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

tylercheribini · 02-09-2020 08:37PM

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?

odyssey06 · 02-09-2020 08:37PM

Erranged wrote: »

Jaws
Biggest hype job ever

Intense experience... perhaps it hasn't aged well as it has been copied \ ripped off so many times.

Greyfox · 02-09-2020 08:39PM

joeguevara wrote: »

If we presume the top was and the poster was lifted to allow Andy get through the hole, no way could he attach the bottom to ensure its taut.

Your talking about a very small detail that only a film nerd would notice, Shawshank deserves it's reputation of best film ever made

Some films like Shawshank, Braveheart, Gladiator, Pulp fiction, terminator 2 and SW the empire strikes back are truly great films that only a few fruitcakes don't like.

02-09-2020 08:39PM

Erranged wrote: »

Jaws

Biggest hype job ever

We're going to need a bigger thread.

Erranged · 02-09-2020 08:39PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Intense experience... perhaps it hasn't aged well as it has been copied \ ripped off so many times.

I was poking fun at it slightly

They demonised the shark

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 08:41PM

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

Star Wars 1 to 9

The Revenant

Joker

Could never get Star Wars , watched the Mandolorian first few weeks of lockdown and it works as a western series more than a sci-fi series

Greyfox · 02-09-2020 08:42PM

The exorcist - about as scary as a man with trousers on his head

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2020 08:43PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

The Batman movie from 1989.

People were having strokes about it back in the day.

Much ado about nothing.

The 1966 film was much better.

Some Bat-deduction at it's finest.

Commissioner Gordon: It could be any one of them... But which one? Which ones?

Batman: Pretty *fishy* what happened to me on that ladder...

Commissioner Gordon: You mean where there's a fish there could be a Penguin?

Robin: But wait! It happened at sea... See? C for Catwoman!

Batman: Yet, an exploding shark *was* pulling my leg...

Commissioner Gordon: The Joker!

Chief O'Hara: All adds up to a sinister riddle... Riddle-R. Riddler!

Commissioner Gordon: A thought strikes me... So dreadful I scarcely dare give it utterance...

Batman: The four of them... Their forces combined...

Robin: Holy nightmare!

fly_agaric · 02-09-2020 08:44PM

Tried to watch Roma on Netflix and failed. Think I got about 1/2 way and didn't go back to it. It is very pretty as far as I remember, shots could be photographs in a coffee-table book etc. but was anything happening at all? Does anything ever happen?

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2020 08:45PM

RandomViewer wrote: »

Could never get Star Wars , watched the Mandolorian first few weeks of lockdown and it works as a western series more than a sci-fi series

Try Firefly series and then Serenity. I'm still surprised that TG4 hasn't shown it.

firemansam4 · 02-09-2020 08:45PM

Cmar-Ireland wrote:

Star Wars 1 to 9

In fairness Star wars is like marmite, I'm surprised your the first to mention it.

I was born in the late 70's and loved it as a child and still love them.

Archeron · 02-09-2020 08:48PM

Titanic. It was sooooo fcuking long. The only redeeming feature of that film was the dude bouncing off the propellor when the ship was sinking.

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 08:48PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Try Firefly series and then Serenity. I'm still surprised that TG4 hasn't shown it.

Have seen both, Star Wars didn't have Summer Glau

Mad_maxx · 02-09-2020 08:50PM

The Departed

arrival

close encounters of the third kind

accopolypse now

the deer hunter

dances with wolves

any of those worthy movies eddy redmayne only seems to do

anything by martin mc donagh

Gregor Samsa · 02-09-2020 08:52PM

Labyrinth. Absolute bollox. The fraggles in it were more convincing than Bowie.

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 08:54PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

The Departed

Is a very good film,

Mad_maxx · 02-09-2020 08:54PM

brilou23 wrote: »

Arrival is worse film I have seen.

same here

the liberal politics is the worst part

dotsman · 02-09-2020 08:54PM

The most recent one for me was Joker.

It really came across as a remake of Taxi Driver (which I found to only be an "alright" movie to begin with) with a twist of "Requiem for a Dream".

Making it a "comic book" character was just even weirder.

py2006 · 02-09-2020 08:54PM

Greyfox wrote: »

The exorcist - about as scary as a man with trousers on his head

Ah now here. Don't get me started. You have to appreciate the era in which this movie came out. It may not scare todays audience but in it's day when horror was Dracula and Frankenstein this came out and scared people enough for ambulances to arrive in theaters.

storker · 02-09-2020 08:56PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

UNLEASH HELL!

I saw a signature somewhere that quoted that speech and added a little extra:

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius...[etc]...and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next. Please leave your message after the tone."

Mad_maxx · 02-09-2020 08:57PM

donegal_man wrote: »

Dumb And Dumber, awful pile of twaddle. Everything in had been done before and better.
Get Out, great concept but so many plot holes.
Gladiator, just awful. Be honest aside from Maximus's speech how much of it does anyone remember?

Gladiator is a movie i can endlessly watch

in my top ten movies , i accept its not viewed as a classic by any means

con___manx1 · 02-09-2020 08:57PM

Not really into superheros.
Nealy half of the films in the cinema the last few years has a ****in superhero in it.
When I was at school only the geeks were into superheros.

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 08:58PM

py2006 wrote: »

Ah now here. Don't get me started. You have to appreciate the era in which this movie came out. It may not scare todays audience but in it's day when horror was Dracula and Frankenstein this came out and scared people enough for ambulances to arrive in theaters.

It's only 2 years older than Carrie, the ambulances and fainting patrons were gimmicks employed by the promoters,

nj27 · 02-09-2020 08:59PM

The Paranormal Activity series is really tedious dreck, and I say that as a fan of the genre. The concept isn't bad but it was poorly executed, no real tension and too many jump scares.

joeguevara · 02-09-2020 08:59PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The 1966 film was much better.

Some Bat-deduction at it's finest.

Commissioner Gordon: It could be any one of them... But which one? Which ones?

Batman: Pretty *fishy* what happened to me on that ladder...

Commissioner Gordon: You mean where there's a fish there could be a Penguin?

Robin: But wait! It happened at sea... See? C for Catwoman!

Batman: Yet, an exploding shark *was* pulling my leg...

Commissioner Gordon: The Joker!

Chief O'Hara: All adds up to a sinister riddle... Riddle-R. Riddler!

Commissioner Gordon: A thought strikes me... So dreadful I scarcely dare give it utterance...

Batman: The four of them... Their forces combined...

Robin: Holy nightmare!

Never knew that there was a 1966 movie but the series with adam west was one of my favourites as a young kid. Blew my mind last night while watching rocky three, when my mate said, buster Meredith who plays mickey was the penguin in the series.

storker · 02-09-2020 09:01PM

con___manx1 wrote: »

Not really into superheros.
Nealy half of the films in the cinema the last few years has a ****in superhero in it.
When I was at school only the geeks were into superheros.

The only Marvel comic series I ever enjoyed was "Dracula Lives!"

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 09:02PM

My three favourite films are Die hard, Aliens and a 70s film called CharleyVarrick with Walter Mattau.

My least favourite films are anything with Tom Cruise

py2006 · 02-09-2020 09:02PM

RandomViewer wrote: »

It's only 2 years older than Carrie, the ambulances and fainting patrons were gimmicks employed by the promoters,

Yes but unlike horrors before it, it felt real and had the religious element (taken VERY seriously in those days).

Very hard to explain to anyone these days. In it's day it had a massive impact.

Mad_maxx · 02-09-2020 09:03PM

Greyfox wrote: »

The exorcist - about as scary as a man with trousers on his head

ridicolous comment

Mantis Toboggan · 02-09-2020 09:03PM

Inception and Mad Max Fury Road.

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

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