underrated movies - Page 3

schizophrenicroom · 04.16.2007, 08:42 PM

every-e- I LOVE CAN'T HARDLY WAIT. ahh.

and i've always really liked empire records.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.16.2007, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

every-e- I LOVE CAN'T HARDLY WAIT. ahh.

and i've always really liked empire records.

Empire Records is a wonderful movie.

Everyneurotic · 04.16.2007, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LifeDistortion

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"Nightmare Before Christmas"
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are you kidding me? have you seen allt eh douchebags around with jack skellington shirts and shit? have you seen my chemical romance?

sorry but nightmare is burton's most overrated film.

and it was seriously my favorite burton movie until it got super played out...don't get me started on the man himself, i can't be bothered with any of his recent movies. ed wood is now my fave tb movie

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Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

every-e- I LOVE CAN'T HARDLY WAIT. ahh.

"i can't feel my legs...I HAVE NO LEGS!!!! YEH!!!!" *jumps up and down*

!@#$%! · 04.16.2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

are you kidding me? have you seen allt eh douchebags around with jack skellington shirts and shit? have you seen my chemical romance?

sorry but nightmare is burton's most overrated film.

insanity!! blidness!!! foolishness!!! noooooo!!!!!

you're crackers. what do douchebags have to do w/ that genius movie? are stupid posers the achilles tendon of your good judgment???

wake up!! wake upppp!!!!!

Everyneurotic · 04.16.2007, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

insanity!! blidness!!! foolishness!!! noooooo!!!!!

you're crackers. what do douchebags have to do w/ that genius movie? are stupid posers the achilles tendon of your good judgment???

wake up!! wake upppp!!!!!

yes, genius movie, i love it, but i have no desire to watch in the foreseeable future, i'm like that, it's around so much that i really don't want to watch it anymore.

one of the first dvds i bought was the nightmare.

i have a jack skellington patch on my backpack which i used for school shit (i still use it was a multi-purpouse bag)...actually, the whole backpack is full of patches, mostly band stuff, that, a zelda one and a homer simpson are the only non-music related patches...anyway, i used to wear it at school and everyone was like "ooh i love jack!!!! he's so cute!!!!" i even asked a couple of people if they knew where jack was from and i got blank stares in return...BLANK STARES!!!!

!@#$%! · 04.17.2007, 12:41 AM

ha ha ha.

my wife has a jack doll. she'd kill you if she heard you diss that movie.

she also sez my chemical romance came after & it's not jack's fault. ha ha.

back later...

04.17.2007, 02:09 AM

Christine

nicfit · 04.17.2007, 03:53 AM

Nightmare Before Christmas was written by Burton buit directed by Henry Selick

something · 04.17.2007, 03:54 AM

i'll say the crow

NWRA · 04.17.2007, 07:17 AM

Repulsion
Neither The Sea Nor The Sand
Harold And Maude
Mean Streets
Christianne F.
(BTW this is sometimes on the True Movies channel in the UK).
Rolling Thunder
(one of Paul Schrader's best scripts; still not available on DVD)
I Stand Alone
(still not available on DVD in The UK; better than Irreversible IMO)
Time Regained

Tokolosh · 04.17.2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

toko, while some of the other movies you've mentioned are favorites of mine and others i haven't seen, i'm going to say no to these.

garden state and i've said above is a horribly trite movie, composed of cliches and horribly but horribly paced jumping from one stupid cliche scene to another, no, this movie is overrated because it gathers some commonplaces with mass appeal and shapes them into a likeable mess. but a mess.

le grand bleu is an overly long, meandering, chaotic movie that attempts to be poetic while remaining simply death-obsessed.

now if you want to talk about besson's underrated movies, léon (AKA the professional) is to me his best one, in every way, and one that doesn't get mentioned a lot unfortunately because of that space fable known as the fifth element and the success of the maladaptations of la femme nikita for american audiences in tv and film.

Cliches don't necessarily make movies bad. I get your point though.

As for Le Grand Bleu, I agree that it was overly long, but the death-obsessed issue had to do with getting decompression sickness (the bends), which as you know can be fatal. A little over the top, but it enlightened me to see him make contact with the dolphin down there. Also the dream sequence with water on the ceiling, was an eye opener. Please take it into account that I watched it in '88, on the big screen.
Léon was a good call, by the way.

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by NWRA

Repulsion
Neither The Sea Nor The Sand
Harold And Maude
Mean Streets
Christianne F.
(BTW this is sometimes on the True Movies channel in the UK).
Rolling Thunder
(one of Paul Schrader's best scripts; still not available on DVD)
I Stand Alone
(still not available on DVD in The UK; better than Irreversible IMO)
Time Regained

when is christianne f on that movie channel? i saw it at the bookshop i used to go too in berlin and then went to the places it was shot.

Iain · 04.17.2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Katy

Santa Sangre (1989)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Sans Soleil (1983)
Stalker (1979)
Spring Summer Autumn Winter & Spring (2003)
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1992)

Yes...all of the above are fantastic and mostly underrated. Kim Ki Duk is probably the most exciting of the new wave of Korean directors that are getting a fair amount of hype recently (in certain circles anyway). 4 Iron was fantastic as was The Isle.

Any Herzog is fantastic. Stroszek is probably my favourite.

With regards to Woman in the Dunes. Yes, an amazing film but even more underrated are Teshigaharas' other films, Pitfall especially.

MellySingsDoom · 04.17.2007, 11:17 AM

Iain - a +1 for "Santa Sangre" - that's a brilliant film.

!@#$%! · 04.17.2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Katy

Savage Messiah (1972)
Salon Kitty (1976)
Festen (1998)
Underground (1995)
Santa Sangre (1989)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Pretty Village Pretty Flame (1996)
I Stand Alone (1998)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
King Of Hearts (1966)
Sans Soleil (1983)
Asylum (1972)
Stalker (1979)
Born In Flames (1983)
Spring Summer Autumn Winter & Spring (2003)
No Man's Land (2002)
Mephisto (1981)
The Night Porter (1974)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
The Realm of the Senses (1976)
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
Winter Light (1962)
Mouchette (1967)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
The Nomi Song (2004)
Russian Ark (2002)
Secretary (2002)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1992)
Spellbound (2003)
Madchen In Uniform (1931)
Turkish Delight (1973)
Lilya 4 Ever (2002)
Christiane F (1981)

I was gong to say that is an awesome list with many of my personal favorites and others I haven't seen. So I'm going to say THANK YOU for posting it & I'll keep it for myself, so I can see the rest of them. And excellent call w/ Oni Baba because more people need to see that film-- one of the most brilliant things I've EVER seen. Oh I really like your taste in movies, I do.

NWRA · 04.17.2007, 01:25 PM

Jon Boy: It's usually on after midnight (for obvious reasons) once or twice a month. If I notice it on the schedule, I'll 'bump' this thread with the time/date.

Everyneurotic · 04.17.2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

Nightmare Before Christmas was written by Burton buit directed by Henry Selick

it's still a burton film, he was filming batman returns at the time so he couldn't direct it, but was always on hand to see the development

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ha ha ha.

my wife has a jack doll. she'd kill you if she heard you diss that movie.

she also sez my chemical romance came after & it's not jack's fault. ha ha.

back later...

man, we have "failure...to communicate" seriously we have a communication breakdown between both of us.

and i quote myself:

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

yes, genius movie, i love it, but i have no desire to watch in the foreseeable future, i'm like that, it's around so much that i really don't want to watch it anymore.

i really like the movie and was actually the second dvd i ever bought, i've seen it a lot and used to know the songs by heart.

i don't see how this is dissing the movie, i just pointed out that, of all burton movies, this is the one that's the most over-exposed, that doesn't mean it's bad, it's just too overvalued, especially in comparison of other genius movies tb has done like beetlejuice and ed wood. it doesn't mean it's bad.

nicfit · 04.17.2007, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

it's still a burton film, he was filming batman returns at the time so he couldn't direct it, but was always on hand to see the development.

Yep, I can see what's your point. It would not have been much different if Burton was the actual director.

Everyneurotic · 04.17.2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

Yep, I can see what's your point. It would not have been much different if Burton was the actual director.

it has the whole aesthetic of early burton films too...that counts for a lot.

!@#$%! · 04.17.2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

man, we have "failure...to communicate" seriously we have a communication breakdown between both of us.

ha ha, yeah, i was referring to your 1st post not 2nd. my conversation w/ madame !@#$%! had happened earlier while i was making dinner.

doodz. re: nightmare don't forget "ownership" is written all over the title

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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Nightmare Before Christmas was written by Burton buit directed by Henry Selick __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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NWRA children of satan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 367	Repulsion Neither The Sea Nor The Sand Harold And Maude Mean Streets Christianne F. (BTW this is sometimes on the True Movies channel in the UK). Rolling Thunder (one of Paul Schrader's best scripts; still not available on DVD) I Stand Alone (still not available on DVD in The UK; better than Irreversible IMO) Time Regained
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