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The most overrated movie you've ever seen...

Posted by TRPierce • 6/18/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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What is the most overrated movie that you've ever seen?

I've got a few...

History of Violence - Not that good.

Juno - Some of the worst, most overwritten tripe I've ever heard.

Titanic - If 13 year old girls love it, it must be good! *sarcasm*

What are yours?

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  1. Stillthinking
    6/18/09
    Stillthinking
    I didn't like Juno either. Most overrated movie I have ever seen though, I vote for Forrest Gump. I hated that movie.
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    1. omega
      6/18/09
      omega
      like a dagger through my heart.
    2. Stillthinking
      6/18/09
      Stillthinking
      I didn't hate that movie until I was forced to sit through it over and over again hearing how fantastic it is. Plus, I find the Baby Boomer obsession with their own pop culture history to be irritating. Enough already, I get it! Baby boomers loved the sixties.
    3. trailofpen
      6/19/09
      trailofpen
      I nearly walked out of Juno. I thought it was that terrible. I don't even think I would have enjoyed it if I was in highschool. I especially dislike Michael Cera's acting. He's just so monotone and dull. I guess that's the IN thing these days with kids, along with the girl pants.
    4. TRPierce
      6/19/09
      TRPierce
      I'm glad that so many agree with me on Juno. The overwritten dialogue, the uber-hipness about it, the "I'm Differnt!" pretentiousness of Diablo Cody. It just fires all of its awful cylinders from start to finish...and it won an Oscar, to boot.

      You know how many times that I've had the "you know, high school students really don't talk like that?" conversation with people? Way, way, way too much. I had a classmate from college try to convince me that the dialogue was so realistic. It's an exercise of futility in trying to convince stupid people that Juno really does suck.
    5. nothingprofound
      6/19/09
      nothingprofound
      @Stillthinking: Funny this bias against "Baby boomers." Isn't that just another stereotype, another media scam, another empty generalization? I grew up in the 60s, and I assure you we're all different, just like everybody else.
    6. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      I don't have a bias against Boomers as people. As someone who loves TV, movies, books, magazines, newspapers, the wild sentimentality of the Boomer generation for the 60's tends to grate on me. It's too much self-adoration. The Beatles were my parents generation and I will never quite understand why they are so great. The Kennedys, Vietnam, and Woodstock were touchstones of their life, not mine. (Actually, because my parents were immigrants, those events were not really touchstones for them either.) The Boomers tend to control popular media and therefore, resurrect loving tributes to themselves every few years.

      I think that the time we are living through now is just as momentous in socially, politically, culturally as the 60's. We have the first African American president. We have radical climate change. Shifting world power balances. We have new forms of communication and media. I just get tired of popular culture constantly looking backwards and of politicians who endlessly claim that America in the 50's and 60's were so idyllic.

      So, I guess what I am trying to say is that it isn't Boomers in particular, but how the media treats the Boomers.
    7. nothingprofound
      6/19/09
      nothingprofound
      Precisely. Any interpretation that attempts to define or summarize a whole generation is hype. When I see movies or read books purporting to portray the Boomer Years, I wince. We all know there never was or ever will be a Golden Age.
    8. AngieA
      7/04/09
      AngieA
      hahaha I have never heard any one say they hated Forrest Gump.
  2. nothingprofound
    6/18/09
    nothingprofound
    "An Affair to Remember." A movie to forget.
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    1. Epicharis
      6/18/09
      Epicharis
      *gobsmacked*
    2. cathy13
      6/18/09
      cathy13
      Oh say it ain't so Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    3. AngieA
      7/04/09
      AngieA
      I agree
  3. cathy13
    6/18/09
    cathy13
    Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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    1. Stillthinking
      6/18/09
      Stillthinking
      I agree! Brad Pitt can't act and what a waste of Cate Blanchett. She is so talented and beautiful and this movie wasted her.
    2. TRPierce
      6/18/09
      TRPierce
      Agreed. Plodding and pretentious.
    3. wagerwitch
      6/18/09
      wagerwitch
      Loved the concept - and well - heck - it was an alright movie... Just not worth the money to buy...
    4. AngieA
      7/04/09
      AngieA
      I agree, that movie has my 2 thumbs down
  4. LadySwan
    6/18/09
    LadySwan
    Contact - everyone who brings this movie up loved it. I completely hated it.
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  5. cinemaobsessed
    6/18/09
    cinemaobsessed
    We vote 'Braveheart'...'Gladiator' is up there too...
    [reply]
    1. burmesedays
      6/19/09
      burmesedays
      Both dreadful agreed.

      I truly despised Braveheart.
    2. legbamel
      6/19/09
      legbamel
      Ditto on both of those, with Braveheart taking the trophy. I've refused to watch Forrest Gump, but I suspect that it would be a strong runner-up to Mel Gibson's enormous, boring ball of tripe.
  6. janizarzagon
    6/18/09
    janizarzagon
    X Men origin
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    1. TRPierce
      6/18/09
      TRPierce
      Wolverine? Ugh, that movie was terrible. Of course, I wouldn't say it's "overrated" though. That implies that it actually received some accolades.
    2. Rory
      6/19/09
      Rory
      I LOVED Wolverine's action ... but, they're totally screwed up on timelines. I mean, Wolverine was "created" during the Vietnam War, but the technology used in the movie was 21st century. Come on.
    3. TRPierce
      6/19/09
      TRPierce
      Not to mention the gaping plot hole that was "How did Wolverine not know that his girlfriend was dead?" which basically served as the impetus for the rest of the plot.
  7. daisygray
    6/18/09
    daisygray
    I'll have to agree.. definitely "Titanic". I just never saw the appeal in that movie.
    [reply]
    1. cathy13
      6/19/09
      cathy13
      I'm with you!
  8. 4Freedoms
    6/18/09
    4Freedoms
    Wanted...
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  9. wagerwitch
    6/18/09
    wagerwitch
    The Incredible Hulk.

    I waited to see it - hearing that it was superb. The graphics were cheesy, it didn't follow the plot line - and it truly had a horrible script.
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    1. Shiley
      6/19/09
      Shiley
      Hated that and I love comic book heroes.
  10. bizmashups
    6/19/09
    bizmashups
    Shah Rukh Khan's OSO (Om Shanti Om)
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  11. PetLvr
    6/19/09
    PetLvr
    I thought History of Violence was great!

    Anyway .. I would have to say the most overrated movie of all time would be ....

    E.T. (I still haven't seen it because it's so overrated)
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    1. nothingprofound
      6/19/09
      nothingprofound
      I also liked History of Violence. I think Cronenberg is a very thoughtful and interesting director.
  12. Bullgrit
    6/19/09
    Bullgrit
    Batman Returns

    It was a good movie, but it wasn't the ZOMG!
    [reply]
    1. Friday13
      6/19/09
      Friday13
      It's still my favorite Batman film.
    2. trailofpen
      6/19/09
      trailofpen
      I love the part where the Penguin just waddles off, rolls over, and dies. Such a horrible horrible movie.
  13. giridharangr
    6/19/09
    giridharangr
    Shah rukh's Main hoon na
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  14. trailofpen
    6/19/09
    trailofpen
    The Godfather. Seriously, I don't get what the big deal is with this movie. It's just an average/below average flick in my opinion. If someone gave me The Godfather or Godfather trilogy as a gift, I would put it on Ebay for 99cents as soon as they left the room.
    [reply]
    1. TRPierce
      6/19/09
      TRPierce
      Wow, let's not go saying things that we can't take back, now. The Godfather is the greatest work of art ever to grace celluloid.
    2. legbamel
      6/19/09
      legbamel
      Bull.
    3. 4xtrader
      6/21/09
      4xtrader
      What?! The Godfather is one of the best movies ever made...
  15. Shiley
    6/19/09
    Shiley
    Born on The Fourth of July. I don't ever want to think about Tom Cruise's pee-pee again!
    [reply]
    1. cathy13
      6/19/09
      cathy13
      HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ewwwwwwwwwwwww
    2. Shiley
      6/19/09
      Shiley
      Exactly! and to think I was 14 and they were considering making that x rated. I am forever tramatized.
  16. LovePhotoshop
    6/19/09
    LovePhotoshop
    Original Sin. Uninspired, bad plot. Enough said.
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  17. bloggore
    6/19/09
    bloggore
    Slumdog Millionaire...
    [reply]
    1. Rory
      6/19/09
      Rory
      Can't agree with you ... Slumdog was a brilliant movie. Worth every bit of hype and awards is received. The way Dev Patel's character's life experiences provided the answers to the questions ... excellent.
    2. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      I agree. I thought Slumdog was wonderful.
    3. shaddore
      6/20/09
      shaddore
      I thought Slumdog Millionaire was beautifully made and deserved all the hype and awards that it got..good movies like SM are rarely made
  18. burmesedays
    6/19/09
    burmesedays
    Recently: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Over-made pretentious rubbish.
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  19. burmesedays
    6/19/09
    burmesedays
    Anything involving a grown up Mel Gibson.

    i.e not the Mad Max movies.
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  20. lotusb
    6/19/09
    lotusb
    Notebook. I actually had an ex-boyfriend call me, tell me he thought the movie was so good and that it reminded him of us. I eventually rented it one night and watched it. Everyone EVERYONE I know thinks this movies is the best romance ever....and I couldn't stop laughing at the cliche. The ending when they die together is friggin hilarious.
    [reply]
    1. shaddore
      6/20/09
      shaddore
      Notebook...definitely was overhyped...bored me to death!
  21. avecchioni
    6/19/09
    avecchioni
    The English Patient
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  22. stellak
    6/19/09
    stellak
    No country for old men. I thought it just dragged on and on. i hated that movie
    [reply]
    1. People
      6/19/09
      People
      A bunch of rednecks chatting about stuff.
  23. selfstudy
    6/19/09
    selfstudy
    war of the world,
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  24. Tforch
    6/19/09
    Tforch
    I can't believe Braveheart, Gladiator, and the Godfather were listed as overrated, 'bad' movies. All three of those are fantastic movies!

    I would say the most overrated movies are Benjamin Button, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood and the Notebook....yyaawwnn
    [reply]
    1. trailofpen
      6/19/09
      trailofpen
      I don't care how much people try to convince me otherwise; The Godfather is the most horribly overrated movie ever!
    2. omega
      6/19/09
      omega
      I agree I found godfather to be a bit boring and silly.
  25. CTVicky
    6/19/09
    CTVicky
    I thought Benjamin Button was brilliant and deserved just as many Oscars as Slumdog Millionaire.

    Benjamin Button was well shot, the special make-up effects were on the whole incredible, great dialogue, the storyline was just beautiful.

    I thought Brad Pitt's acting in that film was amazing; especially when you consider most of it was done with him stood by himself in front of a computer so they could paste the image of his face onto the little person playing him as a child.

    Most overrated film? Recently? The Wrestler. Wasn't moved by it and one of the worst endings ever Even Darren Aronofsky, the Director said it didn't deserve the hype.

    And Million Dollar Baby. What a load of $h!t3. Totally pointless.

    Slumdog Millionaire was a little overhyped but was a good film nonetheless.

    Going back a few years? Moulin Rouge. (Baz Luhrmann's remake)

    But most of all, anything directed by Sophia Coppola *spits*.
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  26. jan4insight
    6/19/09
    jan4insight
    Twilight.

    'nuff said.
    [reply]
    1. Deray28
      6/19/09
      Deray28
      I totally agree!!! I can see the appeal to teenagers but, it was horrible!!! Zero acting, zero character development, super-corny, just thinking about it makes my stomach hurt!
    2. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      Horrible.
  27. omega
    6/19/09
    omega
    I have poor taste in movies it seems.
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  28. AdolfoBlogs
    6/19/09
    AdolfoBlogs
    Napoleon Dynamite and Borat come to mind along with Twilight.
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      Napolean Dynamite was really dry. Borat made me laugh so hard I had tears.
    2. TRPierce
      6/19/09
      TRPierce
      Twilight? I wouldn't call that overrated. I just call it a terrible, terrible movie. It has zero redeeming qualities.
  29. ThriftShopRomantic
    6/19/09
    ThriftShopRomantic
    I don't know about MOST overrated, but in my list would be "The Crying Game."

    I was ten minutes into it and a friend and I were whispering, "Isn't that a man?"

    But wow-- the amount we heard in the news about this big twist ending!
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      I agree. Totally overrated. Hated it.
    2. Rory
      6/19/09
      Rory
      *Yawn* ... ooooh, don't give the surprise ending away. Come on, who didn't know she was a he? Dumb movie.
    3. ThriftShopRomantic
      6/19/09
      ThriftShopRomantic
      Rory- actually one of my other friends in the group was totally fooled (?!)-- so naturally we made fun of him unmercifully.
  30. Deray28
    6/19/09
    Deray28
    I remembered another one..."American Beauty" *barf*

    Nothing beauty about it, it left me a bad taste in my mouth, horrible!
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      I loved American Beauty. I thought it was so thoughtful and beautifully made about having your dreams slowly rotting away in the suburbs.
  31. People
    6/19/09
    People
    Mystic River!
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/19/09
      Stillthinking
      I loved that movie.
    2. cathy13
      6/19/09
      cathy13
      I thought Mystic River was Genius!
    3. People
      6/21/09
      People
      No!
  32. Stillthinking
    6/19/09
    Stillthinking
    OK, I have one that I am probably going to pelted with stones for

    "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was horrid. Mickey Rooney in Yellow face? A Happy Ending for Holly Golightly? That dreadful sappy Henry Mancini soundtrack?

    Ugh. If black face is unacceptable, then yellow face should be unacceptable too. No more white actors with their eyelids taped and a black wig.
    [reply]
    1. Rory
      6/19/09
      Rory
      I found it boring. So, I'm with you on this one.
    2. cathy13
      6/19/09
      cathy13
      Oh I so agree "Still Thinking". I found it offensive and really stupid. Best part of the movie was the fashions.
  33. Rory
    6/19/09
    Rory
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Incredible hype over this one and it absolutely stank! Not one redeeming thing about it. The ending was a montage to Speilburg - the only thing missing was a giant Great White Shark roaming the water.
    [reply]
    1. TRPierce
      6/19/09
      TRPierce
      So, so, so bad. Spielberg and Lucas really messed that one up.
    2. cathy13
      6/19/09
      cathy13
      To me it seemed it was an ego filled piece of "work" that seemed to be a narcissistic homage to Spielberg's earlier films...even had ET (sort of).

      It was just missing the shark
      (see I told you sharks follow me)

      Good one Rory..we think alike!
  34. selfstudy
    6/19/09
    selfstudy
    im just curious of some post, is it really overrated in general public or you just dont like the movie or lets say its not your taste.. then called it a overrated, like brave heart and godfather for me i found it boring to watch but i never overrated them, i just dont like the story...thats it..
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    1. ThriftShopRomantic
      6/19/09
      ThriftShopRomantic
      Most of the movies people seem to be mentioning have won major film awards, or got rave reviews from critics at the time they came out. Lots of buzz.

      I can't tell you HOW many people told me I should see Titanic and Forest Gump and that I would love them.

      I haven't seen either, yet.
  35. Shiley
    6/19/09
    Shiley
    Deliverance hated it why it was a class requirement is beyond me.

    I can't forget Harold and Maude and Love Story Yuck!
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  36. Epicharis
    6/19/09
    Epicharis
    Batman Begins

    So disappointing! Predictable, dull and completely lacking in style. I loved Dark Knight, though.
    [reply]
    1. Friday13
      6/19/09
      Friday13
      I also didn't think too much of that film, but anything's better than Batman & Robin. Still, so very overrated.
  37. MadAboutGifts
    6/19/09
    MadAboutGifts
    Forrest Gump.
    I didnt like anything in that movie except the line - My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/21/09
      Stillthinking
      Yeah, another person who hated this movie!
  38. RafaRR
    6/19/09
    RafaRR
    Transformers hope the second one isn´t as bad.
    [reply]
    1. Epicharis
      6/19/09
      Epicharis
      That really annoyed me! For the last 40 minutes of the film you were just watching indiscriminate bits of metal moving around!
    2. RafaRR
      6/19/09
      RafaRR
      Yes it is just a bunch of special effects plastered into a movie
    3. omega
      6/19/09
      omega
      Yeah not as much robot battle scenes as I was expecting. Hope the sequel has more of that, or more Megan Fox.
  39. lovelila
    6/19/09
    lovelila
    Juno, FTW! Ugh.
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  40. NatetheGrate
    6/19/09
    NatetheGrate
    This is easy -- Kiss of the Spider Woman. What bad acting!
    [reply]
    1. burmesedays
      6/20/09
      burmesedays
      One of THE great movies. Rate this very highly indeed.
  41. robinj
    6/19/09
    robinj
    anything with jack black in it
    [reply]
    1. NatetheGrate
      6/19/09
      NatetheGrate
      Oh yeah, him too
  42. HollytheHousewife
    6/19/09
    HollytheHousewife
    Da vinci code,it just sucked soooooo bad
    [reply]
    1. burmesedays
      6/20/09
      burmesedays
      totally agree but not sure that it was over-rated. It was universally laughed at as an appaling movie.
    2. shaddore
      6/20/09
      shaddore
      I don't know about overrated but it sure was freaking slow...watching Da Vinci Code till the end will be a challenge. A challenge i'll never accept:)
  43. burmesedays
    6/20/09
    burmesedays
    It kind of pre-requisite that a movie has to be rated before it can be over-rated.

    Not the case with some of those cropping up here
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  44. writings
    6/20/09
    writings
    new "war of the world"
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/20/09
      Stillthinking
      I liked that one. I thought it was one of the better Spielburg/Cruise collaborations.
    2. burmesedays
      6/20/09
      burmesedays
      The original 1953 prodcution is a very good movie indeed.

      Spielberg's recent effort was OK for me. But not great by any means.
  45. sugandhagupta
    6/20/09
    sugandhagupta
    forrest gump was the worst ... I dunno how anyone can tolerate such an illogical crap
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/21/09
      Stillthinking
      Three votes for Forrest Gump.
  46. Borninheels
    6/20/09
    Borninheels
    Role Models...they hyped it up as to being so funny and yes there were funny parts but it was a total bore and ended up being more of a drama than a comedy. I was very disappointed.

    Now I love Twilight...yes its a silly story..and yes some of the cast could not act but looking at sexy vampires was enough for me to watch it a 2nd time!
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  47. noodlemie
    6/21/09
    noodlemie
    i hate titanic,the local television played it over and over again but it never made me watch it.i love celine dion's song in the movie though.
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  48. NjailaRhee
    6/21/09
    NjailaRhee
    ScarFace, I'm not sure why so many people liked this movie and see the main charater as some kinda hero. He was a coked out wierdo.
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/21/09
      Stillthinking
      He wasn't supposed to be a hero, he's an antihero.
  49. nothingprofound
    6/21/09
    nothingprofound
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Can't believe this film ever got distributed.
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  50. IndigoWrath
    6/21/09
    IndigoWrath
    Pretty much any "comedy" with Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell or Vince Vaughn in. These guys just don't make me laugh.

    Tarantinio's DEATH PROOF was poor fare, too. I got the whole "70s retro homage" thing, but it just didn't work for me. PLANET TERROR, the opposite number in the GRINDHOUSE pair, was way better, and managed to pull of the "faux film" schtick far more convincingly.
    [reply]
    1. Stillthinking
      6/21/09
      Stillthinking
      Really? I thought they were both excellent. I loved Death Proof. It was an homage to movies like Vanishing Point. It was so stylish and that stunt woman was awesome.

      Seth Rogan and Will Ferrell crack me up. As much as I love dry, witty and smart comedy, really low brow frat house humor cracks me up too.
    2. People
      6/21/09
      People
      I'm with you on Death Proof and Planet Terror. Planet Terror was funny. Death Proof was a little annoying. But I'm not with you on the funny guys. I laugh just by looking at Will Ferrell's face.
  51. Hawaiibadboy
    6/21/09
    Hawaiibadboy
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  52. NYCGirl
    7/04/09
    NYCGirl
    Pulp Fiction (waits for verbal abuse to be rained upon her ;)).
    [reply]
    1. Frosty78
      7/04/09
      Frosty78
      Agree!

      Loved Forrest Gump though.
  53. greencurmudgeon
    7/04/09
    greencurmudgeon
    I'd have an easier time listing films which weren't over hyped and overrated.
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