Overrated films that people seem to think are a great but really are not

joeguevara

I know I’m going to p1ss off a lot of horror and Stephen king fans when I describe IT as a bunch of unpopular kids having s3x with each other before they kill a starving homeless clown.

Greyfox

joeguevara wrote: »

Never understood why people rant and rave about Harry Potter.

Because the books are amazing

Strumms

Feisar wrote: »

Something should only be judged of its time though.

To a point that is true, loads of films have actually aged well though, had quality production, props, sets etc... jaws rather being a victim of its time is a victim of not being done very well.

mobileforest

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Emmm, sorry, you left out the 1%.

Not sure if counts as a movie but I thought the Umbrella Academy was a refreshing take on the genre. Mainly because it wasn't about superheroes. Sadly they seemed to have "corrected" that with season 2.

joeguevara

Greyfox wrote: »

Because the books are amazing

Only one I read was Prisoner of Azkaban. Am I right in thinking it’s about an orphan boy who hangs around with a mass murderer while a rat plots his death. Yeah, fcucking amazing. Steinbeck missed a trick there.

trashcan

odyssey06 wrote: »

No Way Out I think was under-rated if anything.

No Way Out had the best twist I've seen in any film. Genuinely never saw it coming. The Usual Suspects is always the film mentioned in that regard, but I'd half guessed the twist in that, so I wasn't that surprised.

On the Shawshank Redemption, the big question is, how did he get the picture back on the wall ?

joeguevara

Big fan of Irving Welsh and as a 17 year old was counting down the days until Trainspotting came to the cinema. What a disappointment. Can only be described as a heroin addict falls into a public toilet before watching a baby die as his best mate sh1ts in his girlfriends bed.

Church on Tuesday

Strumms wrote: »

Problem with watching back Jaws is now how fûcking pure dated and unrealistic the models of the sharks actually are... both how they look and how they move... the original in particular the shark looks like something that could be hanging up outside a seafood restaurant as a comedy prop. All those Jaws movies just dated terribly. The acting in the action scenes is hammy and crap, almost comedically bad ... yeah not dated well.

Sigh

Greyfox

Candie wrote: »

I have never sat through a Star Wars/Trek movie. I have never sat through a Superhero type movie. I don't understand why people love them.

Because people love great stories

Greyfox

mobileforest wrote: »

Not sure if counts as a movie but I thought the Umbrella Academy was a refreshing take on the genre. Mainly because it wasn't about superheroes. Sadly they seemed to have "corrected" that with season 2.

If you want a refreshing take on the superhero genre the boys on Amazon is superb, in a nutshell imagine if Batman and superman killed innocent people and social media covered up these crimes, how would normal human beings get justice?

TheRiverman

Titanic.

Character Building

The Bridge on the River Kwai.
I found Alec Guinness incredibly irritating. Don't understand why it always seems to feature so prominently in top 50 or top 100 movies lists.

begbysback

joeguevara wrote: »

Big fan of Irving Welsh and as a 17 year old was counting down the days until Trainspotting came to the cinema. What a disappointment. Can only be described as a heroin addict falls into a public toilet before watching a baby die as his best mate sh1ts in his girlfriends bed.

Scarface, good will hunting, and now trainspotting.

Can we change the thread title to, “My taste regarding films is dishwater, and heres proof”??

angel eyes 2012

joeguevara wrote: »

Coming to america was about two black lads working in McDonald’s because they want to sleep with a cheating 5lut.

Coming to America is one of my favourites, bit harsh on Lisa McDowell character, especially as she was engaged to Darryl who was a sexist pig and sprayed Soul Glo all over his head.

I always thought Jerry Maguire was completely overrated. I remember being bored watching it.

Notting Hill and Love Actually were completely overhyped at the time of their release and not funny at all. I thought Four Weddings was far more enjoyable, brilliant subtle humour and is worth a rewatch.

joeguevara

begbysback wrote: »

Scarface, good will hunting, and now trainspotting.

Can we change the thread title to, “My taste regarding films is dishwater, and heres proof”??

Or maybe, ‘didn’t realise that some posts were pulling the p1ss and described classic films in the worst way possible’. Any thread that says Godfather two is overrated cannot be taken seriously.

golfball37

Taxi Driver and Raging Bull are very overrated and I’m a De Niro fan.

Strumms

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Sigh

Sigh all you want, look at the majority of the action scenes and my point stands...

coolshannagh28

Character Building wrote: »

The Bridge on the River Kwai.
I found Alec Guinness incredibly irritating. Don't understand why it always seems to feature so prominently in top 50 or top 100 movies lists.

Was that not the essential aspect of the character ?

SEPT 23 1989

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

1917 was not great

Dunkirk was one of the best WW2 movies ever made

What actually happened in the movie? Other than a **** load of people standing on a beach waiting for their turn on the pedalo?

Oh and a reformed robber playing his now famous emotionless teenager that barely speaks role.

Greyfox

joeguevara wrote: »

Only one I read was Prisoner of Azkaban. Am I right in thinking it’s about an orphan boy who hangs around with a mass murderer while a rat plots his death. Yeah, fcucking amazing. Steinbeck missed a trick there.

That's like saying the Matrix is about people who like to wear black and jump arond a lot, i.e ignores the great bits. HP is about a boy who grows up been hated by everyone he lives with, has no friends and has been told lies about how his parents died and when he learns the truth he learns the person who everyone is scared off will one day return to kill him.

golfball37

golfball37 wrote: »

Taxi Driver and Raging Bull are very overrated and I’m a De Niro fan.

Taxi driver was muck.

Throw in apocalypse now and deer hunter while you're at it.

A trilogy of ultimately meandering and pointless movies

begbysback

joeguevara wrote: »

Or maybe, ‘didn’t realise that some posts were pulling the p1ss and described classic films in the worst way possible’. Any thread that says Godfather two is overrated cannot be taken seriously.

Ok you’re off the hook, but warning to the others, your card is marked.

Strumms

Strumms wrote: »

Sigh all you want, look at the majority of the action scenes and my point stands...

Not really. Shark is ok. Better than your average cgi version.

And the fact that in a few of the scenes it's a real shark of course.

Potential-Monke

Can't believe it took so long (145 posts) for Star Wars to be mentioned, and I'm including the original trilogy in that. The middle trilogy is universally hated I believe anyway, and the recent trilogy was just, well, they looked good, that's about it. Emo Vader was not at all a good character. But the original trilogy, I appreciate it was a product of its time, and it set new standards, etc. But my god they are bad films. Terrible acting, terrible story, and imo did not age well (but still better in comparison to a lot of films).

And just to stoke the fire a bit more, don't understand why people liked Star Wars over Star Trek, the infinitely better franchise.

Also in my list of over-rated films, Donnie Darko, Bladerunner (the original, and sequel), A Clockwork Orange, and really most films that "critics" consider amazing. We have very different views, me and the critics. For example, Black Panther. In terms of MCU films, it's probably in the middle to lower middle of good MCU films, and only because it rode the woke wave did it win anything. There are far better MCU films than Black Panther, but it released at the right time with the right amount of black power that it made all the acclaim.

Greyfox

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

What actually happened in the movie? Other than a **** load of people standing on a beach waiting for their turn on the pedalo?

That was pretty much 95% of the film, every character in Dunkirk was weak

Dufflecoat Fanny

Apocalypse now.

Capt'n Midnight

mobileforest wrote: »

"of their time\havent aged well". rewatch anything with Burt Reynolds.

Deliverance.

ltd440

Zero dark thirty, first time I've actually stood up to walk out of a movie, but the person with me was convinced it would get better so we sat through its entiirety. Oh dear god

joeguevara

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Deliverance.

Deliverance is the heartwarming story of tourists getting 4nally raped while a handicapped boy plays the banjo. 4 star.

Capt'n Midnight

joeguevara wrote: »

Deliverance is the heartwarming story of tourists getting 4nally raped while a handicapped boy plays the banjo. 4 star.

The Italian title is Un Tranquillo Weekend Di Paura. A Tranquil Weekend Of Fear.