[G-Bob]

Some on this thread are forgetting the question.

For something to be "overrated" it has to by highly rated to begin with.

Titanic (it won an Oscar for best movie) has to be near the top of my list. Great special effects but a horrible movie.

Nashville is one of those films that critics liked but it's an awful movie.

[Xenalyte]

"Titanic" is a triumph of marketing. That girl Leonardo DiCaprio is calculated to appeal to teenage chicks who find him non-threatening, possibly because the average teenage chick has more testosterone than he ever will.

I hated hated HATED "Titanic."

But a friend posed a question: if a) an actual guy had been cast in the Jack part, and b) there were no such animal as Celine Dion, would the movie still suck?

[mhking]

Titanic, Solaris, the Psycho remake and JFK immediately come to mind.

(and someone above slammed Glengarry Glen Ross -- that is actually one of my favorite films of all time. Some of the crew on that film referred to is as "Death of a F---in' Salesman", thanks to the language, but it is by far one of my favorite films. Then again, if you saw my list of favorites, you'd raise your eyebrow...)

[decal]

"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.