Underrated films

boo boo · 04-12-2009, 10:43 PM

I prefered Requiem to Trainspotting but I understand what you mean.

Though I don't consider either an "anti-drug" film, they just happen to chronicle the nature of addiction, which doesn't always have to apply to drugs, obviously.

LoathsomePete · 04-12-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I prefered Requiem to Trainspotting but I understand what you mean.

Though I don't consider either an "anti-drug" film, they just happen to chronicle the nature of addiction, which doesn't always have to apply to drugs, obviously.

not anti-drug in the sense that it's gonna end like "Reefer Madness" but like you said, a chronological nature of drug addicts that shows the various stages in a fairly realistic manner. I mean I could ever imagine someone with slight intelligence watching either and thinking to themselves "huh... you know I should really try heroin cause it seemed like they enjoyed themselves in that movie". I mean I'm sure someone tried it out of curiosity, and if it ends in addiction and ultimately death then good, just another weeding of the gene pool.

boo boo · 04-12-2009, 10:57 PM

Ah yes, Reefer Madness, now there's a classic if there ever was one.

LoathsomePete · 04-12-2009, 11:06 PM

Sorry I know there's better examples out there, but I'm on my 3rd Irish coffee and should really get off the forums, but like an abused spouse I keep crawling back.

lucifer_sam · 04-12-2009, 11:23 PM

lol

leave it to boobs to take a movie that i genuinely dislike and start a thread on it. i see how you play. well, here's TWO i genuinely enjoy.

not really sure why critics hated this so much or why it never got the reception it should have. JSF's book was awesome, this was better. excellent characterization and plot craftsmanship, and no, i don't really like Elijah Wood, but he was great in this.

this bastard beats out Memento as the greatest harbinger of the red herring. and well, unlike Memento, the storyline is actually damn good. really pisses me off that idiots everywhere idolize Blow and Fight Club when this film beats them both.

also, in case you were wondering, the trumpet solo the main character plays in the beginning is Miles Davis' Solea

boo boo · 04-12-2009, 11:49 PM

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lol

leave it to boobs to take a movie that i genuinely dislike and start a thread on it.

Well it's not just you, it has a 58% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes which is total BS.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-13-2009, 12:23 AM

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I should mention Requiem for A Dream.

It was underrated at first, but then it gained a hugh following and became overrated, but now everybody hates it even though it's still an excellent film, so it's underrated again.

I do hate when that kinda thing happens.

I love that movie, and I also love the Labyrinth. Very under-rated yes.

djchameleon · 04-13-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

lol

leave it to boobs to take a movie that i genuinely dislike and start a thread on it. i see how you play. well, here's TWO i genuinely enjoy.

not really sure why critics hated this so much or why it never got the reception it should have. JSF's book was awesome, this was better. excellent characterization and plot craftsmanship, and no, i don't really like Elijah Wood, but he was great in this.

this bastard beats out Memento as the greatest harbinger of the red herring. and well, unlike Memento, the storyline is actually damn good. really pisses me off that idiots everywhere idolize Blow and Fight Club when this film beats them both.

also, in case you were wondering, the trumpet solo the main character plays in the beginning is Miles Davis' Solea

what are the two movies....they aren't showing up for me...for some reason.

lucifer_sam · 04-13-2009, 06:14 PM

should be fixed. the images kept crapping out on me when i posted it too, had to edit it like 18 times...

jackhammer · 04-14-2009, 11:23 AM

The Salton Sea is excellent.

Written and directed by Paul Schrader (writer of Taxi Driver). He said that this could have been travis in his early 40's and is a similar slow burning tale of redemption. Impeccably acted by Willem Dafoe and Susan Sarandon. Also features a great soundtrack that took me 8 years to track down on CD.

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