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Twenty Most Overrated Films of All Time: Part 1
Big Hollywood ^ | 03.13.11

Posted on 03/13/2011 6:54:03 PM PDT by Perdogg

This year was actually a good year for movies, as I’ve written repeatedly. The King’s Speech was great; so was Toy Story 3; Inception may go down as one of the most creative films of all time. The Fighter was excellent as well.

Then there were the overrated films. Black Swan was atrociously awful, another Aronofsky masterpiece of self-aggrandizing bullcrap. The Kids Are All Right was a TV movie masquerading as a prestige film because it was about lesbians. True Grit was a remake.

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To: Tijeras_Slim

421 posted on 03/14/2011 11:27:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; JoeProBono

And JPB also spoke..:O) 3 words, its a start....


422 posted on 03/14/2011 11:28:46 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

423 posted on 03/14/2011 11:31:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: al baby

I saw the trailer of Avatar in a theater before it was released and it explained itself very nicely. I refuse to view it.


424 posted on 03/14/2011 12:08:50 PM PDT by xp38
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To: headstamp 2; Vermont Lt

Any thoughts on Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? It has elements of Pulp Fiction in it. I think I liked it better than PF.


425 posted on 03/14/2011 12:16:02 PM PDT by xp38
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

But i was really looking forward to “Hitler on Ice” and “Jews in Space”.


426 posted on 03/14/2011 12:18:32 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo
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To: goat granny

Not so good at jokes though. Saying that Woody Allen has no talent has to be meant as a joke.


427 posted on 03/14/2011 12:33:39 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Love the book, love the concept, but it’s just a bad movie, and not worth it’s commom 4-star rating. Personally, I think a movie adaption of Rendezvous With Rama would have been better. By the way, it’s insulting to accuse me of “not understanding something” just because I don’t like it. We all have our own opinions. It’s like Liberals saying “Oh you don’t like Obama because you’re just not smart enough to understand his policies.” I understand perfectly well. And he blows too...


428 posted on 03/14/2011 12:54:00 PM PDT by strider44
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To: strider44

Rama was publishjed about five years after 2001 was made. And the book version of 2001 was written after the film was already in production.

It’s a perfect film that does exactly what it sets out to do. If you think the acting was bad or it was too long and slow as so many claim than no you don’t understand what the film was trying to do.


429 posted on 03/14/2011 1:01:47 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Perdogg

Platoon
Wall Street
An Inconvenient Truth
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Kramer Vs. Kramer

I haven’t looked at the thread yet, how many did I get?

I mean really, who even THINKS of Kramer Vs. Kramer now but it was “an important film about divorce” at the time.


430 posted on 03/14/2011 1:06:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: Perdogg; Revolting cat!
20. Blade Runner: I’ve watched it three times, hoping to understand the hubbub. The concept is interesting, as all Philip Dick concepts are. The pacing, however, is glacial, and the plot is amorphous. I don’t hate this movie, I just don’t love it the way some film geeks do. Minority Report is a better movie, and an underrated one (aside from copious amounts of snot).

That's because Hollywood's A-list critics all poo pooed this film when it debuted. The "director's cut" which removed Harrison Ford's character's narration was then used as the excuse the A-listers like Ebert could then cite as why they NOW like the film which already had a sizeable "cult" following.

Removing the narration leaves a lot of empty holes in the soundtrack and make the thing crawl much more. Ignore the critics and watch the original theatrical version.

431 posted on 03/14/2011 1:09:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: a fool in paradise
The pacing, however, is glacial

That's it exactly.
432 posted on 03/14/2011 1:11:11 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: rbg81

Napoleon Dynamite could not help but be overhyped. It was manufactured cult film.

The primary promotion for the first several months were 100% free screenings, and those who were on the viral list for passes were encouraged to attend 3 or more screenings for graduated prizes (a free t-shirt, and then more, and then entry into a special drawing).

The buzz was viral marketing and not rabid appreciation.


433 posted on 03/14/2011 1:16:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: KansasGirl; Revolting cat!
Most overrated move of all time American Beauty.

What about the "Al Gore inspired" Love Story?


434 posted on 03/14/2011 1:20:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: Revolting cat!
Any movie starring Yoko Ono, and that includes Satan's Bed.


435 posted on 03/14/2011 1:25:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: Perdogg

BREATHLESS with Jean Paul Belmondo. Greatly over rated eurotrash.

It reminds me of the film within a film that Peter Sellers made in the movie, AFTER THE FOX. Even some twit in the courtroom scene loved it and called it a masterpiece!


436 posted on 03/14/2011 1:41:13 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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To: buccaneer81; gorush

***The most over-rated? Anything by Mel Brooks.***

I thought his THE ELEPHANT MAN was great! It was not a spoof or comedy. It was a very disturbing film as I remember seeing freaks in a carnival 55 years ago.


437 posted on 03/14/2011 1:54:30 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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To: patriot08

***Also Touch of Evil and The Third Man.***

Two of my favorites!


438 posted on 03/14/2011 1:58:01 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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To: annelizly

***moulin rouge totally sucked. yet all you heard for a year was how GREAT it was!***

Which one? the one about Tolouse Loutrec (which is good)or the musical one with Kidman?


439 posted on 03/14/2011 2:07:09 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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To: Perdogg

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “American Beauty.”

Both were garbage.


440 posted on 03/14/2011 2:09:45 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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