Top 3... Movies

Hello Wednesday!
Today I'll be sharing (and mini-reviewing) my personal 3 favourite underrated films of all time.
In no particular order:

Zero Day (2003, dir. Ben Coccio)
This is by far my favourite film ever. The story is inspired by (well, directly based on) the Columbine high school shooting of April 1999. Andre Kreigman and Calvin Gabriel, the two main characters (played by Andre Keuck and Cal Robertson, respectively) are fictional versions of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (respectively), the perpetrators of the real-life crime. I find this film so enthralling because, having studied the real massacre and perpetrators, it gives a different perspective to the relationship between the two criminals/characters, and also to the mind and inner workings of Dylan/Calvin. In particular, this is shown by in real life, Eric was blamed for being the 'mastermind' being the plan, and Dylan was portrayed as the 'quiet innocent one, led astray by Eric'. However, in the film, there is a scene in which Calvin (Dylan) is talking about how it's funny that people seem to not blame him and instead blame Andre (Eric), even though he has most of the ideas. In short, the film is very well made (and I usually hate found footage films), with incredible complex characters who give your morals a shaking-up and simultaneously make you love and hate them.

St Trinian's (2007, dir. Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson)
This film was my entire childhood oh my. Summarised by IMDb, the plot is thus; In order to save their bankrupt school, a group of troublesome girls stage a robbery with a group of geniuses on their tails. This does not do the movie justice. It is witty, innovative, moving, and all-round hilarious. The typical clique trope is so overdone, but somehow works impeccably in this classic. Plus, I'm pretty sure everyone wanted a cliquey makeover after seeing that amazing makeover scene. I remember always wanting to be one of the Posh Tottys, before realising that they were phone sex workers, of course. In summary; funny, empowering, and sheer genius.

Ratatouille (2007, dir. Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava)
One of my all-time favourite Disney movies, and one of the most underrated! The story is wonderful: a rat with great culinary skills and a sophisticated palette pulls a guy's hair and makes hm move in order to cook better. Simple! Honestly I have no clue why this film isn't more hyped-up, it's so funny and clever! Roger Ebert claims it is 'a triumph of animation, comedy, imagination and, yes, humanity' and asks for a sequel. If any animated film deserves a sequel, it's Ratatouille (excluding the cinematic masterpiece Toy Story 3 of course). But what really proves how wonderful this film is, is that I am a huge germaphobe, and yet I would be totally comfortable with Remy (the chef rat) cooking for me. Magnificent.