Reading this thread one would think that USA is the only country that makes movies.
(Overlooked ones, at that)
(Overlooked ones, at that)
Overlooked Films
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A little unfair. I imagine most people here are Anglophones, if not American, and it can be hard to judge if something is overlooked if it's actually popular enough in its country of origin---which isn't always easy to know.Blood Brain Barrier said:
Being an Anglophone doesn't mean you can't watch non-English language films. This was true since the invention of subtitles.Chanticoblues said:
Nobody ever seems to talk about The Illusionist, and I thought that one was really good. Had a lot of style, and a great twist. I wish I could think of more to say about it but it's been a really long time since I've seen it. I think I need to watch it again.
I hated that movie, it made no sense.Samtemdo8 said:
The aliens don't seem to know what they want to do with humanity. First they are vaporizing random civilians, then they are mulching them, and then I think they are capturing them? Doesn't seem to be much reason to it. And what the heck was with the red vines?
And the ending. Oh that ending. They die. The aliens just die. Because of bacteria. In their SPACESHIPS, which presumably traveled through the vacuum of space. I can't imagine how that is supposed to make sense. Even if it made a lick of sense, it's a massive anticlimax that ruins what little there was to like about the film.
And the ending. Oh that ending. They die. The aliens just die. Because of bacteria. In their SPACESHIPS, which presumably traveled through the vacuum of space. I can't imagine how that is supposed to make sense. Even if it made a lick of sense, it's a massive anticlimax that ruins what little there was to like about the film.
I'm a big fan of Weird Al. I've been meaning to watch that movie, just never seem to get around to watching many movies.archangelm127 said:
That still doesn't mean everyone here is some kind of philistine for not seeking out foreign films. I have no problem reading dialogue in a movie, but when it's the whole movie it becomes tiring. Also it's much harder to judge the quality of an actor's performance when it's in a language you don't understand, and for me at least, making that judgement as the film unfolds is one of the most enjoyable things about watching movies.Blood Brain Barrier said:
That wasn't my point. I watch far more non-English films than I do films in English. My point is whether a film is overlooked isn't easy to judge if you don't account for its popularity in the country of origin. An example: Marketa Lazarova isn't, relatively speaking, a widely known film, but it's considered the greatest Czech film of all time by Czech critics and historians.Blood Brain Barrier said:
So I could name a bunch of films that I think are overlooked from other countries, but I can't really say for certain if that's the case in their countries of origin.
Drathnoxis said:
It was a very hard book to adapt. I just think at least before that plot the movie nailed scaring the shit out of me of an Alien Invasion.
I'm confused. First you said most people here are Anglophones and American (which is true) and then you bring up whether a foreign film is popular in its country of origin.Chanticoblues said:
Why? One would think that on a primarily Anglophone, American forum a film would be classified as overlooked if Anglophones and Americans are overlooking it - not whether it's overlooked wherever it was made.
This may not count, but I watched a movie called Bone Tomahawk that was a pretty good western ... until it wasn't. Kurt Russell was in it. It was pretty well made, but I don't really remember anyone ever talking about it at all.
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It's probably worth mentioning that it has one of the most gruesome death scenes I may have ever seen in a movie.
I don't know how to do the spoiler thing where you hide the text. Don't bother telling me because by the time I need to do it again, I will have forgotten.
Minor spoiler below:
It's probably worth mentioning that it has one of the most gruesome death scenes I may have ever seen in a movie.
I don't know how to do the spoiler thing where you hide the text. Don't bother telling me because by the time I need to do it again, I will have forgotten.
Sure. You could probably name just about any non-English language film and it could be considered overlooked by American movie-goers. It just seems redundant to me to do so, because if you're even watching a film from a different country, it's likely that it's pretty well-known over there or on a global scale.Blood Brain Barrier said:
It just comes down to relativism. Probably should have just spoken for myself.
Hmm, difficult question... I suppose Scott Pilgrim is one that comes to mind. I mean, have you SEEN what it's like?
yep, I like it a lot. and all my friends. I wouldn't think of it as overlooked. I often see people use jokes and pics from it.BronzeHeart92 said:
My suggestion is I don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore. It was the best movie I've seen this year so far. But every time I tell someone about it no one ever heard of it. Though it stars Elijah Wood