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

03-09-2020 06:47PM

Every 'Fast and the Furious' after 'Tokyo Drift'.

rossie1977 · 03-09-2020 06:49PM

As usual some awful takes in a thread like this.

The guy hating on Shawshank because he is a Trump supporter or the other person saying all sci-fi movies are terrible....wow

EagererBeaver · 03-09-2020 06:49PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Every 'Fast and the Furious' after 'Tokyo Drift'.

No way, Fast 5 is absolutely magnificent. For Danza Kuduro if nothing else.

is_that_so · 03-09-2020 06:50PM

Fight Club, Trainspotting and the aforementioned Withnail would be on my list as would a lot of the recent superhero stuff, especially recent Batman outings.
And one very recent one - Midsommar.

Strumms · 03-09-2020 07:00PM

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

I agree about No Country for Old Men.

It really is extraordinary in many ways, and I have friends who found it blah. The story is smart and tightly wound, the acting and direction superb. The settings are also excellent.

A brilliant film, story, acting, dialogue, cinematography, unpredictable, extremely violent and shocking when you’d least expect it... great film.

alchemist33 · 03-09-2020 07:09PM

Strumms wrote: »

A brilliant film, story, acting, dialogue, cinematography, unpredictable, extremely violent and shocking when you’d least expect it... great film.

The off-screen death of the protagonist just ruined it for me. Just one decision in an otherwise excellent film but thats what stuck with me.

Greyfox · 03-09-2020 07:12PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

No way, Fast 5 is absolutely magnificent. For Danza Kuduro if nothing else.

All the Furious films are on the same level as mega shark v giant octopus

Montage of Feck · 03-09-2020 07:23PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YigM-F4oSIE

Airyfairy12 · 03-09-2020 07:27PM

Most of the new Super hero movies, in particular the Avengers - cheesy, badly written scripts and 3hrs long, I thought it would never end, I would rather go to mass than watch Infinity war again! absolute torture!

Erranged · 03-09-2020 07:35PM

Sully

I haven't seen it but I can guess how bad it is

Typical American superhero trash!

take everything · 03-09-2020 07:41PM

Greyfox wrote: »

It's a good film, but not one I'd watch again. Having the main character killed off screen was annoying

In fairness I think that was the point. ðŸ™‚

I think Brolin (an underrated actor IMO) is great as the hero, a decent (not perfect) guy with rough edges who gets in over his head and is dispensed of cruelly.

It's this nihilism that I find strangely soothing about the film.

No matter how you root for someone, it's all a big nothing (as Livia Soprano would say).

The guy is still one of the heroes of the film (and was to him and others).

joe40 · 03-09-2020 07:52PM

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Most of the new Super hero movies, in particular the Avengers - cheesy, badly written scripts and 3hrs long, I thought it would never end, I would rather go to mass than watch Infinity war again! absolute torture!

As superhero movies I think the avengers movies are brilliant. They were great family movies for family cinema trips.
As for infinity war unless you sat through about 5 or 6 previous movies all 2 1/2 to 3 hrs long it won't have made a lot of sense.
For what they were I think the Avengers movies were great but each to their own.

iamstop · 03-09-2020 07:57PM

Mission Impossible II - worst garbage I've ever seen in the cinema. Never watched another Tom Cruise movie after that.

magick · 03-09-2020 08:19PM

iamstop wrote: »

Mission Impossible II - worst garbage I've ever seen in the cinema. Never watched another Tom Cruise movie after that.

Pity, Edge of Tomorrow was really good.

RayCon · 03-09-2020 08:20PM

I take it Titanic has been said already.

Sorry about that · 03-09-2020 08:22PM

As Good As It Gets. Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson as annoying as each other.

DrGreenThumb82 · 03-09-2020 08:23PM

Ah lads I was yanking yer legs about Shawshank.

It's a favourite actually and I've seen it several times.

It is a very enjoyable movie but it is certainly overrated.

Stephen King is a knob though.

Mad_maxx · 03-09-2020 08:28PM

The Post

one of the dullest films ive ever seen

critics received it well

limnam · 03-09-2020 08:44PM

A Clockwork Orange.

Utter tripe.

buried · 03-09-2020 08:53PM

Greyfox wrote: »

It's a good film, but not one I'd watch again. Having the main character killed off screen was annoying

"I need you to step out the car please sir"

daithi1970 · 03-09-2020 08:57PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Sorry, no. That’s Christopher Nolan’s “thing”, everything has to be fractured, and convoluted.

my head still hurts after watching Memento..

03-09-2020 08:57PM

The Snapper.

Porklife · 03-09-2020 09:10PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The Snapper.

I think there's a real 80s Northside affinity towards that movie. I grew up around that area and at that time and it really hit the nail on the head. Colm Meaney is impossible not to like too.

As Good as it gets - absolute bollock. If that movie is as good as it gets I'll stick to radio.

03-09-2020 09:13PM

Erranged wrote: »

Sully

I haven't seen it but I can guess how bad it is

Typical American superhero trash!

actually you couldn't be further from the mark really of how the movie plays out.

most of the movie is the pilot defending his decision to land in the river in an arbitration / court type setting - quite well done and interesting.

the plane landing bit is over quite quickly.

Church on Tuesday · 03-09-2020 09:22PM

daithi1970 wrote: »

my head still hurts after watching Memento..

It's by far his best film.

loyatemu · 03-09-2020 09:23PM

iamstop wrote: »

Mission Impossible II - worst garbage I've ever seen in the cinema. Never watched another Tom Cruise movie after that.

Yes - we watched the MI films with the kids during the lockdown, I thought I'd seen them all before but apparently I hadn't seen MI2 and it really stinks. I quite like John Woo, and the rest of the MI series is at least entertaining, but MI2 is cheesy and boring.

loyatemu · 03-09-2020 09:23PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

It's by far his best film.

pfft - The Prestige wants a word with you...

loyatemu · 03-09-2020 09:24PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Fight Club, Trainspotting and the aforementioned Withnail

so much wrong in such a short post!

Tiger Roll · 03-09-2020 09:26PM

Twelve Monkeys . The biggest piece of crap ever made

quickbeam · 03-09-2020 09:29PM

Tiger Roll wrote: »

Twelve Monkeys . The biggest piece of crap ever made

Agreed. All Terry Gilliam movies come to that.

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

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