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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: dfwgator

Mel Brooks is a GENIUS and HIGH ANXETY is absolutely brilliant! :-)


241 posted on 12/13/2006 10:07:32 PM PST by nopardons
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To: EveningStar

Same plotline of people being taken away. Rehash by the same guy.


242 posted on 12/13/2006 10:07:42 PM PST by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: racing fan

THE SEVENTH SEAL is, IMO,Bergman's best movie. If you've only seen one of his, you've seen him at his very best. :-)


243 posted on 12/13/2006 10:08:56 PM PST by nopardons
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To: decal; G-Bob

Right, it is wrong to savage a cult film like Susperia or Donnie Darko which were hardly hits or critically acclaimed films.

If it made $100-300million and got Oscars, then feel free to trash it as overrated junk.


244 posted on 12/13/2006 10:09:44 PM PST by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: weegee

I agree about 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some of those movies I never heard of, so I can't agree that they're overrated.

One that made no sense to me and apparently it did to many others was "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."


245 posted on 12/13/2006 10:12:22 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Mr. Jeeves

It's great merely for its influence on other movies. And it has more special effects then Star Wars.


246 posted on 12/13/2006 10:16:54 PM PST by Borges
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To: EveningStar
Forrest Gump is a great flick. Like a Faulkner novel..
247 posted on 12/13/2006 10:17:41 PM PST by Porterville (Fight without rules. Fight until only one side stands.)
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To: EveningStar

Reading the article just confirms the axiom: pan reviews are always more fun to read than raves.


248 posted on 12/13/2006 10:23:29 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: Borges

Yes. It's a great film. Truly.


249 posted on 12/13/2006 10:25:57 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Dave Barry, right?


250 posted on 12/13/2006 10:42:31 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("[Neturei Karta] are the Westboro Baptist Church of Judaism." --Alouette)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I don't know. I got it via email years ago.


251 posted on 12/13/2006 10:51:00 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

The Lady Vanishes and 39 Steps are reworked on video (Early English v. Hollywood) and the depth that the film historians relate on the DVD "Commentary" option is worth the price. I never realized before what a total art form film can be. The foreshadowing in his angles, the recurring themes from film to film, his commentaries on certain occupations--even spin-off's from his minor characters. I always thought his cameos were interesting--they were the least of it!


252 posted on 12/13/2006 10:57:30 PM PST by MHT
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To: nomorelurker

"1: just about anything by Woody Allen"
agreed - absolute CRAP


253 posted on 12/13/2006 10:58:01 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: EveningStar

An Inconvenient Truth


254 posted on 12/13/2006 10:59:16 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: EveningStar

MOULIN ROUGE


255 posted on 12/14/2006 3:55:07 AM PST by fzx12345 (This tagline has been left blank unintentionally.)
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To: EveningStar

For me it is "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." I love Jimmy Stewart, but that ending stunk! I did it, it was me........the end.


256 posted on 12/14/2006 4:12:09 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: AnnaZ; Fedora

AnnaZ---love reading your thumbnail reviews. You have real talent for the cinematic.

Disagree on a few----for balletomanes, the Red Shoes is a triumph of story and dance. Will watch it forever on TMC.

But I do agree that An American in Paris is so-so. Just ran on TMC recently.......cannot understand the raves for this pic----could hardly watch it. Translating French impressionists to dance was a ditzy idea.


257 posted on 12/14/2006 5:31:07 AM PST by Liz (Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln)
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To: Zack Nguyen
Bowfinger is greatness.

It's positively briliiant. Love it, love it, love it.

258 posted on 12/14/2006 6:17:25 AM PST by AnnaZ (I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
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To: Central Scrutiniser
Oddly enough -- and although Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, and Barton Fink are on my all-time fave list -- I've never seen Lebowski, even though, odder still, the Coen brothers were eating my homemade chocolate chip cookies while filming the bowling scenes. I guess I'll have to catch next year's Fest to make up for it.
259 posted on 12/14/2006 6:24:17 AM PST by AnnaZ (I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
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To: AnnaZ

Bowfinger rocks!!


260 posted on 12/14/2006 6:27:07 AM PST by bonfire
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