Top 10 Over-rated films

Originally posted by rudester
You didn't like Wall-E? You Jerk..

Wall-E was epic for a cartoon movie, not for a real live movie.

There was so many movies that didn't make that list, like Twilight?

Anyone who names ****ing Gladiator is clearly a sissy limp-wristed girl who is scared by manliness.

Anyway, Avatar gets my top vote. All right movie. Not a masterpiece.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Anyway, Avatar gets my top vote. All right movie. Not a masterpiece.

it made tons of cash 'cause people wanted to see it, but i don't know anyone who said it was a masterful film.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
About time someone brought up Cameron's Avatar though, a.k.a. Pocahontas in space.

Its a couple movies not just the one.

Originally posted by marwash22
who claimed it to be so? I thought the consensus was that it was nothing beyond being visually stunning.

it made tons of cash 'cause people wanted to see it, but i don't know anyone who said it was a masterful film.

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I think any comedy that Apatow directs is quite clearly over-rated.

Originally posted by marwash22
who claimed it to be so? I thought the consensus was that it was nothing beyond being visually stunning.

it made tons of cash 'cause people wanted to see it, but i don't know anyone who said it was a masterful film.

The initial hype was that it was one of the greatest movies ever. Then 2 things brought it back down to level. First, some people started pointing out that it was a rip off of other stories and word spread to the general public. The general public didn't make the connection that it was a rip off and a simple story until they were told that it was. Others were in love with it until they could re-watch it at home and only realized that it was the experience in the theater that they liked and not the movie as a whole. So now, the consensus seems to be that it is a good visual movie with a mediocre story, so it is rated just fine.... but that first month it was definitely overrated.

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Scareface and the Tarantino catalog are part of the criteria of required watching for entrance into Douchbag Academy. Every a$$hole I've ever met has a Scarface poster somewhere in their house, and goes on about how Pulp Fiction is the best movie ever made. To be fair to Scareface most of those D-Bags miss the entire point of the film and just see it as a glorification of violence and drugs (because... well... most of the people who like the film are stupid), but Tarantion is just a hack who is high on the smell of his own farts (what kind of pretentious dick calls their own film a masterpiece before it even hits theaters?), there is nothing redeeming about any of his films with the possible exception of Reservoir Dogs... which is just a ripoff of better movies anyway.

Tarantino is kind of full of himself. I agree. But how on God's Green Earth could you say there is nothing redeeming about any of his films? That's crazy talk. I can understand not really liking his brand of dialogue or humor or something, but he's a skilled filmmaker, and to me the dialogue is what makes his films charming (so to speak). At the very least, ONE redeeming quality about his films is that he's from the oldschool of filmmaking in that he uses as little special effects as possible, and makes the characters and plot the main thing. I mean, shit... the Michael Bays of the world are ruining the medium..

Blair Witch Project

A lot of people seem to have the wrong idea of what overrated means. If a movie has a decent but not great reception, and average reviews, it's probably not rated high enough to begin with to be "overrated."

So, for example, the OP's Thor. Thor was decent but not great (I thought it was good, but my opinion isn't relevant). But reviewers and most moviegoers recognized that. I think it's impossible for that movie to be overrated because it's not rated particularly high to begin with.

If you don't like Dark Knight, there's a different story, because that one was praised fairly universally.

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My list (off the top of my head, there are others I'll forget):
- The Matrix (first one)
- Any "best movie ever" (Godfather, Citizen Kane, etc.) I should qualify here; I like and respect those movies, but their quality is blown out of proportion compared to other great movies that aren't as famous.
- American Beauty
- The French Connection
- Most things with Jack Nicholson in them (that's right, come at me uhuh)

Originally posted by Digi

So, for example, the OP's Thor. Thor was decent but not great (I thought it was good, but my opinion isn't relevant). But reviewers and most moviegoers recognized that. I think it's impossible for that movie to be overrated because it's not rated particularly high to begin with.

Thinking something is overrated just means that the consensus is that the movie is better than you think it is. A highly rated movie that you consider average can be viewed as overrated, just as an average rated movie that you think is pure crap can be viewed as overrated. In that sense, somebody who thinks Thor is a steaming pile of crap is justified in saying that Thor is overrated. But I would agree that if somebody said, "Thor is overrated, it is just average," then they likely have a misconception of the public view on that movie.

Oh, I think Donnie Darko is an overrated movie. I bought it years ago based on its reputation before I actually saw it, and I ended up not liking it at all.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
I seriously suggest you read some of Chuck Palahniuk's other stories.
He's got over 15 novels to his name & Fight Club isn't even his best.

Really? I admit I haven't read his books but from what I hear, he isn't very well regarded. (see link below) Besides even if he were a good author, it doesn't make Fight Club any better as a movie or even a better written movie. Plenty of good artists (which I am not convinced Palahniuk is) have produced crap. Even if he's normally a good writer, it doesn't make the movie Fight Club any less contrived, shallow, or indulgent. I don't care who wrote it or directed it or acted in it. Fincher is a good director and has made good movies. This is not one of them. Palahniuk may be a perfectly good author but that doesn't make Fight Club a good movie.

Here's a review of Palahniuk's "Damned." They open by discussing his body of work. It isn't flattering.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/books/damned-by-chuck-palahniuk-review.html

for me overrated are movies that are prasied by the majority (viewers and critics) but some feel it's not quite up to the praise.

Something about Mary
the Hangover
mystic river
kill bill 2
star trek (new one) i really enjoyed it, but thought it was a regular star trek story, with a big plot hole.
the watchmen
driver
unforgiven
transformers 3
titanic

star trek (new one) i really enjoyed it, but thought it was a regular star trek story, with a big plot hole.
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What was the big plot hole you are referring to?

Originally posted by Myth
What was the big plot hole you are referring to?

What was Nero doing for 25 years while waiting for spock to come through the worm hole thingy?

Originally posted by Myth
Oh, I think Donnie Darko is an overrated movie. I bought it years ago based on its reputation before I actually saw it, and I ended up not liking it at all.

really why?

anything with zack galafanakis or however you spell that shyt

the most least funniest guy to ever walk this planet.
GOD hes corny

Originally posted by Rapscallion
Really? I admit I haven't read his books but from what I hear, he isn't very well regarded. (see link below) Besides even if he were a good author, it doesn't make Fight Club any better as a movie or even a better written movie. Plenty of good artists (which I am not convinced Palahniuk is) have produced crap. Even if he's normally a good writer, it doesn't make the movie Fight Club any less contrived, shallow, or indulgent. I don't care who wrote it or directed it or acted in it. Fincher is a good director and has made good movies. This is not one of them. Palahniuk may be a perfectly good author but that doesn't make Fight Club a good movie.

Here's a review of Palahniuk's "Damned." They open by discussing his body of work. It isn't flattering.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/books/damned-by-chuck-palahniuk-review.html

Whereas I don't know what your tastes in movies or literature lies & for that matter Janet Maslin's (the reviewer) too, I'm simply suggesting that you judge yourself rather than show me a link to a newspaper review.
Try Choke, the novel & not the tamed down movie version.

Fight Club
Matrix
TDK
Godfather 1/2
Apocalypse Now
Oldboy

Pretty much any popular movie is going to be overrated.

I liked all the above, btw.