Beet
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« on: February 08, 2021, 12:58:25 PM » |
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Assassination Nation (2018) - A film that pretty much came and went without making any dent at all, and although it's not a perfect film it deserved far better than what it got. Probably the most in-tune film with mid-10s online bullying/cancel/meme culture there is.
Paths of Glory (1957) - Deserves to be Kubrick's most well known film, well ahead of Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, or Barry Lyndon. Although the final scene has brought me to tears many times and is well regarded, the scenes with the three accused men in prison are perhaps just as memorable.
Braveheart (1996) - A film that did very well at the time but has since been forgotten, perhaps its reputation has gone down with Mel Gibson's. However it's a remarkably entertaining film with some beautiful shots of the Scottish countryside. I suspect it also helped ignite a boom in the epic battle scene that lasted for about a decade or longer.
Network (1976) and Election (1999) - Both extremely prophetic films that chickened out in the end; had they each gone down the darker path, they would have been truly great. But I'll still put them here because the veins they tapped into have flowed well into the 21st century.
Your Name/Kimi No Nawa (2016) - Not underrated among the cult fanbase it's acquired, but sadly it never got a wide release in the U.S., was never nominated for any Oscar in the animated film category, and will forever be relegated to 'anime' even though it's a rare animated film that adults and non-anime fans can enjoy equally as well. Worse, it's slated for a live-action remake that will certainly fail to measure up. It's too bad most will never get a chance to discover this beautiful film.
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