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

Capt'n Midnight

banie01 wrote: »

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A poor fern gully remake, populated by giant smurfs!

No.

It's reverse Pocahontas.


The real Pocahontas story is cf. John Rolfe.

Mulbert

The Blair Witch Project is the only film that I sat through and nothing actually happened throughout. Pure hyped up scutter

SATSUMA

The shape of water.

Complete nonsense.

Keyzer

Piehead wrote: »

Uncut Gems. Awful noisey unlikeable rubbishy garbage

There was one tremendous scene in that movie though ;);)

Capt'n Midnight

joeguevara wrote: »

Adam Sandler's

I stopped reading at that point

mobileforest

joeguevara wrote: »

Adam Sandlers Big Daddy is basically about a man who kidnaps a kid and makes him urinate in public all to sleep with a cheating slut.

Sandler struck comic gold with Happy Gilmore and then has been trying to find it again every since without success.

Finty Lemon

Michael Collins was a crock of dung

Sammy_Jankis

All the Harry Potter; don’t get it.

Lord of the rings; rubbish.

All the transformers; just crap.

Zak Flaps

glasso wrote: »

agreed.

Loved "Midsommar" though.

But some people seem to be vice-versa on these two movies.

I'm one of them. I loved Hereditary, but thought Midsommar was only ok.

monkeysnapper

If I ever go on tv program room 101 I'm putting this thread into room 101 ....

Theres a huge amount of bad taste here...I cant read any more .... my eyes are bleeding....

fly_agaric

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Arwen should have been thinner, blonder and more elf like.

Well the books called her "Evenstar" + contrasted her with Galadriel so (maybe) it fitted well enough?
My memory was Tolkiens' elves were described as being "men" in terms of body, but better (more handsome/beautiful, more knowledgeable, no more aging once mature, no sickness, live forever [unless their body is destroyed physically/injured in some way]. A kind of frightening/awesome super-human as the men in the Lord of the Rings world would see it (as opposed to small, frail creatures with magic powers etc).
Oh dear I've possibly exposed myself as a sad nerd (but as another poster mentioned that may be "cool" now).

BonnieSituation

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Scarface.

Pacino is extremely hammy as an actor, and the movie is loved by scumbags.

Yyyessssssss! Thank you sir.

It's such a terrible movie. The pacing is horrific as well to boot.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s very watchable. But it is so cheesy in parts. The monologues from Will and Sean. The simplistic therapy scenes.

The only thing that saves it for me are the scenes when Will and his friends are hanging out - they have a nice relaxed feel and the gang has good chemistry - and Stellan Skargård’s underrated turn as the Professor.

It just doesn’t deserve its reputation as a classic, IMO.

gmisk

Sammy_Jankis wrote: »

All the Harry Potter; don’t get it.

Lord of the rings; rubbish.

All the transformers; just crap.

I don't think that last one is controversial at all....bar... bumblebee...it's honestly pretty good and nothing like the transformer films

joeguevara

I remember my brother loving Mighty Ducks and making me watch it as a kid. Half way through I asked him is this really a film about a drunk driver forced to supervise unpopular kids against his will.

Zak Flaps

tylercheribini wrote: »

Christopher Nolan-ites in general get on my tits, when is he going to come up with a gimick that doesnt involve gymnastics with time?

I reckon he'll do it 35 years ago!

Strumms

Erranged wrote: »

Jaws

Biggest hype job ever

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.

joeguevara

Never understood why people rant and rave about Harry Potter. It’s basically about a nerdy orphan spending 7 years c0ckblocking his ginger mate.

ShatterAlan

storker wrote: »

Too much car chase, not enough music.

It was just stupid.

joeguevara

Inception is an hour and a half watching people sleep.

Feisar

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.

Something should only be judged of its time though.

KaneToad

I haven't read this thread so apologies if it's already been mentioned but:

Lord of the Rings Trilogy...utter ****e...

joeguevara

KaneToad wrote: »

I haven't read this thread so apologies if it's already been mentioned but:

Lord of the Rings Trilogy...utter ****e...

Completely agree. Basically 9 hours of freaks returning jewellery.

mobileforest

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s very watchable. But it is so cheesy in parts. The monologues from Will and Sean. The simplistic therapy scenes.

The only thing that saves it for me are the scenes when Will and his friends are hanging out - they have a nice relaxed feel and the gang has good chemistry - and Stellan Skargård’s underrated turn as the Professor.

It just doesn’t deserve its reputation as a classic, IMO.

Always get that and Dead Poets Society mixed up. Both overrated in my opinion.

EmmetSpiceland

TheValeyard wrote: »

Reading some of the replies here.....

More like:

feelings

The Parent Trap. Talk about unrealistic.

Mad_maxx

people are just adding movies they dont like now ( most of them sh1t ) as opposed to movies that are well regarded but they happen to dislike

joeguevara

joeguevara wrote: »

Inception is an hour and a half watching people sleep.

I was bored senseless watching that. A couple of hours of my life I can never have back.

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.

mobileforest

odyssey06 wrote: »

Over-rated? Compared to what?

They were quintessential 80s movies thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining back in their day.
I think we need to distinguish between over-rated and "of their time" \ haven't aged well.
No one is claiming they are classics for all time.

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

joeguevara

Read loads of those comic superheroes. Bad enough on their own but when they join up it’s fcucking shocking. My mate didn’t speak to me for a week , when I described Batman V Superman as a paranoid billionaire afraid of an immigrant.