Overrated sh!te.

[Bewlay Bros]

What the most overrated films you can think of.

Going by stars given and the arty farty film critics guides etc. I would have to conclude that Dr Stranglove has to be one of them. I simply do not get the hype of the film. It is, in my humble opinion, poorly acted, poorly shot and just boring.

Others will include

Lawrence of Arabia (good but not great)
El Marachi (just boring if you ask me)
Titanic (all those Oscars?????)
Ghandi (good, but one viewing is all you need)
Crouching Tiger (what a load of poppyc0ck)

Am I right in my depiction and can you think of any more overrated stuff that the text books insist are essential viewing?

[bananie]

Dr Zhivago and Gone With the Wind, crap. both of them.

[cazzz1975]

over rated stuff does not end there what about

Miss Dynamite
Lily Allen
ricky gervais
catherine tate
leon jackson (winner of xfactor)
Lucy Thomas
Little Britain
Amy Winehouse


ect....

[Aprilis]

You're right there bananie, Gone With The Wind...what a load of boring old poo!

[SRH]

The English Patient - in fact anything with Ralph 'yawn' Fiennes in.

[Bewlay Bros]

I can not recall my Turners top 1000 MOVIES to see before you die mentioning "you must go and see Leon Jackson".

Cazzzzzzzzzzzzzz, maybe you have missed my point.

[Lie-in King]

I have seen all of these, & wish I could have the time back...

All the Godfather films
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Eraserhead
ET

That's enough, I'm getting depressed...

[Bewlay Bros]

Gone with the Wind is simply too long and I read somewhere they edited about 45 minutes out!!!

The English Patient, never seen it. I like Juliette Binoche in Chocolate however.

[cazzz1975]

sorry bewley, word association always pulls up those names for me when I hear "overrated"

[Bewlay Bros]

Godfather, yes a little overrated but Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs and ET, no, no and thrice no.

Great movies.

[cazzz1975]

I found pulp fiction very disappointing.

[bananie]

i agree, I like Tarantino, but I would argue that From Dusk till Dawn was the best. Just my opinion tho. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are class. I don't like Titanic either and, horror of horrors, Dirty Dancing - what a pile of *****.

[Bewlay Bros]

Dirty Dancing I agree was sh!te in the 80's and is sh!te now. It hasn't aged well at all.

However The Dirty Dozen is and will always be a classic.

[flipnflap]

Citizen Kane, without doubt

[bananie]

I thought American Beauty was good, but overrated.

[B00]

Armageddon, only good thing in it was the soundtrack and The Bodyguard, can't stand old Whitney and thought her version of the song in it was appalling, not a patch on Dolly!

[Louisa 69]

I was really disappointed with "White Christmas" and wasn't keen on the Star Wars films.

[Bewlay Bros]

Mmmmm Matrix were not great, agreed.

Booster Girl, what highbrow survey has ever stated that "The Body Guard" is essential viewing, preytell?

[Fanriffic]

It's A Wonderful Life - what a load of old she-height.

I was told this was a great movie to watch by the girls at work so I bought the DVD before Christmas and watched it on Christmas Eve. What a let down.
I then had to watch Home Alone to get me back in to the Christmas mood. Twice.

Very overrated movie. Never again.