after saving private ryan.)

Ronin - yeah shut up I liked it.

Menace II Society - referenced and parodied but not many people have seen it.

Malcom X - our ELP teacher freshman year of highschool made us watch this and I'm glad he did; it's a damn good movie that got some critics' support, but also did not get the press I think it should have.

Equilibrium - everyone's favorite not-quite-matrix movie. Too bad that after Ultraviolet it became clear that this movie wasn't so much an unpolished gem from an up and coming director/writer, but instead something that was mercifully saved by his lack of free-reign.

[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 2:50 AM. Reason : ]

11/29/2007 2:49:42 AM

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I'm going to second "Ronin," which has the best car chase ever, and Ben Stiller's "The Cable Guy," which is ficking hilarious.

11/29/2007 9:13:37 AM

hadrian
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Malcolm X didn't get press? You're joking right?

11/29/2007 9:15:15 AM

eyedrb
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"Enemy at the Gates "


Oh yeah, that was a good movie.

Stir of echoes was on last night, I kinda like that one. I didnt realize that the girl that was killed is cameron from house.

11/29/2007 9:18:07 AM

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"Ronin - yeah shut up I liked it."

IMHO, Ronin is the best bargain-bin DVD ever


I'll add Victory. I've only ever heard of it through the Sports Guy, but that's a great sports movie.

[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 9:59 AM. Reason : WHAT COLOR IS THE BOAT HOUSE !!!]

11/29/2007 9:56:49 AM

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I second Menace II Society, don't know if it is actually underrated, but a great movie nonetheless

11/29/2007 11:13:13 AM

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"The Thin Red Line and Enemy at the Gates (both great but people were suffering from war movie fatigue after saving private ryan.)"


i'm perplexed at how these could be mentioned in the same breath.

11/29/2007 11:18:32 AM

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babe, pig in the city?

are you for real? I haven't seen it, but come on...

11/29/2007 11:37:09 AM

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