What are the low-rated movies you enjoyed the most or think should be rated much higher?
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I'm asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5+-5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don't regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of...bad movies.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight - retcon it as a prequel to the Bourne trilogy and it's 10 times better. It's already top quality late 90's action cheese.
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Spice World is madcap mania. Recent Flop House episode about it. It's the only movie I ever watched, rewound, and watched again.
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VHF, staring Weird Al Yankovick. It's a genuine shame no one else said this. Are people OK?
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Josie and the Pussycats. Replace "sell CDs" with "Spotify" and literally nothing changes.
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IDK about "rated higher" but I love Jet Li's The One
There's exactly 127 universes in the multiverse. Why? Never discussed. And if one version of you kills another, every other version gets that much stronger. So Jet Li plays both the hero and the villain as well as an assortment of the villain's victims. Jason Statham is in it too, as the hotheaded junior partner multiverse cop out to bring the villain down.
Weird guns! Weird tech! A prison universe! Super powered martial arts! A climactic fight in a foundry where you can tell the hero from the villain by the color of their shirt! Man I love this movie!
I am Yulaw! I am nobody's bitch!
the only thing I remember about that movie apart from the fact that I watched it with my high school best friend with whom I've long since cut all ties
but I do remember we both quite enjoyed it!
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The David lynch version of Dune. I find it much more enjoyable than the recent version(s). The art direction and casting are amazing.
The only clunky part is in the TV cut where they use storyboards and voiceovers to give some back history about the Mentats. Pretty sure this was not in the theatrical release though it’s been a while since I’ve rewatched it. Oh and the human close ups of riding the worms is showing its age in the special effects department.
stupid sexy Sting
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stupid sexy Sting
I would kill to be that limber.
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I'm asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5+-5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don't regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of...bad movies.
Titan AE
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I'm asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5+-5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don't regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of...bad movies.
The Dark Backward (1991) - Judd Nelson and Bill Paxton play garbage men buddies in a trash-infested, dystopian city where everything pretty much sucks.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight - retcon it as a prequel to the Bourne trilogy and it's 10 times better. It's already top quality late 90's action cheese.
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Spice World is madcap mania. Recent Flop House episode about it. It's the only movie I ever watched, rewound, and watched again.
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VHF, staring Weird Al Yankovick. It's a genuine shame no one else said this. Are people OK?
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Josie and the Pussycats. Replace "sell CDs" with "Spotify" and literally nothing changes.
UHF was a goddamned cinematic masterpiece.
Three O'Clock High is the quintessential 80s movie. Seriously, it's like someone said, hey, let's make an 80s movie. It's also got surprisingly good cinematography.
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This is a horror movie masquerading as science fiction. Straight up horrifying.
Kinda like coraline masquerading as a kids movie.
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That movie was great. I love Marilyn Manson's Tainted Love music video he made with the cast of that movie.
Didn't know he did that; pretty funny that Jaime turned goth though the constant zoom onto his grills made me laugh. So glad that fad is no longer a thing
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I’ve always been sad that the sequel fell through.
I don't think they ever were planning a sequel. Pretty sure that was just a meta joke in the movie and all of the "preview" scenes were just deleted scenes.
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I'm asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5+-5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don't regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of...bad movies.
Paul (2011) IMHO Frost and Pegg's best movie. Not sure why it's not rated higher, it is simply brilliant.
The Last Starfighter (1984) Epic sci fi flick that was the first to use 3D rendered computer animation. The effects do NOT hold up, but the story sure does.
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Sequel to Pitch Black and I personally like it much better. Admittedly, that's due to I like that Riddick aims more to sci fi and Pitch Black toward horror. If you like horror more, then you'd probably like Pitch Black better.
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Titan AE
Absolutely agree. Love the movie so much and in a world that loves incredible scales for sci-fi tech I haven't ever seen anything else like the Titans function in anything else.
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I'm asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5+-5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don't regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of...bad movies.
Space Truckers (1996)
This one flew under the radar because it apparently never got a proper US marketing campaign or something, but it’s an easy contender for cult classic. It’s campy, it’s colourful, it’s got some truly great practical fx work, it’s got Charles fucking Dance in it for some reason… it’s like a budget Fifth Element, but they pay attention to space physics, sorta. There’s also pigs in the shape of cubes, for easier stacking. Anyway, kinda blew me away when I stumbled upon it. YMMV, but I highly recommend.
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Space Truckers (1996)
This one flew under the radar because it apparently never got a proper US marketing campaign or something, but it’s an easy contender for cult classic. It’s campy, it’s colourful, it’s got some truly great practical fx work, it’s got Charles fucking Dance in it for some reason… it’s like a budget Fifth Element, but they pay attention to space physics, sorta. There’s also pigs in the shape of cubes, for easier stacking. Anyway, kinda blew me away when I stumbled upon it. YMMV, but I highly recommend.
Hell yeah thanks for the tip, sounds awesome
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Paul (2011) IMHO Frost and Pegg's best movie. Not sure why it's not rated higher, it is simply brilliant.
The Last Starfighter (1984) Epic sci fi flick that was the first to use 3D rendered computer animation. The effects do NOT hold up, but the story sure does.
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Sequel to Pitch Black and I personally like it much better. Admittedly, that's due to I like that Riddick aims more to sci fi and Pitch Black toward horror. If you like horror more, then you'd probably like Pitch Black better.
I didn't dislike Paul but better than Shaun and Hot Fuzz? Idk man that's really saying something. Agreed on your other movies tho
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I didn't dislike Paul but better than Shaun and Hot Fuzz? Idk man that's really saying something. Agreed on your other movies tho
Yes and I will stand by that statement.
Yes, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are also brilliant movies. Both movies are also in Frost and Pegg's exact wheelhouse, Britain.
Paul is another step above, because they so perfectly encapsulated the stupidity of a completely different country and culture. That's why I like it a bit better. Name US writers/ actors that could do the same thing for Britain? I certainly cannot.
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Yes and I will stand by that statement.
Yes, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are also brilliant movies. Both movies are also in Frost and Pegg's exact wheelhouse, Britain.
Paul is another step above, because they so perfectly encapsulated the stupidity of a completely different country and culture. That's why I like it a bit better. Name US writers/ actors that could do the same thing for Britain? I certainly cannot.
That's fair, the UK to US tourist bewilderment is undeniably amusing. Probably resonated with me even more being a UK/US dualie lol.
But there are quotes/references from Hot Fuzz that my American and British friends still say to this day, I can't even recall any one liner funnies from Paul but maybe I just need to give it a rewatch
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I'm asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5+-5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don't regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of...bad movies.
The Lobster.
The mix of dry and absurd comedy is amazing.
