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

Shaun of the Dead I love immensely =o

The Matrix movies were well beyond over-rated after the first movie. In all honesty, the Matrix "trilogy" should never have been. Wouldn't have left the series on a sour note with me.

Lost in Translation I got a slight smirk out of. The raves I heard about it was the acting. And Bill Murray delivered. Still, I watched it a couple times on TV, and I had to see it in a "Diversity" class that is required for our degrees here (I picked Women Writers. God help me...) and I don't wanna hafta see it again for all my days.

The teacher had more facts and random trivia about that movie than a Trekkie would know about Season 1.

Fight Club I haven't seen in some time, but I thought it was quite intriguing. The Bitch Tits disease thingie gives me a smirk to this day =p

Napoleon Dynamite floated on phrases largely. I saw it and thought it was average. Reminded me of a good ol' 80s comedy movie. Which isn't a bad thing at all. It had a timeless feel to it (aside from references to the internet) which gives a film a nice atmosphere for some odd reason. Of course, the horse is really getting beaten to death as the main character from ND is being snagged for every god damn movie role available. He'll either be around for a few decades and be remembered as The Pie Fucker Napoleon Dynamite or he'll flop and join the likes of Rob Schneider. Who has no soul.

And while I'm on the note -- every single American Pie movie sucked god-awful. I saw the first in theaters and caught glimpses of the latter ones on TV at points. I must say that those are horrible movies.

In addition, any movie with Will Ferrel seems to be over-rated. Everyone pounces on it saying "zomgsofunny~~" but it isn't my thing. Maybe my sense of humor is too dry for those movies to cater to.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Ascendancy

The problem with this thread is that there are no overrated movies, only movies that people THINK are overrated. Thus arguing.

Your OPINION is over-rated, sir!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Ebert & Roper gave it two thumbs up ;( Sell-outs...

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