View Full Version : Most overrated films...
Psynema
08-22-2006, 10:50 AM
What is everyone's list of classic movies that you all just hate and can't see why they are so acclaimed?
1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - 3rd act/ending was HORRIBLE
2. The Shining - a 2 Hour Steadicam commercial of people walking in hallways set to eerie music, with a convuluted plot with several holes, and an anticlimatic ending - the bad guy just gets tired and let's everyone escape???
3. Blow Up - don't even want to describe it
4. Birth of a Nation - the racism thing aside, sure it introduced a few basic film structure things, but nothing that was inevitable...hell comic books did CUs/parallel action etc long before film did - ok I hate it because of the stupid racist story LOL.
5. Triumph of the Will - yeah it was well shot and charismatic but if you've seen 5 minutes of it - you've seen the whole damn film. As a whole, it is not that great and extremely repetitive with the same shots over and over and over. Needs to be cut down to ten minutes. It is not a great feature.
I'll add more as I think of some...
Hairy Lime
08-22-2006, 11:31 AM
A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Pure and utter dreck.
Jeremy Ordan
08-22-2006, 11:31 AM
This has been done already here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=53923&highlight=overrated
Hudson even did it with actors here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=1946&highlight=overrated
-Jeremy
Psynema
08-22-2006, 11:36 AM
This has been done already here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=53923&highlight=overrated
Hudson even did it with actors here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=1946&highlight=overrated
-Jeremy
It's four months old - I'm not digging up for something that old. Plus we have new users everyday that haven't even seen the older thread.
Plus it's not quite the same - I'm mainly talking about classic movies that are seen as the keystones to the history of film :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
Not so much any main stream pop culture buzz - moreso the Casablancas, Psychos, Seventh Seals as opposed to the Matrix, American Beauty, Nap. Dynamite.
The Machinist
08-22-2006, 11:49 AM
Wait are you saying Casablanca, and Psycho on your list?
Filmjunkie677
08-22-2006, 12:06 PM
Psycho? Overrated?
You gots to be kidding. Please.
Machinist and I are in utter shock. lol.
J.R. Hudson
08-22-2006, 12:09 PM
2. The Shining - a 2 Hour Steadicam commercial of people walking in hallways set to eerie music, with a convuluted plot with several holes, and an anticlimatic ending - the bad guy just gets tired and let's everyone escape???
Tired ? The dude froze to death after getting lost.
Come back after you've actually seen the film.
Shaun Patrick
08-22-2006, 01:04 PM
5. Triumph of the Will - yeah it was well shot and charismatic but if you've seen 5 minutes of it - you've seen the whole damn film. As a whole, it is not that great and extremely repetitive with the same shots over and over and over. Needs to be cut down to ten minutes. It is not a great feature.
Are you kidding me? To judge this film on enjoyment/entertainment/structure is completely ludicrous. You can't separate it from its historical context. It's a propaganda product of the Nazi era BUT it's an unbelievable technical achievement. Riefenstahl revolutionized shooting on location with this film and created a completely new editing style.
I won't even comment on your Birth of a Nation BS. If you're going to start a thread like this, is a little intelligence/insight too much to ask for?
Duct Tape Films
08-22-2006, 01:21 PM
3. Blow Up - don't even want to describe it
Them are fighting words, pal. Waituhminute - those aren't really even words, seeing as how "you didn't describe it".
Blaine
08-22-2006, 01:22 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Idonotlikebroccoli/albums/3758/thumbs/noob.jpg_thumb.jpg
The Machinist
08-22-2006, 01:29 PM
This is some kind of joke.
Someone else on the board created this name up to incite some rage.
Cause no one could be this huge a Troll.
Zak Forsman
08-22-2006, 01:54 PM
why don't we just rename this thread "Popular Entertainment and Relevant Art Films that I didn't like or understand"?
Zak Forsman
08-22-2006, 02:01 PM
Psycho? Overrated?
You gots to be kidding. Please.
Machinist and I are in utter shock. lol.
you want to see something shameful? here is a snapshot my girlfriend took on the Universal lot..... Bates Motel, Psycho house, and the f*cking Whoville sets sharing the same space.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5878/p8130024bo3.jpg
Alex DePew
08-22-2006, 02:38 PM
you want to see something shameful? here is a snapshot my girlfriend took on the Universal lot..... Bates Motel, Psycho house, and the f*cking Whoville sets sharing the same space.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5878/p8130024bo3.jpg
If ever there were reason for photoshop!:)
And as to the thread topic, I don't think he was joking, but none of the films mentioned are overrated. When I think overrated I think of mostly pop movies that do very well.
The only one I think might be overrated that did get some acclaim was Gladiator. It was an entertaining movie. I just didn't think it was worthy of all the praise heaped upon it. It is pretty standard action fare set in a period piece.
Rick Meyer
08-22-2006, 02:50 PM
This is some kind of joke.
Someone else on the board created this name up to incite some rage.
Cause no one could be this huge a Troll.
Im with you on this....
alexdias
08-22-2006, 03:50 PM
why don't we just rename this thread "Popular Entertainment and Relevant Art Films that I didn't like or understand"?
;-)
good one.
CallaghanFilms
08-22-2006, 04:31 PM
It's four months old - I'm not digging up for something that old...Sure you will...If you wanna continue playing in our pool that is.
...Plus we have new users everyday that haven't even seen the older thread...Then they can use the SEARCH FUNCTION as well, or pay the noob piper.
Oh, and Use The Search...
http://www.concur.dk/fun/Noob1.gif
J.R. Hudson
08-22-2006, 04:45 PM
Lol!
imageonepictures
08-22-2006, 06:01 PM
IMO it is Horror Films. We keep seeing more and more of this trash.
Psynema
08-22-2006, 07:03 PM
Wait are you saying Casablanca, and Psycho on your list?
No ..
Psynema
08-22-2006, 07:05 PM
you want to see something shameful? here is a snapshot my girlfriend took on the Universal lot..... Bates Motel, Psycho house, and the f*cking Whoville sets sharing the same space.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5878/p8130024bo3.jpg
Uh I didn't put Psycho on my list - I just used it to illustrate "classic/keystone" film vs. mainstream films. Geez