Underrated Movies

[Starless]

Bad Taste (Peter Jackson) 68%

Greasers Palace (Robert Downey Sr.) 40%

Delicatessen 89%

[Alan A]

Waterworld was no worse than most of its peers. Unless you believe the critics.

[jcwade]

Buckaroo Banzai
Streets of Fire

Originally Posted by Craig T

I think the movie rating system is rigged. Rotten Tomatoes, newspapers, and the cable providers are all pay-and play. Advertise with them or pay fee and get a good review. I watched a couple real dogs recently that Rotten Tomatoes gave high praise (of course some subjectivity is in play).

Name a movie that you really like that didn't get a good review or rating. I'll start:

"2 Days in the Valley" (1996)

James Spader
Jeff Daniels
Danny Aiello
Charlize Theron
Teri Hatcher
Eric Stoltz


A black comedy. It came and went from the theaters quickly and faded away. Rotten tomatoes gives it 59%. I just watched it and loved it. Some good stars very early in their careers. A very young Charlize Theron (Atomic Blond) nude and Teri Hatcher in panties should be worth at least 85%

All I needed to know!

Good thread

Rreaally obscure: Desert Bloom, John Voight and JoBeth Williams

[911Ghia]

also Charlize and Teri have just about the best cat fight ever filmed. IMHO

Rich

[Craig T]

Originally Posted by 911Ghia

also Charlize and Teri have just about the best cat fight ever filmed. IMHO

Rich

MEEEOOOW! Seriously.

[flipper35]

Second Hand Lions.

[Seahawk]

The Big Fan.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Craig T

I think the movie rating system is rigged. Rotten Tomatoes, newspapers, and the cable providers are all pay-and play. Advertise with them or pay fee and get a good review. I watched a couple real dogs recently that Rotten Tomatoes gave high praise (of course some subjectivity is in play).

Name a movie that you really like that didn't get a good review or rating. I'll start:

"2 Days in the Valley" (1996)

James Spader
Jeff Daniels
Danny Aiello
Charlize Theron
Teri Hatcher
Eric Stoltz


A black comedy. It came and went from the theaters quickly and faded away. Rotten tomatoes gives it 59%. I just watched it and loved it. Some good stars very early in their careers. A very young Charlize Theron (Atomic Blond) nude and Teri Hatcher in panties should be worth at least 85%

I'm convinced.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Hudsucker Proxy
Inherent Vice
Barry Lyndon
A History of Violence

(These are all judged on the reaction and box office when they dropped, not current rotten tomatoes scores)

Ditto on Hudsucker and History...

Barry was Kubrick, well done but it was missing something.

Never saw vice.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by jcwade

Buckaroo Banzai
Streets of Fire

Yay Bukaroo...quirky

[tabs]

Originally Posted by masraum

I'm not sure that I can think of any movies to add to your list, although I'm sure there are several, but I do agree that the "critics" are full of crap. I find that other than the odd movie at the top or bottom of the list, that I almost feel the opposite of the critics.

For instance, when watching an action flick or a comic book/super hero movie, I'm not looking for really deep substance. I'm looking for entertainment with lots of flashy lights and loud noises

When watching a comedy, I'm not looking for the underlying social commentary. I'm looking to laugh whether it's a funny joke or a smart joke or a fart joke or whatever.

My dog likes watching bright and shiny objects to.

I find most of the new blockbuster action flicks and comedies insipid...blow em up and moronic and droll comedy. NO character development, no dialog, no plot..just special fx's and stupid jokes that are not funny. I won't ...can't watch them.

A Fish Called Wanda..John Cleese of Monty Python...British humor at it's best.

Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...Guy Richie, the dialog was sharp and witty.

The Road to Perdition, Millers Crossing, Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Training Day, Devil In A Blue Dress, Das Boot are examples of well developed plots, dialog and characterization. Satisfying movies.

Another great movie was Richard Lesters (Hard Days Night) The Three Musketeers and the sequel The Four Musketeers....all star cast....the interplay was perfection.

[tabs]

The question is UNDER RATED MOVIES

Ballad Of Cable Hogue...Peckinpah...an unpretentious quite low key movie.

Here is one that is a total SLEEPER...

Disorganized Crime...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097211/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_50

It is a low budget that has an all star cast...with a sharp plot and execution. Funny

Kiss Me Stupid..Billy Wilder..with Ray Walston, Kim Novak and Dean Martin. Wilder never did anything bad.

1, 2, 3... Another Wilder comedy...with Jimmy Cagney.


Billy Wilder was a fkin genius...

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

The Big Fan.

This movie stayed with me for a couple of days. A chilling character study.

[stevej37]

U Turn

[Craig T]

I second A History of Violence. It's a super underrated movie.

One of the best scenes in the movie is where the son takes on the high school bully

[Seahawk]

Great thread, Craig.

I have some movies to watch!

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by Wetwork

As a kid of the 80's...

Better off Dead (I based my whole teenage years on that show, even down to the 67 Camaro. I really enjoy most of John Cusack's stuff..ie Hot Tub Time Machine, Grosse Pointe Blank. I think its a 80's thing.

I loved this movie. Van Halen never looked more edible.

My offering for this list is Kung Fu Hustle. Stylish martial arts and classic good versus evil with humor. Sweet storyline too.

[Heel n Toe]

I went to see 'The Meg' a week ago and was very pleasantly suprised. I was only expecting some popcorn summer flick somewhat better than a SyFy channel production, but it was very well done with excellent direction, had a great story, and the characters were believable. I knew Jason Statham and Rainn Wilson were in it, so I didn't think it could be horrible, but it was several levels better than I imagined it would be. It had a sense of humor that helped break the tension like Jaws did and also had several cool tributes to Jaws with things happening like the shark pulling the boat backwards at one point.

Sure, there were a couple of "that's ridiculous" moments, but it was a lot of fun and was glad I saw it in the theatre for all the same reasons Jaws was great in the theatre.

I don't rate a movie like this on a snooty "will it even be mentioned at the Oscars?" scale... but I'll definitely rate it a 10 on the fun and entertaining scale and I generally stay away from action flicks... especially superhero movies.

[berettafan]

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

horrible scores on rotten tomatoes but I think it's an absolute blast of a movie. great scenery, fun characters and a lot of fun equipment running around.