Most Underrated Films

[MrBaggins]

My pick for 3 underrated films in no particular order

Heat- Rated well, but deserved yet more kudos. A really emotive film.
Boondock Saints - Critics just didn't get the self effacement. Figure out that the film isn't trying to take itself seriously and you can comprehend the film.
Chopper- The shock value blinkered the critics. We watched it at Christmas. It's masterfully executed (no pun intended.)

[Harry Seldon]

Series Seven - The Contender rules!
Following - Christopher Nolan's other movie; like memento but better
Equilibrium - Not better than the Matriz but pretty damn good
Reign of Fire - Dragons!
The Evil Dead Trilogy - Big cult classic but should be required coursework for film students
Mindwarp - You can never have too much Bruce Campbell on any movie list

[Zkribbler]

Here's some that haven't been mentioned:

King of Hearts
Stone Boy
They Might be Giants
French Kiss
American President
A Thousand Clowns
Fistful of Dollars

Interesting phenomenon:
I loved Brazil on the big screen but hated it on small screen.
I hated The Fifth Element on the big screen but loved it on the small screen.

[Harry Seldon]

Oh, one more:
Attack of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space - I must have watched this a hundred times growing up. The police chief hand puppet scared the **** out of me.

[Arrian]

Thirteen Days- It never quite got any attention, but IMO... good All the players in the Kennedy admin were casted and acted well. It was easy to feel the emotions surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I agree.

I'd add October Sky to that as well.

I really like the Fifth Element. It's a good 'ole Bruce Willis shoot 'em up in space. Super Green.

I also thought 12 Monkeys was cool (hell, I own it), but I think that one got decent recognition.

Both those Bill & Ted movies are great, too bad nobody has ever seen them.. or that's at least what it feels like...

Really? I wouldn't say that Bill & Ted are unknown at all. And I do recall them being pretty funny. Haven't seen either one in years, though.

-Arrian

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Arrian
Really? I wouldn't say that Bill & Ted are unknown at all. And I do recall them being pretty funny. Haven't seen either one in years, though.

They might be better known where you live, but here nobody knows those movies

[Sava]

Haven't seen either one in years, though.

For a second, I thought you were talking about the actors who played Bill and Ted. I was going to mention a little flick known as Matrix, but then I realized you were refering to the Bill and Ted movies and not the actors.

[Richelieu]

Blade Runner
That's a classic. Sean Young is gorgeous and very good in this movie and Harisson Ford gives as good a peformance as he ever has or would.
This is one SF movie that has aged very well IMO, except for the music score which is definitely too 80's. It's still pretty good but they'd have to remix it a bit.
Other than that, it's a great movie, beautifully shot, with a great story.

[laurentius]

AMERICAN PSYCHO

[monolith94]

I'd just like to mention that Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas got many terrible reviews.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Thirteen Days is eh. The whole plot with the military trying to screw the Kennedies was shlock.

And "Blade Runner" is in NO WAY underrated.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Richelieu
Blade Runner

Now that's a boring movie... I have only seen it once... and that's one too many... I only saw this movie, because we were talking about Blade Runner (Both movie and book) in our english class...

[monolith94]

If by boring you mean exciting and awesome, then yes.

Dissident is absolutely about freeway, I'd like to add. Witherspoon is brilliant in it. The DVD was the best $6 I ever spent. I think I probably like it even more than him.

"Well I wouldn't want to meet YOUR mother, Bob!"

[Adagio]

Originally posted by monolith94
If by boring you mean exciting and awesome, then yes.

Well.. not exactly

By boring I mean:

It's more interesting to dig your own grave...

[Guynemer]

AI--I've said this before, but since we're talking about this movie again, here goes.

I loved that movie. I mean, really, really loved. As I sat in the movie theatre anticipating the closing credits, I thought--"not only the best scifi movie ever, but one of the best five films I've ever seen." Everything--the acting, the direction, the script, just perfect.

But, sadly, while I was thinking this, anticipating the closing credits, the image on-screen was a slow pull-back from David pleading to the Blue Fairy on the bottom of the ocean. At that time, I did not know that I had another twenty minutes ahead of me, which would absolutely ruin the entire film. If ever a film called for a "Director's Cut" that eliminated parts of the film, rather than added it, AI is that film.


I'd also like to put a vote in for Kentucky Fried Movie. "But how do I use zinc oxide?"

Nick of Time is an extremely gripping little yarn, several years before TV saw the rise of "24".

I never miss Almost Perfect when it's on HBO.