29 Mar 2017 08:05:45
I was just reading an interview with Carl Weathers, and, as well as the usual Rocky talk, they mentioned Action Jackson. It got me thinking, I thought, at the time, that it was a great movie, not sure how it would have stood up to the test of time though. However it never got the acclaim of many much worse movies that were around at the time. Are there any more movies like that, which never made a huge splash at the box office but you thought deserved to?

1.) 29 Mar 2017
29 Mar 2017 21:20:33
King pin. Classic movie. Bill murray at his best.

2.) 30 Mar 2017
30 Mar 2017 13:39:21
Not sure if u meant movies in a certain period of time, Ed01. For me, it's The Shawshank Redemption. I thought that it deserved to get at least some Oscars, deserving it more than Forrest Gump. And definitely, should at least get at least half of what Forrest Gump managed to get.

{Ed001's Note - any time mate, I was just thinking generally. There are so many gems out there that no one talks about, I just wondered if anyone could think of any.}

3.) 31 Mar 2017
30 Mar 2017 20:47:38
Did u like the original predator film ed with carl weathers? Such a good film. don't make them like they use to. Haha

{Ed001's Note - loved it mate, shame they have ruined the Predator series since.}

4.) 31 Mar 2017
31 Mar 2017 07:35:05
Another I can think of is Children of Men. Not relatively unknown to most now, but worth a shout.

Another one is Trollhunter. The film was not in English, I watched it with subtitles on. Not exactly a boxoffice flop, but it wasnt well received internationally probably because of the language. I can say that this is a really surprisingly good monster film.

Loved Predator 1 as well. Simple, and straight forward. It got that mystery, horror feel when watching it. Hope they will do it right this time.

{Ed001's Note - I really enjoyed Children of Men, good film that. I have not seen Trollhunter, never knew it was a foreign film, just didn't look like my kind of thing when I read the blurb.}

5.) 31 Mar 2017
31 Mar 2017 07:56:29
If u have the spare time, maybe you can try and check it out Ed1. It was Norwegian from what I read. The film was more towards comedy, from what I read it was mockumentary. I was surprised that it has an incredible effects considering it wasn't Hollywood's. But I agreed that not all can enjoy this kind of film though.

{Ed001's Note - I will watch it if I ever see it on TV or anything.}

6.) 01 Apr 2017
31 Mar 2017 23:53:10
It sounds that it is really not your kind of thing. If so, I recommend Nacho Libre.

{Ed001's Note - that horrible wrestling movie that is utter tosh? God no. Bad enough it is about wrestling but starring Jack Black too, there is not much more they could do to make me hate a film than that combination!}

7.) 01 Apr 2017
01 Apr 2017 08:52:14
Going back to the main topic, how about Body of Lies and The Kingdom? Both flopped, but I personally feels that both were really good films. Only that both dealt with sensitive issue as the main plot, with some twists which were not really well-accepted by some.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know either film, what are they about?}

8.) 01 Apr 2017
01 Apr 2017 09:42:17
Both centered on the Middle East crisis. The first with DiCaprio, and Jamie Foxx in the latter.

{Ed001's Note - ok will have a look for them.}

9.) 02 Apr 2017
02 Apr 2017 05:25:12
Leo should have had so many Oscars. It's a genuine travesty that he didn't get one for Blood Diamond, The Departed, Wolf of Wall St. and even Django Unchained.
Even in The Island(which is vomit) he was good enough to at least get nominated.

The guy is more versatile than most other actors, meaning he can play pretty much any role to a decent standard. He's incredibly marketable on the face of it as he's articulate, you never hear anything bad about him in the press and in interviews, he always comes across as a reasonable guy who will devote time to his fans. I'm sure's not all sunshine and roses but still, he's an angel compared to 90% of the spuds in Hollywood.

Also HaizanMSS, I saw the most realistic and impressive street gunfight scene in The Kingdom. Where the agent has been captured and they're following them through the streets after the car chase. Such an epic scene!

{Ed001's Note - I really rate DiCaprio, even when the film he is in is rubbish, he tends to be excellent. Though I still couldn't stick Django or Island. I have to admit I am not a big fan of Wolf of Wall Street either, but he was brilliant in it.}

10.) 02 Apr 2017
02 Apr 2017 05:46:23
I can't believe I didn't see the post about Trollhunter. What a great bloody movie! Some kids from Norway make a movie and it's better than half the stuff that comes out in Hollywood. Plus the CGI was insanely good for the budget($3.5 million according to wiki)

It was all in Norwegian, but it's so easy to follow what's going on, even without subtitles. The script is basic, the acting is basic, but it's bloody brilliant!

Trollhunter trailer

11.) 02 Apr 2017
02 Apr 2017 08:21:09
Not much to add about DiCaprio. My favorites of his films are Blood Diamond, Body of Lies, and The Revenant. Agreed with both you and Ed01, I couldn't stand The Island.

In The Kingdom, I love how it built the relationship between the agents and the local police guys. And Jamie Foxx, the guy is always brilliant.

How about Nacho Libre hsf? I really can't understand why certain people can hate such a great film like this.

12.) 02 Apr 2017
02 Apr 2017 15:21:21
You mean that wrestling movie with Jack Black? I thought it was terrible and cringe worthy. Not my kind of film, comedies are always difficult for me to enjoy, as I really struggle to enjoy humour that makes you cringe. Like when you see a guy get totally embarressed in a movie, I find it cringe rather than funny.

13.) 02 Apr 2017
02 Apr 2017 16:37:10
Haha. Then I'm clearly alone in this so it seems.

14.) 05 Apr 2017
05 Apr 2017 02:07:12
Just a quick word on Shane Black's The Predator; I read a synopsis of the movie and I must say, they will struggle to get any acclaim, or money out of it if they haven't changed some major things.

Alien: Covenant on the other hand, as I mentioned before, is going to be pretty amazing.

{Ed001's Note - it has to be better than Prometheus I guess, that was dog turd.}

15.) 05 Apr 2017
05 Apr 2017 05:59:50
I liked Prometheus. Sure it had its flaws, but the majority of its criticism comes from the fact that it didn't made sense. Alien: Covenant, and its sequels that follow will explain things that didn't make sense in Prometheus, or at-least that is what Ridley Scott has said.

The biggest problem I had with Prometheus was the stupid characters and some rather poor technology; the geologist who mapped this alien structure getting lost in the very same structure, the biologist who tries to pet the first living organism that resembles a snake from back home he finds on an alien planet, and Noomi Rapace running around jolly after having had a cesarean.

I liked the concept, and what they tried to do with the film; the engineer in Prometheus is a variant (I use this word to avoid spoilers) of the original space jockey (the giant dead dude in the chair in the original Alien movie), what they were doing on that planet, the excellent visuals and soundtrack.

I have read a leaked synopsis of Alien: Covenant, and have been closely following the marketing, and I have to say, this is going to be pretty good. But, it probably makes sense to watch Alien, then Prometheus before going in to see Alien: Covenant if you cannot remember most things from those movies.

{Ed001's Note - the majority of criticism was because it was overly long, poorly scripted and ridiculous. It was just fashionable to like it because of the subject matter, so it didn't get the criticism it truly deserved over being dead boring.}

16.) 05 Apr 2017
05 Apr 2017 06:00:57
And about The Predator, no Ed001, this worse than Prometheus. I would give a quick synopsis of the leaked plot, but you know, spoilers.

{Ed001's Note - Predator should have stopped with the first one. The rest have been awful.}

17.) 06 Apr 2017
06 Apr 2017 01:50:25
I have high hopes on the new Predator. Maybe because it is Shane Black's, which films I enjoyed most of them, and the fact he was in the original Predator.

18.) 07 Apr 2017
07 Apr 2017 22:49:59
Apologies if these are considered big films but a lot of people I know haven't seen them which are really good; seven psychopaths, kingpin, ip man, the drop, and the grand Budapest hotel.

19.) 10 Apr 2017
10 Apr 2017 13:29:06
The Drop is definitely worth a shout.