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

Ebert & Roper are overrated.

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Napoleon Dynamite. Never have I been so angry after a movie than I was after I realized I wasted my time on this one. I watched it way after it became mega-popular and I was just annoyed with how un-funny I found it. So that gets my vote for most overrated movie.

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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.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

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.

I only said it because it seemed to be the most obvious comeback ^_^, I dont actually know who those guys are, they mustn't be big over here.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Shawshank Redemption.
An innocent man goes to gaol and escapes, who cares? The moral is that the death penatly is bad. What makes it so good? It's just another prison movie.

Also

Amélie.
It's just a shitty chick flic, but in French. People speaking in French doens't make a movie good and it doens't make you arty watching it. It's no more highbrow than Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion or your average episode of Friends for that matter.

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Originally Posted by Ascendancy

I only said it because it seemed to be the most obvious comeback ^_^, I dont actually know who those guys are, they mustn't be big over here.

No, no, the most obvious comeback is:

"Your mom is overrated."

Hmm, I gotta remember that for later.

I'll post something of value in this thread later, I promise. >_> (I do agree with the idea that overrating is more opinion than any actual fact though.)

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Originally Posted by Capo

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

Or parodies.

I love parodies but Shaun of the Dead just didn't do anything for me. See, stuff like Scary Movie i absolutely love because it's mad and takes the mick really well.

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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 ComCrimson

I love parodies but Shaun of the Dead just didn't do anything for me. See, stuff like Scary Movie i absolutely love because it's mad and takes the mick really well.

Wow. I don't even know how to reply to this.

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Yeah what the hell. Scary Movie is an insult to good taste and wasn't funny until number 3. And by number 3 they realised they were no good at parodies and instead filled it with funny references. "I wonder what President Ford would've done."

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Number 3 wasn't funny either.

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"I wonder what they're trying to say"
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I was speaking idiomatically.

Number three was the worst of them all. Wasn't funny in the slightest.

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Léon. Natalie portman is horrible in this movie and i don't understand people's fascination with it.

Shaun of the Dead was amazing, the fact that you stated you enjoy the scary movie series,most likely instantly disqualifies you from this thread.

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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.

Anyway, I think Monte Python and the Holy Grail is pretty damn overrated. I mean, it has pretty funny parts, but it just drags on and on until it's just tedious to keep watching.

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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.

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I've never seen Pulp Fiction...

I thought Fight Club was pretty good. I had never really heard much hype before seeing it.

I would hardly qualify Napoleon Dynamite as overrated, my affinity for the film notwithstanding; only about half the people I know have seen it, and maybe half of those who saw it actually enjoyed it. I thought it was one of the most utterly hilarious movies ever.

I definitely enjoyed Lost in Translation.

Now, I'm gonna be torn apart for this one...A CLOCKWORK ORANGE IS OVERRATED! And while I'm going there, 2001 bored me to tears.

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While I'll let the 2001 comment slide, as it was a bit boring, A Clockwork Orange was one of the greatest films ever made. Just because you didn't understand it doesn't mean it was bad.

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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.

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Quentin Tarantino as whole is HIGHLY overrated.

He's done only 4 movies and they are the farthest thing from original.

1- Reservoir Dogs = Main storyline copied from Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE
2- Pulp Fiction = 80% written by Roger Avary
3- Jackie Brown = Based on a book
4- Kill Bill = Bits and pieces from his 'favorite' Asian and Western Spaghetti movies

Don't get me wrong, they are still enjoyable movies, but stop treating him like he's some sort of genius. Plus the fact that he whore his name on every movie posters doesn't help.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by SketchTheArtist

Quentin Tarantino as whole is HIGHLY overrated.

Quoted for Truth.

The only Tarantino movie I even enjoyed was From Dusk till Dawn, and I don't even know if he directed it for sure, or did anything but play a small role in the movie. It's not his old work that irritates me though, it's all of his recent, new stuff that people jump all over and rape before it is even out.

For instance, two months before Kill Bill premiered people were already hailing it as an awesome movie, the best ever...even before it came out -_-

So yeah, Tarantino and Napoleon Dynamite get my vote for most overrated films of all time.

As for Leon (don't know how to put the accent on words i fail), the movie was brilliant, hands down. Still a fave of mine to this day. Shame is the first time I saw it was when I was around 10 years old, and was waaay too stupid to realize how great of a movie it actually is.

Edit: Also, on the Tarantino thing, it's amazing how just putting his name on something makes it instantly awesome to people. Example: Hostel. Horrible movie which was a Sadists wet dream pretty much, but it is GREAT cause Tarantino's name is on it...only reason why it made money.

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Tarantino isn't a film.

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Originally Posted by RABicle

Shawshank Redemption.
An innocent man goes to gaol and escapes, who cares? The moral is that the death penatly is bad. What makes it so good? It's just another prison movie.

Man you have no soul. 'Just another prison movie'? That's like saying the Godfather is just another gangster movie.

The comment about the Matrix trilogy only applies to the first one, I really haven't seen anyone praise the other two at all.

Movies that are overrated, I can't think of any movies off the top of my head.

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Originally Posted by Capo

Tarantino isn't a film.

Was going off the post above me

Besides, I'm sure if there was a biography on Tarantino's life, it'd make more money than Spider-Man's first weekend box office release. Not because a lot of people would see it, but because those who did would buy twenty tickets to prove they saw such an amazing flick.

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Originally Posted by Capo

Tarantino isn't a film.

Tarantino makes movies, his movies are overrated.

Your point was?

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