Mr. Dr.
^Oh yeah, totally forgot about The Black Cauldron! Why is that Disneys least successful film, I really enjoyed it!
Also Underrated: The Great Mouse Detective. I'm still waiting for it to come out on Blu-Ray.
You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.
My gripe with No Country For Old Men wasn't that it killed the main character off-screen, but with the fact that during the last twenty minutes, I found myself thinking "what happened to the plot?" Then the movie ends, and I think "oh, that's what happened. They ran out of it."
Anyway...
Underrated: Paulie (used to love this movie. Mom likes it a lot, too), Chicago (people bash it a lot for winning the Oscar, but it was a really good movie),
Overrated: No Country For Old Men (reasons I outlined above), Kick-Ass (was okay, wasn't as awesome as it was trying to be. My suspension of disbelief folded at the "purchasing a jetpack with gatling guns off of eBay")
Fanfiction I hate.
Disturbingly mustachioed.
Overrated : Avatar, Star Wars New Trilogy
Underrated : Dodgeball A True Underdog Story, John Q, The Green Mile
Look upon my R.O.U.S., ye mighty, and despair!
Target acquired.
Overrated:
- Scary Movies (I'm talking about the parodies here, not the genre)
- Saw (I-VI)
- Avatar
- Amelie (yes, it's French, but it is simply amazing)
- El Dorado
- Fiddler on the Roof
I was under the impression that people hated the scary movie franchise. It only looks good compared to the other (genre) movie franchises.
edited 4th Sep '10 12:22:04 PM by Scrye
"True story, I came when I read Scrye's story, and so did everyone within five miles." —OOZE
Overrated / Underrated, Al Pacino edition!
Overrated: Scarface
Underrated: Dog Day Afternoon
Do you want to have sex? I think we should have sex. CASUAL SEX.
Target acquired.
^^ Merf, it may be a result of location, then, because a ton of my friends as well as other people in my area think it's hilarious.
YOU ARE A SMELLY PIRATE HOOKER. WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO YOUR HOME, ON WHORE ISLAND?!
Not Quite Batman
Overrated: All of Star Wars. All of it.
Underrated: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
"Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse." —Mycroft Next
Overrated: Pulp Fiction, Zodiac (2007), WALL-E, Up, Toy Story, Office Space.
Underrated: Jackie Brown, Scream 3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is also pretty underrated. While gathering critical acclaim, it's bombing at the box office because it can't find much of an audience.
edited 4th Sep '10 8:04:27 PM by Fudogg
I find it pretty funny how everyone thinks Avatar is overrated. If nobody actually likes it, is it still overrated? I'm not defending it or anything. The plot sucks and it's Ferngully levels of Anvilicious, but it's not like it's actually praised for its plot or characters or whatever. It's a blockbuster, and it's not a bad one at that.
I agree with Pixar being overrated. Technically they are absolutely superior, and everything is good, but for me it just never rises above "good". For some reason I seem to enjoy the first halves of all the Pixar films a lot more than the second halves.
I'll also agree with the Dark Knight, and would like to nominate Inception. I still stand by my theory that the ambigiuous ending is completely half-assed.
Mr. Dr.
Overrated: Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. The first one actually was a pretty good movie, and I did enjoy it on an emotional level. But really, why the f&#k did it deserve so many Oscars including Best Sound Mixing instead of something like WALL-E who's first 30 minutes is nothing but? And I'm not even going to discuss Benjamin Button.
You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.
I find it pretty funny how everyone thinks Avatar is overrated. If nobody actually likes it, is it still overrated?This is an understandable view if you've only discussed it here, on similar places online, or with like-minded friends. However, at least half the people I've talked to about it IRL liked it, and a few loved loved it, some of which seem to have otherwise better taste. But hey, maybe its a regional thing, I don't know.
Better example would be the Star Wars prequels.
Fanfiction I hate.
Rollin' tumblin' dice
Overrated: Avatar really is just a bunch of scenery.
Saving Private Ryan was groundbreaking, but after watching Band of Brothers, SPR seems more gimmicky and cliche with a whatever plot. Plus the final battle has some historical inaccuracies that make it unwatchable.
The Hangover really wasn't that funny.
Underrated: A WHOLE lot of foreign films: Tropa de Elite, Cinema Paradiso, The Lives of Others.
Three Burials for Melquiades Estrada, probably suffered due to limited distribution and the Word Salad Title; too bad, because it's an incredible film.
Escape from New York has not been watched enough. I should be able to reference that in a convo without having to explain anything.
Big Country is one of the finest westerns ever made.
Intentional troll
Overrated: The Last Airbender
Underrated:Avatar
edited 6th Sep '10 8:48:39 AM by syvaris
You will never love a women as much as George Lucas hates his fans.
I'm not dead yet!
Overrated: Step Up, Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse.
Underrated: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The first one was very faithful to the book and the book was good!
We're going to spread this shit like Nutella.
- Overrated: Avatar, Slumdog Millionaire
- Underrated: Uhh, I can't really think of any. Most movies I like get the amount of praise they should get.
The Cosmic Dickwad
Overrated: Avatar (James Cameron), 2001.
Underrated: The Man From Earth.
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Overrated: Iron Man, Star Trek (2009). Both good, but not THAT good.
Underrated: Porco Rosso, Ratatouille, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (was already mentioned, but DAMN is it great), Vampire's Kiss (Most insane Nic Cage performance ever, must be seen to be believed. It's on Netflix Watch Instantly, check it out.)
Sen
Overrated: Perfect Blue, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. Damn, I hate that movie now.
Underrated: Gits:SAC, Gits:SAC 2nd Gig and Gits:SAC SSS, I'd say.
edited 7th Sep '10 3:34:31 AM by Sen
Probably should get working on that essay now...
@Aceof Knaves: I agree 100% on Iron Man. Its okay, but its not really anything more the Robert Downey Junior acting like an ass for two hours straight.
You will never love a women as much as George Lucas hates his fans.
It's super effective.
Underrated: Cars and A Bug's Life. That is all.
^^To my knowledge, the Stand Alone Complex series aren't movies. From what little I've seen they probably are better than the GiTS movies.
edited 7th Sep '10 10:00:05 AM by OldManHoOh
Obscure and Dirty
Overrated: TITANIC is THE biggest offender of this. Oh, and I would gladly add Gladiator, Forrest Gump, and The English Patient. Although all have their own merits (save for Titanic and The English Patient), they're lauded SO MUCH that it gets on my nerves...
Underrated: Brick, Jackie Brown, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Freaks, and most notably Cronos. It's the directorial debut of Guillermo del Toro, and not a lot of people have even heard of it. Well, they should. Who doesn't want to watch a movie about an evil gold bug that stabs peoples' hands and turns them into vampires? Still waiting on that over-delayed Criterion Collection release of this one...
edited 9th Sep '10 7:01:15 PM by troperwithoutaname
"This grass feels funny," Kirby thought. "It feels like...pants."
^Actually I have heard of Cronos, but I didn't realize it was by del Toro or I would have probably checked it out. Will look into it.
Overrated: The Dark Knight, Howls Moving Castle, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
Underrated: Batman Begins, Fire And Ice, The Black Cauldron
edited 3rd Sep '10 8:28:33 AM by Scrye
"True story, I came when I read Scrye's story, and so did everyone within five miles." —OOZE