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I found the movie ‘Set it Off’ with Queen Latifah, Vivica Fox, Blair underwood and Jada Pinkett Smith a really sad, but good movie. It’s not a traditional type of movie where the ending is happy, so it’s a quite sad/depressing ending, but I thought it had a good meaning to it and the acting was great, in my opinion.

What are some movies you have seen that you feel are underrated and why?
 
Yogi89 said:
I found the movie ‘Set it Off’ with Queen Latifah, Vivica Fox, Blair underwood and Jada Pinkett Smith a really sad, but good movie. It’s not a traditional type of movie where the ending is happy, so it’s a quite sad/depressing ending, but I thought it had a good meaning to it and the acting was great, in my opinion.

What are some movies you have seen that you feel are underrated and why?
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To be honest with you I’m not as cultured as people think I am so I have to say a lot of Mel Brooks movies are underrated.
 
I find that virtually all color movies are trash. With the exception that Gregory Peck was physically mis-cast, The Scarlet and the Black (1983) was quite good. I was told of this movie by a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, who cited it as his favorite!
 
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What are some movies you have seen that you feel are underrated and why?
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“Wise Blood,” based upon the book by Catholic author Flanner O’Connor. It’s in color and has been OOP for many years (think it has only recently been issued on DVD, IIRC) so not many people know about it.

“The Prestige,” the magic-themed movie Christopher ‘Dunkirk’ Nolan made BEFORE ‘The Dark Knight.’ It’s got David Bowie cameo as Nikola Tesla – great movie. I don’t know why more people haven’t heard of it. Highly recommended for those who have never heard of it – nothing objectionable. It’s also in color.

“Sing Street” – also in color – from last year. Not to confused with the animated kids movie “Sing,” “Sing Street” is like a youth-group version of “The Commitments,” one of the my all-time favorites (white kids in Northern Ireland start a soul band), but I think it’s PG-13 so doesn’t have all the profanity “The Commitments” has, but it’s kinda sorta technically a remake of “The Commitments” but with 80’s new wave music (Duran Duran, The Jam, etc.) instead of soul. U2’s Bono reportedly likes it a lot, FWIW. It really was robbed of an Oscar nomination – it’s that good. I don’t know anyone who saw it who also didn’t love it – textbook uplifting, feel-good movie.
 
Especially from a Catholic perspective but also in general: For the Greater Glory (2012) is one of my all time favorite movies
 
po18guy said:
I find that virtually all color movies are trash.
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And you kids get off my lawn, what with your rock music and your gangster pants! No one has made good music since John Phillip Sousa!
 
po18guy said:
I find that virtually all color movies are trash. With the exception that Gregory Peck was physically mis-cast, The Scarlet and the Black (1983) was quite good. I was told of this movie by a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, who cited it as his favorite!
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Thanks for posting this. I have had a vague memory of this movie being on TV years ago (recalled the trailer that had Peck dressed as a priest running across St. Peter’s Square and something about saving Jewish people), yet I have never been able to remember the name of the film nor do I ever see anyone mention it nowadays.
 
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“Wise Blood,” based upon the book by Catholic author Flanner O’Connor. It’s in color and has been OOP for many years (think it has only recently been issued on DVD, IIRC) so not many people know about it.

“The Prestige,” the magic-themed movie Christopher ‘Dunkirk’ Nolan made BEFORE ‘The Dark Knight.’ It’s got David Bowie cameo as Nikola Tesla – great movie. I don’t know why more people haven’t heard of it. Highly recommended for those who have never heard of it – nothing objectionable. It’s also in color.

“Sing Street” – also in color – from last year. Not to confused with the animated kids movie “Sing,” “Sing Street” is like a youth-group version of “The Commitments,” one of the my all-time favorites (white kids in Northern Ireland start a soul band), but I think it’s PG-13 so doesn’t have all the profanity “The Commitments” has, but it’s kinda sorta technically a remake of “The Commitments” but with 80’s new wave music (Duran Duran, The Jam, etc.) instead of soul. U2’s Bono reportedly likes it a lot, FWIW. It really was robbed of an Oscar nomination – it’s that good. I don’t know anyone who saw it who also didn’t love it – textbook uplifting, feel-good movie.
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I loved the Prestige, although it took me a while to find the DVD. for some reason it wasnt that big of a hit.
 
‘In a Lonely Place’ starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, although it’s not exactly a ‘feel good’ experience.

For the longest time I thought Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Adventures of Baron von Munchhausen’ was an overlooked masterpiece, now with the passage of time I can see it’s more an interesting failure.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
Thanks for posting this. I have had a vague memory of this movie being on TV years ago (recalled the trailer that had Peck dressed as a priest running across St. Peter’s Square and something about saving Jewish people), yet I have never been able to remember the name of the film nor do I ever see anyone mention it nowadays.
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Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty - a true, if unknown hero if WWII.

If not already, his cause should be submitted to the Vatican.
 
Yogi89 said:
I found the movie ‘Set it Off’ with Queen Latifah, Vivica Fox, Blair underwood and Jada Pinkett Smith a really sad, but good movie. It’s not a traditional type of movie where the ending is happy, so it’s a quite sad/depressing ending, but I thought it had a good meaning to it and the acting was great, in my opinion.

What are some movies you have seen that you feel are underrated and why?
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I remember “Set it Off”.
Another film you might appreciate is “American History X”. It would help to have read The Autobiography of Malcolm X prior to viewing.
May God bless you and all who visit your thread.
Amen.
 
I remembered one that I wanted to post yesterday but didn’t have time to look it up. Melissa Gilbert from “Little House on the Prairie” playing missionary Jean Donovan who was killed in El Salvador, in a TV movie called “Choices of the Heart”, with Martin Sheen as a priest.

In high school those women killed in El Salvador were sort of heroes to us girls. I say “sort of” because at the time I couldn’t fathom how someone could take such a big chance to go and live as they did (I wasn’t the “social justice type”). I remember watching the movie to try to get a better understanding of how a young woman could decide to give up her life to go into such a dangerous situation. This is another movie that nobody talks about nowadays, nor does anybody ever mention those women who were killed.
 
jeannetherese said:
I remember “Set it Off”.
Another film you might appreciate is “American History X”. It would help to have read The Autobiography of Malcolm X prior to viewing.
May God bless you and all who visit your thread.
Amen.
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May God bless you as well!!
 
Ghost in the Shell (Machine) - many didn’t like it but I guess I’m weird and just like different movies. It also helps that I’m somewhat familiar with anime.

The Host - Another one I really liked. A big campy but over all lots of fun sci fi.

Riddick - Panned by many but it’s one of Vin Disel’s Best.

Song Catcher - Another favorite this one not scif fi but a period peace about mountain music. Great plot, cast and well written.

The Resurrection of Gavon Stone, Great movie. Very funny and sort of campy but entertaining.

There’s a lot more but that’s all I can think of at the moment.
 
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