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

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Can I ask what year did you first watch it and think this ?

Yes, for sure, if you saw it when it came out, before all the visual effects craze, the scare was fairly good. The good thing about Jaws is the acting. Dreyfus, Shaw and Scheider did a good job.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Its sh1te. IMO.

Street Fighter the movie is so much better.

Well, yeah but Street Fighter The Movie was better than most fighting movies. It was genuinely one of the best shyte movies ever. Has to be up there with the first Tremors movie with Kevin Bacon

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Yes, for sure, if you saw it when it came out, before all the visual effects craze, the scare was fairly good. The good thing about Jaws is the acting. Dreyfus, Shaw and Scheider did a good job.

It's the Robert Shaw talk about his ship getting sunk and ending up in shark infested waters. That's brilliant. I think it's right in the middle aswell. People philosophise about Jaws while thinking about politics .ect

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Jaws - worst movie ive ever seen!

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

2 years ago

I thought you'd say something like that, when it first came out it was brilliant,

It's like seeing the first wheel now and saying look at that piece of crap

yourdeadwright wrote: »

I thought you'd say something like that, when it first came out it was brilliant,

It's like seeing the first wheel now and saying look at that piece of crap

It's still a brilliant film.

Fritzbox wrote: »

Has anybody mentioned "Withnail and I" yet?

Watched it for the first time about 3 year's ago - I certainly enjoyed it - I just don't see why anyone would rave about it so much?

There's not many (or any) films like it, so it tends to get a lot of kudos for that alone. But, it's endlessly quotable and the Hamlet soliloquy at the end is an excellent coda.

I spose it depends on when you came across it. I first saw it, before I'd heard anything about it. So, it struck me different. To me it was just a good, quirky, British movie with good performances, even with the dodgy improv.

If I'd had seen after years of build up, I may have been underwhelmed too.

Thing is, you'll probably return to it at some stage for a second go.

'Don't Look Now'

A great opening, a great ending and in between, 100 minutes of tedium.

Fritzbox wrote: »

All the experts say it's a classic

Hence...overrated.

Fritzbox wrote: »

- I own it on DVD, I liked it.

I ripped my mates Blu a couple of years ago. But I haven't bothered with a re-watch. Although, I have already seen it about three times.

Fritzbox wrote: »

Another Nicholas Roeg film I would recommend is "Walkabout" - strangely hallucinogenic.

'Walkabout' is great. It's miles above 'Don't Look Now'.

I first saw 'Walkabout' one afternoon, while I was off sick from school. I hadn't a clue what I was watching and I don't think that the TV station really knew if it should be shown in an afternoon slot. But I knew I fancied Jenny Agutter.

But 'Walkabout', like 'Wake in Fright' is an odd movie. You watch it going what the hell is happening/going to happen next. 'Don't Look Now' is more I don't care what's happening.

jmlad2020 wrote: »

Mrs Brown's boys D'movie

And anything else with Brendan O Carroll

Seriously doubt anyone overrates that.

Odhinn wrote: »

"Tenet" leaves me cold, for some reason. Likewise "Blue velvet".



"Chariots of fire" was another that left me unenthused about it.

Blue Velvet - is that the one with Denis Hopper sucking on a gas mask?
Saw it recently as well, wasn't over impressed, but I'd say that when the film came it in the 1980s it probably seemed a bit more radical and refreshing than it does today?

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

There. I said it!!

The beauty of Jaws is that you could watch it as a kid and the scenes with shark are the scary ones. When you watch it as an adult, knowing it's all make believe, then the Indianapolis speech is the scariest part.

It's a stone cold classic.