Top 20 most overrated movies of all time

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:07 am

It seems I'm the only one who overrates it.

Heck, I even made a thread for it. At least a few others liked it.

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:13 am

I thought Troy was rather good, Fist, if that makes you feel any better.

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:13 am

Fist darling, we all have different tastes etc and that's what keeps life interesting isn't it? I am sure I probably loved some films that you found to be trite or boring or horrible....

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:33 am

Yes, LM, I saw as I was reading the thread.

Jenn, I'm just playing around.

Post by **Warmark** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:16 am

Lord Mhoram wrote:I thought Troy was rather good, Fist, if that makes you feel any better.

Agreed, i liked it aswell.

Post by **kevinswatch** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:02 am

-jay

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:42 am

ROTFL! I still have that pic taped to my monitor at work.

And then there was Brad Pitt: *runrunrun... POSE!*

Post by **matrixman** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:23 am

Bhakti wrote:
Matrixman wrote:Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. While not actually as boring as Driving Miss Daisy (very few films are), this martial arts epic should still be retitled as Sleeping Tiger, Comatose Dragon.
Such things truly test the limits of my Loving nature. How one can have such a name, and such an avatar, yet be so horribly backward about this movie... *sigh*

I neither hate nor love the movie, I'm ambivalent about it. You of all beings must recognize that an emotional connection is required before anything else can have meaning, whether it's a connection between a deity and the worshipper or between a movie and the viewer. Why do I suddenly sound like Yoda?

Anyway, like I said in the Brokeback Mountain thread, I have a similar problem with Crouching Tiger. I could not connect with the characters.

You know, considering all this, the only Ang Lee film I can say I really warm to remains Sense & Sensibility. (I didn't see The Hulk because the CGI of him looked bad to me.)

Damelon wrote:All I meant MM is that this is an overrated movies thread but all most of the last twenty or so posts have been about is saying how great the Matrix movies are.

I was joking with you, man! (I think I'm gonna need that Prozac myself.)

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:41 am

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:And then there was Brad Pitt: *runrunrun... POSE!*

Post by **matrixman** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:37 am

A Gunslinger wrote:gangs of new York... I thought the tenor and storytelling in this movie was frickin' awesome. Pitch perfect. The song was terrible, but that (to me) deos not impact the sight, sound, and story of the film.

I respect your passion for this movie, Guns. Hey, glad it worked for you!

Personally, I liked much better Scorsese's other period drama, The Age of Innocence. I consider it an underrated movie.

Post by **Elfgirl** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:01 am

Hate to say it, but the 1933 version of "King Kong" - yeah, so it had "ground breaking" SPFX....THEN. I hardly rate the damn thing now, when you see such amazing CGI these days. (And Fay Wray's shrieking was ghastly! They gave awards for acting like that???

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Old movies are OK, but crikey, they could never have made Lord of the Rings before the turn of the millennium!

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:23 am

Agreed about King Kong. Not a single version of that movie is worth a damn, IMO.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:22 pm

Fist and Faith wrote:
Damelon wrote:All I meant MM is that this is an overrated movies thread but all most of the last twenty or so posts have been about is saying how great the Matrix movies are.
Are you suggesting a thread about how bad something is should not include opposing views? At the Watch?!?? I don't think so!

I hope that's not what Damelon is suggesting...unfortunately, to me it seems he's suggesting not only that, but also that Cail and I are somehow remiss in our duties by not steering this thread back on course. Trust me, that's not the case, Damelon.

Post by **Cail** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:35 pm

I will admit that I do take a certain satisfction in bashing the Matrix movies.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:46 pm

Do you mind? I'm trying to make Damelon scared of us here.

Post by **Cail** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:21 pm

I can fix that, just let me post a pre-coffee and pre-shower pic.

VERY scary, I assure you.

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:58 pm

Well Cail....waiting for the pic....

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:18 pm

Good lord, go take a freaking cold shower, ya damn perv!

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:21 pm

He said it was scary! I like scary things! Especially scary films, and on that note I would like to add that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is overrated.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:22 pm

bloody hell.......smart move getting back on topic, you.

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Top 20 most overrated movies of all time