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Overrated and disappointing films

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    Do not know much about Oppenheimer's life so did not watch the film ... I see the DVD making him on the cover look like Indiana Jones ... I don't think I would watch this DVD unless I researched more about his life and whether it is interesting enough to watch ...



  • Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭Robert Jackson


    Don't waste your time watch something like Scarface instead



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,291 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭rdhma


    Sorry To Bother You (2018)

    Fairly well received critically, a dystopian satire.

    The execution was just terrible, unfunny jokes and blunt-as a-rock satire. Seemed like a film school project that somehow got released.

    It was 1hr 52 mins I'll never get back. Would have walked out of the cinema if I was seeing it on my own.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,721 ✭✭✭✭walshb




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,769 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    I saw it for the first time about 2 years ago. Didn't think it was much good. Maybe it was groundbreaking 25 years ago. But not a lot to it plotwise.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,238 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Ah it's a hitchcock style masterpiece, perfect tension and jumps



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,721 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Ah here… one greatest films ever. It’s so rewatchable



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,721 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    As comedies go, Bridesmaids was absolute puke!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,971 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Avatar, what an absolute gowl of a movie. It's Fern Gully remade with giant smurfs and a bit of Sci-fi.

    The last iteration of A Star is Born, absolutely awful pastiche that felt like each act was directed by a different person and all done as part of a film school movie. As for Cooper's use of foreshadowing, it really needs to be hammered into him that it's meant to be subtle.

    The Irishman, the many saints of Newark and last but not least, Black Panther. I 100% get why it's an important film, but? It is IMO poor. Didn't rate the villain , the plot armour was too strong and there's a point in the film when a group of 6'+ Wakandans are waltzing around South Korea keeping a low profile 🤦



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,690 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Sorry but I cannot understand that comment at all with regards to 'plotwise'. Most movies are basically repeats of themes already done once or twice or godknowshowmany times if they aren't outright remakes. Which only seems to be getting worse as time goes on. Basically making most movies borefests nowadays or outright unwatchable because its just the 7th instalment of Spiderman fights the Green Lantern while demolishing a whole cityscape or something. Yawn.

    Matrix offered something completely new idea wise and it had cinematic innovation and style and message too. The sequels were utter rubbish, but the original Matrix was brilliant and a great movie IMO.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    That A Star Is Born is one of the most overrated overhyped films of all time .... and Shallow a terrible song ... Tubridy and all that shower loved it and overhyped it out of all proportion .... several people were singing this overrated Shallow thing too on his shows ...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭sprucemoose




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭sprucemoose


    i feel thats why 'Titane' and some other similar movies get so much leeway with critics, if it were in english it would be dismissed



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 645 ✭✭✭cheese sandwich


    It’s hardly considered a classic, but I don’t understand why Marcel The Shell With Shoes On has got vaguely positive reviews. I found it to be puke-inducingly twee with the most obnoxious ‘cute’ voice for the lead character (who is indeed an animated shell with one disturbingly large eye)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,480 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    Can't for the life of me understand how the Matrix gets into this thread, it's an absolute belter and majority of it still holds up very well.

    2 and 3 had moments but not as good for sure and 4 was a steaming pile of dog ****.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    I like the first 5 Spider-Man movies but those Homecoming ones et al are not for me .... too much of these extended universe Marvel and DC films do not work out .... plus killing off Tony Stark was more of what was wrong with modern films ... Bond, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, John Wick, etc. the same .... no need to be killing off everyone ....

    I love the original Matrix ... the sequels are okay but too repetitive ... still they are better than most of the stuff out there ...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    The original Jaws from 1975 is one of the greatest movies ever made imv ... if you want a really really bad shark film I'd recommend the sequel called Jaws: The Revenge ...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,481 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    When asked about his participation in 'JAWS : The Revenge', Michael Caine famously replied...

    "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    Scarface is a great film .. have watched it loads of times ...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    I was very underwhelmed by "The Departed".

    Now, I will admit, much of this was down to the fact that I'd been a big fan of the original "Infernal Affairs" trilogy. I remember renting them out on DVD in my local Xtravision as they were coming out and championing them to anyone who would listen. Like The Departed, it had a monster cast: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Eric Tsang, Tony Wong, Kelly Chen.

    The first film pretty much following the same path as The Departed. The second was a prequel, mainly charting the rise of Eric Tsang's mob boss Sam and Tony Wong's Chief Inspector Wong. The third movie flipping between 6 months before the end of movie 1 and 6 months after with all the cast returning

    The scene with Lau and Leung both revealing their identities to Chen as their shrink is awesome)

    But on top of the familiarity, I just wasn't gone on some of the remake characters:

    What was the point of Mark Whalburg except to be angry?

    Jack Nicholson was just, well, doing Jaaaaaaack that he's been doing for years. Compare his histrionics with Tsang's quiet anger and menace.

    Leung's pent-up anguish and quiet desperation to get out compared with DiCaprio's Oscar-baiting twitching affectations.

    Plus... It just looked so cool. That late 90s/early 00s Hong Kong style: Cool colour palette, sharp clothes (Well, for the time), rooftops, Mexican stand-offs, Mexican stand-offs ON rooftops, flashbacks to something that happened like 5 mins before. Not quite as bombastic as John Woo (Fewer doves).

    I just thought it was.... well.... meh



  • Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Lefty2Guns


    Loved the first Infernal Affairs movie. Never watched the other two, must try find them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,608 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I think you can add all Wes Anderson films to this category

    He must just be laughing at us. 'I can't believe they keep letting me make the same film over and over and over again"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,608 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    So you didn't actually watch the film and have decided it was rubbish.

    You might not have added it to your all time greatest movies list, but leaving in the first act before the story even got going properly, and then deciding that you're qualified to judge it is one of the reasons our society is crumbling all around us



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    Scarface.

    Pacino at his most hammy, obvious story, loved by scumbags.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,760 ✭✭✭DeadHand


    I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy Christmas and peaceful, prosperous New Year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,373 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    I struggled all the way through it and my conclusion is that it was in fact absolute rubbish. Nothing Nowhere not happening. Can’t believe it won big at the Oscars, it was time for a sci-fi or even horror film to win big but not this one.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,228 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Was expecting biting satire about zero hour contracts and racism in the workplace based on the promo.

    Instead it turns out to be a terrible as you say "film school" level sci-fi.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    I rewatched them recently (About 18 months ago). Just to see if it was a rose-tinted glasses affair (No pun intended) and they really hold up. Sure, you still have all the usual clichés mentioned above and it's a bit dated at parts but they really did hold up surprisingly well.

    The first one is great: You know the story

    The second is a prequel following the rise of Sam and Wong and is also very good. Not quite as good as the first but still well worth a watch

    The third is set about 6 months before the end of the first and 6 months after and is really excellent. Quite possibly the best of the trilogy. Unfortunately I do not see it on any streamers (After renting them originally I spent quite a bit of money importing them on DVD many years ago), Definitely worth trying to see



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    I enjoy The Shining but would not rate it as a horror film at all ... it is an excellent psychological thriller imv ... nothing truly horrific in it ... more the thriller genre for me this one and a good one .... something like The Fly from 1987 would be more horror for me ...

    One thing about The Shining though is what is the meaning of the picture at the end?? ... the Jack character was immortal or something ?? ..

    It is interesting to note Jack Nicholson played a few characters call Jack ... his version of The Joker in Batman was also called Jack ...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    Another overrated film is The Karate Kid .... know the sequels are terrible but the original is not as great as it is supposed to be ... sure it is not exactly what one would call a bad film and certainly ain't awful like say Fifty Shades of Grey ... but it is nowhere near as great as some people state in raving reviews ...

    Bullit and The Searchers are 2 more that I have not got into on a scale where I would rate them in my top 20 ... they'd make somewhere in my top 200 anyhow not sure where though ... admittedly only watched them 2 times and it was 2013 I last watched both so may give them another go ... maybe I wanted Dirty Harry and the Dollars trilogy/Magnificent 7 respectively ... but both films didn't excite me ... despite they being considered great ... they most certainly are not bad ... they are quite good but not something that I would call gripping ...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,373 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    I thought ‘2001 a space odyssey’ was total horse sh1t.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,228 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    I assumed the picture meant that the hotel had taken or claimed him. Don't think he was on the photo in earlier scenes.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    I think people of a certain age have a lot of nostalgia for the Karate Kid because we saw it a million times when we were young. The tournament montage still stand up though and the overacting of some of the younger cast is fun to watch especially Steve McQueen's son.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,769 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    I'd never have The Karate Kid in the overrated category, and definitely not in disappointing. Anyone going into it with an expectation of oscar-winning acting is delusional. And it is obviously cheesy. But that Crane kick will live in our memories forever. All the hours we spent practicing it on our younger brothers and sisters. And practicing the balancing act of doing it on the fence out the back yard. Life-changing moment !!!😀



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    That Will Ferrel Elf movie. Utterly hate it and the way its become seen as some kind of Christmas "classic". Not a fan of Ferrel in general, Anchorman is hugely overated as well.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭SharkMX


    Leave it all behind. If they ended it well it might make the whole movie worth watching. The last 5 minutes makes you want your money back, even though it was on Netflix.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭SharkMX


    I love most sci-fi but that film is utter scutter. I think a lot of people are afraid to say they didnt like it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,612 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    In fairness, the first two thirds are great. But it takes a dive in last third.



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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,747 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Belfast (Kenneth Braghna)

    It though it was so twee, with mostly bad acting and script writing.

    I made it as far as the cinema scene and had to turn it off 😭



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,228 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    2010 is good. Much more straightforward story.

    Great cast too with Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren and John Lithgow



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,373 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    Was gonna post that when I saw the Xmas ads for it but u got in ahead of me. What an overrated film, nothing really happened in it. It was the most untroubled story of Belfast history I ever saw.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,291 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Do you mean 'Leave the World Behind'?

    I really enjoyed it, great commentary on the state of the US and how much they've fallen socially since the 90s. Really emphasised by making the Darling of the US, Julia Roberts a hugely unlikeable miserable c*nt.

    It's an incredible film and even that bit more incredible given it was made in 1968.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,228 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    "It's an incredible film and even that bit more incredible given it was made in 1968"

    Would have been better with just the HAL story and not the obilisk stuff.

    Wouldn't be anywhere near my top sci-fi list.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭coogy


    Spirited Away (2001)

    To date, the only movie I have ever walked out of. It was hyped to within an inch of its life when it came out, receiving 5 star reviews in every publication going.

    Went to see a sold out screening in the then IFC in Temple Bar. Maybe it was because I wasn't a fan of or didn't know much about 'Japanimation' but there appeared to be no coherent storyline and the fantasy world element just bugged the crap out of me and made it impossible to follow.

    There was only one thing for it............



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    Ohhhhhhhhh......

    Now......

    OK. Now I actually disagree with you in that i think Spirited Away is a masterpiece. BUT I will agree that it was not especially for a mainstream/non-anime fan audience.

    I am a huge Studio Ghibli fan (the animation studio that made the movie) and have visited their museum outside Tokyo many times. Last time being less than three months ago.

    But that's a different thread. I can understand your reception of Spirited Away. I remember, as you say, the (deserved) fawning over it. (For most people raised on Disney etc, Japanese animation can look less smooth and more jerky. But that is a intentional, cultural design choice... that is a whole other thing). I thought it deserved it but I absolutely also remember thinking "It's brilliant, (the brief bit on the train just kills me)... but it's not for everyone"

    So, while I do not agree with you (as others would not agree with my opinion that Scarface is overrated) I know where you are coming from. If you have kids I would suggest starting with "My neighbour Totoro" or "Ponyo" and I will now stop trying to convert people :)

    Anyway... Next?


    Edit: typos and clarifications

    Post edited by TheIrishGrover on


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,747 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    It's Kubrick at his finest; wonderful visuals, superb mood setting along with the perfect soundtrack and slow progression. I loved 2001.

    The narrative about HAL was so forward looking, and added a tenseness to the film. And also that narrative did provide a hook to a film that was otherwise not based on narrative at all. This was 1968!

    The obelisk theme also added an element of mystery. The playing on time, that wormhole scene, or whatever it was, the whole confusion about it and the lack of a clear ending suggested an element of absolute wonder. Brilliant film IMHO.

    And who can forget that beginning! Profound and captivating throughout.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,228 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    I find Studio Ghibli looks great but I tend to get bored with the fantasy plots. The only one I really loved was The Wind Rises.

    Also loved Grave of the Fireflies which many mistake for a proper Studio Ghibli.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,175 ✭✭✭screamer


    A star is born..... more like my brain cells died. a vanity project for lady ga ga and bradley cooper with a miserable ending. null points.



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