Die Hard 4 was an amazing action spectacle with Bruce Willis being his crazy badass self. It was a popcorn flick with no substance, but if you go watch a Die Hard movie for a different reason than HES FIRING A TRUCK INTO A HELICOPTER YIPPEE KI YAY, then you're doing it wrong.
This, especially when you are watching the unrated one. The PG-13 version doesn't feel like a Die Hard film but the unrated one certainly does.
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I always thought Driving Miss Daisy was overrated. It won a million academy awards but I thought it was pretty dull and flat. I don't hear many people talking about it these days, though. I also thought Chicago was overrated, but maybe it just wasn't made for me.
From Chicago I liked the soundtrack but that's about it.
The Chronicles of Narnia are also terribly overrated (or should I say were?). I remember when the movie first came out critics said it could rival Lord of the Rings. Full of anticipation I went to watch it in the cinema..and learned the hard way to never trust a critic's words again.
I honestly never saw the whole deal with the lord of the rings either.
I definitley enjoyed the narnia movies more than the two last lord movies. And about as much as the first.
Also Borat was fricking hilarious, i split my sides everytime i watch that or Bruno.
I have a great deal of respect for CS Lewis and Liam Neeson cus they are both 2 of very few from my country to make it mainstream. But the only Narnia film I thought was outstandingly done, was 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.'
Caspian was dull except for the Start and the Ending which was excellent. Also I enjoyed Eddie Izzard voicing Reepicheep. Dawn Treader replaced him with Simon Pegg cus of the Studio changes, also changed all the Talmerians accents to English when they were blatantly Spanish, and has a little known douchebag from the UK 'comedy scene' as 'Eustice.'
Also, in an attempt to draw more in, they're Whoring out the image of the White Witch; and Aslan to an extent. White Witch was nice to see again in Caspian, but apparently she appears to taunt Edmund again in Dawn Treador, and it's just like 'been there, done that. Is she in this for 5 minutes again for the same purpose?'
EDIT: As for Lord of the Rings; I've never been into it, so before Christmas I found the trilogy of books, so I began reading them; into page 280, and my Mum picked up the DVD boxset for me. Cast such as Ian McKellen were factors in why I was drawn to read the series. Also I wanted to see how he and Dumbledore compare.
I enjoyed LoTR for the fact that they put so much work into the movies to make them as close to the books as possible. I don't care about any of the franchise, I just enjoyed the movies for what they were.
I think Scott Pilgrim vs The World is overrated. The plot is stupid and the comics are not that great.
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Couldn't disagree more with you about Scott Pilgrim on an opinion level.
But was it really that hyped? As i heard it drew a small crowd and was a pretty big box office failure compared to films like the expendables.
Honestly i completley blew it off when it ran, Mostly due to hatin the lead. Which i sorely regret now.
Nah, most of the people I associate with in real life and online were all hyped up about it, I saw previews and read the graphic novels a bit, I didn't see the big deal really.
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Yeah Scott Pilgrim has been hyped as hell; "Best movie ever" etcetra.
I actually got it and thought it'd be a let down for how hyped it was. It was pretty awesome. It's a movie with a very simple plot (which benefits it) and a very funny and quotable movie also. Michael Cera has great comedic timing.
Re-watching the trailer right now, and man that was just terrible. They really couldn't have made a worse trailer to sell the movie had they tried.
But yeah it's a nerdy movie that at the surfaces appears to be about what if love was a videogame but with a sprinkle of life and relationship lessons in it. It's loving nerd package and what it's trying to get across just speaks to be, and what that may say about how pathetic i am i'll leave to the observers.
Counting the videogame references and where all the sound effects are from also added a whole new level of nerd love for the movie.
Scott Pilgrim is a great movie.
But I think you'd need to have read the comics to have a better appreciation for it.
See, I did hear about the video game references, so it peaked my interest a bit. I guess I just want to wait till its on netflix or something, I might give it a go.
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Oh i'm definitley gonna read the comics, i'm just letting myself cool down a bit.
Heard the ending, which was my favorite part was even better and more fleshed out in the comic. So that has gotten my interest pretty peaked.
The comics don't really appeal to me too much to be honest. But to be fair, I will watch the movie someday and perhaps I will appreciate the comics more.
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Scott Pilgrim is nerd humor done right.
Watch and learn, BBT writers.
Yeah Scott Pilgrim has been hyped as hell; "Best movie ever" etcetra.
lol, who the hell's been saying that? It was a very enjoyable movie but anyone who claims it has "teh best ever" really needs to watch a lot more cinema.
Overrated-
Titanic for ever and ever and ever and ever
Avatar
Dances with Wolves for that matter
Ocean's Eleven bored the fuck out of me
Chicago also certainly didn't deserve 6 oscars
will think of more soon
I think 300 is overly praised. I've seen it, and didn't think it lived up to the hype. Having been exposed to all of the annoying "This is Sparta!" memes that it produced probably had something to do with it, too.
Also Borat was fricking hilarious, i split my sides everytime i watch that or Bruno.
Every series with Borat in was amazing but the film was a major disappointment.
If you havent seen the TV stuff, do that. It's better.
I think a lot of people in this thread need to stop buying into so much hype. I barely ever do now and I've been pleasantly surprised with a lot of movies that other people said were let downs.
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I would say that some of them do u guys are just biass because it's not from the manga. If the filler arc was in the manga then I bet u guys would love it.
Titanic for ever and ever and ever and ever
As much as i enjoyed Titanic, this is true.
Every series with Borat in was amazing but the film was a major disappointment.
If you havent seen the TV stuff, do that. It's better.
Oh i think i've scrunged up pretty much everything Sacha Baron Cohen has ever made. Well some of the british Ali G episodes/bits were in too poor quality to watch. Like the one where he went to a porno award. But other than that i've seen it and loved it. But i still think Borat is an incredible movie, actualy making that concept work in a feature film and having it be consistently funny for the duration is something i feel is pretty goddamn impressive.
I tried to limit this to what I thought truely were the most overrated rather than list films I saw recently that I didn't like as much as everyone else.
Bambi and the LotR trilogy. Rings has already been discussed, so I'll share my thoughts on Bambi. It's just annoyingly cutesy. There's no substance or plot, it's just showing how cute these animals are. Hell I think Bambi's mother was killed just to make Bambi an orphan which was supposed to make him cuter. And every character borders close to becoming Scrappies.
I say it's overrated because it's got a surprisingly big fanbase. My friend used to work at Best Buy, said there was a line for the Bambi DVD release a few years ago with nonstop fanboy chattering which he said rivaled that of trekkies.
That and critics seem to like it.
I have a really bad habit of seeing someone gush over a movie and then trying to see it to convince myself it's overrated. The artsier the worse it is with me. However I really wanted to like Inception but I couldn't get past feeling like it just tried way too hard.
Uh…. what else... I think Borat and 300 are classic and Avatar is shit. Star Trek was very weak, and my opinion has nothing to do with my general hate of fantasy. Chicago.... well, I love Renee Zellweger.
Originally Posted by Battle Franky
Bad move, bub!
Do Kevin Smith movies really get overhyped?
in some circles tarantino gets bashed as mindless slop, but smith's oeuvre gets hypes as clever or at least amusing.
Borat.
I'd love to see someone defend it now that Obama is in office.
i don't know what this means, but i still dig borat, although ali G will ALWAYS be sacha's funniest character.
i haven't seen inception yet, but it seems like people calling it 'deep' are the same types of people who call anything that's either convoluted or difficult for them to comprehend 'deep'.
gonna step on a lot of toes, but: shawshank redemption. it's a movie i really enjoyed, but it doesn't break anywhere near my top TWENTY favorite films of all time, and for many people it's their number one.
I don't think the matter of who was president of the US affected my enjoyment of Borat at all.
But I agree in the sense that it doesn't work that well when viewed multiple times, though. Still, one of the funniest movies I've seen.
It was funny for a scene or two, but for the most part it was malicious, and I felt this was what people liked the most because it gives them a bloated sense of superiority.
There's also the crowd who think it's an insightful, witful satire instead of a collection of crude pranks by a guy pretending to be an ethnic stereotype.
It's a mix of both. Stereotypes are stereotypes because they are largely true, and the best foils are unwitting. Though yeah, a good amount of Borat and Bruno are both crude and subjective.
And I totally agree with that post, Ao Kiji.
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in some circles tarantino gets bashed as mindless slop, but smith's oeuvre gets hypes as clever or at least amusing.
Honestly i prefer Kevin Smith's work, but i wont say anything about which is objectivley the better filmmaker.
It was funny for a scene or two, but for the most part it was malicious, and I felt this was what people liked the most because it gives them a bloated sense of superiority.
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This is hilarious if you like me, are what i call a seinfeld person.
It was funny for a scene or two, but for the most part it was malicious, and I felt this was what people liked the most because it gives them a bloated sense of superiority.
There's also the crowd who think it's an insightful, witful satire instead of a collection of crude pranks by a guy pretending to be an ethnic stereotype.
sometimes there is some–whether intentional or not--wit to it.
overall, it's meant to be sort of dark and subversive, not for everyone, especially people easily offended by that sort of thing.
i assumed the whole reason he's dressing as a social caricature is to expose how strongly certain people cling to those caricatures as 'truth'. i mean, borat doesn't speak or act anything like someone from kazistahn..the people that buy into the deceit are the people who ignorantly blanket that region of the world with one unifying idea of a 'middle easterner'.
some pretty powerful people say some genuinely condescending and ridiculously offensive things to ali g based on the way he dresses, pronounces words, etc. the homophobic reactions to bruno should probably be the most obvious examples of the kind of 'satire' i think he's going for. some of it is definitely 'i'm a walking stereotype, laugh at me!', though, yeah.
And I totally agree with that post, Ao Kiji.
respek.
I think Inglorious Basterds is incredibly overrated
Christoph Waltz was great though
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A lot of my friends hated that movie, mainly because they hate any movie that has slow pacing.
I went into the theater thinking this was going to be a Tarantino flick about killing Nazis and walked out thinking, "Wow, that was one superb actor".
People really shouldn't watch a Tarantino movie expecting a fast-paced bloodbath anyway
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I tried really hard to get into Inglorious Bastards, I just never could. And it's not slow pacing. I love slow pacing. Especially as a horror fan, I love movies that build.
I also find the Hangover to be incredibly overrated. Everyone I know loves that movie and calls it the funniest thing they've ever seen. I don't get it. Both I Love You Man and Get Him to the Greek were tons better, in my opinion.
And now, I am preparing to get a lot of crap, because the next movie on my list is Citizen Kane.
It was definitely good, but I don't think it's anything more. Least of all the best movie of all time.
That's it for now.
Scarface DEFINITELY. When it comes to Al Pacino's filmography family, its like the Godfather's retarded brother. The movie is 3 hours of vulgar language, terrible acting and absolutely NOTHING turns out good for ANY of the characters that doesn't morph into something terrible. No one in that movie is a completely good guy, and the main character is an uneducated jerk with money. I heard so much about this movie and longed to see it and when I finally did, I hung my head in shame.
this! thank you.
I never found Tarantino to be that superb a director that some people make him out to be. True some of his earlier works were astounding like Pulp Fiction or Jackie Brown but when I watch Kill Bill I get the feeling it tries to hard to be iconic and clever that it's annoying at times. That's also the problem with Inglorious Basterds..it's a typical Tarantino film and follows the same pattern.
Borat is a movie that people either love or hate. He played his role perfectly as stereotypical middle eastern bumpkin and he got the reaction out of people he wanted. It's just..the whole concept doesn't work for me because I know he is acting and deliberately provoking people so it's not a very truthful depicition of society.
i actually agree about inglorious basterds, probably my least favorite tarantino after jackie brown.
god..i can't believe i forgot about the hangover. nothing about that movie amused or entertained me even slightly–the plot, the actors, the 'jokes'. i remember getting bored and just reading or drawing or whatever halfway through out of sheer boredom. i seriously couldn't find any of it even slightly funny..
Also, it's a children's comic from Japan.
Why are you comparing it to cultural engravings and burritos.
Hangover was hilarious. One of the best comedies of the decade. Hardly over-rated.
Avatar. it probly was great to look at in 3d in theaters but it basicly was a cowboy indian thing about land which i seen before
Christoph Waltz was outstanding in Inglourious Basterds; regardless I love the film. It made war films interesting to me. I'm actually going to write my AS Level Speaking Presentation (memorise a sheet of German) on Inglourious Basterds under the theme of 'Interests' or 'TV and Cinema' and mention Christoph Waltz.
My French Assistant totally hates Tarantino though.
I agree that Christoph Waltz was great in the movie. He completely overshadowed Brad Pitt who's supposed to be the leading man. That's also one of my bugbears..the bad guy was a lot more likeable (he makes quite the magnificent bastard) than the heroes..I mean wtf? :/
The problem I have with Tarantino is that everyone thinks he's some kind of god while I think his stuff got old very quickly.
Landa being well done made the last 10 minutes or so really sting. I walked out of the theaters PISSED about what happened to the nazis… which is why I actually think Basterds was great. Aside from the highly fictional part of the ending, I still don't quite get that. Maybe I should watch the original.
The thing about Tarantino to me is that he gets taken very seriously when he shouldn't. He might try hard, but that generally just results in Kill Bill type cheese. Actually, that might be him not trying hard.
And while it doesn't beat Godfather I or II, it's close enough that I really wouldn't call Scarface a retarded brother. That would be Godfather III. Scarface to me was like the fraternal brother to Taxi Driver. Just intense, unsettling shit on the flipside.
Originally Posted by Battle Franky
Bad move, bub!
Ah, I forgot to mention The Hangover as well.
I honestly didn't find it that funny. I assume the reason people loved it was because of all the randomness (waking up with a Tiger in the room, Asian guy in the trunk of the car, etc.), and even then I've seen better uses of random.
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People really shouldn't watch a Tarantino movie expecting a fast-paced bloodbath anyway
This is the only film of his that I went in with those kind of expectations. Heck the commercials made it look that way:happy:
Hang Over was funny and awesome because it was a well-written story that introduced a bunch of bizarre completely random plot devices and yet strung them all together in a coherent manner whilst giving each and every one of them a satisfying resolution. Not to mention the great chemistry the characters had and how fun and diverse and sympathetic they were and how they handled their situation in a more or less realistic manner given the circumstances. (God I'm so sick of comedies that have dopey characters that try to exaggerate every little thing to shoehorn in the comedy). Heck, the director in general did a great job in making all the side-characters portray their characters realistically.
Commercials are a lot of the time off when it comes to movies. Such as the trailers for Splice making it look like a horror movie. Damn marketing teams.
I quite liked 300, mainly because a concept such as the Spartan era didn't really need a deep story or memorable story. Eye-candy, action and liners were all the film needed to keep me entertained from beginning to end. Unlike some other films that tried the "concept-centric" approach such as Avatar… I was completely bored out of my mind watching that movie. The scenery was pretty but it did nothing for me. The main lead was boring, and the battles agianst the villains barely had much seen or historic buildup(they kinda just came and started destroying stuff for lame reasons).
I agree about Hangover. It was not funny, but I did like the "WTF is happening here" moments. Honestly, there should have been more of that instead of a weak excuse for a plot.
If there's any overatted movie I'd mention, it has to be Scott Pilgrim vs the World. I absolutely love the comics and the chracters. After seeing the movie, I was quite disappointed and embarrassed enough to watch it with my sister. Scott's actor was as flat as cheap piece of toilet paper... I mean, the dude sounded as if he was bored out of his mind for the entire movie. Maybe he was trying to go for the innocent loser approach, but there wasn't enough energy. He sucked! Sucked! Sucked! Sucked! While it's not the most unfaithful adaption to a cult-based comic book(that belongs to Tank Girl), I liked the overall style the movie had. Unfortunately that's not enough to call a great movie.
If there was more running time to make things better, I would have loved more scenes within Subspace, all of the events at Clash at Demonhead (I really hated when Todd was a bigger prick in the movie), and Kim's story(it could have done without the hinting).
People that came outta 300 disappointed always confused me . I just dunno what they wanted or expected. No offense, but I feel these people would come out of a boxing event disappointed at the lack of slam dunks.
People that came outta 300 disappointed always confused me . I just dunno what they wanted or expected. No offense, but I feel these people would come out of a boxing event disappointed at the lack of slam dunks.
Disappointed at the piss poor visual effects. Major let down. Horrible film.
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I would say that some of them do u guys are just biass because it's not from the manga. If the filler arc was in the manga then I bet u guys would love it.
What exactly were people expecting with 300 I wonder…
i would've been satisfied if any of the characters or lines (besides the ONE we all know..)had been memorable. it just felt like a really pretty gladiator clone–and i never liked gladiator to begin with..
What exactly were people expecting with 300 I wonder…
Special effects that mirrored the year it was released.
Cant win 'em all I guess.
Looked fine to me.
Looked fine to me.
Excessive green screening that looks worse than in the Star Wars Prequels and copy pasta extras? (The same guy literally standing two or three guys away)
Didn't look fine to me.
