Baby driver I know it’s decently well known, but honestly not even close to enough.
Spacey ruined so much…
Gran Torino
The Man From UNCLE (2015)
Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer chewing up the scenes, nice fast paced plot, fun and engaging.
A real shame it’s a Guy Richie film, but since I don’t pay him when I watch it I really don’t mind 🏴☠️Mea culpa edit: I confused Guy Richie and Russell Brand. I’m dumb and Guy didn’t deserve that. Sorry for the confusion and also go watch The Man From UNCLE. While your at it, go find Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, where (funny era) Steve Martin does a film noir mashup movie flawlessly
Sneakers message still resonates strongly today
Better Off Dead outside the band of most 80s teenager comedy movies
Paycheck I thought it was a fun sci-fi that most people missed
The Great Escape not underrated back in the day, but not very well known now
Sneakers is a lot of fun, but there’s one scene that just irks me. In the beginning of the film, the main character is picking up a check from a bank teller after their “white hat” elite team stole (then returned) untold millions from the same bank. The teller cuts him a check and asks what he does. He gives a short explanation and he says “it’s a living”. She looks at the check and back at him saying “not a very good one”. It’s clear that she’s a low level employee and there were 4 or 5 people on the crew, and she’d have no idea how much work went into the job. Even at minimum wage, it would have been a pretty nice paycheck and she would have had no idea whether it was a good amount, nor whether it was just one guy getting paid the amount on the check. The comment makes no sense.
Seconding Paycheck. One of the few Affleck movies I like.
Mom And Dad Save The World (1992)
Stars Terri Garr and Jeffrey Jones as the Nelsons, an ordinary set of suburban boomer parents who routinely go on vacations/car trips. On such a trip, they are abducted station wagon and all by Emporer Todd (played by Jon Lovitz) of planet Spengo, a desert planet inhabited by a species of dog headed if male, fish headed if female creatures, and humanoid idiots. Ridiculousness ensues.
It bombed at the box office and is poorly reviewed but I had fun with it.
Pick me up
Diabolical, isn’t it?
Jeffrey Jones’ making the news afterwards probably kept this one from becoming a cult classic.
By that logic we’re going to have to burn down Beetlejuice and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
But he wasn’t the focal LEAD in those movies
This is one I make people watch. It’s so goofy and fun in all the right ways. The costumes, aliens, and sets are fantastic. I don’t know why it’s not considered cult classic.
I think I can answer that: movies that form a cult tend to land with a demographic, often one it wasn’t originally sold to. Clue, for example. Didn’t really land with its intended audience of baby boomers in the mid-80’s in large part due to the “one of three endings” theater gimmick. The movie found its audience with young millennials on Comedy Central, especially in its repaired “all three endings” format which increased the runtime and kept the frenetic farcical energy in the last act up longer.
What demographic was going to form a cult around Mom And Dad Save The World? It’s a movie by and about boomers, targeting the Gen X stupidity fad. Clue was ahead of its time, MADSTW is precisely OF its time. It’s not what the secret cabal of gay theater kids always wanted like Rocky Horror Picture Show. And MADSTW is unfortunately competent, so the “so bad it’s good” MST3K/Red Letter Media crowd won’t touch it. That and Jeffrey Jones has been canceled so there’s a bunch of people who won’t watch it out of principle now. So there’s no group this movie will land with.
Troll Hunter
Pandorum
I really liked Pandorum. It was weird.
Thankskilling (2008). Low budget horror movie about a talking turkey (a puppet) who murders college students. It’s one of the most ridiculous and hilarious movies I’ve seen.
Crosspost on B movie bonanza
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The music is incredible. The Gothic setting is great. The father/daughter storyline is complex. I wish it was more popular.
Plus you get to see Anthony Stewart Head sing while mutilating people.
Ok that convinces me. That man sings so well
The Net (1995)
Ok why
It’s from a time the new era started to take off while most ordinary people (and filmmakers) had no idea what was really coming. Nor did they really understand any of it. Like Hackers this makes The Net extremely interesting to watch, it’s not good, but it just keeps on giving!
Good movie, good acting, and even though the tech was absolutely silly the core concept is still as valid today as it was 30 years ago.
Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story
Great biopic parody that just keeps on giving. For me, Tim Meadows will always remain Sam, saying “not once.” It helps that his other roles are also goofy, like the ARGUS dude in Peacemaker.
Mother!
I found it really enjoyable trying to trace all of the symbolism and allegory. For whatever reason, audiences didn’t like it so much.
Predestination. Ethan hawk mind fuck.
Joe Versus the Volcano
While I’ve always liked the first two Terminator movies due to their Tech Noir aesthetics, I find that this one adds some important background to the world building in general. The story is for the most part interesting, and Christian Bale plays the role well.
Terminator III and any movies after Salvation can fuck right off, tho.
UHF - so many quotable lines.
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