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

Originally Posted by Aardark

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.

Well, the thing is that Fight Club is a well written, well executed peice of film. The problem is in the fact that people (and the internet) ruin everything - not unlike how Star Trek fans pissed all over Enterprise despite it having some of the best stories the franchise had in many years.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, Pulp Fiction suffers from oversaturation in the same way that Fight Club does. Having 15 year old boys putting up posters from great movies does nothing to bolster why they're great. If you asked them what makes them so great they'd probably say "That movie is sooooooo fucked up" - which is only the thinnest sliver of what makes either movie great.

The problem is that the general public doesn't understand what makes good things good. They lack the ability to go any further than what they see and hear in terms of quality.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So it's okay to say that some movies are overrated but not the ones you enjoy?

Just how weak-willed are you, woman?

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

Originally Posted by Capo

Maybe you just don't like humor that isn't "in-your-face".

I think you just took the words out of my mouth. Ive never been able to aptly explain why I think movies like Waterboy or Wedding Crashers or Anchorman were incredibly awful - but I think you made the best damned way to argue that point. Thank you.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

LeHah, I wasn't commenting on whether or not Lost in Translation is overrated, since that's really not anyone's call. I'm just saying that my delicate sensibilities have been offended enough in this thread.

People who get insulted by stuff on the internet need to log off and rethink their lives.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Ascendancy

Ebert & Roper are overrated.

I can't disagree more. The show is about educated opinion - Ebert has been reviewing movies since the 60s and has helped establish many proper movies as cultural icones - Hoop Dreams and The Wild Bunch, for example. Movies that people would never have bothered with if it wasn't for him.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by TubeRacer

I seriously thought Natalie Portman's role in The Professional was her best acting ever. I didn't even realize it was her at first, and I was like "man, that little girl who looks like Natalie Portman is a pretty good actor". Then I looked at imdb to verify that it was actually her. Too bad she still uses the acting lessons she learned at age 10. Doesn't work once you're 20.

Anna Paquin > Natalie Portman

But I agree. Portman's acting has gotten repeatedly worse and worse as time goes on. I seriously wanted to slap the shit out of her for her 5 minutes in Heat.

FELIPE NO

I can see where someone would find 2001 boring.

But then I can see why people perpetuate that black people love fried chicken and run from the poh-lice.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by sprouticus

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

Thank you

All my friends love that movie and it just drives me up a wall. It's *so* bad.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zephos

The Empire Strikes Back[/i] 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'm curious as to what you perfer in Star Wars over ESB

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Casaubon

I don't think it's been mentioned yet, so I'll go ahead and say Donnie Darko.

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.

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

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

A.I., Minority Report, War of the Worlds...

It looks more like that you just don't like his sci-fi work.

While I'm pretty wishy-washy on Minority Report - I think that the first two thirds of War Of The Worlds is amazing and A.I. is flawed genius. I can see why people would disagree with A.I. because its such an unusually paced movie - but WotW? Why did you dislike it?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Dhsu

If you want an existential movie that DOESN'T suck, check out Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

The movie is AWFUL. The play is great.

I was speaking idiomatically.