Horribly overrated movies...

andu wrote: Matrix was a major disappointment for me. It teaches the lesson of how to do little with a lot of great ideas. Titanic was indeed sentimental crap but I wouldn't call it overrated... just sold well. Never had anything special for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If I want something with Asian feel, I always go for a Miyazaki anime, for example. I do like Ang Lee however, I loved his Brokeback Mountain. Also I agree on all Rocktopus' mentions.

Matrix wasn't my biggest disappointment, I actually enjoyed the first and even liked the second's dynamic. Being however totally bored by the ending.
But, talking to a friend who does professional martial arts, I did find out that those from the Matrix are indeed baloney.

About Titanic, I can only say: Yes, I did cry at it. (Polo Happy commercial ) I was seven, but I got totally sentimental. Otherwise, it's a film to totally forget. And, just like its fellow two films, it got 11 Oscar for absolutely nothing.

On the other hand, dear friend, I can't agree about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That movie is so special and well-made for me, it's a thumbs up. But I did felt nothing about Brokeback Mountain. Except Gyllenhaal's performance, the rest was weak; and its controversy didn't needed that much accent.

Now to mention some of my own, I actually remember reading once a list of big movies considered disasters. Vanilla Ice topped the list, but I didn't find it that horrible. A.I. - with Haley Osmond - was second, and this time I agree, that movie was completely superficial.

andu wrote: Matrix was a major disappointment for me. It teaches the lesson of how to do little with a lot of great ideas. Titanic was indeed sentimental crap but I wouldn't call it overrated... just sold well. Never had anything special for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If I want something with Asian feel, I always go for a Miyazaki anime, for example. I do like Ang Lee however, I loved his Brokeback Mountain. Also I agree on all Rocktopus' mentions.

If you disliked Matrix, you should try to get a a copy of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's TV-movie "Welt am Draht", which was based on the same idea as "Matrix" but a million times better. You can order the 2 CDs from WDR TV; I can search for the link if you are interested.

BaldFriede wrote: andu wrote: Matrix was a major disappointment for me. It teaches the lesson of how to do little with a lot of great ideas. Titanic was indeed sentimental crap but I wouldn't call it overrated... just sold well. Never had anything special for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If I want something with Asian feel, I always go for a Miyazaki anime, for example. I do like Ang Lee however, I loved his Brokeback Mountain. Also I agree on all Rocktopus' mentions. If you disliked Matrix, you should try to get a a copy of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's TV-movie "Welt am Draht", which was based on the same idea as "Matrix" but a million times better. You can order the 2 CDs from WDR TV; I can search for the link if you are interested.

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it. Anyway, I don't dislike Matrix, it can be fun to watch, if you just want to have some fun. I only expected a lot more because of the great ideas it employed and of the praise it got.

Time Signature wrote: Pirates of the Caribbean II sucked. The effects were good and so was Depp's performance, but the story was unconvincing and Bloom's and Knightley's so-called acting was more wooden than a city of wooden houses.   Matrix II and III were just terrible. Why do they all talk like they're suffering from laryngitis in those movies? Again, the effects were okay, but the way the movies were edited was really ineffective and ended up making them mindnumbingly uninteresting to watch. A shame because the first one was pretty good.

I never thought of the Matrix II or III as being overrated, I thought most people thought of those movies as being bad to begin with (so do I, they were pretty bad). 

And if you think Pirates II sucked... go see Pirates III... it was much worse.


Edited by darkmatter - July 30 2007 at 12:22

Not sure if it's classed as a bad film or not, but War of the Worlds is pretty shoddy.  My mate likes it though.

I love everything Tarantino has done, and consider him to be the best director of my generation.

The Boondock Saints is my pick for most overrated. Terrible writing, lousy directing, bad acting. I can't understand why anyone likes it.

W00t! another negative thread except this time we're not bashing musicians or each other.

Edited by darqdean - July 30 2007 at 14:15

I'm not much of a movie critic (I actually enjoy alot of the movies mentioned here), but I have to say that Armageddon is the crappiest movie I've ever seen.

Time Signature wrote: Arsillus wrote: Any of those comic book super hero movies that have come out in the past 7-8 years or so.   Good thing you brought that up. They've really managed to ruin most of the good old Marvel heroes in those silly new movies. The only one that's kind of okay is the first Spider-Man movie.

Except Batman Begins, and V for Vendetta, I agree. Those two movies are 3+ stars out of 4. V for Vendetta is a better movie than a graphic novel, IMO.