Underrated movies

I would say I grew up with the Star Wars prequels. I did also watch the originals and have always preferred them, but I never saw a problem with this movie. In fact, the only real issue I have with this movie today is the "bad" dialogue in places, but then again, the dialogue did give us some quality memes. I love the much darker tone to this movie, Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid give great performances, the worldbuilding is amazing (as is with the rest of the prequels, despite the dated CGI and although the sequels look better, the worldbuilding is at times lazy with like 70 desert planets that all look the same) and I think the transition in tone halfway through the movie I think was excellent.

First off, I am talking about the directors' cut of this movie, as I have not yet seen the theatrical cut. I was expecting an "alright" movie going in, based off the reviews, but when I finished I sat there wondering why everyone hates this movie. I've heard the directors' cut does improve A LOT of this movie and that only makes me annoyed that the studio butchered it and cut out 45 minutes. The directors' cut should be the version everyone sees.

I don't have that much to say about this one. I just think it's better than the scores it received on IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic suggest.

Okay, I'll admit, at the time Cars was released, it was Pixar's worst movie, but no where near a disaster. So many people go into how the cars are alive and all that nonsense and constantly compain about how cars might have organs or whatnot, but I say just shut up and enjoy the movie. You have the right to ask these questions and all, but nobody then goes asking how the toys are alive if they're made out of wool, or how the monsters produce a child. I'll admit the story is pretty basic and all, but it's Pixar taking a basic story and putting a creative twist on it, isn't that what they do? Sure they haven't done it as well as movies like Toy Story, but still it is FAR from bad in my opinion. I get that the characters don't serve the story by being cars, but to my knowledge, the characters in Kung Fu Panda don't serve the story by being animals yet nobody complains about that, why... because the movies are great even with that fact in mind, and Cars should be viewed in the same way.

In a world where superhero movies are more common than ever before, I just constantly find myself wishing for something to be different. While there are some today like this I think one of the best cases was Watchmen. The darker tone and the way in which the movie tackles the potential impacts of real life superheroes on the world as we know it shine as particularly great elements of this movie, as well as Zack Snyder's visuals. Also as a side note, I think Jackie Earle Haley's Rorschach voice is better than Christian Bale's Batman voice. Overall, this is easily the most underrated superhero movie and I wish more superhero movies today were like this.

Of all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, this is probably the one I'm most nostalgic for. And at the time of writing this now, I have't really thought of what else to say. Johnny Depp is exceptional as Jack Sparrow (sorry, Captain Jack Sparrow) as always, Davy Jones is a great villain, the plot of everyone going after the heart I think is amazing and the movie never bores me, every time it's on, it always catches my eye.

Okay, the Gargoyles do ruin this movie and so does the slapstick comedy in general, making this film a tonal mess. However, when this movie goes for the serious tone, it works amazingly. Frollo is one of the best Disney villains ever, Hellfire is one of the best Disney songs, let alone villain songs, there's so much greatness in this movie that it's such such SUCH a shame that it's ruined by the tonal problems.

Well, I doubt many of you have seen this one. I love the original Infernal Affairs and The Departed, but I think maybe the mistake I made with the original Infernal Affairs was watching The Departed first. This meant that I pretty much knew the whole story before watching Infernal Affairs, that's not saying it wasn't great, but I think I would've liked it even more if I maybe saw the original first. But when it came to Infernal Affairs II, I knew nothing about the movie. As a result, the twists and turns the movie takes felt way more shocking and while I still think the first movie is superior, this is still a fine prequel.

Sure I feel much more of a passion when watching the original Fantasia, but I would say this movie is still pretty good and is way better than people give it credit for in my opinion. I think it must be because of the much shorter runtime, but still.

Now, The Lord of the Rings trilogy are my favourite movies of all time and comparing those movies to The Hobbit trilogy does make The Hobbit seem disappointing, but was I disappointed while watching them? Absolutely not. They're obviously no where near the perfection of LotR, but I think people have been way too harsh on them. While I only put An Unexpected Journey on this list, I'll say that I'm really putting the whole trilogy on the list. It has its issues, but it's still a great journey in Middle Earth.

I like darker Superman. I know a lot of you don't and feel it doesn't suit the character, but I like it none the less. Also, Hans Zimmer's score is straight up awesome.

I expected this to be one of the weakest Disney movies when going in, but I was pleasently surprised. It's far from their best and I'd say feels the least like a Disney movie of all their movies, but I still enjoyed it. It was heading for a 6 at first, but certainly improved as it went on.

I'm surprised I'm putting a Ghibli movie on this list, as I think a fair few of those movies are overrated personally. But The Cat Returns is just so cute and silly and random that I actually really enjoy it. It may not be Ghibli's deepest movie or their best, but compared to some of their other work, this movie deserves more credit.

I will agree, the characters are incredibly stupid and I'd assume they all have "danger" as their middle name because they seem to have no concept of the word at all and just wonder off to their deaths without a second thought. Having said that, I think this movie's still pretty decent. The visuals are amazing and it's good to see Ridley Scott back as well and while it's obviously not as good as the original Alien and Aliens, compared to the absolutely terrible Alien 3 and the slightly better, but still pretty meh overall in my opinion Alien Resurrection, this movie is pretty good in comparison.

You might be wondering, 8.0 on IMDb? Best Picture Winner? This movie isn't underrated. But in my eyes, everyone I see says this movie is overrated and didn't deserve Best Picture. This isn't even my favourite movie of 2010, but I still think it was a good choice for the Oscar. I guess it's because I'm British isn't it?

Yet another one where you'll look and say "this movie isn't underrated". 8.3 is a pretty darn good score so why is it here? Because The Good, The Bad and The Ugly exists. This is not me saying that movie's bad, oh no, I think that movie's great with the final duel being a 10/10 scene. But in my opinion, while The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is always in the spotlight, this one is left behind and forgotten by most, but in my opinion, it's the best of the trilogy.

Why do I love A Bug's Life? Well, let me tell you in 1 word: NOSTALGIA!

I guess it's just nostalgia again.