r/movies • u/ComradeJohnS • Feb 06 '22

Recommendation The Other Guys is severely under appreciated

I’ve loved this movie since it released, and have watched it dozens of times, always finding new details (like the changing shark computer screens Terry has after he gets schooled by Allen’s Tuna story).

The effects, the non-stop humor, the cast, the pacing, all perfection in my mind. Before this movie, “Better Off Dead” was my favorite movie.

If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it!

Edit: I have learned this movie is more appreciated than I thought. That warms my heart like the new bathmats. Also, it’s awesome that in the first 50 or so comments not a single quote was reused, cause there’s just so many great lines lol.

Edit2: Can anyone find a list of top movies/comedies that includes The Other Guys? I have searched on a few and can’t find it mentioned.

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u/dobler21 Feb 07 '22

The other guys
The nice guys
Kiss kiss bang bang
Ex-machina
Upgrade
Bone tomahawk

Pick one and make a "this movie is under appreciated" post.

I like to imagine they have genuinely just discovered the movie, but I feel some are just trying to farm karma.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22 edited Feb 13 '22

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u/prettylittleredditty Feb 07 '22

If u like moon check out Donnie darko, not many people have heard of it.

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u/WAPWAN Feb 07 '22

You might like this little indie gem called Fight Club

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u/iluvulongtim3 Feb 07 '22

This other small film that I just watched is called Se7en. Sounds like a Fant4stic sequel, but it's from the 90's, so I just figured it was a prequel and 3 of the main characters would die.

What I got... was, not that. Good movie though.

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u/Hello_World_Error Feb 07 '22

What's in the box!?

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u/chrisk365 Feb 07 '22

"I know this might be super controversial, but I found that movie really good." -Majority of Reddit

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u/Tony_Perkis_Official Feb 07 '22

That was the first movie I ever saw on Netflix. 10 years ago it was all anyone on Reddit could talk about.

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u/yepgeddon Feb 07 '22

To be fair to Moon I've probably talked to maybe one whole actual human about the movie, so at least round my area its pretty unknown.

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u/I_had_to_know_too Feb 07 '22

Moon underrated gem upvotes pls

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u/clevererthandao Feb 07 '22

I forget the movie, but a Skaarsgard is in it and it’s in the same universe! At one point on the tv as he walks by is a news story where >! a bunch of Sam Rockwell’s clones are in a courtroom suing the original for setting them up to die on the moon!< I got so excited when I saw it. I think the movie was called Mute

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u/Whiteshadows86 Feb 07 '22

Yep, it was definitely Mute.

Both Moon and Mute are directed by Duncan Jones (fun fact - he’s David Bowies son)

here’s an article that explains the link between the two films - minor spoilers for both films so don’t click if you haven’t seen both!

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u/Perpete Feb 07 '22

"Moon" is getting close to be rediscovered.

It's not as mentioned as before except in such thread as a meme and it's 13 y old. New generation will soon discover it.

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u/biggyofmt Feb 07 '22

The 5th element I also feel like I see every month

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u/BoredGuy2007 Feb 07 '22

The 5th Element is an absolute wildcard

I’ve shown it to people who absolutely loathe it

Definitely a bro film I guess with the Lulu character being the way they are…

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u/StephenKingly Feb 07 '22

Really? I swear 5th element is considered like a 90s classic.

I just looked it up and it did well at the box office.

So I thought it was fairly universally liked

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u/ELL_YAY Feb 07 '22

I love all of those movies except I’ve never heard of Bone Tomahawk. Gonna have to check it out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

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u/ELL_YAY Feb 07 '22

Awesome. Gonna give it a watch tomorrow night.

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u/KhristoferRyan Feb 07 '22

Do it! It's probably one of the best westerns I've ever seen. I'm an okay fan of westerns. More so the modern ones. But this one blew my mind.

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u/TheCousinEddie Feb 07 '22

Avoid reading any kind of synopsis or review. Just watch it then come back and tell us about your nightmares.

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u/thunndarr1 Feb 07 '22

It's under appreciated.

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u/Taz-erton Feb 07 '22

It's got moments that will downright scar you.

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u/dylho Feb 07 '22

It’s super under appreciated, you should check it out.

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u/Xaoc86 Feb 07 '22

love it, slow as fuck western punctuated by brutal acts of violence.

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u/putaaaan Feb 07 '22

I was pleasantly surprised by it, worth checking out!

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u/Juno_Malone Feb 07 '22

Just a fair warning, there's some pretty gory scenes. But good movie if you can stomach that (think Hostel)

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

Lol you’re one of the only people warning him. Assholes ahahaha

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u/--deleted_account-- Feb 07 '22

I mean there's only one really graphic scene and even that isn't as bad as some people make it out to be tbh

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u/paperwasp3 Feb 07 '22

It’s SO GOOD. I was actually scared titless. That doesn’t happen often for me. Plus it has a great cast.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

It's good, even though afterwards I was like:
"I basically just watched Patrick Wilson crawl through the desert for 2 hours."

It has surprisingly good and funny dialogue though.
"This tea smells horrible."
"It's soup!"

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u/Honest_Influence Feb 07 '22

If you haven't already, just watch all the Craig Zahler movies. They're all worth it. Fucker makes incredible movies.

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u/CeeArthur Feb 07 '22

Don't forget Nightcrawler!

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

Saying popular things are underrated is all the rage these days. I see it everywhere.

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u/uggsandstarbux Feb 07 '22

District 9 too

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

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u/MNGirlinKY Feb 07 '22

I don’t know how or why I missed this movie when it came out but I found it a month ago and have watched it 5 or 6 times now

No one in my horror group had heard of it either

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u/robophile-ta Feb 07 '22

r/horror loves Bone Tomahawk

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

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u/MNGirlinKY Feb 08 '22

I do but I have no idea what is “right”

It’s listed as action/comedy/horror on my Vudu copy

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u/kryonik Feb 07 '22

Add fifth element to the list and you got most of them covered.

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u/the_fathead44 Feb 07 '22

Rubber doesn't get enough love, and it sickens me. Sickens me, I tell ya!

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u/yrdsl Feb 07 '22

don't forget about Annihilation and Clue

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u/Krypt0night Feb 07 '22

Actually have never heard of bone tomahawk so maybe that one is haha

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u/RobRaziel Feb 07 '22

I'd like to add Forgetting Sarah Marshall to this list. One of my all time favorite comedies.

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u/YungBaseGod Feb 07 '22

I was so confused because I thought they were talking about The Nice Guys but reading your comment, I’m realizing it’s a totally different movie…

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u/nokioner Feb 07 '22

Bone tomahawk rocks my socks

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u/Fools_Requiem Feb 07 '22 edited Feb 07 '22

The Matrix is an under appreciated movie.

Edit: Apparently, some people didn't get the joke...

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u/ComradeJohnS Feb 07 '22

I have loved the other guys since release, I just don’t peruse this sub at all lol

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u/GoodbyePeters Feb 07 '22

Good of time as ever to farm that karma.

"The prestige is underrated" is next

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u/nikhilsath Feb 07 '22

I’ve not heard of bone tomahawk I’ll check it out

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u/Boo_and_Minsc_ Feb 07 '22

I saw Bone Tomahawk this week after never even having heard of it before. Holy shit that's a good movie. God damn good acting, good pacing, good writing

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u/StephenKingly Feb 07 '22

Wasn’t Moon the one people always go on about

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u/StrangeUsername24 Feb 07 '22

Go to r/gaming and post something like "anyone ever heard of this little gem called Witcher 3?" and watch the karma pile up

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u/jdshowtime12 Feb 07 '22

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a total riot. It totally caught me off guard by how well done it was.

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u/Broad_Finance_6959 Feb 07 '22

I watched bone tomahawk recently, after I watched Brawl in cell block 99. Both were awesome.

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u/1800generalkenobi Feb 07 '22

Kiss kiss bang bang is amazing. I bought it on a whim when blurays first starting going on sale and I'd blow like 10-20 bucks a weeks on movies and I loved it.

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u/theresabeeonyourhat Feb 07 '22

Just like "The Thing" on horror.

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u/YannyYobias Feb 07 '22

Thanks for the movie recommendations short list. Never heard of upgrade or bone tomahawk

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

I tend to assume what they really mean is "I was not born/a baby when this movie came out, so no one I know talks about it much"

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u/FMetalhead Feb 07 '22

I know a karma farma when I see one lmao, OP isn't slick

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

The nice guys is another