What films are overrated, in your opinion?

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Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both movies were sort of dull for me.

I agree with the Hangover.. although I do like that one guy..that I don't know the name of. I would also say Shutter Island, but I only watched 5 minutes of it before shutting it off, so it may not be fair to say. Napoleon Dynamite was my least favorite over-hyped movie.

Godfather - all of them
Rocky - all of them
Memento

The Big Lebowski

I thought it was a pretty good movie, but I was told to expect one of the best films ever. I was also told it was a very quotable movie, full of witty lines, and I just don't see it.

I think it's difficult to compare the two, Nolan intended Batman begins and The Dark knight to have a sense of realism and immensity whereas the 1989 version was made with the intention of clearly being comical, humorous and lighthearted. In terms of production values, character development, directing and acting, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are better but I felt the Dark Knight failed to capture the spirit and atmosphere of Gotham.

There's certain aspects I love about both of them and they both individually deserve merit, Tim Burton certainly always brings the fun factor to the table and Nolan's portrayal is certainly more thought provoking and immense. I think the biggest question now is whether Anne Hathaway can top Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman, we all know how disastrous the spinoff with Halle Berry was.

Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman is still the best incarnation, it will take some beating. I always felt that Burton's Bat-movies captured the dark, brooding and gothic fantasy of Gotham, whereas Nolan's realism makes Gotham more of an urban jungle.

the Dude does NOT abide. My first DVD wore out.

The remake of Dawn of the Dead. To be honest I didn't care too much for the original by George A. Romero, but I couldn't figure out why so many people liked the remake. The movie had practically no character development, and some of the main characters were downright a**holes like the cop played by Ving Rhames. I didn't like the fast zombies as much as the slow zombies in Romero's other films, and it's kind of lame that now every new zombie movie and video game has to show these fast zombies. Also one thing I didn't understand about the remake was the point of the characters trying to escape the shopping mall. I mean the world has ended and zombies are everywhere and they're pretty secure in this building with lots of food and supplies to last them a long time. Then for seemingly no reason they decide to escape their safe shelter and head for some islands, which in the very end of the movie proves to be a stupid decision because the islands are filled with zombies and they get killed. I just couldn't grasp the logic of that, I guess it was just to keep the plot of the film going. In the original Dawn of the Dead the characters were given a more realistic excuse for escaping because the zombies eventually broke into the mall and they had no choice but to leave.

I agree, it's got great ideas and music and bits and moments but overall it's too ponderous and dull and unaffecting. *cue lynching*



I don't think anyone really considers Dune to be a classic. It's mainly thought of as more of a horribly flawed interest piece.

G2 is a borefest. G3 is just a freaking mess.



U mad?

Very much a 3 stars out of 5 movie... just

That's 2 stars more than what I would have rated it if it were up to me.

It'd have to be a very poor film indeed to recieve a one. I thought it was watchable, just not very edifying, and making no lasting impression.

Well I judge films on how they should appeal to my tastes, not how the should appeal to the rest of the world. I could care less about the quality or budget that goes into a film just as long as I find it enjoyable.

But I guess I'm a little biased because I generally don't like remakes, and I feel that any remake of a film automatically lowers its value. The only exception is the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead which I felt was better than the original but it also had the same crew working on it so the intention of the film was to improve the original rather than cash in on it.

I could have though of a much better why to remind myself of things than random tattoos scatter all over. How about a nice, concise paragraph tattooed backwards on your chest so you can read it in the mirror?

Huh, I'd never heard there was a remake of that.