most overrated films, reviewers pulling the wool over your eyes.

almostagassi · 19-04-2005 12:16pm #1

before you go to to see a film, you will know beforehand whether it is going to be crap. usually it is a marketing gimmick to cash in on an excellant prequel or it may be just loads of action.

but what really bugs me, is when there is no reason why the film is atrosious and yet it got a good review from the pretentious Ticket.

here are my awards for the most overrated:

Adam and Paul,
Team America World Police
Buffalo Soldiers
Bourne Supremacy, what a bad script.
Wimbledon
cellar door
million dollar baby

Gilgamesh · 19-04-2005 12:17pm

Matrix 2 and 3.
Titanic.
AvP
Blade 2

19-04-2005 12:20pm

Napolean Dynamite

It's just bad.

CerebralCortex · 19-04-2005 12:20pm

AvP was so bad why God why?
The most dissapointing movie ever, but I should have known, its was directed by that Anderson dude.

dawballz · 19-04-2005 12:21pm

Elephant.
Utter sh1te.
Just follows some dude around and then follows him around from a different angle. Then does it for about 3 or 4 different characters.
Worst film I ever saw.

Memnoch · 19-04-2005 4:41pm

almostagassi wrote:

before you go to to see a film, you will know beforehand whether it is going to be crap. usually it is a marketing gimmick to cash in on an excellant prequel or it may be just loads of action.

but what really bugs me, is when there is no reason why the film is atrosious and yet it got a good review from the pretentious Ticket.

here are my awards for the most overrated:

Adam and Paul,
Team America World Police
Buffalo Soldiers
Bourne Supremacy, what a bad script.
Wimbledon
cellar door
million dollar baby

Adam and Paul, - I enjoyed watching it.
Team America World Police - didn't see it.
Buffalo Soldiers - didn't see it.
Bourne Supremacy, what a bad script. - I enjoyed watching it a lot, very entertaining
Wimbledon - stupid british comedy but not a bad popcorn flick
cellar door - didn't see it
million dollar baby - very good film, though a tad over sentimental in bits.

maybe you just need to accept that people can have a different opinion and thus give a positive review because they actually liked the film?

golfgirl · 19-04-2005 5:18pm

of over-rating our own films, don't you find. I don't think a decent Irish movie has been made since The Butcher Boy .. I enjoyed stuff like 'I went down' and 'Intermission' but what the hell kind of trip was 'Goldfish Memory' ... Fair City can do better than that! 'Cowboys and Angels' wasn't bad, but the DVD had 4-stars ... over-rated.

I usually try to check as many different reviews of a movie before seeing it, without finding out too much about it at the same time. This can prove difficult, dodging to the end of reviews, cutting out the sound on The View when they start to analise. The best thing is to catch a good movie as soon as it comes out and then enjoy listening to all the feedback, without the threat that they're gonna ruin it for you ... kind of a vicious circle, oh well .. :eek:

applehunter · 20-04-2005 1:01am

Most reviewers in the papers jumped on the bandwagon proclaining this to better than the previous movies. They talked up the involvement of the lads who made the Naked Gun movies.

It was a terrible movie. I know the 1st two weren't great either but this one was awful.

I hate when reviewers give good reviews because they dont want to seem out of line with the others.

Its snobbery.

applehunter · 20-04-2005 1:07am

I also have to mention the movie Closer. I didnt like it at all.

I respect that some people liked it. But, reviewers went way over the top in its praise. I was really pissed off one day when I was listening to rattlebag and the reviewer gave it 9 1/2 stars.

I even sent in an email in disgust. How sad is that?

Basq · 20-04-2005 1:10am

Deleted User wrote:

Napolean Dynamite

It's just bad.

BOOOOOOOO!!!!

"Do the chicken have large talons?!"

20-04-2005 2:16am

basquille wrote:

BOOOOOOOO!!!!

"Do the chicken have large talons?!"

I know most people adore it, but I just found it boring and unfunny.

ixoy · 20-04-2005 2:23am

applehunter wrote:

I also have to mention the movie Closer. I didnt like it at all.

I respect that some people liked it. But, reviewers went way over the top in its praise.

They did? Closer got quite heavily slated in the UK and Ireland in the papers that I read. Many seemed to dislike the characters or the sometimes contrived dialogue.

And I don't know why AvP is on the list above - nobody saif it was good so how it considered over-rated?!

For my bit, I'll chuck in "A Beautiful Mind". I always do whenever I can...

herobear · 20-04-2005 2:25am

Deleted User wrote:

I know most people adore it, but I just found it boring and unfunny.

ditto!

another film in which i was astounded it got 5 stars was maria, full of grace total utter shoite!!

Retr0gamer · 20-04-2005 1:05pm

Have to agree with A Beautiful Mind. It changed a very interesting story and character into over sentimental Hollywood Oscar Fodder.

I also have to mention Thin Red Line. Some people did like it. The action scenes were great but the philisophical dialogue was really contrived and if you think about it, basically a load of wankery. It's one of those films that thinks it's clever but really isn't.

AARRRGH · 20-04-2005 3:00pm

Pretty much (90%) every movie which makes it to the cinema is pure ****e. All the reviewers are in the studios pockets now (this is a fact - Apple started the trend years ago).

I only watch foreign movies now (unless forced otherwise by the girlfriend...)

Hugh Hefner · 20-04-2005 3:11pm

applehunter wrote:

Most reviewers in the papers jumped on the bandwagon proclaining this to better than the previous movies. They talked up the involvement of the lads who made the Naked Gun movies.

It was a terrible movie. I know the 1st two weren't great either but this one was awful.

I hate when reviewers give good reviews because they dont want to seem out of line with the others.

Its snobbery.

Yeah, 3 was terrible. The first 2 liked though.

Napoleon Dynamite was BRILLIANT!!! So was Elephant.

Star Wars is overrated and so is The Godfather.

Eoin · 20-04-2005 3:25pm

dawballz wrote:

Elephant.
Utter sh1te.
Just follows some dude around and then follows him around from a different angle. Then does it for about 3 or 4 different characters.
Worst film I ever saw.

This is the one about the school shooting right? I don't think I have ever felt so cheated after seeing a film. I looked it up on the web the next day, and found that it had received great reviews.

Apparently there were only 2 professional actors in the film, the rest were normal school kids and teachers / parents (their real Christian names are used in the film also). I think it was some sort of arty project / experimental thing, but just really pìssed me off. If I were to see it again knowing the above I may enjoy it a bit more (probably not though), but this was not how it was marketed in the first place.

almostagassi · 20-04-2005 7:24pm

Retr0gamer wrote:

I also have to mention Thin Red Line. Some people did like it. The action scenes were great but the philisophical dialogue was really contrived and if you think about it, basically a load of wankery. It's one of those films that thinks it's clever but really isn't.

this is the emperors new clothes. pretentious ifi crap.

If i remember correctly, this film came out just after Saving Private Ryan, when there was big hype. the producers must have been on the bandwagon.

dont watch it

simu · 21-04-2005 3:43pm

Closer

Enduring Love

I found both dull and depressing despite getting ok reviews.

Tusky · 22-04-2005 10:38am

applehunter wrote:

Most reviewers in the papers jumped on the bandwagon proclaining this to better than the previous movies. They talked up the involvement of the lads who made the Naked Gun movies.

It was a terrible movie. I know the 1st two weren't great either but this one was awful.

I hate when reviewers give good reviews because they dont want to seem out of line with the others.

Its snobbery.

I have to disagree with you there...I thought Scary Movie 3 was light years ahead of the first two.

The_Bullman · 22-04-2005 10:44am

2001 - the most over rated sci-fi movie ever.

Gurgle · 22-04-2005 10:54am

Absolutely the worst movie ever made: The English Patient

3 hours of the voice in my head saying 'just fcuking die'
And it got 9 oscars or something :rolleyes:

juno75 · 22-04-2005 3:43pm

Thin Red Line is a great movie .

A bit uneven and maybe a touch to long so its easy to pick faults in it but it is a powerfull film.

What ever faults this film may have then Apocalypse Now suffers from the same.
A bit of philosophising is appropriate I suppose, if you had to go off some place kill/be killed then I'd say you'd be having a few deep thoughts in yer head, to say the least.

ionapaul · 22-04-2005 3:53pm

I have to agree with the Thin Red Line bashers - despite the awesome cast, it (in the words of the immortal B.J. Simpson) both sucks and blew at the same time. Awful drivel.

But the most over-rated piece of sh*te ever was Kill Bill 1. The Tarantinis went mental about it, long before they got to see it, and god damn would it take a hell of a lot more than the film being completely rubbish for them to acknowledge the film was completely rubbish! To paraphrase the much superior and indeed intellectually honest film, Tommy Boy, Tarantino could take a dump in a box and put his name on it - some of his die-hard fans would proclaim 'masterpiece!' (a few months before seeing it themselves, of course!)

simu · 22-04-2005 6:19pm

The_Bullman wrote:

2001 - the most over rated sci-fi movie ever.

Don't judge it as a sci-fi film but as a genreless film as it's quite different to your typical sci-fi action film.

TOPDAWG · 22-04-2005 10:28pm

LORD OF THE RINGS!

they walk around the mountains for 3 hours every film (about 26 hours if you waste your money on the extended editions!!) just to throw a ring in a hole!

i remember seein the first one in the flix and at one stage there was like a half hour scene where they discussed who wud throw the ring in the hole and some guy said sumtin like " you cant do it, your a troll, my family has never trusted trolls" I didnt know whether to laugh or cry! that and the fact i lost 3 hours drinkin time as i could have gone to the pub but said id suss out what the hype was all about. i just dont get it at all at all!! and i know im probably gonna get blasted for sayin so but thats just my opinion!

Canis Lupus · 23-04-2005 10:36am

Apocalypse Now. Going on the reviews of some of my mates "best war movie ever" I went and bought it on dvd and sat bemused for the entire thing, finished it and threw it out.

mobile04 · 23-04-2005 10:52am

after years of hearing. ahhh you got to see this film
finaly watched it the other night

WHAT A LOAD OF ME BLOXIX.

Shabadu · 23-04-2005 11:02am

Aren't we all forgetting something? Titanic

almostagassi · 23-04-2005 1:21pm

yeah but i think titanic wasnt rated in the first place.

what really bugs me is that people still pay money to see a film that they know will be crap merely because of the hype, ie matrix sequels, titanic, meet the fockers, and ring 2.

ring 2 was no.1 in the charts, why?

quarryman · 23-04-2005 1:23pm

TOPDAWG wrote:

LORD OF THE RINGS!

they walk around the mountains for 3 hours every film (about 26 hours if you waste your money on the extended editions!!) just to throw a ring in a hole!

brilliant

that's all it really was wasn't it?

sailorboy · 23-04-2005 1:30pm

Shabadu wrote:

Aren't we all forgetting something? Titanic

i cried buckets at it.........

CAUSE IT WAS SO FCUKING BORING.
ONLY FOR THE MISSUS DRAGED ME TOO SEE IT ID WANT MY MONEY BACK AND COMPENSATION FOR THE EMOTIONAL SCARS IT LEFT ME WITH
.

Sleepy · 23-04-2005 1:44pm

Napoleon Dynamite - an art student's class project gone wrong. It's not even funny when you're stoned.
Reservoir Dogs - It's an okay B movie, no more, how Tarantino is so highly acclaimed for this is beyond me.
Heat - A cast that's a director's wet-dream and the end result is decidedly average.
Doctor Zhivago - nice shot but it drags a bit.

Shabadu · 23-04-2005 2:50pm

Titanic won a zillion oscars- it was highly rated when it first came out. Sailorboy- your sig is far too big see signature rules in newbies/faq or face the wrath of SIGPO.

DisneyXFan · 28-01-2015 1:31pm

For me I have to go with Frozen. Last year it was ALL about this movie and the song has been in the charts for so long, its really starting to annoy me. I do like Frozen don't get me wrong it was a good flick, but personally tangled was the better film, as it had a better story that was well structured and the songs weren't as broadway-styled compare to frozen.
As the song says LET IT GO already.

Adamantium · 28-01-2015 1:47pm

Anchorman 2.

Moving them the cast out of San Diego and the 70's was a mistake.
The first film had this great nostalgic warm look to it, the next one was drapped in orange and teal.

Those are strange things to talk about with a comedy besides the jokes which were trying to more overtly funny and felt not so much.

TDKR

They kill the momentum by placing it 7 years later, I heard rumours intially that it would pick up 5 minutes (literally) after the end of The Dark Knight with Batman being hunted on the night Harvey Dent was killed with no backup.

e_e · 28-01-2015 1:49pm

Weak thread, it's all too easy to just accuse others with differing opinions of being pretentious and/or having the wool pulled over their eyes when you don't like something. We should talk about the work itself instead of doing the ad-hominem thing and playing the man not the ball.

What the hell did people see in Crash and Slumdog Millionaire though?

Ordinary man · 28-01-2015 1:52pm

Drive was one of the worst films i ever sat through, can't understand how its so highly acclaimed

Dair76 · 28-01-2015 1:53pm

This thread is ooold.

poeticmakaveli · 28-01-2015 1:55pm

American hustle (shocking bad)
inherent vice (shocking bad)

parttime · 28-01-2015 2:08pm

Avatar was a disgrace
American Hustle was a disgrace
Lord of ther rings 1,2,3 all too long and boring(same as the books really)will not watch the hobbit
The Dark Night returns was ok,just half hour too long
****ing Gravity!!!
The Guard,God help us all
But the gong goes too..
Blade runner....
Runs away

FloatingVoter · 28-01-2015 2:22pm

No Country for Old Men. (a boring film that goes nowhere slowly).
Her (a movie about a wanker that's admired by shut-ins).

Those two were diabolical wastes of celluloid. This years prize for overhype goes to Whiplash. It is a good film and doesn't belong in the same category as the above two but it is not the best movie of the year.

Magico Gonzalez · 28-01-2015 2:45pm

This thread should be locked and deleted on the basis that 9 years ago someone decided that adding the Godfather to the list of over rated films was a good idea.

Also, on the basis the Anchor Man 2 (a genuine contender for worst movie ever and pretty much universally panned by the critics) should feature on the list. No one rated it at all.

CPSW · 28-01-2015 3:14pm

Was briefly mentioned, but I would go with Avatar.

Never got the hype. Visually, it looks great, no doubting that (especially if you seen it in 3D I'm sure, which I didn't).

Storyline was p*ss poor and had been done before (Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai etc)

most overrated films, reviewers pulling the wool over your eyes.

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