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...flicks most of us probably haven't seen, but should.
I'll nominate Baptists at our Barbecue. Quirky small-town characters in a romantic comedy. More Dogs than Bones. Uncle from India, visiting LA, ends up with the wrong luggage by mistake -- a bag full of cash belonging to the mob. Too bad his nephew's dog likes to bury things. Brigham City. Sherriff investigates a serial killer in a small all-Mormon town. Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. An intentionally bad movie about infiltrating a tribe of Amazons who love their fellow man. Riot in the Streets. Four interconnected stories about people involved in the Rodney King riots.
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Strictly Ballroom. I loved the movie, but you do probably need to be some kind of dance fan to really enjoy it.
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Central Station: Movie from Brazil about an older woman who decides to help a young boy find his father (who he has never met), when his mother is killed (hit by a bus, to be precise).
Millions: A British movie that involves a boy who has an obsession about the history of saints, after his mother dies of illness. He is the accidental recipient of a bag full of British Pounds taken in a bank robbery. An additional wrinkle is that the UK is about to convert over to the Euro, and so if he is going to use the money, he doesn't have much time left.
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: A mother of ten helps keep her family clothed and fed by entering advertising contests. One of the best movies we've seen all year.
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Scott, I met the author, and heard her speak, about 3 years ago, of The Prize Winner. It was amazing.
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quote:Originally posted by Bokonon: [QB] Millions: A British movie that involves a boy who has an obsession about the history of saints, after his mother dies of illness. He is the accidental recipient of a bag full of British Pounds taken in a bank robbery. An additional wrinkle is that the UK is about to convert over to the Euro, and so if he is going to use the money, he doesn't have much time left.
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How did you know I love that movie?
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Dark City: Over-shadowed by The Matrix. However, it was very stylish, had a great soundtrack, and an interesting story with a pretty natural "reveal".
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Robin Hood was nice when I saw it first, not sure about a second time. But hey, there are movies you enjoy when you're a kid, those you enjoy when you're older, and those who work all the time. Not all movies have to fall in all categories.
The Untouchables and The Postman are probably Costner's best movies. I also liked Tin Cup and (as far as I remember) Dances with the Wolves.
In spite of all the Costner luv and the cool ideas that might have been, Waterworld sucked. Big time. The fact that you could see a diver filming in one of the scenes certainly didn't help.
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As for my nominees:
The Fisher King - Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams. Sometimes you have to be a little nuts to get out of your misery.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - the title may not say much, but the movie is an awesome piece of comedy. Excellent performance by Robert Downey Jr.
Frequency - Dennis Quaid and Passion of the Christ "star" James Caviezel. Talking with the past always poses problems, but this film manages to work around them quite well. Very interesting thriller.
It Could Happen to You - a "feel good" movie featuring Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda.
Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire), and even better, In weiter Ferne, so nah! (Faraway, So Close!) are two German films that provided the idea for City of Angels. Very... different.
The Legend of Bagger Vance - Matt Damon and Will Smith in yet another gold drama, with a heart.
Michael - with a very unusual angel, starring John Travolta, Andie MacDowell and William Hurt. Should not miss it.
Out of Sight - a George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez atmospheric action movie - if there ever was one.
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It's not a movie no one's heard of, but 50 First Dates was incredibly underrated. I'm usually pretty critical of movies and typically need to watch Adam Sandler comedies with a big-dumb-laugh mindset, but I was thoroughly impressed with 50 First Dates.
Hilarious Hawaii satire, no punches pulled, absurdly romantic without being saccharine.
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The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen With Robin Williams, Eric Idol, Uma Thurman and probably others that I'm forgetting It's a great movie that is generally overshadowed by other greats in its genre: Neverending Story and Labarynth.
I also have to agree wholeheartedly with The Untouchables.
Others that I've loved and haven't heard all that much knowledge/appreciation of:
Suicide Kings Swingers I Robot (I maintain it was a fun movie and stil carried some of the main points of the book even if it didn't follow the actual plot of the book) Grosse Pointe Blank (probably tied for my favorite John Cusak movie) Johnny Mnemonic (much as Keanu has very limited acting talents, this is really a great Cyber-Punk movie following in the footsteps of Blade Runner)
Edit: Strong support for 50 first dates ( I don't cry at movies and that one routinely brings me to tears)
quote:Originally posted by TheGrimace: The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen With Robin Williams, Eric Idol, Uma Thurman and probably others that I'm forgetting
YAY! One of my favorite movies ever!
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Trees Lounge is a movie written and directed by Steve Buscemi about a warped man wrestling with his demons. more people should see it. It's disturbing but good.
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quote: It's not a movie no one's heard of, but 50 First Dates was incredibly underrated.
Wasn't that movie a huge hit? I thought it made 120 million and did well with the critics. What does underrated mean?
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High Fidelity - John Cusack was born for that role (the book is good too) and Jack Black as what he does best - funny supporting role (not main character!!)
Mystery Men - I've found that you either love it or you hate it - I love it.
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quote:Originally posted by TheGrimace: The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen With Robin Williams, Eric Idol, Uma Thurman and probably others that I'm forgetting
Not only was it directed by Terry Gilliam (one of my favorites, although I personally prefer Brazil), but it had STING in it! How can you go wrong there?
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"The Best of Youth" Highly underated Italian film. Most people who see it, including 97% of RT critics, love it, but not many people see it. I think that the fact that it is, at six hours, it is the seventeenth longest commercial film in history.
Ach, vell. It is very good indeed.
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layer cake - awesome and made by the producer of lock stock and snatch, great movie. The scene with Duran Duran's Ordinary World playing is incredible if your into film making, never seen a fight shot from the victims point of view with jumpcuts like that. Great stuff.
Lord of WAR was really good too!
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I don't know that I'd call it underrated, but I love Waking Ned Devine. Oh, and just saw The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain the other night--sweet movie.
And speaking of John Cusack, I think I first fell for him in the Disney flick The Journey of Natty Gann. (although I was reading somewhere that the DVD is awful--Netflix user reviews, maybe--one movie you should watch on VHS)
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Six String Samurai- heh. Something about that movie makes me laugh. Really though, it's not for everyone.
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Bandits! Nice find, MyrddinFyre! I've seen it again some time ago, and still loved it.
Oh, and Equilibrium was cool too, though the gun-fight thingy doesn't make much sense.
B34N, Lord of War is underrated? Most of the people I know who have seen it liked it a lot, and I've also read some good reviews about it. It's excellent, just not underrated enough for this thread. Posts: 4519 | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Oh, and Equilibrium was cool too, though the gun-fight thingy doesn't make much sense.
Hehe, I love how they fight the dude, trained to kill people who are standing around him in a circle, by standing around him in a circle. I forgive them that, though, and the horribly repetetive soundtrack... still love that movie
Waking Ned Devine was really cute.
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I will also echo Baron Munchausen. The philistines who panned that should be stoned almost the death, then revived, then actually stoned to death.
I'm going to nominate Liquid Sky. Not because I like it much, but because it seems to be a pretty good date movie, surprisingly.
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Second the Layer Cake. If folks had seen it, they would have applauded DanielCraig being chosen for the next Bond.
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quote:Originally posted by aspectre: Second the Layer Cake. If folks had seen it, they would have applauded DanielCraig being chosen for the next Bond.
Yeah, I think he is a great pic for the next Bond he plays X great. I also thought it was really cool that the main character has no name.
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Friday Night Lights is a great movie, Billy Bob's performance is just great. The fact that it is a true story makes it that much better, and the "Explosions in the Sky" soundtrack is just awesome!
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Near Dark, my favorite vampire movie. Instead of suave Counts like Dracula, these are like gritty, tattooed biker/gang/trailer trash vampires. The bar scene is awesome.
I loved Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, it really turns the film noir genre inside out. I thought it was fresh and original and fun.
Baron rules.
Ronin is one of my favorite action films, and one of the few films in recent years I've seen twice at the theater.
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I thought this thread would be about movies that should've been rated R but squeeked by with a PG instead.
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Lord of War got good reviews but did poor box office. Less than $25 mil in the U.S., with a $50 mil budget. Pity, given how important some of what it has to say is.
Robin Hood was great whenever Rickman was on the screen. Most of the rest was pretty conventional. And I didn't buy Costner as a charismatic leader.
I second Dark City.
Oh, and I liked Bandits, too, though I thought the ending was an implausible cop-out.
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I haven't seen Waking Life, and I don't even know what it's about. Could someone fill me in? I know it was the Scanner Darkly dude who did it, and a Scanner Darkly, is like, my new favorite movie. Ever. Okay, so it's tied with Imposter. No...no, it isn't. A Scanner Darkly for the win. No, wait...
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Shawshank Redemption? The movie was nominated for 7 Oscars, and is number 2 in the IMDB Top 250. Hardly underrated.
I've just seen A Scanner Darkly a couple of days ago. Wow. After the dissapointing Superman and Pirates 2, finally something worth the money!
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Brick - Talk about awesome Noir. This movie was fantastic, funny and serious, great scenes, great characters.
Time Bandits - Puts Baron Munchausen to shame!
Bugsy Malone - A gangster movie with all the parts played by kids. Starring young Scott Baio and Jodie Foster. I had to order the DVD from somewhere in Asia since they don't have it in the US. Totally worth the trouble I went to.
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Heh, I was ready to be dissapointed, actually, having read the book and wondering how on Earth can they make a movie out of it. But they managed to turn it into quite a show. Posts: 4519 | Registered: Sep 2003
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The Story of the Weeping Camel. Awesome film. Plus, bonus of really cute camel babies everywhere.
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