What is the most overrated movie of all time?

[IBlackKiteI]

For me, Schindler's List.

Mainly because of the portrayal of Schindler. In the movies he's basically put down as some sort of half god. Capable of seducing any woman and charming any German officer. Rich, handsome, dedicated to saving everyone from the Nazi regime. Which really makes the movie rather dull and boring. Of course he's going to save everyone, he's basically portrayed as Superman. Of course he's going to do the right thing, he's the perfect guy everyone in the audience is imagining they'd be and act as.

And then in the credits they tell me about a man who couldn't keep any of his businesses afloat. Who couldn't manage his marriage to his wife. Who seemed to be a troubled man but still managed to save a lot of people and do a lot of good. I'd have loved to see a movie about that guy, would probably have been interesting. Instead I got a movie about a god among mere men who, naturally, did some good and saved a few people.

As much as I liked Schindler's List this is kind of it. To me Schindler himself was probably the least interesting thing in the movie, I wouldn't quite say he was a god among men but looking back on it I would say he never seems to be in any real great danger despite the whole scenario being risky and difficult as hell to pull off (to be fair you might say the real danger is reserved for the Jews...). The movie doesn't seem to stress just how difficult a ton of things he did would've been, like with how he seems to manipulate everyone he tries to way too easily and towards the end the whole business with not wanting to have the munitions factory produce any working shells and his actually accomplishing this kind of just happening.
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Most overrated movie of all time? Shit, no idea, however for a rather overrated movie within recent time I'd go with The Avengers.
The Avengers is kind of like a good jack-of-all-trades movie of sorts. I wouldn't call any part of it bad, I reckon it's really really competent all round, but it ultimately just felt like a better version of a million other movies/stories before, not some big huge new great thing some claim it is. When the bad guy goes on his rant about how inherently misguided/subservient/crap people are, when the heroes are suddenly at each others throats then best buds just as suddenly, the whole thing with the good guy getting brainwashed and coming good again, the many sudden big damn heroes style arrivals, all this kind of stuff and more made it feel almost more like a homage to every superhero movie ever rather than something really its own. Not bad at all, but not some kind of masterpiece snowflake.

 

[hazabaza1]

the Eagles could've totally flown the Fellowship into Mordor (fuck that "they're a proud race" argument, they did it all the time in The Hobbit).

How about the excuse that they're carrying what is basically a magnet for "evil glowing death light that fucks up your psyche and turns you mentally insane if looked upon for too long" really high in the sky and carrying the ring like that is essentially a death sentence?

[sub][sub]just sayin'[/sub][/sub]

I don't see how walking in by the massive field would have been any more stealthy then flying above the clouds where you cant be seen.

Wait is this about Frodo or Aragorn?

Because by the time Frodo was in the open and near Sauron the big guy was being distracted by Aragorn's army. As for why Sauron doesn't just insanity beam the army at his door...
I'unno.

 

[Trunkage]

Pacific Rim - heard lost of great things but felt like I was watching an episode of the Power Rangers.
Avatar - Boring
Lord of the Rings - Needed the Ents to help at helms deep. That was the only thing I really wanted to see, and you couldn't in cinemas. Also Sauron attacked many areas of middle earth, not just Minas Tirith as in the movie

 

[Casual Shinji]

the Eagles could've totally flown the Fellowship into Mordor (fuck that "they're a proud race" argument, they did it all the time in The Hobbit).

How about the excuse that they're carrying what is basically a magnet for "evil glowing death light that fucks up your psyche and turns you mentally insane if looked upon for too long" really high in the sky and carrying the ring like that is essentially a death sentence?

[sub][sub]just sayin'[/sub][/sub]

I always figured it had to do with the more powerful the ringbearer is the easier they are corrupted. Or the more powerful they are the more dangerous they become when they get corrupted. Which is why they give it to a weak little person with zero ambition. I assume if you let that shit near a couple of giant bad ass primordial eagles, the consequences would be rather disastrous.

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

This thread is depressing me. All this vicious hatred for so many films I love...

Avatar is a big one, but it's been beaten to death already here, so I would have to say Scarface. It's a handful of hyperviolent scenes sprinkled meaninglessly throughout utter tedium. Tony Montana's story is not only boring, it's a dime a dozen. His character has precisely one emotion: anger, and precisely one reaction to outside stimuli: murder. It's just so one-note all the way through, and entirely uninteresting. Al Pacino deserves better than for this movie to be one of his most noted performances.

 

[Sam Lowry]

Unforgiven. The Wild Bunch did what this movie was trying to do way better.

 

[Your Fearless Captain]

Star Wars V, it lacks emotion, the famous parts of the movie would've been much better in anime because they know how to make emotional parts way better.

I spilled my drink laughing at that.

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Any movies you think aren't "shite"?

OT: I think the Hairy Potter movies aren't that great.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

the Eagles could've totally flown the Fellowship into Mordor (fuck that "they're a proud race" argument, they did it all the time in The Hobbit).

How about the excuse that they're carrying what is basically a magnet for "evil glowing death light that fucks up your psyche and turns you mentally insane if looked upon for too long" really high in the sky and carrying the ring like that is essentially a death sentence?

[sub][sub]just sayin'[/sub][/sub]

I always figured it had to do with the more powerful the ringbearer is the easier they are corrupted. Or the more powerful they are the more dangerous they become when they get corrupted. Which is why they give it to a weak little person with zero ambition. I assume if you let that shit near a couple of giant bad ass primordial eagles, the consequences would be rather disastrous.

There's also the fact that Sauron would've seen that coming a 1000 miles away and probably sent those big black dragon-y things to intercept them if they tried that.

 

[shootthebandit]

*activate flame shield*

LOTR. I find these films massively boring. I know theres a huge culture behind LOTR but all is see is a lot of boring dialogue and travelling to places then a few decent fight scenes which make about 5% of the trilogy. They are also about 3 hours long which (shy of godfather and possibly braveheart) is too long for any film (including dark knight rises)

I can see why people like these films and i respect that but i dont see why they are as big as they are

P.s. i feel the same about harry potter but to a lesser extent

 

[Jodan]

Im going to have to go with Blade runner. I dont want to get into a shouting match so i will just say I did not like it.

 

[Grimh]

That home-made movie I did as a child.
My mom said it was the best film she had ever seen. But I recently watched it and it was the worst fucking thing that have ever been made by a human being. I should be shot for making it. It's so bad that it deserves to burn in the fires of a thousand suns.

My mom clearly has no taste.

 

[FPLOON]

Let's just call every popular movie overrated right now and call it a thread, okay?

Well then... Every movie that has ever been loved or appreciated by anyone or anything is the most disgusting overrated piece of garbage ever spawned.

There.

If that's the case... wouldn't indie-driven channels like IFC pick them up, choose a day to showcase them 2 or 3 times, and proclaim that the movie was "always on, slightly off" in terms of their execution? (I'll be waiting for that day IFC showed the Dark Knight Trilogy more than once that day...)

I find Calling a Movie Overrated "the most overrated movie of all time"... The closest you can say, in your own opinion, is if the movie doesn't and/or won't "age well" with the times... which I'm sure most people would agree with...

On that note, who wants to see an artsy movie that would be deemed "overrated" sometime in it's future? (I'll bring the "overrated" kettle corn...)

 

[Your Fearless Captain]

Star Wars V, it lacks emotion, the famous parts of the movie would've been much better in anime because they know how to make emotional parts way better.

I spilled my drink laughing at that.

-snip-

Any movies you think aren't "shite"?

OT: I think the Hairy Potter movies aren't that great.

Why? You completly disagree?
I understand if you don't agree with the anime example, but it's true Star Wars kinda like emotion.
I used anime as examples, because they do know how to make things emotional, sometimes they even take it to far!

I just don't normally think of anime as the pinnacle of human emotional expression, that's all.

 

[Vegetunks9000]

That home-made movie I did as a child.
My mom said it was the best film she had ever seen. But I recently watched it and it was the worst fucking thing that have ever been made by a human being. I should be shot for making it. It's so bad that it deserves to burn in the fires of a thousand suns.

My mom clearly has no taste.

seriously amazing. Please post a link of some kind. I must see it!

 

[schrodinger]

The premise is creepy as firetruck

[HEADING=2]The premise is creepy as firetruck[/HEADING]

I don't what the fuck this means, but goddamn it I'm going to use this for now on.

All of Guillermo Del Toros films are smug, atrocious, garbage.
He is a useless, talentless, cretin.

Anything by that pretentious as fuck Terrence Malick. His earlier movies were fine, but after The Thin Red line it went downhill. He was the critics little critical darlin, but thankfully he's finally falling out of their graces with his last few movies. The one good thing I can say about his work is Malick is a genius with cinematography; the man knows how and where to point a camera.

 

[Drummodino]

This thread makes me sad. So much petty rage. I guess I'll play along though.

I didn't like Watchmen, I got bored and turned it off after about 80 minutes I think.

A Clockwork Orange was just too weird for me.

Blade Runner I found too slow, again got bored and stopped.

Insidious had terrible characters and terrible performances across the board.

Pacific Rim was a dumb movie. I did enjoy seeing it in IMAX, but I don't really understand why people seem to love it so much. The plot was retarded and the acting was terrible (aside from Idris Elba).

 

[Sarge034]

The Sound of Music. I just don't like it and the fact it is considered a classic baffles me. There are not enough words in the world to describe how much I dislike this movie.