Most under rated movie (1 Viewer)

[spiny norman]

On a more positive note, what do you guys think are the most under rated movies ever?

I don't think Little Big Man gets the love it deserves.

 

[walrusbear]

off the top of my head

king of comedy
get carter

thing about underrated movies is that a select few then overrate them

 

[mrincredible]

the film adaptation of the musical RENT... i know it doesnt come out in Oz till March but it got shit reviews and didnt get much box office money in America, but i thought it was a brilliant film

 

[nwatts]

I think Collateral cops a lot of shit that it doesn't deserve. Mann is a very fine director, and did a top-notch job with this film which seems to suffer from undeserving comparisons to his earlier works. (Not that i'm a Heat fan either, people simply seem to instantly compare the two and cast Collateral aside).

I can think of a stack of films that have audiences entirely polarised, like The Thin Red Line and Lost in Translation, but I can't think of more criminally underrated films.. hrm...

 

[SashatheMan]

Blow .

 

[otay]

Suicide Kings.

 

[iron yuppie]

I can think of a few

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Death to Smoochy
Run Lola Run
Being John Malkovich

 

[hopeles5ly]

pearl harbour. might not be original or historically accurate but i really enjoyed it when i first watched it. another thing i realised is that most of the movies that i like get crap ratings.

 

[icecreamdisco]

Blow

sucks.

Run Lola Run
Being John Malkovich

these are rated pretty highly. though i barely ever hear anyone talk about run lola run anymore, even though it was huge when it came out.

i can think of a million films that don't get their dues; my favorite film of all time is o lucky man!, which is pretty underseen and a lot of people who have seen it merely regard it as a dated counter-culture piece.

lost highway is damn underrated too.

 

[olchik]

Little Big Man is under rated.

 

[fake_mcdickpant]

pearl harbour. might not be original or historically accurate but i really enjoyed it when i first watched it. another thing i realised is that most of the movies that i like get crap ratings.

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[TerrbleSpellor]

Debby does Dallas.

 

[SashatheMan]

sucks

i guess i am bias to drug type of movies, because i find them more interesting

 

[nwatts]

i guess i am bias to drug type of movies, because i find them more interesting

There are drug movies, like Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream, and then there are shit drug movies, like Blow. Not even Depp and Liotta could save it from tedium and bland normality.

 

[walrusbear]

funnily enough, requiem belongs firmly in the overrated category

 

[shimmy&shine]

i recently watched "the shawshank redemption" and i was mesmerised, and have seen it three times more since. i got the dvd for christmas, initially thinking it'll be average, but it is my second favourite after "Raise Your Voice" (yes- with hilary duff- go watch it before you hold any bad opinions, lol)

supposedly, "shawshank" was a box office failure, but was very successful on video. Go watch it. that is my all time favourite underrated movie.

 

[walrusbear]

shawshank is quite the opposite
astonishingly overrated

 

[shimmy&shine]

"shawshank" is anything but overrated! great acting, great storyline, great directing - and obviously a lot of people would agree considering it got nominated for seven academy awards...

so watch it again, i wouldn't mind.

but, then again, you and i have completly opposite tastes. i woudn't even bother watching 'get carter'. however i really love watching comedians at Comedy Festivals.

i love tim robbins!

 

[absolution*]

there is no way shawshank is under-rated you delusional twit.

 

[shimmy&shine]

to absolution*:

your right, i was mistaken, shawshank is not underrated. but i was merely pointing out that when it first was released it was hated and rejected overall.

lol- i must be a bit dillusional for considering it 'underrated'. apologies