SLC - S25/W3 : Movie Snapshot | Hidden Gems
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Hello friends and welcome to my publication in SLC: S25/W3 as harnessed by @ruthjoe and I would be sharing my part in this great dynamics at this time.
"Name 5 lesser known or underated movies you have seen before" |
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Drinking Buddies [2013]:
It is a drama, comedy genre movie which highlights 2 beautiful actor stars Jake and Wilde who are close friends working in a brewery bar without catching feelings for each other, the joke and drink to go home to their families without tanning their relationship. Indeed it has high sense of humor but if not watched remains as though not interesting.
A Ghost Story [2017]:
It abides by the genre drama and fantasy, it is quite intriguing if you stick to it, it shares about time shared with friends, legacy made and loss in real time, however it is a slow, quite and unconventional movie which could make audience loose interest vout quite intriguing too.
The Rider [2018]:
It is some sort of action, emotional too and explains a cowboy rider who was so passionate about riding horses but finally had an injury which in some kind of way disrupted his dream, it hurts him so much, he had to direct it chasing something else in wheels. The beauty of the movie is the use of average actors to bag such alive and intriguing display.
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Take Shelter [2011]:
This is a psychological drama thrilling movie about a man who has a spiritual gift of vision, he envisaged an impending danger of the storm coming but the main reason why its underated is because it's thought provoking and haunting at the same time.
Enemy [2013]:
A genre of psychology and mystery, thrilling the audience at the same time. A man playing a dual character or two roles in the person of Jake Gyllenhaal, it's underated because in real life it looks less and more like a joke in real life but the movie is highly interesting and beautiful.
"Explain the reasons why you claim that films you mentioned are lesser known or underated" |
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The above mentioned movies are tagged underated due to some reasons, some of them were acted with average actors who are not so popular, therefore it played a role in making them seem as though they are not so interesting, it made less views and it remains a major reason.
Moreso, some of the movies highlighted had slow beginning, looking so quiet and uninteresting, no reason to captivate viewers but middle into the movie the idea was passed and got interesting. It was seen to have a slow beginning exposing another major reason.
Finally, some of the movies highlighted above, most have low rating on their platform due to the fact that less people saw the move and affecting the movie in one way or the other generally. This factors most likely would be the reason why it was tagged underated.
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What do you think can be done to make these films better known and appreciated |
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Publicity & Promotions:
These movies lack proper promotions ranging from good thrillers, good publicity and approaches that make them most reachable to the greater public. This in one way or the other limit the publicity and thus reduce the anticipation of the movie. On the other side good publicity create hunger in passionate fans who get keen to know what happens in the movie.
Investment:
Movies that basically do well are movies with high level of investment, good investing in high production statistics for the movie to have high quality, would in one way or the other being the movie to lime light enabling the movie to gross properly. Creative ventures like introducing part 2 or high avenues to create these movies in high production, I guess it would be less underated.
Streaming platforms :
If these movies could be placed on streaming platforms like Netflix, prime and Amazon it would be more beautiful as they reach wider range of audience in one way or the other they would definitely gross.
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Thank you for participating in this challenge of season 25.
I totally agree that insufficient investment could make a movie not so popular.