"Classics" that you were underwhelmed by.

[Wadders]

Once Upon a Time in the West was supposed to be this great western, but I couldn't stand it. I hated the characters and it bored me to death. Sergio Leone has no sense of urgency (the opening scene of the movie is three guys waiting around for a train for ten minutes while a fly crawls around on one of their faces. That's it.)

See I loved that film, it's all about building tension and creating an atmosphere i think. I love Sergio Leone's films if I'm honest, they're better than most westerns I've seen before or since, with a few exceptions. But hey that's just me

Pulp fiction never really did it for me I'm afraid. John Travolta and Samuel Jackson are pretty funny, in it, but that's about it. I wouldn't go as far as to say I didn't like the film, but I expected so much more of it. It's just an OK movie.

 

[eggy32]

Half Life 2. For me that game is the pinnacle of mediocrity.

 

[similar.squirrel]

I thought The Catcher In The Rye was terrible. Maybe it's a generation thing.

 

[curintedery]

Fight Club, now I genuinely laugh at the people who say that film "changed their life."

*brain explodes*
I don't expect it to change everyone's life... but wow... not liking it is something I can't even fathom.

For me, I would say any movie by Tim Burton... really, his movies just don't do it for me.

 

[Kermi]

Some people might hate me for this, but... I never cared much for the "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

I'm sorry, but... I just don't get the appeal of it. I get that it's a spoof of "Frankenstein", but that's just it.

(Ducks into bomb shelter, blocks the entrance with riot shields and sets up a paintball gun)

As someone who loves Rocky Horror, I do think it has a limited appeal. It think it depends on your age when you see it, what kind of background you have and other social/personal factors as to whether it will click with you.

It's a bad movie. It's trashy and cheap and the music isn't all that clever.

But something about who I am appreciates it, and I can watch it endlessly. I saw a stage production a few years back and thought it was equally fantastic.

But don't let anyone make you feel bad for hating it. I know fans of most anything will get upset if you trash their thing (see: music arguments, console wars, etc.) but Rocky Horror fans are even more fanatical in that respect.

 

[Hive Mind]

We find Half-Life 2 to be the most over-hyped of games.

 

[Klumpfot]

The most underwhelming gaming classic I've played to date is Zelda: A Link To The Past. Of the ones I've played (1, 2, LttP, OoT, MM, WW, OoS) it is my least favourite. I just can't get into it.

As for movies, I'm inclined to agree with the earlier posters' opinions about Blade Runner. I don't see why it is so highly regarded.

 

[curintedery]

Im acctually confused why people dont like Tim Burton movies, i think the art design is great.

Well, I find the art really doesn't make up for the underwhelming storylines (IMO)... I haven't seen beetlejuice though, so that might change my mind :/. A friend of mine forced me to watch sleepy hollow, corpse bride, and the nightmare before christmas, and throughout all of them I just couldn't get interested.

 

[Chucker]

I too agree with some of the posts about Blade Runner, feels nice that I'm not the only one. Sorry

 

[HobbyJim]

game: dangerous dave...

seriously, who played this crap?

movie: pulp fiction wasnt that great, and probably "the birds"...

Pulp Fiction was brilliantblahrgfkaogjerghairhga!!! Funnily enough, I didn't like it the first time I watched it. Re-watch made all the difference for me.

Game: Half-life 2. But that was purely circumstantial, not the game's fault at all.

Movie: Citizen Kane. Again, my fault. I was expecting something really clever but it felt like something average done to perfection... if that makes sense?

Oh thank god someone feels the same way about Citizen Kane. Beautiful movie yes, but it was slower than molasses in January, and wuite honestly it was boring.

As far as games go (and I'm probably throwing myself to the wolves here) but Final Fantasy VII. One of the most overrated/underwhelming games. But then again, this was mostly just bad timing, mixed with my distaste for JRPG's.

 

[curintedery]

I liked the mood and atmosphere, but I could never shake the feeling that the film was just for teenage boys who wanted to smash things up and appear intelligent.

Also it underwhelmed me, I still like it. I still think the fight scenes were some of the most wince-enducing scenes ever.

Fair enough, I can accept that point of view.

To tell you the truth, I have no true idea why I love it so significantly... I think the speech that Pitt delivers about us being the middle children of society and never going to be millionaires really spoke to me though, and the overall existential feel to the movie.

 

[HobbyJim]

The most underwhelming gaming classic I've played to date is Zelda: A Link To The Past. Of the ones I've played (1, 2, LttP, OoT, MM, WW, OoS) it is my least favourite. I just can't get into it.

As for movies, I'm inclined to agree with the earlier posters' opinions about Blade Runner. I don't see why it is so highly regarded.

Did you watch the Director's Cut? No? Do it. If yes...then I guess I can't convince you otherwise.

 

[Fanta Grape]

game: dangerous dave...

seriously, who played this crap?

movie: pulp fiction wasnt that great, and probably "the birds"...

Pulp Fiction was brilliantblahrgfkaogjerghairhga!!! Funnily enough, I didn't like it the first time I watched it. Re-watch made all the difference for me.

Game: Half-life 2. But that was purely circumstantial, not the game's fault at all.

Movie: Citizen Kane. Again, my fault. I was expecting something really clever but it felt like something average done to perfection... if that makes sense?

Oh thank god someone feels the same way about Citizen Kane. Beautiful movie yes, but it was slower than molasses in January, and wuite honestly it was boring.

As far as games go (and I'm probably throwing myself to the wolves here) but Final Fantasy VII. One of the most overrated/underwhelming games. But then again, this was mostly just bad timing, mixed with my distaste for JRPG's.

FFVII is the game I've been playing most recently... =_=

I think I liked it mostly because the only game I've been playing previously is Fire Emblem. Which hurts...

 

[Iznat]

Catcher in the Rye.

Seriously, every single person I talked to said it changed their life in some way, but it all came out sounding like a whining kid with too much free time and not enough parental supervision. Maybe I'm missing the point, but it was hardly earth-moving for me.

 

[cthulhumythos]

Im posting this before i read any posts because usually these threads make me irrationally irritated. So...lets see how i feel....

hahaha...same here. i get slightly irritated when somebody insults halo, so i spend about 98% of my time on escapist slightly irritated.

OT: hate to sound unoriginal, but i saw bladerunner awhile back, and couldn't make it through. same thing with dune.

 

[Kermi]

Catcher in the Rye.

Seriously, every single person I talked to said it changed their life in some way, but it all came out sounding like a whining kid with too much free time and not enough parental supervision. Maybe I'm missing the point, but it was hardly earth-moving for me.

Yeah, I was forced to study that in school and I could not appreciate it at all. I think you have to be a whiny little ***** going through a teenage crisis of self to relate to it and dervice some meaning from it.

 

[y1fella]

Subject is in the title but I got to say I watched blade runner and........
It was either really boring or I'm really stupid. And I don't think I'm particularly stupid because I have read the entire wheel of time series thus far and you need allot of patience to keep reading book 10.
that aside I don't understand the whole stigma around the movie. I walked in expecting a slow burn but talk about no burn. Instead of you know investigating and stuff he just roams around getting in arguments about philosophy with the replicant girl before very suddenly everyone starts very suddenly getting in gun fights. and then at the end it just ends. I mean the bad guy dies suddenly no kind of personal goal is achieved and the movies over. I walked in with the highest expectations yeah but I still never once enjoyed, was intrigued, liked the characters or anything that would typically constitutes a good movie.
I'm not saying it's a bad movie so don't get angry but I seriously didn't get it.
anyway what classics were you less then fond of.

yeah I also didnt "get" bladerunner I dont think its bad but...wheres the brilliance? instead its more just an hour or so of weirdness in fact I can bearley remember remembering what the hell was going on

but that said after a bit of thinking I guess perhaps the "themes" and/or Ideas of Philip K. Dick (and I guess you could say its an early example of cyberpunk in film) were more groundbreaking back then (the visual style certainly is/was theres no denying that)

so mabye it was so underwhelming because to us its really nothing all that new (except you know...weirdness)

eather way its not hard to see why it didnt do so well at the time

I guess for me S.T.A.L.K.E.R. there are actually alot of good things aboutt he game but really its just not very engaging

Yeah I guess what you say makes sense but still I wish i liked blade runner more than I did. And I like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and for that matter a lot of other Russian games. But hey it's all just opinion right?

dont get me wrong I dont dislike S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (its not like..in my oh so smug and supiror opnion which goes against popular veiw which makes it better..I mean some people act like their opnion is fact because they dare insult somthing popular)

I can see why its considered good and even ground breaking, I just couldnt get into it mainly because of the way the story was presented and the gameplay, I have alot of trouble reading big chunks of text in video games (not in real life however) it was the same with the witcher (not so much text as....wait...what am I doing here again?)

similar thing with AVATAR I dont think its a bad movie...by all logic I should really really like it but I dont because both sides are dicks and I dont like being told how much I suck compared to blue cat people

I didn't like AVATAR because I'd seen it before and it was better the first time. You know when it was still called Dances with wolves.
All right an exaggeration yeah and a far from an original argument but the reasoning still stands. Also I found it way easier to support the humans. Dicks they were but at least I enjoyed them being dicks as opposed to the "I think you should hug more trees" thinly disguised environmental message.

 

[franconbean]

Book: Lord of the Flies.
Called a Classic by the English teacher who recommended it to me. Just no.
Game: Portal
I was lead to believe it was the nectar of the Golden Gods. Sure its fun, but its not the "gaming nirvana" so many have claimed it to be (the John Coulton song at the end was good though).
Movie: Apocalypse now
Long as sin and ultimately not that great. Just another 'nam movie that happened to have crazy things going on during production.