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Most underrated movie ever

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
Crime Spree, with Harvey Keitel.
Harvey Keitel himself is underrated. Every film I see him in goes up a few notches in my estimation merely for casting him.

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Les visiteurs (dir. Jean-Marie Poiré, starring Jean Reno)

Crime Spree (dir. Brad Mirman, starring Harvey Keitel, Gérard Depardieu, Johnny Hallyday, etc.)

Pusher II (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Mads Mikkelsen)

The Vertical Ray of the Sun (dir. Tran Anh Hung, starring Trần Nữ Yên Khê😉

A Spray Of Plum Blossoms (dir. Wangcang Bu, starring Ruan Lingyu)

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I really enjoyed "No Man's Land", a 2001 European film directed by some guy called Danis Tanović.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Harvey Keitel himself is underrated. Every film I see him in goes up a few notches in my estimation merely for casting him.
Plus, he's willing to do nudes.

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"Cadence" starring Laurence Fishburne, Charlie Sheen, and Martin Sheen.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
It's absolutely pants!
It was very far from absolute pants. The jerky lack of consistency in the story elements is exactly the same as my son uses when he is telling me stories. That's a very hard stylistic thing to be able to capture in film; the mystic, fairy tale like disregard for explanation and causality, which is learnt with age, is absent in younger children and that is a very clever part of the film. Visually it is stunning and overall I thought it was very enjoyable.

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Originally posted by Starrman
It was very far from absolute pants. The jerky lack of consistency in the story elements is exactly the same as my son uses when he is telling me stories. That's a very hard stylistic thing to be able to capture in film; the mystic, fairy tale like disregard for explanation and causality, which is learnt with age, is absent in younger children and that is ...[text shortened]... clever part of the film. Visually it is stunning and overall I thought it was very enjoyable.
Well said. Tarsem conveys extremely well the creativity of a child's imagination and their ability to be awed by what themselves are imagining.

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Just to save people looking back through the thread, the last two comments are about "The Fall".... or maybe "The Cell"... not sure now.

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Originally posted by Gatecrasher
Just to save people looking back through the thread, the last two comments are about "The Fall".... or maybe "The Cell"... not sure now.
The Fall.

I think. 😕

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Originally posted by Palynka
The Fall.

I think. 😕
After Hex Induction Hour I tuned out.

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Originally posted by Badwater
In science fiction, everyone has stolen from Metropolis and Forbidden Planet.

In animation, I get tired of critics claiming that The Little Mermaid was responsible for the resurgence of Disney animated features. It was actually Who Framed Roger Rabbit. WFRR made TLM possible.

Possibly the most underrated western is Winchester '73. Possibly.

Our Ho ...[text shortened]... it.

The Sixth Sense is probably underrated; it is the finest ghost story ever put to film.
never heard of winchester '73, will check it out!

although i love "our hospitality" and like the fact you've put it ahead of chaplin (who gets put ahead of keaton too often for my liking), i can't agree that it's better than the general. the finest silent film of all time, in my opinion, especially if watched with the carl davis score

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Winchester '73 is a belter, but then aren't all Jimmy Stewart films?

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Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Winchester '73 is a belter, but then aren't all Jimmy Stewart films?
That guy from the Daily Show did a western?

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Originally posted by Biffer Spice
never heard of winchester '73, will check it out!

although i love "our hospitality" and like the fact you've put it ahead of chaplin (who gets put ahead of keaton too often for my liking), i can't agree that it's better than the general. the finest silent film of all time, in my opinion, especially if watched with the carl davis score
The General is not an underrated film, though. 😉

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
That guy from the Daily Show did a western?
Yes - a short, Jewish kid from Kansas wins .... wait, if I continue I'll get modded for sure....

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