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The 20 Most Overrated Movies of All Time
Premiere Magazine ^ | December 12, 2006 | various

Posted on 12/13/2006 5:40:45 PM PST by EveningStar

It happens to everyone who loves movies: You're in a conversation at a bar, or at a wedding, or online, and someone begins rhapsodizing about one of their favorite movies and you can't help but say, "Uh, that movie sucks. It's totally overrated." How two perfectly well-balanced individuals can have such drastically different views of the same film is one of the great wonders of being a film fanatic. It happens to us at Premiere all the time, enough so that sometimes we find ourselves questioning who we work with (boy, did it get ugly here when Love, Actually came out, and some of us are still snickering over our boss's love for Bowfinger, not to mention his affection for The Last Samurai). Well, we decided to let our staff go at each other regarding some of the more beloved movies of all time, and, sure enough, sobbing can still be heard coming from the bathroom stalls. Relationships have been strained. Egos bruised. Consider this a film lovers' quarrel, an admittedly rabid one.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: critics; dontbelievethehype; fiddledeedee; film; gwtwrules; movies; overrated; overratedmovies; thiscriticknowsjack
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To: G-Bob
"For something to be "overrated" it has to by highly rated to begin with."

Bingo.

So here are my first three:

1) "Alexander Nevsky" - Prokofiev's score is about the only worthy thing about it - hammish acting, lousy sets (most of the battle on the ice was shot indoors), amateurish special effects. Stalin should have gone with his first instinct and canned the thing.

2) "The Philadelphia Story" - Most of the 30s "screwball comedies" were about rich twits acting goofy; in this one they just stand around and talk the audience into a coma (and when is someone going to shoot that bratty kid sister?).

3) "The Sting" - Everything else is first-rate except for Redford; I dislike Johnny Hooker more each time I watch this.
201 posted on 12/13/2006 9:17:10 PM PST by decal ("Never allow a nervous female to have access to a pistol, no matter what you're wearing")
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To: onyx

I hope so.


202 posted on 12/13/2006 9:20:14 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: decal
Stalin should have gone with his first instinct and canned the thing.

After shooting the director.

203 posted on 12/13/2006 9:21:02 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar


I like most of Alfred Hitchcock's films and several are favorites of mine.


204 posted on 12/13/2006 9:22:42 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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To: Central Scrutiniser
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA is what the Broadway musical SWEET CHARITY was based on.

As good as NOC is, LA STRADA is a far superior film, on all counts. And every single actor and actress in it, is absolutely amazing!

8 1/2 was also used as a basis for a Broadway show...9; but that didn't really work at all.

8 1/2 is actually more autobio from Fellini, the title coming from the number of movies he had directed to that date.

205 posted on 12/13/2006 9:23:25 PM PST by nopardons
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To: onyx

I too like a lot of his films.


206 posted on 12/13/2006 9:23:35 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
Somewhere in Time--Saw it last night and couldn't believe what a lousy actor Superman was.

Anything with Julia Roberts--Queen of the Monotone. Ennui, anyone?

207 posted on 12/13/2006 9:24:12 PM PST by MHT
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To: bonfire

See the original ( it really is worth seeing ! ); NEVER see the Kidman one. :-)


208 posted on 12/13/2006 9:24:42 PM PST by nopardons
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To: LdSentinal

Pulp Fiction was awful--then I rewatched it as a parable of redemption and really liked it.


209 posted on 12/13/2006 9:25:23 PM PST by MHT
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

I have the DVD too, but it's kinda like the Notre Dame football team.

Decent to Good, but perpetually overrated.


210 posted on 12/13/2006 9:25:44 PM PST by MikefromOhio (losers are fun to talk too....especially when they don't realize they are losers.....)
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To: EveningStar

It was "okay"; not something I would suggest you go out of your way to watch.


211 posted on 12/13/2006 9:25:52 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

I love Casino Royale, it grows on you, its such a grand mess, but the music is great with Herb Alpert.

Have you seen "Russian Ark"?

Entire film shot in one, continual shot in the Hermitage. With thousands of extras. Its a tour through the museum and through Russian history. Its amazing how they could do it in one take for over 90 minutes, and covering nearly a half mile of walking.


212 posted on 12/13/2006 9:26:11 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Pro Evolution, Pro Stem Cell Research, Pro Science, Pro Free Thought, and Conservative)
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To: onyx

LOL.....someday, I'm going to give you a list of movies to see , including a couple of Allen ones, and you WILL like all of the, :-)


213 posted on 12/13/2006 9:27:05 PM PST by nopardons
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

maybe, but we've seen this Notre Ame team get killed by competent competition all year long.

And LSU looks eerily similiar to Ohio State from this point LAST year to my eyes.


214 posted on 12/13/2006 9:27:24 PM PST by MikefromOhio (losers are fun to talk too....especially when they don't realize they are losers.....)
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To: bonfire

I can't stand him, so I think I'll take a pass on that one.


215 posted on 12/13/2006 9:27:43 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nomorelurker

Just saw Match Point by Woody Allen and was blown away by it. Chilling, absolutely chilling. Might Aphrodite was funny. The rest is very forgettable.


216 posted on 12/13/2006 9:28:07 PM PST by MHT
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To: onyx

I have been watching the early English Hitchcocks and then re-watching them while listening to the film historian's comments. This has made them so much more interesting for me and given me new insights on his techniques in his later movies. Awesome director.


217 posted on 12/13/2006 9:31:01 PM PST by MHT
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To: Central Scrutiniser
LOL....I started seeing and LOVING these movies when I was a little girl. They used to show them on T.V. a LOT, on local N.Y.C. T.V. and I always watched them, when they were on. Now, I try to catch them whenever TCM shows them. They are all GREAT movies!

Oh my goodness, you are going to be movied out! hehehehehehe

218 posted on 12/13/2006 9:31:42 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

LOL --- please, do not waste your time. I promise you, I despise Allen's humor and hate his cast members.


219 posted on 12/13/2006 9:31:59 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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To: nopardons
INTERIORS

Woody Bergman

220 posted on 12/13/2006 9:32:22 PM PST by EveningStar
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