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This whole over-rated/ under-rated thing is a bit over-rated as far as I'm concerned, however there is one "foreign film" that has baffled me with the amount of acclaim it has received and that is "Parasite".

It's a well enough made movie and all that but I just don't get what all the praise is about.

...and how do I know it's a foreign film? Because the Acadamy said so.
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For me the most overrated foreign movies are 90 percent of those that come from the USA.

Foreign is a relative term. Wink
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Originally posted by LAM-SGC LAM-SGC wrote:

For me the most overrated foreign movies are 90 percent of those that come from the USA.

Foreign is a relative term. Wink

Hi,

Might want to reword that ... the films that have so much advertising that it makes the public think that it is good! Not another Gop Tun! pllllllllssssssseeeee!
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Originally posted by LAM-SGC LAM-SGC wrote:

For me the most overrated foreign movies are 90 percent of those that come from the USA.

Foreign is a relative term. Wink
I've never thought of American movies as being "foreign", as 90% of the movies I watch are from the good old USA. Smile
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No, nothing wrong with my wording.
For me, and for everyone I hope, foreign films are films that don't come from my country.

Perhaps the OP should reword the thread title to "Most overrated non-English language" films as it seems that that is what s/he actually meant.

Foreign means what it means regardless of the lingua franca on this forum.
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Originally posted by LAM-SGC LAM-SGC wrote:

No, nothing wrong with my wording.
For me, and for everyone I hope, foreign films are films that don't come from my country.
Well that's why it makes no sense wording it like that on a forum with people from the whole world. Surely he is not asking for the dutch people on PA for their favorite film not from the Netherlands, or the Greeks for their favorite non-greek movie etc...

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All of Hollywood is foreign to me, so if I use average imdb rating as the gauge, I'd name Dark Knight.  And I like it but that 9.0 rating is just insane.

If I go with non-English language films, then my exposure to world cinema is limited.  However, going by the current hullabaloo over that particular Indian film, I am inclined to name RRR.  It's not bad for what it's worth but it's disappointing that it continues to be pure over the top visuals that are associated with Indian cinema as if no Indian director ever made a good film with authentic and grounded characters.  I get that some of the hype is just eyeball-hungry youtubers promoting anything Indian to get views from a 1 billion plus country but even so, it's pretty gruesome.
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But I actually enjoyed The Tourist. Old school gentle crime film.
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