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Most Overrated film?

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  • #182
    belgowho
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭belgowho


    A.I an awfully overrated film( and also just plain awful). I enjoyed 300 but still overated. Shakespeare in love(also awful), Its a wonderful life( great film but overrated again, hypocrite i know), the prestige, braveheart. The sixth sense( another all time worst films ever for me too)


  • #183
    postalservice
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭postalservice


    Dark Knight "Best film ever"....i think not!:p

    Babel- best motion picture 2006 :confused::confused::confused:

    The Grinch (i dunno if its rated highly but i know its crap)

    I think the reason i didnt enjoy Apocolypse Now! is because i wouldnt understand the historical references....wish i could grasp it fully because it is considered to be the number 1 film to see before you die!(Other than Epic Movie of course)



    Sorry if you don't agree


  • #184
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    asdasd wrote: »
    The Third Man, which I did like, are exmamples.

    The Third Man is actually British. One of the finest British films ever, in my opinion.


  • #185
    ,8,1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭,8,1


    Children of Men (2006):

    8.1 on IMDB, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes... But crap.


  • #186
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users Posts: 3,574 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    belgowho wrote: »
    A.I an awfully overrated film( and also just plain awful). I enjoyed 300 but still overated. Shakespeare in love(also awful), Its a wonderful life( great film but overrated again, hypocrite i know), the prestige, braveheart. The sixth sense( another all time worst films ever for me too)
    +1 on everything (except Braveheart & the sixth sense. i thought they were alright, not great mind, but okay)


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  • #187
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    ,8,1 wrote: »
    Children of Men (2006):

    8.1 on IMDB, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes... But crap.

    agreed. Great username btw.


  • #188
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    A History of Violence - Possibly the worst plot I've ever seen in a film. Viggo does alright but f**king hell that film is awful.

    Dark Knight - Every action movie will be hoping their star dies in future. ****e film, Heath Ledger's performance was good and the rest was just filling in the blanks.


  • #189
    Shacklebolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Shacklebolt


    Wacker wrote: »
    The Third Man is actually British. One of the finest British films ever, in my opinion.

    Definately one of the best intros ever, anyway.
    ,8,1 wrote: »
    Children of Men (2006):

    8.1 on IMDB, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes... But crap.

    I expected so much from that film and I was very disappointed.


  • #190
    moe_sizlak
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 883 ✭✭✭moe_sizlak


    thermo66 wrote: »
    No country for old men - you couldn't pay me to sit through that again! Waste of 9euro!

    Tomb raider - absolutely dire!
    Mr & Mrs Smith
    Legally Blonde
    Superbad - just didn't think it was very funny

    Wedding Crashers - was better than above mainly due to Isla Fisher
    Vanilla Sky - yawn
    Casino Royale

    agree with all of them apart from casino royale which i love

    heres a few

    love actually = complete toffee and almost all the stories are improbable
    notting hill
    four weddings and a funeral
    stardust , watched it for the 1st time the other night , done nothing for me
    all the harry potters
    american gangster , ive seen tv gangster movies with as much charisma
    blade runner
    the english patient , wait i forgot , only movie critics liked this , no real people like it


  • #191
    moe_sizlak
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 883 ✭✭✭moe_sizlak


    belgowho wrote: »
    A.I an awfully overrated film( and also just plain awful). I enjoyed 300 but still overated. Shakespeare in love(also awful), Its a wonderful life( great film but overrated again, hypocrite i know), the prestige, braveheart. The sixth sense( another all time worst films ever for me too)

    i really like AI and think its horribly under rated as a film , its a modern day telling of PINOCHIO


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  • #192
    irish_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭irish_bob


    the departed , saw it for the 1st time last night

    most over rated movie i think ive ever seen


  • #193
    purple_hatstand
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭purple_hatstand


    irish_bob wrote: »
    the departed , saw it for the 1st time last night

    most over rated movie i think ive ever seen

    Agree.

    I love Marty's films but this one just doesn't do it for me at all. The original Hong Kong movie 'Infernal Affairs' on which 'The Departed' is based is far superior. But it's not just that. The story and the narrative structure are staples of asian cinema and it doesn't ring true or feel right in an american film. And how annoying to have an entire plot based around mobile phones?! Marty deserved Oscar recognition for other films ('Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull', 'Goodfellas' etc...) but not this.

    A far better recent american film concerning itself with some of the same ideas/themes is ' We Own The Night.'


  • #194
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    Star wars ... the FIRST one ... (as in Episode '4')

    not a bad film ... but not the best film of all time ... NO WAY ...


  • #195
    Rayne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭Rayne


    -Anchorman
    -Little Miss Sunshine


  • #196
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Bicycle Thieves


  • #197
    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    The Usual Suspects mainly because it stars one of the most overrated actors in my eyes, Kevin Spacey.


  • #198
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    purple_hatstand wrote: »
    Marty deserved Oscar recognition for other films ('Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull', 'Goodfellas' etc...) but not this.

    I don't think many would argue The Departed wasn't Scorsese's best work, but having been snubbed many times before by the Academy, I think his Oscar for Departed was a deliberate, belated apology by The Man(tm)


  • #199
    irish_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭irish_bob


    SapphireDiamond wrote: »
    -Anchorman
    -Little Miss Sunshine

    loved little miss sunshine , would have perfered it won best picture instead of the all over the place, the departed

    scorscesse has obviously become a sacred cow , the departed winning all the oscars aside , i mean when gangs of new york came out , it got rave reviews , its garbage , one of the worst movies ive ever seen , id perfer far and away


  • #200
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Children of Men
    No Country for Old men
    The English Patient

    All have great actors but meh, I fail to see what the hype was over and they left me disappointed


  • #201
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    godfather and scarface


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  • #202
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    seanybiker wrote: »
    godfather

    Hang your head in shame seanybiker!
    Absolute classic

    But your choice I suppose and gotta respect that


  • #203
    Caliden
    Registered Users Posts: 5,982 ✭✭✭Caliden


    shawshank redemption
    apocalypse now
    deer hunter
    superbad

    I guess I should explain myself so I dont have a mob of people outside my house looking for my blood.

    Shawshank just didnt seem that special. The storyline was decent with a nice little twist at the end but thats about it. Character development was good but nothing much happened in the movie. He went to prison, got raped, made friends with a black guy, escaped and made some money. A bit of a let down after all the talk I heard from friends. Everyone seems to list it in their top 10 movies just because every other person does.

    Apocalypse Now was more of the same. Not alot happened. Some memorable lines but I dont know how anyone can say Brando was brilliant in it. Just didnt impress me at all and didnt see what all the fuss was about. Compare it to a movie like 'The Shining'. Fantastic music score, developing storyline with some spine-chilling moments coupled with jack nicholson and his crazy eyebrows.

    Deer Hunter just didnt make any sense at all. At a wedding, then at war, then russian roulette. It was just all over the place. No structure to story development and didnt even show walken's decent into madness. I watched it in anticipation of a fantastic movie but was bored after 40 minutes. Watched it to the end just to get it over with and strike it off my list.


    Superbad. What can I say except that I spent more time looking around seeing if anyone else found what just happened funny than actually laughing myself. I just dont find those kids funny. I tried to find them funny but they just aren't.
    Seth Rogan is the same but I do love Paul Rudd and Jason Segal, too bad they have to associate with idiots


  • #204
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Juno- one of the worst films of the last ten years, has a script that sounds like it was written by Ned Flanders, she gets up the diddly-duff by her bff then has to decide whether to keepity keep the sproglet, plus Juno herself is one of the most obnoxious characters ever put on film, awful movie


  • #205
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users Posts: 3,574 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    pixelburp wrote: »
    I don't think many would argue The Departed wasn't Scorsese's best work, but having been snubbed many times before by the Academy, I think his Oscar for Departed was a deliberate, belated apology by The Man(tm)

    +1 they gave it to Scorsese because he deserved it for past works, not necessarily this remake of a (better) Korean flick.


  • #206
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Well, I have to mention the one I singled out in the "genres you dislike" thread: Breaking The Waves. It has the deliberate amateurism of Dogme, and a story that manages to be horrific without the vicarious thrills of Horror.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #207
    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Fear and loathing in las vegas.

    Made famous by wanna-be-hashheads!


  • #208
    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,146 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Over-rated but still like 'em:

    The Shawshank Redemption
    Goodfellas
    Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    Reservoir Dogs

    How in the hell are these 'classics':

    Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and any of the rest of Tarantino's movies. The guy can choose good tunes, that qualifies him to be a DJ, not a director :P
    The Shining - I've tried to sit through it three times. Never made it.


  • #209
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    the dark knight. what a pile of dung


  • #210
    grames_bond
    Registered Users Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    Sleepy wrote: »
    Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and any of the rest of Tarantino's movies. The guy can choose good tunes, that qualifies him to be a DJ, not a director :P
    The Shining - I've tried to sit through it three times. Never made it.

    pulp ficition is one of the best movies ever! superbly done, great story, brilliantly directed and many people have credited it as the movie that revolutionised the way cinema looks at dialogue.....so that's how it is a classic!

    kill bill has not been recognised as a classic by anyone i dont think, and you do realise you also included "any of the rest of tarantinos movies" but you still have reservoir dogs in your "still like em" list!


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  • #211
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    Dark Knight
    DARK KNIGHT
    DARK KNIGHT

    Heath Ledger was amazing...but it was three movies in one. Batman fanboys will rave "That's what's amazing about it!" No. No. It was just long. Too long. I got up to leave three times during the movie. Only to realise that OH NO there's another twist. Fan-blooody-tastic!

    If they'd have made 2-3 movies and dragged out the different plots in the script they'd all have been classics. But it's just TOO much.

    Just don't tell the missus I said that...:p


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