Stuff that you always thought was over-rated, but were scared to say!

AskMyChocolate · 23-12-2012 04:56PM #1

For me, it has to be "The catcher in the rye".

It's not badly written, and it does have some of that simplicity of language, that tends to grab you, but , I wouldn't put it up there with "Breakfast at Tiffanys" or "The Old Man and the Sea", or any of Steinbeck's stuff.

So, what think ye AH? Are Tayto crisps over-rated? Or other things?

First person to bring up "Starry night" by Van Gogh or The Stone Roses, gets a puck in the jaw. If anything they're under-rated.:D

Anyway, Happy Christmas friends.

Choco

Napper Hawkins · 23-12-2012 04:59PM

The Stone Roses are massively, massively, hilariously overrated.

23-12-2012 05:00PM

Zoolander and Team America, there I said it.

Celly Smunt · 23-12-2012 05:00PM

Anchorman.

efb · 23-12-2012 05:01PM

Why do people feel the need to declare what's 'over-rated'???

danslevent · 23-12-2012 05:01PM

The monty python films, more fun to quote rather than watch.

Napper Hawkins · 23-12-2012 05:03PM

efb wrote: »

Why do people feel the need to declare what's 'over-rated'???

To remind others that their personal taste is inferior to their own. Obviously.

Celly Smunt · 23-12-2012 05:03PM

danslevent wrote: »

The monty python films, more fun to quote rather than watch.

blasphemer!!!

Where To · 23-12-2012 05:04PM

Either Star Trek or Star Wars, I can't remember which, I always get them mixed up.

Actually both.

Czarcasm · 23-12-2012 05:04PM

Atheism.

Oh wait, stuff you were "afraid" to say was over-rated...

Nope, drawing a blank there.

krudler · 23-12-2012 05:04PM

Isnt this just the unpopular opinions thread?

squod · 23-12-2012 05:05PM

UFOs

OneArt · 23-12-2012 05:05PM

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a load of sh!t. One of the most boring books I've ever read. The story just dragged and halfway through I hadn't a clue what was going on.

Anything I've read by Franz Kafka. "The Trial" painfully boring and I just hadn't a clue what was going on. Didn't capture my interest at all.

"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". Okay, I know the Hobbit is written for kids, but after reading the Silmarillion and other tales about Middle Earth I just couldn't enjoy the original books.

Max Power · 23-12-2012 05:06PM

Kate Moss

Shryke · 23-12-2012 05:06PM

I don't like sports at all. It's not a view that goes down well usually, so I tend not to mention it.

Breaking Bad is way over-hyped. Well made, over-hyped.

Hanging out with people at all times. It's all a bit claustrophobic and clingy. Some people wouldn't know who they were if you took their friends away. Pretty sure I'd be told to fcuk right off if I voiced that one, and rightly so probably. :pac:

Jogathon · 23-12-2012 05:06PM

Brad Pitt.

Larianne · 23-12-2012 05:06PM

The Simpsons.

It's not that funny.

Shryke · 23-12-2012 05:07PM

OneArt wrote: »

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a load of sh!t. One of the most boring books I've ever read. The story just dragged and halfway through I hadn't a clue what was going on.

Anything I've read by Franz Kafka. "The Trial" painfully boring and I just hadn't a clue what was going on. Didn't capture my interest at all.

"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". Okay, I know the Hobbit is written for kids, but after reading the Silmarillion and other tales about Middle Earth I just couldn't enjoy the original books.

I don't think the books were the problem.

Prometheus · 23-12-2012 05:07PM

James Joyce and Ulysses, guarantee you 99% of people who have said they read it actually haven't.
My proof. The first 10 pages alone are a complete and utter dirge.
Its one of these items in life that became trendy without anyone
knowing how or why.
Oh, and the Clash are in this bracket as well!

Rasheed · 23-12-2012 05:08PM

Coldplay. Can't understand the fascination.

Celly Smunt · 23-12-2012 05:08PM

The beatles also

kraggy · 23-12-2012 05:09PM

Angelina Jolie.

Jennifer Aniston >>>>> Angelina Jolie.

Jimoslimos · 23-12-2012 05:10PM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

For me, it has to be "The catcher in the rye".

It's not badly written, and it does have some of that simplicity of language, that tends to grab you, but , I wouldn't put it up there with "Breakfast at Tiffanys" or "The Old Man and the Sea", or any of Steinbeck's stuff

I remember reading it when younger and all I could think was what a massive prick Holden Caulfield was. Maybe I'll re-read it sometime to see if my attitude has changed.