Highly rated films you think are bad
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TwilightLuvrKT<3
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LiT was excellent, really engaged me
Lock Stock - was perhaps the best british crime film since The Italian Job
Holy Grail - definitely bears re-watching - some parts are excellent (particularly liked the naughty girls who left the grail light on...)
T2 - again, I agree that it was less gritty than the original but for big-budget sfx, it was effective
on earleir ones
2001 - confusing but brilliant at the time
Blade Runner - again sci-fi done seriously, not just as a sfx vehicle
Lock Stock - was perhaps the best british crime film since The Italian Job
Holy Grail - definitely bears re-watching - some parts are excellent (particularly liked the naughty girls who left the grail light on...)
T2 - again, I agree that it was less gritty than the original but for big-budget sfx, it was effective
on earleir ones
2001 - confusing but brilliant at the time
Blade Runner - again sci-fi done seriously, not just as a sfx vehicle
Pan's Labyrinth. Your bog standard fairy-tale affair tacked onto to a war story for added kudos. I didn't think much of it but the critics lapped it up. Had it have been made by a American or British director it would have been panned (pardon the pun) I'm sure.
In fact, I thought The Orphanage was fairly mediocre too, but again it's a critic's favorite.
In fact, I thought The Orphanage was fairly mediocre too, but again it's a critic's favorite.
Crash. Awful load of tosh.
Brokeback Mountain. Even bigger load of tosh.
Atonement. Snore fest.
The Terminal. Spielberg continues his Shark Jump... Will Indiana Jones rescue him?
The Da Vinci Code. Poor film, from beginning to end. Tom Hanks why did you even make this drek? Oh and get a new hair stylist.
Finally... The king of the overrated....
Scarface.
A ridiculous film. One which likes to tell its audience "The world is yours" actually knows very little about it at all..
Pacino's abysmal performance, right up there with that laughable Cuban accent of his. The Godfather this drivel isn't and ain't ever ever going to be. Pacino comes across as nothing more then a lame, camped-up joke, that would have been better off in one of thouse awful "Carry On" films.
It's Diddy's favourite film. Bad Boy for life... how impressive.
Brokeback Mountain. Even bigger load of tosh.
Atonement. Snore fest.
The Terminal. Spielberg continues his Shark Jump... Will Indiana Jones rescue him?
The Da Vinci Code. Poor film, from beginning to end. Tom Hanks why did you even make this drek? Oh and get a new hair stylist.
Finally... The king of the overrated....
Scarface.
A ridiculous film. One which likes to tell its audience "The world is yours" actually knows very little about it at all..
Pacino's abysmal performance, right up there with that laughable Cuban accent of his. The Godfather this drivel isn't and ain't ever ever going to be. Pacino comes across as nothing more then a lame, camped-up joke, that would have been better off in one of thouse awful "Carry On" films.
It's Diddy's favourite film. Bad Boy for life... how impressive.
Demi Lovato
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Have you watched it yet? You may enjoy it, there's plenty on the imdb forum who do, I just couldn't get into it, the second half of the film was ludicrous imo.
Karrie Shmarrie <3
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Isn't it funny that the very people that love to love Scarface are also the same kind that like to dictate "Gangsta C-rap" as being an art form. 
I will probably be slated for these but here goes
I'm not saying that these are BAD films just hugley overhyped and overrated, they are all decent, just not AMAZING.
History of Violence, critics raved about it, noone I know was overly pushed about it.
Country of Old men - pretty good, but way overhyped.
Goodfellas - decent movie, but No WAY is it like top 10 ever, I think that is ridiculous.
Brokeback Mountain - I enjoyed it, and thought it was poignant, but did not get the complete hype about it at all.
I, robot, I thought was utter garbage.
I'm not saying that these are BAD films just hugley overhyped and overrated, they are all decent, just not AMAZING.
History of Violence, critics raved about it, noone I know was overly pushed about it.
Country of Old men - pretty good, but way overhyped.
Goodfellas - decent movie, but No WAY is it like top 10 ever, I think that is ridiculous.
Brokeback Mountain - I enjoyed it, and thought it was poignant, but did not get the complete hype about it at all.
I, robot, I thought was utter garbage.
Lazy Eight (∞)
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I held a similar view on first viewing.
It's a definite grower though.
Mind you most Oscar winners are way overrated.
Films you're supposed to like as opposed to films you actually like.
It's a definite grower though.
Mind you most Oscar winners are way overrated.
Films you're supposed to like as opposed to films you actually like.
Lord Of The Rings part 2+3, mainly cos of the Gollum character, every scene with it irritated me, part 1 didn't have it in much so was okay,
any cartoon that tries not to be just for kiRAB, The Incredible, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Shrek, basically anything computer animated from Pixar Disney Dreamworks, yeh yeh loaRAB of different layers of wit, blah blah blah, its still a cartoon,
more recently, This Is England, appeared to be the directors autobiographical apology for his youth and was rubbish, finding a kid that mirrors you as a youth and getting him to adlib a few scenes doesnt make for a good movie, especially when Dead Mans Shoes was so good,
anything with Knightley in it, Atonement, rubbish
any cartoon that tries not to be just for kiRAB, The Incredible, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Shrek, basically anything computer animated from Pixar Disney Dreamworks, yeh yeh loaRAB of different layers of wit, blah blah blah, its still a cartoon,
more recently, This Is England, appeared to be the directors autobiographical apology for his youth and was rubbish, finding a kid that mirrors you as a youth and getting him to adlib a few scenes doesnt make for a good movie, especially when Dead Mans Shoes was so good,
anything with Knightley in it, Atonement, rubbish
Independence Day - yes the special effects were great, but all that USA will save the world crap while the rest of the world waits for direction and thought really grated on me.
Twister - again great special effects, but the acting and the plot were ridiculous.
Lost in Translation - the first film to be shown when Film4 became free to view on Freeview. I was really looking forward to this as the film had received positive comments from the critics, but it was just boring.
Jurassic Park - yeah the dinosaurs were great, but as an action blockbuster, I was bored. It was obvious where the story was going and no matter how good special effects are, they cannot make up for a boring plot. As a result, I have never watched Jurassic Park 2 or 3.
Twister - again great special effects, but the acting and the plot were ridiculous.
Lost in Translation - the first film to be shown when Film4 became free to view on Freeview. I was really looking forward to this as the film had received positive comments from the critics, but it was just boring.
Jurassic Park - yeah the dinosaurs were great, but as an action blockbuster, I was bored. It was obvious where the story was going and no matter how good special effects are, they cannot make up for a boring plot. As a result, I have never watched Jurassic Park 2 or 3.