Most overated movie ever...

Postby **Joshua Christopher** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:09 pm

Actually, I hated Napoleon Dynamite the first time I watched it. By the second viewing, I thought (and still think) that it is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Postby **Maledicte** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:31 pm

ShiroiHikari wrote:Guys, tell me how movies based on a 1000+ page novel are supposed to be short?

By removing the filler.
Really, I would have enjoyed the movies and the books more if there was some more of something called "characterization and development"...and "dialogue" and not monologue. But the atmosphere is very good I'll admit.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:20 am

ShiroiHikari wrote:Guys, tell me how movies based on a 1000+ page novel are supposed to be short?

I seriously fell lover laughing. So true, so true. And people were complaining that the movie didn't follow the book. If it did, the movie would be 4 hours plus!

Another highly over-rated movie is iRobots. Pirates of the Caribean is highly over-rated but still good. It's just the teenage girls who think Orlando and Johnny are so freakin hawt!!!!111

Postby **Yokuo** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:47 am

I enjoyed PotC alot, but the re-watch value was semi-low. (On a side note, PotC will be in Kingdom Hearts 2 XD)

PotC - Pirates of the Carribean

Postby **Htom Sirveaux** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:40 pm

I actually thought The Lord of the Rings was, on the whole, very much worth the hype. It's just the hype itself that everyone got sick of.

Postby **Tommy** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:54 pm

My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Napoleon Dynamite was in theatres and there were commericals. It didn`t makem oney until it`s davd/vhs release. Oh, and i second Myoti. WATCH IT WITH GROUPS first!

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:59 pm

Pretty much any movie ever made. :lol:

Joking...kind of.

Lawrence of Arabia is a stand-out.

Postby **Yokuo** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:03 pm

Godly Paladin wrote:Pretty much any movie ever made. Joking...kind of.

Postby **Jeikobu** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:27 pm

A few that come to mind (in no particular order):

-Titanic (it was good but not nearly as good as they made it out to be)
-Akira
-End of Evangelion
-The Matrix
-Finding Nemo

Postby **Gypsy** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:47 am

I thought Message in a Bottle wasn't all I thought it would be. Everyone told me to watch it with tissues. Good thing, too. If I hadn't had the tissues, how would I have done oragami during the slow parts? I might have died of unimpressedness. o.O

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:57 pm

Now that I think sbout it, War of the Worlds was pretty over rated...

Postby **Yokuo** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:08 pm

I just read that book, it wasn't bad.

Postby **Maledicte** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:37 pm

Book was better. At least it didn't have the whining 10-year-old.

Postby **Yokuo** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:41 pm

...whining 10 year old? Oh, boy...

Postby **Hitokiri** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:07 pm

Hm...Dakota Fanning was brilliant (as always) in it.

::sticks out tougne::

Postby **Sonic_13** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:57 pm

yeah she sure was! *sarcasm*

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:03 am

Aw, c'mon guys! I thought Dakota Fanning did an excellent job of portraying a fearful (ha, traumatized!) child in that movie...The movie in and of itself was highly overrated, but she's a very good actress for her age. And to add to the overrated movie topic, The Back to the Future trilogy. The first one was good, but the rest were only so-so.

Postby **Kiba-kun** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:10 am

Amityvile Horror i coudnt wait to see it but when i did i thought "this is just stupid" the book made a lot more sense

Postby **Crossdive** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:56 pm

E.T.
Matrix trilogy
Blade trilogy
Hellboy
Harry Potter trilogy
to sum it up, mostly the spiritual unclean ones... some of the old Disney ones seem to get to much credit too, like Marry Poppins.

Postby **Nate** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:35 pm

Crossdive wrote:Hellboy

How is Hellboy overrated? Every critic I saw slammed it. I'd call this one underrated, if anything.

Postby **Maledicte** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:11 pm

The only problem I had with Hellboy was that it was a little too low key, which was interesting for a comic book based movie. However I watched it again, and enjoyed it more than the first time.

Postby **Lehn** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:37 pm

Every single Disney movie since Mulan tops my list.

And I like Dakota --- watch Hide and Seek, she's a cute, yet creepy little kid who's going to be a great actress when she grows up.

AMV.org Profile · Postby **Orange Kitten** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:37 pm

I think some people don't know what the word 'overrated' means.

These movies:
Message in a Bottle
I Robot
War of the Worlds
Blade Trilogy

are not overrated, they just sucked. Critics ripped these movies apart. Unless you have friends that rave about these movies, I don't know how someone can think of these as being overrated.

I Robot for example, was hyped up BEFORE the movie hit the theaters. That's what MARKETING is for, to get as many people wanting to see it as possible. But once it debuted, you never hear of that movie again, execpt from your friends of how bad it was.

I hate when actors' names hype up movies. "Ooh, its Johnny Depp! This is going to be AWESOME!" Plenty of movies are hyped up and loved by fans simply on the fact of the actor.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:41 pm

Well, you don't have to have critics to overate a movie. Let's say someone comes along and says "Three Fat Females" is good and you watch it and you're underwhelmed by how lame it is - that's overated to a degree as well.

It does not have to be the darling of the critics to be overated.

AMV.org Profile · Postby **Orange Kitten** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:54 pm

Agreed

So where are the mass crowds screaming over Blade Trinity? hehe

I just haven't heard any rave from these movies after they are released, from friends, word of mouth, critics, or anything. That's why I posted that earlier.

Now, as people mentioned, LOTR, Star Wars, those are overrated movies.

I gotta say though, in defense of one of my favorite movies, I loved 2001: Space Odyssey.

Postby **Todeskreuz** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:03 pm

Napolean Dynamite is the king of the overrated films.... I couldn't watch it the first time cuz it was so stupid, couldn't watch it past 1/4 the way the second try, and the the 3rd I gave up half way....

when I was younger titanic was an awesome movie...now I agree it is overrated.... watched it a ton then...now I can't bring myself to watch it

Postby **Myoti** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:20 pm

Aw, there are a lot of good movies on this thread...I do agree about Napoleon, though. I LOVE that movie, of course, but I can't stand how all the people who knew nothing about it at first are now all out in droves saying, "OMGZ, NAPOLEON IZ TEH B3ST MOV13 EV3RRRR!!1111one!!" That was really annoying...

I actually thought The Lord of the Rings was, on the whole, very much worth the hype. It's just the hype itself that everyone got sick of.

These two actually make sense. We're here to talk about overrated movies, some of which may actually suck.

And I did watch napoleon dynamite with a group! I just didnt find it very funny. Dont think I'm a solid person who never laughs, its usually quite opposite. I will admit I laughed when the audience burst into applause at the end of the movie But none the less this movie was horribly overrated!

I really suggest you watch one more time, again with a group. If you still don't like it, read the following:

Actually, I hated Napoleon Dynamite the first time I watched it. By the second viewing, I thought (and still think) that it is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Evidence of the truth that is Napoleon Dynamite. I know of many people who it had the same effect on.
Overrated? Possibly.
Horrible? Absolutely not. If you didn't like it, it simply means you have a different sense of humor and/or the movie was ruined by friend constantly spouting out every single line.
(Heh, it's funny though. My family was some of the first to see it in theaters, so we knew all about it long before the hype started.)

Napoleon Dynamite was in theatres and there were commericals. It didn`t makem oney until it`s davd/vhs release. Oh, and i second Myoti. WATCH IT WITH GROUPS first!

GASP! We agree on something? (jk :lol:

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But yes, that seems to be pretty true.

E.T.
Matrix trilogy
Blade trilogy
Hellboy
Harry Potter trilogy
to sum it up, mostly the spiritual unclean ones... some of the old Disney ones seem to get to much credit too, like Marry Poppins.

"Spiritually unclean"? I can understand some of those, but what's wrong with Harry Potter (besides fantasy magic-use).

I think some people don't know what the word 'overrated' means.

These movies:
Message in a Bottle
I Robot
War of the Worlds
Blade Trilogy

are not overrated, they just sucked. Critics ripped these movies apart. Unless you have friends that rave about these movies, I don't know how someone can think of these as being overrated.

Even it was claimed to have "sucked", I, personally, liked iRobot, though yes, I agree that few here seem to truly grasp the difference in "overrated" and "sucky".

Postby **Solid Ronin** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:35 pm

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Postby **Bobtheduck** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:52 pm

I do have to say, I feel the same about Napoleon that I do about PokÃ©mon... It was a lot more fun when I was the only one around who knew about it...

Postby **Zane** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:18 am

I can see how Monty Phyton's Holy Grail can be seen as over-rated because it is a cult thing, so ppl will shamelessly quote (myself included) it because its has great quote-ability..... ("We want..... ANOTHER SCRUBBERY!!!"), but that doesn't mean it sucks... (although once again I can see why ppl hate the ending

it great watching ppl who've never seen it watch that bit)

Hellboy was by no-means over-rated here in Australia, totally under-rated in my pov. (the dark horse in the comicbook movies race... excuse the pun)

Orange Kitten wrote:These movies:
Message in a Bottle
I Robot
War of the Worlds
Blade Trilogy

are not overrated, they just sucked.

Nice.

I think Lost in Translation was over-rated, but it was okay.

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