Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 20:25     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:Pp here. You wouldn't believe how often I think of the movie Defending Your Life, particular the scenes where Albert Brooks passes up the opportunity to invest in his friends small tech company that turns out to be huge, and the scene where Meryl Streep can eat anything she wants and does, because she's in pergatory and can't gain weight. That last one has always been a fantasy of mine!

Also who can resist a young James Spader sexing it up with Susan Sarandon.


I love Defending Your Life. I can picture those scenes, too!

Also agree with Vera Drake, Winter's Bone, and Freeway.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 20:05     Subject: Re:Great movies that no one saw
Win Win with Paul Giamatti
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:53     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
OK, I watch a lot of movies because I have seen almost all of this bar one. Anyway, adding to the list...

Millions
Simon Birch
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Leap Year
50/50
What A Way To Go
Vera Drake
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:41     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
"Flirting," the Australian prep school movie with a teenage Nicole Kidman. Also "Strictly Ballroom," which is hilarious.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:33     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
I always say The Sweetest Thing is the funniest movie no one has seen. I don't know how it did in the theater but I own it and it still cracks me up when I watch it.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:32     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:I thought A Most Violent Year was zzzzzz.

Wild Tales


Absolutely agree. Waste of money.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:27     Subject: Re:Great movies that no one saw
Very random one coming immediately to mind

Breaker Morant--Australian, Boer war

Wadjda--Saudi, young girl covets bicycle despite cultural strictures

Play it as it Lays--Tuesday Weld (yum!) in movie version of Joan Didion book





Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:21     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:Winter's Bone


+1 Jennifer Lawrence before she was known
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:11     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
The Snapper and the Van. Part of the trilogy with the Commitments.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:11     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I'm always surprised when someone says they've never heard of it.

That was a particularly good movie with spectacular performances from Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio (before he was a superstar).
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:09     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I'm always surprised when someone says they've never heard of it.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:05     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:Clue


Probably Tim Curry's best performance ever and an amazing cast of talented comedists. It flopped (probably because of the ill-conceived and poorly executed plan around the multiple endings in different theaters). Once it hit the DVD and movie channels, it developed a much bigger cult following and now it's pretty well known and appreciated by the millennial crowds and developed a new life. For those who loved Clue, this is a pretty good read:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/something-terrible-has-happened-here-the-crazy-story-of-how?utm_term=.hm3nwMr5Vw#.fh1PYGroxY
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 19:01     Subject: Re:Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beyond the Lights
Brown Sugar
Serenity
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Michael Clayton
Margin Call


I really wish Serenity had done better in the theatres. I think the creators were hoping it would have franchise potential like Star Trek. Such a good series.


+1. And I'm surprised it didn't do better. Firefly had such a cult following including a large base for the "bring back Firefly" campaign that I thought it would do better.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 18:58     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Anonymous wrote:The Kite Runner
Danny Deckchair
Rebecca (older movie)


I absolutely love this movie!
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 18:58     Subject: Great movies that no one saw
Winter's Bone