Overrated movies

[jacqui9]

Also cannot stand Shawshank Redemption

Thank goodness I am not the only one

 

[sandeano]

Thank goodness I am not the only one

I can do without it to.

3 hours to find out 'the tunnel was behind the poster all along'.

Spare me.

a decent movie, nothing more. Could have been shorn of a good hour of running time and an infinite degree of its own self-importance.

 

[apollo_creed]

And Woody Allen would also make the list of not-so-wholesome characters.

But it doesn't mean jack - it's about the work, not the man.

what a simplistic/pathetic view on life some of you people have.

no further comment necessary.

 

[sandeano]

what a simplistic/pathetic view on life some of you people have.

no further comment necessary.

When you go see a Polanski film it's not like for the price of a ticket he's going to come and babysit your daughter as part of the deal.

Seeing as this is primarily a footy board you can make the analogy with a number of great players. For example, does Ablett's off-field indiscretions mean you would refuse to watch a tape of his footy highlights?

 

[jacqui9]

Yes, I'm quite Fonda of it too. Good to see another poster with Mature taste. We can't af-Ford to lose someone with such quality in movie taste.

Nicely played

Sandeano, have you seen the incredible 22 film Ford package being released by Fox in December?

 

[sandeano]

Nicely played

Sandeano, have you seen the incredible 22 film Ford package being released by Fox in December?

Yeah I have...more Fords than have rolled out of Detroit in the last decade.

It looks superb. I might tag it as a Xmas pressie for myself.

Will you be doing the same?

 

[jacqui9]

Yeah I have...more Fords than have rolled out of Detroit in the last decade.

It looks superb. I might tag it as a Xmas pressie for myself.

Will you be doing the same?

You betchya

I already have Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, Prisoner of Shark Island, Tobacco Road and How Green Was My Valley - but the whole presentation is mouth watering, and I am desperate to get my hands on those John Ford silents!!

Now if Warners can release the 2 disc editions of Cool Hand Luke, Bonnie and Clyde and The Candidate - I will be in Heaven

 

[mdc]

You betchya

I already have Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, Prisoner of Shark Island, Tobacco Road and How Green Was My Valley - but the whole presentation is mouth watering, and I am desperate to get my hands on those John Ford silents!!

Now if Warners can release the 2 disc editions of Cool Hand Luke, Bonnie and Clyde and The Candidate - I will be in Heaven

Have you looked on Karagarga? Pretty sure a lot of them are there. If you need an invite PM me.

 

[scooterb]

Space Odyssey is massively overrated. I sat there for over an hour thinking, "when is this going to get good?". The only really good bits were the ones with HAL. It was very confusing, was the story-line a lot deeper and meaningful than what it seemed or was it just a show-case for special effects? (eg. what's up with the 'star child' at the end, and the black pole being next to his deathbed and himself being everywhere at different ages etc).

The first two Matrix's were very good and original, but the third movie wasn't the best.

Anchorman is hideously overrated. I hate all the kids who say "LOUD NOISES..." and start pissing themselves, it's so random, it's kind of like a family guy episode, except with Will Ferrell.

The Day After Tomorrow was another movie trying to show off, with out much thought being put into the storyline or script.

Napoleon Dynamite was the shittest movie i have ever seen.

 

[Virgil]

Napoleon Dynamite was the shittest movie i have ever seen.

Agreed, most boring movie I've ever watched.

 

[Gun Barrel Straight]

LOTR - yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn
Star Wars - Steaming pile of shit that alll the geeks love.
Napoleon Dynamite - I did not laugh once at this movie. One of the worst ever
Day after tomorrow - First 1/3rd of the movie was alright. the other 2/3rd's zzzzzzzzzz
Scream series - Rubbish
I know what you did last summer series - see above.
Gangs of new york - boring

etc etc.... so many more

 

[MagpieScouser]

a clockwork orange and raging bull are 2 overated crap films

 

[SunKing]

a clockwork orange and raging bull are 2 overated crap films

Agree with the second one..ok movie that is way overrated.

Disagree about Shawshank Redemption,this movie is a masterpiece and one of the best ever for sure

 

[Crissy_v]

a clockwork orange and raging bull are 2 overated crap films

take it back, NOW


But seriously explain your self

 

[Crissy_v]

Space Odyssey is massively overrated. I sat there for over an hour thinking, "when is this going to get good?". The only really good bits were the ones with HAL. It was very confusing, was the story-line a lot deeper and meaningful than what it seemed or was it just a show-case for special effects? (eg. what's up with the 'star child' at the end, and the black pole being next to his deathbed and himself being everywhere at different ages etc).

The first two Matrix's were very good and original, but the third movie wasn't the best.

Anchorman is hideously overrated. I hate all the kids who say "LOUD NOISES..." and start pissing themselves, it's so random, it's kind of like a family guy episode, except with Will Ferrell.

The Day After Tomorrow was another movie trying to show off, with out much thought being put into the storyline or script.

Napoleon Dynamite was the shittest movie i have ever seen.

agree with everything except what you said about space odyssey, obviously you just dont get it

 

[scooterb]

agree with everything except what you said about space odyssey, obviously you just dont get it

Would you like to explain the last 15 minutes then?

 

[TheBrownlowMan37]

LOTR - yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn
Star Wars - Steaming pile of shit that alll the geeks love.
Napoleon Dynamite - I did not laugh once at this movie. One of the worst ever
Day after tomorrow - First 1/3rd of the movie was alright. the other 2/3rd's zzzzzzzzzz
Scream series - Rubbish
I know what you did last summer series - see above.
Gangs of new york - boring

etc etc.... so many more

Lol some good choices there, especially the Scream series and I Still Have A Relatively Good Idea What You Did Last Summer Most Denzel movies are overrated, and the Kill Bill series was SHITE!

Cast Away is amongst the most ridiculously overrated movies of all time, and so was Hanks' performance! I'm gonna rattle of a few more, just for fun...

Back to the Future series
Chronicles of Riddick
Moulin Rouge
Jurassic Park (except the first one)
Full Monty (cringe-worthy!)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (a rare Carrey flop)
Blade series

 

[Hard Ball Get]

The single most over rated movie ever is...

Million Dollar Baby.

Ughhhhhhh soooooo boring!

Shrek would come close as well.

 

[Fat Tony]

Casino Royal

That has got to be one of the worst James Bond films ever made yet most critics loved it.

It was so boring especially the below par action sequences and that scene were Bond is getting his balls bashed just made me feel sick

 

[Jabso]

Lol some good choices there, especially the Scream series and I Still Have A Relatively Good Idea What You Did Last Summer Most Denzel movies are overrated, and the Kill Bill series was SHITE!

Cast Away is amongst the most ridiculously overrated movies of all time, and so was Hanks' performance! I'm gonna rattle of a few more, just for fun...

Back to the Future series
Chronicles of Riddick
Moulin Rouge
Jurassic Park (except the first one)
Full Monty (cringe-worthy!)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (a rare Carrey flop)
Blade series

Riddick and Grinch are hardly rated movies are they?

 

[greg62]

Superman movies (although no. 2 was just bearable)
Batman (all)
300
Beverly Hillbillies
Lost in Space
League of Gentlemen
Spiderman 1, 2 and 3.
Fantastic Four 1 and 2
in fact most American hyped up computer generated crap movies insert here.

also all chick flicks with the exception of Chocolat (cause Juliette Binoche is a goddess)

 

[CF]

Showgirls
The Royal Tenenbaums
Independence Day
Deep Impact
Wild Wild West
Ghost World
A.I.
Blair Witch Project
Jackie Brown
The Lost World
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Men In Black II
3000 Miles to Graceland
The Player
The Last Action Hero
Contact
Meet Joe Black
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Eyes Wide Shut
Any Given Sunday
Dazed and Confused
Moulin Rouge
The Madness of King George
Out of Africa
Fantastic Four 1 &2

 

[afl genius]

Pulp fiction

 

[dobbo_18]

Originally Posted by Juddism
have to disagree with Last King of Scotland, I thought it was a brilliant portrayal of Idi Amin.

Just because a movie has a great performance in it doesn't mean its a great movie. eg. Scarface, Al Pacino is awesome in it but I don't rate the movie very highly.

Originally Posted by Juddism
absolute rubbish that film, what sucked me in the first time I saw it was the music score, then when I watched it a few more times over that weekend the films gloss faded to the point where I couldn't believe this film was actually made and won the Oscar. The film is inherently racist which didn't help and its far to convoluted for my liking.

As for Crash well personally I loved it and though it was awesome but I have also only seen it once so I may have been sucked in by the score like you were.

 

[dobbo_18]

Originally Posted by Asgardian
I will always maintain that "The Cruel Sea" is the best of a stunning amount of great war films, such as
Lifeboat, Stalag 17, Sink the Bismark, Attack, The Great Escape, Zulu, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Eagle & the Hawk, Flags of Our Fathers, Saving Private Ryan, Hotel Rwanda, A Time to Love & a Time to Die, The Last Bastion, The 11th Day, Johnny Got His Gun, The Pied Piper, My Name is Ivan, Close Quarters, Western Approaches, The Grey Zone, Nine Men, Glory, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Caine Mutiny, The Boat, Full Metal Jacket, Fail-Safe, Heaven Knows Mr Allison, The Guns of Navarone, In Which We Serve, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Longest Day, Hell in the Pacific, Fixed Bayonets, Mash, Twelve O'Clock High, Sergeant York, Patton, They Were Expendable, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Enemy Below, Run Silent Run Deep, Pork Chop Hill, To Have & Have Not, Where Eagles Dare, To Hell & Back, Sahara (1943), Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Paths of Glory, Battleground (1949), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), When Trumpets Fade, The Way to the Stars, We Dive at Dawn, A Walk in the Sun, Wake Island, Too Late the Hero, The Sand Pebbles, Mister Roberts, The Young Lions, Mrs Miniver, Reach for the Sky, Story of GI Joe, Platoon, Command Decision, Decision Before Dawn, The Key, So Proudly We Hail, 49th Parallel, Lost Patrol, Lawrence of Arabia, The Sea Shall Not Have Them, San Demetrio London, Action in the North Atlantic, Went the Day Well, The Pianist, The Bridge, Five Graves to Cairo, Saving Private Ryan, The Diary of Anne Frank

Would it be safe to say that you are a film buff?