Top 10 overrated movies of all time! (must-see, watch, Star Wars, Citizen Kane)

[RjRobb2]

Originally Posted by stan4

Black Swan - what a total waste of time; and Natalie Portman didn't even bother to act in it...she just clenched herself tense the entire movie

Um, what? That was one of the best performances by an actress in a movie that I have seen in a long time. She completely devoted herself in that role including losing a ton of weight.

[Mike_by_Cedar]

In no particular order:

Titanic - total snoozefest for me.

The Notebook - yawn.

Twilight series - I will really never know how this became popular (no, I didn't read the books. Is that why?) I watched the first with my wife and I think my intelligence dropped. The main girl character is just terrible.

The new (prequel) Star Wars - better action scenes don't make a better movie. Sorry Lucas.

The Blind Side - Probably should have enjoyed it, didn't though. Oh well.

Seven Pounds - Will Smith trying so hard, wasn't buying it.

Scream - Sure it accidently revived the slasher genre, but I just couldn't get into it. I'm one of the few that wasn't thrilled on this when it came out.

Saw - I liked the first one. People still praise it (and the awful sequels) as god's gift to horror fans for some reason though... What's that? This one is going to have a twist ending... again?!?!

Sixth Sense - Another one I just couldn't get into.

Sideways - Pretty sure this movie is highly praised as a great comedy. I didn't find it funny or a good watch whatsoever.

And to the guy that said he cannot even give away his copy of "No Country for Old Men," hell, I'd take it!

[jtur88]

Anything by Woody Allen. I can't really critique them very well because I don't think I ever sat through a whole one, but they seem to just be bored spoiled people in New York City talking to each other because they have no life.

[ifeeldope]

Avatar was ridiculously overrated...a modern day Ferngully

[Haaziq]

Originally Posted by Kevdawgg

Some I find overrated:
The one Batman movie (with Arnold Schwarzenegger and George Clooney)

I've never met anybody who has said they liked this film. It's terrible, but probably not overrated.

[believe007]

Hmm, I think it's extraordinarily hard to only choose 10
My list is much, much longer, but I'll keep it short


Titanic
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Shining
Inglourious Basterds
Legends Of The Fall
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
Avatar
Scarface
Into The Wild
Full Metal Jacket
Aliens

[banjomike]

I once watched The Magnificent Seven with the sound turned off on my TV.

Without the soundtrack, the flick was pretty bad. There were interminable periods of watching the seven ride, ride, ride, doing nothing else. This was one instance when a superb music score saved an otherwise mediocre film.

A recent dog that I really disliked was Troy. The 300 was just as bad.

[LauraC]

Overrated:

1. Annie Hall (biggest dud I ever saw)
2. Shakespeare In Love (second biggest dud I ever saw)
3. American Beauty (zzzzzzzzz)
4. The Exorcist (Is it over yet?)
5. Star Wars: Return of The Jedi (Shoot me now with the cutesy-poo ewoks!)
6. Gigi (must have been hard up for best picture that year)
7. A Man For All Seasons (zzzzzzz)
8. Lord of The Rings (the first one - never made it past the first one)
9. Gone With The Wind (most hammy acting in a long movie ever)
10. Crash (not a bad movie, just way overrated - definitely not Oscar material)

Actually, the biggest dud I ever saw was a movie called Paycheck with my least favorite actress (Uma Thurman) and my least favorite director (John Woo) and Ben Affleck but no one pretends that movie was great.

[coldPlay]

I've gone through lists of other posters and found at least a few that were decent that I enjoyed. But here is a list of movies I would literally hate to have to watch again....


Annie Hall (I've tried many times to see what people see in this. I love Woody Allen normally, so this still a mystery why people think this is cool, romantic, or amusing. I experienced none of the above.)

Lord of the Rings (I have tried numerous times to watch this after actually visiting hobbit land, or whatever they call it)

Anything by Stanley Kubrick except for Eyes Wide Shut, which was sexy and captivating.

Anything by Tarantino

Avatar

Any movie that takes more than 120 minutes (I've passed up so many movies because of the length. I don't want to stay in the theatre for 4 hours. If you can't tell your story within 2 hours, seriously, just rework it until you can)

The one Mel Gibson made about JHC. There was nothing redeeming about that piece of work (the man or the movie, but boy did it make the fundies crawl out of the woodwork)

Sideways - seriously why did this get so much attention? It was pretentious and hip just to say you liked it. Come on!

Sixth Sense - goes to show good marketing can sell anything to anyone. I have friends who are intelligent and eclectic who loved this movie. I just don't get it.

Hangover 1 - it is rare I don't laugh at all during a comedy. This was literally a gross movie. I saw nothing in it that even made me want to laugh. Cringe, yes, continuously, however.

[Floorist]

Sex, Lies and Videotape. Just plain boring. It was nominated for an Academy award. Watched the whole thing waiting for it to get interesting. It never did.