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The Knowledge +1

20:58 / 05.12.01

CUBE

Six people attempt to escape from an unfathomably huge complex cub-shaped prison of connecting rooms, surround by deathtraps. Amazing metaphot/philip K Dick sci-fi stly exploration of character, and so low-budget it hurts. I fucking love this movie. I shit my pants thrice times during the watching of it.

THE FUNERAL

Abel Ferrara's best, and a performance from Chris Penn that would blow most other actors in most other films off the fucking pavement. Powerhouse film-making, and a cracking vcast including Christopher Walken Vincent Gallo, and Benicio Del Toro. The ending is unexpected and shockingly powerful. A study of men, insanity and the chaos that all families are founded on. Shit, I think I'll watch it now...

BUFFALO 66

Love this film so much. Vincent Gallo is a fucking genius, and I love that he says fuck it and goes ahead and does the type of film you'd think only a female could make. Sentimental man stuff, macho male angst that I understood and went straight to my heart -
If you're a guy and you've been treated like shit by more than your fair share of females you owe it to yourself to see this - great performances, breathtaking plot twists, Mickey Rourke back to superstar form in a cameo that steals the show, and the sweetest, most heartbreaking love story you will ever see, from a guy whos not afraid to tell you to go and fuck yourself if you dare to question his unfathomable ability.

23:55 / 05.12.01

HUDSON HAWK.
Its gawky, indulgent and cliched, but I love it. Musicals and explosions and a mans attempt to drink a coffee. It fits an awkward time around post Moonlighting and Die Hard for Bruce Willis. Still Lordy are Richard E Grants performance and Vatican conspiracies.

The Return Of Rothkoid

08:45 / 06.12.01

K + 1 - was Buffalo 66 really that underrated, though? I seem to recall most reviews to be incredibly positive towards it. I, however, still think Gallo's a cock. And not just because he was dating PJ Harvey, either. Though that does come into it...

Also; how many times you seen Cube? I loved it the first time, saw all the holes on the second. Disappointingly, it lost some appeal for me, then.

I'd vote for In The Winter Dark - a story about the past coming back to haunt an elderly couple, based on a Tim Winton novella. Very, very smooth in a Lynch-kinda way. Also worth a look is Praise, though the lead man's a bit crap. The music's phenomenal (yeah, so I'm biased.) and Sacha Horler is utterly amazing, a bad-skinned nympho fuck-up of the highest degree.

There's more, I'm sure. Later.

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10:13 / 06.12.01

The Frighteners. Peter Jackson´s first ´Hollywood´film still manages to twist a genre with a mix of slapstick ghost shenanigans and horrific serial killer imagery. And Michael J Fox is lovely. Aw.

11:37 / 06.12.01

Ravenous.

Cannibalism as metaphor for imperialist expansion, Robert Carlyle as the demented villain, and a brilliant score that's almost a character in itself.

The Knowledge +1

11:52 / 06.12.01

Ravenous was Damon Albarn and Unkle wasn't it? Will have to see this.

I can't imagine why anyone would dig Hudson Hawk, still, different strokes for different folks.

I loved Cube, despite the obvious holes, its low-budget and I tend to make exceptions for films, or any art that has this disadvantage, as long as the theme or story is strong, I can normally let go of the other stuff, like bad acting, jumps in plot, etc. I agree cube has its fair share of faults, but for what it cost (about $200.000 I think, maybe less!) it was outstanding.

Buffalo 66 really is that good.

I will watch the frighteners someday too, but I really wasn't big up on the one he made with Kate Winslet. Can't wait for LOTR though. Only finished the book recently. I love big scarey monsters.

11:57 / 06.12.01

I loved Ravenous. Best bit is the way Robert Carlyle says ´That... was very... sneaky.´

12:25 / 06.12.01

Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

Trevor Howard brings Vivian Stanshall's Empire hangover to brilliant sepia-toned life.

"Mrs E! Mrs E! I don't know what I want, but I want it now!"

"Afterlife, aftershave, I don't believe in any of it."

"This curry is inedible muck, and there's not enough of it."

"Stop quivering, you vile jelly, and bring me the antlers. Not those, those are the ones I use for defacing copies of Reader's Digest."

I could go on. But just see this film.

12:28 / 06.12.01

quote:Originally posted by William Wright:
HUDSON HAWK.
Its gawky, indulgent and cliched, but I love it. Musicals and explosions and a mans attempt to drink a coffee. It fits an awkward time around post Moonlighting and Die Hard for Bruce Willis. Still Lordy are Richard E Grants performance and Vatican conspiracies.

I liked Hudson Hawk. A lot.

Not only are you a scholarly student of shamanism but you have good taste in movies.

pointless and uncalled for

12:56 / 06.12.01

I'll jump on the Hudson Hawk bandwagon and add Hardware. Nice little sci-fi bit.

13:31 / 06.12.01

Hardware Rocks
I love you Richard Stanley, Fuck 'em for Island...

My reading of it is teh struggle of a womans attempt to govern her fertility, whilst surrounded by male egos.

Its got a great soundtrack by Simon Boswell
Stigmata by Ministry is the best bit

Dust Devil is also very good, but I hear that there are two cuts, and I think I saw the shit studio one. Still great though

13:41 / 06.12.01

Joe Dirt.

It's really really really funny, regardless of what you think.

A Knight's Tale.

One of the best films of last year. I don't know how well it did, but the vast majority of people I talk to sneer at it's mere mention. That makes it under-rated in my book. Fucking great.

What were the obvious holes in Cube? I've only seen it once, there were bits that had me crawling the walls with suspense and I loved it.

Zoom.

14:03 / 06.12.01

Aguirre, Wrath of God. Klaus Kinski showed Martin Sheen how to do it in Apocalypse Now.

Does The Killing Fields count?

14:12 / 06.12.01

I alos thought 'The Cider House Rules' was a good little film, that only really got recognition when Caine got an oscar nomination. Its got a gentle subtleness too it thats missing from some so called 'feel-goods'.

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16:33 / 06.12.01

Was 'Hardware' the one w/ the robot w/ an American flag painted on its head? That was a cool movie.

A couple of John Sayles films, 'Limbo' and 'Lonestar' are quite good. And how about 'Shakes the Clown'? Fucking loved that movie. Of course I was stoned out of my gourd at the time...

pointless and uncalled for

16:36 / 06.12.01

yep that was the one. It also starred Carl McCoy of Fields of the Nephilim fame.

The Knowledge +1

17:11 / 06.12.01

I never really got Lone Star. The whole incest twist didn't really seem like a twist for me cause, I expect a twist to be hidden from the start of a film, so when it hits you it makes you reconsider the entire film, look at it through different eyes.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

17:56 / 06.12.01

Vanishing Point--perhaps the only other movie with the sherrif from blazing saddles, as well as a hero named Kowalski, and a cool car and nude girl on a dirt bike

23:13 / 06.12.01

The Linguini Incident:
David Bowie as a unrepentant gambling fool/con and Rosanne Arquette in her best role ever as a spunky watress by Night and an ambitious, if not compitant, escape artist in-between shifts.
Great dialogue, excellent supporting cast... quirky in all the best ways!!!

Until the end of the world:
A painfully winding tale of Love, lost, found, lost again, hunted down and introduced to the parents. Set in the near future amidst the apocolyptic backdrop of impending nuclear accidents and dangerously revolutionary technology. Plus the ultimate test of endurance for a movie watcher

01:33 / 07.12.01

Until the End of the World, what a rollin' film. Reminds me to watch it again.

Hardware: Lemmy, water cabbie.

'My heart, it...
..it feels like an alligator.'

'We all walk the wibbly wobbly walk,
and we all talk the wibbly wobbly talk.
We all wear wibbly wobbly ties,
and look at all the pretty girls,
with tha wibbly wobbly eyes.'

Warrington Minge

20:13 / 07.12.01

Great to see you guys mentioning Hudson Hawk and Buffalo 66. I love those two movies.

By the way ,Rothkoid, Buffalo 66 got its fair share of bad reviews. This was one of the reasons I didnt chance a cinema viewing when it came out. I rediscovered it on video and found out what a complete gem it was. I think the reviews at the time complained that Christina Ricci's character was too one dimensional and the film itself was too self indulgent. Perhaps they just didnt see the sweet love story we all saw and any film which starts off with the main character taking a full ten minutes looking for a place to pee is ok by me. By the way if any of you liked Vincent Gallos music from Buffalo 66 then check out his new album 'WHEN'.

So my submission for an underated movie which I loved, and I understand this will probably get me chucked off the board, is THE MUMMY RETURNS. Sorry! I know a lot of people hate this but I loved it. Hated the first one actually but liked THE MUMMY RETURNS for all the reasons that I was supposed to like the first one. Hmm curious.

The Knowledge +1

09:52 / 08.12.01

Warrington Minge is such a cool name. Anyone know the number for depol?

11:04 / 08.12.01

No, but a big thums up to sax for Sir Henry.

Just a couple of under-rated ones, which no-one I've ever met rates:

Remo - Unarmed and Dangerous
Martial arts, bad make-up and lots of off-beat shenanigans. Marvellous.

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore,
Whereupon an unexplainedly welsh Watty is sent to investigate the case of the hound, followed by Sherl and his mum, who hits her overly-cheerful clairvoyant friend because 'I like to strike a happy medium'.

I know I'm on my own here.

The Return Of Rothkoid

09:13 / 09.12.01

quote:Originally posted by mr y:
Remo - Unarmed and Dangerous
Martial arts, bad make-up and lots of off-beat shenanigans. Marvellous.You, zir, fucking rock.

And you've just met the second person in the world to have seen it.

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09:13 / 09.12.01

Remo an agent who could hear the muscles tighten in the trigger finger. It also has a homage scene to Drunken Master, where Remo's training includes an improbable balancing feat.

12:05 / 09.12.01

um...is there really a six-hour-long version of Until The End of the World ?

Mister Remington Finn

18:07 / 09.12.01

There are a lot of movies that are really good but were underrated due to the presence of other movies.....Beetlejuice was great but was snowed under by Roger Rabbit that was brought out the same time...but if there ever was a movie that knocked me unexpectacly(?) of my socks was.....Boondock Saints.....two Irish guys who just accidently fall into vigilantism.....nicely done storytelling....

Pin

18:18 / 09.12.01

quote:Originally posted by The Return Of Rothkoid:
Also; how many times you seen Cube? I loved it the first time, saw all the holes on the second. Disappointingly, it lost some appeal for me, then.

Yeah, watched it for something to do before a friend came over, loved it, made him sit down and watchedit and pissed myself through the whole thing ("RENSTER!" subsequently became a catch phrase, as did "This room is... green"). Which is a shame, cos I think I ruined the film for him.

And I actually agree with K+1 on two counts (Cube and Buffallo 66). Scary...

06:03 / 10.12.01

Remo excellent stuff

running across wet cement, dodging bullets and cutting through glass with a diamond in some baddies tooth..

06:39 / 10.12.01

I don't understand this thread.

Anything I love is highly rated. Obviously.

Anything I don't love is not worth commenting on.

Unless you are imagining a coherent body of external opinion which you use to either validate your own opinions with, or not.

Be your own critics. Bring the things you love to the table so we can share.

The Return Of Rothkoid

07:00 / 10.12.01

Ian; I think this thread (like the ones that went before it, Phantom-like) is an attempt to discern which films are underrated by critics or the box-office at large but have remained firm favourites of posters anyway. Obviously, I wouldn't rate something that I thought was shit.

OK. Except for Cannibal Hookers, I wouldn't.

07:31 / 10.12.01

Thanks, Roth.

My point was FUCK the Crickets, sitting around chirruping by rubbing their hindlegs together.

Lets set out our own framework for judgement, and let the journo trash come to us for validation.

I'm of to start a thread to which you might wish to bring your Cannibal Hookers thing.

14:36 / 10.12.01

I'm not the only one who likes Remo!
[wipes welling tears from eyes]

Oh, I forgot about Cannonball Run. Which one? Doers it matter?

Or more accurately, can anyone tell the difference?

dan-dan-dahhhhhh!

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

14:40 / 10.12.01

Love & a .45 --- Fucking brilliant. The Rev as the house band in a sleazy Texas strip club? Jack Nance? Peter Fonda? And Rory Cochrane? Oh yeah.

Clay Pigeons -- even if it weren't great that "Timebomb" by the Old 97's kicks off the credits, it's wicked funny too.

I'm sure I have lost all credibility with Cameron now.

15:04 / 10.12.01

I liked Love and A .45. Didn't like Clay Pigeons.

You think *I* would judge anyone purely on their taste in films?!?

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