Overrated Films: Your Opinion

[Starbird]

There have been films that are considered underrated, but what of those that are OVERRATED? IMO, there's alot of films that lots of critics, and general audiences loved that I have yet too like alot..

Examples:

Scarface: Good movie, but still..isn't GREAT

Pulp Fiction: I might be stirring something up, but, It's probably just my hate with John Travolta and Uma Thurman but I just can't seem to like this movie as much as I should.

Anyways, discuss. Don't bash.

 

[November Rain]

of our particular genre

batman begins
x2
spidey 2

of any genre

anything by tarantino and the godfather (2 was fine for the flashbacks).
anything with will ferrel

 

[TKing]

What's up with all these threads, really?

 

[bunk]

I agree with Scarface. People act like it's freaking Shakespeare or something. It has very little depth to it. It's entertaining though.

 

[Starbird]

What's up with all these threads, really?

I just thought it would be interesting what opinions some people have of overrated films.

If the mods would like too close, go right ahead, but I thought this would be a good, simple thread.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Bourne Ultimatum, Casino Royale, and Iron Man for me, dont get me wrong, i thought all were very good movies, but some peoples claims of them being the best in their genre are just WAY off IMO.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Rocky Horror Picture Show: It's a mildly entertaining musical, but I don't see why so many film nerds of my generation say it's so brilliant.
Age of Innocence: Most achingly dull movie ever nominated for an Oscar. And I tend to like to see movies like this.
Spiderman 1
Batman
Gladiator--good movie, but not Best Picture Oscar worthy
Braveheart--ditto

 

[xwolverine2]

The Davinci Code- overhyped and dissapointing, big fuss about nothing
The Bourne Supremacy- blah forgettable
The Bourne Ultimatum-no point, nothing new is learned about anything
A History of Violence- awful movie...
40 year old Virgin- funny but waaay too overrated

 

[Lighthouse]

The Davinci Code- overhyped and dissapointing, big fuss about nothing
The Bourne Supremacy- blah forgettable
The Bourne Ultimatum-no point, nothing new is learned about anything
A History of Violence- awful movie...
40 year old Virgin- funny but waaay too overrated

I don't think the DaVinci Code was overrated. It was pretty critically blasted when it was released. It made a ton of money, but I don't think its considered a quality movie.

 

[Nirvana]

To quote a friend: "Juno is the most overrated piece of crap ever."

 

[hammerhedd11]

I like them all but:
Iron Man
Fargo
King Kong

 

[Cinemaman]

In my opinion people, who consider Godfather, Scarface, Batman Begins, Casino Royale, Iron Man and The Bourne trilogy overrated, have no idea what does "overrated" means. I think people are just too greedy to just say "it was great movie" to a real masterpiece and to look/sound interested they say this to films, which aren't actually good. Still, everything what I've said is my opinion.

 

[Sentinel X]

Juno is very overrated.
I had a great time at the theaters and it was funny but whats with the oscar buzz?
I don't know if it was THAT good. And although I was rooting for Ellen Page when she got the nomination Im happy she didn't get it because her performance wasn't exceptional. It was good but not oscar good.

edit:
btw, I don't really like mafia movies but I can see why people fell in love with the Godfather. Despite not liking mafia films I must say its a good movie (not on my top list but really good)...that being said I didn't like Scarface that much but again Im biased.
But for superhero movies I have to admit that Iron man IS overrated and I loved it. Its just not that good, Im still bewildered by how it got a 94% tomatometer...wtf!?
Please someone tell me what was so special about Iron man? Because in my opinion it was just good ol summer blockbuster fun (and theres nothing wrong with that)

 

[ANTOINE X]

Indiana jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Ghost rider

 

[Symbiote666]

Ghost Rider is overrated? I don't think I have spoke to one person that thought it was a good movie.

 

[xwolverine2]

[/SIZE] Ghost rider

what are you smoking????

ghostrider was extremely hated lol

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Indiana jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Ghost rider

lmao!!!

Bourne Ultimatum
Godfather
Harry Potter films
Scarface

 

[Hobgoblin]

Anything with Adam Sandler.

The Matrix. T2.

 

[cerealkiller182]

A lot of what people consider great movies I see as great action but really boring in between the action

LOTR and Bourne series specifically.

 

[GhostPoet]

American Pie

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Kill Bill 1 & 2

 

[Apollo]

Michael Clayton, Capote,

 

[DACrowe]

-Scarface (good, but not the second coming or anything and far behind Godfather or Goodfellas in terms of gangster movies, not to mention the classics)

-Braveheart (I watched it for the first time in years and it is a good movie. But it did not age well. All the action movie clichés of the 1990s I didn't realize were in full force in my childhood are prevalent. The movie suffers from the same "I am Mel Gibson a great action star" formulaic John Wayne-wannabe storyline that killed The Patriot).

speaking of that:

-The Patriot (a really, really, really, bad movie).

-Million Dollar Baby (this beat The Aviator and Sideways?! Reeeeeally?)

-Fargo (A good movie, but not the Coens' best and I was extremely let down after all the hype)

-No Country for Old Men (I said it! )

-Napoleon Dynamite (How did something this unfunny become so popular? Damn you MTV!)

-Equilibrium (in the internet geek circles this was being built up like it was Citizen Kane. I should've seen the disappointment coming).

-The Maltese Falcon (It was the first of its "film cycle," noir, but there are so many better entries in the movement. I feel simply because it was first and made Bogart a star it gets put at the top of the heap. It is good, but there are so many better noirs out there).

-Full Metal Jacket

-Timothy Dalton's Bond movies (among Bond fans, not the general public)

-Transformers

-Crash

Now I must run from the oncoming flaming.

 

[DeaDheaD]

Kill Bill 1 & 2

seconded

 

[cerealkiller182]

--Timothy Dalton's Bond movies (among Bond fans, not the general public)

Do they actually like it? I've always seen it as a tolerable sequel of 21 films, but nothing more