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mikep · 11-12-2008, 13:42

I have to throw this one in....

Pulp Fiction...there, I said it! Pulp Fiction is totally overrated...

Feelgood · 11-12-2008, 13:44

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Originally Posted by mikep

Pulp Fiction...there, I said it! Pulp Fiction is totally overrated...

Too right, the fooking thing is backways or sideways or some crap.

If the story just ran normally from start to finish, everyone would think it was sh1te...

DanGlee · 11-12-2008, 13:47

Vantage Point
Superman (new one)
Burn After Reading

Inevitably the list will be endless with what somebody find good and somebody finds overrated. I loved all the Star Wars films, but I'm a Star Wars nerd...

Each to their own really!

pixelburp · 11-12-2008, 13:49

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Originally Posted by doubledown

Why not? Let me guess - because it insists upon itself?

heh.

Well to answer the question seriously, I think The Matrix is vastly over-rated beyond belief.

starn · 11-12-2008, 16:36

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Originally Posted by DanGlee

Vantage Point
Superman (new one)
Burn After Reading

Inevitably the list will be endless with what somebody find good and somebody finds overrated. I loved all the Star Wars films, but I'm a Star Wars nerd...

Each to their own really!

Yeah Burn After Reading is pants.

The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather [Both Apocalypse Now and The Conversation are vastly supierior]
Edward Sccisorhands and almost everything else by Tim Burton [except Ed Wood]
Crash
Scarface
The Big Lebowski [Oh Brother Where art Thous and Fargo are far better]
Sin City

dodgyme · 11-12-2008, 16:57

`do like some coen brothers films but
1./ fargo (yaaaaw!) and
2./ no country for old men ??. I think people liked fargo at the time just because it was coen brothers.

hated film 3./ something about mary. spunk in hair jokes is basically used when you arent able to write jokes and I am not a prude, - walked out of that film.

4./ clockwork orange (am I even allow to say that?)

5./ Eat the peach (liked coz it was made in ireland, god they were miserable times)

AnonoBoy · 11-12-2008, 17:50

I hate this type of threads normally.

But I find El Topo fiercely overrated.

paulieeye · 11-12-2008, 17:56

Lost in Translation...cept johansen in her skimpies...she pretty

Lamper.sffc · 11-12-2008, 18:21

The Departed.

While its not a bad film (starts off well and goes downhill). Its definitely not as good as everyone made it out to be. Some very poor acting in parts.
They should have stuck closer to the original. (Especially with the end)

I always thought the fact that Martin Scorsese won an oscar for this was a token gesture. He created much better films and didnt win an oscar for them when he should have (Goodfellas to name but one) and then they nominate Mark Wahlberg for an Oscar for best supporting actor

. He was one of the reasons the film started to grate on me.

Shacklebolt · 11-12-2008, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Feelgood

Too right, the fooking thing is backways or sideways or some crap.

If the story just ran normally from start to finish, everyone would think it was sh1te...

You could say the sam about many films such as Memento.

damselnat · 11-12-2008, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Shacklebolt

You could say the sam about many films such as Memento.

But that's the point of Memento, you're supposed to be as lost as he is!
Can't say I cared much for Pulp Fiction either, but then I'm not a Tarantino fan so that's probably why.
Have to agree with Crash. Can't believe that won an Oscar. Political correctness gone mad........
Pirates of the Caribbean....I don't know, maybe it was just Orlando Bloom, or maybe Keira Knightley, or maybe the whole obvious blockbuster-y-ness of it all, it really didn't do it for me

MisterAnarchy · 11-12-2008, 21:19

So many pet hates for overrated films
Donnie Darko,Fight Club,Fargo,American Beauty,The Departed,Sideways.
All critically acclaimed but I thought they were very average films .
Other films are just dreadful
Chicago,Juno,Napoleon Dynamite.
I could list 100's of overrated films to be honest,certainly alot more than underrated ones.

Mal-Adjusted · 11-12-2008, 23:24

first off, bieng over-rated does not mean i dislike a film...then again,
overrated
Juno. liked it, not oscar worthy.
Indy IV. rubbish
Cloverfield.
The prestige. crap ending
Mission:impossible
Godzilla (54) useless, not even as good as the 98 remake

underrated
The thing
The Matrix sequeals
Citizen Kane
Speed 2
the "Tremors" films

overrated directors
Tim Burton
Quintin tarrintino

L31mr0d · 12-12-2008, 01:03

Titanic

dodgyme · 12-12-2008, 09:52

gangs of new york

11-12-2008, 18:21	#54
Lamper.sffc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,945 Adverts \| Friends	The Departed. While its not a bad film (starts off well and goes downhill). Its definitely not as good as everyone made it out to be. Some very poor acting in parts. They should have stuck closer to the original. (Especially with the end) I always thought the fact that Martin Scorsese won an oscar for this was a token gesture. He created much better films and didnt win an oscar for them when he should have (Goodfellas to name but one) and then they nominate Mark Wahlberg for an Oscar for best supporting actor . He was one of the reasons the film started to grate on me. Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 11-12-2008 at 18:24.

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mikep Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tipperary Posts: 296 Adverts \| Friends	I have to throw this one in.... Pulp Fiction...there, I said it! Pulp Fiction is totally overrated...

11-12-2008, 13:47	#48
DanGlee Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 382 Adverts \| Friends	Vantage Point Superman (new one) Burn After Reading Inevitably the list will be endless with what somebody find good and somebody finds overrated. I loved all the Star Wars films, but I'm a Star Wars nerd... Each to their own really!

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dodgyme Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,566 Adverts \| Friends	`do like some coen brothers films but 1./ fargo (yaaaaw!) and 2./ no country for old men ??. I think people liked fargo at the time just because it was coen brothers. hated film 3./ something about mary. spunk in hair jokes is basically used when you arent able to write jokes and I am not a prude, - walked out of that film. 4./ clockwork orange (am I even allow to say that?) 5./ Eat the peach (liked coz it was made in ireland, god they were miserable times)

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AnonoBoy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 16,431 Adverts \| Friends	I hate this type of threads normally. But I find El Topo fiercely overrated.

11-12-2008, 17:56	#53
paulieeye Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: upside ya head Posts: 426 Adverts \| Friends	Lost in Translation...cept johansen in her skimpies...she pretty

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MisterAnarchy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kobol Posts: 5,048 Adverts \| Friends	So many pet hates for overrated films Donnie Darko,Fight Club,Fargo,American Beauty,The Departed,Sideways. All critically acclaimed but I thought they were very average films . Other films are just dreadful Chicago,Juno,Napoleon Dynamite. I could list 100's of overrated films to be honest,certainly alot more than underrated ones.

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Mal-Adjusted Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,992 Adverts \| Friends	first off, bieng over-rated does not mean i dislike a film...then again, overrated Juno. liked it, not oscar worthy. Indy IV. rubbish Cloverfield. The prestige. crap ending Mission:impossible Godzilla (54) useless, not even as good as the 98 remake underrated The thing The Matrix sequeals Citizen Kane Speed 2 the "Tremors" films overrated directors Tim Burton Quintin tarrintino

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L31mr0d Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 7,977 Adverts \| Friends	Titanic

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dodgyme Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,566 Adverts \| Friends	gangs of new york