Overrated/Underrated

Overrated Bull Durham
Underrated Local Hero

NSpan wrote:

W wrote:I would very much go with that, though I didn't think Spider-Man 2 was loved by anyone until earlier this week (or was it last week).

murh?

For Hellboy, can anyone really say that Ron Perlman doesn't play that character as well as anyone plays any other character in any particular film? If a role is perfect for someone, then its perfect and can't be surpassed by anyone else's perfect role.

Won't argue with that--but it's not necessarily a case for saying it's a great film...

There was a thread where last week a few people said they thought that Spider-Man 2 was the best comic book film until TDK came along.

I think Hellboy's a great film. Decent plot, decent love story sub-plot, great effects, and Perlman's great performance put it over the top for me. I loved it. I'd much rather see a third Hellboy than a fourth Spider-Man.

undeadmonkey wrote:lol, I like TDK, but i also think its a tad over rated

I compeltely agree thats what i thought when i saw it and everyone got pissed at me [not you guys my circle of friends that i saw it with].

Anyway to comment on earlier disscussions.

A lot of people hated Wanted it got got critcal praise and i know a lot of people that say i am crazy because I love Wanted.

Spider-Man 2 is the greatest superhero film of all time imo

and lastly

Overated Dazed and Confused
Underated Accepted

Overrated: The Haunting in Connecticut
Underrated: What Goes Up

Overrated Braveheart
Underrated Can't Hardly Wait

How is the Haunting in Connecticut overrated? I'm pretty sure the consensus there is that its a fairly average movie. Unless, I guess you feel that is overrating it.

BanksIsDaFuture wrote:Oh ok. I haven't seen Fast Times yet, all I've seen is Phoebe Cate's topless scene

That's all you need to see. It would be one of my Overrated movies. I preferred several 80's teen movies to it.

BarcaRulz wrote:Overrated: The Graduate (good, but not that good IMO).
Underrated: The Downfall

Disagree and Agree. I loved the Graduate. Downfall is on of my top 25 ever.

geezer9687 wrote:How is the Haunting in Connecticut overrated? I'm pretty sure the consensus there is that its a fairly average movie. Unless, I guess you feel that is overrating it.

Maybe he does. Giving that movie an average score might be overrating it. LOL

Spider-Man 2 is the 2nd or 3rd best Superhero movie of all time. Iron Man is better and TDK when I ignore the Batman's throat cancer. LOL

My addition to the subject.

Overrated: Titanic, obviously.
Underrated: Conan the Barbarian

Overrated: T2 (oh man am I going to get hate mail from this)
Underrated: Below

The Haunting in Connecticut was one of those films I didn't want to see, was dragged to, and thought was one of those surprising films that was great if you never, EVER watch it again since your expectations were so low going into it.

I gave it an 8, though if I ever see it again, I'll probably be forced to move it down to a 6.

From 1994:
Overrated: Clerks
Underrated: The Scout, Surviving the Game

Ugh...I hated Haunting in Conn. I wished I had left early.

Agree with alot on here actually...

Overrated: High Tension
Underrated: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

mfrendo wrote:

Agree with alot on here actually...

Overrated: High Tension

That movie was terrible. I hate bad gimmicky endings that make absolutely no sense and completely make the plotline usless. One of the worst horror movies I have ever seen.

Overrated: Scarface (it was a decent gangster film and nothing more, no idea why it is so popular)
Underrated: Way of the Gun (I never even heard of this movie until a friend saw it at random)

Overrated: Terms of Endearment
Underrated: Chain of Fools

mfrendo wrote:Ugh...I hated Haunting in Conn. I wished I had left early.

Agree with alot on here actually...

Overrated: High Tension
Underrated: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

The only thing I didn't like about it is that the kid was supposed to be dying of cancer, but he looks like some sort of athlete in peak condition during most of the film.

1999
Overrated: Being John Malkovich, The Blair Witch Project (when it came out, I think most people have came to their senses... maybe not)
Underrated: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Hurricane

W wrote:

mfrendo wrote:Ugh...I hated Haunting in Conn. I wished I had left early.

Agree with alot on here actually...

Overrated: High Tension
Underrated: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

The only thing I didn't like about it is that the kid was supposed to be dying of cancer, but he looks like some sort of athlete in peak condition during most of the film.

1999
Overrated: Being John Malkovich, The Blair Witch Project (when it came out, I think most people have came to their senses... maybe not)
Underrated: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Hurricane

Overrated: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Underrated: Big Trouble

How is The Blair Witch Project overrated? That movie is classic.

Donte77 wrote:

Overrated: Scarface (it was a decent gangster film and nothing more, no idea why it is so popular)
Underrated: Way of the Gun (I never even heard of this movie until a friend saw it at random)

I think Scarface is huge now because rap guys think it's awesome to be him...I guess they missed like the last half of the movie...

I remember getting into Way of the Gun when it was in theaters. I found out it was the writer of Usual Suspects and was all over it...one of the best lines ever "Shut that cunt's mouth before I go over there and fuckstart her head"...hardcore shit.
There was a great line at the end of that scene in the script that didn't make it to the movie. It was part of the VO and said something like "if you can't win in a situation, at least take all the joy out of winning for the other guy"...

Overrated: 21 Grams
Underrated: Rush (1991)

Overrated: Iron Man (it was good, but i never thought it 'great' like everyone else, the villain was boring as hell. Could i add that Robert Downy Jr is overrated too or would that be blasphemy?)
Underrated: Hellboy II (too bad that it got overshadowed by TDK the way it did, What was Universal thinking releasing it just a week before)

Overrated: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Underrated: Cassandra's Dream

Overrated: LOTR movies
Underrated: Harry Potter movies

Hey, I like Scarface. Pacino makes you--or at least me--forget that he's Italian. I think its very clever using the Mariel Boat Lift to tell what used to be a purely Italian + Chicago/New York genre. Gangsters can like it all they want. It's a good movie with a great performance IMO.

I dont think Harry Potter can be counted as underrated. They are usually in the top 5 money makers of the year. UNless you just think they are so great, that even though they are liked they should be loved more.

2007

Overated There Will Be Blood
Underated Gone Baby Gone

Amen Trannie. I'm with you on both there

More hate mail.

Clint Westerns

Overrated: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Underrated: The Outlaw Josey Wales

I liked them both quite a bit but GBU is at a 9.0 imdb and Josey is a 7.8. No f'ing way.

Overrated Any Given Sunday

Underrated Bang the Drum Slowly