The most overrated movie ?

baelfire1945 · Post by **baelfire1945** » 2003-11-02 05:53pm

I would have to say Office Space, what with it being mind-numbingly stupid.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-11-02 06:07pm

Scary Movie 3 and TPM.

I thought Citizen Kane was boring too.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-11-02 06:28pm

Yeah the Blair Witch was bad. It was only (remotely) scary at the very end.

And Godfather 2. Everyone says it's better than GF1 but it's no where near as good and i didn't like it half as much as GF1

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-11-02 06:35pm

I think the reason that most people don't like some of the movie classics like 2001 and Citizen Kane is because the conventions they defined have been copied so many times that they have lost all their value. In their time they were brilliant movies but they don't have a lot of their WOW value anymore.

Anyways, I'd have to say The Matrix and Crouching Tiger were the most overrated movies ever. The Matrix had cool special effects, but its story was a lot of philosophical babble combined with a great advertsing campaign. Crouching Tiger had great production values but a sub par story and lousy characters.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-11-02 06:38pm

Thinner.

Sucked hardcore.

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2003-11-02 06:38pm

baelfire1945 wrote:I would have to say Office Space, what with it being mind-numbingly stupid.

You have to watch it twice for it to be really funny, I don't know why but it is mind numbing the first time and hilarious the second time around

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-02 06:45pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. What is this movie's appeal?

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-11-02 06:48pm

What makes the Blair Witch even worse was that in the recent top 100 scariest moments (TV and film) it was voted into number 5

Above such classics as Ring, The Thing, Hellraiser, All the nightmare on ELmstreets, Halloween and all the Friday the 13th !!!!

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-11-02 06:54pm

Durran Korr wrote:The Rocky Horror Picture Show. What is this movie's appeal?

Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon in lingirie of course.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-11-02 07:49pm

Durran Korr wrote:The Rocky Horror Picture Show. What is this movie's appeal?

I'm just a swweeeeet transvesttttitttte...

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-11-02 08:46pm

2000AD wrote:What makes the Blair Witch even worse was that in the recent top 100 scariest moments (TV and film) it was voted into number 5
Above such classics as Ring, The Thing, Hellraiser, All the nightmare on ELmstreets, Halloween and all the Friday the 13th !!!!

I have to agree, that movie was shithouse so I walked out on it.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-11-02 09:01pm

I'd say Titanic. It wasn't a bad movie in my opinion, but there was just so much hype. I've seen better movies which used a fraction of it's budget, as well.

Moulin Rouge was overrated as well. It's people in the 1890's singing music from the 70's, with some plot I didn't understand. Where's the appeal?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-11-02 09:18pm

Gladiator.

I kept waiting for it to grab me my the balls, and it never happened. Good, but very far from the end-all, be-all movie people make it out to be.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-11-03 01:13am

Frank Hipper wrote:Gladiator.

I kept waiting for it to grab me my the balls, and it never happened. Good, but very far from the end-all, be-all movie people make it out to be.

Exactly. It was good but pretty iffy in the "best picture" department but that seems to be how they pick them anymore.

I also had a problem with the "Unleash Hell" line.

Not only did it seem contrived I also had a problem with a Roman using it considering the time frame.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-11-03 03:11am

RogueIce wrote:Full Metal Jacket

Yeah I agree. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-11-03 03:33am

2001. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Most especially the incomprehensible trippy ending.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-11-03 03:35am

Every Stanley Kubrik movie, with the exception of Dr. Strangelove, which was saved by its cast.

Pretty much any highly-rated movie more than two and a half hours long. Except for Seven Samurai, which still would have been better if they'd trimmed a bit from the early recruiting scenes and the final battle.

The first Highlander movie. I haven't seen the sequels but I can't imagine how they could possibly be worse than the original. The TV show was alright, though.

Star Trek: First Contact.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-11-03 04:25am

The Matrix.
Titanic
Anything done by Woody Allen.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-11-03 04:37am

A few films I found to be highly overrated (ie, I hated them):

Natural Born Killers
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Magnolia (what a boring piece of shit that was!

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2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-11-03 05:12am

Drooling Iguana wrote:
The first Highlander movie. I haven't seen the sequels but I can't imagine how they could possibly be worse than the original. The TV show was alright, though.

Going as someone who likes Highlander i'll tell you to avoid the sequals like a plague!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-11-03 10:31am

Sothis wrote:Waterworld. What a wet blanket that film turned out to be, especially after so much money went into making it.

How can it be overrated if everyone says it's shit...?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-11-03 10:36am

Shouldn't this thread be limited to films which were well-received by the critics? Pure shit like Waterworld shouldn't count, as the critics were almost falling over themselves in their haste to attack it.

Something like Citizen Kane would be more suitable, or the Matrix. Or Titanic, which won a shitload of awards.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-11-03 02:53pm

American Beauty. Kevin Spacey is a fantastic actor but the whole movie left me kinda bummed. On the lighter note we did get to see Mena Suvari and Thora Birch showing tit, but or such a suposedly deep movie it wasn't.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-11-03 03:07pm

Kill Bill. After 30 minutes I was about to Kill Tarantino and leave the cinema.

Gladiators. It was...nice, but it certainly wasn't Oscar-quality.

The Phantom Menace. Put "disapointment" to a whole new level.

Matrix:Reloaded. Style over content.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-11-03 03:21pm

evilcat4000 wrote:The Matrix:Reloaded was without doubt the most overrated movie of all times.

What do you think was the most overrated movie ?

I don't think that the Matrix: Reloaded was over-rated per say, it was just overhyped. Most people I talk to are not particularly fond of the movie.

For my personal pick of the most over-rated movie I go with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, I hear everyone raving about the movie and I thought it was boring and silly. The HULK is running a close second these days as it seems alot of people like it considering it sucks.

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