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

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.

Originally Posted by Casaubon

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).

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Quote:

Sorry I upset you nerds

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).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by mrman1

Brokeback Mountain was overrated by the concensus of critics. Imagine an interracial hetereosexual couple. Or just a plain jane heterosexual couple. Then ask how great a "love" story it was.

Exactly, just because its a male pairing should not make the movie great.

Originally Posted by Zephos

It was the story of a forbidden love, and one that is still today often considered just that, whereas interracial relationships are generally better-received.

No, it was the story of a homosexual male love. A forbidden love between a man and a woman would have been crap. And a forbidden female homosexual pairing would of made it smut.

Originally Posted by mrman1

Munich was lesser, high-minded Speilberg (like Amistad and A.I.). Noble, but lacking the lucid intensity of Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List.

Spielberg DID have a shot of triceritops dung onscreen for a minute or so in Jurassic Park, remember?

In case you haven't heard, Spielberg history of popular, sentimental, and excitable filmmaking has created a backlash amongst the pointy-headed professionals of film criticism. Some defend even his worst stuff to the hilt (Armond White). Others thought even Schindler's List was kiddified.

Jurassic Park was like 10 years ago or something :/. I actually like speilberg's more recent stuff. Most of his stuff always seemed so formulaic and for mass consumption, it's not until more recently that I've felt he's actually been creating several good films within a relatively short period of time.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.