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Angra 08-23-2008 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 723776)
But he has been knighted and has won an Academy Award...for Silence of the Lambs.

Your underrated/overrated list contradicts itself!


No it doesn't. It's perfect!


I'm just saying that as a top of the league actor he rarely gets mentioned by normal viewers such as YOU.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...0want20you.gif

pinkfloyd45769 08-23-2008 06:09 PM

I thought The Notebook was really overrated,not saying i didn't like it .I thought it was a good movie but just not the best love story ever told.As far as underrated there are many i would list but i couldnt take the bashing!:)

Angra 08-24-2008 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by pinkfloyd45769 (Post 723873)
.As far as underrated there are many i would list but i couldnt take the bashing!:)


Damn it.. :(

ChronoGrl 08-24-2008 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Angra (Post 723762)
Dario Argento. Overrated

TCM. Overrated

Se7en. Overrated

Silence of the lambs. Overrated

I agree with all of those...

Also:

Overrated
  • The Ring (remake)
  • Rob Zombie (as a director)
  • Hellraiser
  • Friday the 13th
  • Land of the Dead
  • Diary of the Dead
  • Vertigo
  • Chuck Palahniuk
  • Tim Burton

And to diverge from horror...
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Julia Roberts
  • Anything with Julia Roberts
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Top Gun
  • Titanic
  • Russel Crow
  • Beautiful Mind
  • Gladiator
  • Gangs of New York
  • Crash
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Natalie Portman
  • Steven Spielberg
  • George Lucas
  • Jessica Alba
  • Dane Cook


Underrated
  • Devil's Backbone
  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
  • Takashi Shimizu
  • Jeepers Creepers
  • Severance
  • Delicatessen
  • Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Bug

Angra 08-24-2008 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl (Post 724030)
[*]Takashi Shimizu
[/LIST]


Heeell yea. :Cool:

I'm sure he's big in Japan tho.



Tony Jaa. Underrated.

Jet Lee. Overrated

Chuck Norris. Overrated. His name should never be mentioned.

ChronoGrl 08-24-2008 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Angra (Post 724051)
Chuck Norris. Overrated. His name should never be mentioned.

Agreed. I somehow managed to omit him from my list.

And you're right - Tony Jaa is totally The Man.

...

Overrated:
Jack Bauer
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The Mothman 08-24-2008 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl;724030


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Underrated[/B]
[Bug][/LIST]

agreed.....

alkytrio666 08-24-2008 06:34 PM

[QUOTE=ChronoGrl;724030] Overrated
  • Vertigo

And to diverge from horror...
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Jessica Alba


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Heathen!

pinkfloyd45769 08-24-2008 07:22 PM

I'm with Chrono on JC,i also would say:
Cabin Fever
Dead End
Bloody Murder
I love cheesy horror man! Its a sickness!!
Overrated
Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie
Hillary Duff
High School fucking Musical...ahhh!
Underrated
Transformers..I love this movie!
Ashton Kutcher (love to love all over him)

Vodstok 08-24-2008 08:35 PM

i will sum up 90% of the underrated/overrated lists from members of this forum:

Underrated: A bunch of indie and old stuff
Overrated: anything successful or popular.

:p

neverending 08-24-2008 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Vodstok (Post 724133)
i will sum up 90% of the underrated/overrated lists from members of this forum:

Underrated: A bunch of indie and old stuff
Overrated: anything successful or popular.

:p

Well, that's hardly profound or clever, is it? :o

Things that are "successful or popular" are rarely underrated- so they're ripe targets for being considered "overrated."

By the same token, indie films and older fare don't have nearly as much exposure- so they woiuld tend to be underrated.

It makes sense to me.

Vodstok 08-24-2008 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by neverending (Post 724134)
Well, that's hardly profound or clever, is it? :o

Things that are "successful or popular" are rarely underrated- so they're ripe targets for being considered "overrated."

By the same token, indie films and older fare don't have nearly as much exposure- so they woiuld tend to be underrated.

It makes sense to me.

:)


I was poking fun at the folks who will like something simply because it is different and dislike something simply because i has a budget. There are more than a few lurking around here...

neverending 08-24-2008 09:28 PM

Well, I'll cop to that- I'll get more enjoyment out of something that's different & original over a mind-numbingly copycat cookie-cooker big budget borefest any time.

sniped90 08-25-2008 01:28 AM

i think that ANY remake of a film is overrated when it's first released..they make up all the hype so suckers will go see it, then it turns out to be shit but because everyone liked the original and wanted to see how the new one was done it get's loadsa money...i hate that....

Angra 08-25-2008 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Vodstok (Post 724138)
:)


I was poking fun at the folks who will like something simply because it is different and dislike something simply because i has a budget. There are more than a few lurking around here...



Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). OVERRATED!!!

Disease 08-25-2008 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by sniped90 (Post 724159)
i think that ANY remake of a film is overrated when it's first released..they make up all the hype so suckers will go see it, then it turns out to be shit but because everyone liked the original and wanted to see how the new one was done it get's loadsa money...i hate that....

Wrong!!!


Willard the remake if far underrated, everyone should see it.... It didn't get cinematic release in Australia even.

ChronoGrl 08-25-2008 05:24 AM

[QUOTE=alkytrio666;724112]
Quote:

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl (Post 724030)
Overrated
  • Vertigo

And to diverge from horror...
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Jessica Alba


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Heathen!

LOL

I can see the Pan's Labyrinth and Steven Spielberg argument... But Jessica Alba? :p

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vodstok (Post 724138)
:)


I was poking fun at the folks who will like something simply because it is different and dislike something simply because i has a budget. There are more than a few lurking around here...

People who like something simply because it is different seriously irritate me.

But to NE's point, I think that most items that fall into the "overrated" category HAVE to be popular and big-budget... It's that kind of stuff that receives the most attention.

How about this...

Overrated Cult Classics:
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre (already mentioned)
  • Hellraiser (already mentioned)
  • Evil Dead (ED II is far superior)
  • Lost Highway
  • Tetsuo (would have been a better short film)
  • Highlander
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai
  • Friday
  • Wicker Man
  • House by the Cemetery
  • Tenebre
  • Don't Torture a Duckling
  • Videodrome (though I should probably give this one a second chance)


To keep on topic, I'm not sure if there's such thing as underrated Cult Classics because, well, if they're a "Cult Classic," then they can't really be underrated I suppose...

ferretchucker 08-28-2008 07:06 AM

The godfather.

OVERRATED!!!

Angra 08-28-2008 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ferretchucker (Post 725346)
The godfather.

OVERRATED!!!



Ban this heathen.

neverending 08-28-2008 07:58 AM

He's just trying to get attention.

Hey Ferret-

Jurrasic Park- OVERRATED!

The_Return 08-28-2008 09:26 AM

Godfather is a masterpiece...it's the sequel that's overrated.

Angra 08-28-2008 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 725397)
Godfather is a masterpiece...it's the sequel that's overrated.


I love u man.

Lets go gay together.

The_Return 08-28-2008 09:30 AM

Sure - you can be the catcher.

Angra 08-28-2008 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 725397)
Godfather is a masterpiece...it's the sequel that's overrated.

If the sequal had only focused on the past, it would've been terrific. Maybe just as good as the first.

But the present Pacino story just seems half hearted and unimportant.

ferretchucker 08-28-2008 01:19 PM

It's just so boring! I can't stand to watch it. This sums up my feelings for it pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avddxEad7u8

(Although I have finished the film)

neverending 08-28-2008 01:47 PM

Watch it again in about 30 years.

urgeok2 08-28-2008 01:48 PM

newb = overrated

urgeok = underrated




and that's all that needs to be said about this subject.

newb 08-28-2008 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by urgeok2 (Post 725503)
newb = overrated

urgeok = underrated




and that's all that needs to be said about this subject.

OH PLEASE....Three years voted "funniest member" of HDC....ALSO Voted President of HDC.



sure.....I voted myself to that position.....but fuck.....nobody else claimed it.

massacre man 08-28-2008 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by newb (Post 725534)
.nobody else claimed it.

Dibs when your turn is done.

illdojo 08-28-2008 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by newb (Post 725534)
OH PLEASE....Three years voted "funniest member" of HDC....ALSO Voted President of HDC.



sure.....I voted myself to that position.....but fuck.....nobody else claimed it.

Ya old showoff.

urgeok2 08-29-2008 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by newb (Post 725534)
OH PLEASE....Three years voted "funniest member" of HDC.....



look pal, check the fine print ... between "funniest" and "member" if you get out your magnifying glass (you know - the one you use to read the newspaper) you'll see the word : 'looking'

newb 08-29-2008 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by urgeok2 (Post 725613)
look pal, check the fine print ... between "funniest" and "member" if you get out your magnifying glass (you know - the one you use to read the newspaper) you'll see the word : 'looking'

http://somecallmeduh.files.wordpress...ying-glass.gif

DAMN......YOU'RE RIGHT






I feel so used:(

_____V_____ 08-29-2008 05:30 AM

Hmm...I wonder which one of you is rick roll.

I am thinking Urge, but the typing is so newb-ish.

newb 08-29-2008 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 725624)
Hmm...I wonder which one of you is rick roll.

I am thinking Urge, but the typing is so newb-ish.

I am much more creative than that:rolleyes:

urgeok2 08-29-2008 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by newb (Post 725628)
I am much more creative than that:rolleyes:

and i dont have that kind of time to waste

_____V_____ 08-29-2008 05:37 AM

But yet...the bloodhound in me smells a distinct scent of rick roll coming from someone really close.

Wonder who it is...

hammerfan 08-29-2008 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 725637)
But yet...the bloodhound in me smells a distinct scent of rick roll coming from someone really close.

Wonder who it is...


How about Zero?

_____V_____ 08-29-2008 05:41 AM

Cant be him. He's in pretty bad banged-up state, with one arm in a cast.

Nope, it aint Zero...but someone I am really familiar with...

hmm...

hammerfan 08-29-2008 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 725641)
Cant be him. He's in pretty bad banged-up state, with one arm in a cast.

Nope, it aint Zero...but someone I am really familiar with...

hmm...


It's you, isn't it?! :D

_____V_____ 08-29-2008 05:43 AM

Nah...none of my avatars in HDC are THAT retarded. ;)


Errr wait...did I say avatars?


Shit...


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