so what you meant to say was : you personally didnt see in it what many other people did ..
not that it was overrated ...


i think some things earn the title of 'overrated when they are adored by people who arent knowledgeable to form a proper opinion because they dont have enough history of experience to base their own opinions on.

i'll use The Tiranic for that ...
the great unwashed flocked to this film because they were told to .. by shows on the level of 'entertainment tonight' (owned by the same studios that make the films)

most serious film critics that actually studied film, understand it ... watch LOTS of it .. saw Titanic for the bloated corn filled stool that it was.

but you could still apply my origional point of view to this - because it is subjective - and if you like something - then you like it.

i will say that my tastes have changed in time .. due to exposure, maturing, the gathering of far more information, experience, and understanding than i had than when i was a youngster ...

so i'm now basing my likes and dislikes (conciously or subconciously) on more refined criteria.

i'll probably have different opinions again 20 years from now .. things i think are genious now may be unwatchable then.
(bifocals or not :)

It's weird, there have been a ton of horror films coming out in the past couple of years, but the problem is that they've steered away from what was horror and what was. It used to be something that put people in somewhat realistic situations and know that the average joe could be in that situation, not just some hot, school-girl.

The only time horror movies now days will be scary is if you watch the first five horror movies of your life. After that, you don't feel the spooking factor anymore. They also lose a lot of momentum after you're over the age of 14. They just don't work. And the appearance of the recent slew of PG-13 horror films and remakes recently, the scare factor is going to eventually dissipate.

The genre is in fact dying, and will most likely not be able to be redeemed by anything. The only thing that might possibly save our original idea of horror films, is if the writers start coming up with some more original stuff, and/or stop ripping off all of the teen slasher films from the 70's and 80's.

SAW and Hostel were somewhat original. I'm sure similar stuff had been done prior to these, but people don't really see that.

Another thing, the writers need to stop adding gore, nudity and profanity in the place of the sheer lack of story and imagination. It's not helping the genre, it's just making it worse. When the best thing you can get out of a horror movie is some young guys dropping numerous f-bombs and seeing two tons of breasts.....That's not a horror film. That's a bad porno.

As much as I hope it can be saved from total damnation, I think the spotlight for horror films just faded into darkness. :(

Saw and Hostel were both pieces of uncreative, sloppy garbage.

Don't worry i will bring back the horror genre with my Movie's.Don't believe me?Ask around...Er....oh yeah all present horror movies suck ass....2004-2006....GRANTED saw was OKAY.

I love the brown ring.

It's true that they did suck pretty bad. But I did enjoy the fact that there was a point to the killing in both of these films. It wasn't your typical teenage, mindless, innocents being slaughtered film. In Saw, the people didn't think their lives were good enough. In Hostel, it proves males shouldn't think with their dicks. Those were the only saving graces for either of those films to me. The acting, gore, and over gratious nudity in these, completley sucked. If not for the stories, these would never have hit theaters.

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The best decade for horror was the 1980's. From the 90's foward horror movies have not been that great.

The 60s, 70s, and 80s all had their gems.

The 30s were an incredible decade for horror, too. Incredible.

I.E.

• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• The Invisible Man
• King Kong
• The Bride of Frankenstein
• Freaks

The list goes on and on...

is there a drug for 'happy fingers' ? :D