For me, it's a life thing -- I hate when crap is successful and I hate when great stuff isn't. I'm the same way with music, comedy, everything. It's not only a reflection of society, but the direction it's going in if you have been paying attention to history.

Ideas are as old as the rocks. The artist (and anyone else) should remind people what's best - prioritize.

How does it affect your life if someone likes something you think is crap? They might think what you like is crap.

Indeed. It's so sad to me when people think they objectively know what constitutes good and bad art. More importantly, one of the lousiest sentiments regarding art in my opinion is that it somehow devalues over time. It doesn't - it just changes.

How does it affect your life if someone likes something you think is crap? They might think what you like is crap. I loved Ephesus - thought it was amazing. My husband called it a pile of rubble. No biggy. I don't like the Mona Lisa. Millions would disagree with me and that's fine.

I don't think it's sensitivity here. If you don't like my favorite movie (Goodfellas), I don't give a crap. Maybe you don't like the characters, maybe you don't like swearing, or maybe you just don't like looking at Liotta's pocked up face. All legitimate reasons as far as I'm concerned as nobody should have to explain their taste. But if you're calling it overrated, which means it's not as good as others think it is, then you're telling me I'm wrong. Well tell me why I'm wrong; don't create a thread and have nothing to say.

Things of worth are being created all the time. Every generation has created many things of worth.

It DOES affect my life, I live here!

I want a triumph for good taste. My generation has produced nothing of worth.

Just for an exercise, AVClub's top 50 of the noughties. There is nothing here you think is worth watching?

http://www.avclub.com/article/the-be...-the-00s-35931

Only a few... I disliked more than I liked.. The older movies are just much, much, much better, so if I'm going to watch only one movie a week, I'll go with the probability, I don't wanna waste my time, so there's many movies from that list I'll never get to see.

That's fair enough. Watch what you enjoy. No point sitting through stuff that will annoy or frustrate you.

Out of curiosity, have you seen many movies from the 1930s-70s? If so, do you like non-English ones as well?

Having a thread "Why do we care so much about what's overrated?" is way overrated.

Only a few... I disliked more than I liked.. The older movies are just much, much, much better, so if I'm going to watch only one movie a week, I'll go with the probability, I don't wanna waste my time, so there's many movies from that list I'll never get to see.

Great comeback. Maybe you can try going back to your unpopular opinion thread and post an opinion that doesn't revolve around calling something overrated.



I get the impression that it's easier to think that old movies are inherently better because the sands of time have effectively buried the movies that are anything less than good so the only ones that anyone still cares about these days are the good ones. Meanwhile, we get to see every new movie that comes out regardless of whether or not it's good so that creates an impression that movies these days aren't as good as they were in the Good Old Days. I can understand sticking to watching old ones since there's more of a guarantee that they'll be worth the time, but I wouldn't assume that new movies are automatically lesser just because we don't have the benefit of hindsight to help sort the wheat from the chaff.