Overrated and disappointing films

This may explain your previous comments. 😁

Garbage film

Ah it's a hitchcock style masterpiece, perfect tension and jumps

As comedies go, Bridesmaids was absolute puke!!

Sorry but I cannot understand that comment at all with regards to 'plotwise'. Most movies are basically repeats of themes already done once or twice or godknowshowmany times if they aren't outright remakes. Which only seems to be getting worse as time goes on. Basically making most movies borefests nowadays or outright unwatchable because its just the 7th instalment of Spiderman fights the Green Lantern while demolishing a whole cityscape or something. Yawn.

Matrix offered something completely new idea wise and it had cinematic innovation and style and message too. The sequels were utter rubbish, but the original Matrix was brilliant and a great movie IMO.

green goblin, green lantern is a dc superhero

It’s hardly considered a classic, but I don’t understand why Marcel The Shell With Shoes On has got vaguely positive reviews. I found it to be puke-inducingly twee with the most obnoxious ‘cute’ voice for the lead character (who is indeed an animated shell with one disturbingly large eye)

When asked about his participation in 'JAWS : The Revenge', Michael Caine famously replied...

"I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."

I was very underwhelmed by "The Departed".

Now, I will admit, much of this was down to the fact that I'd been a big fan of the original "Infernal Affairs" trilogy. I remember renting them out on DVD in my local Xtravision as they were coming out and championing them to anyone who would listen. Like The Departed, it had a monster cast: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Eric Tsang, Tony Wong, Kelly Chen.

The first film pretty much following the same path as The Departed. The second was a prequel, mainly charting the rise of Eric Tsang's mob boss Sam and Tony Wong's Chief Inspector Wong. The third movie flipping between 6 months before the end of movie 1 and 6 months after with all the cast returning

But on top of the familiarity, I just wasn't gone on some of the remake characters:

What was the point of Mark Whalburg except to be angry?

Jack Nicholson was just, well, doing Jaaaaaaack that he's been doing for years. Compare his histrionics with Tsang's quiet anger and menace.

Leung's pent-up anguish and quiet desperation to get out compared with DiCaprio's Oscar-baiting twitching affectations.

Plus... It just looked so cool. That late 90s/early 00s Hong Kong style: Cool colour palette, sharp clothes (Well, for the time), rooftops, Mexican stand-offs, Mexican stand-offs ON rooftops, flashbacks to something that happened like 5 mins before. Not quite as bombastic as John Woo (Fewer doves).

I just thought it was.... well.... meh

I think you can add all Wes Anderson films to this category

He must just be laughing at us. 'I can't believe they keep letting me make the same film over and over and over again"

Scarface.

Pacino at his most hammy, obvious story, loved by scumbags.

I struggled all the way through it and my conclusion is that it was in fact absolute rubbish. Nothing Nowhere not happening. Can’t believe it won big at the Oscars, it was time for a sci-fi or even horror film to win big but not this one.

I rewatched them recently (About 18 months ago). Just to see if it was a rose-tinted glasses affair (No pun intended) and they really hold up. Sure, you still have all the usual clichés mentioned above and it's a bit dated at parts but they really did hold up surprisingly well.

The first one is great: You know the story

The second is a prequel following the rise of Sam and Wong and is also very good. Not quite as good as the first but still well worth a watch

The third is set about 6 months before the end of the first and 6 months after and is really excellent. Quite possibly the best of the trilogy. Unfortunately I do not see it on any streamers (After renting them originally I spent quite a bit of money importing them on DVD many years ago), Definitely worth trying to see

I thought ‘2001 a space odyssey’ was total horse sh1t.

I think people of a certain age have a lot of nostalgia for the Karate Kid because we saw it a million times when we were young. The tournament montage still stand up though and the overacting of some of the younger cast is fun to watch especially Steve McQueen's son.

That Will Ferrel Elf movie. Utterly hate it and the way its become seen as some kind of Christmas "classic". Not a fan of Ferrel in general, Anchorman is hugely overated as well.

I love most sci-fi but that film is utter scutter. I think a lot of people are afraid to say they didnt like it.

Was gonna post that when I saw the Xmas ads for it but u got in ahead of me. What an overrated film, nothing really happened in it. It was the most untroubled story of Belfast history I ever saw.

"It's an incredible film and even that bit more incredible given it was made in 1968"

Would have been better with just the HAL story and not the obilisk stuff.

Wouldn't be anywhere near my top sci-fi list.

Ohhhhhhhhh......

Now......

OK. Now I actually disagree with you in that i think Spirited Away is a masterpiece. BUT I will agree that it was not especially for a mainstream/non-anime fan audience.

I am a huge Studio Ghibli fan (the animation studio that made the movie) and have visited their museum outside Tokyo many times. Last time being less than three months ago.

But that's a different thread. I can understand your reception of Spirited Away. I remember, as you say, the (deserved) fawning over it. (For most people raised on Disney etc, Japanese animation can look less smooth and more jerky. But that is a intentional, cultural design choice... that is a whole other thing). I thought it deserved it but I absolutely also remember thinking "It's brilliant, (the brief bit on the train just kills me)... but it's not for everyone"

So, while I do not agree with you (as others would not agree with my opinion that Scarface is overrated) I know where you are coming from. If you have kids I would suggest starting with "My neighbour Totoro" or "Ponyo" and I will now stop trying to convert people :)

Anyway... Next?

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I find Studio Ghibli looks great but I tend to get bored with the fantasy plots. The only one I really loved was The Wind Rises.

Also loved Grave of the Fireflies which many mistake for a proper Studio Ghibli.