“underrated” and “movies that never get the credit they deserve” seems a bit hard to define. But at least subjectively I disagree with placing some of these movies on this list.
Asteroid City: can a movie that has just barely come out even be considered “underrated”? Feels like not enough time has passed for public opinion to truly form. Besides that it feels like it gets plenty of credit being a Wes Anderson movie.
Under the skin: bombed in the box office as far as I know, but imo also isn’t easily accessible for the average viewer and not mainstream. But it does seem to get plenty of praise from the critic side, so I don’t see it as underrated from this perspective.
Solaris and Stalker: again I don’t think they are underrated by critics and are highly praised. Just not movies that are easily accessible for the average viewer.
Paprika and ghost under the shell: are both a bit niche simply by being anime, but at least from the critic side I don’t see them as being underrated. I think ghost in the shell is reasonably known, Paprika maybe a bit less. So that could fit.
Donnie Darko: is a cult classic that definitely has a decent sized following. It’s maybe not a mainstream hit, but imo I wouldnt call it underrated.
What I would agree with is “Ad Astra”. Definitely flawed and not perfect, but I still liked it quite a bit. So at least from my biased perspective it would count as being underrated
Asteroid City’s “play within a play” and that unnerving chant at the end was it’s undoing. None of that needed to be there, but the movie would have been too short without it.
I’m not sure if i really liked the “play within a play” part either. But at least the scene where Jason Schwartzman’s character goes out of the asteroid city play to the director, and says something along the lines of “i don’t understand” and “am i doing it right”, seems important. My interpretation is that the whole movie is about the meaning of life and that scene in a way directly addresses it.
What do you mean with “unnerving chant”? The sleep part?
“underrated” and “movies that never get the credit they deserve” seems a bit hard to define. But at least subjectively I disagree with placing some of these movies on this list.
Asteroid City: can a movie that has just barely come out even be considered “underrated”? Feels like not enough time has passed for public opinion to truly form. Besides that it feels like it gets plenty of credit being a Wes Anderson movie.
Under the skin: bombed in the box office as far as I know, but imo also isn’t easily accessible for the average viewer and not mainstream. But it does seem to get plenty of praise from the critic side, so I don’t see it as underrated from this perspective.
Solaris and Stalker: again I don’t think they are underrated by critics and are highly praised. Just not movies that are easily accessible for the average viewer.
Paprika and ghost under the shell: are both a bit niche simply by being anime, but at least from the critic side I don’t see them as being underrated. I think ghost in the shell is reasonably known, Paprika maybe a bit less. So that could fit.
Donnie Darko: is a cult classic that definitely has a decent sized following. It’s maybe not a mainstream hit, but imo I wouldnt call it underrated.
What I would agree with is “Ad Astra”. Definitely flawed and not perfect, but I still liked it quite a bit. So at least from my biased perspective it would count as being underrated
Asteroid City’s “play within a play” and that unnerving chant at the end was it’s undoing. None of that needed to be there, but the movie would have been too short without it.
I’m not sure if i really liked the “play within a play” part either. But at least the scene where Jason Schwartzman’s character goes out of the asteroid city play to the director, and says something along the lines of “i don’t understand” and “am i doing it right”, seems important. My interpretation is that the whole movie is about the meaning of life and that scene in a way directly addresses it.
What do you mean with “unnerving chant”? The sleep part?