TOP 3 OVERRATED MOVIES

[cityzen]

Die Hard is sick!!!

[Forum]

Anchorman. I really don't find Will Ferrell funny

[cityzen]

napoleon dynamite. utter gash

[Sonika]

2) The Shining

YOU TAKE THAT BACK

The book was wayyyy scarier!

can i say something blasphemous? i never read the book . but, it was a movie my mum specifically showed me to desensitize me when i was super young, like when i was 7 years of age. scared me into oblivion. still one of my favorites. i guess i should read the book though? i read all the time, but i never read a lot of stephen king.

Yeah absolutely read the book. I know a lot of people who have only seen the movie, but the book is on a whole different level. I thought that I could never get scared by a book, but The Shining proved me wrong. Stephen King is a genius, but man he's absolutely insane too. He has a way of getting into the reader's mind and it's SCARY.

[nousd]

Top Gun...cos it's shit
A Seperation...it's 4 stars not 5
The Piano...cos the guy got naked but the chick didn't

[cityzen]

philadelphia

[grillis]

a few i've watched recently that were underwhelming-

casino

shutter island

jackie brown - as someone said they felt this was underrated and this is probably true, the reviews and spiel on the back cover were overboard though

[wolf89]

Whoever said Drive.

Really?

I don't know anyone who has seen it apart from the people who I watched it with and really it's one of the best films I've seen in a long time. More people need to watch it if anything

[Pedro Sánchez]

napoleon dynamite. utter gash

[magma]

can i say something blasphemous? i never read the book . but, it was a movie my mum specifically showed me to desensitize me when i was super young, like when i was 7 years of age. scared me into oblivion. still one of my favorites. i guess i should read the book though? i read all the time, but i never read a lot of stephen king.

Haha, I watched The Shining at about that age, but sort of by accident. Woke up in the middle of the night, turned my (first ever) telly on and ended up watching the whole thing. I was terrified for WEEKS off the back of that.

Read the book as a teenager and loved it, but I still mention the film in hushed tones... there's an indelible Jack Nicholson shaped scar on the inside of my psyche.

[cityzen]

napoleon dynamite. utter gash

Yeah, sorry Mr Sánchez

[leyenda]

napoleon dynamite. utter gash

Hipster bullshit along with The Room. Not really that acclaimed though are they? Just cult.

[cityzen]

napoleon dynamite. utter gash

Hipster bullshit along with The Room. Not really that acclaimed though are they? Just cult.

Dunno, I just hear soo many people bang on about it.
Watched it once - didn't laugh
Watched it again to see if I was just not getting it - still shit

[Naan_Bread]

The Social network

Avatar obvs.

can't think of another one

[wolf89]

napoleon dynamite. utter gash

Hipster bullshit along with The Room. Not really that acclaimed though are they? Just cult.

Ermm The Room isn't hipster bullshit. It's actually that shit. Not a joke. It's become popular now because people have realised how insanely bad it is. Being liked because it's fucking terrible isn't making it overated...

[bright maroon]

I think Rushmore was the blueprint for Napolean Dynamite...

It just has more....republican....in it

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[pikeymobile]

rushmore is the bollocks.
this scene, the revenge scenes and the bill murray bombing in to the pool are just amazing
i love napolean dynamite too



guys i think i just found out i'm a hipster, what do i do now? where do i buy the clothes?

[bright maroon]

blueprint for Rushmore was Dead Poets Society...not exactly funny though..

It was filmed in Odessa at St. Andrews School for Boys - near my hometown...

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oh Hi Boston!...

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[bright maroon]

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[__________]

Tarantino is vastly over rated in general. Dude rips off and remakes films for practically his whole career but always gets mad praise for it.

He'd be the first person to admit stealing and/or being heavily influenced by other people's work.

Tarantino's a massive fan of foreign cinema and openly admits to stealing shots from other directors, often very old or just under-rated films. There's a documentary Tarantino presented on Australian cinema (I think) which is an interesting insight in to his viewpoint.

I agree Pulp Fiction is highly overrated...I noticed I didn't love the film as much as I just loved certain dialogue and specific scenes.

Exactly why it's a great film. Everyone picks up on, and loves, different parts of the film more, but it's all somehow excellent.

Kill Bill though, yep I'd agree that's slightly over rated. It's a 7.5 or 8, not a 9 or 10 like people go on about. I think the concept of the film was executed about as well as it ever could be though.

My top 3 over-rated (recent-ish) films:
3. Inception - it's like the film makers tried to make the best possible film (it's well made) about the most stupid possible concept.
2. Avatar - looking good in 3D does not make this film any less shit. If I want to watch a long, non-interactive CGI cut-scene I'll play Metal Gear Solid 4.
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes - absolute shit. It's not often a film is so bad it makes me angry.


edit - my main praise for Tarantino is his script writing and casting. You might not like his films but you have to admit he writes an excellent script and gives the right lines to the right people.