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I really liked Enemy, but the whole buzz of "the ending is the scariest thing everrrrrrr" was so stupid, framed the movie poorly, set bad expectations and misses the point of the movie entirely. I guess its super scary if you have a fear of spiders? Go in expecting a really cool psychological thriller.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:I have to pile on the John Wick bandwagon, that movie was fun as hell. I'll board the bandwagon too! Have a John Wick Infographic: 
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Also, if you want to browse underrated movies, just visit http://www.imdb.com/search/keyword?keywords=box-office-flop
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Just watched nightcrawler tonight as its been renewed on Netflix. Very very good. Jakey G slays it. He's absurdly uncomfortable to watch which is a good thing in this movie. I like how the New Yorker described his eyes: undead and unblinking. Sunken in their sockets.
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Not a recent movie, but suggesting it because I only just recently saw it, and had never heard of it until that point: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Awesome movie, and Robert Downey Jr w/ Val Kilmer is fantastic.
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drat rdj before or after rehab. 
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Someone mentioned Calvary earlier, having just seen that one like a week ago I can also say it was worth a watch. Some recommendations of my own, In Bruges The Guard Seven Psychopaths For a slightly older movie, Stardust is an underrated adventure fantasy thing that I really like. It has Robert de Niro pretending to be Robert de Niro
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I don't get the love for John Wick. Sure it's an okay bangbang movie, but those are not exactly uncommon. allow me to share my poor taste: Alien Raiders - Kind of like The Mist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl1rRf7PW58 Edmond - William H. Macy is pretty terrifying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyovPBpHTkQ Rapture-Palooza - Left Behind's hilarious cousin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oaS_N1zsqo The To Do List - Aubrey Plaza 90s throwback movie. This should be a cult classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKGigK17eSs Tusk - Pretty terrifying dark comedy by Kevin Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQJnOn0ru0
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as someone knowledgeable about post-WWII U.S. political history and U.S. literature, Inherent Vice was excellent and touched upon some deep stuff. watch with subtitles and the plot actually makes sense, it was no harder than LA Confidential to follow
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Ninkobei posted:I don't get the love for John Wick. Sure it's an okay bangbang movie, but those are not exactly uncommon. I think it's the fact that many consider it a really high quality bangbang movie compared to many others out there. Not too long, well shot, good choreography and it was a theatrical release, so it stood out compared to some of the other recent action movies even more. Not sure if it's been brought up, but I'll also add Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning to a list of action movies I think are worth seeing. Some pretty nasty blinking lights aside, it's a really interesting take on an action movie about super soldiers. Definitely some a lot of inspiration from horror in the movie. Also, I thought JCVD and Dolph Lundgren were both good in it. Scott Adkins isn't the best actor, but he works in the role. I also really liked Coriolanus. It was a better adaptation than I thought it would be going into the movie, and the performances were all solid.
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almost every post in this thread has difficulty with the definitions of at least one of "good," "underrated," and "recent."
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"post good underrated recent movies" goon 1: here is wildly acclaimed movie from 3 years ago goon 2: here is a bunch of garbage
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logical phalluses posted:almost every post in this thread has difficulty with the definitions of at least one of "good," "underrated," and "recent." It's almost like all of those things are subjective. trippy
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Egbert Souse posted:Hotel Transylvania and its sequel are good. That movie was awful.
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It's 10 years old now, but Lucky Number Slevin is very, very underrated. Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis... how can you go wrong? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425210/?ref_=nv_sr_2 Fourteen fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Feb 7, 2016 |
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Mokelumne Trekka posted:Inherent Vice I really, really didn't like most of Inherent Vice, but it has a great shoot-out scene at the end that I felt was pretty realistic: Joaquin Phoenix knocks the guy out then makes sure he's dead, takes his gun, and exchanges shots with the other guy. It lasts about 3 seconds, and for what feels like a minute after it's over Phoenix sits still waiting to hear some sign from the other guy, before yelling out "Did I hit you?!" and slowly walking down the stairs. I liked that part. The rest was... not so good
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Your Dead Gay Son posted:Just watched nightcrawler tonight as its been renewed on Netflix. It's a great movie. Someone in CnD pointed out that it's a "stealth vampire movie" and that fits perfectly
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Ninkobei posted:It's almost like all of those things are subjective. trippy We mustn't post things that don't strictly follow the op's rules! We must carefully preserve our posts, there are only so many to go around and we need to make sure we don't run out of space for the memes and posters declaring their homosexuality!
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Fire Barrel posted:Not sure if it's been brought up, but I'll also add Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning to a list of action movies I think are worth seeing. Some pretty nasty blinking lights aside, it's a really interesting take on an action movie about super soldiers. Definitely some a lot of inspiration from horror in the movie. Also, I thought JCVD and Dolph Lundgren were both good in it. Scott Adkins isn't the best actor, but he works in the role. For a direct-to-video sequel to a forgettable early '90s action movie, Day of Reckoning was incredible. The fights are brutal, but the whole thing feels like a waking nightmare -- like if David Lynch directed a hyper-violent action movie while also trying to adapt Apocalypse Now, with all the weirdness that entails.
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Someone mentioned What We Do In the Shadows, and I have to agree. That movie is hilarious and is probably one of the best vampire films I've watched in a long time.
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Mama is a p solid horror movie. a ton of goons recommend It Follows which has some great elements but holy poo poo does that movie fall apart at the end, the scene in the pool man that was dumb as hell
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Bunraku. Like watching a musical except violence breaks out instead of songs, one hell of a cast, too.
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I watched It Follows because of this thread--pretty good, thanks! I like allegory horror. So in that vein, The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh. Been a while since I watched it but I remember being thoroughly creeped out, and I actually want to watch it again now that I've forgotten some of the details (rare for me; as much as I love horror most movies don't get a second viewing.) I'm calling it underrated because nobody I've mentioned it to has actually heard of it.
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I thought Absentia was a really good monster movie and was a lot better than I expected
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I thought Suck (2009) was pretty good. It had a lot of rock stars in cameos and was just a pretty fun movie. Never heard anybody talk about it, but we enjoyed it.
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Crimson Peak was gorgeous to look at and had some good performances too Im not a horror buff so I cant say if it was "good" in the genre, but I enjoyed it
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Fire Barrel posted:I think it's the fact that many consider it a really high quality bangbang movie compared to many others out there. Not too long, well shot, good choreography and it was a theatrical release, so it stood out compared to some of the other recent action movies even more. I think at least part of it is that it's kind of unusual and memorable how the other people in the movie treat John. In most action movies, the villains are all smug and self-assured about their victory until everything comes crashing down around them. Hell, John Wick was released just a few months before Taken 3, a movie in which the dipshit new husband of the ex-wife from the original Taken willingly fucks with a man who he knows is basically unstoppable. Where as in John Wick, the villains learn early on who exactly they had hosed with and before he even starts coming after them, they immediately proceed to collectively making GBS threads themselves and asking the responsible party what the gently caress he was thinking.
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My buddy and I needed a good 'post-Superbowl party hangover, draw the curtains, crack a 10am beer, cook some breakfast, smoke a joint, and half-pay attention' movie, so we put on Turbo Kid. It's perfect for that.
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Tumble posted:My buddy and I needed a good 'post-Superbowl party hangover, draw the curtains, crack a 10am beer, cook some breakfast, smoke a joint, and half-pay attention' movie, so we put on Turbo Kid. this is the gayest post on the forums atm
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A Strange Aeon posted:I thought Suck (2009) was pretty good. It had a lot of rock stars in cameos and was just a pretty fun movie. Never heard anybody talk about it, but we enjoyed it. It's hilarious trash. Quite fun. The lead ended up on Mad Men, IIRC.
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a happy snowman posted:It's hilarious trash. Quite fun. The lead ended up on Mad Men, IIRC. Oh poo poo, you're right! I thought she looked familiar. Also, since I think I undersold it in my first post--it has Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Moby, and Alice Cooper in it, and great costumes.
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Has Tom Cruise ever made a bad sci-fi movie? Edge of Tomorrow Oblivion Minority Report Random Hajile posted:I think at least part of it is that it's kind of unusual and memorable how the other people in the movie treat John. In most action movies, the villains are all smug and self-assured about their victory until everything comes crashing down around them. Hell, John Wick was released just a few months before Taken 3, a movie in which the dipshit new husband of the ex-wife from the original Taken willingly fucks with a man who he knows is basically unstoppable. Doesn't the father in John Wick even go as far as to phone John and ask him if there is anyway to fix the situation before the rampage starts?
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Blistex posted:Has Tom Cruise ever made a bad sci-fi movie?
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Blistex posted:Has Tom Cruise ever made a bad sci-fi movie? Was Vanilla Sky good? I saw it so long ago I don't remember.
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Another Spring Breakers fan. Sat down expecting it to be an American Pie-esque trash fest. Was pleasantly surprised. Also took me ages before I realised that it was James Franco.
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Ginger Snaps is 15 years old now, maybe old, but it's a kick-rear end werewolf horror flick. It's more recent than An American Werewolf in London I guess?
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Daybreakers is another loving awesome vampire film.
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B.H. Facials posted:Turbo Kid owned pretty hard and is now on Netflix.  being weird and quirky and 80's does not automatically make a good movie holy poo poo I wanted to like it but there was nothing there
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