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rodimus · 07-07-2003, 04:51 PM

Which movie do you think is the most under-rated movie. I think the movies done by Kevin Smith w/ Jay and Silent Bob. If you actually pay attention to the movies, they all have good morals hidden in them.

Your thoughts please.

livewirerc · 07-07-2003, 04:56 PM

Flash Gordon. I think that this is the BEST movie ever. It's got everything a great movie needs and more! Plus, Ornella Muti is hot as fuck.

Psivage · 07-07-2003, 04:57 PM

Trick or Treat. If anyone has seen this you are my new best friend.

gov135 · 07-07-2003, 06:10 PM

I think Jackie Brown never really got the respect it deserved.

boober · 07-07-2003, 06:56 PM

Hudson Hawk baby!!!

diergray · 07-07-2003, 07:00 PM

The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai and The Black Hole. Both movies were great and ended with a setup for sequels that never happened.

lafemmefatale · 07-07-2003, 08:56 PM

Laurel Canyon, great movie...not much publicity.

Reese · 07-07-2003, 10:42 PM

Final Destination 2. It did 50million at Box office and should have done 150 million.. At least I think it should have...

RedCometChar · 07-07-2003, 11:21 PM

A personal favorite that everyone loves and no one remembers: Remo Williams. Would've made a great TV series.

Porkchop · 07-08-2003, 03:35 AM

Psivage. Yes m8 i remember trick or treat around 1986 watched it on vhs. Cant remember much about it though.

Sun Tzu · 07-08-2003, 03:55 AM

Dreamscape; I thought the concept was awsome.

Creepshow. . .I wish they would make more of them.

Pyrate · 07-08-2003, 07:12 AM

I think The Prodigal Son gets my vote. It's basically about the son of a rich man who has been scammed by his Kung Fu masters and ends up thinking he know Kung Fu. In other words, his father pays them for teaching his son jack shit (he's overprotective, and don't want his son hurt or roughed up)

To make it worse, everyone in the town is being paid by the guy's dad to get deliberately lose when they battle him, thus making him believe that he is the Kung Fu king. So there he is, thinking that he's really good, when everyone in town knows he's shit. Then he challenges some guy who whoops his ass (he refused to be paid to lose) and what entails is this guy's quest to learn Kung Fu properly....

Ok, so it's a shoddy summary of the movie, but hey...

Oh, and Fist Of Legend also gets my vote....I don't even think it made it to the UK cinema screen.

Quant · 07-08-2003, 10:05 AM

Buckaroo Banzai, definitely. John Lithgow is Hi-larious.

Krull. Oh wait, that one wasn't good!

Neuromancer. Great book, movie has been stalled for years by general stupidity. I for one would love to see it!

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Actually one of my favorites of all time (like all Terry Gilliam's movies), but a complete box-office bomb. And people hate it. I can't comprehend why!

Quant · 07-08-2003, 10:12 AM

Almost forgot the current one:
THE HULK! Panned, and for some reason disliked by almost everyone I've talked to, it's actually an amazingly well-done movie. Some of Ang Lee's directorial effects are unexpected, and perhaps less than completely successful, but what makes it great is that you're watching a comic book! Except even more developed. Kind of like Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...come to think of it, what a truly awesome movie you could make out of those! Or actually, series, because Gaiman's storytelling is good enough that there's just too much content for one movie.

livewirerc · 07-08-2003, 10:32 AM

OMG Psivage, I don't know anyone else who's even HEARD of that movie!!! I love Trick or Treat, and actually just got a copy of it on DVD at Walmart after losing my video copy.

Ozzy and Gean Simmons in a horror flick rock!

diergray · 07-08-2003, 12:22 PM

I have to add No Retreat No Surrender. Jean Claude VanDamm as the bad guy and a kid who is trained by the spirit of Bruce Lee!

EvilPoda · 07-08-2003, 12:40 PM

Brisco County Jr....

...Bruce Campbell rulzors

WhoaitsZ · 07-08-2003, 12:44 PM

Suicide Kings

docbungle · 07-08-2003, 01:14 PM

I agree Jackie Brown was underrated. Also the 25th Hour was panned by most critics, but was an amazing monologue.

Stare At The Sun · 07-08-2003, 01:51 PM

Eh, The boondock saints, its such an amazing movie, but like noone it seems, knows about it, Other than us cool internet/forum junkies).

Also, lock stock and two smoking barrels.

The_Jazz · 07-08-2003, 02:15 PM

Jay & Silent Bob is one of my all time favorites. It's funnier than Old School, IMHO.

Others - The Jerk, October Sky, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Endless Summer....

crow_daw · 07-08-2003, 02:15 PM

Although its got a pretty huge following on the TFP, in the mainstream, I would definitely say Equilibrium. As many of us know, that movies amazing.

urgodhere · 07-08-2003, 07:21 PM

Hard Boiled featuring Chow Yung Fat (however u spell it).One of the best movies that I have ever seen. I would suggest seeing this movie if you already havent.

Derwood · 07-08-2003, 07:35 PM

Jackie Brown, yes.
There are some teen movies that are actually funny, like Bring it On.

There is a great movie called "But I'm a Cheerleader" that everyone should see. The comedy is so dark it's almost black.

Derwood · 07-08-2003, 07:36 PM

Oh, and if you want to piss your pants laughing, go get "Shakes the Clown".

Stars Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown (the white one), Adam Sandler, and some others. Alcoholic clowns beating the shit out of mimes. Classic.

RedCometChar · 07-08-2003, 10:40 PM

Heyyy... you clowns are on dope!

Hard Boiled is definitely Chow Yun Fatt's best (that awesome shootout in the hospital), but The Killer and A Better Tomorrow are also pretty awesome. If you see them subtitled, that is... Killer's passable, but the dubbing on A Better Tomorrow is atrocious.

diergray · 07-09-2003, 08:36 AM

What about Killer Klowns from Outer Space! An all time classic.

Remo Williams is great "You move like a pregnant yak."

livewirerc · 07-09-2003, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by docbungle
Also the 25th Hour was panned by most critics, but was an amazing monologue.

Ugh, that monologue was so fucking lame. It was basically ripped off from a number of other movie scenes by various other directors, spike just had ed norton do it. His delivery was great but all he was doing was whining about everything and laying the blame. It was pitiful.

Charlatan · 07-09-2003, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by RedCometChar
A personal favorite that everyone loves and no one remembers: Remo Williams. Would've made a great TV series.

I too thought Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins was much underrated and would have made a great film series (like James Bond). It was made into a TV series in 1987 but it was cancelled. I remember seeing the pilot and hoping it would kick ass. It pretty much did, but it just never caught on with the general public.

Hudson Hawk... definately one of my favourite movies. Watched it obsessively a few years back.

Brisco County Jr. while excellent isn't a movie... it was a TV series.

sadistikdreams · 07-09-2003, 12:26 PM

Mystery Men gets no love? I personally LOVE this movie. It's so great, because not alot of people recognize the heroes. And Janine Garafflo(SP?) is teh r0x0rs.

giblfiz · 07-09-2003, 05:34 PM

UHF with Weird Al and Michael Richards (back before he was uber-famous) Is hilarious. For some reasons the critics really hated it though (apparently one of them even said that anyone who enjoyed the movie was simpleminded)

Vales419 · 07-09-2003, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Psivage
Trick or Treat. If anyone has seen this you are my new best friend.

See it, hell I OWN it!

V.

grayman · 07-09-2003, 09:10 PM

I agree with boober about Hudson Hawk.
What about Equilibrium, in my opinion, it was much better than Matrix Reloaded and only made $1 million at the box office.

healyk · 07-09-2003, 11:11 PM

Big Trouble in Little China is one of my all-time favorites. Only made $12M in 1986.

God of Thunder · 07-10-2003, 09:12 AM

Ishtar???

/ducks

Troublebot · 07-10-2003, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sadistikdreams
Mystery Men gets no love? I personally LOVE this movie. It's so great, because not alot of people recognize the heroes. And Janine Garafflo(SP?) is teh r0x0rs.

Hell yes SD! Any movie where William H. Macy gets to smack on people with a shovel gets my vote.

Hmmm, may have to watch this again tonight, since I own the DVD.

Kush · 07-10-2003, 12:46 PM

Boondock Saints.

An amazing example of cinematography.

VirFighter · 07-10-2003, 06:51 PM

Short list off the top of my head:

Boondock Satints - reasons already mentioned
Magnolia - amazing ensemble cast, great soundtrack, awesome story
25th Hour - one of Ed Norton's best performances and just a great movie in general that deserves more recognition

djflish · 07-13-2003, 08:30 AM

Drive, with Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison.
It kicks the crap out of Rush Hour and Lethal Weapon and any other buddy film!
The fight scenes rock!!

WhoaitsZ · 07-13-2003, 10:21 AM

25th hour was almost flawless. the killer with chow yung fat..

07-07-2003, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
rodimus Insane	Most Under-rated Movie Which movie do you think is the most under-rated movie. I think the movies done by Kevin Smith w/ Jay and Silent Bob. If you actually pay attention to the movies, they all have good morals hidden in them. Your thoughts please.

07-07-2003, 07:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
diergray Psycho	The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai and The Black Hole. Both movies were great and ended with a setup for sequels that never happened. __________________ "Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” ~ James Bryant Conant

07-07-2003, 08:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
lafemmefatale Insane Location: Vancouver	Laurel Canyon, great movie...not much publicity. __________________ -poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another-

07-07-2003, 10:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Final Destination 2. It did 50million at Box office and should have done 150 million.. At least I think it should have... __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

07-07-2003, 11:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
RedCometChar Not Brand Ecch! Location: New Orleans	A personal favorite that everyone loves and no one remembers: Remo Williams. Would've made a great TV series. __________________ Killing that robot makes me want to go home.

07-07-2003, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
livewirerc Insane Location: Austin, TX	Flash Gordon. I think that this is the BEST movie ever. It's got everything a great movie needs and more! Plus, Ornella Muti is hot as fuck.

07-07-2003, 04:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Psivage Psycho	Trick or Treat. If anyone has seen this you are my new best friend.

07-07-2003, 06:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	I think Jackie Brown never really got the respect it deserved.

07-07-2003, 06:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
boober Crazy Location: Western Cananananda	Hudson Hawk baby!!!

07-08-2003, 03:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
Porkchop Psycho Location: Good ol Blighty	Psivage. Yes m8 i remember trick or treat around 1986 watched it on vhs. Cant remember much about it though. __________________ Be cool btch now btch be cool Sport 1976 Taxi Driver.

07-08-2003, 03:55 AM	#11 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	Dreamscape; I thought the concept was awsome. Creepshow. . .I wish they would make more of them. __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

07-08-2003, 07:12 AM	#12 (permalink)
Pyrate Psycho Location: London, CorBlimeyLand	I think The Prodigal Son gets my vote. It's basically about the son of a rich man who has been scammed by his Kung Fu masters and ends up thinking he know Kung Fu. In other words, his father pays them for teaching his son jack shit (he's overprotective, and don't want his son hurt or roughed up) To make it worse, everyone in the town is being paid by the guy's dad to get deliberately lose when they battle him, thus making him believe that he is the Kung Fu king. So there he is, thinking that he's really good, when everyone in town knows he's shit. Then he challenges some guy who whoops his ass (he refused to be paid to lose) and what entails is this guy's quest to learn Kung Fu properly.... Ok, so it's a shoddy summary of the movie, but hey... Oh, and Fist Of Legend also gets my vote....I don't even think it made it to the UK cinema screen. __________________ ?

07-08-2003, 10:05 AM	#13 (permalink)
Quant Tilted	Buckaroo Banzai, definitely. John Lithgow is Hi-larious. Krull. Oh wait, that one wasn't good! Neuromancer. Great book, movie has been stalled for years by general stupidity. I for one would love to see it! The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Actually one of my favorites of all time (like all Terry Gilliam's movies), but a complete box-office bomb. And people hate it. I can't comprehend why!

07-08-2003, 10:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
Quant Tilted	Almost forgot the current one: THE HULK! Panned, and for some reason disliked by almost everyone I've talked to, it's actually an amazingly well-done movie. Some of Ang Lee's directorial effects are unexpected, and perhaps less than completely successful, but what makes it great is that you're watching a comic book! Except even more developed. Kind of like Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...come to think of it, what a truly awesome movie you could make out of those! Or actually, series, because Gaiman's storytelling is good enough that there's just too much content for one movie.

07-08-2003, 10:32 AM	#15 (permalink)
livewirerc Insane Location: Austin, TX	OMG Psivage, I don't know anyone else who's even HEARD of that movie!!! I love Trick or Treat, and actually just got a copy of it on DVD at Walmart after losing my video copy. Ozzy and Gean Simmons in a horror flick rock!

07-08-2003, 12:44 PM	#18 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	Suicide Kings

07-08-2003, 12:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
diergray Psycho	I have to add No Retreat No Surrender. Jean Claude VanDamm as the bad guy and a kid who is trained by the spirit of Bruce Lee! __________________ "Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” ~ James Bryant Conant

07-08-2003, 12:40 PM	#17 (permalink)
EvilPoda Banned Location: Oregon	Brisco County Jr.... ...Bruce Campbell rulzors

07-08-2003, 01:14 PM	#19 (permalink)
docbungle It's all downhill from here Location: Denver	I agree Jackie Brown was underrated. Also the 25th Hour was panned by most critics, but was an amazing monologue.

07-08-2003, 01:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
Stare At The Sun Eh? Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	Eh, The boondock saints, its such an amazing movie, but like noone it seems, knows about it, Other than us cool internet/forum junkies). Also, lock stock and two smoking barrels.

07-08-2003, 02:15 PM	#21 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Jay & Silent Bob is one of my all time favorites. It's funnier than Old School, IMHO. Others - The Jerk, October Sky, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Endless Summer.... __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

07-08-2003, 02:15 PM	#22 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	Although its got a pretty huge following on the TFP, in the mainstream, I would definitely say Equilibrium. As many of us know, that movies amazing. __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

07-08-2003, 07:21 PM	#23 (permalink)
urgodhere Banned Location: Limbo	Hard Boiled featuring Chow Yung Fat (however u spell it).One of the best movies that I have ever seen. I would suggest seeing this movie if you already havent.

07-08-2003, 07:35 PM	#24 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Jackie Brown, yes. There are some teen movies that are actually funny, like Bring it On. There is a great movie called "But I'm a Cheerleader" that everyone should see. The comedy is so dark it's almost black. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

07-08-2003, 07:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Oh, and if you want to piss your pants laughing, go get "Shakes the Clown". Stars Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown (the white one), Adam Sandler, and some others. Alcoholic clowns beating the shit out of mimes. Classic. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

07-08-2003, 10:40 PM	#26 (permalink)
RedCometChar Not Brand Ecch! Location: New Orleans	Heyyy... you clowns are on dope! Hard Boiled is definitely Chow Yun Fatt's best (that awesome shootout in the hospital), but The Killer and A Better Tomorrow are also pretty awesome. If you see them subtitled, that is... Killer's passable, but the dubbing on A Better Tomorrow is atrocious. __________________ Killing that robot makes me want to go home.

07-09-2003, 08:36 AM	#27 (permalink)
diergray Psycho	What about Killer Klowns from Outer Space! An all time classic. Remo Williams is great "You move like a pregnant yak." __________________ "Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” ~ James Bryant Conant

07-09-2003, 12:26 PM	#30 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	Mystery Men gets no love? I personally LOVE this movie. It's so great, because not alot of people recognize the heroes. And Janine Garafflo(SP?) is teh r0x0rs. __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

07-09-2003, 05:34 PM	#31 (permalink)
giblfiz is a shoggoth Location: LA	UHF with Weird Al and Michael Richards (back before he was uber-famous) Is hilarious. For some reasons the critics really hated it though (apparently one of them even said that anyone who enjoyed the movie was simpleminded) __________________ Use the star one and you'll be fighting off the old ones with your bare hands -A Shoggoth on the Roof

07-09-2003, 09:10 PM	#33 (permalink)
grayman you can't see me Location: Illinois	I agree with boober about Hudson Hawk. What about Equilibrium, in my opinion, it was much better than Matrix Reloaded and only made $1 million at the box office. __________________ That's right - I'm a guy in a suit eating a Blizzard. F U.

07-09-2003, 11:11 PM	#34 (permalink)
healyk Upright	Big Trouble in Little China is one of my all-time favorites. Only made $12M in 1986.

07-10-2003, 09:12 AM	#35 (permalink)
God of Thunder Talk nerdy to me Location: Flint, MI	Ishtar??? /ducks __________________ I reject your reality, and substitute my own -- Adam Savage

07-10-2003, 12:46 PM	#37 (permalink)
Kush Insane Location: Ecosse.	Boondock Saints. An amazing example of cinematography. __________________ I like this forum. A lot.

07-10-2003, 06:51 PM	#38 (permalink)
VirFighter Insane Location: Raleigh, NC / Atlanta, GA	Short list off the top of my head: Boondock Satints - reasons already mentioned Magnolia - amazing ensemble cast, great soundtrack, awesome story 25th Hour - one of Ed Norton's best performances and just a great movie in general that deserves more recognition __________________ "The South is gonna boogie again" - Disco Stu

07-13-2003, 08:30 AM	#39 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	Drive, with Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison. It kicks the crap out of Rush Hour and Lethal Weapon and any other buddy film! The fight scenes rock!! __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

07-13-2003, 10:21 AM	#40 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	25th hour was almost flawless. the killer with chow yung fat..