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Oscar (1991).

I think it bombed because the typical Stallone movie-goer of the early 1990s was expecting an action shoot-em-up, not a screwball comedy.

And also, this is a terrible, terrible trailer:

...because, among other things, THIS ISN'T THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE AT ALL.

The actual plot is: Gangster Angelo "Snaps" Provolone promises his dying father that he will give up a life of crime, and instead "go straight." And then... well... misunderstandings occur.

It's not directed or written wonderfully, but the incredible cast carries the film.

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17 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Say it isn't so.  It's a Farrelly brothers movie that gets lost in the shuffle.  Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field.  It's a good one.

Yeah, I thought that was a good one, but haven’t seen it in years.

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Nothing in Common. Jackie Gleason and Tom Hanks, in one of Tom’s first somewhat dramatic performances, and Jackie’s last before he died. I watched it within the last year, and I thought it was still really good—Gleason and Hanks gave great performances—but it was incredibly dated with the mid-80’s fashion and music.

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Only seen it once but I thought Death to Smoochy (ed norton) was hilarious.

Popular but popularly-panned movie is Watchmen and for my money it beats the pants out of all this Marvel whatever stuff people are hyped on.

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Only seen it once but I thought Death to Smoochy (ed norton) was hilarious.
Popular but popularly-panned movie is Watchmen and for my money it beats the pants out of all this Marvel whatever stuff people are hyped on.

The Watchman is a good call. Had no expectations going in, it blew me away. The comic fanboys didnt like that they don’t make a giant CGI squid to destroy New York or something.
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6 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Only seen it once but I thought Death to Smoochy (ed norton) was hilarious.

Popular but popularly-panned movie is Watchmen and for my money it beats the pants out of all this Marvel whatever stuff people are hyped on.

 

5 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:


The Watchman is a good call. Had no expectations going in, it blew me away. The comic fanboys didnt like that they don’t make a giant CGI squid to destroy New York or something.

 

Third on the Watchmen. I'm a comic fanboy (of that comic graphic novel anyway), and I thought both the graphic novel and the movie were awesome.

 

My pick is the first and second Resident Evil movies. 

 

 

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8 hours ago, South Austin said:

Nothing in Common. Jackie Gleason and Tom Hanks, in one of Tom’s first somewhat dramatic performances, and Jackie’s last before he died. I watched it within the last year, and I thought it was still really good—Gleason and Hanks gave great performances—but it was incredibly dated with the mid-80’s fashion and music.

Along with smoking Sela Ward and a young Bess Armstrong. 

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2 hours ago, Scranton said:

Doc Hollywood 

Yes.  Lady had some nice tittays

2 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Great Outdoors

 

Oh yes, this was a great one.

 

 

Another Farrelly brother was the one where Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear were Siamese twins.

 

Gung Ho with Michael Keaton.  Great flick.

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9 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Popular but popularly-panned movie is Watchmen and for my money it beats the pants out of all this Marvel whatever stuff people are hyped on.

I didn't give Watchmen a chance when it first came out. After watching the HBO series I went back and watched the movie and fucking loved it.

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On 9/9/2021 at 1:24 PM, closetohumping said:

Say it isn't so.  It's a Farrelly brothers movie that gets lost in the shuffle.  Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field.  It's a good one.

Underated?

RT=9%

IMDB=50%

If you say so, but to each his own...

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14 hours ago, South Austin said:

Nothing in Common. Jackie Gleason and Tom Hanks, in one of Tom’s first somewhat dramatic performances, and Jackie’s last before he died. I watched it within the last year, and I thought it was still really good—Gleason and Hanks gave great performances—but it was incredibly dated with the mid-80’s fashion and music.

Very good movie

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I will never understand how Big Fish did/does not get more hype.

I didn't know anything about it when I begrudgingly went to see it with my wife.  I walked out a damn-near changed man.  Maybe I was in some sort of bubble, but I don't recall much buzz about it after it came out.

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1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Good calls on Used Cars, Gung Ho and Great Outdoors.  I think another underrated Candy film is Summer Rental.  

Gonna watch used cars this weekend. My brother has been on me about this for years. Summer rental is not underrated it’s a CLASSIC so is great outdoors. Gung Ho is super underrated! Great movie. Same brother and I used to quote the dinner scene at dinners we didn’t like the food at “Len leaned over to me and said hey you gonna finish that? What am I gonna say no?” Then scrape all our food on each other’s plate which when we were younger got a us a slap or chased with a wooden spoon from Nonna. Any csb

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