Films that should have had a lot LESS praise/did better than deserved

[Paul 584]

A reverse on Saz' thread, what films made money or get raved about, either by reviewers or just your friends, despite not deserving the praise?

 

 

 

We will take nominations and then vote it down to the top 10 most over-rated films. :D

 

 

I nominate Freddy Got Fingered (why do people still think its funny?) and Napoleon Dynamite. Ugh.

 

 

Oh, and Twilight (decent, but not great).

 

 

 

Nominated:

 

Freddy Got Fingered

Napoleon Dynamite.

Twilight

LOTR1

LOTR2

LOTR3

Austin Powers

Powers SWSM

Powers Goldmember

Click

The Longest Yard

Green Street

This is England

Saving Private Ryan

The Wrestler

The Godfather

Citizen Kane

Harry Potter (all of them)

7 pounds

The Shining

2001 Space Odyssey

Sweeny Todd

Dogma

Donnie Darko

Big Fish

Anchorman

AKIRA

Knocked Up

Star Trek (new one)

Tarentino

Kevin Smith

Superbad

Saw

Juno

Godfather

The Crow

Tropic Thunder

Hot Rod

Trainspotting

Rocky

Cabin Fever

Usual suspects

 

 

 

Round 2:

 

Freddy Got Fingered

Click

This Is England.

The Godfather

The Harry Potter Series

Sweeny Todd (Mr Depp).

Big Fish

Anchorman

Star Trek (the new one)

Edited July 19, 2009 by Paul

[Guest The Bisch]

Lord Of The Rings...all of 'em

[Guest Saz]

Austin Powers films. A bunch of "I'm in the cool club" and innuendo jokes.

[Guest The GS]

I thought the 2 Adam Sandler films "Click" and "The Longest Yard" were way overrated.

Also, "Green Street" is way too popular with people. It's just not a very good film.

"This is England" was also a huge let down. I watched it because it was talked about a lot by people. The first 10-20 mins were good but then after that it was just rubbish.

[Guest Saz]

Saving Private Ryan!

[Guest Diablo]

The Wrestler.

[Guest Springsteen]

Harry Potter films. Can't stand them.

[DC 536]

The Godfather and Citizen Kane are two that spring to mind. They're good films, just not "The Greatest Movie Ever".

[Guest Evil Monkey]

Lord Of The Rings...all of 'em

 

This. Simple.

 

Oh and, 7 Pounds - a lot of people loved this film, I absolutely detested it.

[Guest John Hancock]

Totally with DC on Citizen Kane. Such over rated, Emperor's New Clothes rubbish.

 

For me, The Shining and 2001 Space Odyssey. As DC said, good, but not as good as people say they are.

[Guest Inno]

Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd remake. Absolutely guff, the single worst flick I've seen in a long time. Never, EVER let Johnny Depp sing in public or on film again.

[DC 536]

2001 Space Odyssey.

This, to me, is a painting that moves from time to time. The scenes with HAL are both terrifying and touching, especially the end, but that isn't enough to save the entire running time.

[Guest Laffy]

Dogma absoulutely dreadful film, Donnie Darko do not get this film at all. The only other film that everyone seems to love but i walked out have way through and have never watched it since is Big Fish.

[Guest Inno]

Loved Dogma... but I'm not tied up in the whole "thou shalt not rip the piss out of the bible" thing that the catholic church tried to paint it with

[Guest John Hancock]

Yeah, I loved Dogma and Donnie Darko.

[Guest Inno]

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Love the guy at about 0.30 "I dunno what it stands for but I've been told not good" :)

[Dead Crow 370]

Anchorman. I've heard all the quotes over and over again, and I've seen the movie a couple of times. Just doesn't live up to the hype at all to me, give or take a couple of moments most usually including Steve Carrell. Other than that, a total "just another movie".

[DC 536]

Love the guy at about 0.30 "I dunno what it stands for but I've been told not good" :)

I love the woman at around 1:00 who goes on about Muslims and Jews before comparing it to a Holocaust denial.

 

Way to over-react there, missy. :lol

[Guest Anime Otaku]

Dogma, infact all the view askew-niverse movies are awesomeness in film form.

I think AKIRA is overrated, and having watched the GITS: SAC TV show again recently I'd actually have to agree that the original GITS is a bit overrated too. Not as much as AKIRA though. Also pretty much anything Spielberg has done recently tends to sell on his name rather than it's own merits.

[Guest Inno]

Love the guy at about 0.30 "I dunno what it stands for but I've been told not good" :)

 

And yes, I have had it pointed out to me that that guy IS Kevin Smith. I knew that ;)