Your Favorite Underrated Movies?

[cilantropants]

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I do wish he'd looked more like a lizard/gargoyle mutation like in the books, but I didn't mind the Super Mario Bros. movie version of him much either.

 

[wavestuff]

paprika
perfume
freddie got fingered
black dynamite
gentlemen broncos
the fall

 

[cokebabies]

how about...

hackers(1995).

*with diskettes

That is literally one of my top five favorite movies.

I'm not proud that it is. But, alas, it is.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I absolutely thought it was great. I loved Norton's take on Banner MUCH better than Rufalo's (although that might be more Whedon's writing). I loved the homages to the Bixby TV show. I loved the prelude to the Leader (so sad we'll never see that). And the action scenes were fine, but I'm more partial to seeing Banner's plight than seeing Hulk smash. I think the movie did an excellent job in balancing Banner and Hulk and well-drawn characters.

Sorry, Lu - I wasn't hacking on you.

To be fair, the 2008 film definitely has it's merits; the first 20mins are actually great. Norton was a really good Banner - agreed, Liv Tyler was a great Betty Ross, the TV show theme tune & the correlation with Banner being a drifter, but unfortunately - for me, there was far more to dislike than to like.

*William Hurt as General Ross - WTF? No way, didn't buy it for a second - great actor, bad choice.
*Tim Roth - great actor, wasted in the film, only to play second fiddle to an excrement beast.
*THE ABOMINATION - awful design, absolutely crapola.

& lastly..

*HULK - hip trendy slender waist, windswept hair Calvin Klein model-esque HULKster.

Plus all the CGI scenes looked like a video game to me.

I'll defend the 2003 film to the hilt - I loved it & still do. While I thought Eric Bana was terribly miscast, & the CG was iffy sometimes, there was heart in that film, & creativity - & I tip my hat to Ang Lee in that regard. I loved Jennifer Connelly as Betty, Sam Elliot WAS General Ross - perfect casting, thought Nick Nolte was perfectly creepy as 'David' Banner, & some of the visuals & art direction were awesome. It'll always get praise from me.

 

[jankatana]

A Man Apart, with Vin Diesel. Its basicaly the punisher story with a few tweaks, one of vins best

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Sniper. Just the first one.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Sniper. Just the first one.

I saw Sniper 3 last night....can't say it's underrated

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Agreed. I don't get the hate. I rank it higher than IM2 and CA:TFA as far as Phase I goes. I don't like it enough to own it but I enjoyed seeing it in theaters.

I definitely rank it above CA:TFA.

Sorry, Lu - I wasn't hacking on you.

To be fair, the 2008 film definitely has it's merits; the first 20mins are actually great. Norton was a really good Banner - agreed, Liv Tyler was a great Betty Ross, the TV show theme tune & the correlation with Banner being a drifter, but unfortunately - for me, there was far more to dislike than to like.

*William Hurt as General Ross - WTF? No way, didn't buy it for a second - great actor, bad choice.
*Tim Roth - great actor, wasted in the film, only to play second fiddle to an excrement beast.
*THE ABOMINATION - awful design, absolutely crapola.

& lastly..

*HULK - hip trendy slender waist, windswept hair Calvin Klein model-esque HULKster.

Plus all the CGI scenes looked like a video game to me.

I'll defend the 2003 film to the hilt - I loved it & still do. While I thought Eric Bana was terribly miscast, & the CG was iffy sometimes, there was heart in that film, & creativity - & I tip my hat to Ang Lee in that regard. I loved Jennifer Connelly as Betty, Sam Elliot WAS General Ross - perfect casting, thought Nick Nolte was perfectly creepy as 'David' Banner, & some of the visuals & art direction were awesome. It'll always get praise from me.

Think nothing of it, Vintij!

I agree William Hurt seemed like an unlikely choice, especially after Sam Elliot nailed it the first time, but I thought he ended up being pretty effective--intimidating in a different way. And yeah, the Abomination design was an...well, you know. But a crappy creature design was not enough to spoil the character or the movie for me.

 

[RIDDICK]

Masters Of The Universe: 25th Anniversary - Kneel Before Me! - YouTube

Great movie for what it was.
Of course it wasn't as artistic as "Conan The Barbarian" but still.
And if there was a sequel I'm sure it would've been much better.

I never EVER liked anything MoTU related but this... Unappreciated 80s gold!

 

[a-dev]

Yeah I still enjoy that film. And I was a fan of the cartoons back in the day.

 

[Magpie 7]

Walter Hill's all action remake of the Wild bunch Extreme Prejudice, scripted by John Millius (Dirty Harry series, Apocalypse Now), it has a great Jerry Goldsmith score and the wonderful manacing Michael Ironside.

Trailer - Extreme Prejudice starring Nick Nolte - YouTube

 

[highlander1]

1 . THE LAST STAR FIGHTER
2. Harry and the Henderson's
3. ANIMATRIX I hope for a sequel someday.
4. Wisdom Emilo Estevez n Demi Moore
5 STAY ALIVE Frankie Muniz
6. Batteries not included.
7. Scorched. Alicia Silverstone , Woody Harelson
8. A PERFECT GETAWAY with Milla Jovovich ,Steve Zahn
9.Fire in the sky
10. Brainscan Edward furlong

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Yeah I still enjoy that film. And I was a fan of the cartoons back in the day.

I'm a big fan of the 1987 MOTU film as well.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

I had the Blade figure from MOTU.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

That was the only movie character they did back then wasn't it?

I'm sure the vintage MOTU figure crowd can school me in about half a second flat.

I've got four of the new 'classics' figures - that's it.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Movie underwhelmed so much, only these three were made.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Ah yes!

..then they used that Saurod design for that crappy 90s Roger Corman film - the Predator ripoff.

 

[RIDDICK]

I'm a big fan of the 1987 MOTU film as well.

But you... you didn't quote my post...

Why, why? W-h-y...

. . .

 

[K07]

Not sure if these are under appreciated but perhaps overlooked all these years later:

Adaptation
Matchstick Men
Lord of War

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Underrated when it comes to critics (78 percent Rotten Tomatoes, 68 percent Metacritic), Requiem for a Dream. I saw it only once, that was enough. DAMN.