Ten Movies Noone is Seeing But Should!
POSTED BY: TheSentinel
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 04:45
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Hmmmm. 10 movies that dob't get much press or viewing. Let's ee what we got...
1. The Thin Blue Line - A chilling documentary by Errol Morris that dipects how easily the law can be corrupted and how justice can get lost in the shuffle.
2. Barry Lyndon - A truely under-appreciated film from Stanley Kubrick. Calm pacing, brilliant lighting, amazing wadrobe and an outstanding narration come together to form a quiet tale of ambition and failure in the age of pre-Victorian Europe.
3. Titus - Director Julie Taymor's bloody and brutal revisioning of Shakespear's bloody and brutal play, "Titus Andronocus". Actor Harry Lenox gives a tour de force performance as what I now consider to be The Bard's greatest villain, Aaron the Moor.
4. Rashomon - What is the truth? And what is perspective? Is it the same for every person? Or are there subtle differences within it that change from one telling of a tale to the next? Or from one person to another? Director Akira Kurosawa asks these questions in his cinematic search for what really happened that afternoon out in the dark heart of a quiet Japanese forest.
5. Videodrome - David Cronenburg's snuff-like venture into one man's disturbing search to find where his reality ends and the revolution of the New Flesh begins.
Whoops! Time to get off of work. I'll finish this up later on this evening. Ciao. 
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I liked Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, but hubby was more partial to The Man With Two Brains...
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Ah, there’s nothing like a "plug those underrated movies" thread
Here goes:
First and foremost Dark City. It’s a fantastic film I caught one night on channel 5 (I had read a dvd review of it a while back and it had stuck in my memory). How this slipped by unnoticed I don’t know. But of all the underrated films, this has to be number one.
Now from one extreme to the other – Josie and the Pussycats – it looks and sounds like a film for girls under 10, but it so isn’t. This was definitely one of the most underrated movies. It has an unbelievable amount of product placement, but of course that’s the point – as this is a movie about subliminal messages being inserted in music to get brainless teens to buy anything the marketers want. Its got so many great lines in it, and although I’ve had people call it a kids film or that I must watch it for the three lead females, they really are missing the point. The fact that Rachael Leigh Cook looks so hot is merely a bonus.
Garden State may have gotten a lot of praise, but as a small indie flick from first time writer/director Zach Braff (of Scrubs), I suspect there are a lot of people out there who have never heard of it, let alone seen it. Although it has far too much swearing in it for my liking, it’s a warm and at times very funny movie. And if you haven’t fallen in love with Natalie Portman by the end of it, you must be dead
Pieces of April is another independent film that, like Garden State, I had to wait for a dvd release because my local cinemas (that’s 3 altogether) weren’t showing it. I can’t even begin to do it justice in describing it, but I will say that it is an incredibly moving, funny and ultimately uplifting movie that deserves to be seen.
Unbreakable has been mentioned before but it is one of those movies that people seem to love or hate. I happen to fall in the former category. I didn’t like it at first, but I saw it again, and again and again and my love for it grows each time. The shocking thing is that of all the Hollywood movies produced, this is not getting a sequel, even though the original intention was that it would be the first in a trilogy (kinda like the original Stargate movie) – yet we still get trashy sequels to Tomb Raider, The Fast and the Furious and XXX (I may actually like XXX, but doing a sequel to it without the main guy = stupid)
Linked to Unbreakable is Signs, another M Night Shyamalan movie that divides audiences. Again, I loved it
The Butterfly Effect was not a huge hit but I felt it was rather good. It was very downbeat pretty much the whole way through and I can understand why people would be put off by the subject matter, but if you can stomach the strong content then I’d recommend it. Plus Ashton Kutcher is actually good in it
Actually that reminds me of The Cooler. It was full of strong language, sex and violence but I quite enjoyed it. Yes, I enjoyed it despite the hideous-looking Maria Bello bearing all. 
Now for a bit of a comedy, I’d have to recommend Zoolander. I can’t remember how well it did at the box office because I didn’t see it till it had been on dvd for a while. I laughed and laughed watching that. It has to be one of my favourite “Frat Pack” comedies... though Dodgeball is pretty close behind, and Anchorman too
Shaun of the Dead has been mentioned in other posts, but as far as I know, it was quite popular over here in the UK, so I don’t feel right in mentioning it as if it was underrated. But it is excellent.
Tenth (not including Shaun that is) would be Daredevil: Director’s Cut. I liked the theatrical cut, but the Director’s cut is so much better. This needs to be seen
Honorary mentions:
Hulk – got a lot of bad press and I didn’t think much to it the first time, but when I watched it the second time I could see that it wasn’t that bad. It was a really good psychological drama… the only problem is that occasionally the main guy would turn into a big green cgi lump. Seriously though, the only problems
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Originally posted by Static:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!!!!!!!
PLEASE tell me someone else loves this film!!!
I bought it without having seen it and thought it was hilarious. Wasn't perfect, but definitely worth the purchase
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Rigby Reardon: My plan was to kiss her with every lip on my face
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Where is my brain?!
(oh, here it is...)
*PLUNKKK!*
I almost forgot!
The Road Home, my pick for one of the BEST movies ever. From HK, stars that chick from Crouching Tiger, Xyang- something. No fights, just a real story about love (get your tissues ready).
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Where is my brain?!
(oh, here it is...)
*PLUNKKK!*
The Road Home, Xyang-
My brain faling back into place always makes the large empty bottle sound, but I don't know the letters...DOOMPK maybe.
-Ziyi I think. K, onto the list. She is wonderful, and there's so much great stuff out of HK it almost makes up for the drivel they make in Hollywood.
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Shiny Trees! Yavanna made Shiny Trees!
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Ok, I only have a few absolute favorite movies that not too many people know about:
Remo Williams-The Adventure Begins... Based on the Destroyer series of books, this movie was hilarious, and under rated. The books are good too.
Escape From New York One of John Carpenter's best films of all time. Unfortunately, he followed it up with one of his worst, Escape From L.A. 
Big Trouble in Little China Being a Carpenter fan, this movie is hilarious. Kurt Russell is great: "You know what Jack Burton would say at a time like this? WHO? Me! Jack Burton..." It just cracks me up.
Clerks Kevin Smith's low-budget intro to movies is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Black and white, and made by charging the $26,000 it took to make the film on his credit cards, this movie is a must see if you've ever been in a convience store. Yes, it's crude, and the language is a strong "R", but I highly recommend it if you aren't easily offended.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
Star Trek: Nemesis was a blatantly desperate attempt to re-make Wrath of Kahn. It had some good moments, but come on, the entire B-4 (cute) subplot was incredibly lame. I can't imagine a more obviouse cop-out than killing a major character, and providing a back-up for possible sequels.
Sure, they killed Spock, and brought him back, but having some subtle foreshadowing of his return (touching McCoy's face and saying "Remember") was way better than supplying a half-retarded back-up copy who conveniently has all of Data's memories downloaded into it.
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Brent Spiner already said that he didn't want to do Data anymore. So I highly doubt their going to make another Star Trek TNG movie and if they do, it won't have Brent Spiner in it.
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Originally posted by Static:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!!!!!!!
PLEASE tell me someone else loves this film!!!
Because of DMDWP, I always pronounce "pajamas" with a 'y'!as in
Carlos: How long will you be staying in Carlotta?
Rigby: We're leaving on the first plane out.
Carlos: Good! That gives me four hours to wash and press your payamas!
But I still crack up every time I think of that scene from "The Man with Two Brains", where Steve Martin walks in on two orderlies who are in the operating room, standing beside Kathleen Turner's gurney (at about the middle)...
Steve Martin: What are you two doing?
Orderly: We're shaving her.
Steve Martin: This is a brain operation! (glances down)
(beat)
What's that supposed to be, anyway?
Orderly: It's Christmas!
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More.
Once Were Warriors. When I saw that Temura Morrison was going to be Jango Fett, I thought, OK. He's hard enough, and if there's a bar fight... Completely wasted. Damn.
And if you were to start a "Best Fights" thread, Martin Blank v. Felix Poubelle would have to be right at the top. Everyone uses Kung Fu now as a non-violent way of portraying a punch-up (American cop shows - all the cops do Kung-Fu (I'm using the term generically) and all the baddies do too? How many dojos can there be.
Anyway I digress. The Grosse Pointe Blank fight had a real desperation to it. Someone was definitely going to walk away dead, no question.
Muriel's Wedding. Everyone should see this. Really. A lot blacker than it sounds.
Addams Family Values. Incredible established cast, yet Joan Cusack strolls in and is a long way from intimidated or overshadowed.
The Commitments. 30 year old fat bloke. Brilliant and only 16... Imelda did look deadly.
My Blue Heaven. When Steve Martin was funny.
The Dish. Best shot ever, just as one of the Aussies is bitching about the NASA guy "...we're professionals..."
The Killer. Everyone; seen that right? Why not, then?
The Last Boy Scout. Shoot everyone and smoke some cigarettes. Hit me again and I'll kill you.
I'm sure Reign of Fire didn't do as well as it should have. No, really. Having your planet overrun by bad dragons really would depress anyone.
Toys. This usually makes it into worst lists. but it is actually great.
Dodgeball. Maybe it was a hit. Won't stop me nominating it, though. As a concept, it looks really appalling, but it's executed with such good nature, and unruffled cool from Vince Vaughan, I've got to give it an "Arrrrrrr."
And Dusk Till Dawn.
Damn, I can't stop...
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