Most Overrated Movies of All Time
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The fact that Rocky doesn't win in the first film is neither here nor there. It is an amazing film.
Rocky V is awful from start to finish.
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I expected to see Scarface as your first choice.
The Matrix for me is overrated albeit it's the best of the trilogy - it's not a bad film by any stretch but aside from the flashy special effects it's not as novel or exciting as it has been painted to be, the deep meaning that is purported to exist simply isn't all that deep and then the brothers went and stuffed it up further by making the second and third films. The storyline itself is a mix of a variety of different elements - fairly classic hero stories etc and that's fine but when people build it up to be amazingly new and different then it's just nonsense. I'll watch it quite happily but for it to be in the 20 best films of all time suggests to me that it's significantly overrated.
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The fact that Rocky doesn't win in the first film is neither here nor there. It is an amazing film.
Rocky V is awful from start to finish.
I think that was one of the things that made the first rocky such a good story. It was a very humble and sober story about a journeyman boxer. The complete opposite to the parody the character and series turned into.
For me, the Nolan batman films are all over-rated. They're good films, but really no better than any of the other billion big budget superhero films we've had the last decade.
I think the Godfather films are over-rated as well. They're great films, but not the greatest ever made. They just seem like the default answer on polls for people that don't watch a huge amount of films.
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The Godfather Trilogy.. watched all of them and didn't find them very interesting.
I thought if i watched all 3 it may get better.. but it didn't for me.
I thought if i watched all 3 it may get better.. but it didn't for me.
I don't think people truly rate that. I think it's a conspiracy to wind me up. I'm rising above it now
It drives me insane that people think it's complicated. It's not complicated unless you are a complete retard. The point is not the complexity, but the execution.
I do agree with those posting LOTR in some ways.
It suffered badly from the 12A problem- No blood, guts, sex or swearing.
The story and the CGI was epic, it just needed a little more spice to make the whole thing so much more watchable. Not necessarily blood everywhere, heads rolling around and stuff, but I think a lot of people will know what I mean.
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It suffered badly from the 12A problem- No blood, guts, sex or swearing.
The story and the CGI was epic, it just needed a little more spice to make the whole thing so much more watchable. Not necessarily blood everywhere, heads rolling around and stuff, but I think a lot of people will know what I mean.
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The deeper, complex interwoven meanings and philosophy in the original Matrix movie absolutely do exist even if on the face of it aside from its main theme the rest are basically classic hero stories at face value - its not something anyone can show you tho, you need to discover it for yourself - some of it took me years of real life experiences before I could appreciate some of the concepts hidden in the movie.
Its something thats always puzzled me as no other Wachowski brothers movie is even in the same league, the rest are at best school boy imitations of the depth of the original matrix.
The Matrix is a mixed bag for me ..... it was innovative from a special effects point of view ..... even if there are deep meanings/philosophies in the movie, it was still highly derivative of quite a number of books/movies/tv before it. I wouldn't go as far as overrated, more "bringing ideas into the mainstream". Its still a very good movie
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I bet you watched the new directors cut with the narration cut out.
Everyone I know who watched this version first hated it. They either found it boring, or hard to follow (and boring).
Never have I known a movie to be messed up so badly by a directors cut. The original theatrical release is the one to go for.
It was a BluRay Directors Cut, is that the one with the narration cut? It basically dragged on for so long that I started to get bored but thought i'd see how it pans out then I literally started to fall asleep. The one good thing I remember from it is just the way it looks if that makes any sense. Basically the movie looked gorgeous to look at with all the futuristic neon.
Hehe, yes I'd say
Shawshank Redemption - why is this film so raved about? I never understood.
The Dark Knight - I like the film, but it's only because whatshisname died that it got such a crazy following.
Back to the Future - never understood the craze about this either.
Even, and it pains me to say it, Bladerunner.
Ok I like the film, but I don't think it's as mind-bogglingly good as some people make it out to be.
Oh, and the recent True Grit - such a no-story.
Shawshank Redemption - why is this film so raved about? I never understood.
The Dark Knight - I like the film, but it's only because whatshisname died that it got such a crazy following.
Back to the Future - never understood the craze about this either.
Even, and it pains me to say it, Bladerunner.
Ok I like the film, but I don't think it's as mind-bogglingly good as some people make it out to be.Oh, and the recent True Grit - such a no-story.