I completely agree with all 3 of these, especially The Town. It infuriated me to see how many people gave it such rave reviews. Ben Affleck is a terrible actor and he ruined the movie for me.
Some more overrated movies, in my humble opinion:
There Will Be Blood - Although Daniel Day Lewis was undeniably amazing, the movie as a whole was very boring and a bit full of itself.
Gone With The Wind -- I know this is supposed to be one the all-time greats, but I just couldn't get into it.
The Godfather -- I feel like many people feel obligated to claim that they love this movie, but I'll just come and say it - I didn't enjoy it much.
The King's Speech -- When I finally watched this movie, I got the feeling that its sole purpose was win a damn Oscar. It was so formulaic and cliche.
I never saw
The King's Speech, but from what I heard, it was overrated and not worth the accolades that it won, including Best Picture.
As for
Gone With The Wind, that was
very overrated, imho. I never saw GWTW on the great big, wide movie theatre screen, but, many years ago, when my younger brother was assigned to watch Gone With The Wind as an 8th-grade History assignment, I and the rest of the family watched GWTW with him. I found it boring as anything!
The Godfather, imo, was a bit overrated, but it was a watchable movie, just the same
There Will Be Blood was a very well-done, but harrowing film. It's not a film that I'd want to see again, but it was worth watching just once.
Insofar as
The Town is concerned, I, too, was turned off when so many people gave this particular movie rave reviews. Not only did Ben Affleck play his part rather poorly, but the whole story, imho, was too unrealistsic for me to be willing to momentarily suspend my disbelief for any length of time, if one gets the drift.
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