Overrated Films - According to Huffington Post...

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

I remember being not that impressed after the Oscars were over and watching The Hurt Locker too. I'll have to give that one another watch. But the rest of that list is crap. Way too many of those are popular, too easy shots, and have crappy explanations as to why they are 'overrated.'

I haven't watched The Hurt Locker in years. I even bought the Blu about two years ago and I still haven't watched it.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

I haven't watched The Hurt Locker in years. I even bought the Blu about two years ago and I still haven't watched it.

The Oscar Best Picture Winners rarely seem to be favorites among moviegoers, at least nowadays.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

The Oscar Best Picture Winners rarely seem to be favorites among moviegoers, at least nowadays.

It's always been that way. I love the Oscars but take their winners with a grain of salt as the Academy is very biased towards certain types of films.

As far as a film being overrated, I find haters tend to love to use that word. There are plenty of well regarded films that I don't embrace as much as some, but I think it'd be a tad simplistic to call them over rated.

The Matrix isn't over rated. It was groundbreaking and innovative. To call it "overrated" is just silly IMO.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by NoDoubt

No one can really absolutely agree with 1 film being overrated.

For me, it's The Dark Knight. Let's see how many people will hate me

Well that certainly didn't last long.

[Xenia]

I agree about Gravity, Blue is the Warmest Color, and Avatar. Obviously this is all opinion but I think other than that this list is outrageous. The Matrix and Drive being the most "wtf" listings.

[Chloenator]

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

It's always been that way. I love the Oscars but take their winners with a grain of salt as the Academy is very biased towards certain types of films.

Exactly. IMO, 12 Years a Slave is overrated. There were quite a few films more deserving of best picture, IMO.

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Well that certainly didn't last long.

Let's see how long it takes for The Shawshank Redemption to be mentioned.

[iank]

Huffington Post is a joke.

[Thomas Guycott]

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

The Matrix isn't over rated. It was groundbreaking and innovative. To call it "overrated" is just silly IMO.

The Matrix is only overrated in the sense of its philosophical and metaphysical messages and themes: still an outstanding film, but there's nothing it says which hasn't already been expressed for years in cyberpunk and other genre fiction.

[qb2333]

Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

The Matrix is only overrated in the sense of its philosophical and metaphysical messages and themes: still an outstanding film, but there's nothing it says which hasn't already been expressed for years in cyberpunk and other genre fiction.

That's deep but I'm pretty sure no one went into the movie saying, yeah this is just like that other movie I saw. Groundbreaking movie no matter how you slice it

[Kevin Holly]

Least. Necessary. List. Ever.

It's one thing for us to ***** on this forum that xxx makes too much popularity, but for a fairly respected (?) thing the Huffington Post? Seriously? Of all the film lists they could have made??

Originally Posted by NoDoubt

For me, it's The Dark Knight. Let's see how many people will hate me

You're YEARS late to that party, pal.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Sad Beautiful Tragic

Agreed. Inception is highly overrated, IMO.

Well, too bad they didn't include Lion King, so they could have put it together with Inception and Matrix for the "Convicted Anime Plagiarisms Praised to the Skies By Gullible Non-Anime Fans" trilogy.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by iank

Huffington Post is a joke.

Not hardly....love the Huff!

[aiman04]

Huffington Post is overrated. But I don't like Drive to..

[bootsy]

At least one poster has stated Inception, Avatar and The Dark Knight are overrated. The trilogy is complete.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by mrr1

The backlash against 'Avatar' is hilarious. I think people just don't like the fact that it made so much money. Before that most people seemed to like it.

They did the exact same thing when 'Titanic' became such a high-grossing movie. People also did it with 'The Dark Knight', but not as much.

Maybe people just don't like James Cameron?

I don't know if "Avatar" is overrated or not. I just know that I don't like it, and have never seen the whole thing in one sitting.

That being said ...

That list is effin' stupid. And all one needs do is read the commentary on "Blue Valentine" to understand that. Whether one likes or dislikes BV, what that writer wrote about it is utterly inane, and shows that s/he has absolute ZERO understanding of the film.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

It's always been that way. I love the Oscars but take their winners with a grain of salt as the Academy is very biased towards certain types of films.

As far as a film being overrated, I find haters tend to love to use that word. There are plenty of well regarded films that I don't embrace as much as some, but I think it'd be a tad simplistic to call them over rated.

The Matrix isn't over rated. It was groundbreaking and innovative. To call it "overrated" is just silly IMO.

I don't disagree that it was groundbreaking, but all everyone talks about is the bullet time and cg effects. And as I said, I don't dislike the movie. I actually very much like it. It's a cool action/sci-fi movie. I still view it as overrated. It's frequently named as one of the best movies ever made, which I simply disagree with, but that's a whole other discussion. To call any popular film overrated is going to seem silly to someone else who likes the film.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Well, too bad they didn't include Lion King, so they could have put it together with Inception and Matrix for the "Convicted Anime Plagiarisms Praised to the Skies By Gullible Non-Anime Fans" trilogy.

ITT: Apparently something inspired by Hamlet is actually inspired by something centuries newer.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

I still very much like The Matrix but I have for awhile considered that one way overrated. I know I'll get flack for that.

Competely agree. I thought it was 'just okay' the first time I saw it, and my opinion hasn't changed over the years. Wildly overrated.

Other contenders for "Most Overrated Movies EVER"

Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Usual Suspects, The
Sixth Sense, The
Casino

[Gizz]

I just watched Gravity a couple of weeks ago for the first time and did not get all the love for the film it ok. As for Avatar well I have never liked the film at all. James Cameron was a great filmmaker with films like Aliens, True Lies and The Abyss on his cv but Avatar was just awful.