all film fans give me your comments

mobile04

id like to know as to what you guys out there taught was your most over and under rated films ever

let me get the ball rolling with


most over rated garbage american beauty and possibly .
l a confidencial.
most under rated was mystery men and frighteners
ive a ton more but these ones stick out most for now lol

ixoy

Completely disagree with you on 'L.A. Confidential' - great movie and mostly disagree on 'American Beauty', although it's not as clever as it thinks it is. Another overrated movie that's actually woeful is 'A Beautiful Mind'.

'The Frighteners' is definetely underrated though.

BolBill

Most over-rated : Lost in Translation - complete cack.
Most under rated : mmmmmm, dunno

Cactus Col

Easy

Most over-rated film I've ever seen: Pi

Most under-rated film I've ever seen: Soldier

mobile04

im delighted ur a lover of that little m j fox project
nobody i knew at the time liked it on its release
i used to reveiw movies for a small mag. any ways

guy pearse was very strong acting wise in l.a conf... but it was a big thinking mans movie and too twisted in the story for my liking
the props and stuff were exelent but i still think its over hyped.
thanks for you opinion mate.

another over rated movie i taught , but its more cult than any thing . clock work orange.
never saw anything special in it.........

koneko

Overrated and underrated as so subjective, this is bound to end up in a scrap

I agree that Pi was completely overrated, LA Confidential aswell, and A Beautiful Mind (incredibly boring).

I loved Lost In Translation though, and The Frighteners was definitely better than people give it credit for. A lot of people seem to hate Startship Troopers, but I actually really liked it.

Goodshape

dude! what the fooks up with that cat?! jeeeezzaasss loike!

Too many movies these days are 'over-rated' before they're even rated at all (ie. pre-release hype).

For underrated, in recent times I'd say HULK. Get's almost nothing but grief.

[edit] Pi would fall into the underrated catagory for me, on account of it being brilliant

Maximilian

most under-rated: The Godfather
Most over-rated: Gigli

steveland?

Starship Troopers is deadly! Yeh it's quite underrated.

I defenitly agree that American Beauty was waaaaay too overrated. pretentious sh*te if ya ask me....

Btw Maximilian are they the wrong way round?

Cactus Col

koneko wrote:

I agree that Pi was completely overrated

At last! Somebody agrees with me!

and now to find someone who agrees that Soldier was underrated ... probably a harder task.

Agree that HULK is tottally underrated too.

Tusky

mobile04 wrote:

id like to know as to what you guys out there taught was your most over and under rated films ever

let me get the ball rolling with


most over rated garbage american beauty and possibly .
l a confidencial.
most under rated was mystery men and frighteners
ive a ton more but these ones stick out most for now lol

L.A confidential over rated? not a chance ! I love that movie.. American beauty...maybe a tad but wouldnt be 'most' over rated.

Under Rated - Ravenous
Over Rated - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

galactus

Most Over-rated: Rocky Horror Picture Show

Most Under-rated: Dune

mobile04

yeah a few films in there id agree with . starship troopers great flick.
as to the cat.signature...lol
a friend of mine sent the pic to me and it said open if you like shaven pussy..lol
taught it was funny.


back to the debait on the films..............
godfather pt 2 disaster

Maximilian

steveland? wrote:

Btw Maximilian are they the wrong way round?

No, they're quite correct.

Hugh Hefner

Most overrated: Star Wars (pick one)

Most underrated: Cabin Fever (HELL YEAH!)

American Beauty: Was pure excellence (my 3rd favourite film)

steveland?

Maximilian wrote:

No, they're quite correct.

Everyone hated Gigli... it was released here for feck all time in the cinema cos everyone knew how crap it was... the "actors" in it even admited it was dreadful

The Godfather is a classic... it's definitly not under-rated (unless you mean in comparison with Godfather II... imo Godfather was MUCH better than 2)

TwoShedsJackson

mobile04 wrote:

most over rated garbage american beauty and possibly .
l a confidencial.
most under rated was mystery men

lol.

Maximilian

steveland? wrote:

Everyone hated Gigli... it was released here for feck all time in the cinema cos everyone knew how crap it was... the "actors" in it even admited it was dreadful

The Godfather is a classic... it's definitly not under-rated (unless you mean in comparison with Godfather II... imo Godfather was MUCH better than 2)

lol

fade2black

Some weird stuff going on here. I understand that it's all down to personal taste....BUT

Godfather one, two, and three...BRILLIANT. People say three is poor but that's only in comparison to the other two against most other films of the genre and any other genre for that matter it kicks ass.

American beauty was a good film, not brilliant so maybe it is a little over rated.
Star Wars is definitelyover rated.
Cabin Fever wasn't very good.
L.A. Confidential was an exceptional movie
Lost in Translation was brilliant.

in my opinion, the most over rated film in recent year(s) is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. Nonsense from start to finish.

mobile04

my mistake...

i was actualy refering to the 3rd installment of the godfather
i always think of the forst two as really one movie for some reason

i was lucky eough to pick up the rare chronological version
whitch goes through the whole
story without going back and forward.

first two movies class. pacino is a way better actor than de niro i think.

but the film once upon a time in America
amazing film even though its very long..

Reef

mobile04 wrote:

my mistake...

i was actualy refering to the 3rd installment of the godfather
i always think of the forst two as really one movie for some reason

i was lucky eough to pick up the rare chronological version
whitch goes through the whole
story without going back and forward.

first two movies class. pacino is a way better actor than de niro i think.

but the film once upon a time in America
amazing film even though its very long..

Mobile 04, love your signature pic!

Over rated: American Beauty -I couldn't find anything remotely good about that heap of crap.
Closer (yes I'm mentioning it again!)
Bridget Jones - I remember getting it thinking it's be great, it was AWFUL
The Beach - Parts I love but it got WAAAY too much praise.
Titanic - I needn't explain.
Love Actually

Under rated: Elf! I never heard much mentioned about it and it's my favourite christmas movie!!
Crazy/Beautiful - didn't hear much about that either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind, I thought it was fantastic.

Reef

mobile04 wrote:

my mistake...

i was actualy refering to the 3rd installment of the godfather
i always think of the forst two as really one movie for some reason

i was lucky eough to pick up the rare chronological version
whitch goes through the whole
story without going back and forward.

first two movies class. pacino is a way better actor than de niro i think.

but the film once upon a time in America
amazing film even though its very long..

Over-rated: American Beauty, Bridget Jones, Closer, Titanic -all crap
I liked the Beach but think it got way too much praise.

Under-rated: Elf! -Never heard much mentioned about it but it's my favourite x-mas movie!
Crazy/Beautiful, never heard much about it either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind!

Reef

Over-rated: American Beauty, Bridget Jones, Closer, Titanic -all crap
I liked the Beach but think it got way too much praise.

Under-rated: Elf! -Never heard much mentioned about it but it's my favourite x-mas movie!
Crazy/Beautiful, never heard much about it either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind!

Retr0gamer

Most under-rated film I've ever seen: Soldier

You must be joking. It's more cack from paul 'bad film' anderson.

Here's a few that haven't been mentioned

Over-rated: 28 grams (pretends to be more complicated than it really is), Shakespeare in Love (only meh), Mulholland Drive (interesting but not worth the effort trying to figure out wtf happened), XXX (it wasn't bad, it was complete ballox)

Under-rated: Equilibrium, American Psycho (far better than most reviews said it was)

Reef

Over-rated: American Beauty, Bridget Jones, Closer, Titanic -all crap
I liked the Beach but think it got way too much praise.

Under-rated: Elf! -Never heard much mentioned about it but it's my favourite x-mas movie!
Crazy/Beautiful, never heard much about it either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind!

Vikings

Most underrated: Dog day afternoon (one of the best films ive ever seen)
Most overrated: Open Water (what a steaming pile)

Reef

Over-rated: American Beauty, Bridget Jones, Closer, Titanic -all crap
I liked the Beach but think it got way too much praise.

Under-rated: Elf! -Never heard much mentioned about it but it's my favourite x-mas movie!
Crazy/Beautiful, never heard much about it either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind!

Reef

mobile04 wrote:

my mistake...

i was actualy refering to the 3rd installment of the godfather
i always think of the forst two as really one movie for some reason

i was lucky eough to pick up the rare chronological version
whitch goes through the whole
story without going back and forward.

first two movies class. pacino is a way better actor than de niro i think.

but the film once upon a time in America
amazing film even though its very long..

Over-rated: American Beauty, Bridget Jones, Closer, Titanic -all crap
I liked the Beach but think it got way too much praise.

Under-rated: Elf! -Never heard much mentioned about it but it's my favourite x-mas movie!
Crazy/Beautiful, never heard much about it either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind!

HomesickAlien

i liked la confidential except for the police captain's sh*** attempt at an irish accent...
i liked american beauty, but i suppose is a bit of an acquired taste.
in america, however, is absolute shvitz.
meanwhile memento is totally under-rated.

Reef

Over-rated: American Beauty, Bridget Jones, Closer, Titanic -all crap
I liked the Beach but think it got way too much praise.

Under-rated: Elf! -Never heard much mentioned about it but it's my favourite x-mas movie!
Crazy/Beautiful, never heard much about it either and I loved it.

I loved a Beautiful Mind!

HomesickAlien

i liked la confidential except for the police captain's sh*** attempt at an irish accent...
i liked american beauty, but i suppose is a bit of an acquired taste.
in america, however, is absolute shvitz.
meanwhile memento is totally under-rated

norbert64

Under-rated: Original version of The Crow with Brandon Lee.
Also Starship Troopers. A silly, but cool alien bugs movie.

Over-rated: LA Confidential and Lost in Translation.

Sorry guys but Hulk was pants, period. What with the CGI Hulk, the split screen scenes, the nonsensical storyline and WTF was up, with the jumping everywhere.

I guess I'm prolly biased anyway coz I woz brought up on Hulk:TOS with the legend Bill Bixby and the great Lou Ferrigno. Anywho just my 2 cents.
C YA

Raoul Duke

Over-rated: All Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

Under-Rated: Memoirs of an Invisible Man


A film that was first under-rated but now is vastly over-rated: Shawshank Redemption

Hugh Hefner

Retr0gamer wrote:

Over-rated: 28 grams (pretends to be more complicated than it really is),

It's called 21 grams.


American Beauty: Rocks like a rocking rocker who was once professer of rocking at harvard but has now moved on and currently chairs the UNFR (United Nations Foundation of ROCKNG!!!!!)

Overrated Universties: Harvard

Reef: Why did you post the same thing like 5 times. I realise you're new but c'mon.

Retr0gamer

It's called 21 grams

And its still not all its made out to be.

mobile04

anyone ever seen a movie called clockers . harvey keitel.
very under rated

Retr0gamer

The Spike Lee film? Thought it was great as well.

Reef

Just noticed my 20 repeated posts now. Sorry lads there was something up with the board when I was replying :eek:

galactus

mobile04 wrote:

anyone ever seen a movie called clockers . harvey keitel.
very under rated

Its a goodie alright but my #1 Spike Lee joint is "Do the Right Thing"

Kazujo

fade2black wrote:

over rated film in recent year(s) is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. Nonsense from start to finish.

I have to disagree here, I thought external synshine was a great movie I don't remember there being that much Hype about it either.

Most overated: Troy and Finding Nemo