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

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  • #872
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    sabat wrote: »
    I put on The Empire Strikes Back-supposedly the best Star Wars- on a plane last year for a bit of nostalgia; I probably hadn't seen it in 35 years. Even as a kids movie it's piss poor. The dialogue between Luke Skywalker and r2d2 where he expositorily translates every beep is just excruciating to watch. The imperial walkers are the stupidest military vehicles I've ever seen-basically big metal donkeys, defeated by a bit of rope, which of course every starfighter carries.

    Harsh enough. With all due respect that was only R2's second movie, give him a break ffs...

    For me, I never got the love for Lando Carlrissian myself, what a greasy slimeball. He should be made go on celebrity death match with Bib Fortuna, handcufffed.


  • #873
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    Calvary was pretty good but most of the characters in it are extremely unlikeable. Even Pat Shortt comes across as a total c u next Tuesday in it, especially the scene where he tells Brendan Gleeson that his "church is on fire" in a sneering manner.

    we were expected to believe that a medium sized town in the north west was soddom n gomorrah

    the mc donaghs are dreadfully over rated as film makers


  • #874
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    we were expected to believe that a medium sized town in the north west was soddom n gomorrah

    the mc donaghs are dreadfully over rated as film makers

    Compared to who?

    I think they are class btw.

    Seven Psychopaths is a hoot.


  • #875
    The Nal
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    IAMAMORON wrote: »

    Seven Psychopaths is a hoot.

    Thought so too. Sam Rockwell, wow.


  • #876
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    The Nal wrote: »
    Thought so too. Sam Rockwell, wow.

    Rockwell is extremely underrated.

    He can be hilarious also, he owned George Bush. It was all in the eyes.


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  • #877
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Compared to who?

    I think they are class btw.

    Seven Psychopaths is a hoot.

    pure self indulgent tripe


  • #878
    Sebastian Dangerfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭Sebastian Dangerfield


    Maybe too new to be truly "overrated", but following some good reviews I watched "Im thinking of ending things" on Netflix.

    I had to google what it was about after watching it, and if anything that made it worse.


  • #879
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    There are some people who would lynch you for saying it but Ryan's Daughter is a total snoozefest.


  • #880
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    the purple tin wrote: »
    There are some people who would lynch you for saying it but Ryan's Daughter is a total snoozefest.

    that has never been highly rated , i only saw it for the first time a few years ago , was better than i thought it would be though , had very low expectations


  • #881
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    ive always thought close encounters of the third kind is incredibly over rated


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  • #882
    the purple tin
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    that has never been highly rated , i only saw it for the first time a few years ago , was better than i thought it would be though , had very low expectations
    It would be very highly rated by a certain generation of Irish people, it and The Quiet Man.


  • #883
    Parsnips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭Parsnips


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    ive always thought close encounters of the third kind is incredibly over rated

    OH NO.An amazing movie. How could you :)


  • #884
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    the purple tin wrote: »
    It would be very highly rated by a certain generation of Irish people, it and The Quiet Man.
    The Quiet Man is a good bit of fun and that absolutely ridiculous brawl is well worth the time! And it has what Ryan's Daughter doesn't, Maureen O'Hara at her fiery best!


  • #885
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Chris Nolans Batman franchise, particularly part 2. Grand fluff movies but other than that they have little to offer.


  • #886
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    the purple tin wrote: »
    It would be very highly rated by a certain generation of Irish people, it and The Quiet Man.

    By critics


  • #887
    smilerf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭smilerf


    The horror It Follows
    Rave reviews
    Thought it was really bad


  • #888
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,241 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    is_that_so wrote: »
    The Quiet Man is a good bit of fun and that absolutely ridiculous brawl is well worth the time! And it has what Ryan's Daughter doesn't, Maureen O'Hara at her fiery best!

    Comedy Western transplanted to a damp climate. Mildly amusing fare.


  • #889
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    I think Titanic (1997) is overrated, people thinks it's a great film but I think 'A night to remember' (1958) is a much better account/film about the ill-fated liner .....


  • #890
    completedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭completedit


    Films in general are overrated. I tend to swerve any film that is meant to have a profound message.


  • #891
    BattleCorp
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    is_that_so wrote: »
    The Quiet Man is a good bit of fun and that absolutely ridiculous brawl is well worth the time! And it has what Ryan's Daughter doesn't, Maureen O'Hara at her fiery best!

    I like The Quiet Man. It's one of my favourite films and rarely would a year go by without me watching it.

    Maureen O'Hara was a fine bird in her time. Stunning.


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  • #892
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 13,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I dislike most films that are generally talked about, but over the past few years, I have particularly hated:

    The Shape of Water
    Arrival


  • #893
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    There's so many rubbish films it's hard to pick out one or two. Anything Star Wars or Sci Fi pure muck. Animation can get the boat. Fantasy nonsense like Lord of the Onion Rings is just baloney. Super Marvels or whatever its called can sling it's hook.

    One film i saw mentioned on here was Cardboard Gangsters. Although John Connors was lead actor and he's a bit of a muppet i thought the film was pretty much bang on the money for that gangland life in large parts of Dublin and i give it a healthy 7/10.


  • #894
    Porklife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Porklife


    The Martian.


  • #895
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,421 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Mamma Mia
    The stage show was so much better , I thought the film was frantic and too busy and hated Meryl Streep in the role


  • #896
    Capt'n Midnight
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    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    Mamma Mia
    The stage show was so much better , I thought the film was frantic and too busy and hated Meryl Streep in the role
    In a world that has Muriel's Wedding why does Mamma Mia even exist ?


  • #897
    Mad_maxx
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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I dislike most films that are generally talked about, but over the past few years, I have particularly hated:

    The Shape of Water
    Arrival

    very few films i hate more than Arrival


  • #898
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    the crying game


  • #899
    Ladygoodman1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭Ladygoodman1


    thats awful brad pit one. The tree of life i think was called. I know.people pretend like it for fear looking stupid. Its the epitome of the emporers new clothes in a film.


  • #900
    IAMAMORON
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    Ladygoodman1 wrote: »
    thats awful brad pit one. The tree of life i think was called. I know.people pretend like it for fear looking stupid. Its the epitome of the emporers new clothes in a film.

    Agreed, I was seething after sitting through it.

    Palme D'or's are for French people. My ex girlfriend used to think it was a type of soap or a shampoo.


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  • #901
    TheBlackPill
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    Lost in Translation.
    Enjoyed the film. Really identified with the Bill Murray character.
    Wife hated it, the emotional affair at the centre of the film probably worried her.
    but it is hugely overrated.


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