Most over-appreciated movies

LOTR in Clerks 2 (Pretty Darn Funny)

Braveheart
Gladiator

Anything with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, or Heath Ledger in it.

Anything neu-Geek (TDK, Star Trek, Raimi, Transformers, kitschy 80s **** OH GOD I WANT MY YOUTH BACK), Eastwood, PT Anderson (except TWBB), Fincher (except Zodiac), Pixar, Kevin Smith, Park Chan-wook, Aronofsky, Spielberg, bro bait (Shawshank, Gladiator, Braveheart, etc.), mumblecore, Let the Right One In (good, but not that good), Tarantino, Apatow and...

... Casino. I went there.

Originally Posted by Baron

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It blew my mind when I was 9, but it's not aged well at all.

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

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I'd pick Empire as the most over-rated of the original trilogy.

I am not talking about a specific movie, but the series as a whole. None of these other movies have an actual "religion" derived from them. They don't inspire billion dollar industries in memorabilia, clothing, conventions, and etc. And nearly none of them have become as pervasive in the lexicon of so many countries, cultures, and age ranges.

That being said, I disagree with Doc, Empire is easily my favorite out of ANY of these three mediocre movies.

A New Hope: This is the movie where we first learn Luke is a whiny little ***** with no balls, and that he will always play second fiddle to Han Solo.

Empire: Luke tries to become more badass, but gets ahead of himself and runs off while he's still pretty pussified. He then gets spanked by his daddy.

Return: This is where we learn that midget bear/raccoons are friendly - in sort of a stereotyped ethnic way, that old people are not to be trusted, that old dogs CAN learn new tricks (But it kills them!) and that kissing your sister is fine, as long as you really love her.

Originally Posted by jonglover

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Pixar

Couldn't disagree more...

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

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All of these pale in comparison to the over-appreciation of Star Wars.

Just re-watched this last week for the first time in years. My GF, who had never seen it before, laughed her ass off when she saw Vader in the movie...said he breathed like an "asthmatic."

Hamill is not that good, the dialogue is ehh and the direction (oh, the direction) is amateur at best. If it wasn't called "Star Wars" it would be a campy classic at best.

Originally Posted by Gradstudent78

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+1

Blair Witch

You hit the nail right on the head with that one! Total bullshit scam of a movie.

Originally Posted by michaeljkrell

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Couldn't disagree more...
+1, there's a lot of cinematic merit to Pixar's stuff. They repeatedly demonstrate a great understanding of filmmaking's technical aspects; they try to translate cinema's camera effects to computer movies and they deserve to be applauded for that. In other words: they're not ******* Dreamworks! Okay let me add something to this list: Gran Torino. Carbon copy Eastwood performance and everyone else in this movie is a terrible actor. Spent a good chunk of the movie laughing.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

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Anything with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, or Heath Ledger in it.


Overappreciated by who though? Those actors have next to zero critical credibility, a few exceptions aside (Ledger in Batman, a very bad movie I had the misfortune of watching), Roberts in whatever (she was ok in a Woody movie), Tom Hanks in the masterpiece Joe against the volcano, Lopez in a nice hard boiled movie I've forgotten the title and Crow in LA Confidential.

That's not to say they're poor films, but I think they often get a free pass due to polish and the novelty of something substantive in modern American animation. The same goes with 90% of anime; "Oh, it's great for what it is." I really enjoyed their last two movies (and everything, really (even Cars)), but... yeah. "Over-appreciated."

^Not sure I understand you. Its not like they try to transcend the medium like that gawd awfull Final Fantasy movie. 10 animated features in, I think the novelty has long worn off.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

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Anything with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, or Heath Ledger in it.

Originally Posted by Fuuma

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Overappreciated by who though? Those actors have next to zero critical credibility, a few exceptions aside (Ledger in Batman, a very bad movie I had the misfortune of watching), Roberts in whatever (she was ok in a Woody movie), Tom Hanks in the masterpiece Joe against the volcano, Lopez in a nice hard boiled movie I've forgotten the title and Crow in LA Confidential.

Well said,

Also, Hanks in Cast Away is great.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

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All of these pale in comparison to the over-appreciation of Star Wars.
+1... it pales in comparison to Star Trek... not their movies though. Reservoir Dogs... it's like listening though an entire double-length album of crap for one good song. You mean to tell me the events in Blair Witch never really happened? BRIX SHAT!

movies:
freaks
mouchette
el topo
battleship potempkin
jules et jim
battle of algiers
gone with the wind

directors:
david lynch
john waters
jean-luc godard
jean-pierre melville
dario argento
lars von trier
wong kar-wai