Movies you think are overrated

[Naughtius Maximus]

7 hours ago, DownInTheHole said:

Kill bill

 

If you take away all the pop culture references from that film it would probably be another crappy and forgettable 2000s action film.

I agree. I mean Kill Bill is theatrically good and it's pretty satisfying as a bloody, gorey action flick but other than that, I don't see much remarkable in it (aside from the pop-culture references you've mentioned). Maybe that's because I don't see much fun and eccentricity in martial arts movies. What really grinds my gears is some people treat it like Tarantino's ultimate masterpiece. I find to hard to believe when you have Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in the picture. 

[sabitsuki]

14 minutes ago, Rebel Yell said:

I agree. I mean Kill Bill is theatrically good and it's pretty satisfying as a bloody, gorey action flick but other than that, I don't see much remarkable in it (aside from the pop-culture references you've mentioned). Maybe that's because I don't see much fun and eccentricity in martial arts movies. What really grinds my gears is some people treat it like Tarantino's ultimate masterpiece. I find to hard to believe when you have Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in the picture. 

The plot of reservoir dogs was literally taken from a ringo lam film called city on fire so i wouldnt exactly call it his masterpiece.

[slimeball supreme]

I don't like movies. I think there are too many because I often cannot view all of them.

[The Time Ranger]

On 5/3/2020 at 9:08 PM, Mister Pink said:

Baby Driver. 

 

I think it's corny and predictable. Heck, I remember guessing one the lines in it. But people love it. I just couldn't take it seriously at all. 

I'm glad somebody said it, it's a stylish looking movie but the dialogue is indeed corny and the romance feels shoehorned in, the music concept on paper sounds good, but I think it relies on the ipod constantly playing as a crutch, despite good song choices it's too much of a good thing. Couldn't actually finish it, not because it's terrible but it just bored me. Overhyped because of the directors impressive record.

[Lancerator]

On 3/4/2019 at 6:46 AM, camW00dS said:

The whole avengers franchise

 

[Mister Pink]

9 minutes ago, The Time Ranger said:

I'm glad somebody said it, it's a stylish looking movie but the dialogue is indeed corny and the romance feels shoehorned in, the music concept on paper sounds good, but I think it relies on the ipod constantly playing as a crutch, despite good song choices it's too much of a good thing. Couldn't actually finish it, not because it's terrible but it just bored me. Overhyped because of the directors impressive record.

Ah! Someone agrees. And not just someone. Someone I respect a lot for their choice in films. 

 

I'm going to sound like a real snob but I reckon if I didn't know anything about cinema, I would enjoy it. I could see my young self probably thinking this was just an enjoyable film. I don't know how to verablise correctly how it rubbed me up the wrong way. But I found this video and he does a great job. Basically, the film is tonally all over the place. 

 

 

[TwistOfLime21]

The Dark Knight

Great movie, don’t get me wrong, just not as great as everyone makes it out to be. My main issue was the dialogue. While it was corny at times “I’m not the one wearing hockey pads”, I’m watching and thinking ‘who talks like that?’. “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”. That line felt forced, as if they were trying to make it a memorable one. Also, having an unnecessary orchestra (or whatever) play over the top of the dialogue doesn’t make it grand.

 

Dark Knight Rises, Inception and Dunkirk come to mind too.

 

I just don’t see the big deal about Nolan movies.

[sabitsuki]

Not a movie, but I never liked Mr. Robot.

 

It felt like a bad mix of Fight Club and Serial Experiments Lain.

[Lock n' Stock]

Loved Baby Driver, I can't lie. I can understand why it wouldn't work for everyone though.

[Mister Pink]

On 4/30/2021 at 9:00 PM, RenegadeAngel said:

Here's a few off the top of my head:

 

- I'm not a fan of post-millennial Tarantino. Some individual parts are amazing, like certain bits of the Hateful Eight and Django; the Jews in the basement, Michael Fassbender the imposter and the Italians scene from the Bastards are all moments of Quentin's brilliance. As a whole, however, I don't really feel his films anymore for a variety of reasons. The 90s' Tarantino to me is infinitely superior.

 

- Just about everything Nolan has done. His films seem so niche to me, and that's exactly why I'm baffled everytime he comes out with a movie that destroys the box office and makes IMDB kneel in awe of his brilliance. Do people really like like  convoluted movies that much?

 

- Mad Max Fury Road. I'm not particularly demanding when it comes to stories in action films, but this one is so bad, it makes Star Wars the last Jedi feel like The Godfather in comparison. It's one of those useless Hollywood action movies that serve completely no purpose apart from supplying a little dopamine boost, which is fine, but 8.1 on IMDB is, perhaps, a bit too much, lmao. I guess the name of the franchise and the ultra expensive marketing campaign did their job nicely. 

 

 

I agree with Tarantino. In fact his post 2000 stuff made me forget how brilliant his 90's work really is. Like you said, there are moments of brilliance but I found it almost bordering on self-parody. Like Tarantino does Tarantino. Having said that, I actually really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. I think it's because he goes for comedy now. He's aiming to make those iconic and humours moments. Whereas I think he said with Pulp Fiction, he was writing something serious and it realised only after it's comedy.

 

It's like when someone reaches for comedy it's either hit-or-miss, and often it's not so funny but devolves in to self-parody. But, if he's going for some drama that happens to end up funny, it's more authentic. And I think post 2000, he's hitting the former. 

 

Completely agree about Nolan. I really enjoyed the Batman trilogy and I'm not a superhero film kind of guy. So I found Nolan very promising. What I had been doing was with his recent films was expecting I should like them and seeing the scores on RT and Metacritic and being at odds. I did enjoy Insomnia, but that's more grounded in people. But the likes of Inception, Dunkirk, Interstellar, I just didn't care for any character in those films. I couldn't even tell you the name of any character in any of those films. It's concept over story/characters.  He might be a great director but I think he's a great writer. Or at least we know he's not good at writing characters. For the Batman films and Interstellar, his bother co-wrote the screenplay. It's hard to tell if when his brother is on projects if it improves or not. 

 

I've not even seen Mad Max: FR as I thought it might be as you described, even though a trusted friend said he enjoyed it, however, he's probably more sympathetic to that kind of film. 

[shadyslady]

The big lebowski

 

Many Tarantino movies such as inglorious basturds, hateful 8, Django, pulp fiction

 

I think the three batman movies with bale as batman are solid, but nothing more, crime dramas with Batman in it. 

I like these movies but they're not like best movie ever material 

[Collibosher]

All the X men films. I just don't get it how so many of them are considered good and they just keep making new ones every year and they seem to be always so successful. I don't really like the aesthetics or lore tbh, but I really try to look at them objectively. I always keep giving them a new chance, but continue getting mind boggled just how bad and awkward they are. Last one I saw was "Logan" and I found it just hilarious, I couldn't believe what was actually happening in the film; a bootleg looking near future setting with a "mutant" limo driver carrying around some old cripple in the desert...  The film is called Logan and that's pretty much what I "felt" while watching it, a film about some guy named Logan who hangs out with some grandpa. Obviously this was "critically acclaimed" too...

 

I guess you really need to be invested in the lore to enjoy these or find them even passable.

[Tycek]

My post will probably make a few heads turn, but let's go and see. For the sake of argument let's say that movies rated above six on movies databases are generally liked. 

 

- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 

- Star Wars: The Last Skywalker

While the two may not exactly be perceived as hits, these are still rated pretty high. While The Force Awakens was nothing more than a pleasant popcorn flick, the next two sequels are nothing but dung. Inconsistent plots, lost threads, boring and unnecessary characters and a big crate of MacGuffins to move every character in the right direction. I am thankful to my company for financing cinema tickets for these craps, but I still think I lost time that I could use to for something more meaningful like scratching my balls.  

 

- The Big Lebowski 

I never understood why people like this movie so much. It was always advertised as something great and meaningful, but I couldn't get the love for Lebowski living as a bum and his two friends - Vietnam war vet Sobchak and slightly retarded one played by Buscemi. They were annoying enough to successfully make this movie unbearable for me. To be honest I never get the praise for Coen brothers and maybe that's the reason?

 

- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Another movie hard to watch for me. Michael "I have one face" Cera and Mary Elizabeth "Hey I can have one face too" Winstead completely killed this movie for me. To make it even worse story of the movie is almost non-existent, characters are bland and jokes are cheesy. Maybe the comic was great, but movie is far from it. 

 

- Ghost in the Shell 

Another unnecessary attempt to create live action movie from a manga and anime and another fail. 

 

- Men in Black 2

- Men in Black 3

Two unnecessary sequels to quite interesting and funny movie. None of them brought anything that would explain their production to the table. I am still wondering which one of the duo is more stinking one to be honest.  

 

- Prometheus 

I don't think this one needs any explanation. Go home Ridley, You're drunk. 

 

- Fast and Furious 

As a series from 5 upwards. First three movie were average, but did their job. The subsequent ones turned series into blockbuster, getting a lot of praise and earnings. I personally can't stand them due to one simple reason - plots of these movies are so full of coincidences and MacGuffins that director had to consider his audience to be idiots. Characters doing superhuman feats and pushing the boundaries of physics beyond limits (like flying Toretto in sixth part) are something that seriously grinds my gears.

 

- Baby Driver

The Video Mister Pink linked above quite well summarize my opinion about this movie. The beginning was not bad, but when movie started to lose its plot, shoehorned a romance and made characters to make dumb decisions in the name of love I simply couldn't stand it anymore. 

 

- Mad Max: Fury Road

Another unnecessary sequel made too late and in very bad way. While I appreciate the limited usage of CGI, I cannot appreciate almost non-existing plot (sure, let's drive first half of the movie in one direction and then return in the second half), abundance of kitsch (was the fire guitar player or chrome spray paint really necessary) and fact that in a movie called Mad Max, there is almost no Max at all. Not only I don't think Hardy played well, but also his role in this movie was pushed totally to the background. Charlize and her character were cool, but this is still called Mad Max after all.  

 

 

 

Edited May 17, 2021 by Tycek

[Internet Person]

The Big Lebowski. I was expecting something better after hearing people talking about it.

[Tycek]

Two additional movies that were terribly overrated in my opinion came to my mind recently. These two are:

 

- Up - A lot of people were saying how good this movie is, how emotional the story was. In my opinion only part of this movie that may be considered emotional and quite fresh is the first like 10 - 15 minutes, when Carl and his wife learn that they can't have children. It's still doesn't explain why they couldn't adopt one, but let's say this moment could be emotional for some people. The rest of the movie however turns into inane story about cringy fight between two old-timers, which is as interesting as watching a game of chess played in the retirement home. Characters were rather either bland or annoying and the ending was predictable from the beginning.  

 

- Inside Out - Movie with a storyline for around 15 minutes dragged to last around one and half hour, where things are happening for the sake of it. All characters are annoying twats, especially Sadness, who is starting the plot, because she felt like it and all the events are meaningless and stupid, like abstraction room or train of thoughts. One of the worst Pixar animation I've seen in my life. There is nothing really good about that one, apart from graphics, but that's kind of natural for Pixar. 

 

You may say that animations should be rated differently, but I believe they climbed to the level of full-fledged movies, especially these made by Pixar or Dreamworks.

[DabefoVercetti]

Interstellar, a sleeping pill and Once upon a time in Hollywood, long scenes that take her away from the main plot

[-l-]

Most Superhero Movies.

[Mexicola9302]

Avatar (2009)

 

It only looked and sounded good, but the plot was total BS.

[-l-]

The Hangover I and II. 

They are funny but not groundbreaking.

[Big Molio]

22 hours ago, Mexicola9302 said:

Avatar (2009)

 

It only looked and sounded good, but the plot was total BS.

 

Avatar was more of a one-shot cinema experience at the time rather than a movie which stands the test of time and is good in its own right. I will admit, when I first saw it at the cinema with the 3D glasses on, I was blown away. It was like nothing we had really seen before. It actually made me giddy and gave that sense of wonder. 

 

Watching it now on the small screen in 2D, and all the movie's problems are glaring. Sam Worthington is blander than bland, the Na'vi designs are truly awful, the story is rubbish and derivative, and the dialogue is often toe-curling. 

[Mexicola9302]

I haven't been to the cinemas many years, the last movie i saw in cinemas was Jarhead (2005). So yeah been 16-17 years since i last saw a movie in cinemas.

 

I got my home cinema, that is more than enough, it's only a 55 inch LG OLED B9 4K TV with HDR and Dolby Vision 120 HZ G-Sync for gaming, and a 1000 watts sinus (Teufel German Highend manufacturer) sound system, and i got no neighbours.

 

But it's more than enough, to not go to the cinemas anymore. Screw 3D and annoying ppl laughing in the wrong scenes, and popcorn eating ppl. Home Cinemas are so much better, at least i can pause movies and go piss, if doing a marathon.

 

The funny thing is there will be 3 more Avatar movies, and i will watch them too, even if the plot is BS, because let's be honest here, the movies in general go down the drain since many years. The last movie i really enjoyed was Wolf of Wall Street i think, and that has been a while already.

[-l-]

Cats, The Last Airbender, and 50 Shades of Grey are just bad films.

[Donald Lov]

On 2/16/2022 at 2:34 PM, Mexicola9302 said:

Avatar (2009)

 

It only looked and sounded good, but the plot was total BS.

It takes a special kind of film to be the highest grossing picture of all time and at the same time fade into total obscurity a decade later. Exceptional job from Hollywood advertisers on that one, truly outstanding.

[-l-]

Babel is such a pretentious film.