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KnightmareX13 · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject:

Taken (2008)

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tomrule123 · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:34 am Post subject:

"The Prince of Egypt" (and Dreamworks 2D films made before Shrek, including films after this film, "Spirit" and "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas").

Yeah, remember this animated epic? At the time, it was the film to talk about, now it's a film that no one talks about. What the hell? Guess we could blame the new CGI films for getting rid of its popularity. To this day, it still holds up well. People should see this if they have never seen it. It's better than Shrek (though, Shrek is still OK.)

In general, the films that were made in animated 2D are now downplayed thanks to their 3D films. People talk about How to/ Dragon, Megamind and Shrek instead of "The Road to El Dorado" or "Sinbad" (To be honest, I enjoyed it... flawed, yes, but damn, did I have fun watching this!) It's funny that those films' animations that are considered Disney knock-offs... actually are true knock-offs. Hell, they were at the point where it feels like Disney Animation. That's how great their animation was! (though, it couldn't be helped that Jeffrey Katzenberg works at Dreamworks!)

How about their first 3D film, "Antz"? No one talks about it, either. It's not a top-notch film, but it's still good.

gatotsu911 · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject:

I used to watch Prince of Egypt every year at Passover when I was a youngling

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SAWgunner · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:35 am Post subject:

-The Jacket: As a miserable and lonely veteran it truly spoke to me, even if it didn't speak to movie critics.

-Rubber's Lover: Every single thing in this movie was pure craziness on a stick. I love Japanese cyberpunk! (Fun Fact: I think Hideo Kojima got the idea for Psycho Mantis from this movie).

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ONIAgent150 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 1:20 pm Post subject:

On the subject of turn-of-the-melinuim animation and underrated films: Titan AE and Atlantis: The Lost Empire both deserve WAY more praise and remembrance then they get.

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Kasowaree · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:00 am Post subject:

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Dead Girl
The Call of Cthulhu
The Last Lovecraft
Dead Man's Shoes
Silver Bullet
The Frightners
Brain Dead
Stranger Then Fiction
The Craft
Also The Norwegian film "Troll Hunter" is amazing

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Bomby von Bombsville · Donor Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Age: 25 Location: Badger State

Was reminiscing over Jason Reitman's Young Adult. It seemed to just come and go through theaters without much fanfare, but I thought it was a pretty good film. Not Reitman's best, but definitely deserving of more attention than it got.

Also, one would be hard-pressed to consider any Quentin Tarantino film "underrated," but I've always thought Jackie Brown deserved more attention. It's definitely a better film than Reservoir Dogs and Death Proof, IMO, and at least on the the same level as Inglourious Basterds (which has improved to me upon recent re-viewing).

I already mentioned Hong Sangsoo's Oh! Soo-Jung, but his film Woman on the Beach deserves mention as well. Am I the only person on EGF who has seen any of Hong's films? I get the feeling a lot of EGFers would enjoy his works. I haven't yet seen his film The Day He Arrives, but reviews are hailing it as one of his best films, and topped many lists of "the best Korean films of 2011" polls. It also currently has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes... so yeah. Do yourselves a favor and see a couple Hong Sangsoo films.

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Trajan · Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 1:40 pm Post subject:

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man is so wildly strange and different, I don't get why people in the art-house crowd don't talk more about it.

Le Cercle Rouge is also pretty unknown outside of Jean-Pierre Melville fans but I thought it was his third-best film after Le Samurai and Army of Shadows.

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child of Lilith · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 2:45 am Post subject:

Trajan wrote:

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man is so wildly strange and different, I don't get why people in the art-house crowd don't talk more about it.

Agreed. I don't understand how this movie can still be flying under everyone's radar.

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Oz · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 3:07 am Post subject:

In my experience Dead Man is quite talked about on film fag forums. I remember one forum where most of the members ranked it in their top 20s.

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Trajan · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 11:14 am Post subject:

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In my experience Dead Man is quite talked about on film fag forums. I remember one forum where most of the members ranked it in their top 20s.

Sounds like my kind of forum. Do you have any links?

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OnMyUnit · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:47 pm Post subject:

The Toxic Avenger
Street Trash
Clifford
What About Bob?
Hausu
Shock Treatment
Night of the Creeps
The Monster Squad
The Happiness of the Katakuris

I could go on for hours.