Most Overrated Movies

"Despite" is a finicky word. I don't accept them, I still wish they weren't there.

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Wishing they weren't there isn't the same as not accepting them. I'd also point out that, sometimes, it's the 'imperfections' which make us love it as we do.

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I certainly won't say "I accept them".

Sometimes, but not overwhelmingly.

Audition, The Witch, The Hateful Eight, The Dark Knight Rises, Avatar.

Oh yeah.

I know this is an oft asked question for many films in threads like this, but is The Dark Knight Rises really overrated?

I actually really liked the Dark Knight Rises, but I thought the ending was stupid.

Yes. It gets lumped in with other movies that it is dissimilar to, yet it is hailed as a grand opus for a genre.

I mean, at the time I definitely really enjoyed it. However after really getting to reflect upon the movie and rewatching the first 2 parts of the trilogy you see it really doesn't hold up.

Choices I disagree with the most:

I love that film. Can't see how anyone would think it is overrated.

Two of the greatest films of the '90s.

Yeah, you obviously haven't seen it.

Brilliant picture.

I get that it's an anime series that especially plays to western audiences, but I'm simply in love with it.

No.

Oh God, no. You desperately need to improve your cinematic instincts.

Classic Gunslinger. One of the few things he's wrong about.

Strongly disagree with all of these.

No, it doesn't. The review leaves out a lot of the film's cinematic and thematic richness.

I'm fine with this film being considered (one of) the best film(s) ever made. It's an indisputable masterpiece for me.

I think an ambitious epic film with complex and interesting events and characters like Gone With the Wind is one of the unfortunate things that's missing in modern cinema today. I don't think it's an overrated film, because it's one of the best of its kind ever made.

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I thought I was the only person that liked it.

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I wouldn't have pegged you as a romantic Omnizoa.

I definitely liked The Dark Knight Rises! It just doesn't live up to what it should have been and people make it out as if it is.

Still no ****ing way it's perfect/best movie ever made.

Yes. And I'll summarize why for each one:

Taxi Driver: Inconsequential setup and nonsensical character motivations.
2001: 45 minutes of white noise.
Eraserhead: Nobody gets it, they pretend to get it, but they don't get it. It's just unpleasant.

My instinct was to turn it off since it was boring for the first 10 minutes, but I haven't finished it. I only mention it because like Citizen Kane and even Star Wars it's been elevated to pedestal no movie could ever conceivably reach.

Pulp Fiction was pretty bogus too. I'd say most of Tarantino's hits are.

Fargo was dull.

*shrug*

Are you agreeing with me or not, Omnizoa? I don't think anyone rates The Dark Knight Rises, let alone overrates it, other than fanboys and that video does nothing to dissuade me of that.

Aside from it being in the IMDB Top 50 (Nolan hardon, much?), it's not overrated.

My take on "overrated" and "underrated" films is that there's no such thing. Saying something is overrated is just pseudo-fancy way of saying 'I don't like it as much as others do'.

The Dark Knight Rises is awesome! Nolan is a beast

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Well, in THAT case...

Presented OBJECTIVELY, it's called "overrated".

I thought it was kinda fun, but otherwise gotta disagree with ya there, Derek. The plot is an utter mess and yet people hailed it as "better than The Dark Knight" when it doesn't even reach Batman Begins levels.