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  • Natty68
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    • 05-11-14
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    #106
    under-rated......No Country for Old Men/Glengarry Glen Ross


    over-rated.....for the life of me I'll never get the religious admiration for Citizen Kane no matter how many times i watch it
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    • stevenash
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      • 01-17-11
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      #107
      Bonfire of the Vanities.
      Underrated:
      Critics hated it

      I thought it was very good.
      I enjoyed it, that's all that counts, right?
      I mean it's my two hours and 20 minutes, it's my eight bucks spent to watch it.
      Who cares what the critics thought.

      Trainspotting
      Underrated

      Great soundtrack, great cast, great movie.
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      • cashin81
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        • 09-10-14
        • 12946

        #108
        Originally posted by Fred The Hammer
        I'm guessing you're saying Overrated? I feel like he's overrated myself, but I did like Three Kings. Up In The Air is pretty good too. Overall though I think Clooney and Brad Pitt are both overrated.
        Nah Pitt is a great actor. Best performance kalifornia

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        • Snowball
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          • 11-15-09
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          #109
          Overrated: The Departed
          Underrated: Once Upon a Time in America
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          • gauchojake
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            #110
            This ain't Lucky Lager!!
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            • tommir99
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              • 04-17-13
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              #111
              Both shoot to kill (from 1988) and frantic maybe slightly underrated. They're both good.
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              • eidolon
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                • 01-02-08
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                #112
                Gravity is one of the most overrated movies for me.

                It is very slow, with a lot of music in the background to sensationalize every situation that ends up being way over the top.
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                • Fred The Hammer
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                  • 08-13-13
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                  #113
                  Originally posted by Natty68
                  under-rated......No Country for Old Men/Glengarry Glen Ross


                  over-rated.....for the life of me I'll never get the religious admiration for Citizen Kane no matter how many times i watch it
                  IDK man? Great movie, like a modern western, but you cannot kill your main hero figure off screen. That was so weird because I was really into the chase. The ending made no damn sense either
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                  • Fred The Hammer
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                    • 08-13-13
                    • 11579

                    #114
                    I'd say its actually a good movie, but sbr forum isn't exactly the most mature place to have an actual discussion.

                    I'll just tell the story instead. It was hilarious at the time. I bought my house about 15 years ago or whenever and I tried to turn it into a bachelor pad a little bit. I met this woman online and had her over to my house. I had just got DISH that day and we were flipping channels and she says she really wants to watch Brokeback Mountain. I wanted to bang her so I said "I'll try to watch it, but I reserve the right to turn the channel at any time" Well it was actually a good movie with beautiful scenery of Montana, but my TV kept flipping over to a Nascar race. I'd flip it back and then within seconds it would go back to Nascar. I think what happened is the installer screwed up and my remote programming got tied into someone else with DISH service.

                    So I explain my theory to her and promptly turn off Nascar and go back to Brokeback over and over. We laughed our ass off at the thought of some Nascar fan being forced to watch gay cowboys It is a good movie past the tent scene. We both turned our heads I think
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                    • Fred The Hammer
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                      • 08-13-13
                      • 11579

                      #115



                      Michelle Williams is in it too. She should stick with the Marilyn look I met this Russian chick online years ago from Celina, Ohio. Whitish blond hair like that and gray eyes. Marilyn colored her hair I'm sure, but you don't see super light blond hair like that anymore. This Russian woman was from Siberia. She was so damn hot for late 30s-40 or whatever, but way too into Russian Orthodox church for my tastes
                      Last edited by Fred The Hammer; 08-05-21, 07:28 AM.
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                      • hawkwind
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                        • 04-25-11
                        • 4057

                        #116
                        Ben Affleck films
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                        • Fred The Hammer
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                          • 08-13-13
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                          #117
                          Originally posted by hawkwind
                          Ben Affleck films
                          Overrated I guess? I tell you one movie he's in thats Underrated imo:

                          Hollywoodland


                          Its about George Reeves, the original Superman, and whether he committed suicide or was murdered. Affleck plays Reeves as a hack actor with a drinking problem.....so maybe that wasn't acting in his case.



                          He was still really good in that movie though
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                          • Fred The Hammer
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                            • 08-13-13
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                            #118
                            Originally posted by hawkwind
                            Ben Affleck films
                            Loved Gone Girl too, but overall I think I agree with you)) 2 good movies out of 50 isn't a great record
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                            • stevenash
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                              • 01-17-11
                              • 65504

                              #119
                              Originally posted by hawkwind
                              Ben Affleck films
                              Yeah right.

                              I thought about it, I can name just one movie I liked him in.
                              "Boiler Room"

                              And that was like 20 years ago.
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                              • stevenash
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                                • 01-17-11
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                                #120
                                Originally posted by Fred The Hammer
                                Loved Gone Girl too, but overall I think I agree with you)) 2 good movies out of 50 isn't a great record
                                It was OK, my wife loved it.
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                                • MinnesotaFats
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                                  • 12-18-10
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                                  #121
                                  Originally posted by Natty68
                                  under-rated......No Country for Old Men/Glengarry Glen Ross


                                  over-rated.....for the life of me I'll never get the religious admiration for Citizen Kane no matter how many times i watch it
                                  Citizen Kane is a very average movie to the layman viewers

                                  However, it is the perfect movie from a nuts and bolts perspective. Any film 101 class will cite CK as the standard bearer in rear projection, close ups, dialog, deep focus and overlapping genre.

                                  It is a perfectly constructed film with the greatest actor of the 1040s (sorry Bogie...I'll give Humphrey that nod in the 50s especially w Big Sleep & Key Largo)
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                                  • BrickJames
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                                    • 05-05-11
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                                    #122
                                    Originally posted by stevenash
                                    Yeah right.

                                    I thought about it, I can name just one movie I liked him in.
                                    "Boiler Room"

                                    And that was like 20 years ago.
                                    That scene was a rip off of the Alec Baldwin scene in Glengarry Glen Ross
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                                    • stevek173
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                                      #123
                                      Boiler Room and Glengary both classic movies, imo, though GlenGary is pretty morbid.

                                      Not a huge Affleck fan either, but he had some hilarious moments in the Jay and Silent Bob movies imo.
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                                      • jim
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                                        • 11-30-06
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                                        #124
                                        Terrance Mann. The guy that directed The Thin Red Line. Great camera work and meaningful dialogue, but all over the place at the same time

                                        * Terrrence Malick
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                                        • Fred The Hammer
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                                          • 08-13-13
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                                          #125
                                          Originally posted by jim
                                          * Terrrence Malick
                                          I'm a vet and love war movies, but another thing that bugs me is how old these actors are in these movies. Ted Danson and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan and Woody Harrelson, Sean Penn, and John Savage in Thin Red Line. Its ridiculous. Its one thing if its a higher ranking officer, but they have 40 year old guys in front line combat? My grandpa was a flamethrower man in the Pacific and he was 26 in 1944. They called him Pops because he was so old.

                                          Vince Vaughn in Hacksaw Ridge Dude had to be 45 and he's in front line combat.
                                          Last edited by Fred The Hammer; 08-06-21, 05:22 AM.
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                                          • Fred The Hammer
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                                            • 08-13-13
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                                            #126
                                            Originally posted by BrickJames
                                            That scene was a rip off of the Alec Baldwin scene in Glengarry Glen Ross
                                            True, Ben Affleck pretty much sucks. The Town was pretty decent and I think he directed it? He directed Argo, but that movie bored me. Didn't finish it
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                                            • Fred The Hammer
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                                              • 08-13-13
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                                              #127
                                              Watching Blood Ties right now. 70s family crime drama I guess, but I'm only 30 minutes in


                                              Pretty good so far. Clive Owens, Billy Crudup, James Caan, and Mila Kunis. This Zoe Saldana woman is one of the hottest black women I've ever seen.

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                                              • stevenash
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                                                • 01-17-11
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                                                #128
                                                Originally posted by Fred The Hammer
                                                Watching Blood Ties right now. 70s family crime drama I guess, but I'm only 30 minutes in


                                                Pretty good so far. Clive Owens, Billy Crudup, James Caan, and Mila Kunis. This Zoe Saldana woman is one of the hottest black women I've ever seen.



                                                I'm police drama guy.

                                                Underrated:French Connection
                                                Great, not good, but great movie.
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                                                • BigJay
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                                                  • 01-14-12
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                                                  #129
                                                  Underrated:
                                                  Nixon (great performances by the leads)

                                                  Overrated:
                                                  La La Land (Sucked sitting through that with my ex)
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                                                  • BigJay
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                                                    • 01-14-12
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                                                    #130
                                                    Originally posted by stevenash
                                                    I'm police drama guy.

                                                    Underrated:French Connection
                                                    Great, not good, but great movie.
                                                    Agreed
                                                    Hard to call a movie that won Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director overrated though. As well as one they talked about the chase scene as a precedent setter for decades after.

                                                    I rewatched “The Conversation” again the other day. One of those rare films that seems to get better every time I watch it.

                                                    Hackman of course excellent in both.
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                                                    • alling
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                                                      • 05-13-10
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                                                      #131
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                                                      • Fred The Hammer
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                                                        • 08-13-13
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                                                        #132
                                                        Originally posted by stevenash
                                                        I'm police drama guy.

                                                        Underrated:French Connection
                                                        Great, not good, but great movie.
                                                        The great Gene Hackman. Ive never seen it, but I will
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                                                        • PromiseLand
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                                                          • 08-30-12
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                                                          #133
                                                          Overrated: Scarface- it's a good movie but way overhyped.

                                                          Underrated: Blow (can't believe critics only give this one 55% on rotten tomatoes)- Great film based on life of a real drug smuggler. I'll take this over scarface anyday.
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                                                          • Fred The Hammer
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                                                            • 08-13-13
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                                                            #134
                                                            Originally posted by PromiseLand
                                                            Overrated: Scarface- it's a good movie but way overhyped.

                                                            Underrated: Blow (can't believe critics only give this one 55% on rotten tomatoes)- Great film based on life of a real drug smuggler. I'll take this over scarface anyday.
                                                            I agree on Scarface. If you're going Underrated Pacino then give me Carlitos Way or Donnie Brasco


                                                            Sean Penn's wormy little Jew lawyer makes Carlitos Way great imo. Say what you want about Sean Penn, but the MF can act
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                                                            • PromiseLand
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                                                              #135
                                                              Loved Pacino in Brasco. His character cracks me up.

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                                                              • stevenash
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                                                                • 01-17-11
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                                                                #136
                                                                Originally posted by Fred The Hammer
                                                                The great Gene Hackman. Ive never seen it, but I will
                                                                It's a much watch.

                                                                Popeye Doyle.
                                                                I hate the word 'iconic' (so overused) but it applies.
                                                                Popeye Doyle is an iconic film character.
                                                                Hackman was an Academy Award for that.
                                                                Don Ellis (world famous jazz trumpeter), wrote that unbelievable music score.

                                                                "Married with Children's" Ed O'Neil did a great job too in the TV version.

                                                                People forget the great Roy Schneider was co star.
                                                                Nobody is a bigger Schneider than I am. Forget Jaws, "All that Jazz" was one of my all time favorites too.
                                                                If you ask me, Schneider's tour de force was "All That Jazz"









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                                                                • stevek173
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                                                                  #137
                                                                  Not a movie (sorry if that offends anyone), but if you like Bryan Cranston at all (who doesn't) and dark crime drama, you need to binge Your Honor, imo.

                                                                  Some of the best stuff I've ever seen, which is very rare to say about anything recent.
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                                                                  • Fred The Hammer
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                                                                    • 08-13-13
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                                                                    #138
                                                                    Ok you guys are talking car chases and Bryan Cranston. I'll give you Drive with Ryan Gosling/Cranston. To me the rest of the movie couldn't match this scene, but a movie that gets you rolling from the start will usually keep you to the end. The music.....the adrenaline....wow! Ryan Gosling is one pretty boy that actually act unlike most of them

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                                                                    • Fred The Hammer
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                                                                      • 08-13-13
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                                                                      #139
                                                                      Underrated as hell. The Place Beyond The Pines


                                                                      The thing about this movie though....its much like No Country For Old Men. Once a certain event happens in the movie then it loses too much steam imo. First half of the movie though
                                                                      Unf3$*n believable....but I love Gosling and Ben Mendelsohn too. Gosling and Mendelsohn should make some kind of a crime movie together where its just the two of them
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                                                                      • Fred The Hammer
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                                                                        #140
                                                                        The Place Beyond The Pines





                                                                        F# ck up sneaks into his own kids baptism. Powerful scene. Gosling was only supposed to have a few tattoos, but he wanted to be covered in them to feel the shame of being a ex-con
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