a movie(s) that you loved in your opinion is criminally underseen?
Posted by bulldogmba
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Saving Silverman
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Life is Beautiful
Posted by BradUnderwoodforprez
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The Marx Brothers go to the holocaust*
Posted by Herman Blume
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If only we could get hold of “The Day the Clown Cried”*
Posted by Sammich
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all of me. Steve Martin's physical comedic performance is a tour de farce*
Posted by Phytynlini
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Speaking of Steve Martin, My Blue Heaven and LA Story are both excellent as well.
Posted by DT
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Roxanne*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Last Temptation of Christ and The lives of others*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Has "Real Men" been mentioned yet?
Posted by illinijohn
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Howard The Duck. Prime Lea Thompson*
Posted by DanSaint
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Sp:
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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God she was/is a hammer*
Posted by Sounder
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Leah Thompson and Elisabeth Shue were criminally underrated hot.*
Posted by Illiniphil
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Settle down. You don't need to give yourself a heart attack! *
Posted by Tuscy
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Another in that movie I forgot about. Holly Robinson
Posted by DanSaint
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Howard is one lucky duck.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Comedy: Hot Fuzz, Drama: Ex Machina, Action: Hero*
Posted by VIV
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Though I prefer Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz is just an phenomenal movie
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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i love them both but chose Hot Fuzz because i think a lot more people have seen SotD*
Posted by VIV
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Good call.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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haven't seen Ex-Machina, but totally agree with the other two*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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highly recommend*
Posted by VIV
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ditto*
Posted by Tortillini
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i still need to watch the last of that trilogy*
Posted by torinese
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agree with the first 2 - I've only seen Hero once - maybe time for a revisit*
Posted by bulldogmba
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a visually beautiful movie and i love a tale told from multiple angles with unreliable narrators*
Posted by VIV
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that's not how i remember it*
Posted by Sammich
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eh?*
Posted by VIV
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I was aping the Rashomon joke from the Simpsons to play off the different perspectives thing*
Posted by Sammich
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oh jeez*
Posted by VIV
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Zero Effect *
Posted by Memphian
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didn't realize how poorly it was received*
Posted by torinese
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remember seeing that in the theater on release - enjoyed it*
Posted by bulldogmba
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nice one*
Posted by torinese
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Excellent soundtrack too*
Posted by Herman Blume
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safe men, popstar, shot caller, attack the block *
Posted by digs
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Shot caller is excellent. *
Posted by haighter
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if i owned hunter henry in our dynasty league
Posted by VIV
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If I owned this place and hell, I'd rent this place out and live in hell.
Posted by Sammich
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Me? I'm just passin through*
Posted by VIV
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haven't seen safe men - enjoyed all of the others*
Posted by bulldogmba
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good fun*
Posted by Tortillini
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Is Slingblade criminally underseen? I love that movie. *
Posted by Tuscy
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maybe nowadays but oscar winners usually get clicks *
Posted by digs
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Many youngsters don't get any 'biscuits and mustard' or 'mm hmm' references.
Posted by Tuscy
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sure like them French fried taters. Mmm-hmmm.*
Posted by Phytynlini
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You ought not talk like at. Yer just a boy. Mmm-hmmm*
Posted by Phytynlini
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I aim to kills ye with it, mm*
Posted by Sammich
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speaking of Mamet, I liked Red Belt
Posted by Sammich
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My Life as a Dog*
Posted by Tortillini
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an all-timer. *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men (Cage and Rockwell together? Yes!)*
Posted by ibdoc
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Galaxy Quest and Down Periscope are the 2 "background" movies I've seen the most*
Posted by bulldogmba
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Oh, that reminds me: The Stoned Age!
Posted by Sammich
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Haha how I learned about don’t feel the reaper*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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these aint talls!*
Posted by digs
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wag the dog*
Posted by torinese
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Wonder Boys*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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Excellent answer, one of my favorites*
Posted by Herman Blume
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what is the secret to their power?*
Posted by Sammich
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Kingdom of Heaven directors cut *
Posted by MC
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Lone Star*
Posted by NastyBoyd
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the Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy; Lucky Number Slevin*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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Slevin is a great call. Love that movie. *
Posted by harb
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is the trilogy underseen? good call on slevin*
Posted by torinese
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I feel like most people know about Desperado, but the first and third one seem less known
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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fair enough; i've definitely seen desperado the most*
Posted by torinese
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Anything Michael Mann directs. Guy’s a genius*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Road to perdition*
Posted by snipes824
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Oscar*
Posted by Quiz
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About Time, Bottle Shock, will second/third Margin Call *
Posted by aimlessillini
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I can't believe About Time isn't more popular
Posted by Sammich
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John Boorman’s Excalibur. That movie slaps*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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+1*
Posted by bulldogmba
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Raising Arizona*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Oooh, good answer, good answer*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Stranger Than Fiction, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty*
Posted by Herman Blume
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First 10 minutes of Stranger than Fiction is mind blowing.
Posted by tvillini
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Stranger Than Fiction is really good!*
Posted by Quiz
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Avalon*
Posted by GMAW
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I'll need to watch that one....with added bonus...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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It's so good*
Posted by GMAW
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Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed that...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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we used to Avalon, but then 'e went to Atlanta to coach the 'awks*
Posted by Sammich
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Acknowledged *
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Everytime i see War Dogs on i can't turn it off
Posted by illini21
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Very enjoyable movie.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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The Red Violin*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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saw that on a date the year it came out - haven't seen it since - probably need to revisit*
Posted by bulldogmba
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Mud*
Posted by gvibes
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watched that one on a flight to Europe - usually when I catch up with movies that I missed
Posted by bulldogmba
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Really enjoyed The Matador. Will add two Coen Brother movies
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Everything is illuminated *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Everything is illuminated by All the Light We Cannot See.
Posted by Sammich
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…in Cloud Cuckoo Land*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Existenz, Margin Call, Cuckoo, Kung Pow, Three O'Clock High, The Tao of Steve*
Posted by Sammich
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EXISTENZ
Posted by assassin
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watched 3 O'clock High last year - always fun - so is the Tao of Steve*
Posted by bulldogmba
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Love Margin call*
Posted by UofIL6
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In the Mouth of Madness*
Posted by UofIL6
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Rancho Deluxe, a modern West comedy with Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston and Slim Pickens.
Posted by larue33
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars*
Posted by Stu
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Billy the Kid Versus Dracula*
Posted by Sammich
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wow - saw that in Jr High on a random Saturday afternoon*
Posted by bulldogmba
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i try to watch it once a year. It's more enjoyable than The Martian.*
Posted by Stu
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boondock saints*
Posted by lcubed
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if this was the early-to-mid 2000s I'd probably agree with you
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Beautiful Girls*
Posted by Sounder
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