Your top 5 most OVERRATED films

Never seen it.. but Star wars I always imagined to be a load of tripe

How I won The War ......walked out .

Citizen Kane
Fargo
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone with the Wind
Four weddings and a funeral

The Green Mile, drags on for hours

and yes forgot Fargo too ...nearly walked out

I fell asleep watching The Matrix.

Indeed, I've never watched a bad film, switch off or fall asleep.

As Sean Penn said....'99% of films are cr@p'. And hes a double Oscar winner.

For Shawshank to be imdb's no.1 movie is a serious overrating too.

If some aspect of a movie hasn't hooked me in 15 mins I'm off, usually I'm wondering
who the hell put money into the project.

Morons From Outer Space
Dirty Weekend
Carry On Camping
The Blair Witch Project
Shakespeare In Love

The only film I ever walked out of was Fritz the Cat, The worst over rated film I ever saw was The French Lieutenant's Woman. However being the age what I am, the last film I saw in the cinema was Daniel Craig's Casino Royale. That wasn't marvellous either. Judgement really is on a generational level so my choices are based on films before most of yous time!

Galaxy Quest, walked out, pile of sh1t

Any animated film, especially with famous actors doing the voices, is invariably garbage.

Billy Elliot
Brassed Off
Full Monty
Bank of Dave..
... and any others out there, based on the premise of demonstrating that not all Northerners are thick and uncultured and thereby perpetuating the very stereotype they patronisingly set out to shoot down.. AAARgghhh!!

chariots of fire ..........shocking emission

Barbie. omg is that a rank heap of anti male shyte or what

barbie ? if you offered free tickets and all expenses id say no thanks !

The Godfather, end of thread.......

Schindler's List.

However, the porn version "Schindler's Fist" is a classic.

I agree with Spyker.

I watched heretic at cinema this afternoon. Its a cracker. Not for people with clostrophobia

That’s a film I’ve been waiting to watch, Celtic.

Avatar (Nap)

Gravity

La La Land should be in everyones top 5

Fight Club....gave up after an hour....bag of sh1te

Shawshank is absolutely superb in my opinion. #1 movie.

Top ten

Spartacus
Barbie the movie
Long Good Friday
Pulp Fiction
Chitty Chitty bang bang
The Goodfellas
Tru Grit
Bambi
Debbie Does dallas
Platoon

summat there for everyone

Agree with Cider 100%, watched it again the other night, love Red's speech to the parole board when he finally decides to get out, the bit about talking to his young self...beautiful

Back on topic, I'll 2nd diggers with Avatar ad Gravity, both cr8p

Must admit I've never really got Godfather (and it's offsprings) either - not that it's a terrible film or set of films, just that it's not anything great (IMO).

Top 10 films

Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Deliverance
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Marathon Man
Kramer vs Kramer
Alien
Jaws

For that topic area (gangster film work) Goodfellas and Sopranos (TV series format I know) far better and more interesting to watch (again IMO)

Goodfellas- excellent film

Yep, on my favourites list for sure that one.

James Bond films a shocking omission

Stu, out of interest, please name 3 of your favourite films.

The Searchers was on its way to being a great film until it went off on some bizarre romantic interlude.

yup, I ended up with needles and pins watching ^ that one.

Fight Club duffy baled out after an hour  i stuck with that sh1te for 2 hours 20 minutes......Pure torture.

Trust this forum to put up some of the greatest films of all time. Tells you plenty about the place.

The Greatest Showman is a serious omission. The Godfather Part 2 one of the greatest films ever made, better than The Godfather. The Godfather Part 3 should never have been released. Should have been incarcerated for eternity.

Trust this forum to put up some of the greatest films of all time. Tells you plenty about the place.



Errr that's kind of the whole point of the thread!

A Prayer Before Dawn.

sparrow absolutely detests off topic talk on Horse Racing. Don't expect a response.

You got a response cider if you could only work it out. I will tell you that The Godfather parts 1 and 2 were brilliant along with the Shawshank Redemption so clearly not overrated.

On The Buses is my second pick.

Would do you good a week On The Buses. Bring a little reality to your life.

Good morning vietnam
Rainman
Ferris beullers day off
Footloose
First man

I'm sure you don't like lots of stuff i do sparrow and I'm sure you dislike stuff that lots of people don't. I won't begin to talk about what is regarded as 'great'; music! The Godfather isn't crap just nowhere near as good as most think (IMO!) I could go into why but why bother? I'm interested in the origins of the Mafia (C18th-19th land reforms caused local nobles to form their own 'law' enforcement basically) and the destruction and terror they brought to their part of Italy which set that part back (and still does). Its not why I think its overrated but The Godfather is responsible for much of the over-romanticised view of the Mafia most have.

It was a film spyker and the acting was superb but if people choose to be so naive about the Gangsters and the Mafia then there is little you can do about that.

Nov 7, 2024 -- 7:35PM, DIE LINKE wrote:

Schindler's List.However, the porn version "Schindler's Fist" is a classic.

Does the same apply with Forest Gump?

REMADE as Foreskin Gump

its all about opinions .....some will rate certain films some wont .

what about savoring ryans privates !

& gaslighting, Hollywood will flood the internet with positive reviews, made by biased people with skin in the game. These days there's oft a massive disparity between 'professional' critics and real world critics and feedback. And the imdb ratings which are now r i g g e d. The 'Gladiator 2' release will likely be a good example of that.

It tallies with the addiction the big budget movie world now has with pursuing a particular ideology, rewriting history by contaminating our great movies and memories, whilst at the same time monetizing the nostalgia.

And idiots giving 0 starts cos a star in it once said something bad about a politician they rate (either way). If you think 'normal' reviews are a guide to a film these days then think again. This over romanticised view of the past really is very silly and naive - do you think reviews haven't always been manipulated etc? The Wizard of Oz was basically a flop until it was repeated ad infinitum on Us Tv in the 50's as was Its a Wonderful Life and a few others to boot.

Of course it's always been influenced by other variables, especially money. But the internet has changed this forever, much like so much else of our public discourse.

I very rarely look at new releases these days, and I no longer go to the cinema. I'm sure there have been many subsequent examples but I seem to recall The Joker (brilliant film), being received less than favourably by 'professional' critics, but the general public loved it.

Lost in Translation a serious omission thus far.

Seconded what a steamin pile of sh1te that was.

the shape of water ..................when they have a "smartarse title " the film is usually a pile of shyte!

Walked out the Cinema after an hour Foyle.

Can you believe it Won The Oscar for best picture Foyle.

"Fargo does" does not deserve to get a mention on this thread, imo.
It's a solid 9/10 job in my book.

"Kinda funny looking."

Mission Impossible series & John Wick as well do, however.

Just finished off the final season of Mr. Inbetween....bloody good stuff that.

It's absolutely brilliant Duffy, one of the best series I've ever seen in fact.

nothing suprises me  acey

Fargo was brilliant.

I hate sci-fi, so have never watched star wars and never want to, but everyone is different

Didn't rate Pulp Fiction nor Reservoir Dogs (not really a Tarantino fan, as you could probably guess!).

Tastes can change over time, however. I didn't totally'get' Withnail and I, for example, but I was only around 20 when I first watched it, so might not have got all the references.

As a seven year old sat in the cinema and watching Star Wars for the very first time would have to be the most magical moment ever when it comes to film and tv.

GEORGE.B07 Nov 24 23:55

Stu, out of interest, please name 3 of your favourite films.

Sorry, only just saw this reply:

3 is pretty difficult (so many) and I don't really like to rank films too much as 'the' favourite, but without thinking too deeply I could think of maybe a few (often different reasons).

Like say loved Goodfellas (far more than Godfather), I like a very decent horror/thriller so maybe Silence of the Lambs or Seven (etc), and too add a different type I still love Groundhog Day!

3 would miss off many honourable mentions: The Matrix (first one only though), Shaun of the Dead, The Ring and The Grudge, Zombieland, Love Actually, Dumb and Dumber (yes like silly movies too sometimes!)...etc

Thank you Stu. I was just curious to find out what someone, who doesn't rate The Godfather too much, actually does rate, and tbf some good choices there.

cheers George - wouldn't say I actively dislike The Godfather, should say, rather think it fits the bill for overrated. I've watched it now about 3 times (usually as someone else wants to watch it) and my missus actually loves it (for some reason) despite me!

We do all have different tastes. I think all the movies Stu mentioned in his 18:02 post are really good films that I have watched numerous times. I disliked all the films from his next post though (barring Dumb And Dumber, I love that) which kind of proves the theory.

If you like Dumb And Dumber then you’ll bound to like Kingpin.

Gladiator 2 and nay Russell Crowe?.....Will be the Years biggest Turkey after Joker 2.

Yep, Kingpin I really liked too kenbo

How can anyone not like Shaun of the Dead though, it's a classic (IMO)

I’m not a fan of zombie films. It wasn’t bad though. Possibly the best rom-zom-com film ever made though!

Let  it   Ride Great   funny   horse  racing  film

https://zenporn.com/video/2693492/kim-s-essex-pub-orgy-rare-uk-classic/     I'm in this film, it was shot in my old local near Colchester. The girls are from Clacton. The place has now sadly closed.

JFK the only time I've ever walked out of the flicks halfway through
Absolute garbage....