"Classics" that you were underwhelmed by.

[Jonluw]

Growth of the soil is supposed to be a good classic.

Now, I wouldn't claim to be underwhelmed by it. It's more like I was overwhelmed by how bloody boring it was.

The great Gatsby, perhaps, was more what I would call an underwhelming book. I by no means suffered my way through it like I did with Growth of the soil, but it wasn't interesting. Not at all.

I suppose Gatsby was original when it came out, but without that particular aspect to support it when a reader of today reads it, the book just falls flat.

 

[an874]

Lord of the Rings (books), Boondock Saints (both first and second).

 

[Lerxst]

Most "classic" classic movies don't do much for me. When you start getting into the Technicolor and Black & White days, my brain turns off.

 

[MindBullets]

Final Fantasy. 1 and 7, specifically.

I just can't bring myself to enjoy the random encounters and the turn based combat.

 

[RipperSU]

Megadeth

No just no.

Their not underrated, but definetly not overrated.

In the circles I hang out with, people vastly overrate them, citing them as the be all and end all of classic metal. I personally find that their technicality get in the way of their songs developing real soul. It's actually on of my pet peeves in metal and is the main reason I don't really class myself as part of the metal community these days.

 

[TxMxRonin]

Game: BioShock. Fallout 3. Made it through about a third of each. Neither held my interest.

Music: Black Sabbath. I don't hate it but if their music comes on the radio I'll just turn it down.

Movie: [I don't really have one. Even terrible movies can hold my attention.]

 

[Voration]

Game: Fallout 3
Movie: Dirty Dancing
Book: Lord of the Rings trilogy (yes I know its good but every good part was surrounded by far too much travelling)

 

[Sargonza]

Asimov's original Foundation trilogy. Don't get me wrong, I adore the rest of his work, and actually really really enjoyed the books he added to the Foundation series later on (Prelude to Foundation, Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth etc) but there's just something about his writing style in the original trilogy that rubs me up the wrong way.

Also, like many people in this thread, Catcher in the Rye did nothing for me.

But I loved Blade Runner from the second viewing onwards.

 

[Zydrate]

Movie; The original Jason movies. Really, they weren't that great. It's a shame that the early days of cinema, Sex = Classic. Guess it was just the kind of world it was. But then, shouldn't we have grown out of it and dethroned some of those as classics?

Book; Lord of the Flies. I didn't see what the big deal was.

Game? Can't really give an accurate answer. I have my favorite genres and anything I was underwhelmed by, probably wasn't the game's fault.

 

[Monty McDougal]

The day the earth stood still (the original one)it was just boring as hell, i got what they were trying to say, but still.
The original alien movie, I still liked it I just didn't see why everyone else loves it.
Duck Soup, I thought it had funny parts, but not as funny as the best comedys.
video game:ALL CALL OF DUTY GAMES(new ones aren't classic but everyone still glorified them)

 

[teebeeohh]

my problem with this kind of thread is that a lot of people do not put movies/games whatever into context. a lot of movie were so great at the time because they did something new and if the movie was released 20 years before you were born you most likely have seen something similar done better in the meantime.

movie: i guess i was underwhelmed by citizen kane but that may have something to do with it constantly being put on top of best movie lists for the sake of being on top of best movie lists.
game: bioshock, don't get me wrong i love this game i just felt like the last third(after the big twist) felt very repetitive to me and i played this part in 15min sessions because i got bored very fast.

 

[Zydrate]

my problem with this kind of thread is that a lot of people do not put movies/games whatever into context. a lot of movie were so great at the time because they did something new and if the movie was released 20 years before you were born you most likely have seen something similar done better in the meantime.

movie: i guess i was underwhelmed by citizen kane but that may have something to do with it constantly being put on top of best movie lists for the sake of being on top of best movie lists.

I smell a contradiction here.

"This isn't fair, you're not looking at the time they were made! By the way, didn't like Citizen Kane."

 

[micky]

Game: Ocarina of Time. Yeah, I went there. Anti-TP fanboys, my flame shield is active.

Book: The Catcher in the Rye. Sure, it wasn't that bad, but nothing happens!

Movie: ...I honestly can't think of anything.

same for the catcher and the rye, maybe i should re-read it. i thought it was boring and just plain depressing.

 

[Monty McDougal]

I see a lot of Fallout 3, which i agree to. But in its defense, you have to like RPGs.

 

[masher]

I'm not really a movie guy, so most "Classic" movies don't quite meet the hype for me.

 

[Owlslayer]

I never understood why Deus Ex was so awesome as people said. Maybe i was really young at the time (my brother started playing it, and i tried it out, too. Didn't like it much).
Haven't tried playing it again, though. Maybe i ought to give it one more chance.

Deus Ex is weird in that almost every aspect of it is technically poor. Combat, graphics, animation, dodgy voice-acting, countless ways to break the game, etc. Somehow it still turns into a masterpiece if it finally hooks you.

I got sick of it around the Hell's Kitchen point and quit the first time. Gave it a second chance and with only ONE complete play through it's been in my top five ever since. Granted it was never going to age well.

Hell's Kitchen... that sounds quite familiar. I'm not sure where i called the quits. I think it was after some incident in a subway where a guy(who had better implants or whatnot than you did) found you, and took you in. (to jail? I don't remember...)

 

[teebeeohh]

my problem with this kind of thread is that a lot of people do not put movies/games whatever into context. a lot of movie were so great at the time because they did something new and if the movie was released 20 years before you were born you most likely have seen something similar done better in the meantime.

movie: i guess i was underwhelmed by citizen kane but that may have something to do with it constantly being put on top of best movie lists for the sake of being on top of best movie lists.

I smell a contradiction here.

"This isn't fair, you're not looking at the time they were made! By the way, didn't like Citizen Kane."

so where did i say that i didn't like citizen kane?
i said it was not as good as it was hyped to be
what annoys me is when people with say that disliked lets say the godfather because the movie did keep them interested with the constant threat of explosions.

 

[lord.jeff]

Game: Halo
Movie: The Graduate
Book: Lord of the Rings

 

[kortin]

I think most of the people here who were underwhelmed by something was mostly because they got themselves too hyped up for it. So really, i don't think its a case of "I didn't like it cuz it sucked" and more of a case of "oh. Its not as amazing as I thought it would be."

Personally, I never found the appeal in James Bond. I watched them all, I didn't love them. My friends sat there with their mouths hanging wide open after they forced me to watch it and all I said was "meh. I've seen better."

ALSO: NAZI ZOMBIES! I swear. "zomg nazi zombies worked so good in waw, lets add it to blops, since its the only even vaguely possible innovative thing we've ever done to cod