world's most overrated movie?

[who_311]

Originally posted by Jack_Dubious

Rob Reiner made "This is Spinal Tap".

Oh yeah, thanks for the correction. I havent seen that movie in a long time, sorry bout that.

[SG Avenger]

Braveheart. Good lord I wanted to leave the theater so bad when i saw that movie.. hour after hour of the same battles and dull martyrdom

[Albinonewt]

Originally posted by SG Avenger
Braveheart. Good lord I wanted to leave the theater so bad when i saw that movie.. hour after hour of the same battles and dull martyrdom

I kevetched when I read that post.

Braveheart has to be one of my favorite movies of all times. I still watch it at home on a regular basis. Put it up on the bigscreen and crank the sound system to the point that my neighbors think I'm leading an army of druken scottsmen through their lawn!

[aaron_mag]

Braveheart was an okay movie. Definetely not great and I am a major Mel Gibson fan. It was just so hokey especially if you actually read the history of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.

The one highlight in the movie was Edward the Lawgiver (as he is known in British history books). He was cracking me up.

Matrix Revolutions sucked. Period. Don't give me this trilogy stuff. Half the friggin movie was a dance video with scenes of Neo having sex. It was just bad and left you wondering several times why he just didn't fly away from most of his fights.

Now lets talk about good movies that were in the middle of a trilogy. I'd say two towers and empire strikes back. Great movies that didn't rely on the last movie to make it "make sense". New star wars movies suck. Once again period.

[BobTheCow]

Yeah both LOTR so far have been really good.
And don't get me wrong, I liked them -- a LOT -- but they don't even compare to the books... so much had to get cut out of the movie just to make it a sane length...
^hmm not sure where I was goin with that, besides the fact that the books are freakin awesome.

Yes, new Star Wars movies were horrible.

Empire Strikes Back? You could honestly watch that by itself and enjoy it? I know I sure couldn't... it fulfilled its purpose (quite well) as the second in a trilogy, but I certainly don't see it as an exceptional stand-alone film.

[MicrOMag]

Originally posted by Ov3rmind
I loved Pulp Fiction, but I have yet to see Resevoir Dogs. The similarities may be due to the fact that Quentin Tarantino directed both movies.

and the timeline is based on the same premise.

[MicrOMag]

the matrix reloaded was waaaaaay overrated... btw i love resevoir dogs

w3rd about the matrix reloaded being way overrated. i was flipping out because it was so boring and taking so long, i rather have been at work.

[LIGHTEMUP]

the medalion i cannot stand those crappy commercials ne more and the music just anoys me to death

[Hasty8]

Originally posted by impostal22


it's a documentary bro, it's mostly facts....what are you smoking?

Brother, you need to check the facts first.

Point 1 - BFC is NOT a documentary. Websters defines "documentary" as "Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film." This, Michael Moore did not do. By using "special editing retouches" Michael lied to the public and created false impressions.

This is not wrong in the film media, but it is wrong when in a documentary. Point of fact - Look over the montage scene of the "NRA Pro-gun rally" held in CO after the shooting. Moor depicted it as such and even spliced a scene in that montage of Charles Heston, then President of the NRA, holding a Revolutionary War-era black powder musket over his head and saying "From My Cold Dead Hands".

Two things to realize about that scene. First, it was no "pro-gun" rally but it was the annual NRA membership meeting. These meetings last about 3 - 5 days and have many exhibts to attend. Also, the paperwork for these meetings must be filed far is advance and were in the public record long before the shootings at the school. Since many hundreds of people had already bought airfare and such the NRA decided to just hold important, required meetings, and cut almost all the extra exhibits and shows out of respect for the local community.

Second, that shot of Charles Heston with the musket was taken almost two years after the NRA meeting in CO at the celebration for Mr. Heston's service and deditcation to the NRA.

Now, how can you possibly explain that the video clip of Mr. Heston had ANY right, whatsoever in the Columbine video? It had nothing to do with it at all.

Also, BCF has made almost 20 million dollars to date I believe, yet Mr. Moore has yet to give a single dime to the families effected or even to make a single donation TO THE BRADY CAMPAIGN!!!

This guy doesn't want responsible gun laws. If there were he would have nothing to make "documentaries" about. There is just as much bllod on Mr. Moore's hands as there are on Klebold and HArris'. Why do I say this. Because I am willing to bet vital parts of my anatomy that the two of them thought that their story and their names were going to be top news items. I am positive that they thought there would be action figures and comic books made after them and Moore just proved them right.

Face it folks, guns are not the problem. Negligent parents who prefer to let their kids live alone with cable tv and the internet are to blame. I am a father of a five year old and I have guns, both paintball and gun powder.

Yes, I have and still am teaching him how to shoot both.

I am also teaching him to repect life. I do something that is apparently very odd these days. I talk with my son. Not to him, but with him. When I see something on tv that I do not like I do not simply forbid it but I explain why it is wrong.

I'm not saying that I'm the golden child when it comes to parenting. I've made mistakes. We all do. The point is to learn from them.

/rant

P.S. Bridges of MAdison County gets my vote for Most Overrated. So do any of the Austin Powers movies.

[SomebodySomeoneRTPcf]

since we are talking about movies.....GILLI SUX!!! (is that how you spell it?)

[Hasty8]

Originally posted by SomebodySomeoneRTPcf
since we are talking about movies.....GILLI SUX!!! (is that how you spell it?)

Oh god! That (Gigli) doesn't even count as a movie! Gigli is what happens when someone slips a roofie into a movie studios cocktail and Gigli is what they puke up the next day!

[Mossman]

QUENTIN > ALL

[Miscue]

I thought the last few Batman movies sucked. Not a big fan of the latest 007 movies either.