Overrated. Likewise with cages performance. No idea how he got an academy award for that. It’s just Nick cage being Nick cage.
Agree. I can’t stand Nick Cage. He sets my teeth on edge.
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A recent film that I continually put aside because it didn’t’t have much fanfare that I really enjoyed was I, Tonya.
Excellent film that will most likely be forgotten about pretty quickly.
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Top Secret.
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That was on TV just a few days ago. I’d never seen it before.
It was seriously excellent! Margot Robbie knocked it out of the park.
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I am 100% with you on Tony Scott being always underrated. The film that opened my eyes to him was The Hunger, a vampire movie from 1983 with David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon; but when you look through the list of films he’s directed it’s chock-a-block with great movies. He’s every bit as good as his brother at getting the look of his films absolutely perfect. The Hunger is full of scenes of extraordinary beauty. A lot of his films are very well known, but they’re remembered for who starred in them rather than who directed them, eg The Hunger has a cult following, but it’s mostly for the lesbian seduction scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon; Days of Thunder is remembered for Tom and Nicole (he did Top Gun too); True Romance for the fact that the screenplay was by Tarantino. I was shocked when he committed suicide. A great loss.
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It was quite unique the way they told the story also.
Margot Robbie dominated.
The Thing was excellent, the remake however was a disaster.
Collateral.
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My favourite movie of all time, The Thin Red Line. Released around the same time as Saving Private Ryan and as a result stayed in the shadow due to Spielberg/Hanks/Flag-waving etc. As a result the far superior movie (imo) missed the credits it was due.
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The Blob. McQueen was fantastic.
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Its a top film. Shot here in Australia from memory.
I just assumed Billy Maddison was your favourite film though.
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Why are you always in such a hurry.
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Yep, really really good
(Is this this only thing we’ve ever agreed on by the way? 
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I’d say so, yes. 
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Insomnia was a remake? Wow well there you go
Thanks for the tip
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Stumbled upon this recently, had never heard of it before, found it very engrossing.
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My expectations were less than zero and yet I still came away appalled at how bad it was. Everything about it went against the spirit of the original. Should be eradicated from history.
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Second vote for ‘Layer Cake’- love that film.
I actually thought one of Guy Ritchie’s ‘bombs’ was really good too - ‘Revolver’.
And probably not underrated by those that know it- but ‘This is England’ also another fine film which doesn’t get much fanfare.
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