What's the most underrated movies of the 10's?

[bluearth]

The Avengers - Got extremely high ratings from critics and fans alike, but because it was too "fun" and lacked "great acting performances" the movie has alread been tossed to the side and was omitted from most "best of 2012" lists. So how does an inferior action/sci fi movie like Avatar get nominated for best picture but The Avengers is largely ignored? Thats what happens when the people running the show try to keep relevance with the young audience while trying to uphold a "better then thou" attitude that celebrates mostly inferior movies from cinemas past. They suffer from the biggest case of nostaliga known to man and yet these people are looked up to as a guiding light. Really, did anbody expect The Avengers to step foot anywhere near inflated "classics" like "Sunshine"?

Hollywood has realized the genreal audience is too dumb or too lazy to think for themselves. So they've set the rules and many gladly play by them. Thats sad.

Sucker Punch - Try liking this movie without being labeled a violent video game loving 17 year old. Funny thing is the same people who bash this movie are probably right now slobering over yet another overly violent bloodbath Tarantino revenge movie while accepting the foul language in such movies including numerous uses of the n word as "high art" while Sucker Punch's mini skirt heroines are too trashy for their infallible eyes.

Suckerpunch's failure highlights the general Audience as well as "critics" who've proped themselves up on enough hot air to melt the ice caps inability to intellectually absorb and understand a movie that doesnt fall under a tried and test story arc. The claim they want something new and when they are given something that blends genres they immediately reject then turn right around and blame Hollywood for being too stale and out of ideas.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

Just a point of reference...A couple of these movies don't fit the time period
Off the top of my head these two were not in the 10's, they were in the 00's
Cloverfield - 2008
To Save a Life - 2009

Doh, that was supposed to be Chronicle.

(though Cloverfield gets slammed way more than it should too)

[octagon]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Yeah, I don't get how films that get lots of appreciation and awards can be called 'underrated'.

He also said underseen and Winter's Bone grossed a whopping six million dollars domestically.

Obviously it's not some hidden gem but it wasn't exactly a mainstream hit either.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by SpartanX

The 3rd highest grossing film of all time is underrated?

Exactly--
You want "Underrated"? Just go into a Disney thread, and watch the wide, massive sea of collected facepalming every time some uninformed and largely wishful-thinking high school kid goes "Hawhaw, lookit all the money Disney lost on John Carter--Serves it right, trailers looked stoopid anyway!"

[DisneyWorld]

I think Warrior and John Carter was really Underrated.

[Psycho Taxi Driver]

I'd have to say Robit & Frank it was by far the best I saw last year and it a better film than the Oscar nominated Django Unchained and Silver Linings Playbook

[Joeyseven]

Originally Posted by Gattman

I'd have to say Robit & Frank it was by far the best I saw last year and it a better film than the Oscar nominated Django Unchained and Silver Linings Playbook

Robot & Frank
I seen a preview for this movie,and for sure want to watch it.
Did they not release this on blu-ray?
Amazon.com only has the DVD listed for around $30.
I also checked France and Uk Amazon with no luck.

[beadelf]

tron legacy for me

[TheWildWhelk]

Dredd 3D. Oh sure, it's been a resounding success on BD, but people stayed away from the cinema in droves for that film, which was a critical success compared to crap like Resident Evil Blah and Taken 2. Dredd is simply awesome.

[TheZoof]

Originally Posted by bluearth

Sucker Punch - Try liking this movie without being labeled a violent video game loving 17 year old. Funny thing is the same people who bash this movie are probably right now slobering over yet another overly violent bloodbath Tarantino revenge movie while accepting the foul language in such movies including numerous uses of the n word as "high art" while Sucker Punch's mini skirt heroines are too trashy for their infallible eyes.

Suckerpunch's failure highlights the general Audience as well as "critics" who've proped themselves up on enough hot air to melt the ice caps inability to intellectually absorb and understand a movie that doesnt fall under a tried and test story arc. The claim they want something new and when they are given something that blends genres they immediately reject then turn right around and blame Hollywood for being too stale and out of ideas.

I disagree. The problem with Sucker Punch was the pacing. It wasn't entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I like women in short skirts as much as the next guy, however the problem was we didn't have any interest in what they were saying or trying to say.

It was a terrible movie and tried to entertain us with visuals. As an audience, we have grown past that (most of the time).

Compare Sin City to Sucker Punch, and the main difference is how entertaining each character is. We never really understand the main characters in Sucker Punch. We are given two minutes of blah blah, a few images to understand the plot, and we move on. In Sin City, the whole movie is about character creation and explanation, around the very entertaining visuals.

Underrated movie in 10's for me would be John Carter. I had heard so much negative about it, however it was entertaining for me and my family. We all enjoyed the character and visuals. It also made us want to see more(although that will never happen now).



+1 on Dredd 3d. It was awesome.

[Johnny Blu]

I just watched John Carter again yesterday and I have to agree that it is a very underrated movie.

I would like to also add The Green Hornet, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: THe Lightning Thief, The Crazies, and The Wolfman.

[nd.]

Total Recall.

(edit: 2012 only)

[stakkabo]

Savages.

Loved this movie and easily the best film Oliver Stone has directed since Natural Born Killers nearly 20 years ago!

[remake]

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by abdrewes

the mill & the cross

+1

[SpartanX]

Originally Posted by bluearth

The Avengers - Got extremely high ratings from critics and fans alike, but because it was too "fun" and lacked "great acting performances" the movie has alread been tossed to the side and was omitted from most "best of 2012" lists. So how does an inferior action/sci fi movie like Avatar get nominated for best picture but The Avengers is largely ignored? Thats what happens when the people running the show try to keep relevance with the young audience while trying to uphold a "better then thou" attitude that celebrates mostly inferior movies from cinemas past. They suffer from the biggest case of nostaliga known to man and yet these people are looked up to as a guiding light. Really, did anbody expect The Avengers to step foot anywhere near inflated "classics" like "Sunshine"?

Hollywood has realized the genreal audience is too dumb or too lazy to think for themselves. So they've set the rules and many gladly play by them. Thats sad.

Sucker Punch - Try liking this movie without being labeled a violent video game loving 17 year old. Funny thing is the same people who bash this movie are probably right now slobering over yet another overly violent bloodbath Tarantino revenge movie while accepting the foul language in such movies including numerous uses of the n word as "high art" while Sucker Punch's mini skirt heroines are too trashy for their infallible eyes.

Suckerpunch's failure highlights the general Audience as well as "critics" who've proped themselves up on enough hot air to melt the ice caps inability to intellectually absorb and understand a movie that doesnt fall under a tried and test story arc. The claim they want something new and when they are given something that blends genres they immediately reject then turn right around and blame Hollywood for being too stale and out of ideas.

Ok.....

1. The Avengers is number 3 on IMDB's top of 2012 list

2. Great Acting? RDJ and Mark Ruffalo gave 2 great performances. Boom.

3. The Avengers didn't get nominated for Best Picture for one reason and one reason only. It's a comic book movie. The Dark Knight received a similar snub. And btw, The Avengers really isn't Best Picture material...

[tylerdurden10]

I read some of the response here and I just have to ask, how did anybody actually like Never Let Me Go? I mean sure it may have been well acted, but man was that a pointless, depressing piece of crap!

Also, Blue Valentine was another film that had great performances, but man I think I may need some Prozac after watching it again!

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

I read some of the response here and I just have to ask, how did anybody actually like Never Let Me Go? I mean sure it may have been well acted, but man was that a pointless, depressing piece of crap!

Also, Blue Valentine was another film that had great performances, but man I think I may need some Prozac after watching it again!

I don't think it was pointless or depressing but rather inert in ways the novel probably wasn't. I felt the film was a bit bogged down by it's seeming faithfulness to the novel. However, it's an intelligent, well intentioned film that has stuck with me. I'm more than eager to revisit it one day.

As for Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance is a terrible visual stylist. Close Ups should be more carefully employed. It seemed as if he wanted us all to know, "THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT...AND BY THE WAY SO IS THE NEXT." Let's hope A Place Beyond the Pines is better shot.

[Snicket]

Beginners

I really love that film. Fantastic performances all around.

It doesn't get nearly the respect is deserves.

[Visco.]

Melancholia (I know it got a lot of attention for Von Triers comments but the movie itself deserved just a little more recognition I believe

Blue Valentine is a great example.

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