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#82
04-21-2005, 05:06 PM
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Re: Underrated Movies Appreciation Thread
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[ QUOTE ] I have a fondness for Sneakers, early '90s movie with Robert Redford. Is this flick underrated, or do most people appreciate it? No one really talks about it too much. Not a great movie, but a good time for 90 minutes. [/ QUOTE ] It is a great movie. ~D [/ QUOTE ] C'mon, it's a good movie, but people throw around the word great too lightly. But I'm glad others appreciate it too. 
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#83
04-21-2005, 05:09 PM
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Re: Underrated Movies Appreciation Thread
The Silent Partner -- unbelievably great crime film/character study; I could see this one a thousand times, but you can't find it anywhere anymore.
After Hours -- super funny Scorcese flick that everyone I knew used to agree was basically my life story. Eerily accurate. Diary of a Madman -- my favorite Vincent Price movie ever; very chilling and incredible original(taken from an old French short story, but the idea is very original and unusual) Alice in the Cities -- Wim Wenders film that had a kind of longing and sadness to it that I've never seen before or since, and I saw it 20 years ago The Black Marble -- Joseph Wambaugh's novel turned movie, some really excellent parts, some very funny, some incredibly moving A lot of people are naming their favorite movies, not just ones that are particularly underrated, so I'll violate a little too, by adding one that isn't underrated for fun, but for how good it really is, I think -- Cool Hand Luke. I think that movie is a lot deeper and better than some people give it credit for. They don't make movies like that anymore; I put its themes and character development in a category with Catch 22(the book, not the movie). They don't make movies like that anymore, and I'm not sure they ever will again. I think that part of the human spirit may have been smothered, or be hiding very deep underground.
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#84
04-21-2005, 05:13 PM
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Re: Underrated Movies Appreciation Thread
Midnight Run with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin.
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#85
04-21-2005, 05:15 PM
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Re: Underrated Movies Appreciation Thread
Not sure how underrated that one is, but it was very good. It was pretty popular when it came out. I guess it's underrated now in the sense of few people seem to have heard of it or remember it, and it's definitely worth a rental. It was the first time DeNiro did comedy, and everyone was kind of surprised how well he did it.
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#86
04-21-2005, 05:27 PM
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Re: Underrated Movies Appreciation Thread
The Game
Equilibrium Underworld 12 Monkeys
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#87
04-21-2005, 05:29 PM
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Definitive List
...of ones not mentioned so far:
River's Edge Lone Star Badlands One False Move Salesman American Movie At Close Range I own them all, yet cannot turn them off if I am channel surfing and happen upon them. They are all that good. I would say that of this list, Lone Star is the most underappreciated.
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#88
04-21-2005, 05:53 PM
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Re: Definitive List
some good mentions such as all ethan embry (just bought cant hardly wait the other day), bottle rocket, and Out Cold (although it gets progressively unfunny as it ends).
Ill add: Go Saving Silverman Waiting for Guffman Cheats (cheaters?) Orange County
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#89
04-21-2005, 05:58 PM
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Re: Definitive List
Baseketball
Remains of the Day Sneakers is 2 hours and 10 minutes I believe. Commando Miller's Crossing Outta Sight American Flyers (cheesy 80's movie about bike racing, Kevin Costner)
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