Friday Fun list: Most overrated movies

[rjolley]

Pulp Fiction. Definitely. Never saw the appeal.

Ah, and tigercat reminded me...Training Day and Monster's Ball. While I think Denzel and Halle have had Emmy contending performances, these 2 were not them. Overrated movies or not, they were not Emmy winning performances. Source of good Dave Chappelle scripts, though....

[The_herd]

6th Sense
Matrix
Titanic (fell asleep watching this one)
Bull Durham

[IwasHere]

I will go with Lost in Translation as well.

Although I do now understand Japanese Porn. Untill I watched Lost in Translation I could not figure out why every clip of Japanese porn just seemed to be one rape scene after another. Now, I understand that to the Japanese, Rape is a huge turn-on. Hire a prostitue in Japan and you will have to have sex with her as she is yelling, screaming , and crying. I don't get it, but hey what ever floats your boat.

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by panerd

A Clockwork Orange: Maybe this is one of those movies that was ground breaking at the time or maybe I just have a simple mind, but it is just wierd not great. And you can't tell me that I don't understand Kubrick movies is the reason I don't get it because I have enjoyed everything from Dr. Strangelove to Full Metal Jacket to even Eyes Wide Shut and obviously 2001. I just don't get a clockwork orange.

Agreed here. Actually, I would expand the list to include anything by Kubrick. It takes a man with rare talent for boring to make Nicole Kidman naked boring. This guy had it.

[Kodos]

Damn. Got through the first page and a half without Pulp Fiction being mentioned. Then the landslide began. What a piece of shit movie. One of about 2 movies that I've ever walked out on. Horrid worthless piece of shit. I don't understand Tarantino's popularity at all.

And Gladiator was just a third-rate imitation of Braveheart that was inferior in every way to Gibson's flick.

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Damn. Got through the first page and a half without Pulp Fiction being mentioned. Then the landslide began. What a piece of shit movie. One of about 2 movies that I've ever walked out on. Horrid worthless piece of shit. I don't understand Tarantino's popularity at all.

And Gladiator was just a third-rate imitation of Braveheart that was inferior in every way to Gibson's flick.

Agree with your second paragraph wholeheartedly.

But, then again, Pulp Fiction is my favorite non star wars movie, so you lose points there.

[Tigercat]

Originally Posted by Samdari

Agreed here. Actually, I would expand the list to include anything by Kubrick. It takes a man with rare talent for boring to make Nicole Kidman naked boring. This guy had it.

I think she had to be some degree of boring or not as appealing as she could be. The options of sex outside of Cruise's household had to look appealing, as the movie is pretty much through his eyes. You don't want the audience thinking, whats wrong with that man, hes got Nicole Kidman at home! Who cares if she said some displeasing things, go back home and hit THAT!

Its like the opening scene, you start with Kidman getting naked, but theres something so clinical about it, like shes posing for a statue or shes one of her Dr husband's patients getting undressed.

Eyes wide shut can be a really neat movie to think about and ponder about. To think about relationships and the meaning of sex in and out of relationships. If sex is suppose to have inherit danger and mystery and what happens when you cross the line of too much or too little of either.

Its a shame theres lots of people look at it as some kind of softcore skin flick.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Samdari

Agree with your second paragraph wholeheartedly.

But, then again, Pulp Fiction is my favorite non star wars movie, so you lose points there.

I just finished watching the trilogy on DVD last weekend. I just can't comprehend how a guy who made three great movies like that could be the same guy who produced the worthless and utterly un-entertaining prequels. The originals were quick moving, funny, and had all sorts of surprises. And then we get Jar Jar in the prequels? It just doesn't make sense...