Overrated movie of all time!! What do u think is hyped?

[Moses]

Ha this should (hopefully) get some response.. i think the movie jaws was lame. there i said it. oh no i huge shark hungry for blood! oh now we cant go swimming.. boo hoo. Man TRY WAKING UP TO DEAD WALKING!!! or u live on a certain street and a burnt up psyco kills u in your dreams. or your doll trys to kill u. ETC. ETC. so inconclusion to my little bad grammer rant JAWS BLOWS it just shows u what u already know.... SHARKS WILL EAT YOUR DUMBASS! there now u sound off on what u think sucks

[filmmaker2]

So you are the one who took all my coffee.

[Miss Olivia]

You know, The Exorcist was stupid....they should have just slapped that little biyatch with some ritalin and whacked her upside the head with a stick and yelled "SIT DOWN AND STUDY!!"

And Evil Dead, see that's what happens when you let college kids out into the woods and they forget to pack the penicillin....

In case you didn't notice, I'm being sarcastic......:rolleyes:

[francis488]

For horror movies I'll vote for Exocist and for non-horror, I have Back to the Future on my list.

[The_Return]

Two of my top 3 are already mentioned:

- Jaws
- Exorcist
- Vertigo

They're all decent movies IMO, but nowhere near as good as their reputation.

[Haunted]

Most of the Friday the 13th series, and I'm not just talking about that last one's either. I had to watch them when I was older, because I was much to young to see them when they first emerged (being the tender age of 2 or 3).

As for the Exorcist... I guess I can see why people would say that... However, for it's time...it was pretty intense. The problems I have with it are from a purely occult perspective.

Anywho...

The remake "Dawn of the Dead" ...but what can you expect of a remake, right?

Scream (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, a billion)

[slasherman]

..the unspeakable "May"

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Haunted
As for the Exorcist... I guess I can see why people would say that... However, for it's time...it was pretty intense. The problems I have with it are from a purely occult perspective.

The main reason that I didnt like The Exorcist as much as most people is because I did something that is guarnteed to ruin a movie: I read the book first. On top of that, I thought it was great. After reading it, the movie seemed so rushed. Normally I dont like long movies, but even another half hour would have made The Exorcist much better. The movie hardly tells us anything about Father Karras, while in the book he was a very full and well written charater, so I was disapointed. Dont get me wrong, I think it's a decent film and it was very well made, just nowhere near as good as it could/should have been.

I havent watched it in almost a year though, I suppose I should give it another chance.

[horrorobsessed]

Originally posted by The_Return
The main reason that I didnt like The Exorcist as much as most people is because I did something that is guarnteed to ruin a movie: I read the book first. On top of that, I thought it was great. After reading it, the movie seemed so rushed. Normally I dont like long movies, but even another half hour would have made The Exorcist much better. The movie hardly tells us anything about Father Karras, while in the book he was a very full and well written charater, so I was disapointed. Dont get me wrong, I think it's a decent film and it was very well made, just nowhere near as good as it could/should have been.

I havent watched it in almost a year though, I suppose I should give it another chance.

i've been wanting to read that book forever now. first my mom said i was too young, now i have no money. *sigh* is it worth my money to buy it? cause my library's gay and doesn't have it.

[Angelakillsluts]

Lord of the Rings trilogy

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by The_Return
Two of my top 3 are already mentioned:

- Jaws
- Exorcist
- Vertigo

They're all decent movies IMO, but nowhere near as good as their reputation.

Wow. Jaws and Exorcist are both great, to me, and Vertigo is my third favorite movie of all time. Yikes.


Saw and Hostel would be my two overrated. GodDAMN did these movies get a lot of hype. They ended up being complete and utter horseshit. I can see why pre-teen girls are becoming the horror genre's main target.

[filmmaker2]

Well this is why there are so many movies. People don't all like the same movies! A different person likes a different movie.

Personally, I did like "Jaws," scares me every time I see it, and it shouldn't, at this point, because I've seen it many times. But it still works for me somehow, and I love those mechanical sharks that were built for the film, they really did the job. That scene with Richard Dreyfuss in the cage is soooooo menacing. Good stuff Maynard.

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
Well this is why there are so many movies. People don't all like the same movies! A different person likes a different movie.

Personally, I did like "Jaws," scares me every time I see it, and it shouldn't, at this point, because I've seen it many times. But it still works for me somehow, and I love those mechanical sharks that were built for the film, they really did the job. That scene with Richard Dreyfuss in the cage is soooooo menacing. Good stuff Maynard.

Hell yah. Me too.

[heebiejeebies]

I don't know that I would classify it as the most overrated movie of ALL time, but Cannibal Holocaust is the one that gets my vote. I watched it recently after reading and hearing a bunch of hype, and to say I was disappointed is an understatement. Of course, I don't know what that says about me.:D

[orangestar]

Originally posted by heebiejeebies
I don't know that I would classify it as the most overrated movie of ALL time, but Cannibal Holocaust is the one that gets my vote. I watched it recently after reading and hearing a bunch of hype, and to say I was disappointed is an understatement. Of course, I don't know what that says about me.:D

After hearing how it was the "goriest movie of all time", it didn't really do it for me. I mean, it was okay...but the high quality gore could not make up for a low quality movie.

[The STE]

Gone with the Wind

[Haunted]

Originally posted by The_Return
The main reason that I didnt like The Exorcist as much as most people is because I did something that is guarnteed to ruin a movie: I read the book first. On top of that, I thought it was great. After reading it, the movie seemed so rushed. Normally I dont like long movies, but even another half hour would have made The Exorcist much better. The movie hardly tells us anything about Father Karras, while in the book he was a very full and well written charater, so I was disapointed. Dont get me wrong, I think it's a decent film and it was very well made, just nowhere near as good as it could/should have been.

I havent watched it in almost a year though, I suppose I should give it another chance.

That was probably one of the creepiest books I have ever read. Books don't tend to creep me out, but that book gave me the shivers. Very well written.

[bloodcreature]

I will tell you the most overrated horror movie ever... cliché drum roll please... The most overrated horror movie of all time is... DAMN! I can't think of its title.


Just kidding. I think it's the Texas Chain Saw Massacre remake.

[PR3SSUR3]

TCM is a seminal movie, and many successful deranged backwoods slashers have followed in its wake.

It also made chain saws the must have garden tool of outrageous aggressive horror, taking the baton from The Last House on the Left quite nicely.

Unfortunately, chain saws in movies have been done to death by now.

Nail guns - we should see more of them, and sharpened tape-measures.

[PR3SSUR3]

...and that's the response if anyone dare claim the original is overrated (who the bloody hell thinks the remake is overrated?).

:D

Cannibal Holocaust accusers: are you basing your shit on the uncut version of the film?

[bloodcreature]

The original is a cult classic. I just don't understand the hype of the remake. This is a post of over hype horror movies. It's a good movie(remake) but over hyped.

[Dante'sInferno]

The Exorcist is....overrated, I guess.

[PR3SSUR3]

I don't think the remake of TCM was overhyped - it was touted as a remake of a classic horror film is all.

These kinds of threads often get into difficulties, when ratings, reviews, publicity bandwagons and art tend to trip over each other.

[heebiejeebies]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
Cannibal Holocaust accusers: are you basing your shit on the uncut version of the film?

Yep. I saw the uncut version, and it just didn't live up to the hype for me. I read where the director (I think that's right) was almost arrested because officials thought the footage was real, so I was expecting this amazingly realistic movie. Don't get me wrong; it was disturbing, but it just wasn't all that. It's not a bad movie, just overrated IMHO.

[Despare]

Blair Witch

Even if you LOVED it you have got to admit it was overhyped.

Also, while I really enjoyed 6th Sense I think it's over-rated too. I actually liked the more predictable Unbreakable more than that one.

Undead, Wild Zero, and Stacy all dissapointed this zombie fan too.

[_____V_____]

Dont believe the hype!!!!!!!!!:o


:D


I d say Casablanca and Titanic...

[Moses]

Also i forgot to mention that whole m night shamlay-who cares movie THE VILLIAGE. It was so dumb. also cannibal holocost is pretty lame too. except that chick with the pike up the snatch and out the mouth. Vlad the impaler is would be proud.:D

[Freak]

Mine would have to be Black Christmas.I heard from so many people how great and creepy this movie was.So I bought it off the net casue I couldn't find it any where else.And man I was so disappointed with this movie.I had a very hard time watching this casue it to was very boring and unentertaning.

[filmmaker2]

Star Wars, Jaws, Alien, Halloween, uh, Bride of Frankenstein, Night of the Living Dead, mmmmm, oh, aaaaaand......Phantasm. All the most overrated films ever made. What else...oh yeah PREDATOR definitely the worst of the worst, they should MST that thing. was made by dumb bunnies


was not good filmns

[Zero]

i never got why Nightmare on Elm Street was such a big deal - freddy always seemed silly to me.

[filmmaker2]

freddy is just a big poo-nut

[Dante'sInferno]

But It's true,Alien kicks all your asses.

[ZombieChick13]

The Blair Witch Project, Evil Dead, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original *gasp*). Yeah, I'm totally prepared to get flamed for my last choice:)

[PR3SSUR3]

No - but you will for your first choice.

Careful, maggot.

:eek:

[VampiricClown]

Originally posted by Haunted
Most of the Friday the 13th series, and I'm not just talking about that last one's either. I had to watch them when I was older, because I was much to young to see them when they first emerged (being the tender age of 2 or 3).

As for the Exorcist... I guess I can see why people would say that... However, for it's time...it was pretty intense. The problems I have with it are from a purely occult perspective.

Anywho...

The remake "Dawn of the Dead" ...but what can you expect of a remake, right?

Scream (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, a billion)

There's a Scream set that large? Point me toward it. :D

And I agree, FT13TH...

[Posher778]

Originally posted by Haunted
Most of the Friday the 13th series, and I'm not just talking about that last one's either. I had to watch them when I was older, because I was much to young to see them when they first emerged (being the tender age of 2 or 3).

As for the Exorcist... I guess I can see why people would say that... However, for it's time...it was pretty intense. The problems I have with it are from a purely occult perspective.

Anywho...

The remake "Dawn of the Dead" ...but what can you expect of a remake, right?

Scream (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, a billion)

Scream? You serious?

[VampiricClown]

Originally posted by Posher778
Scream? You serious?

That's what I say...

[horrorobsessed]

for me it has to be the Blair Witch Project........i fell asleep while watching it. it was so freaking retarded. but everyone i know says it was soooo scary.

just goes to show that retarded people watch retarded movies.

[PR3SSUR3]

That was quite an offensive thing to say, so stick to stuff you know best like AVP, Freddy and Michael and ensure to continue masturbating in your own faeces while you watch.

[Amalthea]

Lord Of The Rings too!

[The_Return]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
That was quite an offensive thing to say, so stick to stuff you know best like AVP, Freddy and Michael and ensure to continue masturbating in your own faeces while you watch.

He has IllWillPress as his homepage, what would you expect?

[monalisa]

Anything with Vin Deisel in it. Well, except that one with the kids in it and the kids own him, that one is funny at least.

[horrorobsessed]

Originally posted by The_Return
He has IllWillPress as his homepage, what would you expect?

first, meant no offense to anybody.

second, I AM A GIRL! not a guy.

[Dante'sInferno]

Originally posted by horrorobsessed
first, meant no offense to anybody.

second, I AM A GIRL! not a guy. Yeah she is!

[PR3SSUR3]

And this affects you masturbating in your own faeces how?

[horrorobsessed]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
And this affects you masturbating in your own faeces how?

well, i was referring to what Return said, but whatever.

also, me being a girl affects my masturbating in my faeces because i'm smart enough not to do it.

[PR3SSUR3]

Don't knock it 'till you've tried it.

[monalisa]

I think masturbating in one's own feces is highly overrated! :p

[PR3SSUR3]

I hear it's slippery.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by horrorobsessed
also, me being a girl affects my masturbating in my faeces because i'm smart enough not to do it.

What a fuckin' prude.

[Fawn]

imo SAW was highly over-rated...

[filmmaker2]

the "dawn of the dead" remake. big-time overrated imo.

[orangestar]

Phantasm is another one. Everyone on all the horror sites says its SO GOOD!!!!!111, so I bought it. I still haven't watched the whole thing because it's so boring.

[filmmaker2]

oh my god!!!!!

Phantasm is a real classic! How can you say the things you have said about it!

Your opinion is very questionable because it doesn't resemble mine!

You're on thin ice buddy

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oooooooo

can't believe you dint like Phantasm

Whoops! You know what this means, don't you?

They're gonna have to remake it with digital effects so the young people of today will "get it"

Aw man! That blows. You know they're gonna do it...precisely because remaking it is such a sucky, lame, uninspired idea.

[monalisa]

Um, I really liked Phantasm. I thought the Tall Man was really creepy. BOOOOOooooyyyyy!

[orangestar]

Originally posted by filmmaker2


can't believe you dint like Phantasm

Whoops! You know what this means, don't you?

They're gonna have to remake it with digital effects so the young people of today will "get it"




What a subtle insult.

[filmmaker2]

Well, it wasn't meant that way. Sorry! No, actually, this is what I meant--and unfortunately I think it's true:

The modern demographically-viable audience member, who happens to be young, finds the pacing of older films slow and the production and effects work to be primitive compared to those of movies produced today. That audience member generally stops spending money on the older product, and for the investor to get that money out of them, the package has to be "re-envisioned" and resold as something "new." The advertising campaigns for such films generally imply that this new "Dawn of the Dead" or "Assault on Precinct 13" is some hot new property with current star personalities supporting it, and that this new product effectively replaces the old product. All implied, but the statement is still made.

Now, it's a proven fact that whenever I worry about somebody remaking a movie because it's not selling to the demographically-viable crowd, someone IMMEDIATELY begins remaking that product. So you can rest assured that someone is wadding up large numbers of $20 bills and stuffing them into suitcases so they can go and bother Don Coscarelli to license Phantasm, etc.

Now Don Coscarelli, who has made a slew of Phantasm films and (hopefully) done fairly well with them, will listen to the sales pitch and look at the suitcases full of money, and after thinking about it for a good long time, will answer, "No...no...no...no...no, I don't think I want to sell you this particular property. Well, all right, what the heck, sure, it's yours."

[Haunted]

So basically what you're telling us, Filmmaker, is that your paranoia about remakes has been jinxing us the whole time? Is that what I'm understanding?

Horror fans, I say! Rise up! Rise up now! Turn off your de-crapitated VCR's and DVD players! Find Filmmaker and kill him, because he has admitted that he is the cause for the remake bullshit!!! :D :D

I'm kidding. Don't kill Filmmaker. I still haven't given him the results of his reading yet.

Incidentally, any movie with Will Smith is over-hyped. He's adorable and a decent actor as far as it goes, but he just plays in stupid movies that receive too much attention and turn out to be the same movie where he's basically the same character... only diff'ernt.

Oh yeah, forgot something:

Poo and sex do not belong in the same sentence except to say that "poo and sex do not belong in the same sentence."

[filmmaker2]

Gosh. Well you could say that about Chevy Chase, then, too, couldn't you? Aren't all Chevy Chase movies the same movie?

Aren't Robert Klein and Albert Brooks the same person in two different bodies?

[horrorobsessed]

okay, since i got bashed for my first suggestion (which i still stand by)...............i also think that when a stranger calls (new version) was extremely overrated. i actually thought it might be kind of good...........then i actually watched it.

[orangestar]

You could also say that about Adam Sandler (http://www.bestweekever.tv/2006/06/27/icymi-sandler-again-and-again-and-again/)

I have to agree with you though. The fact that I do enjoy many 'older' movies exempts me from being offended by that.

[filmmaker2]

You know, I'm not really bashing on the younger audience at all--at least I don't think so. What really gets me is the way they sell this remake crap so aggressively, and so much of it is utterly devoid of value, just absolute crap.

Hell, just the fact that they make it is irritating. I'm not even against the idea of remakes, if they're done well; but most of the time they aren't...there's been a lot of times when I've looked forward to a remake or re-envisioning of something I liked in its original form--"Ooo, they're gonna do it all big!"--but when I sit down to see it, I generally find that the soul has been sucked out of it and the backbone of the story has been lost, polluted, or confused.

Here's a property they brought back in Japan that I thought was done really well--1995's "Gamera the Guardian of the Universe"...they took a cheesy but endearing kid's film staple, pumped it up with good story and characters and special effects and horror, and made basically a modern classic with tongue-in-cheek nuances. The original product was improved upon. But this is one in a hundred remakes. I wish it was maybe one in ten...

[tarcher80]

Originally posted by Despare
Blair Witch

Even if you LOVED it you have got to admit it was overhyped.

Also, while I really enjoyed 6th Sense I think it's over-rated too. I actually liked the more predictable Unbreakable more than that one.

Undead, Wild Zero, and Stacy all dissapointed this zombie fan too.

i know i'm chiming in a little late in the thread (i don't usually come up here), but as far as i'm concerned posting should have started and ended w/ this movie... it just goes to show if you market the hell out of a piece of shit people will buy.....it......and......even......like......it.

[filmmaker2]

I liked The Blair Witch Project. I thought it worked, and its marketing was lots of fun!

[tarcher80]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by filmmaker2
I liked The Blair Witch Project. I thought it worked, and its marketing was lots of fun! [/QUOT

did i detect a hint of sarcasm? we'll, yours is opinion and mine is fact :o

[filmmaker2]

oooh, I'm gonna have a hissy fit because of your eville comments!

hissy fit hissy fit! eeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyYYYYYAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

[tarcher80]

wow, that's a lonnnnnnngggggggggg cat.

[filmmaker2]

Yeah, isn't that messed up? That cat has been through some rolfing sessions or something.

[heebiejeebies]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
You know, I'm not really bashing on the younger audience at all--at least I don't think so. What really gets me is the way they sell this remake crap so aggressively, and so much of it is utterly devoid of value, just absolute crap.

Bash away on those young whippersnappers because they need the wake-up call. The following illustrates my reasons for thinking this.

I'm the newspaper advisor at the school where I teach, and a couple of years ago I figured out why the remake sensation has exploded big time.

We were putting together the October issue of the paper, and the staff wanted to do a poll of students to see what the scariest horror movie they'd ever seen was. (All of this took place in the weeks leading up to the release of the TCM remake.) The staffer in charge of conducting the poll brought the results to me and informed me that the winning movie, TCM, would have to be thrown out. I was mystified and asked why. She said (and I swear this is true), "It hasn't even come out yet. How could they vote for it?":eek:

Now, I can't kick kids off the newspaper staff, but I can make them feel dumb. I looked at her and said as gently as possible, "Please tell me you're kidding!?!" I informed her that the original was the movie these kids were talking about and that it came out in the 70's and had already seen its share of sequels. The one she was talking about was a REMAKE. She just said, "Oh. Didn't know that."

In all fairness, a couple of the other staffers told her she was an idiot. They at least knew there was an original TCM.

[PR3SSUR3]

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[PR3SSUR3]

Interesting.

[bloodrayne]

See No Evil...

Dustin's mother said that it was banned in a lot of their theaters in Northwestern Ohio (15 minutes from Indiana, 10 minutes from Michigan), for excessive violence and gore...They had to drive over an hour away to see it.....It wasn't banned ANYWHERE here...

And...I don't see why it would be banned anywhere at all...It really wasn't that big a deal...

[The Mothman]

Silent Hill.

its over rated because people actually like it.

[tarcher80]

Originally posted by The Mothman
Silent Hill.

its over rated because people actually like it.

wow, those are strong words. most overrated horror movie??? i mean it wasn't the greatest horror flick, but i can think of worse ways to spend two hours.

[Miss Olivia]

The story to Silent Hill wasn't the best, but it was still entertaining. I got a couple of little jumps, and there were a few good visual freak outs. Even when it was stupid, it made me laugh. The Thriller nurses were a hoot.

[The Mothman]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
The Thriller nurses were a hoot. lol ya doing the friggin robot.

[The Mothman]

Originally posted by tarcher80
wow, those are strong words. most overrated horror movie???
yep. terrible.