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

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.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

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

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).

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Originally Posted by a_jazzman

WotW spoilers:

WotW was unrealistic in my opinion. Many scenes would not have played out in real life the way they were portrayed in the movie. I mean, the first time the tripod comes out of the ground, everyone's just standing around, even as it's knocking over cars and buildings. I still don't understand why the main character doesn't shout out his window at everyone: "Replace the [electrical thingie] in your car, it'll run then!" I mean, I know most people wouldn't know how to fix that, but at least start spreading the knowledge.

That's exactly what I thought [i]wouldn't happen in real life. These people are transfixed, effectively in shock. Running is a last-second response of the mind. And why on earth would spreading that information be more important to Ray than protecting his family? You really missed the point of that film.

Originally Posted by a_jazzman

WotW spoilers:

The movie had a rushed ending. Having Morgan Freeman hired to narrate the beginning and ending was cheesy "as soon as the creatures breathed our air and ate our food, they were dooooomed."

Rushed? Because from Ray's point of view he's really going to see the slow, eventual destruction of the machines and their operators.
Those lines are from the book, too. They're not cheezy, they're over half a century old.

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Originally Posted by splur

The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions - I'm sorry, terrible movies. But The Matrix original one was underrated and amazing. Not only till recently, when they started the production of the next two of the trilogy did the Matrix truly become popular.

Eh? Which universe do you come from? The Matrix was a surprise box-office smash. There wouldn't have been any sequels had it not been so phenomenally successful.

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How are the last two Matrix movies overrated when no-one likes them?

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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.

Er... That was the point of the movie. Not a gimmick. There would have been little to no dramatic conflict in the film had it been a "plain jane" hetero couple. 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.

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