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So what are the movies that you think are way too overrated?
Obviously just about any movie listed on here, others will disagree with. So please don't argue too much over why a certain movie is really worth the hype.
My picks: 1. Titanic - an okay movie, but for as popular as it was...eh. 2. Most of Spielberg’s recent movies- Great effects, good stories, just too many inconsistencies that bug the heck out of me.
Can't think of any other right now, but I know I'll have some more.
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I love Moulin Rouge, and ID4. Pearl Harbor was bad, and Eyes Wide Shut was weird, but in my opinion not a good movie at all.
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Tom D all those movies were truly great ground breaking movies when they came out, but I would agree. I have forced myself to watch them because they were supposed to be so great, but it felt like doing your homework, not much fun.
Almost everything by Kubrick
Star Wars III
Fahrenheit 911
Cold Mountain
The Matrix sequels
Forest Gump
Sideways
I realize it’s not a movie, but I’ll add the Sopranos
(enters witness protection)
Don’t get me wrong I thought it was good, I just didn’t think it was as great as everyone else seemed to.
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Fargo. It was just painful to me. I couldn't finish watching it.
Seconds on Napoleon Dynamite and The Godfather (the latter was good, but when FotR knocked it off the #1 spot on IMDB's top 250, they mounted a concerted effort to drag it down and get Godfater back up top... it's not THAT good)
But I loved Forrest Gump *and* Reloaded, so sorry to disagree with y'all there. In fact, I considered putting Reloaded on the underrated list because so many people here hated it.
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I'll second Sideways - I think it's one of the few times I've agreed with OSC about which movies suck.
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Any Harry Potter movie Independence Day Pirates of the Caribbean Home Alone and its sequels How the Grinch Stole Christmas Twister (even for somebody who gres up in Tornado Alley and has been fascinated with twisters his whole life, this was an annoying movie) Signs (this movie did nothing for me) Mrs. Doubtfire Mission Imossible II all Austin Powers movies The Mummy Returns Armegeddon Pearl Harbor Batman Forever (WT*???) Ocean's Eleven (2001 version) Liar, Liar Planet of the Apes (2001 version) Pretty Woman Tootsie Air Force One
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Chicago. Seriously. People were all like, "OMG! Hollywood made a movie of a Broadway Musical that DIDN'T SUCK!!! *orgasm* "
It just wasn't THAT good, or particularly impressive in its staging or editing or whatever.
Titanic is another example of a decent movie carried along by this inexplicable critical euphoria. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't all THAT.
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I'll second (or third?) Citizen Kane. I'd also like to throw in The Matrix. Everyone went gaga over it and I thought it was just ok.
The original Batman. It was worlds better than any other batman but I just couldn't get into it. Oh, and while I'm on batman, seems everyone loved Batman Begins except me as well.
I'll also second 2001. "Ok, we're done with the movie. Acid trip time!"
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Oh yeah... I hated Chicago And I thought Gladiator was much better than Titanic (as far as Best Picture stuff goes) but I gave up caring about the oscars a long time ago...
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Sleepless in Seattle. Everyone acts like it's the greatest love story ever told, but actually the Meg Ryan character was just a creepy two-timer. I felt bad for the Tom Hanks character when he got her at the end. Good luck, pal.
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quote:Sleepless in Seattle. Everyone acts like it's the greatest love story ever told, but actually the Meg Ryan character was just a creepy two-timer.
The same thing about You've Got Mail.
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I liked Chicago, a lot...it was far better than I expected it to be, and much better than most hollywood adaptations of plays.
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LOTR III....I kept waiting for the Hobbits to start molesting each other at the end...the second ending, that is...or wait, was it the third? Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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quote:Then I'm guessing you've never seen Cat Ballou.
Actually, I have, though I didn't realize it was a best pic winner. Let me think...
I would say that Cat Ballou has a lot more class than Gladiator, and a certain amount of cleverness. And Jane Fonda, at the time, was one fine piece of ace (in the words of Chris Farley).
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I think they key to most of these movies being liked by people is low expectations.
People had low expectations for Chicago, which explains the overreactions when it didn't suck.
The same could be said for most of the movies in this thread. None of them are necessarily bad, per se, just not as good as the *OMG!!1! Forty-leven stars!!!* reviews would lead you to believe.
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I have a question about Pearl Harbor: Can it really be considered overrated when nobody liked it? At least, I've never met anyone who actually said they liked it.
Can I pick just part of a movie to be overrated? Because I really enjoyed The Matrix but was stunned by people thinking the philosophy was so deep and incredible. "What if we're really in a big computer program?" is the kind of philosophical idea you have when you're 14, playing video games, and you promptly get over it. This was not a mind-blowing concept.
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I will add a vote for Gladiator being overrated. I felt like it was visually impressive but the acting and story were nothing special. It was no Braveheart.
This one I probably won't be popular for, but I thought Memento was hugely overrated. The storytelling mode was clever, but the story itself did absolutely nothing for me.
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Oh and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was hugely overrated. I think it was a mistake to change so much visually at this point (being the third movie) even though I prefer the newer visuals. I thought that too many of the subplots that seem to become important later got pushed aside in favor of the Harry and Lupin show. I can see how if it were a standalone move it might have been good but it is part of something much larger and should have paid more attention to that. I also thought that the casting for both Lupin and Peter Petigrew were poorly done. Not that the actors are not capable but I didn't think they looked right for the roles.
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quote:I have a question about Pearl Harbor: Can it really be considered overrated when nobody liked it? At least, I've never met anyone who actually said they liked it.
Yes. More people should hate it.
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I disagree, once again....I have a very good ear for music, and I really liked their version of Chicago. I like plays as well, and a lot of plays don't translate well to the screen, but the movie was done in a completely different style than the play, and it worked really well.
My wife is a semi-professional musician, and she bought the soundtrack. It is safe to say we know a bit about music, really, although I do understand that people have different tastes in music as well.
Just becasue I like something doesn't mean everyone should...
quote:Can I pick just part of a movie to be overrated? Because I really enjoyed The Matrix but was stunned by people thinking the philosophy was so deep and incredible. "What if we're really in a big computer program?" is the kind of philosophical idea you have when you're 14, playing video games, and you promptly get over it. This was not a mind-blowing concept.
In. F@#%ing. Deed.
The movie was great because I totally didn't see it coming, and about the time Agent Smith says "What good is a phone call if you are un-able-to... speak?" I started wondering "okay, what the heck is going on here?" But philosophy? Puh-leeze.
That's why I think the sequels are underrated -- they're underrated by people who overrated the first movie. The other two were sequels to the original, nothing more, nothing less. That is to say, great action flicks with nifty style and fun kung fu. Most enjoyable.
Not unlike both Star Wars trilogies, actually. The original trilogy belongs on the overrated movies list while the new trilogy belongs on the underrated movies list, because the new ones are just as good as the old ones -- which is to say, terrible, but great fun to watch. I like all six. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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My husband sang in an operetta group in college, and was constantly pestered to be in the musicals even though he hated acting. His voice coaches wanted him to pursue a career in music, but his interests were mostly elsewhere. Though it would have been a nice fall-back if his brains failed him. He has perfect pitch, and a great ear, but he found Chicago disappointing, despite his love of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
I never said Chicago wasn't competent or enjoyable (though the story is distasteful). I just said it wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Merely a case of over-hype, though I suppose it is at least as good as most horrible Oscar-winners.
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No insult intended, Twinky. It just wasn't his thing. He's not terribly outgoing and HATED being in front of people. He does have a lovely voice, though.
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I can't even tell who you might have been insulting, I just thought that was a delicious turn of phrase. I had this vision of sitting at my desk trying to solve some sort of engineering problem and saying "Nope, can't do it, my brains have failed me. I guess I'll quit my job."
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I liked The Matrix and its sequels. That said, I didn't think the philosophy was particularly profound, either. In fact, I would much have preferred to remain in The Matrix than have been pulled out into the reality of post apocalyptic Earth. Personally, if I could somehow become convinced that I really was a battery for some machine race, I'd probably become convert to Matrixarianism. We Matrixarians would pray to the machine gods and thank them for being so benevolent as conquerers. Posts: 6394 | Registered: Dec 1999
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It was entertaining, but certainly not the earth shattering brilliant piece of cinema people claim it to be.
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I liked Fight Club as a love story (the movie, not the book). "I met you at a very strange time in my life." Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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quote: hough it would have been a nice fall-back if his brains failed him.
MY wife has perfect pitch AND a 152 IQ....
So I get what you are saying. However, JenniK's interests are in music, first and formost, which is why she is auditioning at EPCOT in three days. Not the best of singing careers, but far from the worst as well.
I never said you said all of those things. I was simply saying that I disagreed with your opinion....that I liked it for a number of reasons, and thought it was well done.
It is OK, if you ar so misguided that you don't agree with me ( ), that's life...lol...
It DID get a lot of hype, I will give you that.
My favorite part of it was actually Queen Latifa, believe it or not... Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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Amen to twinky's assessment of the Matrix and Star Wars trilogies. They're all fun, entertaining movies, not anything particularly profound or amazing.
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