Underrated movies of 2005

[ilovemovies]

Well, since there is an overrated movies of 05' I figure there should be an underrated movies of 05' thread.

So here are my picks for the most underrated movies of 2005:

White Noise
The Dukes of Hazzard (the year's biggest guilty pleasure, IMO!)
Bewitched
Derailed
The Ring Two
Stealth
Domino
Dreamer
House of Wax
The Legend of Zorro
Sahara
Aeon Flux
Elizabethtown
The Fantastic Four
The Great Raid
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Ice Harvest
Unleashed
Stay
The Skeleton Key
The Jacket
The Interpreter
An Unfinished Life
Kingdom of Heaven

[Hannibal21]

MOVIES THAT SHOULD'VE GOTTEN MORE RECOGNITION AND/OR MOVIES THAT WEREN'T AS BAD AS PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE:
Mysterious Skin
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Dark Water
The Jacket
The Skeleton Key

[VictimOfChanges]

Easily Kingdom of heaven and Red Eye
both were very good movies

[SpacePuppet]

Red Eye
Kingdom Of Heaven
The Jacket

[ChemicalRomance]

Heavily AGREED on Unleashed.

Aweosme action, deep emotion. Loved it.

[TylerDurden182]

Lord Of War (One of the year's best)
Domino
The Jacket
Kingdom of Heaven
Elizabethtown

[jolanar]

Kingdom of Heaven 8/10

Elizabethtown 8/10

I loved Kingdom of Heaven. I think it just came out at a bad time. These two movies made me a huge fan of Orlando Bloom. He is definately going to be around for a while.

[dannywalker17]

Top 10 Most Underrated Movies of 2005:

1. Kingdom of Heaven (10/10 or A+)
2. Rent (10/10 or A+)
3. The Island (9/10 or A)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (10/10 or A+)
5. The Interpreter (9/10 or A)
6. Elizabethtown (8/10 or A-)
7. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (8/10 or A-)
8. Flightplan (8/10 or A-)
9. Hostage (8/10 or B+)
10. The Amityville Horror (8/10 or B+)

[Cronos]

Constantine
Hitch
House Of Wax
Crow 4
Initial D

[AWP82]

Cry Wolf
Saw 2 (underrated by those who hated it, and overrated by those who loved it)
Serenity (hopefully...I haven't seen it yet)

[Lazy Boy]

Basically, these were films that genuinely surprised me, and didn't do all too well at the box office:

Sky High
Dreamer
In Her Shoes
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants
Stay

[Sigur509]

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - 9.5/10
Serenity - 9/10
Lord Of War - 8/10
The Fantastic Four - 8/10
Sahara - 7/10
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 7/10

[Katsumoto]

Jarhead

[ElderPredator]

DOOM!

Doom should have got a lot more popularity then it received, it was an outstanding video game adaption compared to all the other shit that's come out recently (like House of the Dead :-( ) It was a well written story with tons of action, decent acting, good gore and a good length as well. I have to say that it was sadly better than AVP and that is very sad. Plus Rosamund Pike is so hot!!!!! MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm!

[sarah1980]

Fantastic 4
Hostage
The Legend Of Zorro
Serenity (im putting this here for the fact it bombed @ the BO)

[VictimOfChanges]

Originally posted by Katsumoto
Jarhead

I agree.

[Addi88]

The Devil's Rejects
The Upside of Anger
Last Days
The Jacket
My Date with Drew
Domino
The Island
House of Wax
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
House of D (it wasn't great but def. not as bad as people said)

[NightStalkerGtx]

JARHEAD

DOMINO

[Trail_Blazer]

Broken Flowers

[MickeyKnox]

The Devil's Rejects
Domino
The Jacket
Kingdom of Heaven
Red Eye
Jarhead
The Island
Unleashed
Fantastic Four

[therealjohng]

Domino

The Island. Such a great action movie, and easily Michael Bay's best film.

[FilmBuff84]

The Upside of Anger
In Her Shoes
The Island
The Jacket
Serenity
Sahara
House Of Wax
Into The Blue
Domino
White Noise
The Skeleton Key
Bad News Bears

[Bogey93']

Broken flowers is probably the most underrated movie i have ever seen this year. Same goes for Elizabethtown. I didn't see what everybody hated so much about the hitchikers guide to the galaxy and the island. Red eye was underrated. I'll think of more...

[Bogey93']

...Proof, Mad hot ballroom, The sisterhood olf the traveling pants...

[Bogey93']

... In her shoes,The upside of anger...

[Sigur509]

The Brothers Grimm
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

[Gian-Sergio]

Land of the Dead
Unleashed
The Devil's Rejects

[Jamesadin]

I wondered why there was always all of the hate for "Kingdom of Heaven".

[sarah1980]

Stealth

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by moviefreak1980
Stealth

Yes! I'm not the only who liked this movie! As I've said before, I thought the movie was spectacular and thrilling! And the movie contains what is, IMO, the year's most exciting action sequence, when Jessica Biel's plane blows up from above her and burning debris is falling everywhere around her while she is parachuting down. Had me at the edge of my seat almost literally! :cool:

[jolanar]

Originally posted by Jamesadin
I wondered why there was always all of the hate for "Kingdom of Heaven".

I always wondered that myself. Like I said, I loved it!

[sarah1980]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Yes! I'm not the only who liked this movie! As I've said before, I thought the movie was spectacular and thrilling! And the movie contains what is, IMO, the year's most exciting action sequence, when Jessica Biel's plane blows up from above her and burning debris is falling everywhere around her while she is parachuting down. Had me at the edge of my seat almost literally! :cool:


well i've always like rob cohen's filims :D

[DareDevil]

Underated movies....

FF
Kingdom of heaven
The Jacket
Weather Man / Lord of War

Movies i saw and loved but havent heard other people talking about them: Green Street Hooligan (easily one of the years best) and Revolver (Guy Richie, casino's, british gansters.... WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!)

just my 2 cents, anyone agree?

[DareDevil]

Originally posted by moviefreak1980
well i've always like rob cohen's filims :D

The 1st TFATF i think was somewhat ground breaking and when it first came out i was majorly impressed, xXx wasn't to bad (7/10) but it looks like his movies have gone downhill since then, i thought Stealth looked bad, and someone on these boards spoiled a huge part of the movie for me.... soooo i am un-decided on that as of now.

[VincentPrice]

The Devil's Rejects
Serenity
Land Of The Dead
and Hostage.

[Kucha]

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
An Unfinished Life
RENT
In Her Shoes
The Brothers Grimm

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Serenity and Lord of War. Mostly Serenity though. Forget about whatever you've heard and just see it people.

[arto_j]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
Broken Flowers

Word.

Also, Kingdom of Heaven, The Weatherman and The Upside of Anger.

[bigred760]

Here are a few I thought were pretty damn good that didn't get that recognized:

Murderball
Unleashed
Kung Fu Hustle

[Deckard]

MotherFuckin PRIMER(9/10) for gods sake. Its my favourite film of 2005.

Hands down the most plausable time travel film ever made. Pure, uncut sci fi at its best. ranks alongside the likes of PI, CUBE and 2001.

Do yourselves a favour and se it.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Deckard
MotherFuckin PRIMER(9/10) for gods sake. Its my favourite film of 2005.



Primer was released in 2004 actually. But nevertheless still underrated.

[zombievictim]

Land of the Dead
The Jacket

[Terror Australis]

Serenity
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
Land Of The Dead
Wolf Creek
Red Eye

[Sheriff Wydell]

The Devil's Rejects in my opinion was the best film of '05, yet it got no love at all. It was described as a disasterous film. Yet it wasn't. The acting, soundtrack, cinematography, dialogue, complexity of characters, and how Zombie described the characters was all done perfectly. Not to mention that the film didn't have a boring moment in the hour and forty-five minutes it was on. It was just glorious. Hell, Forsythe's performance was better than some of the Globe nominees.

[KillaMyers]

Unleashed
The Island
Constantine
Serenity
Lord of War
Land of the Dead

[AngelDust06]

Constantine
Land of the Dead
Fantastic Four
Lord of War
Hostage
Exorcism of Emily Rose
Serenity
The Devils Rejects
Domino
Bad News Bears

[domoarigato]

My top five underrated movies of 2005, in no particular order:

Constantine: well-done flick with some interesting brain candy.
Unleashed: a rare gem of an action movie, with well-balanced drama and some great work by Bob Hoskins. One of my top ten of the year.
Land of the Dead: of all the zombie movies starting to make money at the box office, why does a film from the guy who started it all have to end up with a flop? Like the career of Paris Hilton, it's a true injustice.
Broken Flowers: though it got some critical love in the late summer, it looks like this one will get shut out at Oscar time. It's a shame, since this was a truly fascinating human journey with some great performances by great actors, Bill Murray and Jeffrey Wright in particular.
Jarhead: definitely an underrated movie, probably because any movie about a war where not much was accomplished or acheived may not make for great movie material. This movie came pretty darn close to make it interesting, thanks to some great acting, relatable characters and an excellent visual flair from Sam Mendes, who still hasn't lost his American Beauty touch.

Plus, I'll throw out an honorable mention to The Island (not a genius piece of work, but dumb fun in the right state of mind) and, for all the schomes hating on it, A History of Violence (I still don't know what was so laughable about it for some of you guys, but it's still one of my top ten for the year).

By the way, I'm finally back to posting after a lazy fall of just browsing through the forums, so let me just say good to be back and happy new year!