Movies that you feel are Overrated

[Walkoff Balk]

The 25 worst blockbusters of all time (msn.com)

There were some letdowns.

[tvguy]

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Citizen Kane is the all time greatest film according to some critics when they make their list of best movies of all time. I didn't understand it. Was it dated, or do you have to be in the newspaper bidness to truly grasp its story?

I went to film school, and Citizen Kane is basically a living textbook on movie making. Things like camera angles/movement, shot composition, editing, lighting, sound design, story arcs, flashbacks, and more. We spent a great deal of time breaking down the movie. I think any aspiring filmmaker should do the same. Alas, film school pretty much ruined my ability to watch films and it takes a lot for me to truly enjoy a movie. . The sequence where the table grew larger as his marriage fell apart and how the distance between he and his wife symbolized that is one of my favorites to illustrate subtleties that meant something more.

I also happened to like the story, which Kane went from having nothing to having everything to having nothing again. Sex, money, greed, the quest for power, and all that other good stuff.

[Walkoff Balk]

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Any french movie.

That can't be true in a country with Gerard Depardieu.
French movies feel like a lot work because the movies have subtitles and a lot of talking. I liked Before Sunrise which is an American film, but is more like a French film with the amount of dialog. There's no subtitles to deal with and has French actress Julie Delpy in it, who was hot, and still hot 10 years later in the sequel Before Sunset

[alohacandy]

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My best friend is a Glenbrook North alumna '00! Besides being John Hughes' alma mater and gaining fame in Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club, many remember it for the awful hazing incident of 2003.

Since I went to school in John Hughes' era...it was wayyyyyy before your best friend attended! Yes...it was the one that had the hazing incident as well as movie fame.

[alohacandy]

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You went to Glenbrook North High?

Aj

I sure did!!

[miltk]

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Any french movie.

[Random]

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Tell me which movies you think are overrated. Personal opinion, blah blah blah. Don't argue with me. I'm the man. I'm not saying these films totally suck, just that they're overrated.

Any films (mainstream, indie, or foreign) that feature Hawaii locations. Totally overrated. Having lived here, there's nothing overtly special about the place.

Any films featuring Tom Cruise. Blech!

[Lei Liko]

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You went to Glenbrook North High?

Aj

My best friend is a Glenbrook North alumna '00! Besides being John Hughes' alma mater and gaining fame in Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club, many remember it for the awful hazing incident of 2003.

[LonLeroux]

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Two more movies that are way overrated and made money....


Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End these two movies should have never been made. Even with Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush(two great performances...BTW)these movies were boring.

Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I demanded my money back after watching At World's End.
When it comes to cinema and food...I'm not easily pleased.

[alohabear]

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Two more movies that are way overrated and made money....


Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End these two movies should have never been made. Even with Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush(two great performances...BTW)these movies were boring.

[alohabear]

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Now the thing about The Matrix is that it's pseudo-scientific hokum with a highly mechanical ending. It drags far too long as well. While it does have its exciting parts, it strings you along and leaves you falling asleep in your seat. The movie gives more dazzling effects than any kind of substance.
Oh, and poor casting.
As for the originality of The Matrix, I beg to differ. The movie is nothing but a pretty little light show with religious references, references to Westerns, Alice in Wonderland, hackers, and Hong Kong glitter...which is nothing new. This film even takes hint from Vertigo.

For these reasons and more, I find The Matrix to be overrated.

I hate to think what you think of the whole matrix trilogy

[LonLeroux]

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Lon, you did NOT justgoandthrowmatrixandfightclubintothecan now didja?? Those movies were able to be what so few flicks are in this day and age: original.

Yep, I'm afraid I did. I give Fight Club credit, but not the movie. The movie slaughters the book all over the place.

Now the thing about The Matrix is that it's pseudo-scientific hokum with a highly mechanical ending. It drags far too long as well. While it does have its exciting parts, it strings you along and leaves you falling asleep in your seat. The movie gives more dazzling effects than any kind of substance.
Oh, and poor casting.
As for the originality of The Matrix, I beg to differ. The movie is nothing but a pretty little light show with religious references, references to Westerns, Alice in Wonderland, hackers, and Hong Kong glitter...which is nothing new. This film even takes hint from Vertigo.

For these reasons and more, I find The Matrix to be overrated.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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Lon, you did NOT justgoandthrowmatrixandfightclubintothecan now didja?? Those movies were able to be what so few flicks are in this day and age: original.

[LonLeroux]

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1) Cloverfield
Made of pure suck. Don't believe the hype!
2) The Ring
This is horror?! Sorry, little girls don't scare me. Neither the Japanese version nor the American version are any good.
3) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The neat-o fighting gets old surprisingly fast. This film is typically enjoyed by pimpled teens who think that watching anime makes you worldly.
5) Apocalypto
It drags! It sags! It makes you want to barf into brown paper bags! It's a Mel Gibson movie!
6) The Passion of the Christ
It's not art, it's a snuff film.
7) Monster's Ball
Bad things happen to pretty people! Oy, vey...
8) Gone With the Wind
Yeah, I said it! The only thing that saves this film is pure nostalgia.
9) The Matrix
Yeah, I said that, too! The movie has glitz and...not much else.
10) Fight Club
This film is downright offensive to those who have actually read the book.

and a classic...

It's A Wonderful Life
He should have offed himself and spared us the nausea that comes with this too-long saccharine tale.


Give me a minute to prepare myself before you throw tomatoes and high-heels at me, folks.

[Frankie's Market]

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1) E.T.
2) Ghost
3) Titanic
4) Pearl Harbor
5) J.F.K. (the Oliver Stone film)