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

mousblaster17 · 10-09-2020 10:08pm

Greyfox wrote: »

I think people who think this way are missing out on some of the best things life has to offer

I've tried... really I have. But it's a lost cause for me. I have a mental block when it comes to sci-fi. Tenuous story lines where writers block is probably non-existant. I just cant stomach it.

Sebastian Dangerfield · 10-09-2020 10:14pm

Dont know if its overrated per se as it seemed to be divide opinion, but Mother! was the biggest steaming pile of self indulgent shyte I've ever seen.

joeguevara · 11-09-2020 9:56am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

What's that word for nostalgia for a place you've never been to ?

Is it a german word, fernweh or something?

Thelonious Monk · 11-09-2020 10:11am

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Dont know if its overrated per se as it seemed to be divide opinion, but Mother! was the biggest steaming pile of self indulgent shyte I've ever seen.

I saw that in the cinema and hadn't a clue what was going on, didn't cop the allegory until I read about it afterwards. I actually found it an enjoyable experience just because it was so absolutely mental, and I guess I could never get bored of watching J-Law.

Church on Tuesday · 11-09-2020 11:05am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

I do like 2001 myself, classic film

It's a stunning film, a total game changer and way way ahead of it's time.

littlevillage · 11-09-2020 11:10am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I saw that in the cinema and hadn't a clue what was going on, didn't cop the allegory until I read about it afterwards. I actually found it an enjoyable experience just because it was so absolutely mental, and I guess I could never get bored of watching J-Law.

Are we on about #theFappening ?

Indeed J-Law was pratically burnt into my screen :-)

Sebastian Dangerfield · 11-09-2020 11:34am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I saw that in the cinema and hadn't a clue what was going on, didn't cop the allegory until I read about it afterwards. I actually found it an enjoyable experience just because it was so absolutely mental, and I guess I could never get bored of watching J-Law.

I'd say it was a pretty self-congratulatory production all around:

"Composer Ólafur Arnalds recounted the following story about the decision:

... he had spent a year writing the score for Darren Aronofsky's Mother! and at some point realised that the film was better with no music at all. He proceeded to convince Darren to delete everything. It takes a real, selfless artist to do that. To realise the piece is better without you. The most important part of creating art is the process, and Jóhann seemed to understand process. The score needed to be written first in order to realise that it was redundant. So in my view, mother! still has a score by Jóhann. The score is just silence ... deafening, genius silence.[16]"

Thelonious Monk · 11-09-2020 12:42pm

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

I'd say it was a pretty self-congratulatory production all around:

"Composer Ólafur Arnalds recounted the following story about the decision:

... he had spent a year writing the score for Darren Aronofsky's Mother! and at some point realised that the film was better with no music at all. He proceeded to convince Darren to delete everything. It takes a real, selfless artist to do that. To realise the piece is better without you. The most important part of creating art is the process, and Jóhann seemed to understand process. The score needed to be written first in order to realise that it was redundant. So in my view, mother! still has a score by Jóhann. The score is just silence ... deafening, genius silence.[16]"

Wow I didn't know that, I saw Olafur live last year in London, a great artist.

whisky_galore · 11-09-2020 7:41pm

is_that_so wrote: »

It was never going to. Even by 1916 it was scorned as material. It's still got some very good cinematic value to it and is more of a thing to study than to enjoy.

Meant as a joke.

Whoosh.

Katgurl · 14-09-2020 5:32pm

Clockwork Orange, scarface.

Sgt Hartman · 14-09-2020 5:37pm

A lot of people I know thought The Guard was hilarious, I found it quite average at best. Brendan Gleeson has been in much better films.

I also thought the It remake was pretty average also, and dull at times.

TCDStudent1 · 14-09-2020 5:38pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

A lot of people I know thought The Guard was hilarious, I found it quite average at best. Brendan Gleeson has been in much better films.

I also thought the It remake was pretty average also, and dull at times.

Thought the Guard was poor on first watch. However, I have watched t a couple of times since and definitely a film that has grown on me.

joeguevara · 15-09-2020 4:44am

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

A lot of people I know thought The Guard was hilarious, I found it quite average at best. Brendan Gleeson has been in much better films.

I also thought the It remake was pretty average also, and dull at times.

Liked the guard. Entertaining if not great. Was looking forward to calvalry but left the cinema with a WTF feeling. Not great.

Parsnips · 15-09-2020 5:09am

The Godfather
The Irishman

Yurt2 · 15-09-2020 5:13am

Parsnips wrote: »

The Godfather
The Irishman

Asdfgh2020 · 15-09-2020 7:22am

Yurt! wrote: »

Gangs of New York......absolute scutter....cliched bollocks of highest order

Titanic also a pile of ‘sh1te’.......

A clockwork orange ðŸŠ also makes my list.....struggled through a half hour of it and gave up.....can’t see the fuss......

littlevillage · 19-09-2020 10:26pm

Asdfgh2020 wrote: »

Gangs of New York......absolute scutter....cliched bollocks of highest order

Titanic also a pile of ‘sh1te’.......

A clockwork orange ðŸŠ also makes my list.....struggled through a half hour of it and gave up.....can’t see the fuss......

Sacrilege.

Gangs of New York is brilliant. Great story with stellar cast and huge Irish interest.
10 Oscar nominations in 2003.

Best Picture Oscar nomination that year, lost out to Chicago (seriously, WTF!! Daylight robbery) and Best actor Oscar nomination for DDL (He lost out to Adrien Brody) but should have probably won it that year too. (Imagine he would now have 4 best Actor statues)

Titanic and Clockwork Orange...I would have no opinion on, neither good or bad.

McGinniesta · 19-09-2020 11:11pm

Inception is a shytebag

Sgt Hartman · 22-09-2020 11:38pm

joeguevara wrote: »

Liked the guard. Entertaining if not great. Was looking forward to calvalry but left the cinema with a WTF feeling. Not great.

Calvary was pretty good but most of the characters in it are extremely unlikeable. Even Pat Shortt comes across as a total c u next Tuesday in it, especially the scene where he tells Brendan Gleeson that his "church is on fire" in a sneering manner.

trashcan · 23-09-2020 12:33am

joeguevara wrote: »

Liked the guard. Entertaining if not great. Was looking forward to calvalry but left the cinema with a WTF feeling. Not great.

Agree on both counts. The Guard was good light hearted fun I thought, Brendan Gleason terrific as usual. Calvary I really didn't like. Worst film I've seen Brendan Gleason in. ( Looking forward to him as Trump.)

sabat · 23-09-2020 12:51am

I put on The Empire Strikes Back-supposedly the best Star Wars- on a plane last year for a bit of nostalgia; I probably hadn't seen it in 35 years. Even as a kids movie it's piss poor. The dialogue between Luke Skywalker and r2d2 where he expositorily translates every beep is just excruciating to watch. The imperial walkers are the stupidest military vehicles I've ever seen-basically big metal donkeys, defeated by a bit of rope, which of course every starfighter carries.

IAMAMORON · 23-09-2020 10:21am

sabat wrote: »

I put on The Empire Strikes Back-supposedly the best Star Wars- on a plane last year for a bit of nostalgia; I probably hadn't seen it in 35 years. Even as a kids movie it's piss poor. The dialogue between Luke Skywalker and r2d2 where he expositorily translates every beep is just excruciating to watch. The imperial walkers are the stupidest military vehicles I've ever seen-basically big metal donkeys, defeated by a bit of rope, which of course every starfighter carries.

Harsh enough. With all due respect that was only R2's second movie, give him a break ffs...

For me, I never got the love for Lando Carlrissian myself, what a greasy slimeball. He should be made go on celebrity death match with Bib Fortuna, handcufffed.

Mad_maxx · 23-09-2020 10:46am

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Calvary was pretty good but most of the characters in it are extremely unlikeable. Even Pat Shortt comes across as a total c u next Tuesday in it, especially the scene where he tells Brendan Gleeson that his "church is on fire" in a sneering manner.

we were expected to believe that a medium sized town in the north west was soddom n gomorrah

the mc donaghs are dreadfully over rated as film makers

IAMAMORON · 23-09-2020 10:57am

Mad_maxx wrote: »

we were expected to believe that a medium sized town in the north west was soddom n gomorrah

the mc donaghs are dreadfully over rated as film makers

Compared to who?

I think they are class btw.

Seven Psychopaths is a hoot.

The Nal · 23-09-2020 11:09am

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Seven Psychopaths is a hoot.

Thought so too. Sam Rockwell, wow.

IAMAMORON · 23-09-2020 11:11am

The Nal wrote: »

Thought so too. Sam Rockwell, wow.

Rockwell is extremely underrated.

He can be hilarious also, he owned George Bush. It was all in the eyes.

Mad_maxx · 23-09-2020 11:30am

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Compared to who?

I think they are class btw.

Seven Psychopaths is a hoot.

pure self indulgent tripe

Sebastian Dangerfield · 23-09-2020 11:48am

Maybe too new to be truly "overrated", but following some good reviews I watched "Im thinking of ending things" on Netflix.

I had to google what it was about after watching it, and if anything that made it worse.

the purple tin · 23-09-2020 12:33pm

There are some people who would lynch you for saying it but Ryan's Daughter is a total snoozefest.

Mad_maxx · 23-09-2020 1:03pm

the purple tin wrote: »

There are some people who would lynch you for saying it but Ryan's Daughter is a total snoozefest.

that has never been highly rated , i only saw it for the first time a few years ago , was better than i thought it would be though , had very low expectations

Mad_maxx · 23-09-2020 1:04pm

ive always thought close encounters of the third kind is incredibly over rated

the purple tin · 23-09-2020 1:05pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

that has never been highly rated , i only saw it for the first time a few years ago , was better than i thought it would be though , had very low expectations

It would be very highly rated by a certain generation of Irish people, it and The Quiet Man.

Parsnips · 23-09-2020 4:05pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

ive always thought close encounters of the third kind is incredibly over rated

OH NO.An amazing movie. How could you

is_that_so · 23-09-2020 4:10pm

the purple tin wrote: »

It would be very highly rated by a certain generation of Irish people, it and The Quiet Man.

The Quiet Man is a good bit of fun and that absolutely ridiculous brawl is well worth the time! And it has what Ryan's Daughter doesn't, Maureen O'Hara at her fiery best!

El Gato De Negocios · 23-09-2020 4:13pm

Chris Nolans Batman franchise, particularly part 2. Grand fluff movies but other than that they have little to offer.

Mad_maxx · 23-09-2020 4:26pm

the purple tin wrote: »

It would be very highly rated by a certain generation of Irish people, it and The Quiet Man.

By critics

smilerf · 24-09-2020 8:10am

The horror It Follows
Rave reviews
Thought it was really bad

whisky_galore · 24-09-2020 8:23am

is_that_so wrote: »

The Quiet Man is a good bit of fun and that absolutely ridiculous brawl is well worth the time! And it has what Ryan's Daughter doesn't, Maureen O'Hara at her fiery best!

Comedy Western transplanted to a damp climate. Mildly amusing fare.

Hamsterchops · 25-09-2020 1:45pm

I think Titanic (1997) is overrated, people thinks it's a great film but I think 'A night to remember' (1958) is a much better account/film about the ill-fated liner .....

completedit · 25-09-2020 1:51pm

Films in general are overrated. I tend to swerve any film that is meant to have a profound message.

BattleCorp · 25-09-2020 3:49pm

is_that_so wrote: »

The Quiet Man is a good bit of fun and that absolutely ridiculous brawl is well worth the time! And it has what Ryan's Daughter doesn't, Maureen O'Hara at her fiery best!

I like The Quiet Man. It's one of my favourite films and rarely would a year go by without me watching it.

Maureen O'Hara was a fine bird in her time. Stunning.

igCorcaigh · 25-09-2020 4:09pm

I dislike most films that are generally talked about, but over the past few years, I have particularly hated:

The Shape of Water
Arrival

Chalk McHugh · 25-09-2020 4:11pm

There's so many rubbish films it's hard to pick out one or two. Anything Star Wars or Sci Fi pure muck. Animation can get the boat. Fantasy nonsense like Lord of the Onion Rings is just baloney. Super Marvels or whatever its called can sling it's hook.

One film i saw mentioned on here was Cardboard Gangsters. Although John Connors was lead actor and he's a bit of a muppet i thought the film was pretty much bang on the money for that gangland life in large parts of Dublin and i give it a healthy 7/10.

Porklife · 25-09-2020 4:12pm

The Martian.

iamwhoiam · 25-09-2020 4:14pm

Mamma Mia
The stage show was so much better , I thought the film was frantic and too busy and hated Meryl Streep in the role

Capt'n Midnight · 25-09-2020 8:36pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Mamma Mia
The stage show was so much better , I thought the film was frantic and too busy and hated Meryl Streep in the role

In a world that has Muriel's Wedding why does Mamma Mia even exist ?

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2020 9:56pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I dislike most films that are generally talked about, but over the past few years, I have particularly hated:

The Shape of Water
Arrival

very few films i hate more than Arrival

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2020 9:56pm

the crying game

Ladygoodman1 · 27-09-2020 10:10pm

thats awful brad pit one. The tree of life i think was called. I know.people pretend like it for fear looking stupid. Its the epitome of the emporers new clothes in a film.

IAMAMORON · 27-09-2020 10:21pm

Ladygoodman1 wrote: »

thats awful brad pit one. The tree of life i think was called. I know.people pretend like it for fear looking stupid. Its the epitome of the emporers new clothes in a film.

Agreed, I was seething after sitting through it.

Palme D'or's are for French people. My ex girlfriend used to think it was a type of soap or a shampoo.

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

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