Shawshank Redemption - Very good movie, but I wouldn't say it was amazing. It's rated number one in IMDb, and I would expect the number one movie to be amazing.
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Read really good reviews for "Arrival" and found it incredibly boring.
Blasphemy! Deserves every credit it gets.
Slumdog Millionaire
How many Oscars was this nominated and how many did it win? Every single one, undeserved. Horrible acting from lead characters and one of the worst AR Rahman scores in his illustrious career.
If there was ever a movie that could be described as a tourist trap, this is it. Worthless.
How many Oscars was this nominated and how many did it win? Every single one, undeserved. Horrible acting from lead characters and one of the worst AR Rahman scores in his illustrious career.
If there was ever a movie that could be described as a tourist trap, this is it. Worthless.
People warned me it was not your typical alien invasion movie, so I was more prepared. Maybe that's why I ended up liking it? It might be a bit overrated but it was one of the better films of 2016 in my opinion (although it was a shite enough year).
Training day. Enjoyed it but it was bigged up as a possible GOAT by a few people I know.
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Matrix is probably the most overrated movie in the history of movies.
Best movie of the year for me.
Star Wars will have been mentioned already, but here's another one for the tally. It's alright, but the amount of fanfare around it is insane.
Theory of everything
The Deer Hunter
Christopher Walken's performance is enough alone to put this into the stratosphere.Science Fiction is my favorite genre but somehow I can't bring myself down to watch any of the Star Wars films. All the characters seem so incredibly silly.
Interstellar
If you cut the movie in half and pretty much focused on the Vietnam stuff it would be far superior.The Deer Hunter
Gone
I only watched the Usual Suspects a couple of year back and while it's a half decent watch, it's really nothing special.
Don't agree. it's about friendship, and relationships at the end of the day, the context needed to be built to make the storyline so compelling.
I tend to agree. Im a huge star war fan. But alot harks from childhood when I was easily impressed. actually showing the movie to an adult that never watched it before can be a but embarrassing at times
Do you have to be a real film buff to say Shawshank? Kind of like a foody saying they don't like McDonalds.
Agreed. The whole story is basically 5 pages: https://mrdylitcirclestories.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/in-a-grove.pdf
Yeah pretty much. It's all nostalgia really, although Empire is a solid film. The two recent films made me realise they're pretty dull as movies go in general, and rely on past references from the films I do somewhat care about in order to be interesting.I tend to agree. Im a huge star war fan. But alot harks from childhood when I was easily impressed. actually showing the movie to an adult that never watched it before can be a but embarrassing at times
I thought it made the movie drag far too much, I mean it was pretty much an interminable film for stretches. 3 hours is a huge amount of time to try and hold interest and I don't think they manage it.
Each to their own. 3hrs is an indulgence to watch a movie, I'd rather 3hrs than 1.5hrs of shite though.
Agree, didn't like it at all.
When i think of it, i might have mentioned it earlier in this theead, definitely worth mentioning a couple times more
Its an interesting one, I can't think of many three hour films that I cared for, I've just googled it and looking through a couple of lists there are only a handful I have seen that I would watch again.
The Exorcist - frequently voted the top horror film of all time. Maybe if you watched it when it first came out it had an impact but it never did for me.
Leon is a rubbish film that's very highly rated
Length of the film is not something I've ever judged a film on.
Birdman - a clever technique with a dull film attached.
Gone with the wind - 4 fecking hours of melodrama.
Breathless - routinely pops up in critics' lists but it's aged badly. Like an extended Fast Show skit.
Gladiator - Ridley Scott should've retired after Blade Runner.
Braveheart - Good action scenes, bad film.
Forrest Gump - Pure schmaltz.
Gone with the wind - 4 fecking hours of melodrama.
Breathless - routinely pops up in critics' lists but it's aged badly. Like an extended Fast Show skit.
Gladiator - Ridley Scott should've retired after Blade Runner.
Braveheart - Good action scenes, bad film.
Forrest Gump - Pure schmaltz.
Its not something I take into account beforehand either, however if a film lasts 3 hours and isn't engaging you're going to notice.
how engaged you are is key, 1hr can seem like 3hr, or vice versa
Which movie would you put as number 1?
Agree with the Deer Hunter. It's fecking awful
Shawshank is amazing. How can you not love it?
Luc Besson's entire filmography deserves a mention.
Amelie
City of God
Pan's Labyrinth
Das Boot
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Run Lola Run
and etc...
Gateway foreign films, once the novelty wears off you realize they're not really that good.
City of God
Pan's Labyrinth
Das Boot
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Run Lola Run
and etc...
Gateway foreign films, once the novelty wears off you realize they're not really that good.
I really don't like Pulp Fiction but it's obviously a great film and I'm wrong.
Most overrated by far....La La Land
And I haven't even seen it yet
And I haven't even seen it yet
Something I'm wondering here is whether some films were just awesome but only in their time.
Pulp fiction I saw aged 19 when it first came out and it completely blew me away.
Fight club was another one. Went to see it knowing nothing about it and I absolutely loved it.
Pulp fiction I saw aged 19 when it first came out and it completely blew me away.
Fight club was another one. Went to see it knowing nothing about it and I absolutely loved it.
Think you're right about the time.
Saw Fight club recently, and it was still brilliant!
I feel like listening to Pixies now