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What Are the Most Over-Rated Movies of All Time?
- Thread starter Kilgore Trout
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McBell
Unbound
I agree.
Christian Bale SUCKED as batman.
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
So far I have seen so many movies I consider to be the best of the best in this thread, that whatever my answer is, it means nothing..
Smoke
Done here.
I thought it was okay, but in the quarter century since I first saw it, I've never had the slightest inclination to watch it again.
Another one I thought was okay, but not so good that I wanted to see it again.
Yet another is The Poseidon Adventure, which I have seen at least five times more than I wanted to. I dislike it more every time I see it.
I love all four of those.
I have always been so certain that I'd hate it that I haven't seen it to this day.
I'm glad my husband doesn't read this forum, because he'd be offended, but I think 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most boring movies I've ever seen. I've seen it several times, because I'm always hanging out with (or marrying) people who love it, but it's slow torture to me.
Slightly more enjoyable is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I enjoy it more than 2001 because I've fallen asleep every time I've tried to watch it, while I find it possible (if not advisable) to stay awake during 2001.
Another movie that hasn't received the kind of acclaim those two have, but which I hate so much that I just have to mention it, is Scenes From A Mall. I've been told by Woody Allen fans that since I hate this movie so fiercely, I probably wouldn't enjoy any movie he ever made -- and I can believe that.
I really like the first Matrix movie, and I was really disappointed in the second and the third. But I think a lot of people felt that way.
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
O yeah!
rojse
RF Addict
2001 was an impressive movie. Instead of the normal fighting in outer space with FTL drives, Kubrick and Clarke created an SF movie that actually strictly adheres to the science and logic of spaceflight.
Admittedly, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but definitely not over-rated.
rojse
RF Addict
The Matrix was one of the best science fiction movies I have ever viewed, and most people whom have viewed it could come up with any number of reasons, all of which are right.
You can tell that Reloaded and Revolutions were really made by the producer's ideas of what people liked about The Matrix, rather than challenging the throne of the original movie.
rojse
RF Addict
I loved Scarface. It was deliberately larger-than-life, and having Pacino in a movie always makes the movie better.
I also know more than a few lines from the movie, as I have watched highlights of it that often.
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Well, as nobody agrees with another anyway, I think Lord of the Rings was highly overrated.
The movie went to fast at parts where depth was required and took to long on boring parts.
With that the kept on pasting new parts to the end to make sure the 3rd movie took at least 3 hours.
And no people, I do not post this because I think the book was better... Never read it, never will..
The movie went to fast at parts where depth was required and took to long on boring parts.
With that the kept on pasting new parts to the end to make sure the 3rd movie took at least 3 hours.
And no people, I do not post this because I think the book was better... Never read it, never will..
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Indeed. I still have never gotten through it. I have tried twice, and made it about 30-40 minutes in. I understand that it's acclaimed mostly because it was so groundbreaking and all, but that doesn't make a good movie. I'm sure he did things that changed the way movies were made forever, but that doesn't mean it's a great movie. It should be recognized for its achievements, but I think putting it in a top 10 or even top 100 list of movies is wrong.
This goes for 2001: A Space Odyssey also. I just finished watching it. It was another one that I had tried to watch years ago, but didn't get through. I think I only made it through this time by fast-forwarding through a bunch of it. It probably took me about an hour and 45 minutes to watch it (it's 2 hours and 20 minutes long). I'm sure in 1968 that was impressive, and it's still visually interesting. However, it was waaaayyy too long and slow-moving. And the whole "interpret what you want from it" thing didn't work, IMO. It felt like modern art where a guy throws five colors of paint on a canvas and says it's a masterpiece, and you're supposed to feel like an idiot if you don't "get it".
rojse said:
I have to disagree. It is overrated. Again, I think it's mostly rated so high because of its groundbreakingness (Yes, I just used that as a word), not because it's an especially great movie.
BB, I have to agree on LOTR. I enjoy watching the movies, and I actually own the regular versions of all three, but I don't think they were nearly as good as everyone thought, and mostly for the reasons you stated.
And Forrest Gump is a fantastic movie. But to each his own, I guess.
Trey of Diamonds
Well-Known Member
Gone with the Wind.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
rojse
RF Addict
I'll just have to agree to disagree about 2001. I thought it was great - excellent special effects, intelligent movie, and Kubrick actually stuck to the laws of science in the movie.
The slow-moving aspect was quite deliberate. No fancy warp-drive or the like for them to travel faster than light or any silliness like that, just regular propulsion within scientific reach.
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
I agree on 2 out of 3. I just don't agree that it was especially intelligent. It had wonderful effects and basically stuck to science, except for the part where Dave breaks back into the ship and is basically floating in space with no helmet on for a minute and survives. But that's about all it had. There was barely even anything to the story. I gave my wife the summary in a couple of minutes and told her pretty much every detail of the movie. I shouldn't be able to do that with a 2+ hour movie.
Great special effects can enhance a movie greatly, but they don't make a great movie by themselves.
That's fine, but I don't have to watch it. Show me a scene or two that involves moving slowly, etc. to give me the effect, but for the most part, just show me what I need to see to keep the story moving. I don't need to see the astronaut walk to the pod, get in, float out into space, get out, float over to the satellite dish and come back. Instead of taking 5-6 minutes to show me that one little bit of story, it should take about 1-2 minutes.
Plus, the whole beginning with the apes was way too long. We didn't need 15 minutes of that. He takes 2 or 3 minutes just to show us them sleeping under an overhang. There's just so much that could be cut and still get across the slowness and ideas, but make it watchable, at least.
AMEN!!!!
Talk about a potentially great movie completely destroyed, mutilated, killed, by the HORRIBLE performance of Leo di Caprio.
Anyway...
My top most overrated movies of all time would probably be... (thinks a bit)
Empire Strikes Back (great movie, but not my favorite SW movie)
Godfather (WAAAAAAAAAY too complex, tried watching it, couldn't follow it at all)
Napoleon Dynamite (have no idea why this was so popular; this movie was TERRIBLE! imo)
300 (I liked it a lot, but the "This is SPARTA!" line is waaaay over-parodied)
rojse
RF Addict
The Godfather was supposed to be complex. I thought it was a great movie, and quite a good adaptation of Puzo's original work.
300 was a good, dumb gory action movie. It's not 300's fault that everyone wants to jump on the 300 bandwagon (I suppose it is, actually, in a good way) - if it were we wouldn't like any movie which a certain sequence is stolen from that movie quite often, we wouldn't enjoy any classic movie that often gets parodied.