Overrated movies?

[Andrew]

I don't want to film to suck.
I don't want to film to suck.
I don't want to film to suck.

Although it probably will, which would suck.

[AngryGoldfish]

District 9 was one of my favourite action films of the last ten years. If Elysium sucks I will be surprised. Even if the script falls short it'll be a visual treat.

I think the most overrated film of all time is probably Raging Bull. I cannot stand that movie. So many of Scorsese's films are about self-destruction. It's exhausting. The theme that runs through Raging Bull is the same as Casino and Goodfellas, and I don't like watching either of them. I feel emotionally drained after it. I just want to tear my hair out in frustration. You see the characters destroy themselves over three hours and you know the outcome. You know how they could change who they are, but they refuse to do it. I love Taxi Driver because Travis is on a mission. His character is on a wave that takes him on a twisting path of self-discovery. He becomes a silent hero, an opposing guardian. I love this. It's not a happy ending but it's still where Travis wants to be. He's learned to stand on his own two feet. He's done what he felt was right. Jack La Motta in Raging Bull is different. He knows the path is on is bad, but he refuses to change who he is. I hate to watch this kind of arrogance. I get why the films are so famous and praised from a technical standpoint, but I just don't enjoy them as entertainment and art.

[behndy]

This is the bit where I return my cinematic Ying-Yang Twin(z) behnders' hug.

*sneaky butt grab*

*whispers in ear*

mo-ny's for liff.

it's like a Brony but betttttter.

[fiddelerselbow]

Only God forgives. Man that movie really fell short of its potential.

[jfrey]

Kick Ass, Scott Pilgrim, and Kill Bill.

I thought they were mediocre at best.

[behndy]

Only God Forgives was fucking awwwwwwwwful. i get what they were trying, but shitteh shitteh SHITTEH film making.

Driver was awesome, Only God Forgives suckkkkkked.

[fiddelerselbow]

Only God Forgives was fucking awwwwwwwwful. i get what they were trying, but shitteh shitteh SHITTEH film making.

Driver was awesome, Only God Forgives suckkkkkked.

I thought it could have been a decent film if the quality of writing was improved. Really pisses me off when people claim its a "non dialogue" film and just ignore the flat characters and flimsy plot.

[Haki]

Only God forgives. Man that movie really fell short of its potential.

Yup, all the beautiful places that movie could've gone and it ended up like that. Blargh.

[behndy]

it wasn't even that violent. everything felt forced like someone sitting down, rubbing their crotch and giggling as they muttered, "i'm'a make an EDGY MOOOOVIE.".

[space6oy]

ELYSIUM

I don't want to film to suck.
I don't want to film to suck.
I don't want to film to suck.

Although it probably will, which would suck.

why do you think it will? district 9 was fucking awesome. article i'm reading on blomkamp is pretty good. one thing that did make me go WTF though, he actually talked with eminem and ninja about the part matt damon wound up doing...

[AngryGoldfish]

it wasn't even that violent. everything felt forced like someone sitting down, rubbing their crotch and giggling as they muttered, "i'm'a make an EDGY MOOOOVIE.".

That's actually what I genuinely think the movie was. He has openly admitted to having a fetish for violence, and since he was given free reign to make whatever he wanted, so I hear, Only God Forgives was basically an artsy wank-fest. I'll probably still it, but I'm not anticipating Drive quality.

[The4455]

Yah, I'm not a Brad Pitt fan. He is in alot of movies that are good, but he's not what's good in them - to me.

I love 2001: A Space odyssey. I can't think of one bad thing to say about it. It's extremely slow, but I like that; alot of action movies move crazy fast and it's unreal. Slower films like 2001, Marooned, Eraser head, Citizen Kane, The Shinning, and Mulholland Drive let you breathe everything in and see all of what is happening. I like slower films because they let me settle into them, the same as when I go out to eat, when I'm done eating I like to sit for a while and relax.

I think the best musical comparison is that of Jazz. I love jazz, I know some people hate it or "just can't get into it." It doesn't meld with them.

I also think "The Blair Witch project" is crazy overrated, everyone I asked about basically said it was the best Witch movie ever blah blah. I thought it was okay.

That's because you were, what, five when it first came out?

Blair Witch is/was one of the great no-budget success stories of the modern (post-internet) indie film era. The people behind it really nailed a whole lot of stuff that many, many people spend years and years and years trying to capture, and they did it pretty effortlessly. It signaled the paradigm shift towards social media marketing that's everywhere now....
But, it's still a $60,000 movie. And it looks like it.

World War Z made its money back domestically, and another 200 million internationally, and Brad Pitt is an awesome actor who shines best as the second lead.

David Lynch is my boy. Blue Velvet has one of the best intro sequences of any film ever.

The Departed is overrated for two reasons--one is Scoresese's other films, which are masterpieces. The other reason is that it's a product of it's time--it was the first movie to really do cell phones right (cannot overestimate how important that it), but technology has evolved so much that it seems dated now.



This is the bit where I return my cinematic Ying-Yang Twin(z) behnders' hug.

I was four thank you very much!

I can still dislike it regardless of it's apparent greatness. Halloween is a low budget film, so is A Clockwork Orange, as well as Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I love all of those films. Recently though, Hobo with a Shotgun was fun, Rubber was nice, and American Mary was good as well.

Also, I completely agree with jfrey, Scott Pilgrim was pretty bad considering how much they hyped it up and stuff, saying how there would be a tone of video game references and stuff. I watched it about three times, because it' such an easy watch, but it's really not that great.

[D.o.S.]

Oh yeah, I'm not saying that you don't have to love it--just that you missed out on a lot of what made it great. It really revived/pioneered the 'found footage' style for better or worse.

Also, while TCM is a low-budget film (and Gunnar Hansen is a really sweet person in real life), A Clockwork Orange and Halloween are not--Halloween had four times Blair Witch's budget, even before you calculate the fact that it was in late 70's dollars), and ACO cost 2.2 million (in '72 cash).

There's also a big difference between low-budget and no-budget. the union cutoff for low-budget film is somewhere around 1.5 million dollars.

[D.o.S.]

But yeah, Scott Pilgrim blows almost as much as the collective fan-fellatio of Joss Whedon.

[behndy]

I WILL CUT YOU.

right after i get done fellating Whedon.

because it makes him happy.

and that makes me happy.

jebus. i fucking LOVE Tekkonkinkreet.