Most overated films
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Dr. Furface
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Being of the generation that was just about old enough to sneak in under-age to see these when they came out, you are dead right they had a big impact on release (although personally I never bothered going to see the Exorcist).Dubversion said:
I still think that Clockwork Orange stands up well today. It is certainly one of the most influential films ever made, although maybe not so much in film. But it was very influential in terms of youth fashion at the time - the white baggy jeans and boots look was very big on football terraces shortly afterwards (not so much the cod pieces though!). It influenced a lot of bands too, and in terms of its message, I think it informed punk quite a lot. For me, although it was supposed to be futuristic, it was and is THE film that defined its era.
Reno said:
I concur 100%. I don't get on with David Lynch, but Donnie Darko was a great film...
Jenerys
Stormborn
I feel a bit bad saying this one, but The Straight Story - aaaagh! Couple of people have told me this is one of their favourite films and I just think it is BOOOOOOOORING and again cant feel much sympathy/empathy for/with any of the characters 
J77 - yeah, it's hell working for the devil, but the clothes and shoes make up for it
J77 - yeah, it's hell working for the devil, but the clothes and shoes make up for it
Andy the Don
Wise men say only fools..
Iam said:
Agree 100%, can I also add any of the LOTR trilogy.
I don't really like 'Too Fast Too Furious'
killer b said:
Er, everyone I knew thought it was really good. Heck, even mrs RD liked it and she normally hates that sort of thing...
sam/phallocrat said:
Yes, but has that been highly rated by anyone?
jbob said:TBF, Trainspotting wasn't so bad. Human traffic is one of the worst films ever, and I can't think that anyone rated it
Trainspotting was a good film. Human Traffic was pretty bad though, although I would tend to disagree that it was one of the worst films ever.
RenegadeDog said:Yes, but has that been highly rated by anyone?
Sam was making a 'joke'.
(((sam)))
killerb - to be honest, MOST People thought LTR was good.
Right:
Lost in Translation: I didn't find it racist, but I did think it was overrated. Just a bit pointless for me - and I usually love Bill Murray; I even really like What About Bob?.
Shawshank - fucking amazing film and one of my most-watched. I disagree with the generalisation that it's for people who want to show that their tastes are wider than blah blah. Not true. I watch quite a wide range of cinema, and one of my favourite films is one that I have yet to find someone else on these boards who has seen it (Nang Nak) but I still love Shawshank.
I would have to say:
Shakespeare in cunting Love. Really the most patronising, irritating film ever released. I know a lot of people on these boards would agree, but it was highly rated at the time. Definitely the biggest offender.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - really no better than an episode of the X Files
Bladerunner - this is a film I should love. Noirish/futuristic setting, Harrison Ford, etc, all the ingredients are right, yet somehow it doesn't add up, for me at any rate. I've always found it to be quite a hollow watching experience.
Lost in Translation: I didn't find it racist, but I did think it was overrated. Just a bit pointless for me - and I usually love Bill Murray; I even really like What About Bob?.
Shawshank - fucking amazing film and one of my most-watched. I disagree with the generalisation that it's for people who want to show that their tastes are wider than blah blah. Not true. I watch quite a wide range of cinema, and one of my favourite films is one that I have yet to find someone else on these boards who has seen it (Nang Nak) but I still love Shawshank.
I would have to say:
Shakespeare in cunting Love. Really the most patronising, irritating film ever released. I know a lot of people on these boards would agree, but it was highly rated at the time. Definitely the biggest offender.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - really no better than an episode of the X Files
Bladerunner - this is a film I should love. Noirish/futuristic setting, Harrison Ford, etc, all the ingredients are right, yet somehow it doesn't add up, for me at any rate. I've always found it to be quite a hollow watching experience.
killer b said:you must hang out with plebs then. or roleplayers.
Yes, I suppose I must.
RenegadeDog said:
word. disgusting smug fucking shit. It actually made me want to physically assault anyone else in the cinema who enjoyed it, especially the fuckers who laughed extra loud at all the 'oh so knowing' literary gags, so people knew they'd got them. Guess what, fuckface? I GOT THEM TOO.
cunts
Dubversion said:
Exactly. I've watched many a bad B-movie with a few beers and had a good laugh. Nothing wrong with that. But SiL was like cinematic nails-down-blackboard for me.
"and here's Judi Dench being Queen Elizabeth again. HAR HAR HAR. Let's give her an oscar, that was one of the finest 4 1/2 seconds acting I've ever seen... HAR HAR HAR.. Next up a joke about Christopher Marlowe that the plebs won't get HAR HAR HAR Shakespeare's such a wheeze, isn't he? HAR HAR HAR"
cunts
cunts
killer b said:really? most people i know seemed to veer between 'vaguely enjoyable pap' and 'utter shite'.
Not that it means much, but all three films are in the IMDB top 20 or so, and they all have in the 90s on Rotten Tomatoes. If it was just down to D&D fanatics, which let's face it is a pretty titchy minority of the population, that would simply not be the case.
Of course, if you think they were crap, fair enough, all I'm really saying is that they can't have only been popular amongst the niche group that you seem to be implying.
yes, If was fucking excellent..
"blood on the quad, blood on the quad, me in the belltower and blood on the quad"
"blood on the quad, blood on the quad, me in the belltower and blood on the quad"
Yeah really want to see that again but can't find a download anywhere...
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