Underrated movies....

[Rico]

This is the counter to the other thread.  List movies you feel are under appreciated or underrated.  I'll start with a recent summer one.  "STARDUST."  Really loved that movie.... a lot!  I'll add another one from not too long ago called "The Fountain."   :wub

[Dan M]

The Long Kiss Goodnight

[Geekyfanboy]

I agree with Stardust.. what a great movie.. and I also agree with The Long Kiss Goodnight.. such a great flick, the deer scene at the beginning... wow.

[Ktrek]

I think Star Trek Nemesis and Insurrection are underrated films. I also think Disney's Pocahontas and also The Hunchback of Notre Dame are underrated. Pocahontas is one the most beautiful and artistic films ever done by Disney and Hunchback is amazing in story and art.

Kevin

[Geekyfanboy]

I half agree with you Ktrek... Nemesis and Insurrection are underrated... but Pocahontas and Notre Dame are my least favorite Disney films.

[Ktrek]

... but Pocahontas and Notre Dame are my least favorite Disney films.

What is it that you don't like Kenny? Is it the liberties that were taken with the stories? Disney does that for everything! Is it the artwork? Have you actually looked at the detail of the scenes? Perhaps the soundtracks? I don't think Alan Menken ever wrote better scores! Maybe the messages? See...this is why I think they are underrated. I have watched each of these films dozens of times and my appreciation grows with every viewing.

[PepperDude]

I like the Pocahontas song. :)

Some may disagree with me, but I really like the first RoboCop movie. I'd buy that for more than a dollar.  :laugh: Yeah, definitely under-rated.

[Geekyfanboy]

... but Pocahontas and Notre Dame are my least favorite Disney films.

What is it that you don't like Kenny? Is it the liberties that were taken with the stories? Disney does that for everything! Is it the artwork? Have you actually looked at the detail of the scenes? Perhaps the soundtracks? I don't think Alan Menken ever wrote better scores! Maybe the messages? See...this is why I think they are underrated. I have watched each of these films dozens of times and my appreciation grows with every viewing.

I didn't enjoy the stories. I thought the artwork and music were great. Just didn't enjoy the stories. Most Disney films suck me in and I enjoy the ride.. I didn't get that with these two films.

[Bryancd]

Starship Troopers and the Fifth Element as far as some underated sci-fi.

[Rico]

I'm a sucker for Disney animated films.  Most of those came out when my kids were younger and I could take them and enjoy them too. 

I'll add "Donnie Darko" to this list even though it's becoming a bit of a cult classic.  Love that movie.

[X]

I have to agree with The Long Kiss Goodnight. I would also add Tombstone because it opened my eyes to the western and caused me to see The Outlaw Josie Wells. I would also say that Water World was far better than critics and box receipts suggested. I will probably make a list at some point.

[Geekyfanboy]

Oh yeah.. Waterworld was a good movie.

[Jen]

I like westerns too...I think Quiggly Down Under, staring Tom Selleck, was a good movie, I don't think it got nearly the kudos it deserved. I also liked Always. It was a great movie with John Goodman and Helen Hunt and a cameo appearance by Audrey Hepburn. Hummm, what else? A Sci-Fi movie I liked that I think was underrated: Enemy Mine with Dennis Quid and Louis Gossett, Jr.

[darthcooley]

Oh yeah.. Waterworld was a good movie.

Yeah I always thought Water World got a bad rap I always thought it was a fun movie. On a side note I actually got kicked off one of the Water World Sets.. When I was in the Army stationed in Hawaii. We were training on the Big Island & we were waiting at the Docks for our equipment to get there. So while we waited we would hike to a 7 Eleven a mile or 2 away & I had decided if we cut through the docks we would get there quicker. Anyway we turned this corner and we right in the middle of a dock where they were keeping the boats & jet ski's and what I found out later was the Atol set. Didn't get to meet any of the actors as Security moved us along pretty quick.

[markinro]

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