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Post by solidsnake on Oct 8, 2024 14:58:39 GMT -5
Everyone name just one movie that’s underrated while not being great. Like “not bad” to “pretty good” but wasn’t well received.
The Ice Harvest
Definitely one of those “it could’ve been great” movies. But I’ve seen it twice and think a fair amount of it works pretty well.
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Post by boundforgloryhole on Oct 8, 2024 15:05:52 GMT -5
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is gonna be on pvod this month.
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Post by MMST3K on Oct 8, 2024 15:12:11 GMT -5
If there's a third one will it be Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice or is that too clever?
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Post by thezman on Oct 8, 2024 16:24:53 GMT -5
Everyone name just one movie that’s underrated while not being great. Like “not bad” to “pretty good” but wasn’t well received. 'The Instigators' (2024) Definitely not great but better than the average ratings are. For something a little older: 'Maps to the Stars' (2014). & for something even more older: 'Black Rain' (1989). I wouldn't recommend any of these but I wouldn't stop listening to someone's apinion if they liked them a lot. |
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Post by variousmaterials on Oct 8, 2024 19:17:04 GMT -5
Had a chance to catch a flick and saw that Megalopolis is on it's last week at my spot, so we'll see how this goes.
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Post by antipasto on Oct 8, 2024 19:55:32 GMT -5
I love maps to the stars!! A top 5 cronenberg for me. Maybe a top 3
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 8, 2024 20:36:14 GMT -5
Everyone name just one movie that’s underrated while not being great. Like “not bad” to “pretty good” but wasn’t well received. 'The Instigators' (2024) Definitely not great but better than the average ratings are. For something a little older: 'Maps to the Stars' (2014). & for something even more older: 'Black Rain' (1989). I wouldn't recommend any of these but I wouldn't stop listening to someone's apinion if they liked them a lot. Dunno how much I’d dig it now, but going with the rain thing, Hard Rain. Randy Quaid in any movie rocks. |
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Post by Ian MacFlai on Oct 8, 2024 22:13:51 GMT -5
i loved Hard Rain in the '90s but never seen it streaming anywhere
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 8, 2024 22:52:49 GMT -5
Presence was pretty fucking sick. Loving the current phase in Soderbergh's career. Truly one of the most versatile current filmmakers.
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Post by thezman on Oct 9, 2024 1:45:30 GMT -5
I love maps to the stars!! A top 5 cronenberg for me. Maybe a top 3 It's gotta be his funniest movie? Yah? |
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Post by MMST3K on Oct 9, 2024 1:49:37 GMT -5
Trailer looks okay other than the cast of actors being a might suspicious. Is it that bad? Cronenberg is usually good with the right context.
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Post by crobssssss on Oct 9, 2024 7:24:19 GMT -5
I loved A Different Man. Still thinking about it. Oswald rocks. More people need to see this one. Thank you for your service. I'm STILL thinking about it. |
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 9, 2024 14:21:28 GMT -5
Joker 2 box office prophecies mean little this late in the game, but I still assume it does more than The Marvels (206 million). But doubt it exceeds 225 million.
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 9, 2024 14:23:07 GMT -5
i loved Hard Rain in the '90s but never seen it streaming anywhere Definitely gave me an inaccurate picture of the clarity of flood water. Turns out it’s not just a big swimming pool in the middle of the city. |
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 9, 2024 15:28:53 GMT -5
It's What's Inside is just Bodies Bodies Bodies with Susperia lighting and body swapping. It's more annoying than it is funny. I get that's the point, but maybe actually make it, I dunno, funny.
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Post by MMST3K on Oct 9, 2024 16:08:56 GMT -5
Bodies Bodies Bodies has probably my literal favorite ending in all of horror movies. A stroke of genius.
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 9, 2024 16:28:03 GMT -5
The ending was the only good part of it
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Post by thezman on Oct 9, 2024 17:57:16 GMT -5
I got to see 'Speed' last night with director Jan de Bont, as well as actors Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock. The Q&A was 50+ minutes, super cool. IMO 'Speed' is Reeves' third best action movie of the nineties... it's a great movie! But let's not act like it touches either of his better films hehe. Kind of a bummer thinking about what they did with 'Speed' and how action movies (especially bigger, more robust ones) will never touch what was accomplished in the nineties (or the eighties.) I hate to be old man yelling at cloud but this period in film making is done... so enjoy your blu-rays, friends. The entire Q&A can be watched here: x.com/willthelandman/status/1843908183557058594 |
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Post by Aaron on Oct 9, 2024 18:07:32 GMT -5
Speed rocked. I remember my friend’s older high school brother taking the both of us to the theater without our parents knowing/giving the ok. My dad was upset, then he saw the movie when it hit VHS, and he was upset no more. He loved Dennis Hopper (typical counter-culture boomer ass Dad, he rocked).
But, yeah, Speed absolutely still holds up really well. And, you’re right, that era is likely no more. This and True Lies will always be a couple of my absolute favorite 90’s actions.
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Post by variousmaterials on Oct 9, 2024 18:12:01 GMT -5
Had a chance to catch a flick and saw that Megalopolis is on it's last week at my spot, so we'll see how this goes. V bummed a couple walked in at the last second so I wasn't totally alone (had to grab a bathroom break for da vape). Absurd. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but wouldn't recommend it to 99% of people. Coppola put so much shit in there. Really glad I caught it in theaters. A movie for moviegoers. |
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Post by thezman on Oct 9, 2024 18:17:39 GMT -5
Underrated movie, seems lost to time. It doesn't really have a "gimmick" per se, like most of the bigger canon nineties action flicks. But man... it rocks! One of the best. |
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Post by Aaron on Oct 9, 2024 18:20:59 GMT -5
Underrated movie, seems lost to time. It doesn't really have a "gimmick" per se, like most of the bigger canon nineties action flicks. But man... it rocks! One of the best. Dude, such an awesome cast, too. Everyone delivered, especially Paxton (RIP). “I got a little dick, it’s pathetic” 😂 |
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Post by variousmaterials on Oct 9, 2024 18:26:11 GMT -5
Crazy, to me, to think of True Lies as underrated. One of my all time favorites.
For underrated 90s action jawn, I submit: Fled (1996) starring Larry Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin
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Post by thezman on Oct 9, 2024 18:27:52 GMT -5
We'll see how it fares in the nineties action bracket. The true test.
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 9, 2024 19:06:27 GMT -5
Speed was my first R-Rated movie
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Post by tandoori jones on Oct 9, 2024 19:08:31 GMT -5
Speed was my first R-Rated movie so did you cum or what |
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 9, 2024 20:00:42 GMT -5
Payback is very underrated. I’ve seen it many times and it’s just a tightly scripted, very good movie with everyone’s favorite antisemite in top form. Never seen the director’s cut.
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 9, 2024 20:05:04 GMT -5
Looks like people are very divided on Payback vs the director’s cut. Dunno if I wanna see it, cuz I like the original so much.
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Post by foggy on Oct 10, 2024 10:14:38 GMT -5
Depends on your mood. DC is very fatalist and true to the books and the Porter character while Gibson's cut is more fun. I like both cuts a lot.
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Post by paulkersey on Oct 10, 2024 10:33:57 GMT -5
For underrated 90s action jawn, I submit: Fled (1996) starring Larry Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin Revisited this one recently for the first time since I was a kid. I really hated it lol. All I remembered really was the keyhole scene and I definitely misremembered them being chained together the whole movie, but they arent |
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