Horribly overrated movies...

I can name lots, but I'll just list a few that instantly pops in my mind:

_The ridiculous B-movie "Tremors"
_Several disney movies, most notably "Finding Nemo", "National Treasure" and the horribly shallow and repugnant "Lizzy McGuire Movie" which while not excellently rated, it should be constantly listed in top 10 worst movies charts.
_The uneventful "Lost in Translation"
_"Jaws" seems like a terrible sci-fi movie, though I'm biased since the jaw must have been quite realistic for that time.

BaldFriede wrote: Geck0 wrote: I prefer Art House Euro Films to Hollywood Films. Stonas, I'm not really into "laddish" films like Terminator, which have lots of unnecessary violence and destruction. I much prefer my Ealing Comedy films, or a really well made dark dystopian film. Same here, Gecko. I am definitely not into those testosterone movies in which an Überhero saves the world. This kind of movies is made for a certain age and gender group, but if by age 25 you are not grown out of these movies then something is really wrong with you.

I resemble that remark  I happy watching either arthouse or blockbuster films as long as they are good. An overload of testosterone never did me any harm  and I think Die HArd 4.0 is the funniest film of this year - I haven't laughed out loud in the cnema since Pulp Fiction.

Zitro wrote: _The uneventful "Lost in Translation"

I thought it was brilliant.

^Lost In Translation is simply breathtaking. One of the best movies of the decade.

andu wrote: Jimbo wrote: Zitro wrote: _The uneventful "Lost in Translation" I thought it was brilliant. I think it's a masterpiece.

Lost in Translation is not bad, but reviews were all claiming it to be a huge masterpiece and while I can't deny it has a certain neat style and is touching ... I just found the whole thing a bit dull and very anti-climatic, considering I waited 2 hours for something to really happen. I didn't really like the characters, I guess that's what did it for me.

I forgot the one I would personally call the most overrated one: "The Conversation". My family loves intelligent mystery/drama movies, but it bored the heck out of all of us and left us very cold. Well, at least, this one had more of a climax.

stonebeard wrote: Indiana Jones is one of the best adventure movies ever! The second isn't that good, and the third is more enjoyable than masterful, but the first is beyond amazing.

I just dislike the notion that Hollywood is a poop. It's not. It mostly was for a long while in the 80s and 90s, but it's getting so much better. Sure, you've got that nonsense like that new Lindsay Lohan movie that just came out, but I find myself enjoying the movies much more lately. Even if I recognize that a film isn't that good, I can still enjoy it. A lot of indie and European movies seem to me to be far too serious for their own good. I think as a reaction to Hollywood being the "blockbuster" producer of movies, these folks with a smaller budget focus on more serious issues. It's alright once in awhile, but I usually watch movies for entertainment/escapism, not to overdose on harsh reality.

Nobody has mentioned Donnie Darko yet...

I enjoyed the film at the time, but in retrospect, I think it's a tiny bit overrated.

Donnie Darko is a cool movie that you think is gonna be a scary thriller movie, but turns into a cool sci-fi physics epic.

Edited by darkshade - July 30 2007 at 19:41