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'The 10 Most Overrated Films of All Time'
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Skyfall, Inception, and The Departed are all fantastic movies. I don't care what this list says.
Finaika
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Origins was quite overrated.
Yes that's how it works.
I know.
Considering its age and its ability to still impress and make people think it's more than earned its place.
I think you can generally describe films as over/underrated by the general populace because you can generally get a good feel of the reception. But there are some people who just want to bitch because they want to feel superior--case in point, Inception, which I thought was a good heist movie, not the most mind-twisting great film of all time. But there was a whole cadre of people who just bitched about how the film was shit, most likely because they hated the praise it was getting rather than the film itself. It's all about expectations.
Yep.
Calamari41
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Yeah, the only one I can really get on board with is Slumdog. Absolutely average-at-best movie, but it became a phenomenon because it was pushed down everybody's throat for whatever reason. It was one of those movies that you were supposed to say you like just because, and is one of the prime examples of why the Oscars should be voted on several years after the year in question.
DesertEater
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The Double Life of Véronique is overrated? Maybe it's because I wasn't around when the film came out to understand that it was overrated, but I saw the film and thought it was spectacular. Also I don't think it's a film that is mentioned everywhere. The director's other films (Red Blue and White) are way more popular. The complain seems to be that the film is yellow? Such a short paragraph they did in criticizing a great film. I guess they're just taking stabs at everyone.
Atraveller
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Giving movies arbitrary scores is dumb, while the author didn't slap numbers on to movies, but he has still kind of done it in a sense. By claiming a movie overrated, he's actually grading the movie, like a test sheet, and it will never surpass certain movies, simply because he rated it lower than the others.
No, just.... NO!
Nappuccino
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No Sawshank? No Forrest Gump? No Boondock Saints? C'mon--I feel like I can't go three hours without seeing someone proclaiming one of those GOAT.
Skyfall: I enjoyed it, but I'm so sick of this type of villain. Overrated when it was out, sure, but people know now it's mediocre.
Inception: Took me for quite the ride, so I have to disagree.
Million Dollar Baby: Disagree. They even say it's aged quite well.
Slumdog: Agree! Right there in the theater I was like wtf am I watching? It had a lot of style, but the story left me wanting. "It is written" is no way to live your life.
The Departed: I thought this film rocked, but I haven't seen the original. I thought everyone in it was fantastic, and it delivered some real tension. Really, I'd prefer to see Shutter Island on this list in its place. What a cliched turd of a movie. Like, how many times do we need to see this same twist?
Inception: Took me for quite the ride, so I have to disagree.
Million Dollar Baby: Disagree. They even say it's aged quite well.
Slumdog: Agree! Right there in the theater I was like wtf am I watching? It had a lot of style, but the story left me wanting. "It is written" is no way to live your life.
The Departed: I thought this film rocked, but I haven't seen the original. I thought everyone in it was fantastic, and it delivered some real tension. Really, I'd prefer to see Shutter Island on this list in its place. What a cliched turd of a movie. Like, how many times do we need to see this same twist?
Well it's better than Benjamin Button.
I liked Frost/Nixon more and obviously Gran Torino was snubbed hard that year, but all the nominees that year were weak, like the previous year. If we used that logic then WHERE THE HELL IS SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Haloid1177
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Have no real issues, except Inception should be no. 1.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
The Departed had some great moments but was overall an extremely uneven film and I was puzzled by its critical reception at the time.
Inception was fun for what it was.
Inception was fun for what it was.
CharminUltra
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Do I detect a Pulp Fiction fan? If so, my man!
I figured they would mention them at least for the clicks. However, they'd be absolutely wrong about the first two. If I'm flipping through channels on a lazy Sunday and see either of those movies on, I'm absolutely stopping and watching until the end. I can't help it, I just enjoy watching them that much. Every movie on their list would be skipped over with me thinking "Eh, I can watch that some other time."
Especially Million Dollar Baby. I respect that movie for the feelings it brought out of me while watching it, but I will never forgive it for the horrible bait-and-switch it pulled on me. I guess that's the price I pay for going into movies without watching trailers or reading/hearing anything about movies other than "Yeah, it's good, you should see it" before seeing them.
Charles Foster Kane
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I wasn't talking about giving movies arbitrary scores or even this article in particular, but about people who generally try to refute criticism simply saying stuff along the lines of "people have different opinions". That's not to say many of those who claim something is overrated aren't talking out of their asses, though.
Romars202129
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I saw Skyfall, and I thought this list is legit as hell!
Then I saw Inception, and this suddenly became a rag...
But then Departed's on their at least, so, there's something.
I'd put departed #1 any day though. That thing bought the oscar.
Then I saw Inception, and this suddenly became a rag...
But then Departed's on their at least, so, there's something.
I'd put departed #1 any day though. That thing bought the oscar.
The last two aren't particularly well composed, and the last one specifically is a bad shot in general unless the focus of the scene is the lights.
Full Metal Jacket should have ended at the end of basic training. The movie takes a huge nosedive after that point.
Kadayi
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Oh both those movies are all sorts of daft, but doesn't make the plot of Skyfall any better.
Romars202129
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Key word here is 'over' rated. Not 'gets exactly as much credit as it deserves' rated.
Secret Fawful
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I agree that Paprika is better than Inception, but I'm a diehard Kon fan.
The Hurt Locker isn't a piece of shit... but it's definitely overrated.
I can't be the only one who hates the term overrated can I? It's popular, you don't like it, that's fine but don't blame other people for it.
EDIT: To make it more clear, it's the modern interpretation of the term which pisses me off, mostly about focusing on how the masses are out right wrong. As an example, earlier in this thread I remember a few people mentioning 2001 and say things like "It's technically impressive but then you see people praising the plot" or "A lot of people think it's one of the greatest". Well yeah... that's how opinions work and you obviously can have yours without insulting people (in this case the majority) en masse like they are flat out wrong without context.
EDIT: To make it more clear, it's the modern interpretation of the term which pisses me off, mostly about focusing on how the masses are out right wrong. As an example, earlier in this thread I remember a few people mentioning 2001 and say things like "It's technically impressive but then you see people praising the plot" or "A lot of people think it's one of the greatest". Well yeah... that's how opinions work and you obviously can have yours without insulting people (in this case the majority) en masse like they are flat out wrong without context.
Videodrome is one of my favourite David Cronenberg movies. It seems an odd movie to put on that list really. Not because this guy thinks it's overrated, that's his opinion, it is more that he thinks it was so widely praised that it deserves to be in the Top 10 Most Overrated Films of All Time. lol
Was it even a Box Office success? It doesn't seem to be. I'm not sure there is enough information on that now though.
I've always viewed Videodrome as more of a cult hit, rather than a mainstream success. Movies that build quite a cult following are obviously praised much more within those circles than they would be your typical mainstream audience anyway.
Was it even a Box Office success? It doesn't seem to be. I'm not sure there is enough information on that now though.
I've always viewed Videodrome as more of a cult hit, rather than a mainstream success. Movies that build quite a cult following are obviously praised much more within those circles than they would be your typical mainstream audience anyway.
Nicktendo86
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I thought it was fun. Its a film, not a documentary, only bond film my wife has ever enjoyed and probably the second for me after casino royale.
Bubble Metropolis
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Lost me at Ikiru.
Videodrome is a really odd film to appear on a list like this, especially for a director whose work rarely has any kind of consensus on what their best is. There's just as many people who would point to The Fly, or Dead Ringers, or A History of Violence, and potentially others as there are for this film. I think the only consensus is that it's certainly one of his strongest and most enduring, which is hardly the same thing.
I don't think Mystic River should have won Oscars, but awful movie? I thought it was pretty enjoyable.
That they only spare a few lines for the "see instead" movies is pretty dumb. So Skyfall sucks but I should see the Dalton one because it's gritty and has a good stunt sequence?
ComputerMKII
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But what about the composition and the lighting in those shots, specifically?
Nicktendo86
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I like the contrast between the bright colours and dar silhouette in the foreground, the clean look, the variety in scenes. Just me though, I don't have any technical explanations :/
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