Underrated Movies...

XnMeX - 10-3-2005 at 01:55 PM

I was wondering what movies you guys think are underrated. I have a few on my list that I think do not get the attention they deserve. Here are mine.

The New Guy

Eurotrip

Heavyweights

Vulgar

Gummo

crazyfists28 - 10-3-2005 at 08:16 PM

always thought boondock saints was a forgotten gem, rushmore was great too

XHonusWagnerX - 10-3-2005 at 08:24 PM

Vulgar...
Doom Generation...
Welcome to the Dollhouse...
The Incredible Mr.Limpet...
Ilsa Shewolf of the SS...
League of Their Own...

Mark Lind - 10-3-2005 at 09:04 PM

I realize these are famous but The Unforgiven, Fight Club and Braveheart deserve constant respect.

SAAAAARS - 10-3-2005 at 09:47 PM

boondock saints rules

KyleOz - 10-3-2005 at 10:35 PM

Real Genius

thedog - 10-4-2005 at 04:02 AM

-made
-neighbors
-young frankenstein
-any marx brothers movie

Discipline - 10-4-2005 at 04:17 AM

Blazing Saddles

Yes it was hugely popular but I find that not enough of the young folks have seen this classic.

newbreedbrian - 10-4-2005 at 08:27 AM

fubar
station agent
alice (or anything by jan svankmajer)
control room
drowning mona
american psycho
bastard out of carolina

Terror Aesthetic - 10-4-2005 at 10:37 AM

svankmajer is a genius check out faust.
haxan
boondock saints
salo
in a glass cage
mordum
aftermath
the seventh sign
happiness
gummo
story of the eye
THE BELIEVER - as a former ns ive got to say that this movie while its about jewish self hatred and a jew kid who becomes a boot boy is about one of the most accurate portrayals of the more cerebral youth in that movement ive ever seen. want your nazis without the hollywood sheen, a harrowing descent into one mans personal hell and his war with god? fucking run and buy this film.
pi
the machinist
un chien andalou
anatomy of hell
marat/sade
holy mountain
el topo
towers open fire "and any other william s burroughs films"
i could go on for days.....

Voodoobillyman - 10-4-2005 at 01:57 PM

cube
killer kowns from outer space
bad taste
the machinest ( what did he do to look like that?? sick )
toolbox murders
Funhouse ( follow up to Tobe Hoopers Texas Chainsaw massacre )
Bubba Ho Tep
malevolence
spun
there are so many

Discipline - 10-4-2005 at 02:15 PM

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THE BELIEVER - as a former ns ive got to say that this movie while its about jewish self hatred and a jew kid who becomes a boot boy is about one of the most accurate portrayals of the more cerebral youth in that movement ive ever seen. want your nazis without the hollywood sheen, a harrowing descent into one mans personal hell and his war with god? fucking run and buy this film.

That movie was incredible. I couldn't believe how well done it was. Usually when they do something like this, especially from a true story, they gloss over the reality and go strictly for sensationalism.

KyleOz - 10-4-2005 at 04:32 PM

Fallen with Denzel Washington too. The story line and plot were excellent yet I never heard anyone talk about this.

crazyfists28 - 10-4-2005 at 05:08 PM

real genius?...that val kilmer movie, if thats it i absolutely loved it

KyleOz - 10-4-2005 at 05:09 PM

Yeah

Clash77 - 10-4-2005 at 09:58 PM

memento
following
insomnia
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
the insider
the machinist (except the damn sci-fi music, which didnt work well with the film)

one of the most over rated movies: Lost in translation

JawnDiablo - 10-4-2005 at 10:27 PM

i love these posts cause i can check out some new flicks
i like
dead alive

SAAAAARS - 10-4-2005 at 10:37 PM

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dead alive

haha best movie ever

tireironsaint - 10-4-2005 at 11:16 PM

Dead Alive is fuckin' brilliant, one of my top ten for sure.

I'm gonna say Bubba Ho Tep as my favorite underrated movie of all time.

thedog - 10-5-2005 at 01:11 AM

memento is an awesome movie.

Voodoobillyman - 10-5-2005 at 08:25 AM

YES Bubba Ho Tep, I love JFK!!!!!!!!!! That movie is amazing

Voodoobillyman - 10-5-2005 at 08:26 AM

All Troma films, especially Bloodsucking freaks and Terror Firmer, which has Blood for Blood on the soundtrack, when the killer is stabbing that dude to death with his bong, classic.

XnMeX - 10-5-2005 at 02:19 PM

Someone said Fight Club and American Psycho.... They both got some good attention to them, but not nearly what they deserve. Both are excelent books made into excelent movies.

Candyman 1 & 2 deserve more attention as well. Tony Tood makes such a badass villain and is one of the only horror movie villain I can think of in american film that isn't a white male (with very few exceptions on sex (Ex. Female killer in Urban Legends), but never on race, I am sure there are some but none come to mind.)

newbreedbrian - 10-5-2005 at 11:28 PM

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Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
All Troma films, especially Bloodsucking freaks and Terror Firmer, which has Blood for Blood on the soundtrack, when the killer is stabbing that dude to death with his bong, classic.

yea troma stuff is fantastic. redneck zombies is my favorite troma movie, straight up awesome.

tireironsaint - 10-6-2005 at 01:46 AM

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Originally posted by XnMeX
Someone said Fight Club and American Psycho.... They both got some good attention to them, but not nearly what they deserve. Both are excelent books made into excelent movies.

Personally I think American Psycho is vastly OVERrated, not UNDERrated. It's a great idea, using a sociopathic killer as a metaphor for yuppies, but it bored the shit right outta me.

sinister - 10-6-2005 at 12:42 PM

I like Mr. Terror Aesthetic choices, In a Glass cage is amazing... i see you like some pretty brutal stuff there, you should check out "Scrapbook" i'm sure you'd like it.

If you guys like foreign movies then I recommend checking out these:

La Haine (French)
Pusher 1 + 2 (Danish)
City of God (Brazilian)
I stand alone (French)
Hipnos (Spanish)

All totally outstanding.

tireironsaint - 10-6-2005 at 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by sinister
I like Mr. Terror Aesthetic choices, In a Glass cage is amazing... i see you like some pretty brutal stuff there, you should check out "Scrapbook" i'm sure you'd like it.

If you guys like foreign movies then I recommend checking out these:

La Haine (French)
Pusher 1 + 2 (Danish)
City of God (Brazilian)
I stand alone (French)
Hipnos (Spanish)

All totally outstanding.

Definitely agree on La Haine and City Of God, haven't seen the others on that list, maybe I'll hafta check 'em out.

XnMeX - 10-6-2005 at 07:49 PM

Foreign: City of lost childeren
Battle Royal

sinister - 10-6-2005 at 08:18 PM

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Originally posted by tireironsaint
Definitely agree on La Haine and City Of God, haven't seen the others on that list, maybe I'll hafta check 'em out.

La Haine is so good. I need to watch it again.

Yeah you should check out I stand alone (Seul contre tous) it's by the same guy that made Irr?versible. It's the movie equivalent of listening to Sheer Terror, Neglect + Blood for Blood. A real "feel good" movie, hahaha.

And Pusher is awesome as well, it's all about a drug dealer in Copenhagen and how things go wrong for him and then spiral out of control.

Boogie Capone - 10-7-2005 at 05:22 AM

Once upon a time in America!

BDx13 - 10-7-2005 at 08:34 AM

Coming To America!

XnMeX - 10-7-2005 at 09:59 AM

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Coming To America!

I didn't think that movie was all that great personally. I hate when they shit it 50 million times on Comedy Central (same as Dogma, Airheads, CB$, etc.... I love all those movies, but comedy central kills them and then airs em 50 times in a weekend)

BDx13 - 10-7-2005 at 10:12 AM

comedy central is beat the hell out of a movie. but i love coming to america. it's so rediculous, and like, every single scene is a mini skit. it's one of the few movies where i could probably recite the entire dialogue as i watch along. that and sense and sensibility. love that movie.

Voodoobillyman - 10-7-2005 at 03:10 PM

American Me
Once were warriors
Romper Stomper

thedog - 10-8-2005 at 01:50 AM

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Originally posted by BIG DUANE
Coming To America!

some Coming to America trivia for ya....

who was the guy that tried to rob the fast food joint?

moforn - 10-8-2005 at 05:48 PM

Not really underrated, but Ghost dog is worth mentioning, I saw it last night and enjoyed it more than any other film I've seen in some time. It's a Jim Jarmusch movie that sort of combines the gangster and samurai genres, and the RZA did a great job with the music.
For overrated- I really didn't care at all for The Excorcism of Emily Rose, I could go into specific complaints but wouldn't want to ruin the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Terror Aesthetic - 10-10-2005 at 01:57 AM

ill make sure to check out "scrapbook". if you want to see about the most brutal, gut wrenching stuff out there check out august undergrounds mordum. i wont give the last scene away but i will say that i was shaking my head and saying holy shit man thats got to be a dummy.. for about ten minutes.