Generally Well regarded films that you thought were rubbish

[fire&skill]

A History of Violence. Poor.

 

[Questions]

Apocolypse Now
The Shawshank Redemption

Both deemed as classics but both grossly overrated in my opinion.

Although I think Coppella's first 2 Godfather films are crime graphic masterpieces.
So it's not the director with Apocalypse Now although Darabont is a crap director.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Slumdog Millionaire. Overated. 5.2

 

[StonehamPark]

Snatch and Lock Stock were triumphs, strange

Tbh I can't stand Guy Ritchie films and the constant need to 'Over English' everything.
I also can't get into films where I can predict what's going to happen throughout it's entirety. Very average film maker imo, one trick pony.

 

[Funnell]

Any of the Coen brothers films, particularly the big lebowski. Find them all mind numbingly boring.

The shining, massive disappointment. Taxi driver the same. Though it is harder for a film to impress when it has so much hype.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Apocolypse Now
The Shawshank Redemption

Both deemed as classics but both grossly overrated in my opinion.

Although I think Coppella's first 2 Godfather films are crime graphic masterpieces.
So it's not the director with Apocalypse Now although Darabont is a crap director.

I agree with AN. Totally. The Shawshank Redemption. No.

 

[ILIKECANDLES]

Controversial I know but I was bored shitless watching The Godfather, the fact that it was just a load of mumbling dialogue that I could not understand did not help.

Fail.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Tbh I can't stand Guy Ritchie films and the constant need to 'Over English' everything.
I also can't get into films where I can predict what's going to happen throughout it's entirety. Very average film maker imo, one trick pony.

A new found respect for Ritchie for Sherlock Holmes, especially the first one though to be fair. I did not think he was capable of directing a very decent film but apparently he is.

 

[Bladders]

Oh wait a minute, now you are messing with the universal order of things

Ted Knight vs Rodney Dangerfield bits are funny, Chevy Chase being force fed a bong and beer whilst plying through Bill Murrays hut is funny..............AND THAT IS IT.

 

[Questions]

Largely Over-Rated 'Films' - All taken from IMDB top 250

Fight Club
Se7en
The Shining
Wall-E
A Clockwork Orange
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Braveheart
Snatch
Lock Stock
Kill Bill
Trainspotting

I,d go with all of them although I found Se7en half decent.

 

[martyn20]

Tbh I can't stand Guy Ritchie films and the constant need to 'Over English' everything.
I also can't get into films where I can predict what's going to happen throughout it's entirety. Very average film maker imo, one trick pony.

Ritchie's best movie is RocknRolla, just amazing

 

[Acker79]

Pretty much all kubrick films
Godfather parts 1 and 2
Raging Bull
The Good the bad the ugly
The magnificent 7
Grave of the fireflies
several akira kurosawa

 

[highway61]

Blair Witch Project.
Garbage, utter, unadulterated, garbage.

i always regard that one as maybe the biggest waste of time ever

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Star Wars, I've tried and tried so many times to just sit through one of the films but I just can't do it. People shooting Aliens?

There's not actually THAT many aliens in Starwars.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

There's not actually THAT many aliens in Starwars.

Quite a few odd ones in the bar scene.

 

[Don Quixote]

Every single film will be in this thread.

 

[Wilko]

Fail.

I am not alone on my thoughts on this!

 

[Acker79]

There's not actually THAT many aliens in Starwars.

Technically, they're all aliens, really. Just some are humanoid.

 

[Bladders]

Ritchie's best movie is RocknRolla, just amazing

Don't you mean his worst?

 

[StonehamPark]

A new found respect for Ritchie for Sherlock Holmes, especially the first one though to be fair. I did not think he was capable of directing a very decent film but apparently he is.

To be fair, I quite enjoyed the first SH and haven't yet seen the sequel although I'm not too keen after some of the reviews. I'll catch it on Sky Movies if it's on.
As for Se7en, I think it's a fair film, good idea but very forgettable.
I'm a right film buff and loving these threads