Overrated movies which you have seen

[The Mothman]

Hard to Kill is another good Seagal flick

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally Posted by Ferox13

His first 5 films were enjoyable trash - OUT FOR JUSTICE stands out a mile - its megaviolent and has such hilarious dialogue. MARKED FOR DEATH is another fave of mine too - alot of ppl like UNDER SEIGE too (me not so much) - pretty much everything after that is shite. A good guide is if he kicks someone in the film then its crap :-)

One thing that can be said for him is that he made a pretty much useless martial art (Akido) and make it loo very effective on film..

Yeh it was all downhill after Under Siege. Once he stopped really fucking people up breaking bones n' shit his films just become pretty dull at were just like 99% of action flicks. The "megaviolence" you spoke of is what really made me a fan of his films.

The Glimmer Man wasn't to bad and was probably the last decent flick he did.

I still watch his films and get a kick outta them but usually because of the unintentional laughs they bring.

[_____V_____]

What exactly propels a flick into the "overrated" radar actually?

I mean, High Tension has a really cock-eyed and ridiculous climax (or anti-climax, whichever you prefer), but still people rate it pretty highly as a "more than decent" horror flick of recent times.

Do you take the overall movie into this purview, or just aspects of it - like
A) a very sore anti-climactic ending,
B) story and plotline,
C) cheese factor,
D) repeat viewing value...?

Is there a line which you have drawn somewhere for your decision?

(Still cannot see how some of you didnt dig Jaws at all...)

[rasobasi420]

Originally Posted by UngodlyWarlock

Obviously merely my opinion...but I could see someone seeing it as overrated if they just went into it watching it as a slasher flick.

Ya gotta allow yourself to get a little bit "artsy" with that one to truly enjoy it...you gotta look beyond the veil and pay attention to the camera work, the colors of the lighting, the style, everything.

I understand Argento's style of filming, and what he was trying to do. I saw what he was trying to do with the lighting and such, but a horror movie is meant to be scary. It wasn't. As a piece of art, it was pretentious and just didn't cut it.

Slasher flicks are fun, but believe me, I do have some taste. Suspiria fails and is extremely overrated.

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally Posted by missmacabre

This is what I mean. I like an action movie just as much as any guy, don't get me wrong. There is, however, this unspoken guy rule where the certain action starts are god. I can't speak ill of David Carusoe around my boyfriend or he goes bat shit crazy about how I just don't get it. These guy's guys actors who can't act worth shit, in movies that only get ratings because there are so many wannabe, macho men in the world.

hahaha well said!



Curtis is about 100 times more of a bad ass than Ahnold anyway.

[Noah]

Originally Posted by neverending

I put Star Wars on my list and I meant it-based on any scale. I saw Star Wars the week it was released and I hated it. As I mentioned in another post in this thread- even when I'm watching escapist entertainment I want my mind engaged. Star Wars was such a muddled mess, full of plot holes and IMO set sci-fi cinema back 30 years. I want intelligent sci-fi dammit!

Curious Neverending - Did you see Danny Boyle's film "Sunshine" with Cillian Murphy that came out a couple of years ago? If so, what did you think of it as a Sci-Fi flick?

[neverending]

I have not seen it.

[Doc Faustus]

I don't think Scream is half as smart or authentic as critics thought it was. There is much better metahorror than scream. Craven shouldn't have been treated like he was reinventing the wheel by using metafiction. Metafiction's been around since Cervantes.

[Noah]

Originally Posted by neverending

I have not seen it.

That's too bad, it's fucking brilliantly done. I highly recommend it, if you enjoy a damned good Science Fiction film.

[AUSTIN316426808]

One from recent memory would be Hatchet, which I though was pretty fucking awful.