Most Overrated Movie and Why

[Dirty Hipsters]

Idiocracy, mainly because I see so many people act like it's an intelligent eye opening film. It's not.

It's not an intelligent eye-opening movie, but the first 2/3 of it is damn good satire I'd say. Kind of sad how it fell apart in the last 1/3.

 

[Nudu]

12 Monkeys is another one I don't particularly like. I liked the characters and the acting a lot, but I really don't get why that twist at the end was supposed to be so great. A good twist to me is something like Sixth Sense or Fight Club where you think "Wow! I didn't see that coming, but that explains everything!" not just throwing away the entire plot and throwing in some random dude that's never explained you've never seen before to finish the plot.

I am not sure what you mean here as 12 Monkeys wasn't really a "plot twist" film and the plot wasn't discarded at the end. Also what random dude are you talking about? The film was about how the events of the past are unchangable. Unlike the Sixth Sense which is a film about "look at my plot twist". Even Fight Club didn't hinge on its twist as the humour and veiwpoints expressed by the characters were the primary focus. So I don't agree with your comparison as I found 12 Monkeys to be a good example of a tightly plotted film.

Well, reading the cconsensus on rotten tomatoes make me go into the film expecting, and I quote, "mind-blowing plot twists".

I won't say I hated it. I just didn't think it was that amazing. Maybe it's one of those movies I just have to watch again. There are a couple of those.

 

[Slowpool]

Just about any "classic" movies (Citizen Kane, Casablanca, etc.)

Also, almost anything from Stanley Kubric. 'Cept "A Clockwork Orange"; that was just delightful.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Avatar: alien Pocahontas in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

yeah... thats basically what it is change gold with a rare element, native americans with blue cat things "the new world" with a new planet, list could go on...

Damn you ninja also, see this http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/

 

[Wushu Panda]

The Godfather for me. It's considered legendary by most people but the film is like 3 hours long and I was bored of it about half way through.

Right there with you. I cannot possibly see why so many people have quote it all the time.

I also want to go with Wanted. People say it's great but it had a terrible...everything. It was the one movie where Morgan Freeman's voice couldn't hypnotize me into liking the damn thing.

 

[Slowpool]

Oh, also Superbad.

 

[The Eyeball Moose]

My parents got me to see Young Frankenstein claiming it was a hilarious classic. It wasn't. I hated it.

What? weird. why not? and try watching Spaceballs if you havent already.

I would have enjoyed it more if my parents hadn't gotten me all worked up about how awesome it was. That made me expect more than it had.

Also, I've seen Spaceballs; it was quite entertaining. This is coming from a guy who never watched any Star Wars movie. Take note.

Ah. In that case let me suggest a movie for you to watch.

Spoiler

I know I've seen that, but I can't remember anything from it, so I'll go do that.

 

[FalloutJack]

The answer is 2012. But instead of ME explaining, I have a pinch-hitter for me. Take it away, Dara O'Briain!

The reason for me was that I watched The Andromeda Strain right before it. Which was a MUCH better The world is ending suspenseful disaster movie.

Well, that's on account of the writer for it having been Michael Critchton. I should ask, though, which version you were watching, because it was really the older version (and not that made-for-TV movie) that was more true to form.

 

[DarkRyter]

Human Centipede.

If even a single person rates it, it reveals the unfortunate fact that someone watched it.

And that's terrible.

 

[Ziggy the wolf]

anything by james cameron and godfather. he is okay as a director but not as awesome as people claim him to be. plus Godfather was fucking boring

 

[Blatherscythe]

Avatar, a beautiful 3D world doesn't make up for your 2D story and characters, the overdone message doesen't help either. Hell, the Na'vi were aggressive, holier-than-thou and primitive, the only reason those idiots were around was because unlike having to adapt to the world through evolution, the world was made to baby the little bastards. I wanted to see the space rednecks wipe them out, they may be in it for profit and research, but at least they tried negotiations and trade and aren't as pretentious as the Na'vi. The Native Americans and other native tribes we're in tune with nature, they adapted to their world and learned to survive, the Na'vi can practically dominate the will of other animals and have a bountiful world. They're a babied species that has done virtually nothing and it shows.

Also why the hell were the humans using an open pit mine? They are an advanced species, why don't they have better mining tools?

 

[King Toasty]

I actually quite liked Avatar. The animation was pretty cool, the scenery was pretty, the dialog realistic. I really, really hate it when people discredit it because it's based on Dancing with the Wolves. That's kinda the point, people. Like Pocahontas, it's an interpretation.

OT: Monsters. Everyone says it's artistic, but it's just boring, the characters are jerks and the writing is... well.
The actual monsters looked cool, though.

 

[alimarin]

"The native american's didn't deserve their land since they weren't using it properly"

I remember the new USA actually used that as an excuse to take the land from them.

 

[Sixcess]

The Dark Knight

Bats is boring and has an absurd voice, Dent is underused/wasted, whateverhernameis is irrelevant except to get threatened/killed, and Christopher Nolan can't direct a fight scene to save his life.

It's not terrible - the bank robbery sequence at the start is great, the ferry sequence has a smart and genuinely unexpected resolution and Heath Ledger puts more into his performance than the rest of the cast combined and pretty much carries the film - I don't think I'll ever understand why people regard it as a masterpiece though.

 

[FFHAuthor]

Avatar, was over-rated on an extreme level. Visually stunning, yes. Decent action sequences at the end. But other than that, it's just a constant litany of Green and Environmentalist cliche of the past fifty years 'humanity is evil', 'industry is evil', 'green is good', 'the earth is alive'. The 'Dances with wolves' and 'Pocaoantas' plot dressing was just a vehicle for them to keep hammering the Green arguments over and over and over again. Not to mention the jabs at US foreign policy. I had a headache after watching it that didn't come from the bad 3D. It really wasn't a story that is going to be remembered or cared about in twenty years, like most politically motivated movies.

To prove my point:
Anyone else seen the Sand Pebbles?

If you have and got the undertones, congratulations. If not, well, there you go.

 

[King Toasty]

Oh, also Superbad.

Ugh, this. I fell asleep half an hour in. No laugh what so ever.

 

[Redout9122]

Inception, too easy.

A pseudo-intellectual sci-fi action piece that's even more pretentious than The Matrix. At least The Matrix wasn't bland. Inception just had good set pieces and BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRM.

Sorry, "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRM" doesn't count as an Oscar-worthy soundtrack to me.

EDIT: The reason I can say it's the most overrated is that the piece of trash is rated as the fifth-best movie of all time as rated by IMDb users.

Yes, I know they're idiots, but really?

 

[MikeOfThunder]

Humans use technology to survive so we need to use the planets resources, the Na'vi on the other hand were just born with the entire planet under their control, they didn't earn anything and don't follow any form of societal advancement, meaning they are destined to die out anyway. because they are an inert species.
So why does the movie seem stuck on the idea that the na'vi are a superior race?

I think you just justified every colonial conquest, ever.

I don't think the film is depicting the na'vi as 'superior' more 'innocent'. It is their home and a corporation wants to destroy it, to gain money. The corporation is seen as bad because they walk in and try to persuade the na'vi to leave by offering them deals, that fails and so they resort to violence and war. They are willing to slaughter any creature that defends their home (the big tree thing) because they want to turn a profit... I don't understand how your not seeing this as morally wrong? You also seem to be attacking them (look at me getting passionate about a fictional race) for not 'earning anything', they were born on the planet, they aren't asking for anything but to be left in peace. In all honesty its more the commando that is seen as the 'bad guy' less the boss in charge (as he doesnt want to kill any na'vi and very reluctantly agrees in the end).

I'm not a MASSIVE Avatar fan btw. I thought it was a good film, really enjoyed it. However, it would not place in my top ten by any means. Just wanted you to know that this isn't an Avatar fanboy or anything

Overrated films:

*A Clockwork Orange (It was alright)
*Blade Runner (Although I watched it young, I wasnt a fan)
*Napoleon Dynamite (Fucking shit. I watched it when I was like 14 though...)

 

[an_luas]

Shawshank Redemption and Scarface, my friends kept on talking about them and how great they were and so on so forth. Whe I finally got round to watching them (specifically Scarface) I was like "meh" and turned it off halfway through.

 

[Malfy]

E.T. - For all the praise it gets, I watched it and couldn't stand it. Eliiot's high-pitched whining, Dwew Bawwymore trying too hard to be cute, non-interesting characters, the drawn-out ending, and being bored throughout most of the whole shebang put me off.

Donnie Darko (I guess it counts, it was recommended to me a lot when it was new) - Just a non-engaging movie that tries it damndest to be interesting by being weird as hell, didn't work for me.