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What Movies Do You Think Were Great But Didn't Get Recognition Deserved?

Posted on 9/8/22 at 11:29 pm
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 9/8/22 at 11:29 pm
What movies do you think were vastly underrated by critics and the awards bodies? (Oscars, etc.) at the time they were released? And not just critics, but films that might have flopped or underperformed with the public as well.

The only rule I have is

1) The movie needs to have been a box office release and not indie (not that there's anything wrong with indie films, but by their very nature they often fly under the radar).

My nomination is the film "Heat" (1995) directed by Michael Mann. It starred Pacino, DeNiro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, and Ashley Judd. It even had Wes Studi and Jon Voight in it.

Even though it was more of a crime drama and not an action movie, the shootout scenes were some of the very best ever done in Hollywood. In fact, it was so good that Police departments actually use the shootout scenes for training. And the British military shows the shootout scene to their troops during infantry training. In my opinion it was the greatest shootout scene in film history (up to that time). It was realistic in tactics, the shooting was realistic and even the sound was realistic.

"Heat" did not flop, but considering its all-star cast, it was not a success either. It's opening weekend it did pretty well at #3. But it finished the 1995 year being the #25 grossing film. It won no awards and wasn't nominated for any. It did receive some positive reviews from professional critics at the time, but nothing notable.

Does anyone else agree that "Heat" was underrated?
Posted by ReedRothchild
South MS
Member since Jul 2019
1235 posts
Posted on 9/8/22 at 11:39 pm to
Pain & Gain

Hilarious and dark, comparable to Very Bad Things in tone. Coked out Rock had me dying
Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
21078 posts
Posted on 9/8/22 at 11:43 pm to
Posted by TomBuchanan
East Egg, Long Island
Member since Jul 2019
6231 posts
Posted on 9/8/22 at 11:43 pm to
Mad Max Fury Road...should have won both Best Picture and Best Director but the academy is full of shite. It won 6 Oscars and it still wasn't enough. Top 3 film for 2010s


ETA:

Dredd (2012)
This post was edited on 9/8/22 at 11:51 pm
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
143052 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 12:18 am to
quote:

Does anyone else agree that "Heat" was underrated?
you're off by one consonant:

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 12:37 am to
Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
Cannibal Ferox
Duel
Years of the Beast
The Hitcher (80s)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
The Reflecting Skin
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Rabid (1977)
Cannibal Apocalypse
The Beyond

Eta


This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 2:45 pm
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17293 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 12:54 am to
Posted by WestSideTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
3667 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 1:38 am to
Legion, the movie. I didn’t expect awards but so much potential for a prequel and sequel.

Posted by Richard Flagget
Member since Mar 2018
394 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 1:46 am to
Nacho libre should have won at least 5 oscars but it’s more about politics than good film making
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35797 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 2:08 am to
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The Reflecting Skin


Haven't seen it since it came out but one of the most strangest, startling, disturbing movies I had seen up until that point.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 2:23 am to
Most people see Viggo Mortensen and think of LOTR, I always think of The Reflecting Skin and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 lol
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
47822 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:31 am to
Tombstone

Val should have been nominated for best supporting actor.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35797 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:54 am to
I've trumpeted this movie many times before in the horror thread...

But when it comes to J-Horror, The Ring, The Grudge, etc. gets all the love.

Watch Kairo (Pulse) in a room at midnight in the dark. The Japanese version.

Its internet ghosts! YouTube trailer. Seriously, it's the scariest film I've ever seen because you don't know what's going on but the atmosphere is creepier than anything I've ever seen.
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
7613 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 5:32 am to
Tucker: The Man and His Dream

October Sky

Galaxy Quest

The Grifters

The Negotiator

The Firm

The Last Samurai
Posted by LSUPERMAN
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
2530 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 6:08 am to
Master and Commander - just because we never gotten or will get a sequel.
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
5130 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 6:13 am to
Bringing Out the Dead.

I think it's one of Scorcese's and Cage's best.
Posted by Legba007
Franklin, Tn
Member since Jul 2013
2148 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 6:37 am to
quote:

The Grifters


this is great choice, such as great movie
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
11157 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 6:38 am to
Friday the 13th Part 2
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This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 7:23 am
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
109969 posts
Posted on 9/9/22 at 6:55 am to


Not only should it have won Best Picture that year, but it wasn’t even nominated for it. What a joke.

It’s too bad it didn’t do well at the box office as well since I do want to see the war between humans and replicants that the film heavily implies is about to begin. Hopefully Dune Part 2 crushes it at the box office and will give Villeneuve another shot at it. Really the only characters you need to bring back are Wallace and Ana Stelline.

The sad thing is if they got Christopher Nolan to direct it, which was the studio’s first choice, it probably would have grossed three times the amount it did.
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 7:09 am
Posted by Gabapentin
Member since Mar 2022
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Posted on 9/9/22 at 7:18 am to
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