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OT: Favorite Movie/Best Under Radar Movie
Since the Denard voting fest is done and it is going to be a grind till 4 pm tomorrow I thought this would help pass the time. Simple thing just post your favorite movie(s) or maybe a lesser known movie you found to be a great under the radar movie, or hell just a good recent movie you seen lately.
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March 9th, 2013 at 8:38 AM | Back To The Future... best. (Score:5 Normal)
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Back To The Future... best. movie. ever.

And I'll admit it... Les Miserables was unexpectedly great.

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:17 AM | Not really answering your (Score:2)
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Not really answering your question, but I've been watching a lot of BBC documentaries recently. They're typically well written, the cinematography is first-rate and there's no reason to be paranoid about downloading them. It's easy to find them on YouTube too.

March 9th, 2013 at 8:46 AM | Easy (Score:3 Interesting)
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Best movie ever: Braveheart.

If this counts as under the radar, idiocracy is hilarious.

March 9th, 2013 at 8:51 AM | Andy Garcia (Score:2)
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Things to do in Denver When You're Dead. It's from 96 or so. Great movie.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:00 AM | Gladiator (Score:3 Normal)
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This is easily one of my favs. As far as comedies I'd have to go with Anchorman.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:31 AM | Agree on both... (Score:3 Normal)
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and the Shining for the best in the well-done, non-cheesy scary movie category

March 9th, 2013 at 1:45 PM | I love The Shining (Score:5 Normal)
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But an argument for John Carpenter's The Thing or Alien as one of the best scary movies.

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:04 AM | An underrated Tarantino film (Score:5 Normal)
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True Romance. Unreal cameos by Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, and a young Brad Pitt.



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March 9th, 2013 at 9:30 AM | Brad Pitt's character is (Score:3 Normal)
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Brad Pitt's character is awesome! "Don't condescend to me, man..."

Val Kilmer as Elvis is also a highlight.

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:57 AM | Pitt's character is Floyd. (Score:2)
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Pitt's character is Floyd.

March 9th, 2013 at 4:45 PM | The Walken/ Hopper (Score:3 Normal)
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scene is one of the best Tarantino's ever written. That's saying something.

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March 9th, 2013 at 4:46 PM | The Walken/ Hopper (Score:2)
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Repost. Damn this itchy finger.

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:32 AM | Under the radar movie: (Score:5 Normal)
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Under the radar movie: Jacob's Ladder



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March 9th, 2013 at 9:45 AM | Rollin commando (Score:1)
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Smokin marlboros and kung fu. One of the great movies of all time

Its called a royale with cheese

March 9th, 2013 at 9:34 AM | http://youtu.be/F3QANzPkkR4 (Score:3 Normal)
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http://youtu.be/F3QANzPkkR4

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:35 AM | I personally love The Town. Everyone I talk to (Score:4 Normal)
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I personally love The Town. Everyone I talk to hasn't seen it.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:38 AM | The Town is a great movie. (Score:2 Normal)
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The Town is a great movie. Highly underrated.

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:19 AM | The Town is my fav, along (Score:2 Normal)
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The Town is my fav, along with Life ( Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence ), Animal House, and Mississippi Burning.

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:29 AM | Agree (Score:1)
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Agree well done movie that many think stunk. One of those if it is on you get sucked into watching it

March 9th, 2013 at 9:36 AM | Foreign, but... (Score:2 Normal)
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Troll Hunter.  I am no film snob, which is why I am suggesting a Norwegian film about giant trolls.  Great movie.

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March 9th, 2013 at 12:24 PM | Decent movie (Score:2)
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I happened to be doing work on a Norwegian securities fraud case, so it hit the spot.  It's a great satire on provincial attitudes and the haplessness of Norwegian bureaucracy, as well as being a decent action film.  If you like Scandinavian movies, I also recommend "Rare Exports," set in Finland - a little gory, but fun.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:37 AM | Or (Score:2 Normal)
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Ernest Scared Stupid

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:38 AM | Stand by me as a favorite (Score:1 Overrated)
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And I feel like a lot of people haven't seen Man on Fire an that movie is underrated.

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:40 AM | Man on fire (Score:1 Overrated)
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Was unbelievable. Denzel should've gotten some award interest on that one

March 9th, 2013 at 9:39 AM | How about: (Score:2 Normal)
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Apocalypto

Curse of the Golden Flower

Snatch

Devils Double

March 9th, 2013 at 9:41 AM | City of God is one of my (Score:5 Normal)
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City of God is one of my favorite movies that a lot of people haven't seen...

Pretty gritty, but a really good movie....

March 9th, 2013 at 2:37 PM | I agree.  I actually bought (Score:2)
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I agree.  I actually bought it because the cover said "The Best Movie Ever Made."  Pretty bold claim I thought.  They were right.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day. 

March 9th, 2013 at 9:44 AM | Best Worst Movie (Score:2 Normal)
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I have a thing for hilariously terrible movies.  "Troll 2" and "The Room" are the best.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:47 AM | The room! (Score:2 Normal)
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It's so bad it's actually VERY entertaining.



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March 9th, 2013 at 10:07 AM | "She says I hit her. That's (Score:2)
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"She says I hit her. That's bullshit. I did not hit her. I did not. I did Naaaaaahhhhtt.....Oh hai Mark"

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March 9th, 2013 at 2:14 PM | Because of your post... (Score:1 Normal)
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...I'm currently watching the Room as we speak.



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March 9th, 2013 at 3:58 PM | Tommy Wiseau (Score:2)
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March 9th, 2013 at 10:45 AM | Scarecrow (Score:2)
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If you want a hilariously bad movie experience.  Supposed to be a horror film but turns out to be quite the comedy as far as how low budget it is.

March 9th, 2013 at 11:07 AM | Awesome choice! "You're (Score:2)
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Awesome choice! "You're lying! I never hit you! You are tearing me apart, Lisa!"

March 9th, 2013 at 9:45 AM | I'll throw J.D. in... (Score:3 Normal)
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Saving Silverman 

My UTR fav.

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:48 AM | recent HBO film (Score:2 Normal)
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Mea Maxima Culpa

It's a documentary, but it's very revealing and shocking--to the point of being almost unbelievable.

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:47 AM | Favorite movie (Score:3 Normal)
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Favorite movie is Apocalypse Now, most underrated is the Layercake.

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:30 AM | Loved Layercake (Score:2)
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Great ending. 

March 9th, 2013 at 9:51 AM | Patton is favorite movie.  My (Score:2 Normal)
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Patton is favorite movie.  My dad served under him durring WWII (the part at the very start when Patton first takes command of the American troops) so needless to  say when he took me to see it when it came out I got to hear just how historically accurate it was.  And George C. Scott delivered probably one of the greatest if not THE greatest performances in the history of cinema in the lead role.

Under the radar?  Probably either Miracle Mile (crazy concept - nuiclear war has begun and it shows what civilization would be like in the hours before the missles hit) or Groundhog Day believe it or not.  I've seen that movie like 100 times and it makes me laugh everytime I do.  Bill Murray is fantastic.

Best 10 minutes EVER of film?  Alex Baldwn delivering the "pep talk" in Glengarry Glenn Ross  I have worked my entire life in sales and nothing gives me chills more than watching him address the broken down, sad-sack sales team before the evening "sit".

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:12 AM | Yeah... (Score:1)
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...some great stuff in Glenngarry Glenn Ross

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:39 AM | Tom Hanks tells a "joke" (Score:3 Normal)
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in "Catch Me If You Can".  He's an FBI* agent and very serious.  Another agent is busting his ballz about not getting their jokes.

Hanks: Knock Knock

Agent: Who's there?

Hanks: Go eff yourself

 

*IIRC

 

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:50 AM | Silver Linings Playbook (Score:2 Normal)
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Was a very entertaining watch and great acting all around. I'm curious to see how Bradley Cooper follows up this performance in Hangover 3 (final chapter) coming out Memorial Day weekend.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:51 AM | Apocalypse Now is one of the (Score:2)
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Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest movies ever made. As far as under the radar films go, I'd agree with Jacob's Ladder and also throw in Sunshine. I also really like There Will be Blood, The Professional, and Primal Fear.

March 9th, 2013 at 9:55 AM | yep, sunshine was kick ass (Score:1)
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yep, sunshine was kick ass

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March 9th, 2013 at 12:42 PM | Akira, He Got Game, and (Score:1)
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Akira, He Got Game, and Requiem for a Dream

edit: also, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Kelly's Heros

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:55 AM | Memento True romance Worlds (Score:2)
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Memento
True romance
Worlds fastest Indian
Big trouble little china
Hard candy

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:23 AM | Big T Little C (Score:2)
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Tops of my list

I'd put the Road Warrior right up there as well.

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March 9th, 2013 at 12:17 PM | I was going to mention (Score:1)
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Memento for under the radar movie.

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March 9th, 2013 at 9:56 AM | On Films... (Score:3 Normal)
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I've always liked some of Sidney Lumet's films in particular, so count "The Verdict", "Serpico", "Network" and "Dog Day Afternoon" among some of my favorites.

As for a movie that I thought was good and didn't get a whole lot of attention, at least in the US, it would have to be the German film "Goodbye, Lenin!" - very clever film, I thought. Another one that was obscure but a decent adaptation, in my opinion, was HBO's adaptation of "Barbarians At The Gate" from the early 1990s, based on the Bryan Burrough and John Heylar work about the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. 

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March 9th, 2013 at 10:07 AM | Goodbye Lenin! is excellent. (Score:1)
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Goodbye Lenin! is excellent. Such a great movie.

Other under the radar movies I've seen recently:

"Win win" - Paul Giammatti in an excellent, simple character story about a struggling lawyer/high school wrestling coach taking in a troubled teen.

"We Need to Talk About Kevin" - Pyschological thriller about a troubled/possessed teen with superb acting (Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller). Very chilling and disturbing - not disturbing in a "gross out" way, but disturbing in the sense that it is totally believable and kind of scary to consider this movie's place in our society today (that's a weird, shadowy description, but I can't really explain it better without giving away too much).

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