Underrated movies

The Chamber is a VERY underrated movie. Hackman, as always, turned in a brilliant performance. Even the usually unbearable Chris O'Donnell was good in it.

 

World War Z could have been AWESOME....it could never live up to the book in scope...but it was simple and boring....survive 20-30 thrilling minutes get out the city....go to asia survive a little squirmish...go to the savior jews in israel survive another squirmish...get on "zombie on the plane" survive....then get to irish version of cdc...inject yourself with some shit..THE END....

GARBAGE!!!!....I watch it because it short....quick...and simple...but that's why I also hate it...190 Million budget...IMO shouldve been the GREATEST ZOMBIE movie of all time.

 

It would've helped if it resembled the book even in the slightest. I get that the book was more a collection of connected short stories, which doesn't really translate well in a movie, but it was nothing at all like the book.

I'm sure Pitt spent a decent amount of cash for the rights to the film, just seems like a terrible waste of money when he could've called it anything else, really.


TFK

 

Not all of us watch small indie pics from Estonia. Try to at least mention films people have heard of.

 

LOL the Oscars is the most watched worldwide event second only to the Olympics. Plus most of the critics praised to heaven 'Whiplash' with a 94% certified fresh RT rating. That your acquaintances are ignorant about movies doesn't mean the film itself is underrated. :nana:

 

world cup is likely more watched than both, but I digress......

 

People "put it on" for 5 minutes here or there, but nobody actually watches that shit. :nono:

 

I watch the opening remarks and then stop and wait for the last hour.

I refuse to watch any other award shows though. Never watched the Grammys in my life for example. Definitely pretentious shit.

 

every part of that sentence is wrong you headbanger

 

Word, oscars isn't even top 3.

 

One time the media reported that 26 BILLION people watched the World Cup. :Laugh102:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/26-billion-people-watching-the-world-cup-true/

 

Watchmen

Oblivion-very underrated sci fi film

 

Agreed. I love me some Oblivion

 

Collateral

 

a great movie that comes to mind that i don't often here people touting is:

black robe

excellent movie

 

First of all Oblivion and Edge of Tomorrow are two huge suck-ass scifi flicks and I'm saying that as a huge fan of Tom Cruise films. Actually Edge of Tomorrow is only kind of a bad film.

Anyway:

Apt Pupil
The Village
Devil
Biker Boyz
Frailty
Haywire
Stealth
Hart's War
Undisputed

Just to name a few off the top of the dome.

 

Frailty is a good one. Love me that film.

 

Stealth? WTF!

 

Speed. Enjoyable film.

 

Payback.

I love me some Conan the barbarian ( the film not the character, ) but no sure if it would be classified as underrated.

 

I think Speed gets its proper credit. But, maybe you're right. I think maybe it is a bit forgotten in 2016.

Speed is a great movie. A true classic. It's a shame that the sequel was HORRIBLE, but that can't diminish the first.

Speed is such an iconic movie, that I feel like TO THIS DAY people sometimes think twice when riding a bus because of it.

 

Forgot about this one. HIGHLY HIGHLY underrated movie:

Cop Land

 

I thought someone would have something to say about this one, but it really is a good film right up until the part where he lands in Alaska close to the end. Basically it just has a shitty ending, but there's a lot of cool action scenes that make this film highly underrated such as:

The attack on the mountain compound with all four aircraft
the attack on the building where the main star delivers the bomb through the roof of a high rise
the high speed chase scene against the AI fighter
Jessica Alba's ejection scene
the in-air refueling scene,
the air to air combat scene against the Korean air force.

 

in the dead of winter

 

It wasn't Jessica Alba, it was that other chick she is always compared to. I just caught it last week for the first time, and I was astounded at how bad it was, considering the cast they got, and the amount of money I found out it was budgeted for.
All of those scenes you mentioned were tuuuuuuuurible. Especially the one where the AI plane forcibly raped the re-fueling blimp. ::

 

Yeah that was a really good psychological thriller/horror.

It's still a little hard for me to not laugh at Bill Paxton. His performances in Aliens and True Lies and that voice of his just crack me up.

 

The "Coked up Paxton" phase, was a highly entertaining part of his career. ::

He'd mellowed out quite a bit once the mid to late-90's hit.

 

It's always a hard scene to watch when Paxton dies in Tombstone.

 

Miller's Crossing is a highly underrated movie.

 

a simple plan was great and underrated