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I recently watched Atom Egoyan’s Exotica, and I now believe that is one of the greatest movies of the ‘90s that was done in by a horribly misleading promotional campaign.
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Stone Cold, a hyper-violent movie from 1991 starring ex-football player Brian Bosworth as a cop who infiltrates a biker gang. The bikers are led by Lance Henrikson, who seemed to be having a lot of fun with the role, and William Forsythe as Lance's main henchman. Good stupid fun, and very enjoyable.
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And this is a weird one but Basic Instinct. I feel like it's only talked about and remembered because of that scene but it's a really good movie outside of that scene. In fact if those two shots were cut out of the movie it would still be just as good as it is with them in it. It might be the sexiest movie ever made. I feel like it gets overshadowed by the interrogation and it deserves more recognition for what it did in the early 90's than it gets credit for.
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Of course she's beautiful in general, but I'm just saying she was particularly sexy in Toys.
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Great thread, good contributions so far.
The term "underrated" is thrown around a bit too much in my opinion but I'm sure I'll make the same mistake here.
I'll start with three love stories and might add other types of films later on.
One is a violent one. (Bony and Clyde type) - Individual vs Society
The second a naive one - Life as a journey instead of a destination
The third a blind and perverse one - It's also an allegory for the revolution.
All three have vivid imagery, and a unique meta story.
What they share is an exploration of the idea of living in the moment.
Natural Born Killers
Amelie
Sweet Movie - Warning this movie is NSFW and requires some effort on behalf of the viewer to understand. It was also banned in various countries/censored.
The term "underrated" is thrown around a bit too much in my opinion but I'm sure I'll make the same mistake here.
I'll start with three love stories and might add other types of films later on.
One is a violent one. (Bony and Clyde type) - Individual vs Society
The second a naive one - Life as a journey instead of a destination
The third a blind and perverse one - It's also an allegory for the revolution.
All three have vivid imagery, and a unique meta story.
What they share is an exploration of the idea of living in the moment.
Natural Born Killers
Amelie
Sweet Movie - Warning this movie is NSFW and requires some effort on behalf of the viewer to understand. It was also banned in various countries/censored.
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The Last Boy Scout was basically a Die Hard sequel in all but name.
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Make Way for Tomorrow
My favorite movie from the 30's, and while it has grown in popularity, it still no where near the level it should be. In fact this movie was the inspiration for the script of much more well known Tokyo Story.
The Ladykillers
The original movie not the awful remake. While is well known in it's home country, never seen anyone from outside the UK ever talk about it and it is always missing on top 100 comedy lists online unless they are from UK writers. Also Alec Guinness at his best in the movie.
A Simple Plan
A 90s Sam Rami movie starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton. It's pretty much Sam Rami trying to make something like his friends Coen Brother and he pulls it off. Movie was a flop when it came out and never seemed to grow in reputation despite getting great reviews.
My favorite movie from the 30's, and while it has grown in popularity, it still no where near the level it should be. In fact this movie was the inspiration for the script of much more well known Tokyo Story.
The Ladykillers
The original movie not the awful remake. While is well known in it's home country, never seen anyone from outside the UK ever talk about it and it is always missing on top 100 comedy lists online unless they are from UK writers. Also Alec Guinness at his best in the movie.
A Simple Plan
A 90s Sam Rami movie starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton. It's pretty much Sam Rami trying to make something like his friends Coen Brother and he pulls it off. Movie was a flop when it came out and never seemed to grow in reputation despite getting great reviews.
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I will also name Clint Eastwood's The Gauntlet (1977) as an honorary Dirty Harry movie.
The denouement is absolutely phenomenal, and the film as a whole is a far more fitting follow-up to Magnum Force than The Enforcer. Instead of a few corrupt cops, it's the entire force. And it is really fun, even if it is one of the films he made with the human vacuum chamber Sondra Locke.
The denouement is absolutely phenomenal, and the film as a whole is a far more fitting follow-up to Magnum Force than The Enforcer. Instead of a few corrupt cops, it's the entire force. And it is really fun, even if it is one of the films he made with the human vacuum chamber Sondra Locke.
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It was a great book, too. Scott Smith also wrote The Ruins, which was a good book and a somewhat decent movie.
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Nice guys. Despite being great buddy movie and absolutely sidekilling dark comedy, it failed miserably in the box office and even BlueRays/streaming weren't able to save it. They wanted to butcher it into TV series with a female cast, but luckily it never happened.
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Speed racer is unironically a fantastic movie, it has some of the best music, cinematography and CGI I've ever seen all tied toogether with a very strong emotional core.
The special effects are genuinely top of the line better than nearly every movie to have come out the last decade and has absolutely gorgeous visuals even by today's standard:
Ontop of that, Speed Racer objectively has the best driving sequences out of any other movie or videogame period. For fucks sake, this movie has cars performing ACROBATICS
There are gorgeous use of visuals all over that honestly surpass 99.9% of marvel + DC + general purpose action slock even today.
What impresses me the most is that this movie has better choreography for car battles than superhero movies do for fistfights.
Speed racer is one of those movies that genuinely was way ahead of its time. It pushes CGI to the absolute limit and it absolutely pays off. And the despite having such good CGI they didn't ignore the story either. No, its not complex, but it knows what it wants to be and executes that perfectly, its about a guy and his family who love a sport and practice it out of pure appreciation for said sport against all odds (sometimes a little too stubbornly, but that's the point and the movie explains why they are so stubborn), with the general message being "soul vs commertialization and selling out". Usually I think people who cry about selling out are whinny bitches but again, this movie actually justifies WHY the family is so stubborn which is why it works so well.
It has serious moments, sad moments, genuinely heartfelt moments, and yet is expertly paced, keeps the tone consistent (no fucking bathos like 90% of marvel scenes have) and accomplishes making you cheer for the protagonist better than most movies do today.
This movie also has a lesson that marvel needs to take. It doesn't matter how inherently silly your story is (mad max cars performing acrobatical combat in a battle royale race in the middle of the desert by tossing beehives at one another and performing backflips with fucking maces attached to the rear bumper) if the characters genuinely take the story seriously and believe in its stakes, then so will the audience.
I highly recommend this movie be watched in as high definition as you can muster with the best sound system you have because it genuinely is a treat.
The special effects are genuinely top of the line better than nearly every movie to have come out the last decade and has absolutely gorgeous visuals even by today's standard:
Ontop of that, Speed Racer objectively has the best driving sequences out of any other movie or videogame period. For fucks sake, this movie has cars performing ACROBATICS
There are gorgeous use of visuals all over that honestly surpass 99.9% of marvel + DC + general purpose action slock even today.
What impresses me the most is that this movie has better choreography for car battles than superhero movies do for fistfights.
Speed racer is one of those movies that genuinely was way ahead of its time. It pushes CGI to the absolute limit and it absolutely pays off. And the despite having such good CGI they didn't ignore the story either. No, its not complex, but it knows what it wants to be and executes that perfectly, its about a guy and his family who love a sport and practice it out of pure appreciation for said sport against all odds (sometimes a little too stubbornly, but that's the point and the movie explains why they are so stubborn), with the general message being "soul vs commertialization and selling out". Usually I think people who cry about selling out are whinny bitches but again, this movie actually justifies WHY the family is so stubborn which is why it works so well.
It has serious moments, sad moments, genuinely heartfelt moments, and yet is expertly paced, keeps the tone consistent (no fucking bathos like 90% of marvel scenes have) and accomplishes making you cheer for the protagonist better than most movies do today.
This movie also has a lesson that marvel needs to take. It doesn't matter how inherently silly your story is (mad max cars performing acrobatical combat in a battle royale race in the middle of the desert by tossing beehives at one another and performing backflips with fucking maces attached to the rear bumper) if the characters genuinely take the story seriously and believe in its stakes, then so will the audience.
I highly recommend this movie be watched in as high definition as you can muster with the best sound system you have because it genuinely is a treat.
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Three of my all-time favorites:
Cold in July (2014)
Based on the Joe Lansdale novel, a normal dad living a quiet life in West Texas shoots a home invader, which triggers a series of events that leads him through the darkest parts of the criminal underworld. Incredible performances and atmosphere - it's just a really satisfying movie that I've watch about once year since it came out in 2014.
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Relaxer (2019)
At the end of 1999, the protagonist is challenged by his cruel older brother to beat level 256 of Pac-Man without leaving the couch before he is allowed to join the family at their Y2K bunker. It becomes a very funny and disgusting survival story of a man stuck on his couch. Also, he may have psychic powers. Just an awesomely weird movie.
Tubi link
Art School Confidential (2006)
By Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World and Bad Santa), it's an extremely dark comedy about the oddballs and scumbags of an elite art school. The protagonist is a hilariously awful humanbeing and (without spoilers) the movie has a perfect cynical ending. It more or less pissed off everyone who saw it when it came out:
"[Art School Confidential] was really negatively received both at the box office and critically. Everybody hated that film. I didn't think it was so bad. At least compared to all that other shit out there, anyway. It was certainly just as good as any film in the marketplace. And I'm not saying it's a great film. I'm just saying it's better than most of the dreck."
— Terry Zwigoff in 2012
Easily one of my three favorite movies of all time.
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Cold in July (2014)
Based on the Joe Lansdale novel, a normal dad living a quiet life in West Texas shoots a home invader, which triggers a series of events that leads him through the darkest parts of the criminal underworld. Incredible performances and atmosphere - it's just a really satisfying movie that I've watch about once year since it came out in 2014.
Tubi link
Relaxer (2019)
At the end of 1999, the protagonist is challenged by his cruel older brother to beat level 256 of Pac-Man without leaving the couch before he is allowed to join the family at their Y2K bunker. It becomes a very funny and disgusting survival story of a man stuck on his couch. Also, he may have psychic powers. Just an awesomely weird movie.
Tubi link
Art School Confidential (2006)
By Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World and Bad Santa), it's an extremely dark comedy about the oddballs and scumbags of an elite art school. The protagonist is a hilariously awful humanbeing and (without spoilers) the movie has a perfect cynical ending. It more or less pissed off everyone who saw it when it came out:
"[Art School Confidential] was really negatively received both at the box office and critically. Everybody hated that film. I didn't think it was so bad. At least compared to all that other shit out there, anyway. It was certainly just as good as any film in the marketplace. And I'm not saying it's a great film. I'm just saying it's better than most of the dreck."
— Terry Zwigoff in 2012
Easily one of my three favorite movies of all time.
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It also makes for an excellent TV calibration tool. Play with settings until it looks amazing and your viewing experience for all movies will greatly increase.
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Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead: It's a great twist on the zombie genre with some fresh ideas for it. These Nazi zombies like to do evil things like beat-up old people and run kids over with tanks.
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Sorry for necroing @Meat Target
RocknRolla
2008
Guy Ritchie
I'm a Guy Ritchie fan, I love most of his work and this one is special to me for being the first of his films that I watched.
Three basic plots tie together into a really excellent film that critics didn't give a fair shake.
First plot line is a hardass "Land Developer" Lenny Cole tries to form a deal with a rich Russian but things start to go wrong after the Russian lends Lenny his "lucky picture"
Second plot line is a group of lower level thieves known as "The Wild Bunch" are hired by a woman for an inside job.
The Third plotline is a junkie ex rocker fakes his death which causes all kinds of problems for everyone but him.
While the three plot lines seem simple they all tie together in a way only Guy Ritchie seems to be able to do. It might take more than one watch for everything to click but this is a film I've seen at least 30 times and I appreciate it more and more every time.
RocknRolla
2008
Guy Ritchie
I'm a Guy Ritchie fan, I love most of his work and this one is special to me for being the first of his films that I watched.
Three basic plots tie together into a really excellent film that critics didn't give a fair shake.
First plot line is a hardass "Land Developer" Lenny Cole tries to form a deal with a rich Russian but things start to go wrong after the Russian lends Lenny his "lucky picture"
Second plot line is a group of lower level thieves known as "The Wild Bunch" are hired by a woman for an inside job.
The Third plotline is a junkie ex rocker fakes his death which causes all kinds of problems for everyone but him.
While the three plot lines seem simple they all tie together in a way only Guy Ritchie seems to be able to do. It might take more than one watch for everything to click but this is a film I've seen at least 30 times and I appreciate it more and more every time.
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The Snow Walker (2003)
Trailer (pretty cheesy, doesn't do it justice)
Full cut available on YT
Canadian survival film starring Barry Pepper as a former WW2 pilot flying commercial float planes in the Arctic in the 1950s when his plane goes down during summertime.
Didn't know Barry Pepper was Canadian until I saw the film. Pepper is paired with an actual young Inuit woman (who has TB in the movie) who try to make it out on foot. Surprisingly not that woke considering the producers and the content. Based on a Farley Mowat short story, who is a Jack London type.
Michael Buble also has a small role in the film from before he became famous.
There's some exposition about the characters searching for Pepper back at base in Yellowknife, but it's mostly superfluous (James Cromwell plays his boss). The real story is Pepper wandering through the endless muskeg.
Surprisingly little snow for a movie about the Arctic. Ending is also fairly subdued without any McGuffins.
Trailer (pretty cheesy, doesn't do it justice)
Full cut available on YT
Canadian survival film starring Barry Pepper as a former WW2 pilot flying commercial float planes in the Arctic in the 1950s when his plane goes down during summertime.
Didn't know Barry Pepper was Canadian until I saw the film. Pepper is paired with an actual young Inuit woman (who has TB in the movie) who try to make it out on foot. Surprisingly not that woke considering the producers and the content. Based on a Farley Mowat short story, who is a Jack London type.
Michael Buble also has a small role in the film from before he became famous.
There's some exposition about the characters searching for Pepper back at base in Yellowknife, but it's mostly superfluous (James Cromwell plays his boss). The real story is Pepper wandering through the endless muskeg.
Surprisingly little snow for a movie about the Arctic. Ending is also fairly subdued without any McGuffins.
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I don't know anyone else who saw Premium Rush but it was awesome. A really, really good movie.
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the original from Eightball
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I love The Last Boy Scout, but I find the comparison to Die Hard a bit off base. Joe Hallenbeck and John McClane couldn't be more different as characters.
The Last Boy Scout is also much grittier, and just plain meaner than Die Hard could hope to be. I find it to be a far superior movie to the highly overrated Die Hard series.
Thread Tax: Extreme Prejudice. This movie star Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe as childhood friends on the opposite sides of the law. They come to blows over a woman, and their paths intersect with a brilliant cast of character actors like Tiny Lister, Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe, and Dan Tullis Jr. as Ex-Army Special Forces.