Underrated Movies - because love is better than hate

[snugglepony]

Also, am I the only one who enjoyed BOTH Resident Evil movies?

hmm. i think the opening half hour of the first resident evil will probably remain the gold standard for videogame adaptations forever. the rest of the film was good, but not great.

personally, i thought the sequel was a steaming pile of zombie shit, but that's just an opinion...

[sean_]

The Descent was fucking scary, yet hardly anyone I know has seen it.

Also, am I the only one who enjoyed BOTH Resident Evil movies?

i really like both of them too actually, lol

[Fuuma]

Anyone here seen BLOW UP, by Michaelangelo Antonioni? Good hipster movie set in England. It's almost like a study on the presence of the viewer and his relationship with the characters.

Antonioni's movies are very involving aren't they, they make great talking pieces. By the way he did do a pretty good one with Nicholson and Maria Schneider (of Last Tango in Paris fame) called the Passenger, the restored print is gorgeous.

My suggestion of the day:

The blade by Tsui Hark; great gritty action epic by the master of genre mish-mash himself.

[evisu 2000]

Yeah Blow Up is a great movie. I worked in a cinema that did an antonioni film retrospective and saw a fair bit of his work. I really also liked Zabriskie Point which was the film he made after blow up, visually stunning.

love zabriskie point! that hack spike jonze ripped it off! don't even call it a homaaggggeeeeeee.

[jeepster]

Blow Up is amazing - first time i heard the yardbirds was in that film, originally antonioni wanted the who or tomorrow as well as the velvet underground (they were blowing up themselves on the factory scene), but had to settle for the yardbirds, who had just had another lingeup change, this time featuring Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Beck left the group two months later.

[airfrogusmc]

Off the Map.

One of my favorites from last year.

[Spaghettini]

It's been ages since I saw Blow-up. Is that the one that ends with the main character watching a bunch of mimes play tennis?

I always thought the "sexy parties" thing that Stewie did in Family Guy was inspired by a scene in that movie

[BodiesOfLight]

A lot of underrated Asian films...

Blue Spring

Beijing Bicycle

Ping Pong

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance

Visitor Q

Dur Untergang (Downfall)

I can't really remember how well received the movie CONTACT was, but I love that movie and was always fascinated with it. I love Carl Sagan, so that could have something to do with it.

Also, The Machinst. Like, seriously, I heard very little about this movie and it was great.

[jeepster]

contact is a good movie - one of the last great jodie foster preformances. i loved the book, read it a long time ago though.

i guess Magnolia. just watched it for the first time in a long while, its not underrated but i feel like its sometimes overlooked in favor of Requiem for a Dream. i still don't like tom cruise though.

[Guest itsmeJT]

Made In Britain

shits on all your shitty shitty movies you cunts

[tonaf]

i too was about to say contact. it is a great movie. an alien movie that is not about alien (please for the love of god don't compare it to the crap 'signs'), but one that deals with faith and science in a really insightful and moving, albeit not overly hollywoodized, way.

[fallen angels]

Last Life in the Universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Life_in_the_Universe

A lot of underrated Asian films...

Beijing Bicycle

def BJ Bicycle. subtle and deep.

[shinobi2000]

While I dont think it counts as being "under-rated", Memento is, to me, "under-respected." I think everyone gives it its props and thinks of it as a cool indie hit but I think it represents more than that -- a milestone in screenwriting achievement.

[michaeljkrell]

I thought Bubble was one of the best movies I had seen in the theatre for quite some time...

[nettiemoore]

not sure if it is really under rated but anyone else seen or heard of the movie away from her by sarah polley? i just saw it tonight at thought it was very well done. .

[toufu]

A lot of underrated Asian films...

Blue Spring

Beijing Bicycle

Ping Pong

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance

Visitor Q

Dur Untergang (Downfall)

I can't really remember how well received the movie CONTACT was, but I love that movie and was always fascinated with it. I love Carl Sagan, so that could have something to do with it.

Also, The Machinst. Like, seriously, I heard very little about this movie and it was great.

ping pong...i dunno...it was like w.e...i didnt find it that great...

[watchmyhead]

diva by jean-jacques beineix

palindromes by todd solondz

the living end by gregg araki

[datasupa]

got around to watching tony takitani based on positive recs on this thread. i love murakami, but the movie was a bit disappointing. for one thing, the constant narration throughout the movie was incredibly annoying. if you're going to make a movie, make a movie--not a reading of a story with a slideshow. i can totally dig how sufu'ers would love the story though.

[BodiesOfLight]

ping pong...i dunno...it was like w.e...i didnt find it that great...

To each his own. I love that movie.

[Swych]

hm... some mainstream ones that I thot ppl underappreciated.

Layercake

The Beach

and Emperor's New Groove... I thought it's the best Disney film i've seen recently.

[Incunabula_]

The War Zone

I’d second this. It's truly harrowing to watch at times, but definitely deserves to be seen by a wider audience. Whenever I watch Ray Winstone in anything now I immediately think of him in this...

On a related note, I’d recommend Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999) as another gritty drama that deserves more recognition.