Over rated movies

[Smokey]

You had to pick a film that I have'nt seen

I like Bill Murray and he has done couple of good films, but when front and back cover of DVD is plasterd with critics rave reviews like your mentioned movie DVD cover is, I think I be little bit wary of the film.

[Feanor]

You had to pick a film that I have'nt seen

I like Bill Murray and he has done couple of good films, but when front and back cover of DVD is plasterd with critics rave reviews like your mentioned movie DVD cover is, I think I be little bit wary of the film.

I'm always leery of films that get great critics' review but relatively poor viewer's reviews. Such as Lost in Translation -- except I really don't know why the viewers' reviews are as good even as they are.

[Worf101]

Touchy subject. I too thought "2001" was overated when I saw it as a kid. As an adult I had an entirely different take.

"Titanic" - Overated as hell "wha' the ship's sinking?"

"The Deer Hunter" - Wha? Viet Nam was bad?

"The Dark Knight Rises" - Batman quit for 10 years? Batman NEVER quits!

I could go on and on and on...

Worf

[Feanor]

Touchy subject. I too thought "2001" was overated when I saw it as a kid. As an adult I had an entirely different take.

"Titanic" - Overated as hell "wha' the ship's sinking?"

"The Deer Hunter" - Wha? Viet Nam was bad?

"The Dark Knight Rises" - Batman quit for 10 years? Batman NEVER quits!

I could go on and on and on...

Worf

I gotta disagree about The Deer Hunter. I thought was outstanding ... but that was my reaction years ago when the effects of the war were more recent; I haven't viewed it in years.

OTOH, I have to agree about The Dark Knight Rises -- déjà vu all over again.

[recoveryone]

I'm with Feanor, anything the critics praise or up for an oscar turns out to be a waste. most are box office flops even with all the awards hype tying to boost ticket sales. Many people wait to see them on disk and wish they could get those 2 hours back. The only film in recent times that did well with both critics and fans was LOTR.

[3LB]

A list I could add to for months to come. Recent comedies come to mind right now.

Napolian Dynamite - I have no idea why people thought this was funny. Lazy assed writing and poor acting and pacing.

Super Bad - 'nuff said

The Hangover - moderately funny, but not the bust-a-gut laughfest that the hype machine portrayed it as being. Basically, the reason why I'll be waiting for comedies to come out on DVD from now on.

All-time hype award goes to Avatar though. A story that was a mash-up of Disney's Pocahontas and Ferngully with landscape designs and vistas straight outta the Roger Dean gallery. It was a fun film to look at what with its groundbreaking CGI effects and gorgeous scenery (seeing a Roger Dean concept brought to life was glorious even if uncreditied) but the dialog felt like it was written by a 5th grader and of course the constant feeling of dejavu with regards to storyline kept me from emerging myself into the movie.

[Mr Peabody]

I was thinking as I wrote this I wasn't going to mention any particular movie but as I read on, Avatar came to mind then I saw 3LB beat me to the punch. One other movie people love but I just don't get why, is Bladerunner, it moved so slow I didn't finish it, maybe I missed something.

I wonder if sometimes the hype of a movie has our expectations so high the movie couldn't possibly live up to them. I try to keep in mind when watching old movies like Casablanca the time in which it was made. I do enjoy many of the B&W movies because they actually have a script and story.

Sometimes I wonder as well if it's not something novel in the movie that excites people so then they say the whole movie was good, for instance, No Country For Old Men, I did like the movie but it wasn't as great as the hype, so I wonder if the unique killing device is what triggered the excitement. Or, Slump Dog Millionaire, was it the greatness of the movie or was people shocked to see the boy jump in the waste? As 3LB mentioned on Avatar, was the movie all that good to people or were they just wow'd by visuals?

Then again, the bottom line, we all have different tastes and at different times may be looking for a different stimulus when watching, we may be ready for action and entertainment, or we may be ready for our intellect to be engaged. I took heat for liking Transformers, actually I really had to draw the line after the 2nd one, but that's an example of what not to watch when wanting your brain engaged. Ever watch a movie and hate it and see it later and wonder what it was you didn't like or vice versa?