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

Ash.J.Williams · 06-09-2020 03:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Ace Ventura Pet Detective 2 & 3

I don’t think 2 And 3 are in the scope of this thread

AllGunsBlazing · 06-09-2020 03:49PM

Anything directed by Chris Nolan.

Yurt2 · 06-09-2020 03:55PM

byronbay2 wrote: »

Some "people" (let's keep it polite!) have accused Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy of being overrated. Well, it's on BBC1 now and I'm watching it for about the 6th time. Without doubt, one of the best films of the past 10 years and gets better on each viewing!

It is indeed very good. The BBC miniseries from the late '70s with Alec Guinness is also well worth watching - it's on youtube. I'd have it as better than the movie actually.

Capt'n Midnight · 06-09-2020 04:34PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Anything directed by Chris Nolan.

The Batmans were grand.

Interstellar really gets my goat. Such bad SciFi. Basic stuff like how come a tiny shuttle needs a huge rocket to get off Earth but has no problem with taking off from a planet. And if time is critical for the survival of the human race why do they spend years checking out the first planet ?

And the visualisation of the black hole that looked like an old windows 95 screen saver.

Memento concept is interesting but the characters aren't. There's an Easter egg on the DVD that allows you to watch it in chronological sequence. I haven't bothered

ILoveYourVibes · 06-09-2020 04:35PM

Volver.

Necro · 06-09-2020 04:35PM

quickbeam wrote: »

If only there was ... I dunno ... a way a small group of us could give you recomendations for B&W movies that you could watch, and then come back to us and let us know what you thought of them, and rank them in some sort of order of preference, or something? :rolleyes:

:pac:

I'm actually slowly getting through that list, but boy are there some absolute turds submitted that make it even more difficult.

Besides, I'm not going first

06-09-2020 04:37PM

quickbeam wrote: »

Interesting, I don’t like any of those films. It’s probably my cold stone heart, so.

Probably :pac:

imme · 06-09-2020 05:48PM

byronbay2 wrote: »

What the hell is that supposed to mean? What is a necessary movie?

To me, everything about TTSS is spot on: the immersion in the period, the repression, the paranoia. Brilliant cast, superb script. One of the very few movies I would watch again and again. As regards overrated, as far as I know it didn't win any Oscars, which is an absolute travesty!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!

What's the anger about.

I was expressing my opinion.

The story had been done before.

I didn't see anything worthy in the movie.

imme · 06-09-2020 05:55PM

Necro wrote: »

Casablanca for me. Only watched it recently as I have an aversion to B&W movies but my God is it poor. Two blokes in a bar smoking and talking for the most part. Don't understand why it's held in such high regard at all at all.

Casablanca is a timeless classic.

It has all the components of a great movie, drama, comedy, a love story, selflessness, the Nazis getting a thrashing!

For me it is full on drama, it isn't the kind of movie you could watch while being online at the same time.

Maybe there is a right time of day or day of the week for watching classics.

Necro · 06-09-2020 07:06PM

*Shrugs* I thought it was a steaming pile of rubbish and stand by that opinion

murpho999 · 06-09-2020 08:15PM

Necro wrote: »

Casablanca for me. Only watched it recently as I have an aversion to B&W movies but my God is it poor. Two blokes in a bar smoking and talking for the most part. Don't understand why it's held in such high regard at all at all.

Apart from your opinion on Casablanca (which is wrong), what's your aversion to black & white movies?

Some of the greatest films of all time are B&W and you're missing out on a lot if you don't watch them.

Achebe · 06-09-2020 09:09PM

Necro wrote: »

Casablanca for me. Only watched it recently as I have an aversion to B&W movies but my God is it poor. Two blokes in a bar smoking and talking for the most part. Don't understand why it's held in such high regard at all at all.

I watched it for the first time recently, and while I liked parts of it, I found a lot of it to be quite bad. I definitely wouldn't rank it so highly, and there are plenty of other films from the same time period that I prefer.

Hangdogroad · 06-09-2020 09:37PM

quickbeam wrote: »

The ‘message’ in Grease is actually quite disturbing.

Theres a message? It's just a trashy musical from the late 70s depicting a totally unrealistic version of the 50s. Nobody wore leather trousers in the 1950s, not even Elvis.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 06-09-2020 10:20PM

quickbeam wrote: »

The ‘message’ in Grease is actually quite disturbing.

I disagree. To me, Sandy at the end is just trying on a different style for size. It’s just normal teenage experimentation.

EmmetSpiceland · 06-09-2020 10:55PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I disagree. To me, Sandy at the end is just trying on a different style for size. It’s just normal teenage experimentation.

The flying car was a bold move. Raised a lot of questions, and “speculation”.

IAMAMORON · 06-09-2020 11:14PM

Engrossed tonight in Dirty Grandpa on Channel 4. It really is a pile a shight, but not as bad as the 11% awarded by Rotten Tomatoes. Mark Kermode called it the worst film of 2016 and I think any film that annoys him has to be worth a watch. Aubrey Plaza is sensational and her usual funny and witty self, she is strong actor and also very pleasing on the eye.

joeguevara · 06-09-2020 11:18PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I disagree. To me, Sandy at the end is just trying on a different style for size. It’s just normal teenage experimentation.

Mmm Danny forced her twice quite violently to have s3x and she still changed herself to try win him. The films crazy.

joeguevara · 06-09-2020 11:19PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Engrossed tonight in Dirty Grandpa on Channel 4. It really is a pile a shight, but not as bad as the 11% awarded by Rotten Tomatoes. Mark Kermode called it the worst film of 2016 and I think any film that annoys him has to be worth a watch. Aubrey Plaza is sensational and her usual funny and witty self, she is strong actor and also very pleasing on the eye.

Loved it. Liked the shopkeeper who was in Brooklyn Nine Nine.

murpho999 · 06-09-2020 11:46PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Engrossed tonight in Dirty Grandpa on Channel 4. It really is a pile a shight, but not as bad as the 11% awarded by Rotten Tomatoes. Mark Kermode called it the worst film of 2016 and I think any film that annoys him has to be worth a watch. Aubrey Plaza is sensational and her usual funny and witty self, she is strong actor and also very pleasing on the eye.

It is a terrible film though and Kermode's review was epic I thought.

The scene were Zac Efron wakes up with his Grandather's dick next to him is pretty vile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05GwDHYXlmI

no.8 · 07-09-2020 12:50AM

AllGunsBlazing wrote:

Anything directed by Chris Nolan.

Allgunssilenced with that hilariously untrue comment

no.8 · 07-09-2020 12:52AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Interstellar really gets my goat. Such bad SciFi. Basic stuff like how come a tiny shuttle needs a huge rocket to get off Earth but has no problem with taking off from a planet. And if time is critical for the survival of the human race why do they spend years checking out the first planet ?

Tbh, you should look into the physics behind the movie. It's all based on relativity and the three affect of a singularity (black hole). It is correct.....bar say the later scenes (no spoilers)

no.8 · 07-09-2020 12:53AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

And the visualisation of the black hole that looked like an old windows 95 screen saver.

Ah ok, this is a wind-up.

Fair-do's

milehip · 07-09-2020 07:44AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Interstellar really gets my goat. Such bad SciFi.

And if time is critical for the survival of the human race why do they spend years checking out the first planet ?

Wasn't that an unintended consequence of the time difference on that planet caused by gravity.
I.e. one hour on that planet equals 6 months on earth.

Wombatman · 07-09-2020 07:58AM

The Hangover (franchise).

EltonJohn69 · 07-09-2020 08:01AM

Fast and furious > bond

Mister Vain · 07-09-2020 09:28AM

Pretty much all of Tarantino's films. Ridiculous over the top violence.

cj maxx · 07-09-2020 09:34AM

Avatar. I know it was supposed to be a satire on US foreign policy and all but but just a poor sci-fi movie. Why it was nominated is beyond me, Cameron or not

07-09-2020 09:42AM

'The Phantom Menace'. Star Wars.

07-09-2020 10:59AM

The Revenant

Church on Tuesday · 07-09-2020 11:11AM

Mister Vain wrote: »

Pretty much all of Tarantino's films. Ridiculous over the top violence.

Nah more dialogue heavy (which is a good thing because the dialogue is nearly always great), Tarantino films really aren't all that violent, esp by today's standards.

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

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