Action: Transformers/Transformers 2
Animated: Finding Nemo
Comedy: The Hangover
Crime Drama: Pulp Fiction, maybe? I love it, but god damn is it overrated by a lot of people. I love the Godfather as well, but that could also qualify.
Drama: Juno/Little Miss Sunshine
Horror: Alien
Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation: Iron Man. So overrated.
Western: Unforgiven
War: Platoon
Underrated:
Action: It's sci-fi too, but Equilibrium.
Animated: The Iron Giant
Comedy: Observe and Report
Crime Drama: Jackie Brown
Documentary: Most documentaries are underrated.
Drama: In the Bedroom, Little Children, Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, this list could go on.
Horror: Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation: Blade II
Western: The Proposition
War: Three Kings
Action: Gladiator/The Mask of Zorro
Adventure: Raiders of the Lost Ark/Star Trek (2009)
Animated: Finding Nemo/Kung Fu Panda
Comedy: The Hangover/Black Dynamite
Crime Drama: The Untouchables/Casino
Sci-Fi: Alien/Serenity
Drama: Titanic/Malcolm X
Sports: Rudy/He Got Game
Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation: Kick-Ass/Blade II
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Action: Kill Bill
Adventure: Pirates of the Caribbean (the entire series)
Animated: Akira
Comedy: Caddyshack
Crime Drama: Godfather
Documentary: Michael Moore Movies
Sports: Caddyshack
Thriller: Disturbia
Horror: Dawn Of The Dead (remake)
Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation: Batman Begins
UNDERRATED
Action: Blood And Bone (one of my favorite fighting movies ever)
Adventure: Spy Kids 2
Animated: The Simpsons Movie, the Dragonball Z films
Comedy: Ace Venture - When Nature Calls
Crime Drama: LA Confidential, Training Day, and Devil In A Blue Dress
Documentary:
Sports: Rocky IV, Rocky Balboa, and The Longest Yard (remake)
Thriller: Cloverfield
Horror: 30 Days Of Night, 28 Weeks Later
Oo agree with Anchorman being overrated, everyone told me to watch it and it was one of the best comedys in a long time, didn't see what all the fuss was about quite frankly, and didn't get a lot of laughs out of it...
I didn't know Disturbia was big and hardly anyone I know has seen it... it was just a crap remake of Rear Window.
ACTION:
Over:300(i don't hate it because its stupid. i hate it because its boring AND stupid)
Under: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (i did not think i would like this movie)
ADVENTURE:
Over:Wizard of Oz (visually it stands up well, and it isn't bad, but it's pretty lacking thematically, doesn't have a brain in its head, and is nominally acted. the music is also, i think pretty overrated.)
Under:Beowulf (I was also surprised by how much I liked this movie particularly cause i don't like Zemeckis, but it's actually truer to the source material in terms of sensibilities than most movies)
ANIMATED:
Over:Toy Story (a very good movie, but sometimes i feel it gets overrated because it was the first of its kind. it can't hold a candle to the likes of WALL E, UP, or Ratatouille.)
Under:Mary and Max (have you heard of this movie? didn't think so. and neither had i until a few days ago, but it is kind of astounding visually and emotionally even if its sensibilities don't match my own)
COMEDY:
Over:The Hangover (reeeaaally bad Apatow wannabe with no wit, humor, or creativity)
Under: Some Kind of Wonderful (John Hughes's best film after FB, not that that is saying a whole lot, but it is sweet, witty, and surprisingly ethically sophisticated)
CRIME DRAMA
Over:The Godfather (this is admittedly, a pretty fantastic movie. it just doesn't quite meet the praise everyone gives it. Great, but not one of the greatest
Under:Gone Baby Gone (who knew Affleck had it in him?)
DOCUMENTARY:
Over:like everybody else, pretty much anything Michael Moore has ever done
Under:In the Shadow of the Moon (transcendent film-making on the same level as Man on Wire.)
DRAMA:
Over:The Reader (despite the relatively low amount of praise this film gets, i still think its over-rated. pretentious, exploitive, oscar-baiting, dismissive, and kind of loathsome. i really hate this movie
Under:the Visitor (really corny premise, but executed almost flawlessly with outstanding performances. everything about it feels authentic.
SPORTS:
Over:the sandlot
Under:Hoop Dreams (duh, its a documentary)
THRILLER:
Over:The Usual Suspects (good movie, but self-satisfied and not nearly as clever as it thinks it is.)
Under:Army of Shadows (thoughtful, gripping, and morally complex. well respected by those who have seen it, but too few have.)
HORROR:
Over:The Exorcist (great opening 40 min. then the explicit horror started and the implicit horror evaporated)
Under: Lord of the Flies (excellent adaptation. incredibly intimate while at the same time dealing with universals about the human condition.)
SUPERHERO/ COMIC BOOK
Over:Batman (featuring tim burton's typically obnoxious and empty production design
Under:uh not that many superhero movies are under-rated
WESTERN:
Over: High Noon (wha?? did the movie start? i hadn't noticed.)
Under: Big Country (sweeping epic western with great performances, a little complexity, and one of the greatest (and certainly the most under-rated) musical scores ever written.)
WAR:
Over:Bridge on the River Kwai (there is a lot of interesting stuff in this movie, but really just feels like a dress rehearsal for the real deal (hellloo Lawrence!)
Under:Three Kings (an action/comedy/heist/war/political satire??? a blend of awkward genres never feels awkward itself mainly because behind all that style and action movie cliches, is a beating heart. it's also one of the only major war films since 1998 that didn't rip of Saving Private Ryan.
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OVERRATED-comedy-Home Alone movies
Drama-Titanic.good movie but overrated.
Horror-alien movies
Crime Drama-Pulp Fiction
superhero-Batman 89
Spider-Man films.
Science fiction-star wars prequals.
and Avatar has already been mentioned.
UNDERRATED
Western-Wyatt Earp.
War-The Flight Of The Intruder
theres some other really good movies out there I
Know are under rated but cant think of them now
so enough for now.
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Jul 11th, 2010 05:41 PM
Michael Jai White rocks! Have you seen Black Dynamite?
