Kevin's Watch

duchess of malfi wrote:

danlo wrote:Monster's Ball and Nashville stunk! I disagree with A Beautiful Mind...

I loved Beautiful Mind and have never seen Nashville but Monster's Ball is one really really really really really really really bad movie. Everyone I know who has seen it has the same opinion of it. If anyone thought well enough of it for it to even appear on a most overrated list, it is enough the numb the mind. If it should be on any list, it should be on the list of the worst movies ever made.

Most overrated film of all time:
The Deerhunter.

I hated every minute of Monster's Ball, and I can't dispute what Duchess says about The Deerhunter.

Some other overrated films:

Training Day
Out of Africa
The China Syndrome

No! I loved the Deerhunter.

duchess of malfi wrote:Some other overrated films:

Training Day
Out of Africa
The China Syndrome

Training Day was just OK. I tried to watch Out of Africa years ago and couldn't get through it, and was thinking about giving it another chance. Maybe now I won't. I've never seen The China Syndrome.

dlbpharmd wrote:

duchess of malfi wrote:Some other overrated films:

Training Day
Out of Africa
The China Syndrome

Training Day was just OK. I tried to watch Out of Africa years ago and couldn't get through it, and was thinking about giving it another chance. Maybe now I won't. I've never seen The China Syndrome.

Out of Africa is a beautiful film cinematically, but I thought it was a snoozer.

The China Syndrome was a film up for a bunch of awards one year when I was a kid, but I thought it was silly then, and I bet it would have aged very poorly on top of that.

I did not like Training Day at all, though it was not flat out rancid like Monster's Ball ~ Denzel Washington has had some great performances over the years and certainly should have been under Oscar consideration many times. Why he won for this stinker of a film is a mystery to me.

Thanks for the refresher, dlb! Ack, 2010 is another book I need to put on my list to re-read.

I agree, 3001 was a disappointing finale to the "odyssey" series.

I never saw the films on duchess's list. Well, I did try watching The Deer Hunter once but switched channels because it was boring me to death. (Sorry, Warmark.)

Re: Out of Africa -- though I haven't seen it, I'm not surprised that it's a snoozer. Meryl Streep is a great actress, of course, but why does she tend to end up in films that make me doze off?

The China Syndrome features Jane Fonda playing Jane Fonda. It has aged terribly.

I never understood the hype around Training Day.

Training Day starts with an interesting premise. that Denzel is ripping off bad guys. they could have gone with modern day Robin Hood's protecting their turf. instead we get corrupt cop cliches. the screen writers just could not elevate the material at all. the copped out.

I wouldn't say it stinks or anything, but I think Network is a bit overhyped. It's been a while since I saw it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it again.

I've seen 11 (maybe 12) and liked all of them. Snakes On A Plane deserves the top 5 spots on this list, followed by:

Heavy Metal 2000
Dune
The Notebook
Conan the Destroyer
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 2
Enemy Mine
Highlander 2
Return Of The Jedi
The Neverending Story
The Black Pearl
Alien 3
Star Trek V
Doom
Poseidon

Conan the Destroyer blows. Did anybody think it was good?

Even if nobody thought it was good to begin with, it was still overrated, a fact made apparent by the act of releasing it.

Heh, touche.

Pirates 2. Finally saw it. Not really sure what was going on. Was there a plot? The bit at the very end was cool, but in general, this might just top my list of overrated. They sponsored a boat in the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race (the Whitebread)... I mean, come on! Overrated, overpromoted, over-everything!

all of these posts in this thread just goes to show how RIGHT i am.

SUBjective.

Opinion.

I thought both Pirates movies blew.

Yeah, it's completely subjective, 'cause I loved ST:V.

Lucimay wrote:all of these posts in this thread just goes to show how RIGHT i am.

SUBjective.

Opinion.

Hence why the thread asks for our opinion.

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:Pirates 2. Finally saw it. Not really sure what was going on. Was there a plot? The bit at the very end was cool, but in general, this might just top my list of overrated. They sponsored a boat in the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race (the Whitebread)... I mean, come on! Overrated, overpromoted, over-everything!

Absolutely. I really like the first Pirates, but the second one seemed forced. A lot of the good qualities from the first seemed to be missing - and I really hate paying to see a film that flagrantly ends mid-plot. Ongoing stories are fine, but each installment needs it own little conclusion. I left the cinema feeling I'd been tricked into seeing half a film.

Insert early winter released period piece here. One that comes to mind quickly:

The English Patient

Or Out of Africa.