What's on your list? 5 Most Overrated Films of All-Time

[DiamondDust]

respectfully, no.

Agreed. I can understand why people don't like it, but it's a masterpiece of American cinema in several different areas.

 

[pc2bama]

I agree wholeheartedly with Titanic being overrated.
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My number one by far. You need to dump the popcorn and use the bag multiple times.

2. A Beautiful Mind
3. Scarface
4. English Patient
5. Monster's Ball or Fargo

 

[jthomas666]

nmd

 

[gmart74]

2001 is horribly slow for the first half of the movie. i liked the original matrix but the sequels were unbearable..... i still say that if my only two choices are to be enslaved by a computer or be saved by Keanu then I will take slavery every single time.

 

[bayoutider]

Network
The English Patient
Fargo
Howard the Duck
Blair Witch Project

 

[DiamondDust]

Network
The English Patient
Fargo
Howard the Duck
Blair Witch Project

I didn't think anyone rated Howard the Duck anything above pure crap.

 

[RammerJammer14]

Hey, don't be hatin on LOTRs or Star Wars!

300-I love historical movies. this one took a great (and real) plot and managed to mess it up. went way overboard on drama. ugh
Cloverfield
Cold Mountian
Rocky Horror Picture Show
All the Presidents Men
Spiderman 2
The Last Samauri
any Rocky

all I can recall for now

 

[SavannahDare]

The English Patient (frankly, it so outpaces any other movie for "most over-rated" I'm going to just end here)

nuff said

 

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

Tootsie
There Will Be Blood
The English Patient
Dances With Wolves
On Golden Pond

 

[BamaSC]

Anything with Julia Roberts.
Anything with Ben Aflac.
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[RiverCityTider]

Star Wars (all of them)
E.T.
Titanic
Anything with Woody Allen
Filed of Dreams
Dances with Wolves
Bridges of Madison County
Anything by Mel Brooks
Anything by Spielberg

 

[It's On A Slab]

Anything by Spielberg

I liked Saving Pvt Ryan, Munich, Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, Munich.

When he goes for the schmaltzy sentimentality (E.T., for example), I would agree with you.

I'm also in that minority of film buffs who never really "got" the Indiana Jones films.

 

[bayoutider]

I go to movies to be entertained not to learn any life's lessons or hone up on any historical facts. Even if they got all the historical stuff wrong and I was entertained I'm shallow enough to say I enjoyed the film. I like action adventure, comedy, drama, thrillers, mysteries and some horror. I do have favorite actors, actresses and producers that have failed me just as some highly praised films have.

 

[GreatDanish]

It's hard for me to define how other's rate films, so I'll just go with Pictures of the Year.

1. The English Patient - The only Picture of the Year that I could not even finish. I do not recall what other movies came out that year, but it must have been a terribly thin year.
2. Rain Man - A fine movie, but not one that was great in any way, aside from Dustin Hoffman's acting.
3. Chariots of Fire - Similar to Rain Man, in that I thought it was a fine movie. But, pretty much when it was over, I didn't think about it again.
4. Titanic - I can give this movie some props, because I can understand why it got the notoriety it did.
5. Sixth Sense - Ok, so I am aborting my "Picture of the Year" criteria for this one. People put this on the list among the most thrilling movies ever, and I didn't think it was that thrilling. Surprise ending? Yes, but not moreso than Primal Fear, which is never in the conversation.

 

[rhYno]

300

THANK YOU! The ONLY thing this movie had going for it was special effects. That's it!

And I noticed several of you said Titanic and I thank you guys for that as well. I thought I was the only soul in America who thought both of those films were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overrated!

 

[pc2bama]

I went with a group in high school to see Titanic. The only reason most of the guys went was because one of the guys was a true aquaphobic, and we had to see his reaction. Why in the world he went to this flick was beyond me. He made it to the iceberg hit and then he was GONE! He turned ghostly and bolted. It was pretty hilarious at the time, and we did have fun ragging that movie throughout.

 

[Frozen Sooner]

In no particular order:

Forrest Gump
Titanic
Potemkin
Gladiator
300

 

[rhYno]

In no particular order:

Forrest Gump

HEY... watch it, pal. lol

 

[TRUTIDE]

I either did not see or do not recall many of the movies listed. I do not know what defines overated but i thought Rocky, Forrest Gump and Titantic were good movies that were very successful. I liked two of the spiderman movies and a few of the batman movies but i dont recall which.

I did not care for...

1.The English Patient
2.Bad News Bears (remake)
3.Field of Dreams (although I like it better now)
4.Pirates 2
5.Any of the Star Wars

The new Bond films do not seem to click either.

 

[CrimsonChuck]

I didn't think anyone rated Howard the Duck anything above pure crap.

As a kid, I loved Howard the Duck. I saw it a few times. I haven't seen it as an adult, and I don't feel any desire to either.