Thread: Most overrated movies ever made- in your opinion
Started 1 year, 7 months ago by hm08
Here, I'll start with:
1) Donnie Darko. (I found it to be okay but not as life changing as some apparently find it)
2) The Breakfast Club. (Geez- this one is so not worth the adoration that it has achieved!)
Your opinion?
A huge number of independent films thesedays (Sundance films especially put a bad taste in my mouth; I just think most are mediocre)
The two you posted are really great examples of films that in my oppinion, are massively overated. As for mine, however...
(These arent from most to least overated or vice versa-- just a few that come to mind)
1) Star Wars Episode III Revenge ...
I honestly think the most over-rated movie of all time is NOT a pretentious oscar-begging sundance tripe, but "Hot Fuzz". I mean it was NOT awful but i never laughed out loud and do not understand how it got on the top 250... i mean what was new about it? we've seen inept cops ('Super Troopers') and cop satires ('Naked Gun') done BEFORE and BETTER, this brought nothing new to the table ...
I have to strongly disagree.
Donnie Darko touches on a subject that most are too scared or ill-informed to explore.
It's about mental illness and the way it can take hold of people's lives without them even knowing.
It's a very sad movie, one that some people just dismiss because they find it too over-the-top or whatever but at the end of the day mental illness and the human ...
donnie darko was actually pretty good. I don't know whether you saw the directors cut, but I thought it was much more confident and much more interesting. Back to the point, though:
1)Casablanca (I don't know why, it just never hit it off with me)
2) Oldboy (I mean, it was cool, but not worth a place of 111 in the top 250)
3) Children of Men (Again, it was good, but not great!)
UPDATED Wed May 14 2008 12:48:27 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is 17th on IMDBs top 250...for those of us playing at home. Not to worry quacking penguin, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is not rated on any authoritative international list, so it would seem that the majority of the worlds critics agree with you. It does appear 66th on AFI's top 100 list, that is a fairly authoritative poll but only of American...
I like to preface these sort of posts with: You are entitled to your opinion. But mine is that E.T. stunk, and Close Encounters was pretty good, but Spielberg, in general, is WAY overrated. His movies are much too "Hollywood", which is always a few Minus Points in my book. "The Goonies" was crap, and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 2 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen, ranking up...
alright the next person to post their thoughts on the most overated movies please first post yoour top say 3 movies of all time because some of the posters here seem to hate all movies in general because they find every single one of them overated.
so yea, anyway, most overrated films of all time according to me..... ET Jaws All the Indy movies All LotR (ALL THEY DO IS WALK!!) Sin City (eh) Gladiator Citizen Kane Juno (dont get me wrong, i liked it, but it could never live up to the hype) No Country For Old Men (jumped the shark with the ending) The Exorcist (people realize this isnt scary at all, yes?) nearly everything by pixar
2.Schindlers List- Everyone in it, so bland and dry, almost no emotions what so ever. Liam Neeson, this imo was the lowest point of his career. I really had high hopes for this film, and really tried to love it, but I was extremely disappointed. Also, the ending of this film, when Schindler is complaining about not getting enough Jews out, is one of the most pathetic and cringing movie moments I have ever seen. How he was even nominated for...
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