Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 17:45     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:Agree with so many on this thread:

Dr. Zhivago (I thought it would never end)
Casablanca (And to the PP who said it's on the top of movie lovers' lists....we'll have to agree to disagree)
Lost in Translation
Napoleon Dynamite
Black Swan -- Natalie Portman's performance (the movie was ok as was Mila Kunis)


Could not disagree more with Princess Bride! Love, love.

And no more spoilers (PPs posting about Shawshank I'm looking at you!)


about what? That it's on the top of most movies lovers' list?
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 17:43     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
Agree with so many on this thread:

Dr. Zhivago (I thought it would never end)
Casablanca (And to the PP who said it's on the top of movie lovers' lists....we'll have to agree to disagree)
Lost in Translation
Napoleon Dynamite
Black Swan -- Natalie Portman's performance (the movie was ok as was Mila Kunis)


Could not disagree more with Princess Bride! Love, love.

And no more spoilers (PPs posting about Shawshank I'm looking at you!)
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 17:42     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Fie on you OP for including Dr. Zhivago on your list.

I still want to die and come back as Lara -- if only to have that very cool "Lara's Theme" named after me. And also to snog with Omar Sharif...
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 16:19     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:I hated No Country for Old Men.


I also hated the book All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. I guess I just don't understand Cormac McCarthy. My husband and BIL love his writing.

I don't usually stereotype like this but I think NCFOM is a guy movie.


Ugh...You should maybe stick to not stereotyping

-signed a female (former) film student who thinks your simple (not because you didn't like the movie)
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 16:06     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Funny, some of my favorite movies are listed here. Different strokes for different folks. Like music (or any other art), its in the eye of the beholder, and some things resonate with some and not with others.

Lost in Translation is one of my all-time favorites. Gave it to a friend to watch, and she was completely floored that I thought it was any good. She just said that nothing happened in the movie, it was boring. I guess I could relate to the characters, and she couldn't.


Lost in Translation is BORING! It's mostly shots of Scarlett Johansen in her underwear looking out a hotel window. ZZZZZ (Sofia Coppola is a crappy director, but at least nepotism is alive and well in Hollywood.)


We'll have to agree to disagree -- I think the movie was brilliant.

But there are plenty of polarizing movies. I for one, love Napolean Dynamite... I know of plenty who just don't get it, and think its lame (including Roger Ebert).


I loved Lost in Translation too! Awesome movie.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 16:05     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Slumdog Millionaire. It won awards, so we watched it. It was honestly the most disturbing movie. There were just too many upsetting things in it. Hated it.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 16:03     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Million Dollar Baby
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 16:02     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
I hated No Country for Old Men.


I also hated the book All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. I guess I just don't understand Cormac McCarthy. My husband and BIL love his writing.

I don't usually stereotype like this but I think NCFOM is a guy movie.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 15:24     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Gladiator
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 15:01     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:I don't know if they were well "rated", but people certainly seemed to love the following movies that I walked out on, they were so bad:
Napoleon Dynamite
Little Miss Sunshine
Best in Show

I hate that conceit of showing painful losers who think highly of themselves, so that we can laugh at their loser-ness, AND their mistaken self-confidence. (Add The Office, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Parks & Rec...)


That is my favorite genre
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 14:55     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
I don't know if they were well "rated", but people certainly seemed to love the following movies that I walked out on, they were so bad:
Napoleon Dynamite
Little Miss Sunshine
Best in Show

I hate that conceit of showing painful losers who think highly of themselves, so that we can laugh at their loser-ness, AND their mistaken self-confidence. (Add The Office, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Parks & Rec...)
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 14:53     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

tastes vary, I understand that, but this is probably the most loved, respected American film I can think of. A saw a poll a few years back of Hollywood industry people who called it their favorite film. I've watched it maybe 25 times and think it is nearly perfect.


Agreed. Who is more beautiful than Ingrid?


Just because you're fleeing the Nazis, you don't need to leave behind your evening clothes and an amazing collection of hats!
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 14:49     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Casablanca

Dr Zhivago

Dangerous Liasons

Legends of the Fall


tastes vary, I understand that, but this is probably the most loved, respected American film I can think of. A saw a poll a few years back of Hollywood industry people who called it their favorite film. I've watched it maybe 25 times and think it is nearly perfect.


Agreed. Who is more beautiful than Ingrid?


Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 14:46     Subject: s/o Overrated movies
Anonymous wrote:Clerks

Meet joe black


What. No one cares about this movie.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 14:45     Subject: Re:s/o Overrated movies
The Notebook - I like the movie, but everyone I know cries their eyes out when they watch it. It wasn't that deep.