There are some bizarre films being named in this thread, but I can't let this one slide. It's not much fun to watch these days maybe, but its production helped to completely transform Hollywood.
@JiMMy 85 - I appreciate that Easy Rider is part of the 'American New Wave' and that it is admired by many, but I personally find the script weak and not a patch on, for example, 'Midnight Cowboy' or 'Five Easy Pieces' from the same era.
There are some bizarre films being named in this thread, but I can't let this one slide. It's not much fun to watch these days maybe, but its production helped to completely transform Hollywood.
@JiMMy 85 - I appreciate that Easy Rider is part of the 'American New Wave' and that it is admired by many, but I personally find the script weak and not a patch on, for example, 'Midnight Cowboy' or 'Five Easy Pieces' from the same era.
I couldn't get into Five Easy Pieces, just didn't get it. But can't argue with you otherwise! Easy Rider is a hard watch now but goddamn you have to respect what it did. Like many of the movies on here really.
I think Star Wars is way overrated too as is Harry Potter.
As for individual films.
Fight Club North by Northwest Citizen Kaine
All overrated in my opinion
Fight club is a good film
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane are classics
If you're going to call Lord of the Rings overrated it's a bit rich to question these choices.
Not really.
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane still stand up as good films 50+ years after they were made.
Lord of the Rings are voted in the top ten films of all time because they came out in the last 5 or ten years and so are popular. In 20 years time they will be nowhere near top ten film lists.
I think Star Wars is way overrated too as is Harry Potter.
As for individual films.
Fight Club North by Northwest Citizen Kaine
All overrated in my opinion
Fight club is a good film
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane are classics
If you're going to call Lord of the Rings overrated it's a bit rich to question these choices.
Not really.
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane still stand up as good films 50+ years after they were made.
Lord of the Rings are voted in the top ten films of all time because they came out in the last 5 or ten years and so are popular. In 20 years time they will be nowhere near top ten film lists.
Well I watched Citizen Kane for the first time about five years ago and was expecting a masterpiece . I barely got through it. As for North by Northwest considering Hitchcock made such brilliant films like Rear Window and Psycho this doesn't come close to either of those . I hated it.
But with an especial nomination for The English Patient. How did that win nine Oscars? A complete pile of poo. Made worse by the fact that Minghella just let it run on and on and on until he presumably exhausted his supply of film.
These threads are always a nonsense. It's basically people posting popular films they don't like.
Which is the point of the thread!
No it isn't. Surely a rated film is one in which critics and casual watchers generally agree is excellent but you think isn't worthy of it's rating. For example mentioning films you just don't like e.g. star wars, Marvel films, Harry Potter films is generally pretty pointless.
Not seen a film since going to the Welling Granada back in the 70s to see the Apple Dumpling Gang when I was about Eight. All films are over rated figment of other people's imagination, but that's just my opinion of course.
I thought Hell or High Water was shit but the critics loved it.
I loved it. Best film of 2016 for me. What didn't you like about it?
Thought it was really slow and didn't get the point of it. Basic story spread out over two hours.
I liked that it was a fairly slow pace. I found it atmospheric. It was basically a western with something to say about the banking crisis, and while it didn't get overly complicated of provide any twists, I felt it did what it aimed to do very successfully. Not trying to convince you otherwise, each to their own. Just a shame you couldn't get into it I suppose.
I think Star Wars is way overrated too as is Harry Potter.
As for individual films.
Fight Club North by Northwest Citizen Kaine
All overrated in my opinion
Fight club is a good film
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane are classics
If you're going to call Lord of the Rings overrated it's a bit rich to question these choices.
Not really.
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane still stand up as good films 50+ years after they were made.
Lord of the Rings are voted in the top ten films of all time because they came out in the last 5 or ten years and so are popular. In 20 years time they will be nowhere near top ten film lists.
Kane was obviously a big deal for the techniques Welles introduced to the filmmaking process, but as Beds said, it's a boring watch nowadays. NbNW has fared a lot better tho.
LotR might dwindle a little, but I'm not convinced to the degree you state. Even though the effects have dated a little bit, I don't think it will diminish the love for the three. It's excellent storytelling, and an excellent story to tell. And like some of the others mentioned, ushered in groundbreaking techniques and changed the expectation of the genre to the extent that we got a Game of Thrones TV show.
I think Star Wars is way overrated too as is Harry Potter.
As for individual films.
Fight Club North by Northwest Citizen Kaine
All overrated in my opinion
Fight club is a good film
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane are classics
If you're going to call Lord of the Rings overrated it's a bit rich to question these choices.
Not really.
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane still stand up as good films 50+ years after they were made.
Lord of the Rings are voted in the top ten films of all time because they came out in the last 5 or ten years and so are popular. In 20 years time they will be nowhere near top ten film lists.
Kane was obviously a big deal for the techniques Welles introduced to the filmmaking process, but as Beds said, it's a boring watch nowadays. NbNW has fared a lot better tho.
LotR might dwindle a little, but I'm not convinced to the degree you state. Even though the effects have dated a little bit, I don't think it will diminish the love for the three. It's excellent storytelling, and an excellent story to tell. And like some of the others mentioned, ushered in groundbreaking techniques and changed the expectation of the genre to the extent that we got a Game of Thrones TV show.
Dwindle? The stories are terrible like the books and once the thrill of the new wears off they will be largely ignored as great films of all time. Hence overrated.
Watch Citizen Kane many times and never found it boring but it is paced. It isn't smash, bang, wallop like many modern films and I do think people have come to expect something "exciting" to be happening every 30 seconds.
Ditto the Godfather. First 15 minutes is a wedding where no one is killed or shot but it's one the best gangster movies (movies full stop) ever. And there is no swearing in it either something you'd never hear in a gangster film now.
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BTW Donnie Darko is great
North by Northwest and Citizen Kane still stand up as good films 50+ years after they were made.
Lord of the Rings are voted in the top ten films of all time because they came out in the last 5 or ten years and so are popular. In 20 years time they will be nowhere near top ten film lists.
As for North by Northwest considering Hitchcock made such brilliant films like Rear Window and Psycho this doesn't come close to either of those . I hated it.
;-)
But with an especial nomination for The English Patient. How did that win nine Oscars? A complete pile of poo. Made worse by the fact that Minghella just let it run on and on and on until he presumably exhausted his supply of film.
162 minutes of utter tedium.
All films are over rated figment of other people's imagination, but that's just my opinion of course.
LotR might dwindle a little, but I'm not convinced to the degree you state. Even though the effects have dated a little bit, I don't think it will diminish the love for the three. It's excellent storytelling, and an excellent story to tell. And like some of the others mentioned, ushered in groundbreaking techniques and changed the expectation of the genre to the extent that we got a Game of Thrones TV show.
Watch Citizen Kane many times and never found it boring but it is paced. It isn't smash, bang, wallop like many modern films and I do think people have come to expect something "exciting" to be happening every 30 seconds.
Ditto the Godfather. First 15 minutes is a wedding where no one is killed or shot but it's one the best gangster movies (movies full stop) ever. And there is no swearing in it either something you'd never hear in a gangster film now.