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Underrated/cult movies?
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Yeah, Galaxy Quest is absolutely excellent. The best Star Trek film and the best Star Trek parody film, rolled into one.
By Grabthar's Hammer, what a savings.
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Was thinking the exact same thing as I was reading through this thread.Lots on these lists are certainly not underrated
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The Talented Mr Ripley seems to get missed imo ... bloody genius film by Minghella. In my top 5 anyhow.
Certainly skirting around the Cult title.Lots on these lists are certainly not underrated
The Crow
Dread
Probably wound be considered cults classics.
Thinking the same, so let me add two more.Lots on these lists are certainly not underrated
The Wanderers
Dark City
Some of the young uns may not know about the first movie, but i think it is better than "The Warriors".
The Wanderers is "X" rated so caution to the easily offended.
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Half the stuff here is really highly regarded already and nothing like a cult or underrated classic.
Also a cult is technically less than a minority so you'd need to have a fairly small, yet vocal/passionate fanbase for a movie to be a cult classic. Think some crap like Wiseaus 'The Room' which edgelords jump on to somehow elevate their movie tastes above everyone else - it's a terrible film by any metric but deride it and it's you that's the problem because 'you just don't get it'
With that said, cult classic is used so loosely with movies, it doesn't matter too much.
Also a cult is technically less than a minority so you'd need to have a fairly small, yet vocal/passionate fanbase for a movie to be a cult classic. Think some crap like Wiseaus 'The Room' which edgelords jump on to somehow elevate their movie tastes above everyone else - it's a terrible film by any metric but deride it and it's you that's the problem because 'you just don't get it'
With that said, cult classic is used so loosely with movies, it doesn't matter too much.
That's really not aged well - if Jimmy Saville was an assassin..
The directors cut is even worse..
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I liked this, the crapness is intentional though from what I read a long time ago, a dig at the US military machine or something.
Drive with Ryan Gosling is in my top 10 favorites, a lot of people hate it though.
Ronin
Enjoyed it when it was at the cinema but for some reason thought it was a "lesser" De Niro film after the likes of Goodfellas and Casino. Now looking back I think it's a classic. Understated European thriller, practical effects, and superb performances all round.
Enjoyed it when it was at the cinema but for some reason thought it was a "lesser" De Niro film after the likes of Goodfellas and Casino. Now looking back I think it's a classic. Understated European thriller, practical effects, and superb performances all round.
Few years back when my wife was nighshift Christmas Eve, I found Cube (possibly Cube Zero) on C4 and watched that. It's not a film I actively seek out but if any of them are on and I stumble upon them I'll usually watch them, or if I see them on the planner I'll set to record.
Watched that last night as it goes. 2nd one is terrible. Can't remember too much about the 3rd one.
The thing most memorable about this is how they horrifically mispronounce Hereford
