What is the most underrated movie in the past 5 years?

[fedhed7]

Well?

[lanolynn]

slackers

[hobbes2809]

underrated by whom? critics or the general population?

[Trainsaw]

that's a tough one..

[hobbes2809]

a few that come to mind:

Cinderella Man
Equilibrium
Iron Giant
The Machinist
Road to Perdition
Unbreakable
Primer
Shaolin Soccer

all great movies that most of my friends dont like, or dont know

[Trainsaw]

cinderella man is a great movie

[fedhed7]

underrated by whom? critics or the general population? Just in general.

[fedhed7]

a few that come to mind:

Cinderella Man - I rented this, but the DVD didn't work. I was really looking forward to seeing it.
Equilibrium - Never saw this. It looked interesting.
Iron Giant - One of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
The Machinist -Never heard of it.
Road to Perdition -Saw part of it, and it had amazing acting.
Unbreakable -Anything M. Night makes should be on this list.
Primer -Never heard of it.
Shaolin Soccer -Loved it.

all great movies that most of my friends dont like, or dont know

[fedhed7]

I'd say either Minority Report or The Village.

[reductiondesign]

Primer.
Pi.
Snatch.

Hardly anyone I know has heard of these.

[FstFtsVsFences]

I'd say either Minority Report or The Village.
The Village was one of the worst movies ever made.

[hobbes2809]

a few that come to mind:

Cinderella Man - I rented this, but the DVD didn't work. I was really looking forward to seeing it. Great movie
Equilibrium - Never saw this. It looked interesting. Think the Matrix meets 1984, really badass action scenes
Iron Giant - One of the best animated movies I've ever seen. yes.
The Machinist -Never heard of it. came out a year or two ago? Christian Bale had to lose something like 120 lbs to play the role, and its a mindfuck of a movie
Road to Perdition -Saw part of it, and it had amazing acting. Tom Hanks is the man
Unbreakable -Anything M. Night makes should be on this list. yeah, and Im sick of hearing people talk about all his movies by saying "well, its not the Sixth Sense" that pisses me off because all his movies are quality
Primer -Never heard of it. Think Time Travel to go back to time travel to the future to time travel to the past. complex plot, you have to watch it a few times to understand it fully, but its great
Shaolin Soccer -Loved it. yep. what did you think of Kung Fu Hustle? I love that one too

all great movies that most of my friends dont like, or dont know

[fedhed7]

The Village was one of the worst movies ever made.
Wholeheartedly disagree.

[hobbes2809]

Primer.
Pi.
Snatch.

Hardly anyone I know has heard of these.

thats such a shame. all amazing

[itsjdiggity]

Minority Report

[fedhed7]

a few that come to mind:

Cinderella Man - I rented this, but the DVD didn't work. I was really looking forward to seeing it. Great movie
Equilibrium - Never saw this. It looked interesting. Think the Matrix meets 1984, really badass action scenes
Iron Giant - One of the best animated movies I've ever seen. yes.
The Machinist -Never heard of it. came out a year or two ago? Christian Bale had to lose something like 120 lbs to play the role, and its a mindfuck of a movie
Road to Perdition -Saw part of it, and it had amazing acting. Tom Hanks is the man
Unbreakable -Anything M. Night makes should be on this list. yeah, and Im sick of hearing people talk about all his movies by saying "well, its not the Sixth Sense" that pisses me off cause all his movies are quality
Primer -Never heard of it. Think Time Travel to go back to time travel to the future to time travel to the past. complex plot, you have to watch it a few times to understand it fully, but its great
Shaolin Soccer -Loved it. yep. what did you think of Kung Fu Hustle? I love that one too

all great movies that most of my friends dont like, or dont know
I never saw Kung Fu Hustle.

[hobbes2809]

I never saw Kung Fu Hustle.

its by the same guy, the action is better, and the special effects are much better

so if you love shaolin soccer, you'll wet yourself for this movie

[itsjdiggity]

Mindhunters

[reductiondesign]

thats such a shame. all amazing

I REALLY need to see The Machinist.

Oh, dude, I saw The Life Aquatic last night. I liked it, but not as good as Tenenbaums. We also watched Almost Famous, and I enjoyed it a lot. You seen that?

[reductiondesign]

I never saw Kung Fu Hustle.

That movie was awesome.

[hobbes2809]

I REALLY need to see The Machinist.

Oh, dude, I saw The Life Aquatic last night. I liked it, but not as good as Tenenbaums. We also watched Almost Famous, and I enjoyed it a lot. You seen that?

I agree exactly with your sentiments about Life Aquatic and Royal.

Yep, its a solid movie, I enjoyed it thoroughly

[fedhed7]

That movie was awesome.
I might have to download it.

[LeftWideOpen]

life as a house.

[fedhed7]

I thought both Minority Report and AI were very underrated... Speilberg is a fantastic director and all of his movies are wonderful. I don't understand the hatred for those movies.

[fedhed7]

life as a house.
Hayden Christiansen is the worst actor to ever breathe.

[FondestMemory]

the machinist was one of the best movies i've seen in years. as was road to perdition. i agree wholeheartedly with those two.

shaun of the dead and big fish don't get mentioned nearly enough in recent great movie discussions.

i'd also add ginger snaps and the weather man. return to paradise and clay pigeons are extremely underrated, but they go back a lil more than five years.

[reductiondesign]

I agree exactly with your sentiments about Life Aquatic and Royal.

Yep, its a solid movie, I enjoyed it thoroughly

Have you seen Being John Malkovich? It's next on my Netflix queue.

[hobbes2809]

I thought both Minority Report and AI were very underrated... Speilberg is a fantastic director and all of his movies are wonderful. I don't understand the hatred for those movies.

I loved minority report, but to be honest, I saw AI in theaters, and I fell literally asleep for the middle hour or so :shrugs:

I'll be willing to give this a second chance though, maybe after Ive had some coffee haha

[reductiondesign]

the machinist was one of the best movies i've seen in years. as was road to perdition. i agree wholeheartedly with those two.

shaun of the dead and big fish don't get mentioned nearly enough in recent great movie discussions.

i'd also add ginger snaps and the weather man. return to paradise and clay pigeons are extremely underrated, but they go back a lil more than five years.

Big Fish is my favorite Tim Burton film.

[hobbes2809]

the machinist was one of the best movies i've seen in years. as was road to perdition. i agree wholeheartedly with those two.

shaun of the dead and big fish don't get mentioned nearly enough in recent great movie discussions.

i'd also add ginger snaps and the weather man. return to paradise and clay pigeons are extremely underrated, but they go back a lil more than five years.

haha they dont get mentioned because I dont think anyone thinks they are underrated

they are great movies, and everyone knows it haha

[reductiondesign]

I loved minority report, but to be honest, I saw AI in theaters, and I fell literally asleep for the middle hour or so :shrugs:

I'll be willing to give this a second chance though, maybe after Ive had some coffee haha

Dude, AI was horrible.

And before I saw Primer and Pi, Minority Report was my favorite movie.

[hobbes2809]

Have you seen Being John Malkovich? It's next on my Netflix queue.

yes. you'll enjoy it. after you watch that, see Adaptation, a sort of tangent to being john malkovich

[fedhed7]

Have you seen Being John Malkovich? It's next on my Netflix queue.
I love that movie!!! I think you'll like it too, it's really good.

Big Fish is my favorite Tim Burton film.
Me too, but that's not saying much because I'm not really a Tim Burton fan. I did really enjoy that movie though, he's a great storyteller.

[fedhed7]

Aw, you guys, I thought AI was good. It was really interesting, like a futuristic Pinnochio.

[reductiondesign]

yes. you'll enjoy it. after you watch that, see Adaptation, a sort of tangent to being john malkovich

Adaptation. is excellent. Of what I've seen, it's easily Cage's best performance.

[radiofriendly]

hmmm...that's really tough. anything i say would just sound really random. as far as my favs that didn't get the near the recognition, off the top of my head: Junebug, One Hour Photo, Nine Lives, Mulholland Drive, Cinderella Man, Gods And Monsters, Before Sunset, The Straight Story, Amorres Perros

we need to start a thread for overrated movies too. i can think of a bunch of those

[fedhed7]

hmmm...that's really tough. anything i say would just sound really random. as far as my favs that didn't get the near the recognition, off the top of my head: Junebug, One Hour Photo, Nine Lives, Mulholland Drive, Cinderella Man, Gods And Monsters, Before Sunset, Amorres Perros

we need to start a thread for overrated movies too. i can think of a bunch of those
Yeah, me too.

[djUbilla]

Adaptation. is excellent. Of what I've seen, it's easily Cage's best performance.Adaptation was quite amazing.

[reductiondesign]

hmmm...that's really tough. anything i say would just sound really random. as far as my favs that didn't get the near the recognition, off the top of my head: Junebug, One Hour Photo, Nine Lives, Mulholland Drive, Cinderella Man, Gods And Monsters, Before Sunset, Amorres Perros

we need to start a thread for overrated movies too. i can think of a bunch of those

I've heard that film is fantastic.

[radiofriendly]

other than being 30 minutes and one ending too long, i loved AI. i thought it was inceredibly imiaganitive.

[hobbes2809]

Aw, you guys, I thought AI was good. It was really interesting, like a futuristic Pinnochio.

haha like I said, im definately willing to give this a second chance, but my expectations aren't too high

[fedhed7]

Adaptation. is excellent. Of what I've seen, it's easily Cage's best performance.
I liked it, but it was kind of weird. I can agree that Cage was outstanding, but the plot bored me.

[radiofriendly]

I've heard that film is fantastic.

im not a huge David Lynch fan by any stretch of the mind, but that movie was amazing. another lynch great to add to the underrated list is The Straight Story. in fact i gonna edit my post. that film was one of the best off 1999.

[fedhed7]

other than being 30 minutes and one ending too long, i loved AI. i thought it was inceredibly imiaganitive. I agree. There were a lot of parts that could easily have been cut out, but some of the ideas presented in it were very cool.
haha like I said, im definately willing to give this a second chance, but my expectations aren't too high Oh well. It's not for everyone.

[hobbes2809]

Oh well. It's not for everyone.

fair enough

[fluke182]

The Iron Giant, flat out, except that was 7 years ago. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang was easily the most underrated movie of the last year. That movie knocks noir, thriller, comedy and action stereotypes on their ass, subverting them until what they present is not only ideal but should be the norm. I agree with Minority Report, that was a criminally underrated Spielberg flick, and I'm going to go ahead and say Munich also even though it was nominated for Best Picture, it just was too divisive and tragically so, people didn't recognize how well Spielberg has honed his craft in films like that. Also, the Village was crap and the only people who really didn't think so are M. Night fanboys, or from who I have met previously. Seriously, it doesn't hold a candle to Signs or The Sixth Sense. I wasn't a fan of Unbreakable either. He is far too reliant on the twist as a storyteller, to the point where it hurts everything about his filmmaking, not to mention the Village was probably the most telegraphed twist in the history of film. Well at least since the Others.

Also, Mullholland Drive was subversive and "tricky" to the point where it seemed like a shadow of a movie - I thank it for getting Naomi Watts into Hollywood, but I do not thank it for being a waste of my time. Also, Shaolin Soccer is terrible. Absolutely terrible. Kung Fu Hustle owns, but man, SS is just trash. Keep in mind, the thread says of the past 5 years. A large portion of these movies are not within 5 years, it's sort of becoming all time underrated movies. As a uber-fanboy of this movie, I'm going to go with Serenity also. Best Sci-Fi in years upon years.

[reductiondesign]

I really want to see Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

Isn't Val Kilmer in that?

[itsjdiggity]

Mr. 3000

[hobbes2809]

I really want to see Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

Isn't Val Kilmer in that?

as "Gay Perry"

"still gay?"
"no, im knee deep in pussy, I just love the name so much I can't get rid of it."


this movie was excellent

so many great one liners

"I .. uh ... peed on the corpse"
"WHAT?!"
"well, I ... uh... it was an accident, I .. didnt mean to"

[gilatron5000]

Gigli

[fedhed7]

Gigli
Agreed.

[believethehyph]

Harry Potter8-)

[concernedparent]

donnie darko. without saying thats not underrated, ask a not absolutepunk person about it, and chances are they won't have even heard of it.

[reductiondesign]

donnie darko. without saying thats not underrated, ask a not absolutepunk person about it, and chances are they won't have even heard of it.

Everyone I know has seen it.

[I am all talk]

donnie darko. without saying thats not underrated, ask a not absolutepunk person about it, and chances are they won't have even heard of it.
ya that movie is pretty well known, nice try though.

[gilatron5000]

yeah, Donnie Darko is really well known. It helps when Roger Ebert puts his stamp of approval on it. Persoanlly, I didn't like it. But my friend adores it.

[gcore]

anyone ever heard of the chumscrubber? i can easily see the movie becoming the next donnie darko, cult-following wise. a "scene" movie waiting to happen.

[A picasso blue]

Wholeheartedly disagree.
Why can't the dude make one or two movies without twist endings? is that possible?

[Groogz]

a few that come to mind:

Cinderella Man I disagree with this only because it doesn't seem underrated. I haven't talked to anyone yet who has seen this and not liked it. Great movie!
Equilibrium I haven't seen it yet but my brother has it so I can watch it soon enough.
Iron Giant Definitely a good one (and yes underrated)
The Machinist Great choice for this thread. Great movie that nobody knows about.
Road to Perdition I was not a fan of this movie. Sorry can't agree on em all.
Unbreakable I love M. Night. (this wasn't his best but still great)
Primer I actually haven't heard of this one.
Shaolin Soccer Stephen Chow is a genius. Kung Fu Hustle is just as great! (if not better)

all great movies that most of my friends dont like, or dont know
Definitely some great picks man.

[radiofriendly]

monster's ball is another one. popular for all the wrong reasons. too many people forgot that this film was phenomenal.

[FondestMemory]

monster's ball is another one. popular for all the wrong reasons. too many people forgot that this film was phenomenal.

'make me feel good.'

there's few movies i dislike more than monster's ball.

[Brownpants06]

Closer was pretty underrated.

[ThexQuietxCull]

the machinist was one of the best movies i've seen in years. as was road to perdition. i agree wholeheartedly with those two.

shaun of the dead and big fish don't get mentioned nearly enough in recent great movie discussions.

i'd also add ginger snaps and the weather man. return to paradise and clay pigeons are extremely underrated, but they go back a lil more than five years.

i absolutely love big fish. probably my favorite burton film. plus, alison lohman is extremely gorgeous

anyone ever heard of the chumscrubber? i can easily see the movie becoming the next donnie darko, cult-following wise. a "scene" movie waiting to happen.

i did get to see chumscrubber. i thought it was quite good. the main character from thumbsucker is in that i think.

i dont know what other people think of these movies, but i loved squid and the whale. jeff daniels gave a stellar performance and the movie was very funny. also, i love matchstick men. that might be my favorite nic cage performance

[fluke182]

monster's ball is another one. popular for all the wrong reasons. too many people forgot that this film was phenomenal.
That movie was abysmal. The only thing good about it was that it created a running joke amongst me and a friend. MAKE ME FEEL GOOD!

[fluke182]

'make me feel good.'

there's few movies i dislike more than monster's ball.
So perfect!

[gilatron5000]

Closer was pretty underrated.That's one of my favorite movies ever.