Overrated Movies

[Pronay]

I saw "300" for the first time recently and I must admit I do not get what all of the hype was about for that movie. It was awful, not even the least bit entertaining. What are some movies you have seen that you think are overrated.

[Marc]

Titanic was overrarted

[MrGaryy]

Zoolander.

[30stone]

I though 300 was great.

um, im not actually sure.. at the minute.

[Indierock&roll]

Originally posted by MrGaryy
Zoolander.
:shocked: no way
definatly by far mama mia! for the simple fact that it is sh*t!
aswell as hairspray

[Jen]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Titanic was overrarted

I agree.

[30stone]

High School Musical actually.

Because they built that movie up on disney channel for like 5 months...

I watched it and was like, its pretty good but seriously, not like the most amazing thing ever.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Jen
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Titanic was overrarted

I agree.

I agree with your agreement to my amazing suggestion

[Fom]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Titanic was overrarted

I love that film

[Jayson]

Duplicity.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Fom
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Titanic was overrarted

I love that film

I disagree with your disagreement to my amazing suggestion :laugh2: I joke.. I just didn't like it much.. was just a boat sinking..

[Shaun]

Titanic, Fight Club, The Departed...

[Locke.]

American History X

[Pronay]

Definitely agree on The Departed, that movie is soooo damn long

[Deirdre]

Transformers 2, not so much over rated but the hype and the expectations before it's release were huge, and then it was ****!

[Enid]

The Matrix.
Transformers.

[officialleafan]

Transformers is rubbish. So that lol.

[pinkmichk]

hsm and lord of the rings

[setanta]

i'm going to get butchered for this but i'll go for slumdog millionaire. departed is hugely overrated too. also crash was rubbish.

[30stone]

I agree setanta.

Along with the saw movies, after saw III i was bored and it became un inventive and predictable.

[TheOfficialAdam]

slumdog millionaire is completely overrated...

[setanta]

i just have a problem with message movies....the ones that hit you over the head with it- heavy handed ones. and as for slumdog- well i think it's a travesty to belittle the plight of any people in poverty when you just go for cheap fairytale thrills at the end. it felt a bit wrong - especially encorporating who wants to be a millionaire into it- a western game show will end his suffering? i don't know....it was just wrong for me on many levels

[TheOfficialAdam]

i thought at the time the dark knight was abit overrated.

[setanta]

dark knight was great. i didn't listen to the hype and just tried to judge it on it's own merits. real product of our times. the intense paranoia and unsettling nature of it. ok, it might be too full of stuff..... like nolan went into overdrive cuz it was a sequel, but no, it's class. editing, direction, acting, music. i didn't want it to end.

[melanie]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Titanic was overrarted

:thumbs:

[ange7]

Eyes Wide Shut
Moulin Rouge
Infact anything with Nicole Kidman in it! I'll randomly pick another Kidman movie ....days of thunder. lol...see?

[setanta]

ah no, she's been in a few humdingers. dead calm? the others? they were both great. but yeah, she's had her fair share of stinkers.

[Tom4784]

Scarface
Crash (it's good but not Best picture Oscar worthy)
Lord of the Rings (Good but not as good as it's made out to be)
Wizard of Oz (Maybe because I didn't watch it as a kid but I didn't get why it's so revered apart from the technical stuff)

Overrated doesn't equal bad though. With the exception of Scarface I do like these films. Also Saw and High school musical aren't really overrated, neither are really well liked that much outside it's teen target audience.

[Chilltown]

Originally posted by Pronay
Definitely agree on The Departed, that movie is soooo damn long

Um so a movie is overrated because of length? How ignorant. That's like saying a book sucks because it was 800 pages. Give me a break. :rolleyes: The Departed was very good and earned it's Best Picture win.

[setanta]

i don't agree with the length of the film having anything to do with my enjoyment of the departed: just have a feeling they gave scorsese the oscar cuz they had left him out so often in the past. there was a severe absence of oscar worthy contenders that year but i still think the queen was more deserving of it. sure i would have voted for children of men or the proposition.... now thats more like it. departed was an inferior remake and the work of a director long passed his sell by date.

[Gemmer-x]

Mamma Mia, i don't get all the hype tbh i hated it.

[BBUK4LYFE]

I pretty much agree with every movie in this thread being overrated except for Slumdog Millionaire. That movie was great. Probably in my top 10 all time.

Few movies that I feel are overrated..

Mystic River

Kill Bill series

Crash

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Twelve Monkeys

V for Vendetta

There Will Be Blood

The Wrestler

Fargo (WTF, the hype of this movie was unreal, just utter garbage)

The Man from Earth (Probably the most boring movie ever, this is perhaps the most overrated movie to me.)

[Stu]

Most movies mentioned in the underated thread. Most movies that feature Will Ferrel in a manic depressive, tempermental, gay undertone ridden, usualy sporting role.

[BBObsesserxX]

The Shaw Shank Redemotion is the highest rated movie on IMDb, but I didn't think it was that good..

[King Gizzard]

Depends on personal taste though, as I thought Shawshank Redemption was immense.

[BBUK4LYFE]

Originally posted by BBObsesserxX
The Shaw Shank Redemotion is the highest rated movie on IMDb, but I didn't think it was that good..
Great movie.

But best movie of all-time? Naw.

[BBObsesserxX]

Originally posted by Hewman
Depends on personal taste though, as I thought Shawshank Redemption was immense.

I thought it was good, but I expected it to be better. Since everyone says its amazing... xD

[Novo]

Jaws

[Deirdre]

Superbad.

Maybe it's just not my humour or something but I just didn't get it.
Michael Cera is the cutest thing though! :love:

[BBObsesserxX]

The most overrated movie of all time is Twilight, I.M.O

[BBUK4LYFE]

Originally posted by BBObsesserxX
The most overrated movie of all time is Twilight, I.M.O
Overrated by teenage girls. Everyone else thinks its average or just plain sucks.

[King Gizzard]

Originally posted by Deirdre
Superbad.

Maybe it's just not my humour or something but I just didn't get it.
Michael Cera is the cutest thing though! :love:


Kinda agree with you but it was alright I guess. It was a bit trigger happy with the swear words. I don't mind them but there were like 5 swear words in every sentence.

[BBObsesserxX]

Originally posted by Deirdre
Superbad.

Maybe it's just not my humour or something but I just didn't get it.
Michael Cera is the cutest thing though! :love:

Michael Cera :lovedup: <3

[Deirdre]

Originally posted by Hewman
Originally posted by Deirdre
Superbad.

Maybe it's just not my humour or something but I just didn't get it.
Michael Cera is the cutest thing though! :love:


Kinda agree with you but it was alright I guess. It was a bit trigger happy with the swear words. I don't mind them but there were like 5 swear words in every sentence.

Yeah, that kinda peed me off.
It was sooo crude.
Americans love that though, that's probably why there was so much hype over it.

[Enid]

Fight Club.

Good movie, but not brilliant. My expectations were too high I think.

[setanta]

i'm sorry but did somebody say jaws was overrated? come on people, please- lets be rational here. jaws is a classic.... undeniable classic.

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by Enid
Fight Club.

Good movie, but not brilliant. My expectations were too high I think.

Greatest film of the 90's

your crazy Enid:joker:

[arsenalforever]

Juno a load of me arse

[Novo]

Originally posted by setanta
i'm sorry but did somebody say jaws was overrated? come on people, please- lets be rational here. jaws is a classic.... undeniable classic.

It's still overrated

I've seen dozens more films with the same concept Which IMO are better

[setanta]

never got the whole fight club thing. i mean i admired it, but i would never hail it as being that amazing.

[setanta]

give me a few of the same ilk that you prefer?

[Novo]

Originally posted by setanta
give me a few of the same ilk that you prefer?

Deep Blue Sea

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by setanta
give me a few of the same ilk that you prefer?

Deep Blue Sea

amdy that film sucks:joker:

Jaws is a classic

[setanta]

eh, fair enough. i can't reason with that

[Novo]

Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by setanta
give me a few of the same ilk that you prefer?

Deep Blue Sea

amdy that film sucks:joker:

Jaws is a classic

Deep blue sea has ll cool J in it so it wins already

[setanta]

he has us beat with ll cool j. it's done. lol.

[arsenalforever]

LL cool j sucks balls and if you think he's cool you suck too

[setanta]

ah arsenal no need for that. the guy doesn't know film. that's all.

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
ah arsenal no need for that. the guy doesn't know film. that's all.

damn anyone who thinks Deep blue sea is better then jaws
Needs his eyes and ears and brain tested

[Novo]

Jaws looks like a toy it's so unreal

The sharks in deep blue sea are much better and the acting is a lot better as
So setanta sport it is you who does not know film

ll cool j > setanta and arsenalforever

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Jaws looks like a toy it's so unreal

The sharks in deep blue sea are much better anf the acting is a lot better as
So setanta sport it is you who does not know film

ll cool j > setanta and arsenalforever

1975>1999

damn if it wasn't for jaws there wouldn't be a Deep blue sea

[setanta]

yes, i know that. but it can't be helped. sure if we all liked the same films it would be fairly boring. but yeah, preferring Deep Blue Sea over the mighty Jaws is a bit mad

[Novo]

Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Jaws looks like a toy it's so unreal

The sharks in deep blue sea are much better anf the acting is a lot better as
So setanta sport it is you who does not know film

ll cool j > setanta and arsenalforever

1975>1999

damn if it wasn't for jaws there wouldn't be a Deep blue sea

How can 1975 be better the 1999 LOL!!! 1999 was a great year!
Deep blue sea is it's own film nothing to do with jaws so you can't say that :hugesmile:

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Jaws looks like a toy it's so unreal

The sharks in deep blue sea are much better anf the acting is a lot better as
So setanta sport it is you who does not know film

ll cool j > setanta and arsenalforever

1975>1999

damn if it wasn't for jaws there wouldn't be a Deep blue sea

How can 1975 be better the 1999 LOL!!! 1999 was a great year!
Deep blue sea is it's own film nothing to do with jaws so you can't say that :hugesmile:

Whats deep blue sea about?

[setanta]

you're saying the acting is better in deep blue sea???? what acting? they're just acting scared. that's it. the character development and interaction within jaws is fundemental to how the whole thing works. robert shaw richard dreyfus and rob schnieder along with the incredible supporting cast. ah, forget it. i'm not going down this road. you're incurable

[Novo]

Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Jaws looks like a toy it's so unreal

The sharks in deep blue sea are much better anf the acting is a lot better as
So setanta sport it is you who does not know film

ll cool j > setanta and arsenalforever

1975>1999

damn if it wasn't for jaws there wouldn't be a Deep blue sea

How can 1975 be better the 1999 LOL!!! 1999 was a great year!
Deep blue sea is it's own film nothing to do with jaws so you can't say that :hugesmile:

Whats deep blue sea about?

On a remote top-secret island facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. The team consists of Dr. Susan McCallister (Saffron Burrows), the scientist behind the experiment who decided to begin finding a cure after seeing her father suffers from Alzheimer's; Jim Whitlock (Stellan Skarsgård); Dr. Janice Higgins (Jacqueline McKenzie); Carter Blake (Thomas Jane), a shark wrangler; Tom Scoggins (Michael Rapaport), an engineer; Sherman "Preacher" Dudley (LL Cool J), a religious, wise-cracking cook; and Brenda Kerns (Aida Turturro), the communications specialist.

Despite Carter's warnings, McCallister violates the code of ethics and creates three genetically engineered mako sharks. Her intent is to increase their brain capacity so the scientists can harvest tissue as a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, the increased brain capacity also makes the sharks smarter, faster and more aggressive--as well as growing to the size of great white sharks, gaining increased memory, and being able to swim backwards. Aquatica's financial backers are skeptical about the tests and send corporate executive Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) to visit the facility.

In order to prove that the research is worth it, the team schedules a test to remove brain fluid bearing the protein complex from the largest shark. After removing the tissue, they rejoice as it brings test cells back temporarily. However, after the test, the shark breaks free and bites off Whitlock's arm. Blake tries to shoot it, but McCallister saves it by pressing the release button, sending it back to the holding pen. An emergency request is made for paramedics, while the team gets Whitlock to the surface.

The medical helicopter arrives and they manage to get Whitlock attached to the winch cable, despite a severe storm. However, the cable motor fails and Whitlock is dropped into the water. The shark which McCallister earlier saved grabs the cable and drags the helicopter into the communications tower, resulting in a massive explosion that kills Brenda and both pilots, and destroys the "surface level" (the facility's level above water,) stranding the surviving crew beneath. Back in the lab, Carter attempts to make contact with the tower but cannot get through. The large window facing the holding pen shows an object growing closer; the largest shark uses Whitlock's transport stretcher as a ram, crashing it into the glass window which then breaks, releasing a massive flow of water into the facility. Whitlock is killed and McCallister and the others escape the wet lab.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, which is now partly submerged, one of the sharks enters and attacks Preacher, eating his pet bird; Preacher climbs into the oven. Through constant ramming, the shark activates one of its controls, releasing gas into the oven. Preacher, determined to survive and avenge his pet bird's death, escapes the oven using an axe and swims to the exit before throwing a lighter, igniting the gas and killing the shark in a fiery explosion.

The scientists descend to the bottom level from which they planned to take a submarine to the surface, but find the room and sub destroyed. Scoggins and McCallister begin to argue when Franklin silences them before giving a speech about how the group will have to pull themselves together to find a way out. Unexpectedly, a shark leaps out from a pool behind him and bites him; the two remaining sharks then devour him by ripping him into two pieces. The team makes way to the elevator shaft and starts to climb up. Carter attempts to open the door to Level 2 to drain off the water, but before he can, a shark rams through the door and the elevator shaft begins to flood. An explosion causes a part of the ladder to fall backwards. Higgins falls into the water and is killed by the shark. All hope seems to be lost for the rest of the gang until Preacher, having survived the explosion that killed the first shark, shows up alive. While taking refuge in Preacher's cubby, Preacher tells them that a stairwell in Level 1 has been flooded, blocking their way to the surface.

Realizing that Preacher is right, Blake and Scoggins go down into the water and activate bilge pumps to drain the stairwell so they can get to the surface. Scoggins reaches the controls and manages to turn the pumps on, but the third shark appears and tears him in half. While killing Scoggins, the shark also destroys the controls, leaving Blake to swim back to Preacher's cubby unable to get the pumps to drain the stairwell, much to his dismay. Meanwhile, despite Preacher's warnings, McCallister goes to her living quarters to get the files from the experiment. The second shark attacks her, but she manages to get on a shelf and breaks an electric wire. She then strips down to her underwear as she steps on her rubber suit to prevent electrocution; she throws the cable into the shark's mouth, electrocuting and killing it but also destroying the research, much to McCallister's dismay.

Only Preacher, McCallister and Carter are left, discovering that the sharks have not just been trying to kill them, but were actually leading them to flooding the facility (sinking it and the titanium fences surrounding it) so they could escape into the open sea. The three swim to the surface and Preacher is grabbed by the third shark on the leg. He stabs it in the eye with his crucifix necklace and gets free, swimming back to the tower with Carter's help. After tending Preacher's injured leg with a first-aid kit, Carter and McCallister then see the shark ramming the gates which had previously been above the water. Carter realizes that the gates had been titanium under the water, but the parts that had been above the ocean are only common steel.

Carter decides that the mutant shark is too dangerous to be allowed to roam free and must be killed before it breaks through the fence. Carter combines explosive powder from flares with a harpoon, which is attached to a steel cable. He plans to fire the harpoon into the shark and then ignite the powder by having McCallister connect the other end of the cable to a battery. However, the shark is already too far away to hit and McCallister decides to use herself as bait. She cuts her hand to tempt the shark with her blood and jumps into the water. She attempts to escape up a ladder but the handle breaks off and she is ripped in half and eaten by the shark.

Carter jumps into the water in a failed attempt to rescue her and is attacked by the shark, but manages to hang onto its dorsal fin. All hope seems to be lost for Carter until Preacher picks up the harpoon (despite having difficulty moving with his injured leg) and fires at the shark, impaling its dorsal fin along with Carter's leg. The shark rams the gate again and manages to escape. But as Carter is pulled free while the shark rams the gate at the last minute, Preacher connects the battery, resulting in a massive explosion that blows the shark to bits. Carter manages to survive the explosion, but is now left with an injured leg. Carter and Preacher, having survived and finished their task of killing the sharks, enjoy a brief and uneasy respite as they wait to be picked up by an approaching boat. The movie ends with Carter and Preacher, saying the results of their success, and are "quitting" their jobs, with their last words being Amen.

[Novo]

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[setanta]

it's a dumb film. really. a few thrills and mildy diverting but to class it above a film like jaws is actually embarrassing

[arsenalforever]

Juno was so over rated its crazy

also miss little sunshine

[setanta]

i agree arsenal. they were harmless enough though. plus that kinda film is always hard to pull off- bound to be a backlash when you're making that kinda flick. i don't mind them so much but they're harldy masterworks.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Scarface
Crash (it's good but not Best picture Oscar worthy)
Lord of the Rings (Good but not as good as it's made out to be)
Wizard of Oz (Maybe because I didn't watch it as a kid but I didn't get why it's so revered apart from the technical stuff)

Overrated doesn't equal bad though. With the exception of Scarface I do like these films. Also Saw and High school musical aren't really overrated, neither are really well liked that much outside it's teen target audience.

:shocked: LOL

[Novo]

Originally posted by setanta
it's a dumb film. really. a few thrills and mildy diverting but to class it above a film like jaws is actually embarrassing

Jaws is an embarrasing film so it's a bit ironic :spin2:

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
i agree arsenal. they were harmless enough though. plus that kinda film is always hard to pull off- bound to be a backlash when you're making that kinda flick. i don't mind them so much but they're harldy masterworks.

I just couldn't get into them with all the hype

same goes for once, nice but not a masterpiece

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by setanta
it's a dumb film. really. a few thrills and mildy diverting but to class it above a film like jaws is actually embarrassing

Jaws is an embarrasing film so it's a bit ironic :spin2:

okay go back and watch fast and furious films

[Arneldo]

Off the top of my head - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and 'X-Man Origins: Wolverine'. Both were shite.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by setanta
it's a dumb film. really. a few thrills and mildy diverting but to class it above a film like jaws is actually embarrassing

Jaws is an embarrasing film so it's a bit ironic :spin2:

okay go back and watch fast and furious films

Fast and the furious films?

what has that got to do with it?

Arsenal you are lossing your mind on this forum

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by Arneldo
Off the top of my head - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and 'X-Man Origins: Wolverine'. Both were s****.

Agreed Wolverine sucked and Button sucked badly

[setanta]

seriously andy... i can't get into the whole jaws vs deep blue sea thing cuz it's a totally redundant exercise. if you can't see the difference between a masterpiece and a by-the-numbers brainless thrillride then you can't be helped really

[setanta]

yeah, wolverine just didn't work and i couldn't take button..... couldn't believe that got all the oscar nominations when a great film like zodiac had been overlooked a year or two before. now thats a film

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by setanta
it's a dumb film. really. a few thrills and mildy diverting but to class it above a film like jaws is actually embarrassing

Jaws is an embarrasing film so it's a bit ironic :spin2:

okay go back and watch fast and furious films

Fast and the furious films?

what has that got to do with it?

Arsenal you are lossing your mind on this forum

Andy your into B movies its okay:thumbs:

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
yeah, wolverine just didn't work and i couldn't take button..... couldn't believe that got all the oscar nominations when a great film like zodiac had been overlooked a year or two before. now thats a film

very underated
as was There will be blood

[setanta]

i love there will be blood. cant believe they greenlit it. it's the work of a madman- really is. it should never have been made and it should never have worked so brilliantly.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by arsenalforever
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by setanta
it's a dumb film. really. a few thrills and mildy diverting but to class it above a film like jaws is actually embarrassing

Jaws is an embarrasing film so it's a bit ironic :spin2:

okay go back and watch fast and furious films

Fast and the furious films?

what has that got to do with it?

Arsenal you are lossing your mind on this forum

Andy your into B movies its okay:thumbs:

You jump on the jaws bandwagon so it's also okay :thumbs:

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
i love there will be blood. cant believe they greenlit it. it's the work of a madman- really is. it should never have been made and it should never have worked so brilliantly.

its a Stanly Kubrick film in all but name

[setanta]

yes, it does have that kinda tone... never noticed that. it has that feeling of detachment and isolation that are always in his flicks, along with the simmering, manic presence: ready to explode. i love the uneasy, chaotic beauty that you feel with kubricks films. that you're close to madness..... tip toeing along

[arsenalforever]

Saving private ryan was another i never taught was classic

[Marc]

Paris Hilton's... :bored:

[setanta]

nah, it's not a classic, but very entertaining.

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
nah, it's not a classic, but very entertaining.

the start and end are great
the rest sugary speilberg crap

Band of brothers is better ever see it?

[Novo]

Pulp Fiction

[setanta]

i find it difficult to get into the box set stuff. takes a concerted effort for me to dedicate that kinda time to one show. is it worth it?

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
i find it difficult to get into the box set stuff. takes a concerted effort for me to dedicate that kinda time to one show. is it worth it?

its brillant you should check it out

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Pulp Fiction

its one of my favourite's:nono:

[setanta]

i'll watch a few this week and tell you what i think. i'm sure they're online somewhere at this stage

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
i'll watch a few this week and tell you what i think. i'm sure they're online somewhere at this stage

you should and spot how many British actors play amercians its great:laugh:

[Novo]

Scream

I love it but i still think it's very overrated

[setanta]

ah scream was good and it gave the whole horror genre a much needed burst of energy.

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Scream

I love it but i still think it's very overrated

i taught it was too smart arse for its own good

[setanta]

but he did juggle that whole mix of horror and laughs well. it's very difficult to do- find the right mix. you have to give him a bit of credit for that. and for getting people interested in horror again

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
but he did juggle that whole mix of horror and laughs well. it's very difficult to do- find the right mix. you have to give him a bit of credit for that. and for getting people interested in horror again

If you want to see a good horror film
watch the Vanishing from the 80'S not the remake wuth Kiefer sunderland

[setanta]

seen it. classic. so unsettling. not sure i could watch it again though.

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
seen it. classic. so unsettling. not sure i could watch it again though.

I watched it once before i went to work at nights and i swear i was scared walking to work:joker:

the ending was the bleakest ending ever

[setanta]

lol. that's actually what i'm thinking about now.... if there's a worse ending to a film- wracking my brain to think of one. i mean there's other shocking ones but that one just left you numb

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
lol. that's actually what i'm thinking about now.... if there's a worse ending to a film- wracking my brain to think of one. i mean there's other shocking ones but that one just left you numb

Hancock

The oringal script was as bleak as hell

[setanta]

ah don't go off on that kinda tangent- we'll be here all night with that one

[arsenalforever]

A mighty heart i taught wasn't as good as it should of been

[setanta]

that's the jolie one right? i just can't stand her in films for some reason

[arsenalforever]

Originally posted by setanta
that's the jolie one right? i just can't stand her in films for some reason

yeah, she's good when given the right role

[setanta]

ah yeah, i agree. the girl can act, i'm not denying that. but no- there's a coldness about her to me.... i just don't know what it is. you know yourself. everybody has actors they just can't relate to

[MR.K!]

Lord of the Rings
The Departed
Harry Potter (which i dispise)

[setanta]

the departed- definitely overrated. harry potter- they're ok... all depends on which one you're talking about. lord of the rings- agree with you apart from the fellowship of the ring which i think is a wonderful film

[Tom4784]

I wouldn't say the Harry Potter films are really overrated. Most have been seen as just blockbuster films really, It's only really the latest one where the critics have gone mad for it. They are good enjoyable films but I don't think they are rated enough to be overrated?

[Marc]

:shocked: NOT harry potter

[Marc]

:shocked: NOT harry potter

[Marc]

:shocked: NOT harry potter

[Rodrigo2Win]

The Reader
All of the Harry Potters
Resevoir Dogs
Norbit
Big Mommas House

And many more.

[bansheewails]

Ghost
Titantic
Briget Jones


(and I never saw any of them!)

[Stu]

How on earth are the Harry Potter films overated? Some people need to learn the difference between ''this is overated'' and ''I dont like this compared to what my mate John thinks''.

[Tom4784]

Okay time for some definitions.

Overrated means films that were critically lauded, overly successful and a magnet for awards when it wasn't really as good as they say (But doesn't always mean that the film in question is bad). For example, Titanic is often seen as overrated because it's the most financially successful film ever and basically won every award it ever got nominated for when it might not have been worthy of such praise. So films like Norbit, Big Momma's house, Saw, 300, Harry potter in that definition aren't really overrated because while most of them have been financially successful they have not been seen by Critics or Award boards as good enough for recognition.

[setanta]

I'm going to get battered for this, but I think Goodfellas is hugely overrated. Don't get me wrong; I enjoy the film, but I feel that Scorsese has done better and there have been many other gangster films that I believe to be better.

[DrunkerThanMoses]

the godfathers... I didnt think they was that great... their considered the best films ever.. .too me their long and too much talk.... know I the horse head in the bead is classic.. lol.

Also citzen Kane...... dont see why that is considered one of the best films ever!

[Ross]

Transformers 1+2
Lord of the Rings
Borat

For me, anyway.

[setanta]

Originally posted by ImDrunkerThenMoses
the godfathers... I didnt think they was that great... their considered the best films ever.. .too me their long and too much talk.... know I the horse head in the bead is classic.. lol.

Also citzen Kane...... dont see why that is considered one of the best films ever!

The godfather one and two are great and Citizen Kane is an exceptional piece of movie making. Welles changed the rules as regard to how a scene should be filmed and cut. There were so many new innovations within that film on a technical level. And the amazing thing is it still holds up and retains its beauty....Welles was a genius.

[Fom]

The Harry Potter films are a bit overrated... the special effects are the best in the business. But they are nothing really... the books on the other hand are under rated. People still talk down about it (even though they haven't read them)

[hennessy]

Most overrated film in the history of films is Million dollar baby

[RtooDee2]

Transformers 2.
Jackie Brown.
Planet Terror.

[Marc]

Planet Terror was good :love: