Today I publish my long awaited list of the
ONE MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE DECADE
This was another tough one folks. I poured through literally thousands of submissions this week, narrowed it down to the top 100, rewatched those movies and scored them on a weighted points system on a scale of 1 to 15, in the following categories: quality, lasting value in the culture, “watchability”, lack of general awareness, poorness of marketing in original release and overall under-rated-ness.
Without further ado, the list:
1) THE TEN (2007)
dir. David Wain
I agree.
Rob Courdry. Ken Marino. Prison scene. Incredible!
I liked The Ten a lot, but I loved The Baxter and Wet Hot American Summer more. Still – I could see it again.
So in the last 10 minutes, I decided to do what you did – rewatched 100 movies, scored, and categorized to decide that my most underrated movie of TWO decades ago is: SOLARBABIES.
-The End-
I agree with this.
Soy El Hombre de Vagina.
It’s not underrated in my books (I’ve got some books). I love the damn thing!
Please tell me you’re goofing.
as a goof
-jr
I could not agree more.
Another perfect example of Hollywood not being ready to accept a black director who is honest about race and human sexuality.
Here’s an example of a classic joke from The Ten:
J.S.>> “Hey how’s it going?”
G.M>> “Oh! I didn’t see you there”
I realize now that this joke relies heavily on visual stimuli but i think it still works in its written form.
Agreed – I’ve watched it three times in the last month and made it my personal crusade to thumbs-down all negative reviews
I couldn’t agree more.
As if Jessica Alba and Famke Janssen weren’t reason enough, you get to watch Winona Ryder fuck the shit out of a puppet (thank you, thank you).
Oh yeah, it’s also funny.
(for your next movie could you have something like Emma Watson going down on a muppet? Or maybe Anne Hathaway riding a CPR dummy?….please, maybe?)
10000000% agree
Yes. My list looks similar to yours.
1. The Ten
Runners-up:
1. Spirited Away
2. Adaptation
3. Daddy Day Camp
Underrated indeed, sir. Underrated INDEED!
Thank you for bringing awareness to this underrated film. I love it. The only way I can believe that it is so underrated is if it was done as a goof.
was that movie even rated at all?
Seriously! I try to recommend it whenever I can.
Honorable Mention:
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Was #2 Wet Hot American Summer?
agreed! i think maybe The Baxter belongs somewhere on this list, too. your performance in that one was… uh, mind-blowing?
At the risk of sounding like I don’t get the joke, I totally agree. I make all my friends and family watch The Ten and they all LOVE it yet most have never heard of it. Don’t worry, I’m working to solve that problem.
That’s what makes it rape
-Caroline
I couldn’t agree more with your selection. The Ten is a MASTERPIECE! And, I declare that David Wain is a living god!
I agree completely. My husband and I are constantly quoting this movie to each other (“As a GOOF!”), and I’m forever recommending it to people. It is by far one of the funniest movies I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.