Underrated Movies

What if I told you that some of your favorite stars have delivered magnificent performances in movies that slipped under the radar? That's what we're exploring today as we offer a fresh perspective on films like 'The Legend of Bagger Vance', 'Stardust', and 'Mars Attacks', aiming to unearth their hidden treasures and reveal why they deserve more recognition. Get ready to see Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, and more in a new light as we start our journey with a deep dive into the rich history and compelling narrative of 'The Legend of Bagger Vance'.

Moving forward, we sail through a vast ocean of underrated cinema, unearthing pearls like Pearl Harbor. A classic that weaves war and romance in a seamless blend, it's a film that has left a lasting imprint on our hearts. We also reminisce about the classic Shrek series, its relevance today, and the fantastic performances that often go unnoticed in such underrated films. Did you know that 'The Pursuit of Happyness' was one of Will Smith's most underrated performances?

Finally, our journey wouldn't be complete without acknowledging the phenomenal Jennifer Lawrence for her role in 'No Hard Feelings', or talking about the timeless Disney classics 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'Titan AE', 'Treasure Planet', and 'The Emperor's New Groove'. We love these films, not just for their entertainment value, but for their enduring ability to touch our hearts and minds. So join us as we navigate through our favorite underrated movies from all genres and eras. Who knows? Your next favorite movie might just be waiting for you here.

Transcript

Sam 0:10

Welcome to Babe. What do you know about the podcast with your favorite husband and wife duo, Sam?

Tayla 0:16

and Tayla. Each week we dive deep into a new subject, blending fun and seriousness to push boundaries and buttons.

Sam 0:24

Get ready to expand your knowledge, challenge your perspectives and have a blast along the way.

Tayla 0:32

So it was a long weekend of a lot, a lot of TV.

Sam 0:37

So much TV. Quality 12 hours of.

Tayla 0:42

Lord of the Rings extended edition yes, and then add in two hours that we set aside for watching the Rugby World Cup semi finals. That was very dramatic, oh my gosh guys, if I haven't convinced you yet to watch the Rugby World Cup, the finals are this Saturday at 1pm MST on Peacock. Go watch it.

Sam 1:09

Yeah.

Tayla 1:10

And spoilers for the next probably minute, for anyone who doesn't want to know. So Africa played England. It was an insane game. You talk about it.

Sam 1:23

Essentially it was raining, so that favored the English. They're used to playing in this weather, so the ball slippery. It's a slow game and they dominated us for 70 minutes and the game is only 80 minutes long and we're down by nine points, which is the equivalent of like two tries or a tri conversion and then like a penalty kick.

Tayla 1:44

We're, we're out of it, yeah.

Sam 1:47

And pretty much everyone in the room was like, yeah, we've kind of accepted, we're not going through. And then all of a sudden we get a couple things to go our way and we score 10 points and just like five minutes like that out of nowhere we win by one, one by one, shocking.

Tayla 2:05

Absolutely shocking, literally. I haven't been more stressed during a game in a long time. So now South African New Zealand are playing each other on Saturday, facing off for the first time in a final for the rugby World Cup since 1995, which is the Invictus game for anyone who has that association.

Sam 2:24

Yeah, yeah, looking forward to it Could get you the way, no stressful, but I'm excited for the rest of the time.

Tayla 2:31

We were doing Lord of the Rings extended edition marathon with my sister and brother Well, no, he didn't come, for my sister and her foster kids it was so, so fun. Ellen Max did, okay, I think, and then we ate all the Hobbit food. We had breakfast, second breakfast, 11th is lunch, tea, supper and dinner. No, dinner and supper, yeah, so good, and all of it from like delicious food that is either seen or mentioned in the movies or books. So I recommend it. It's well worth it. Our menu is we put it somewhere on on Instagram if you're looking to do something as nerdy and similar but it was a really, really fun weekend and the topic for the day is no exception to the discussion on screen time.

Tayla 3:24

So let me do my little intro. According to recent study, only 20% of the movies released each year are seen by more than one million people, which means that 80% of movies are essentially unseen by the general public. Of the 20% of movies that are seen by more than a million people, most of them are big budget blockbusters, which leaves very little room for smaller, independent films to get noticed, despite the fact that they are often overlooked, underrated movies can be some of the best films ever made. They're often more creative, original and thought provoking than their big budget counterparts. Today, we're going to talk about celebrating some of the most underrated films, in our opinion, of all time. We will ask you guys on social media what your underrated movies are. We're going to talk about films from kind of all genres and eras. So, babe, what do you know about underrated movies?

Sam 4:19

So little, so very little, is it? Yeah yeah, I'm not like a film buff. I don't know how to rate a movie for the general public. I know for me. I'm very opinionated about movies so opinionated about movies, but I don't find my opinions.

Tayla 4:40

To be relevant to other people, rendering this episode pretty much the gospel of underrated movies, according to Tayla and Sam, which may or may not be agreed by anyone, but I think it will be fun. So do you want to start?

Sam 4:59

Sure, I've picked out five. Well, five, dash six.

Tayla 5:05

I have like ten.

Sam 5:08

So the very first one I wanted to talk about is the legend of Bagger Vance.

Tayla 5:14

Of what?

Sam 5:15

The legend of Bagger Vance.

Tayla 5:19

Is that the Gulf one? Yes, yes, I have seen it.

Sam 5:23

You've showed it to me, yeah okay, so this is starring Will Smith, matt Damon, charlize Theron, so it's like a star-studded cast right. It came out in 2000. And I didn't even hear about it coming out. I saw it on DVD. That's how someone, someone, had the DVD.

Sam 5:43

Yeah, we watched it. I was like, wow, that was an amazing movie, I love it. I'm sure everyone has loved this movie. And then, as I've gone throughout the last 23 years, I've found out that one half the people haven't seen it, and if they have seen it, they're like don't even remember it. So I'm like it's one of my favorite movies, so it makes it so good Okay so, firstly, the ratings are pretty bad, so Rod and Tomatoes is 48%, imdb is like six point something, so it's.

Tayla 6:09

Keep your IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes up, because I'm going to be asking you what my rated I'll do some googling while we have this discussion.

Sam 6:16

So basically, the story is this guy oh, so it's set in like I think it's just 18.

Tayla 6:25

No, it's right after World War II. Okay, so 1940s, 1950s.

Sam 6:30

World War I, one of the World Wars. It's set after World War I. Okay, so basically, and Golf is brand new when I say brand new, it's obviously been around for a long time but it's not as big as it is today, obviously after World War I, and it's a story basically about this guy that comes back. He golfed and golf wasn't huge but he was the best golfer in this small town. He goes off to war, comes back and, anyways, one of the things that this town wants to do to bring, you know, more People to the town, more economy, you know, because everyone's kind of struggling with the economy and they're like let's hold a golf tournament here and so they Are able to bring out, like, some of the best golfers from around the country and they want this, you know, war veteran to Participate and he, you know.

Tayla 7:25

PTSD.

Sam 7:26

Yeah, he can't play golf, whatever, because he's, yeah, ptsd, struggles mentally, blah, blah, blah, and his love interest, obviously Charlize Theron, and Do they have their whole thing because she wants him to golf and he's struggling. Anyways, this Guy, he's basically a vagabond. I don't know how else to describe him. Will Smith Meets up with him.

Tayla 7:47

I don't know where.

Sam 7:48

I don't know where, and basically helps him find his swing and it's kind of like that. It's an interesting, it's almost spiritual. It's almost like yeah you know, like this emotional mental movie, and obviously he found his swing. He does well, he wins the golf tournament. Spoilers everywhere, but it is just I don't know.

Tayla 8:07

It was very like this is before I even enjoyed golf and so it was just by the way, that was a really badly placed spoiler alert Spoilers ever after you done the spoilers, so rewind. Gonna work on that.

Sam 8:21

So anyways, you can just bleep it out bleep, bleep out spoilers, cuz I don't. I want these people to be able to watch. Yeah go watch it, so I don't want the spoilers. Bleep, bleep it.

Tayla 8:35

I don't know if I'm gonna bleep it, but but okay, so what? So?

Sam 8:42

the main thing you loved about it was just the spiritual nature of it, yeah so it's a sports movie, but at the same time it's also kind of like a, you know, a mental health movie. It's a spiritual movie, yeah, and it's completely underrated and slept on, definitely worth, worth a watch.

Tayla 9:00

You have me watch it and it was a really good. It was a good watch. I really enjoyed it, so I can add my stamp of approval to like go look it up and and watch it. You want to hear my first one? Yes, my first one is stardust. Have you seen it? I think you've made me seen it. Yeah, so it's a movie that came out. You have to Google this for me, because I didn't. I didn't do any of this, but it's maybe that came out. I think 2010s, somewhere in there. It's about it's kind of a fantasy world. It's a really cool world building setup that's pretty simply done and it's about this guy that's obsessed with this girl, who's kind of trash in this town.

Sam 9:44

Is this with Robert De Niro?

Tayla 9:46

Yeah, Robert De Niro is in it as a gay pirate.

Sam 9:49

You didn't even see this. I remember it now, yeah.

Tayla 9:52

It's so good. What was it when they come?

Sam 9:54

out came out 2007. It's 77% on. Rotten Tomatoes. So okay, and 7.6 on.

Tayla 9:59

IMDB yeah, it's good, it's really good, it's humorous.

Tayla 10:04

It's. It's got kind of everything you'd want in a movie. It's about this guy. Again he's in love with some trash girl. He doesn't see that, obviously, and she pretty much puts him in competition with another guy to marry her and say they see a falling star in the distance and she says if you can go and get me that star, I'll marry you. And turns out the star is a person and there are witches involved, like really evil, weird witches. It's a really really good story. Again it's got everything you might want in like a fantasy Story I highly highly recommend.

Sam 10:41

I haven't even heard of it until you showed it to me. Right, and that's why I think it's underrated is yeah, so well rated in terms of the reviews, but just unknown.

Tayla 10:51

So yeah, I think Michelle Pfeiffer's in it as well.

Sam 10:54

Yeah, I think that's the yeah.

Tayla 10:57

It's, it's, it's. It's very well done, it's kind of unique. It's got really humorous parts in it which I really really enjoy. It's just it's just kind of not really like another fantasy world. Yeah, it's very well done, so, and the acting is good. I like all of it. So, based on what you remember from seeing it, what do you think? Hmm go see it, or yeah no, I'd say go see it.

Sam 11:19

Okay, yeah, it's line-hearted. Just be ready for that, I think. Don't worry about how deep it goes.

Tayla 11:27

Yeah, yeah, exactly, and it does, but but not not so much. Yeah, not not so much. Yeah, okay, what's your next one?

Sam 11:34

Okay, this is an old one Okay.

Tayla 11:37

How old?

Sam 11:39

Well, let's see if you've even remembered, even remembers movie Mars attacks.

Tayla 11:46

I don't think I've even heard of it.

Sam 11:47

Okay, comes out in the year. Let's take a look 1996. I was two, yeah, so this is basically like a parody movie of like Alien Invasion movie and it's got Jack Nicholson, oh man Danny DeVito, oh man Jack Black.

Tayla 12:11

What my favorite person ever.

Sam 12:13

Glenn Close.

Tayla 12:15

Okay.

Sam 12:15

Pierce Brosnan what? Yes? So there's a lot of celebrity involvement in this. It's kind of like one of those ones where people wanted to appear in it because it's kind of a parody. It's kind of like a parody. Take on these Alien Invasion movies. It's so funny, like it is hilariously funny. It's got action in it and just a lot of things that happen unexpectedly. So good music in the movie. It's great, it's again. These are the ratings 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.4 on IMDb.

Tayla 12:49

So not great.

Sam 12:50

Not great, but again I think it's. I do think that these things are like just being like, just go back and watch it. I might not hold up because it's so old at this point, because the CGI has probably just horrendous.

Tayla 13:03

Yeah.

Sam 13:03

But yeah, it's worth a watch.

Tayla 13:05

How long has it been since you think you've seen it?

Sam 13:08

Probably like 10, 15 years. Okay, so long time.

Tayla 13:11

Make sure to watch it. I haven't even heard of it, but the cost sounds amazing.

Sam 13:15

It's amazing. We'll put it on right after this show, for sure.

Tayla 13:18

Deal. Okay. So my next one. Unlike some of it some of them, I think Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb will not like, but this one I think it will, because it's literally one of the best movies ever in the world and we've just introduced our kids to it and they love it.

Sam 13:34

Oh, I know what you're gonna say Treasure.

Tayla 13:35

Planet.

Sam 13:36

Great movie, and so I'd say it's underrated because, like the rest, of Disney kind of like went ahead with 3D right after this.

Tayla 13:44

Is that so? When did it come out? It came out like 2002?

Sam 13:48

2002, yeah.

Tayla 13:50

Yeah, and it has like a good cost as well. It's got. What's his face? Ah, I can see his face.

Sam 13:58

Joseph Gordon.

Tayla 13:58

Yeah, Joseph Gordon-Leavitt.

Sam 14:00

Yep.

Tayla 14:03

I'm pretty sure it has Martin Short in it. It's got Emma Thompson.

Sam 14:08

Yep, it's also got Neil Niles Crane from Frasier.

Tayla 14:16

Is that his name? Is his name not Nile Frasier?

Sam 14:19

I think the actor's name is Niles Crane.

Tayla 14:21

Oh, oh, I didn't know that.

Sam 14:22

Yeah.

Tayla 14:24

Oh, okay, cool, cool. It is such a good movie and if you guys haven't seen it, it is on Disney Plus. It is such a good movie, such cool, world building. Plus they had oh, what's his face? John Resnick, or Reziznik, the singer of Goo Goo Dolls.

Sam 14:44

Oh yeah.

Tayla 14:45

Like he does a couple of songs in it. He pretty much like helps write the soundtrack. It's so good Like one of the best I'm still here by John I don't know how you say it Resnick, reziznik, whatever. So good, everything about it, the world building, the emotions. Also, this is one of the few movies I can think of that is like a hugely successful movie from a storytelling point, in which the main character has zero love interest at all, no romantic attachment, not even a hint of it. It's just not a part of the story at all, which I think is really rare.

Sam 15:20

So yeah, interesting. I really liked the animation because they kind of like I think they'd really advanced 2D drawing animation in this which kind of has disappeared since then. So it was kind of interesting to watch just how they handled movements and action at that level.

Tayla 15:38

And like watching it now it really does hold up, like it's not nothing is distracting about the animation. It's kind of almost like a little bit of like American anime style a little bit. The world building is very, very cool. If you don't know, it's pretty much it's Treasure Island, but in alien, planetary, futuristic form, which is just really cool. Like even the names are similar. It's just hard to beat Hard. It's so good. We've watched it probably three, four times over the last week cause our kids really love it and I'm enjoying it every single time still.

Sam 16:17

Yeah.

Tayla 16:19

Okay, what's next for you?

Sam 16:22

Have you ever heard of a little movie called Ip man?

Tayla 16:26

Ip man.

Sam 16:27

Yeah, it's spelled I-P-Space man. No, okay, it's a kung fu movie, okay.

Tayla 16:36

Am I going to have heard of any of your underrated?

Sam 16:38

movies. I'm surprised. Okay, so there's been four of them, but I'm just-.

Tayla 16:43

Oh, my word yes.

Sam 16:46

The yeah, so the first one came out in 2008 and then basically the last one came out, I think, 2019.

Tayla 16:52

What yeah?

Sam 16:54

So basically it's the story of the guy that basically can trace back from Bruce Lee and how he learned martial arts. I think it was like Wing Chun, I think that's what that said, right, wing Chun. And this guy that basically was a grandmaster of Wing Chun and it's set in the 1930s in China and basically was wait, yes, yes, because it's a Chinese martial arts style which you know so it's not like Japanese karate, blah, blah, et cetera.

Sam 17:34

It's the Wing Chun. So, anyways, it's not just like a typical kung fu movie, where it's just like action, action, action that's crazy, but it actually has this really good emotional story behind it about how he struggles to have to be settled in this area because there's a lot of bad guys that come to town. He gets challenged a lot. There's a lot of sadness around his family. It's a really sad movie and kind of gives you a lot of, I guess, reason for the fighting instead of just the fighting being center stage.

Tayla 18:16

It's cool.

Sam 18:17

It felt like the story was center stage. There too, it's dubbed obviously.

Tayla 18:22

Yeah, I was gonna ask.

Sam 18:23

But totally worth it, Definitely. I would say it. So if you're not into kung fu movies and your husband is like likes action movies or stuff, this would be like one of those ones that I think the wives would enjoy.

Tayla 18:37

And you could yeah, you could suggest it.

Sam 18:39

But you can't be on your phone cause you got it.

Tayla 18:43

It's worth it to read the subtitles, Okay okay, rather than like an English dubbing yeah, okay, cool. This one, I do think, is not good on. Well, what was that one?

Sam 18:54

on Rotten Tomatoes Ip man, ip man. Let's take a look Ip man ratings. I'm sure this was decently rated. No, no, no, no, okay, so on Rotten Tomatoes, okay, so on Rotten Tomatoes 86%.

Tayla 19:14

So really good, oh yeah.

Sam 19:16

On IMDB, let's take a look An eight. So this is actually pretty highly rated. I just think there's only a segment of the population, though, that watched it.

Tayla 19:26

Right, right, okay, underrated, all right, all right. My next one, I don't think is well rated anywhere 10,000 BC, oh yeah.

Sam 19:39

Okay.

Tayla 19:40

So lay it on me. How bad is it 10,000 BC. And when did it come out? I'm pretty sure in the 2000s or 2010. 2008.

Sam 19:50

Okay, it is a 9% on Ron Tomatos and it's a five out of 10 on IMDB.

Tayla 20:02

So this movie's trash. It's so good and I do think it's underrated. The story is, I mean at 9%.

Sam 20:12

It's clearly underrated. It's very underrated, which should be at like 30% or something.

Tayla 20:17

Oh no, it's so good. It's about this tribe set in 10,000 BC. There's a guy who, as a kid, falls in love with another girl in the tribe. They're like mammoth hunters or they call them manic, I'm pretty sure. In this movie the woman in half of the tribe ends up getting like kidnapped by slavers, essentially, and taken to what appears to be Egypt or Egyptian kind of huge where they have like a god and this guy just follows her through. It's from a tiny town of just like mammoth hunters, like he goes through all these crazy jungles and there's dinosaurs that still live and all these like dodos and dangerous animals and he goes through all of that to like go and rescue her. Yeah, I think it's very good. I enjoyed it. Whether it's good or not, I enjoyed it watching it and if you haven't watched it, I recommend you you watch it and judge for yourself. I enjoyed it, I really did. Have you seen it?

Sam 21:23

No, I actually haven't, you haven't, but I remember it coming out.

Underrated Movies and Nostalgia

Tayla 21:27

So I'll tell you how I saw it for the first time. My dad was traveling to China a lot for work at the time and he would bring back a bunch of DVDs. We were poor as hell, so it was like one of the ways that we got any DVDs. That was one of them. It looked really boring, it sounded really boring, but we had watched through all of our DVDs that we had. There was no streaming or anything, so I put that one in and was hooked, loved it.

Sam 21:50

So just randomly, do you think there's some nostalgia coloring?

Tayla 21:53

Oh, totally.

Sam 21:54

When it was lost. You've seen 10,000 BC.

Tayla 21:56

I actually did watch it like three years ago and still enjoyed it.

Sam 21:59

Three years ago.

Tayla 22:00

Yeah, I think you're on a trip, so Terrible. Let's watch it. That's going to be on the list. I'll get you to give your thoughts on it after you've seen it.

Sam 22:10

I will give 20 minutes and if it's awful, after 20, we'll switch.

Tayla 22:15

No that's not a good. You have to give any movie like half an hour, I think.

Sam 22:18

OK, half an hour.

Tayla 22:19

OK, all right, what's next for you?

Sam 22:22

OK, so this one. I kind of feel bad bringing this one up, Because everyone knows this movie. It's not like going to be one that someone hasn't had.

Tayla 22:31

I have a couple of those, oh, ok.

Sam 22:33

So I really don't have much more after this Like this. I didn't make a big list. I thought we'd go more depth in the movies.

Tayla 22:41

Maybe you'll think of some.

Sam 22:42

OK, but I'm just going to tell you when it came out. Came out in 2001. And I'm going to tell you the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes 24% and IMDB 6 out of 10.

Tayla 22:59

OK.

Sam 23:01

And the cost has Ben Affleck, kate Beckinsale, jennifer Garner, alec Baldwin, cuba Gooding Jr.

Tayla 23:14

Wow.

Sam 23:15

And the giveaway, josh Hartnett, it's Pearl Harbor.

Tayla 23:21

Pearl Harbor.

Sam 23:22

Yep.

Tayla 23:23

How is that an underrated movie?

Sam 23:25

Exactly so. One of the things I was doing when we talked about we're going to do this, I just started looking at IMDB ratings to see what would be down at the bottom.

Tayla 23:33

Oh, why is it rated that low? Yeah?

Sam 23:35

so I'm not sure I didn't look at all the details, but a lot of people are just like it's literally underrated yeah. So a lot of people just didn't enjoy the movie.

Tayla 23:45

Can I tell you something?

Sam 23:47

Yeah, sure.

Tayla 23:48

I haven't seen it. What I haven't seen it, what I haven't seen it.

Sam 23:54

Maybe you're going to be one of those 24% reviews.

Tayla 23:58

Maybe, but I feel like my brother watched it. He just never involves me, so I'd always kind of walk in on a couple of scenes, like maybe an hour in or so, and I'd be like, no, I want to watch the whole thing. So I'd leave. It just wasn't ever a good timing, but he loved it.

Sam 24:11

Yeah, so I mean 2001. So I'm 17, right, so I'm 7. So that's when it came out and it was a sort of as a war movie. And then I think maybe this is why it ends up getting badly rated Then turns into a like a romantic movie, and then so I feel like there's almost like a split between the two where it's like, oh cool, we're in this like there's a World War Two movie, you know, the bombing of Pearl Harbor and World War Two stuff, and then all of a sudden it kind of switches gears. So I think maybe that's why it kind of threw a bunch of people off.

Tayla 24:48

But I mean a bunch of like Forrest Gump does that, like a bunch of movies do that. Yeah, but maybe it's because it started as war and then went to romance rather than romance to war, yeah, maybe, but it definitely is pretty clear delineation between the two themes Like I don't think they weaved it as well.

Sam 25:06

That's, this is my guess, this is my theory. So you know, maybe you can do an in-depth review of it by Pearl Harbor, one of the biggest movies of all time in my dreams and I love the movie. I absolutely love the movie. It is so well done.

Underrated Movies

Tayla 25:21

How are we going to choose what movies to watch? Okay, all right, that's fascinating. I would. Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't have assumed, based on what I've heard from it and people I've spoken to, that I would be rated that low.

Sam 25:33

And here's an even crazier part about this directed by Michael Bay. So he's the one that does all the transformers. So he's known for doing big movies and being absolute perfectionist on set and make sure everything's perfect. So weird, Giant question mark.

Tayla 25:50

Weird. Okay, I don't think this one is underrated by like raider rating systems, but is probably underrated just by people, I don't know. It's maybe underrated in the terms of like not that many people have seen it the pursuit of happiness.

Sam 26:07

Oh yeah.

Tayla 26:09

With Wilson. I love the movie.

Sam 26:10

Oh yeah, Let me look it up Sorry. Like put my phone down Like, well, I'm done for the day. Okay, let me look, and it's happiness spelled with a Y yeah, yeah, oh, it's actually fairly well rated. It's an eight out of 10 on IMDB and 67% run tomatoes.

Tayla 26:27

Yeah yeah. It's super well done. I won't get too in depth into this one. This is like a heavier movie. Will Smith does, I will say, an exceptional job in this specific movie, like his acting, and he acts with his son, who is probably like five at the time.

Sam 26:48

Yeah, so it's his son's first acting job, and also amazing job. His best job, his best acting work, I think. You think yeah, yeah, honestly I think it's just gone, not as good.

Tayla 26:59

Yeah. So he really did well. His son did like. There's some scenes where his son is like acting. I'm like, oh my gosh, like he's so good. So if you haven't seen it, it is a heavier watch for a lot of reasons, but pursuit of happiness, I think it's worth the watch.

Sam 27:17

This is the second Will Smith movie.

Tayla 27:19

I know Wait.

Sam 27:21

My very first one yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Tayla 27:24

Yeah, so good Interesting yeah.

Sam 27:27

No, I love the movie. It was very heartbreaking. If you want to go cry, go watch this. Yeah, happiness is a lie.

Tayla 27:36

Or is it?

Sam 27:37

Yeah.

Tayla 27:38

So the other one I have is Shrek what? Just because people don't talk about it anymore and they should that's what I think is it just kind of like it's that good People should still be talking.

Sam 27:51

Literally people base historical time on when Shrek came out.

Tayla 27:58

Have you seen those memes? Yeah, exactly, so go ahead.

Sam 28:01

No, no, you tell them memes.

Tayla 28:03

So people are saying there are people living today that are parents of other people. Wait, this is I'm really going to keep going. There's babies today whose parents were not alive when Shrek came out. Okay, so there are parents alive right now that weren't alive when Shrek came out. Wasn't it 2000? It was also early 2000s.

Sam 28:28

Okay, here's this is my favorite trivia Rosa Parks. Do you know who that is? Yes, she could have seen Shrek, huh, yeah.

Tayla 28:40

Well, when did it come out? 2001?

Sam 28:41

Yeah, it's like 2000. So Rosa Park died in 2005. I love that. Google this. It's like did Rosa Park actually see Shrek? Okay, but Shrek's like one of the best movies of all time.

Tayla 28:57

It is, it is.

Sam 28:58

Keep going. I want to hear. The movie came out in 2004, by the way 2004.

Tayla 29:03

So I remember 89% on Tomatoes. So good Deserved.

Sam 29:08

And that's underrated.

Tayla 29:09

It's underrated again just because I just don't feel like people are watching it again, Like they're not rewatching it. The same way there's not underrated by literal ratings, but underrated as far as like rewatchability. I don't know. Do we not have enough to talk about Shrek?

Sam 29:26

That's what it feels like. This feels like you just actually just want to talk about Shrek.

Tayla 29:29

It's so good. I actually remember my family went out when I was a child I think I was 10 to go see Shrek in the movie theaters and I remember resisting it because I'm like Shrek. I didn't know anything about the movie, but they're like, it's called Shrek and I was like that sounds like a dumb movie, I don't want to go see it. And then I remember really loving it.

Sam 29:53

Okay, I've got to correct a couple of things. I was wrong. Oh no, it came out in 2001.

Tayla 29:59

Yes, okay, so then I was seven and I remember so that was Shrek 2.

Sam 30:04

Shrek 2 came out in 2004 and had an 89%.

Tayla 30:08

That Shrek 2 is so good. I will say Shrek 2 is so good.

Sam 30:12

Okay, so now let's take a look at the Shrek ratings.

Tayla 30:16

All of them, because there's four.

Sam 30:17

There's four movies 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, and also it's a 7.9 out of 10. So it's literally just below Shrek 2.

Tayla 30:25

Okay, what about Shrek 3? Because that's the one I think people didn't like.

Sam 30:30

Yeah, shrek 3. That came out. Oh yeah, yeah, it came out 2007. It is only an hour and 30 minutes long. 42% in Rotten Tomatoes.

Tayla 30:44

Yeah, not as favorite.

Sam 30:46

There is a fourth.

Tayla 30:47

There is a fourth, and I think that was a bit better.

Sam 30:50

Correct.

Tayla 30:50

It came out when did it come out Into the 2010s, I think 2010.

Sam 30:57

It came out May 2020 versus 2010. 57% in Rotten Tomatoes.

Tayla 31:01

A bit better. Yeah, redeemed itself a little Shrek forever after. Yes.

Sam 31:08

Yeah.

Tayla 31:09

So I don't know, this is probably a bad one. Let me move on. No hard feelings.

Sam 31:19

Oh, the one that just came out, the one that just came out, yeah, well.

Tayla 31:24

And by underrated meaning, I feel like no one's talking about it.

Sam 31:27

No one, no one.

Tayla 31:28

I know has seen it. No, it is such a good movie.

Underrated Movies and Jennifer Lawrence's Performance

Sam 31:31

Yeah, it is really good. We laughed like the first half, no one stopped laughing. And then second half, we're like oh, it's great. It's like kept us in and sucked us into this emotional story.

Tayla 31:45

Yeah, it's Jennifer Lawrence, I think, her first movie postpartum like she has a baby now and whoever knows who else. But either way, it's hilarious, unexpected. It just came out on. It came out over the summer and then it just got on Netflix now, so it's watchable. It's so freaking funny.

Sam 32:04

It really was funny.

Tayla 32:05

We like literally rewinded a couple times on, like some scenes of like what just happened Best way to, just to just what just happened. She does such a good job. Jennifer Lawrence, she can have some people can say that like her characters are a little. One note with movies like this and that's kind of how it felt a little bit at the beginning, but truly so funny. Underrated in that. Like what is it rated? Actually let's take a look, I'd be curious.

Sam 32:36

This came out 2023. 71% run tomorrow, so good. Pretty accurate, yeah, and then a 6.4, and I am to be able to feel like it should be.

Tayla 32:47

it is underrated, I think.

Sam 32:48

Yeah, but yeah, definitely that a lot of people not watching it, oh yeah.

Tayla 32:54

Oh, what yeah?

Sam 32:55

It's the rating.

Tayla 32:57

Yeah.

Sam 32:57

Yeah, probably rating the R rating. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Tayla 33:00

Yeah, true, true. Okay. The other one it's a Disney movie that I think is underrated as far as Disney movies.

Sam 33:09

I want to try. Yes, can you give me a timeframe? What do you think?

Tayla 33:13

Yes, I'll have to look it up. It's kind of like Disney Renaissance areas, what they what they call it, I think.

Sam 33:20

Renaissance era. So are you talking like Aladdin timeframe kind?

Tayla 33:25

of stuff, I think so.

Sam 33:25

Okay 90s 90s. So I mean, there's Lion King, there's a little more, not a little more.

Tayla 33:37

There's Aladdin, there's Alderado, there's that's not Disney, oh yeah, always forget. It's a good movie though. Also underrated Road to El Dorado.

Sam 33:51

There's Princess and the Frog oh no, that's later that I saw Brave Okay, what is it? Hunchback of Notre Dame? Oh yeah, that. I mean, that's a phenomenal movie, though that really is Phenomenal.

Tayla 34:05

Nothing wrong with it, Everything is perfect. And I just don't think that many people are like oh yeah, I like I loved that movie as a child because it's definitely more adult themes. Like it's intense, it's heavy, it's historically steeped, it's got religious trauma in it, it's got you know, it addresses disability.

Sam 34:27

It addresses a lot of things racism, yeah, no, it's 71% on Rotten Tomatoes Good Kind of the similar rating on IMDB. But yeah, I think it's because it was during that same time period with some bigger classics that get rewatched all the time that the Hunchback of Notre Dame doesn't get rewatched.

Tayla 34:47

And it should, it's so good. Also, like, in my mind, Esmeralda, the character was the most beautiful perceived person that could ever be created.

Sam 34:57

But it is just a little bit darker and a little bit more sadder. So what happens is is that kids just don't want to watch it. Yeah, agreed.

Tayla 35:05

So it's. I think I know why it's not one of those ones people want to rewatch and blah, blah, blah, but I think it's underrated. If you haven't seen it as an adult, it's very touching and important to watch. Also, they have the Gargoyles. Gargoyles, yeah, also Alan Menken, who has pretty much written every Disney song of every Disney movie that ever mattered. When asked like what is his masterpiece, he said Hunchback of Notre Dame, because of the intricacies of weaving the like actual stories and songs with you know that era of music and church music, and he says that's his.

Tayla 35:47

Yeah, pieste de resistance Wow Spanish in there. No, it's set in France, so I thought I'd get some French in here but what do you think? Would you agree it's underrated? Yeah, it just not.

Sam 36:06

Well, again, it's an adult movie marketed to kids. Yeah, so yeah, for sure.

Tayla 36:10

Well, my next one is the same problem. Okay, titan AE. Oh yeah, that was actually on my list too.

Sam 36:18

I have a bigger list that I looked at. I was like I don't know if I want to talk about all these movies. But yeah, titan AE, really good movie. Touching, touching movie yeah, I came out in 2000. Oh, let me give you some ratings yeah. Give me some ratings, but I'll give you some cost stuff.

Tayla 36:37

It's got Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman and a few other people I don't know as well.

Sam 36:46

50% on Rotten Tomatoes. Okay, all right, 6.6 on IMDB, but yeah, so it's another one.

Tayla 36:55

It was like futuristic space movies. That I just think is super, super well done. Yeah, so I think it's underrated. Emperor's New Groove that is not underrated. That's considered one of the top best movies of all time.

Sam 37:06

You talk to, like when you get in those discussions like best Disney movies, Emperor's New Groove comes up, like within the first 10 movies, easy, you think, oh, yeah, really Of all time. Yeah, I think it's underrated, I think it's underrated. Oh yeah.

Tayla 37:24

I mean I would agree. I think it's a really freaking good movie. Yeah, Such a weird concept Go.

Sam 37:29

Google some of these lists and it'll be something. It's usually something like this it's usually like Mulan, the Lion King and then Aladdin and Emperor's New Groove. And you can kind of like switch their places in that top four.

Tayla 37:45

Yeah, it's a short, short movie, like only an hour 18 minutes. It also came out in 2000. I had a choice for my sixth birthday, for my birthday party, of going to Rugrats, the movie, or Emperor's New Groove with my friends for my sixth birthday party, and we went to Emperor's New Groove and that just tells you how cool of a kid I was.

Sam 38:08

That was a good movie.

Tayla 38:09

It was such a good movie. But like think about this, like what a weird story. Like I'm trying to picture like the pitch room of like okay, there's a really trashy Emperor in Peru or wherever and he gets turned into a llama and dropped in the jungle. Yeah, he's some really homie guy.

Sam 38:32

I mean David Spade just does a great job with the voice.

Tayla 38:35

Yeah, I'm a llama, everyone does, everyone does, llama Fees, llama Fees.

Sam 38:40

It's so quotable. Yep and then Cronk.

Tayla 38:44

That's Patrick Warburton, yep.

Sam 38:47

And John Goodman, good name. Yep, he's a man, such a good job.

Tayla 38:49

Eartha Kitt. Do you know who that is? Eartha Kitt, who plays Isma, is a singer. She sings the original Santa Baby song.

Sam 39:01

Amazing.

Tayla 39:02

The original Like how cool and random.

Sam 39:06

But Amazing, it's 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Tayla 39:10

It should be higher. Ok, you ready for my last one?

Sam 39:15

Yes, I'm ready.

Tayla 39:15

Well, I have two, but I think I'm going to get knocked for the other one as not being underrated, probably as well Princess Diaries.

Sam 39:25

Oh yeah, I mean, that's a great maybe.

Tayla 39:27

Well, what's it rated? I'm curious. Ok, so wait, did you see it at the time it came out?

Sam 39:31

Oh yeah.

Tayla 39:33

Which was also 2000s. Man just don't make movies.

Sam 39:36

It was huge when it came out it was.

Tayla 39:39

Wasn't it what broke Anne Hathaway out?

Sam 39:42

Yep, well, ok, you're right, it is underrated. I didn't realize that's 49% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Tayla 39:47

Yeah, what the hell.

Sam 39:48

What is wrong with people? Yeah, it's got Julie Andrews, mandy Moore, anne Hathaway, I mean.

Tayla 39:53

And Mandy Moore. I forgot she was in that. Who else? It has quite a few people. Lily no, heather Manneros, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, I think it's just Sandra oh. That's my favorite. If you guys are a Grey's Anatomy fan, sandra oh plays the really weird vice principal in this movie. It's really funny. Chris Pine is in Princess Diaries 2. And Princess Diaries 2, I think, is also underrated. What's that one rated?

Sam 40:24

Princess Diaries 2. Let's take a look. Royal Engagement comes out in 2004. Ok, this one's trash. 26% and not good. I never liked number two. Just throwing it out there, I felt like a cash grab.

Tayla 40:40

It was a cash grab and I enjoyed I give, take my money. It was good. I really liked it. I thought it was still hilarious. I didn't know, though, that the director of Pretty Woman directed Princess Diaries.

Sam 40:52

Fascinating.

Tayla 40:54

Yeah, I think it's underrated. It's classic, I don't know.

Sam 41:00

OK, out of all these movies we spoke about, what would be your top three recommended out of all of these?

Tayla 41:06

OK, my list is all of them, not of yours. No of my list is all of them. No, no, no, I haven't seen any of them, so I'm not going to recommend them.

Sam 41:11

They're not going to be my top three recommended. Ok, then, just two Top two.

Tayla 41:17

OK, if I'm going to recommend, if someone hasn't seen it and they need to see it Treasure Planet. Ok, ok, hunchback.

Sam 41:33

Wow.

Tayla 41:33

If they haven't seen it, you have to see it.

Sam 41:36

Yeah, very themed.

Tayla 41:37

I suppose. But if you're going for something that's not a classic that everyone's seen, that I'd recommend. Just from the shadows from my list I would say Stardust, Go watch it, it's just a good watch.

Sam 41:50

Yeah, love it.

Tayla 41:52

What about you?

Sam 41:54

I'd pick. One would be the Legend of Bagger Bands with Will. Smith, matt Damon and Charlize Theron.

Tayla 42:01

And out of mine.

Sam 42:03

Your list, shrek, obviously no, no, no, no, I'm trying to look at the ones.

Tayla 42:18

You're touching my lips.

Sam 42:20

Oh, the Pursuit of Happiness. I'd say that Go see the Pursuit of Happiness.

Tayla 42:25

I think that was on Netflix for a while too. I don't know if it is right now, but you could probably find it on Amazon Prime. But yeah, we are going to definitely be pulling on this. See what you guys think underrated or not. I bet you we're going to get wrecked from this. Also, I want you guys to submit if you have any other underrated movies, because we want to see them.

Sam 42:47

Oh yeah.

Tayla 42:47

And I'm going to make you watch 10,000 BC and actually tell me if you think it's that trash, because I think it's great.

Sam 42:54

You owe me one. If I have to sit through this, Say it with like it, man, no 9% versus like 76% difference, Then that's yeah, I mean.

Tayla 43:03

I can't really argue that. Either way, we're going to be getting a lot of screen time. Thanks for listening to the Babe. What do you know about podcast?

Sam 43:18

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