Surprisingly good films/Hidden Gems

Shallow Grave. Quite an interesting film about 3 flat mates who end up with a lot of money and how each of the three deal with each other and the fact they killed to get it.

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It's an enjoyable film.

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tofucake United States. June 14 2010 14:53. Posts 11478

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Don't know if these have been said yet:
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Bill Murray United States. June 14 2010 14:56. Posts 7057

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I hate to disagree, but I felt "Whatever Works" sucked

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Baxter Australia. June 14 2010 18:30. Posts 45

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It's a fairly old movie but if you like planes/and cursed people on the run its a great movie.. Hayao Miyazaki best flick imo but I'm biased cause I grew up watching this movie.

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Princess Mononoke is also a great movie, it's about the rise of man over the gods. I guess you could it a precursor to the earth being turned into a concrete jungle. Also Directed by Hayao Miyazaki!

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Salteador Neo Andorra. June 15 2010 04:03. Posts 3623

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The Man from Earth was pretty awesome :D Thanks TL for the recommendation.

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hejakev Sweden. June 15 2010 05:13. Posts 517

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Some of these aren't really hidden, though they're certainly gems.

I had really low expectations, but it was actually awesome:
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Cadgers United States. June 15 2010 06:33. Posts 511

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I just finished Oldboy, which was fantastic. Does anyone have any other films in a similar vein or should I just keep checking out stuff by Park Chan-wook?

architekt Germany. June 15 2010 08:26. Posts 64

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watched porco rosso a few weeks ago and was getting really emotional xD
still i think howl moving castle is the best miyazaki. if you guys have kids..., show them every single miyazaki movie!

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Miss_Cleo United States. June 15 2010 09:53. Posts 394

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Just watched the man from earth, loved it.

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet, grossly underrated and hilarious.
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e.soul[gm] Sierra Leone. June 15 2010 10:47. Posts 254

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On June 14 2010 02:54 FJ wrote:
Shallow Grave. Quite an interesting film about 3 flat mates who end up with a lot of money and how each of the three deal with each other and the fact they killed to get it.

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It's an enjoyable film.

started off awesome, got ridiculous at the end. you can tell it was boyles first film. he must have learned a lot from it.

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Licmyobelisk Philippines. June 15 2010 12:14. Posts 3674

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is this considered as a hidden gem? because this is so good and I didn't even hear that it came out wordwide

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bmml United Kingdom. June 16 2010 09:45. Posts 955

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Finally got around to watching this and thanks for the recommendation! was a great feel good film and reinvigorated my lost love of Jazz. Truely heartwarming.

snorlax637 United States. June 16 2010 12:09. Posts 11

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Some of my favorite movies that I just randomly found and have loved ever since:

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Ghost151 United States. June 16 2010 19:16. Posts 230

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Finding Nemo - probably the only kid's movie that any adult could actually stand to watch stand alone, without nostalgic feelings for cartoons. Great humor and a solid plot.

Mononoke Hime/Princess Mononoke - Some cheesy American voice acting but this movie is BAD ASS, a far cry from the rest of the anime the US was introduced to in the 90's. The theme of the movie is about mankind's desecration of the natural world and the consequences, and includes some typical character archetypes that we all know and love, keeping things familiar. Also, plenty of gratuitous violence!

Frailty - Thriller/Horror flick with Bill Paxton; stumbled upon this one in the wee hours of the morning when I couldn't sleep. The ending really blew me away, and makes the events of the movie that much more awesome

Shaun of the Dead - Probably the greatest zombie film of all time after the original Romero movie. I thought the idea was stupid but I was soundly shut up by the presentation. It's all about the delivery in this one: Simon Pegg and co. do an amazing job of keeping things fresh and funny in the grim scenario they're in. Also, zombies! yay! One of my favorite movies ever now, and it completely won me over from my original position that I was going to hate it.

Silent Hill - THIS IS THE ONLY VIDEO GAME MOVIE EVER THAT DOES NOT SUCK. Actually just as creepy and messed up as the plot of some of the games. Blew me away in terms of quality.

That's all I have for now, from personal experiences.

And to the people touting Equilibrium....

Why? It's a very typical B-grade sci-fi/action flick. Sure, it's similar to the matrix series in genre but it's totally inferior (compared to the first movie). I was very nonplussed the whole way through. It reminds me of movies like Blade...definitely not that great.

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Roe Canada. June 16 2010 21:45. Posts 5144

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Manit0u Poland. June 16 2010 21:57. Posts 9848

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On June 15 2010 06:33 Cadgers wrote:
I just finished Oldboy, which was fantastic. Does anyone have any other films in a similar vein or should I just keep checking out stuff by Park Chan-wook?

You know of course that Oldboy is a part of the trilogy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vengeance_Trilogy

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Scaramanga Australia. June 16 2010 21:59. Posts 7620

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v for vendetta
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those are the two i heard wernt that good and went in with low expectations, boy were they wrong

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braammbolius June 16 2010 23:57. Posts 179

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Great acting, great setting, great dialog, great music, great visuals, great movie.
Although it might not be for everyone, i would sincerely suggest it to EVERYONE

Uwe Boll is my new heroe, went into this expecting a total shitfest but what do u know, best movie
in like 3 years EASY. Forget all the (deserved) Uwe Boll hate, this movie is the nuts.

Flaccid June 16 2010 23:59. Posts 5868

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Shitty movies that I loved (for whatever reason):

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barbsq United States. June 17 2010 05:31. Posts 3039

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12 angry men is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time. and no1 ever seems to have heard of it. once you get over the fact that its black and white, the dialogue and acting in the film are so superb, you dont end up realizing that there are absolutely 0 special effects and minimal, if any, 'fancy visuals'. i highly recommend, and i really wish more movies would be made like this.

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