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

whisky_galore · 02-09-2020 8:15pm

Traffic, only movie I fell asleep watching at a cinema.

brilou23 · 02-09-2020 8:16pm

Arrival is worse film I have seen.

tylercheribini · 02-09-2020 8:16pm

Dun-****ing-kirk!

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 8:16pm

Connacht15 wrote: »

2001 - A Space Odyssey - Crap!

That whole “light show” section. Rubbish. Not worth watching a second time.

storker · 02-09-2020 8:16pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

What was the problem with Godfather 2?

Firstly, I'm not saying it's a bad movie, I just don't think it's as great as it's reputation and the reason is that it uses the murder of Fredo as the culmination of the process of Michael losing his soul, and yet it doesn't really make clear what it was that Fredo did to deserve it, which I think is a serious omission. The question in the viewers mind should be "Was Michael's action justified considering what Fredo did?" but instead is tends to be "WTF did Fredo actually do?".

Also, while the earlier pieces with de Niro are good (probably because they were lifted from Puzo's novel - which anyone who enjoyed The Godfather really should read as it fills in a lot of missing back story), the plot of the modern day segments seem to me a bit byzantine just for the sake of it.

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 8:17pm

brilou23 wrote: »

Arrival is worse film I have seen.

Endless grey boredom.

Featuring alien squid ink writing

I hated myself for actually paying to watch that rubbish

I see sheep · 02-09-2020 8:18pm

The Lost Boys, cringey nonsense.

JohnnyFlash · 02-09-2020 8:18pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I’ve given most/all a chance and I stand by that. Absolute landfill garbage

I brought one of the young fellas to see that last Avengers movie. The one where your man Thermos wants to destroy the universe and start again. Found myself siding with the guy to be honest, as all the superhero characters were absolute assholes, and I wouldn't want to live in a universe that was that loud or hyperactive either.

Avatar was another one. Complete borefest.

joeguevara · 02-09-2020 8:21pm

DrGreenThumb82 wrote: »

The Shawshank Redemption

A successful banker that is wrongly jailed? Hilarious.

The Warden and the Guards entrusting an inmate with their financial affairs? Even funnier

Rich well to do banker befriending benevolent black murderer in prison, inviting him to join him in Mexico if he ever gets out? In 1947 America?

It's a liberal wet dream that's totally divorced from reality. Unsurprisingly written by Stephen King, who has a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Bizarrely the first time I watched this I was like Annie from Misery (another Stephen king classic) when she went ‘this isn’t right, they just cheated us, he didn’t get out of the cockadoodie car’

https://youtu.be/Br5umHOm3TM

What I meant was the huge flaw in shawshank which ruins the film. Let me explain.

If you have never seen look away now.

Andy dufraine escaping is the point of the film. If he doesn’t the film doesn’t work. As we all know, he escaped via a tunnel hidden by a poster of a pin up.

Now when the governor, and guard checked the cell, they had no clue how he escaped. In anger the warden starting throwing rocks, first at red (Freeman) and then at the cupcake on the wall.

Now listen to 3.05

https://youtu.be/RQSmfzfg2MY

The stone the warden threw pierced the poster. Only way that could happen if poster was taught. If it wasn’t the stone wouldn’t go through, or at least pierce it. Now the only way a poster can be taught is if top and bottom were attached to the wall. If we presume the top was and the poster was lifted to allow Andy get through the hole, no way could he attach the bottom to ensure its taut.

So the fact that it was taut couldn’t happen. If that is faked, then the escape is fake. If he had left the bottom unattached then it works. But no. People, think it doesn’t make a difference. But fcuck it, at least get the most important thing right.

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 8:21pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The film score from the beginning was like a vice slowly closing

The panic the absolute terror of war

And of course the sound of the spitfire

Full metal jacket is a much better war film,
Kelly's Heroes is a much much better war film
Ice Cold in Alex is a much much much better war film

donegal_man · 02-09-2020 8:22pm

Dumb And Dumber, awful pile of twaddle. Everything in had been done before and better.
Get Out, great concept but so many plot holes.
Gladiator, just awful. Be honest aside from Maximus's speech how much of it does anyone remember?

banie01 · 02-09-2020 8:23pm

My own contribution to the shíte movie list.

The last iteration of "A star is born"

Like a bad film school project.
The ending was foreshadowed in the 1st scene, not subtlety either!
By a fúcking billboard! Because the "subtext" might have hard to pick up

It then descends into a pastiche of poorly made music videos held together by hope, Bradley Cooper's brother and little else!

Honestly the only movie in the last 25yrs I've walked out of...

I even stayed for the end of Batman V Superman like...
And that was awful!

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 8:23pm

3 billboards outside Missouri

Absolute bin scrapings of a movie

odyssey06 · 02-09-2020 8:24pm

donegal_man wrote: »

Gladiator, just awful. Be honest aside from Maximus's speech how much of it does anyone remember?

UNLEASH HELL!

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 8:24pm

I see sheep wrote: »

The Lost Boys, cringey nonsense.

Stands up not so bad, it is what it is

Church on Tuesday · 02-09-2020 8:24pm

glasso wrote: »

not sure if they were ever "rated" to begin with, outside teenage boys with sword obsessions

Ah here, the first two Blade films are brilliant, Marvel flicks before they became a thing, love it.

trashcan · 02-09-2020 8:24pm

storker wrote: »

Fight Club
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Fight Club was probably the first film I thought of. Couldn't believe it was so well regarded. Another Brad Pitt one, Seven. Just thought it was nasty for the sake of it. As for what would be regarded as all time classics, Sound of Music (most musicals really, apart from Oliver, which I like) and Gone With the Wind.

Alejandro68 · 02-09-2020 8:25pm

Waterworld, The Postman, Dances With Wolves, hell anything that has Kevin Costner!

tylercheribini · 02-09-2020 8:26pm

Alejandro68 wrote: »

Waterworld, The Postman, Dances With Wolves, hell anything that has Kevin Costner!

Waterworld and The Postman were universally panned upon release.

02-09-2020 8:28pm

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Ah here, the first two Blade films are brilliant, Marvel flicks before they became a thing, love it.

that summarises the problem with them perfectly!

if people only knew that the infection would spread so much it could possibly have been killed off early.

jj880 · 02-09-2020 8:28pm

Smacruairi wrote: »

The big lebowski.

This aggression will not stand man!

Love this movie - also bought the soundtrack - the CD has a blue bowling ball printed on it.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2020 8:28pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Blade runner 2049

Not anywhere near as good as the original

So eh, who exactly reckoned it was going to be anywhere near as good as the original ?

Aliens, Mad Max 2 and The Godfather 2 belong to the very small group of films that are arguably better than the originals. Though Aliens is a very different type of film but set in the same universe. Mad Max was done on next to no budget and still has by far and away the highest box-office-to-budget ratio for an action film with proper car chases and stuff. Mad Max 2 defined the whole post-apocalyptic desert punk thing.

odyssey06 · 02-09-2020 8:29pm

Alejandro68 wrote: »

Waterworld, The Postman, Dances With Wolves, hell anything that has Kevin Costner!

Untouchables was great entertainment, cliched obviously.

No Way Out I think was under-rated if anything.

Dances with Wolves was an epic cinematic experience. Hasn't aged well

Cmar-Ireland · 02-09-2020 8:30pm

Star Wars 1 to 9

The Revenant

Joker

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 8:31pm

In my experience For some reason “joker” fans get extremely angry when anyone says it’s not a complete and utter masterpiece...

Zebra3 · 02-09-2020 8:31pm

The Batman movie from 1989.

People were having strokes about it back in the day.

Much ado about nothing.

Akabusi · 02-09-2020 8:32pm

Watched Ronin recently and De Niro really annoyed me in it. Although the car scenes were still good.

tylercheribini · 02-09-2020 8:32pm

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

Star Wars 1 to 9

The Revenant

Joker

yea of all the films that Leo gets the oscar nod for,has to be one of his poorest efforts.

Erranged · 02-09-2020 8:34pm

Jaws

Biggest hype job ever

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 8:37pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Untouchables was great entertainment, cliched obviously.

No Way Out I think was under-rated if anything.

Dances with Wolves was an epic cinematic experience. Hasn't aged well

Silverado was good

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

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