Underrated/Overrated

[neverending]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

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]

Originally Posted by neverending

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

:)


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]

Originally Posted by sniped90

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]

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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

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

Originally Posted by Vodstok

:)


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]

The godfather.

OVERRATED!!!

[Angra]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

The godfather.

OVERRATED!!!

Ban this heathen.

[neverending]

He's just trying to get attention.

Hey Ferret-

Jurrasic Park- OVERRATED!