Originally Posted by limboslam
Rebel Without a Cause. Made me laugh. Acting was a joke
Casablanca. Bored me silly
English Patient. Bored me to tears. Be patient, be very patient
Breakfast at Tiffany's. She's a WHORE! Can't they figure it out?
Brokeback Mtn. They weren't cowboys--they're sheepherders.
I agree with those picks except Brokeback Mountain...cowboys, sheepboys, so what?
Anyway, since this thread has had a bit of life kicked into it I thought I'd post my most overrated films...
The Shawshank Redemption. Seriously, don't tell me I'm the only one who thinks this is monstrously overrated? I'm not saying it's bad, but consistently in top 10 or 5 of all time lists? It's a prison movie. It's slow. I just can't believe it is so highly rated. It makes me think that some people rate it because other people rate it, not because they actually like it.
Chicago. Nasty, sleazy, style over substance. And that's just Richard Gere. Not one of the best musicals ever.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. All those oscars! One for each ending of the film, perhaps? Too many 'big moments', too much hairy Mortensen, too much bluster.
Closer. Yuk. Left a bad taste in the mouth. More of a play than a film. All the characters were so repulsive I didn't enjoy two hours in their company.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Pretty. Pretty dull. Pretty pointless.
The Exorcist. Not scary, not interesting.
Goodfellas. The greatness of the Godfather was that there was something to sympathise with in the mafia family, some likeable qualities. In goodfellas they are all psychos or wannabe psychos.
The Usual Suspects. This is a goood film, but I just don't think it is as brilliant as people say.
Midnight Cowboy. Didn't like this at all.
The Breakfast Club etc. I don't see the appeal of these stereotype movies. The bit in the Breakfast Club when the 'weird' girl takes her black make up off and suddenly becomes normal and fancied by the jock makes me want to throw up.