This thread makes me sad - it's unfortunate to see that so many members of the Escapist community have terrible taste in movies. Oh well, as they say, opinions are like assholes....
Overated Movies
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Everyone knows (or should know) that Batman is the one of the least interesting characters in Gotham.titaniumChampion said:
I can agree that it was probably too long and while I felt Two-face's inclusion worked, I would have preferred him to be left out if it would have made the movie shorter.
Just because something is formulaic doesn't mean it is bad. Using a formulaic plot can leave the writers room to focus on some other aspect, and since The Dark Knight was arguably not (primarily) about the plot, I don't have a problem with it being formulaic.
3 was pretty uniformly bad. 1 and 2 were quite good. I'd also put Iron Man on the around the same level.
Indeed, they are. Avatar was an ok film, nothing were spectacular to me except some of the CGI.Julianking93 said:
[SUB]Some of the CGI's were just stunningly good, that's all.[/SUB]
James Cameron's movies = overrated.
Then he succeeded. He was going for a cartoon style, rather than gritty realism.run_forrest_run said:
As for me, I absolutely despise Avatar. Pretty pictures and all, but trite and pretentious. And not a single original line. "You're not in Kansas in anymore." "This, this is our land!" sigh...
SlowShootinPete said:
The movie is supposed to be a social commentary on the direction that humanity is headed. In this setting, people could no longer figure out how to get rid of their trash, causing the whole planet to become one giant junkyard. Eve's purpose as a robot is to seek out signs of life on Earth; due to the overwhelming amount of trash, plant life could not be sustained. Eve monitors the trash robots' (like Wall-E) progress; if she finds evidence of life, it is a sign that Earth is once again able to sustain life, which therefore would allow humans to start inhabiting Earth again. Why she has a gun is completely irrelevant to the rest of the movie, but I assume it would be why most robots with guns have them: to neutralize threats.
Also, AUTO is a robot. Not even actually, it's the ship's AI. It has a directive programmed into it, so it carries it out. Robots are never interesting when it comes to motivation (unless they develop consciousness, which couldn't actually happen).
Also, AUTO is a robot. Not even actually, it's the ship's AI. It has a directive programmed into it, so it carries it out. Robots are never interesting when it comes to motivation (unless they develop consciousness, which couldn't actually happen).
Hmmm, that's a toughie. I find it fairly hard to hate on a movie and films aren't that hyped here in Aus anyway.
If I had to pick one on the grounds of overrated in the sense that while everybody thought it was exceptional I thought it wasn't very good it would be The Dark Knight, admit it, Heath Ledgers death (Rest his soul) did blow the hype and praise for this film (Especially for the Joker's performance, but it's impossible to not act that character well, look at Jack Nicholson's joker, the guy's a great actor and he worked well with the role, Heath Ledger was nothing special but he worked well with the role) a bit out of proportion and there were some incredibly dry moments. But to be fair I thought it was better than the original.
If I had to pick one on the grounds of overrated in the sense that while I thought it was great (And in this case I'm talking like, top ten movies i've ever viewed) there are some people out there who analyse the hell out of it and act like it's the second coming it would be The Shining. I thought this movie was great but I've heard how people go on and on about it, analyzing every small detail and I see numerous spoofs in TV, movies and videogames. Hell, I even saw things like the original dresses the twins wore in the film and the typewriter and pages filled with "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" at an exhibition called colour me Kubrick in Melbourne a few years ago.
If I had to pick one on the grounds of overrated in the sense that while everybody thought it was exceptional I thought it wasn't very good it would be The Dark Knight, admit it, Heath Ledgers death (Rest his soul) did blow the hype and praise for this film (Especially for the Joker's performance, but it's impossible to not act that character well, look at Jack Nicholson's joker, the guy's a great actor and he worked well with the role, Heath Ledger was nothing special but he worked well with the role) a bit out of proportion and there were some incredibly dry moments. But to be fair I thought it was better than the original.
If I had to pick one on the grounds of overrated in the sense that while I thought it was great (And in this case I'm talking like, top ten movies i've ever viewed) there are some people out there who analyse the hell out of it and act like it's the second coming it would be The Shining. I thought this movie was great but I've heard how people go on and on about it, analyzing every small detail and I see numerous spoofs in TV, movies and videogames. Hell, I even saw things like the original dresses the twins wore in the film and the typewriter and pages filled with "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" at an exhibition called colour me Kubrick in Melbourne a few years ago.
Like I said, "overrated" doesn't mean bad. Those are both good moviesZenn3k said:Terminator and Terminator 2 say your opinion is wrongJulianking93 said:
Hyped up as fuck, yes but still good.
Perhaps it may look suspicious, but I admit I just didn't like Watchmen. I downloaded it, watched it, and the entire time I was watching I just didn't like it. It's like I said, they looked like they were afraid to let a joke slip out of fear of not being dark enough. I never have finished Dark Knight, as I fell asleep in the middle. My mom had bought the dvd and me and a friend decided to pop it in. I honestly consider viewing that movie a waste of my time.bismarck55 said:
The Monty Python bit was rather pointless, I suppose, since I said that I don't care for british humor, but I just don't see why people find it funny. Monty Python comes off as a British Tyler Perry in my eyes. Putting out crap that isn't funny, but people will buy and laugh anyway, just because the name is attached to it. I admit I've never sat through Holy Grail, as it never interested me, I did check otu a "Best of Monty Python" dvd box set from my local library a couple years back and didn't laugh once. I got the jokes, they just weren't funny. About the only British comedy show I've ever really liked was "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
I'll list off some movies I have liked though:
- Star Wars Episode VI (all 6 of them are okay to me, but I don't care for Episode 2 or 5. I really only like Episode 1 for Qui Gon and Darth Maul. RotJ is just my fave)
- V for Vendetta
- Hulk Vs Double Feature
- Mortal Kombat
- Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
- Clerks 2
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Casshern
- Almost anything by Hayao Miyazaki
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (the extended Blu-Ray release. REALLY makes it an overall better film, and explains things much better!)
- The Killing Machine (easily my favorite Sonny Chiba film)
- Spawn
If it came out in the last 10 years & it didn't get negative reviews, it's over rated, especially if it's a comedy. Also anything by Pixar or Disney.
Casshern was pretty cool. Not many people know about that one I think.kyosai7 said:
But anyway you've convinced me that you just have really different taste, and are not just trolling. Not that my opinion is important or anything. It's just hard to tell if someone is sincere sometimes.