Saw is one for me. I couldn't understand how a predictable horror movie with a stupid villain who had stupid motives and shitty acting could ave garnered the affection it did. I mean, really. Each flashback sequence is introduced by a brilliant line such as this:
"I remember it now..."
"It was like it was only yesterday..."

Added to that, I could see who the true killer was a MILE away, and while I didn't see the big twist at the end coming (i.e. where the killer was), I still thought it was shit and pointless. Ugh. Utter trpie.

The Empire Strikes Back is also overrated. It's certainly a fucking awesome film, and forever influenced pop culture, but I preferred the first Star Wars film, personally.

I was not all that impressed with Raging Bull. I can appreciate the cinematography and visual design, but as a piece of entertainment I think it was clunky and tended to drag on when it should have been captivating. The premise was good, but the execution was less good.

I know, I'm a heathen.

I can't think of many movies that I absolutely can't stand that also managed to become popular. I can always seem to find one thing or another to like about a film that hits it big. Akira is an example of one that I just can't swallow, though. Everyone harps on it like it's the Genesis Of All That Is Animated, and really it's just a mishmash of a bunch of unconnected shit and random happenstance.

The Matrix series is pretty overrated. I work at blockbuster and I tend to like obscure movies and things that aren't so mainstream. I loved the first Matrix, but Reloaded was horrible. I think the Wachowski Brothers did an awesome job on V for Vendetta though. I have nothing against them.

I'm curious as to what you perfer in Star Wars over ESB

The Passion of the Christ is waaaaay overrated. I got so sick of people telling me how "important" this movie is and how I should see it immediately. If I want to see 2 hours of torture I'll just watch Hostel.

I love Fight Club, though it's not for everyone. It's easy to understand, but some people have different tastes. Let's say some of those people hated seeing blood or nudity in a movie, they'd instantly deem 'Fight Club' a bad movie. Why? Well, it had an element they didn't like, so they are quick to judge it. The majority of everyone that are interested in movies suffers from this.

I'll have to nominate Napoleon Dynamite as well. I enjoy low-budgeted movies that become something more than they were originally envisioned to be. But I just couldn't enjoy it.

Nostalgia, certianly (though I wasn't around when any of the original films came out, it's still nostalgic). Grand Moff Tarkin is essentially the true villain and arguably more evil than Vader was (he doesn't even justify destroying Alderaan, unlike Anakin's "peace in the galaxy" crap), and Peter Cushing's performance is fantastic. It's also incredibly impressive given the budget constraints of the film in terms of effects.

It's certainly borderline in my preference for the first and second films, as ESB does have so much more to offer, but there's simply something about SW that gets me. Maybe I always prefer the underdog of the collective film-audience's mind (because apparently RotJ is better than SW).

You can't try to make yourself enjoy something. That only makes it worse.

I wasn't try to enjoy it; I was trying to watch it and learn what it is, what story it is telling - just like any other movie viewing. Just I couldn't find myself enjoying it, since I didn't like it.

But thanks for the advice.

I don't think it's been mentioned yet, so I'll go ahead and say Donnie Darko. The movie isn't even really bad, but it's not good either. I bought it after hearing everyone say how awesome this movie was. Too bad it only had 2 cool scenes. And of course when I say I didn't like it the "you didn't understand it" people come in. Even if I didn't, who gives a rats ass, movies like that are fucking retarded anyways (with a few exceptions). I watch a movie to get entertained, not to give myself a headache trying to figure what the fuck just happened. If you have to think after the movie as to what just happened, it's probably not a good movie(again, there are a few exceptions).

I wanna call you a retard, but I can't.



Wait, I just did.

Hmmm... I disagree with quite a bit in here, but thats a matter of perosnal opinion really...

Lost in Translation
not saying it was great or anything... it was ok... however, maybe different in your region, but there was NO hype for this movie.

Boondock Saints, Shaun of the Dead, and Donnie Darko have/had at most moderate hype, although I think that;s an over-exageration. I think they recieved the moderate levels of praise they've recieved.

Matrix, Fightclub; both good for the most part in my opnion. Both had lots of hype. I probably wouldn't have been as impressed if I had seen them post-hype.


mine are:
-napolean dynamite
Heard so much crap from this movie... saw it... and well. It was boring, and I foudn the humor not so humorous.

-Matrix Reloaded
Had alot of hype here, but it was a letdown. Felt it added very little to the 3 part series.

-Saw
Everyone thought it was so amazing and so original... but I've seen it done, and this time it wasn't even done that well IMO.

-Kill Bill
Lotta hype. The first one was decent. The second one bored me.

-Scarface
Don't get me wrong, its good and all... but its not THAT good. Lotta hype for this one in my region. I see alot more posters for Scarface than I do for boondock saints, pulp fiction, matrix, kill bill, and fight club combined. Although, its probably just my region.

Can't think of anything else right now. Although, I know there's more.

Are you serious? I love movies I can think about it. It adds so much more to the movie.

Sorry I upset you nerds, but believe it or not, thats actually just my personal preference. Movies are supposed to be fun, if I wanted to think I'd do actual work on something. I don't even know if I said it right. I don't mind movies where you think, and like movies I can still think about after they're done, but stupid shit like Donnie Darko is just outrageous. I like how none of the movie even makes sense.

But whatever, go ahead and try to act witty.

Being stimulated and challenged intellectually by a movie is a bad thing by your standards? Is it hereditary?

enjoying thought != nerd
I'm actually much more invovled in sports than in "nerd" related activities.

Donnie Darko made plenty of sense for me the first time through. However, the more I htought about it the more it unfolded, which is where it becomes even more intresting and enjoyable imo. I don't buy most movies that leave you knowing everything, because I see no point in watching them again(I own like no comedies :P).

I found Lost in Translation horribly overrated. That and Brokeback Mountain, which simply road the controversy wave that had people ignore that it was a subpar movie at best.

IMO anyways, the whole premise of "overrated" is a movie that everyone liked and raved about but which you didn't like yourself. It's all subjective, there's no absolute truth in these sort of things.

While I greatly enjoy the movie - I'm sick and tired of hearing about it. People think its some kind of underground, secret movie and treat it like only select few should know.

I like Donnie Darko a lot, but mostly for the setting. I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but the entire film has a very distinct atmosphere that I've never seen anywhere else.

Anyone else who's seen it get the same feeling? To me, it's almost like they managed to instill every scene with a vague sense of foreboding that kind of comes to a climax in the end.

I'm probably just nuts. Anyway, Donnie Darko would definitely fit with Boondock Saints and Napoleon Dynamite in the "overhyped by teenagers" category.

What I liked about Napoleon Dynamite was that everything came full circle. Every seemingly pointless event that happened or random item that he got ultimately had a purpose. The glamour shots photo, Pedro's cousins, and of course the dance music tape (<3 Jamiroquai, btw). Almost like Signs in that regard, except without the religious overtones.

I found Traffic to be very overrated. It came very close to winning the Best Picture Oscar (Gladiator took it instead, I believe), but I think the movie was one big snooze. I guess some would call the insane mono-color digital grading "artistic", but it made the movie a literal pain to watch.

I have to agree about Lost in Translation. Watched it cause I like Scarlett and Tokyo, but neither was worth it.

Like Napoleon Dynamite, Donnie Darko was only cool when nobody really knew about it. Now every emo/goth goes around with their "mad world" ringtones like the uptight emo twats they are.

Two movies I could never quite appreciate were Signs and The Ninth Gate, the former being far below my personal expectations set by The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable and the latter just didn't make much sense to me, it dragged on quite a bit and the ending felt rushed.

Yes, but The Ninth Gate isn't overrated because nobody liked it.

For me, the first Lord of the Rings was overrated. It took a while for the story to get going, so the first half was rather boring. But the second and third films were excellent in my opinion.

False: Napoleon Dynamite was never cool.