Movies that are total hyped crap that everyone raved about:

[reallyscrued]

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Kill Bill

/flamesuit on

With you on LOTR. Throw Harry Potter in there too.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

any recent movie that wasn't moon or senna

 

[zerocool84]

The Hurt Locker is amazing. the ending is perfect, b/c that is what the film is about.

No one should have to apologize for the stupidity of the viewer.

I didn't like it at all. People were raving at how realistic it was but it was far from it. I've already said my peace many times about that movie so I won't bring it up again.

And I didn't think the new True Grit was that good at all either. I really enjoyed the John Wayne version but the new one felt too flat for me.

 

[KeithTalent]

Oh yeah Grave of the Fireflies too. Fuck that movie.

KT

Edit: I have issues with cartoons apparently.

 

[Zeze]

True Grit--really? wtfman.

I'm serious- with an open mind. What made the movie so great?

 

[Ns1]

Napoleon Dynamite. Holy hell did that movie ever blow goats. How it got so popular is beyond me.

tried to watch it 3x never got through it.

 

[pontifex]

Let The Right One In - pure garbage

 

[MotionMan]

Lost in Translation - I kept waiting for it to actually start the plot part of the movie, then it was over.

MotionMan

 

[RPD]

ND never did anything for me, but I could see why people like it.

Also for some reason I also enjoy watching the Core, just because it's so over the top bad it wonders into enjoyable. But I don't think it was hyped and raved about like the OP suggested.

The last time someone hyped up or raved about a movie that I was disappointed with was 300, after hearing how it was the best movie ever etc after watching it in the theater for the first time I was kinda disappointed. I've since purchased it and watched it many times, but after the 1st viewing after all the build up I was slightly disappointed.

 

[KeithTalent]

ND never did anything for me, but I could see why people like it.

Also for some reason I also enjoy watching the Core, just because it's so over the top bad it wonders into enjoyable. But I don't think it was hyped and raved about like the OP suggested.

The last time someone hyped up or raved about a movie that I was disappointed with was 300, after hearing how it was the best movie ever etc after watching it in the theater for the first time I was kinda disappointed. I've since purchased it and watched it many times, but after the 1st viewing after all the build up I was slightly disappointed.

300 sucked. I found it boring.

KT

 

[sactoking]

Movies that are total hyped crap that everyone raved about:

Precious
Juno
Hurt Locker
Million Dollar Baby
Avatar
Titanic
Slumdog Millionaire
The Social Network
The English Patient
American Beauty
Gone with the Wind
Citizen Cane

 

[shortylickens]

Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds.

I think people were in love with Quentin after Resoviour Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and they would suck his dick regardless of any shitty movies after that.

 

[zoiks]

Pulp fiction. That movie sucked both times when I watched it.

 

[zerocool84]

Before I forget, Dark Knight.

Not a horrible movie at all but people everywhere were saying it's one of the greatest movies of all time. These people must not watch that many good movies.

 

[shortylickens]

Before I forget, Dark Knight.

Not a horrible movie at all but people everywhere were saying it's one of the greatest movies of all time. These people must not watch that many good movies.

That and Star Trek were both good movies but if you watched the TV spots and bought into the hype you were in for a big let down.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Any Nolan movie (especially Inception)
Avatar

 

[yhelothar]

District 9
Spiderman
Chronicles of Narnia

 

[zinfamous]

Up! Blech; and that goes for most Pixar nonsense. I do not understand why everyone soils their panties as soon as a new Pixar film comes out.

I did like Wall-E, particularly the first half.

KT

You, sir.

are a bastard in a basket.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Juno - Not funny. I don't know why critics were crazy over this. They also shoved 'teen pregnancy is ok, just get them adopted!' down your throat.

Precious- What the fuck is this shit? Yes, it is a decent drama. But it didn't deserve all that talk and awards. That whale main actress didn't do any GROUNDBREAKING acts. She just acted herself.

True Grit- Why? An uneventful storyline... they go look for the killer, finds him by accident, then Bridges carry her all the way back. Okay? Not heartwarming, funny, witty, nor dramatic

And Hurt Locker?



Wow dude what movies DO you like?

 

[datalink7]

The Hurt Locker is amazing. the ending is perfect, b/c that is what the film is about.

No one should have to apologize for the stupidity of the viewer.

I hated The Hurt Locker because it tried to portray itself as realistic and it was completely unrealistic to the point of stupidity. Pure crap.

 

[ussfletcher]

Napoleon dynamite was garbage, as well as any Adam Sandler movie since Happy Gilmore, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, and I didn't particularly like Avatar.

 

[The_Dude8]

Precious
Juno
Hurt Locker
Million Dollar Baby
Avatar
Titanic
Slumdog Millionaire
The Social Network
The English Patient
American Beauty
Gone with the Wind
Citizen Cane

so what you're saying, that all oscars winners are over hype movies?

 

[PieIsAwesome]

District 9
Spiderman
Chronicles of Narnia

People raved about that crap?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Precious
Juno
Hurt Locker
Million Dollar Baby
Avatar
Titanic
Slumdog Millionaire
The Social Network
The English Patient
American Beauty
Gone with the Wind
Citizen Cane

This is a strong list IMO. I liked Slumdog Millionaire and Hurt Locker, and loved American Beauty, but otherwise you're spot-on.

I would argue Jason Reitman must be the most overrated director of all time - between his 3 films (Thank You For Smoking, Juno, and Up In the Air), he has made 3 films that warranted an average of 2.5/5 stars, yet he has garnered average reviews of more like 4.5/5 stars.

To me Tim Burton is also incredibly overrated. Most of the movies are mediocre and some (e.g., Planet of the Apes, Alice in Wonderland, Willy Wonka) are unmitigated crap.

Peter Jackson is also often guilty of making overrated films in my view, including LOTR (seriously!), King Kong, and even his early work (Dead Alive is a cult classic that just doesn't deserve the acclaim).

My list of some other overrated films (not necessarily bad - just overrated):

127 Hours
Black Swan
The Kids Are All Right
Inception
An Education
The Reader
Forrest Gump
Gangs of New York
Letters from Iwo Jima/Flags of Our Fathers
Little Miss Sunshine
Sunshine Cleaning
Crash
Lost in Translation
Gladiator

 

[ussfletcher]

*snip* Citizen Kane

Woah, really? That movie was great.