I don’t think this is anything but a column-filler made of straw men, but I’ll t’ro’ in my two cents.
“Blade Runner” — it’s all about the looks. And imagine the ego of someone who thinks they can improve on PK Dick by throwing out everything except the character names? Do I have it on VHS? Yes, the narration version, and I used to have the other version on VHS as well. Do I have it on DVD? Yes. Do I have the deluxe Blu-Ray edition? Yes, I do. I’ve watched it a LOT of times, because it’s entertaining, and try to overlook the screwed up dialogue, at least one goofy voiceover (for example, the one shot of Harrison Ford through that fish tank), some other stuff. And the climax pursuit scene goes on too long.
“Juno” — I have no idea what that is.
“Shakespeare in Love” — the jackass who wrote this “overrated” article has his head up his ass about what this movie was about. What an imbecile. Russell Crowe also doesn’t like it, because he thinks he should have been cast in the lead. Yeah, that and throwing a telephone at a hotel clerk will get you a cup of coffee thrown in your crotch. This is a nearly ideal movie because it has so many angles by which it can be enjoyed. The only reason I don’t watch it more is that Gwyneth Paltrow, surely one of the ugliest actresses of all time, is the female lead.
“Little Miss Sunshine” — WTH?
“The English Patient” — all I know about it is the lampooning of it and its fans in that episode of Seinfeld. I don’t have the remotest interest in seeing it.
“Giant” — speaking of overrated, James Dean. In this society, people die young and the are elevated well past their significance, kinda like what Hadrian did with his catamite Antinoos. Three movies, gets outed, crashes his car. One of Liz Taylors little girlie-boys.
“American Graffiti” — all of George Lucas’ movies are overrated by someone (mostly by George Lucas and his fans), but this one is pretty fun, and has that cool amateurish quality of a lot of nostalgia films which try to have a message.
“The Matrix” — it’s a kung fu movie without the plot.
“Annie Hall” — it’s a classic, but not every film is for everybody. That said, those who don’t like this one would probably test positive for drugs of abuse. Whatever Woody Allen’s personal failings are or may be, he is a great director and writer of screenplays. In this connection, it’s perhaps not a coincidence that he made the list, because in his “Manhattan” there’s that memorable scene where his best friend and the bf’s lover are discussing their “academy of the overrated”.
“Lost In Translation” — it’s amusing, it’s not annoying, and it has an intimate quality because of the nearly absent soundtrack. There are no car chases, explosions, and the only thing that comes close to a sex scene is also the only scene that made me laugh the first time through.
I can’t wait to see the next ten. :’) Thanks Perdogg.
“Juno” — the only thing I remember about that film is thinking, “It’s Vern Schillinger!”