Underrated Films

[Stupie82]

...following on from the overrated film thread, are there any underrated movies that think deserved more accolades ?

I will kick this off by going with the 2009 Sci-Fi movie Moon. Sam Rockwell (underrated actor) was excellent in this movie. I think it was classed as a B Movie, but is better than some of these so called Hollywood blockbusters.

[Aldo1983]

Hasn't Sam Rockwell won an Oscar?

Sideways deserved to win every Oscar going as did Ed Wood and I hate Johnny Depp.

Paddy Considine also deserves a few Oscars for A Room for Romeo Brass and Dead Man's Shoes. He's also superb in Last Resort. His first two films despite no acting experience or training.

[Pacman1903]

Hamburger Hill

Other Vietnam films are household names like Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter but barring FMJ Hamburger Hill is the best. Great film yet alot of folks never heard of it

[57vintage]

Hamburger Hill

Other Vietnam films are household names like Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter but barring FMJ Hamburger Hill is the best. Great film yet alot of folks never heard of it

The Odd Angry Shot - Aussie film from the 70s dealing with their involvement in Vietnam to stop the ****ing Commie *******s from spreading their perverted filth in the Antipodes. Rarely mentioned when the 'nam sub-genre of war films is discussed.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/

Aussie films from that era are fab. BBC2 ran a terrific series of them in the early 80s, including Summerfield, Aussie Rules fitba film The Club ("He's been up his legless sister!"), Walkabout (Jenny Agutter with kit off), The Getting Of Wisdom, and a couple whose titles escape me - one about a travelling cinema, and another about a gang swicking the bookies before the telegraph was quick enough to get the results from the other side of the continent.

[Mason89]

There was an Australian series called the Dir****er Dynasty, set around us he Vietnam war. Mind it being pretty good

Edit - the missing letters are ‘tw@t’

[57vintage]

There was an Australian series called the Dir****er Dynasty, set around us he Vietnam war. Mind it being pretty good

Edit - the missing letters are ‘tw@t’

Can you still type Arsenal and S****horpe?

Hit Post and find out....

Edit: the missing letters are what I used to call Chris Clark.

[DonUnder]

The Odd Angry Shot - Aussie film from the 70s dealing with their involvement in Vietnam to stop the ****ing Commie *******s from spreading their perverted filth in the Antipodes. Rarely mentioned when the 'nam sub-genre of war films is discussed.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/

Aussie films from that era are fab. BBC2 ran a terrific series of them in the early 80s, including Summerfield, Aussie Rules fitba film The Club ("He's been up his legless sister!"), Walkabout (Jenny Agutter with kit off), The Getting Of Wisdom, and a couple whose titles escape me - one about a travelling cinema, and another about a gang swicking the bookies before the telegraph was quick enough to get the results from the other side of the continent.

Think it might have been the picture show man?

Oz has done some good road movies , the original mad max was pretty good as was Rabbit Proof Fence. The Club was great too the manager character (Greame Kennedy?) was actually a sort of satirical news items guy with a nightly 'and finally' type slot - carried it off well.

[57vintage]

Think it might have been the picture show man?

Oz has done some good road movies , the original mad max was pretty good as was Rabbit Proof Fence. The Club was great too the manager character (Greame Kennedy?) was actually a sort of satirical news items guy with a nightly 'and finally' type slot - carried it off well.

It is The Picture Show Man min. I found out after I'd posted the message and was too lazy to go in and edit.

Network (Peter Finch) is fab also.

[Aldo1983]

The Odd Angry Shot - Aussie film from the 70s dealing with their involvement in Vietnam to stop the ****ing Commie *******s from spreading their perverted filth in the Antipodes. Rarely mentioned when the 'nam sub-genre of war films is discussed.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/

Aussie films from that era are fab. BBC2 ran a terrific series of them in the early 80s, including Summerfield, Aussie Rules fitba film The Club ("He's been up his legless sister!"), Walkabout (Jenny Agutter with kit off), The Getting Of Wisdom, and a couple whose titles escape me - one about a travelling cinema, and another about a gang swicking the bookies before the telegraph was quick enough to get the results from the other side of the continent.

Walkabout - I think that must have been the first time I got to see a naked female. I seem to remember it being Jenny Agutter but I get confused with the naked ice bodies in Logan's Run.

Jackie Brown is underrated. Not as good as Pulp Fiction but just as slick with a great soundtrack.

[houston_red1967]

...following on from the overrated film thread, are there any underrated movies that think deserved more accolades ?

I will kick this off by going with the 2009 Sci-Fi movie Moon. Sam Rockwell (underrated actor) was excellent in this movie. I think it was classed as a B Movie, but is better than some of these so called Hollywood blockbusters.

Intermission - don't know anyone else who has ever seen it. Very funny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermission_(film)