Overrated Movies (or "Why Does Everyone Like Tyler Durden?")

I get the feeling that the group of Fight Club fans is about as large as the ''Hurr, this is overrated, and everyone totally missed the point!!'' camp.

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I agree about Shawshank Redemption. It's definitely very good, but I don't understand why so many people think it's the best movie ever. The only explanation that is usually given is 'get busy living or get busy dying'. Um, duh?

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Originally Posted by SketchTheArtist

I said people tend to forget those points and elevate him as a sort of genius who who wrote and 'imagined' every pieces in his four movies.

What, what? Most people know perfectly well that Tarantino just mixes various pop-culture stuff together; in fact, that's what he's most famous for.

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

I'm shocked nobody has mentioned the most highly overrated film in all of existence - The Boondock Saints.

It was mentioned in the first post.

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Rent CITY ON FIRE; exact copy of Reservoir Dogs but it was made in the '80s and Tarantino never acknowledged that it was based on it.

Pulp Fiction, Avary never got mentions from any 'Pulp' fan that he wrote the piece.

You're gonna deny that?

I have no idea, and I don't think it matters for this particular argument.

My point is that, whether or not Tarantino acknowledges and documents all his influences, he is definitely not known for basing any of his films on his own imagination only. He is not famous for creating every piece of his movies from scratch; he's famous for the way he takes different pieces and puts them together. Thus, saying that 'people elevate him as a sort of genius who who writes every piece in his four movies' is just absurd, in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Casual_Otaku

Oh dear. Seems to me that there is a problem with you yourself rather than some of the masterpieces you just mentioned. How the hell can you watch something twice, finding it unfunny to the extent that you stop it half way through, then on the third viewing laugh constantly? Sorry, but that is retarded. Maybe you need to watch Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction 37 times so that you can 'acquire' their taste. May I ask, do you dislike Anime/Spaghetti Westerns/Kung Fu/Samurai/revenge flicks? This is the only logical reason as to why anyone would think Kill Bill is mediocre.

What? It's cool if you think that Kill Bill is super awesome, I liked it myself, but saying that there is only one possible logical reason why someone might dislike it just isn't serious. Don't call people retarded if the only argument you have is 'you probably hate movies in general, why else would you dislike this one specific film?'.

I was speaking idiomatically.