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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2024, 04:17:00 PM »
North Dallas Forty with Mac Davis,Nick Nolte,Bo Svenson,John Matuszak

I liked that one
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2024, 04:20:58 PM »
That came out when the Big old theaters were still around and they stayed at theaters for 3-4 months back in the late '70s
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2024, 04:38:05 PM »
Quote from: CatsbyAZ on January 27, 2024, 01:11:08 PM
Varsity Blues (1999)

That movie should make the list simply for the whipped cream bikini.

[img width=242.863 height=327]https://i.imgur.com/zuRKWmo.png[/img]
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2024, 06:19:43 PM »
maybe I'll watch it sometime
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2024, 07:21:22 PM »

https://youtu.be/Lo0ch3hN0q0?si=JaT5s27um3tPIInL

I don't know if this is considered underapreciated,  but I am a big fan of the movie Cast Away.

Spoiler alerts.  I love that 1/3 of the movie happens after he rescues himself after being stranded on the Island for 4 years.  I also like how the title has a double meaning.  Not only was he a castaway on the Island for 4 years,  but was cast away again by everybody who knew him, who assumed he was dead and had already moved on.

He fought so hard to get back and everything he had before was gone.  His job is gone.  He never has to work again. His finance got married and had a young kid.  She has no choice but to stay with the new husband.  The movie literally ends with the main character at a crossroads,  with no idea what to do with the rest of his life.  At least until he sees the angel wings on the back of that pickup truck.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2024, 09:48:43 PM »
I respect that the movie goes a good 10-12 minutes of no dialogue.  Maybe I'm overestimating it, but it's noticeable and probably unprecedented.  
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2024, 12:02:43 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 27, 2024, 09:48:43 PM
I respect that the movie goes a good 10-12 minutes of no dialogue.  Maybe I'm overestimating it, but it's noticeable and probably unprecedented. 
the beginning of 2010 Space Odyssey is another example of this technique
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2024, 04:27:49 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 27, 2024, 09:48:43 PM
I respect that the movie goes a good 10-12 minutes of no dialogue.  Maybe I'm overestimating it, but it's noticeable and probably unprecedented. 
If you are talking about Cast Away,  I think many are aware that's the exact reason the character Wilson (the volleyball) was created.  So that the  Tom Hanks character would have somebody to talk to and express all his inner thoughts to when he was stranded alone.  I don't know if that makes him less crazy than just talking to himself,  but it seems to work better as a movie device to have Tom Hanks say something and show Wilson's reaction. 

But yeah,  I agree it can really test a movie viewer's patience to go long periods without dialougue.  More recently I noticed the TV show Better Call Saul can push this limit at times.  It's OK to do it for one long scene,  just don't get in the habit of it.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2024, 06:53:40 AM »
Speaking of well done no dialog sequences ...

The Black Stallion (1979) - IMDb


I really liked this movie, good for kids.

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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2024, 07:15:54 AM »
I remember really enjoying The Weather Man some years ago. Hit some emotional beats  when I was going through a divorce.

I also loved Observe and Report. Pretty much everything Jody Hill does is a winner, but people didn't seem to connect with that one, though I did.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2024, 11:13:49 AM »
My favorite bad movie is They Live.   It's not good but I love watching it...
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2024, 12:00:25 PM »
My favorite bad movie is Roadhouse.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2024, 12:02:54 PM »
"Pain don't hurt."
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2024, 12:35:12 PM »
Apparently there are people who are convinced that we need a 21st c version of Roadhouse starring Jake Gyllenhaal.    So sad.
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