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

ShineOn7 · 02-09-2020 7:31pm

jj880 wrote: »

Birdman

Good call and one you don't really see mentioned when this topic arises

The "do the whole film in one shot" thing was great technically, but I've never rewatched it

Smacruairi · 02-09-2020 7:33pm

jaxxx wrote: »

Frozen. Most absolute trash over-rated turd cum that Disney ever produced!

Inception - I just didn't get it, at all.

Anything with Brad Pitt.

Entire Fast and Furious franchise.

Anything with Dwayne Johnson - I like him, but he pretty much just plays himself in literally every movie.

Max Mad Fury Road - again, I just didn't get it.

Frodo - I like the Lord of the Rings movies (not the Hobbit trilogy however). But Frodo always annoyed the absolute f*ck out of me. F*ck you Frodo, Samwise was the true hero!

Jurassic World - was pure utter crap IMO.

Most of these are fast food movies. There's nothing wrong with a kebab or domino's when you just want a quick pick me up, same with the above.

Anything with Brad Pitt, so ocean's 11 and fight club?

Inception is a great film, I'm sorry.

My overrated films are: La La Land, The Hurt locker, Birdman, The big lebowski.

storker · 02-09-2020 7:34pm

Godfather 2

2001 A Space Odyssey

Fight Club

Anything by John Woo

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 7:34pm

2 way over rated movies from last year

Once upon a time in Hollywood - enjoyable in parts but overall a sprawling self indulgent mess

Joker - very very over rated.

the purple tin · 02-09-2020 7:35pm

The Sixth Sense.
Thought it was good when it came out but that was partly due to the massive hype around Shyamalan back then.
When you've watched it a few times you start to realise it is riddled with plot holes.

Always number 1 · 02-09-2020 7:36pm

Anything with Will Ferrell - not even remotely funny

Watched Goodfellas recently (having never seen it) and while it was a decent flick, i didnt get the hype at all

Not a fan of the Focker films either

the purple tin · 02-09-2020 7:38pm

storker wrote: »

Godfather 2

2001 A Space Odyssey

Fight Club

Anything by John Woo

:eek:

tastyt · 02-09-2020 7:39pm

Someone just said the Godfather part 2 ......

Please close this thread

Galwayguy35 · 02-09-2020 7:39pm

The Revenant.

The bear should have won the oscar instead of DiCaprio.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-09-2020 7:40pm

the purple tin wrote: »

:eek:

There is a few wind up merchants on here

02-09-2020 7:40pm

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

Hereditary

I love the "genre" but there's no convincing me that this wasn't a big pile of shíte

agreed.

Loved "Midsommar" though.

But some people seem to be vice-versa on these two movies.

sameoldname · 02-09-2020 7:40pm

La La Land: Waiting for two vapid arseholes to figure out what vapid arseholes they each are.

...And from the same director:
First Man: Portrays Neil Armstrong as basically an unhinged sociopath who no self-respecting space agency would put anywhere near a spacecraft.

I did enjoy Whiplash though.

Relikk · 02-09-2020 7:40pm

Inception
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Exorcist

storker · 02-09-2020 7:41pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

The Revenant.

The bear should have won the oscar instead of DiCaprio.

The bear was really well done - that attack scene was quite shocking.

storker · 02-09-2020 7:42pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

There is a few wind up merchants on here

No wind-up in my post.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-09-2020 7:43pm

storker wrote: »

No wind-up in my post.

What was the problem with Godfather 2?

02-09-2020 7:43pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

The Revenant.

The bear should have won the oscar instead of DiCaprio.

true.

I was really hoping that he got skewered up the hole by a branch to be honest when he fell of the cliff onto that tree

Pumpkin head (great one Depp!) definitely didn't deserve an oscar for that

py2006 · 02-09-2020 7:44pm

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.

Wtf???

That has to be a wind up???

BobbyMalone · 02-09-2020 7:44pm

glasso wrote: »

War is War, not about fantasy one-person heroes who killed 50 in a day, a mother's last son or sanctimonious messages

I thought it was a very good film, but some of the subplots could easily be described by the above.

tastyt wrote: »

Someone just said the Godfather part 2 ......

Please close this thread

It's the whole point of the thread!

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2020 7:44pm

The Lavender Hill Mob

BBC had it on a while back. With the proper introductions. And it didn't even raise a smile.

I'll watch The Ladykillers or Kind Hearts and Coronets over and over again.

Quantum Erasure · 02-09-2020 7:45pm

I did not care for the Godfather, it insists upon itself....

odyssey06 · 02-09-2020 7:45pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

The Revenant.
The bear should have won the oscar instead of DiCaprio.

I thought the first 30 minutes were brilliant.
The rest of the film you may as well have read the Wikipedia synopsis.

unhappys10 · 02-09-2020 7:45pm

Something isn't overrated if 1 or 2 people on here A didn't understand it or B didn't like it.
Surprise surprise, different people like different things.

Uriel. · 02-09-2020 7:46pm

One upon a time in Hollywood
Broke back mountain
Unbreakable

Lirange · 02-09-2020 7:46pm

American Beauty
The Irishman
Notebook
Lost in Translation

02-09-2020 7:48pm

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

I did not care for the Godfather, it insists upon itself....

It can't really hold a candle to this recent Irish Classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipx6iA2CR1g

unhappys10 · 02-09-2020 7:49pm

Lirange wrote: »

American Beauty
The Irishman
Notebook
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation is excellent.

Go wash your mouth out with soap, or wash your hands seeing as you typed.

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 7:49pm

Blade runner 2049

Not anywhere near as good as the original

py2006 · 02-09-2020 7:49pm

The Joker was good but it disappointed me when I finally got around to seeing it. Overhyped Taxi Driver rip off (in parts).

I never got into a the earlier Tarantino flicks (pulp fiction etc). They were different at the time but that doesn't equate to greatness. However I have enjoyed some later work.

Alejandro68 · 02-09-2020 7:50pm

My friends love the Blade films, watched them one night with them. Meh...

suicide_circus · 02-09-2020 7:50pm

Deep Thought wrote: »

Training Day.. absolute ****e

sameoldname · 02-09-2020 7:50pm

Lirange wrote: »

Lost in Translation

I think that's a film where if you relate to the main characters you'll love it but if not, I can understand why people wouldn't like it.

Quantum Erasure · 02-09-2020 7:51pm

I don't like many 'super hero' films, probably including all the marvel ones, but one that did stand out as good was X Men First Class, probably to do with more storyline and less 'action' scenes

Smacruairi · 02-09-2020 7:51pm

Black panther.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2020 7:53pm

py2006 wrote: »

Wtf???

That has to be a wind up???

Shawshank is OK if you've never see films like

Birdman of Alcatraz

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Cool Hand Luke

unhappys10 · 02-09-2020 7:54pm

Smacruairi wrote: »

Black panther.

I liked it, but I think the whole black cast thing blew it way into overrated territory.
It was decent, but not what it's made out to be.

Probably the most overrated film in this thread from that point of view.

ShatterAlan · 02-09-2020 7:54pm

I was bombarded by friends extolling how great a movie American Beauty was, so I watched it.

Yeah? Is that it? I thought it was crap.

The Blues Brothers also just annoyed the sh1t out of me.
Pulp Fiction was pretty bad but Tarantino's appearance in it and his crappy acting made it even worse.
A lot of epics that are hailed as great movies are really not that great. Case in point A Bridge Too Far. Ryan O'Neil and Elliot Gould's acting is just pathetic. Connery's scathing put down at the end was memorable but I suppose maybe the movie is just dated.

sameoldname · 02-09-2020 7:55pm

Smacruairi wrote: »

Black panther.

In my opinion it committed the cardinal sin for an action movie; it was boring.

02-09-2020 7:55pm

Smacruairi wrote: »

Black panther.

indeed. bog standard film that surfed the woke wave

py2006 · 02-09-2020 7:56pm

I've a mate who didn't like E.T when he saw it as kid and he's an 80s kid!!! I mean the guy has no soul or heart.

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 7:56pm

Although once upon a time in Hollywood was a terrible mess Tarantino inflicted an even worse movie on the world with the hateful 8

As they say in tipp

Tis fair bad

unhappys10 · 02-09-2020 7:57pm

py2006 wrote: »

I've a mate who didn't like E.T when he say it as kid and he's an 80s kid!!! I mean the guy has no soul or heart.

Dafuq, that'd be no friend of mine if he came out with that kinda talk. Who didn't want to be in that bmx gang ffs

dinky earnshaw · 02-09-2020 7:57pm

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.

In the book "Red" Morgan Freemans character is a benevolent white irish murderer.

storker · 02-09-2020 7:59pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

The Blues Brothers also just annoyed the sh1t out of me.

Too much car chase, not enough music.

banie01 · 02-09-2020 7:59pm

unhappys10 wrote: »

I liked it, but I think the whole black cast thing blew it way into overrated territory.
It was decent, but not what it's made out to be.

Probably the most overrated film in this thread from that point of view.

Good popcorn movie, but far too much weight attached to it as culturally significant.

As for their staying low key and inconspicuous whilst in Korea...
WTAF?

Giant black folk strolling around any part of east Asia...
Are NEVER not going to stand out.

BnB · 02-09-2020 8:00pm

Smacruairi wrote: »

...My overrated films are: La La Land, The Hurt locker, Birdman, The big lebowski.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.... I'd say that's my favorite movie of all time.

For me - Most over-rated movie of all time: Titanic. I sat through the whole facking thing in the Cinema when it came out. Complete over rated bilge. Just a typical bog standard love story on a boat, that we all knew was going to sink in the end. The only special effects worth watching were in the trailer

EmmetSpiceland · 02-09-2020 8:00pm

‘Avatar’. Blue muck.

joeguevara · 02-09-2020 8:01pm

the purple tin wrote: »

The Sixth Sense.
Thought it was good when it came out but that was partly due to the massive hype around Shyamalan back then.
When you've watched it a few times you start to realise it is riddled with plot holes.

In all fairness, if you watch this film more than once and complain about plot holes, it’s literally like getting annoyed at the fact that all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put humpty together again every time you hear it, or how Jill is so stupid to tumble after jack every time he rocks up the hill.

RandomViewer · 02-09-2020 8:02pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

1917 was not great

Dunkirk was one of the best WW2 movies ever made

Turned it off after 20 minutes, so boring

Beechwoodspark · 02-09-2020 8:02pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

‘Avatar’. Blue muck.

Absolutely. A dumpster fire of a film

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

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