Can't say it better. Even if it was ANY good it still would not live up to the hype.Jamboxdotcom said:
Most Overrated Movie and Why
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yea I agree with you, i tried to watch it but it just didn't work as a movie. As a book on the other hand its pretty dang good and as the years went on I think clarke figured out a way to explain the mind fuck that was going on.SirBryghtside said:
But for me recently it would be inglorious basterds, it was good and all but it wasn't my cup of tea, the acting was amazing but it was just not one of those movies i just watch.
I hope I don't get burned for this but I really, really, reallly did not like Anchorman.
Because of this movie, I steer clear of all will farrell movies. I don't find him funny at all. The best one he has done is where he doesn't TRY to be funny.
Because of this movie, I steer clear of all will farrell movies. I don't find him funny at all. The best one he has done is where he doesn't TRY to be funny.
But when you're really willing to contemplate the concepts explored in films like 2001, Stalker and Solaris, then those long 'boring' bits give you time to reflect and think about what you're being shown.Ekonk said:
Though I totally get that people are bored by them. I was bored by 2001 when I was younger and, I hate to say it - didn't get it.
Watchmen. It loads you down with SOOOO much useless information and for a "superhero movie" it had very little superhero action moments
The Dark Knight, definitely. Boring characters, the Joker's magical ability to place bombs wherever, and Batman's strict policy of not killing the Joker, even though it'd save thousands of lives; all these thing's just made it aterrible movie, especially considering I watched a master piece like Schindler's List five minutes before watching The Dark Knight.
GONE WITH THE WIND. Without a doubt. I watched for an hour and gave up. It might be a great movie, but it just doesn't interest me. Just for ME, PERSONALLY.
That guy is hilarious. Here's to Brit comics!FalloutJack said:
Why does almost everyone seem to be picking critically acclaimed blockbusters from before they were born and only offering "it bored me" as an explanation? "It bored me" is not an assessment of a movie. "It bored me" with no characterization of how/why the film bored you makes it apparent that the something the movie offers has passed him/her by.
Oh I know this one! My dad works in the film business and 'unobtainium' is a term they use to represent a theoretical, indestructible material. IE: "If this was built out of unobtainium, we could rig it..." This was a reference directed to the people working in the film business (mostly grips) But anyways, i can agree (along with many here) that Avatar is overrated. Or, at least it was when i was coerced to see it. "You should see Avatar, that movie is awesome!" No. No it wasn't.elbrandino said:
I get the obvious themes of technology and evolution, but what was it specifically supposed to be about? I recently got to see the sequel (John Lithgow was regrettably underused), which I found solidly "OK," but I'm not sure if the 2010 was Arthur C. Clarke-approved, or if it was written later and just threw out the allegory altogether in favor of a very literal deity story (like the godawful Cube sequels).Kysafen said:
for me it'd be Inception.
I thought it was OKAY, but I didn't care about the characters at ALL.
it felt like it was focusing on the gimmick more than being an actual movie, and everyone praised it as "deep" and such. it's not so much the movie that annoys me as it is the people who want to feel smart and defend it with their life. if you thought this movie was anything short of pure and utter gold, you "just didn't get it".
it's not that I didn't get it, I just didn't care. I saw the "twist" coming a mile away, and if you ask me, Toy Story 3 was far better and much more deep.
"what if life is a dream" is just something you think about when you're bored, leaving childhood behind is something everyone has to go through. I grew up with Toy Story and I'm going to be going to college in a few years. as such, the message of this movie really struck a chord with me.
Inception got an unenthusiastic "meh" out of me.
Toy Story 3 had me in tears by the end.
opps, just realised that this turned into a rant about how much I love Toy Story 3...
but yeah, Inception isn't as good as people say it is. good special effects, good score, pretty meh story and characters
I thought it was OKAY, but I didn't care about the characters at ALL.
it felt like it was focusing on the gimmick more than being an actual movie, and everyone praised it as "deep" and such. it's not so much the movie that annoys me as it is the people who want to feel smart and defend it with their life. if you thought this movie was anything short of pure and utter gold, you "just didn't get it".
it's not that I didn't get it, I just didn't care. I saw the "twist" coming a mile away, and if you ask me, Toy Story 3 was far better and much more deep.
"what if life is a dream" is just something you think about when you're bored, leaving childhood behind is something everyone has to go through. I grew up with Toy Story and I'm going to be going to college in a few years. as such, the message of this movie really struck a chord with me.
Inception got an unenthusiastic "meh" out of me.
Toy Story 3 had me in tears by the end.
opps, just realised that this turned into a rant about how much I love Toy Story 3...
but yeah, Inception isn't as good as people say it is. good special effects, good score, pretty meh story and characters
FFXIII was single greatest disappointment I've ever subjected myself too... If Leona Lewis is the problem, then my mission becomes clear:Ti said:
Leona Lewis must be eliminated...
As for the OT, I'm gonna say "The Hangover." Moments that had my wife bursting into laughter just had me staring at the screen going, "Uh...is that supposed to be funny? Cause it's just random...and not 'random funny,' more like 'random stupid'."
Maybe it's because I cut my teeth on "ridiculous out-of-context random humor" with Aqua Teen Hunger Force years ago. The Hangover is a kiddie pool of "ridiculous out-of-context random humor" when compared to the likes of Aqua Teen's full-sized swimming pool.
Regardless, I think it's an overrated bucket of "meh."
I loved Basterds, but it's not my favorite Tarantino film. The language/subs issue is a taste thing. It was well done. It's funny you should mention Basterds, because it relates to what you said about Avatar...elbrandino said:
Warning: I'm going to be a huge nerd here and correct you. I hope this doesn't sound condescending. Fourth-wall breaking is a specific form of meta-fiction. It refers to, and only to, a character addressing the audience directly, as in the Bloodpool comics and the horrific (don't waste your time) Funny Games. Calling the sought-after material "unobtainium" isn't even really metafiction. Even if it weren't based on an engineering term, referring to something in this way isn't 4th wall breaking or metafiction. Metafiction is when a character addresses or acknowledges that he/she is a character. Stranger than Fiction is a fantastic example of this, as is Inglorious Basterds, specifically the very first scene, wherein the fantastic Christoph Waltz tells the farmer that he's exhausted all of his French and asks if he can finish the conversation in English. But Tarantino doesn't stop there - he didn't do it just for a dumb joke. He then uses that literary device to the story's end. The English is used to conceal from the Jews hiding under the floorboards that Col. Landa knows they are down there, and is about to kill them. It made the scene all the more gripping.
Two things struck me harder walking away from Inglorious Basterds than anything else: the first scene involving the title characters takes for ever but never ceases to be entertaining or stops serving the story, and proves that quite a bit of story can be pulled out of one scene, and the movie itself is a statement about the power of cinema. OK, and the standoff in the bar was one of the scariest things I've seen in a theater since the OD scene in Pulp Fiction.
Speaking of, go find a copy of that movie. Now. It'll change your view of Tarantino.
Double tap to the splash (muted). Back to Metroid (Prime, you dolts. I do have taste).FalloutJack said: