Underrated movies

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Black Hawk Down


Not enough people realize it is the greatest movie ever made, actually the best thing ever made.

You liked that movie, even with all the historical inaccuracies?

 

[clamum]

Zoolander kicks ass.

Mine:

Freddy Got Fingered (I guess I just share the same sense of humor as Tom Green, I think it's fucking hilarious)

 

[KeithTalent]

Agree with:

Equilibrium (great sci-fi)
Matador (Brosnan as the villian was awesome, really well done)
Battle Royale (totally crazy, but a good crazy)

25th hour. Anything with Ed Norton is pretty much great. This reminds me to actually add Rounders to this list of underrated movies, which I have seen several times and still think is awesome.

I also loved Starship troopers; a lot of the same satirical humour as Robocop, which I love.

KT

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Black Hawk Down


Not enough people realize it is the greatest movie ever made, actually the best thing ever made.

Just the fact that I know how it ends made it unbearable to watch the first time I sat down with it. I was yelling at the screen and getting very worked up. Made me want to load all the guns and jump into the screen to try to help, ala Through the Looking Glass.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Otaking
I liked Starship Troopers, don't care what you say.

Seeing Doogie Howser as an ersatz SS officer was just plain wrong.
But it was a pretty cool movie, but I'm glad I didn't pay to see it.

 

[AlienCraft]

I liked Waterworld.

That catamaran was cool, the "Mad Max" ish antagonists were appropriately "evil", and the ending was evocative of Planet of The Apes.

 

[fallenangel99]

Trading Places (Eddier Murphy, Dan Akroyd); Nick of Time; The Arrival (alien movie with CHarlie Sheen?)

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft
I liked Waterworld.

That catamaran was cool, the "Mad Max" ish antagonists were appropriately "evil", and the ending was evocative of Planet of The Apes.

Yes, another movie that was hyped beyond reason, but then rejected by everyone. It was, IMO, a very good movie and definitely under rated to this day.

 

[Kreon]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft
I liked Waterworld.

That catamaran was cool, the "Mad Max" ish antagonists were appropriately "evil", and the ending was evocative of Planet of The Apes.

Waterworld is one of my favorite movies of all time
Kevin Costner owns to begin with, and I like Sci-Fi movies

I liked the Catamaran a lot
And "The Deacon"-that guy made the whole movie
Who was it anyways?

Another movie that I think of when I think of Waterworld is River World
Also a good movie by my beliefs
An interesting concept, if nothing else
Put Nero, a Space Shuttle Pilot, Mark Twain-esque guy together, what a good time

 

[thumper01]

I agree with:
Dark City
Starship Troopers (slaughtered the book, but a decent action flick)
Zoolander
Waterworld

And would like to add:
Time Bandits (Evil: "Dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence")
Brazil
The Postman
Bullworth

 

[Dumac]

I agree with Thank you for Smoking.

I would like to add..
300



Death to Smoochy is my real addition.

 

[Superrock]

I also liked Starship Troopers, Dark City, and Thank you for Smoking,

Waterworld was too unbelievable for me. Brazil was just too wierd. The Postman wasn't bad but Kevin Costner's other movies are better.

 

[EGGO]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for sure.

 

[ttown]

Brazil -- every 'movie buff' I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. I saw it over 20 years ago, and I still think about it.

May -- low-budget horror flick, went right to dvd after winning several film festival awards -- loved the quirky performance of the main actress, Angela Bettis.

 

[Kelemvor]

First two that come to mind for me are
Camp : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342167/
and
Peaceful Warrior : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438315/

 

[Jadow]

DARK CITY

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Black Hawk Down


Not enough people realize it is the greatest movie ever made, actually the best thing ever made.

Seconded... That movie made me so tense when I watched it in the theater that I left with a migraine. If any movie gets me that worked up its good.

 

[KeithTalent]

I enjoyed Waterworld also. Not really sure why is was destroyed so badly in the press.

Brazil is a fantastic movie. I saw it a couple times when I was quite young (it was my Uncle's favourite movie, so he was always watching it) and did not really understand it. I saw it a third time just a few years back and it made a lot more snese to me; just brilliant.

KT

 

[StartingLine]

yeah event horizon is one of my more liked movies, i dont see how people cant like it.

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Everybody said 28 Weeks Later wasn't as good as the first movie, but I was completely blown away when I saw it in theaters. There were parts which were so intense that I forgot to breathe.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: scrawnypaleguy
Everybody said 28 Weeks Later wasn't as good as the first movie, but I was completely blown away when I saw it in theaters. There were parts which were so intense that I forgot to breathe.

Hmm, good to know. I was worried about this one because I enjoyed the first movie so much.

I love a good zombie movie!!

KT

 

[deerslayer]

Someone needs to compile this list so I can print it and start marking off movies as I watch them

 

[krunchykrome]

Mystic River is one awesome movie. I love Sean Penn's character in that movie!

 

[deerslayer]

Compiled List (I'm sure I missed some):

25th Hour
28 Weeks Later
A Perfect World
A Scanner Darkly
Arrival, The
Attack the Gas Station (Asian Movie)
Battle Royale (Asian Movie)
Battlefield Earth
Beerfest
Belle Epoque
Black Hawk Down
Black Rain
Blade Runner (Director?s Version)
Blue Velvet
Bowfinger
Brazil
Bullworth
Camp
Crank
Dark City
Death and the Maiden
Dragonslayer
Edge, The
Elizabeth
Employee of the Month
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
Flower Drum Song
Freddy Got Fingered
Ginger Snaps
Grandma?s Boy
Hackers
Hair
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hoodwinked
Hudsucker Proxy
Imposter
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Last Action Hero
Layer Cake
Les Diaboliques
Little Children
Matador, The
May
Minority Report
Monkeybone
Mosquito Coast, The
My Sassy Girl (Asian Movie)
Mystic River
Nick of Time
Orlando
Over the Top
Peaceful Warrior
Perfect Blue (Asian Movie)
Platoon
Postman, The
Quatermass and the Pit
River World
School for Scoundrels
Sixteen Candles
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Stand By Me
Starship Troopers
Tampopo
Tank Girl
Thank You For Smoking
Time Bandits
Trading Places
Tremors 1
Tremors 2
Unbreakable
United 93
Waterworld
Xandu
Zardoz
Zoolander
Zulu

 

[KeithTalent]

Haha, just added it to the OP.

Thanks though!

KT