The 10 most overrated movies ever
I know it's a sure way to be hated to say anything bad about some of these movies - but I can't stop myself..
(the order is somewhat haphazard)
(the order is somewhat haphazard)
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- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.This is an immaculately made movie with great actors...
... but with a story and characters I can't relate to or care about. It's a lot like "there will be blood" which is also brilliant cinema that is a good way to fall asleep. - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.As a SciFi-loving guy this should be right up my street - but I am bored. I can appreciate arty films as well, but this one is just excruciatingly slow and predicable.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.This movie has a completely insane plot, only stereotypical characters, and violence. It's a bad grindhouse movie with a big budget.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.The friendliest concentration camp ever - enough said.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen AffleckAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.Stupid and over the top - watch "total impact" instead.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJohn CusackThandiwe NewtonChiwetel EjioforA frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.This is just too stupid for words.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.This critically acclaimed Korean film is another example of the "I can't care less" category of films. Nobody in the whole film is worth caring about.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique PinonTwo centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.Let's take the most terrifying alien ever and merge it with a human to make it look like a cross between the big guy in Monsters Inc. and Swamp Thing. A truly abysmal film in a normally great franchise.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsDaniel CraigOlga KurylenkoMathieu AmalricJames Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop an organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.Daniel Craig is a good Bond, but the films have not been good. To me Casino Royale could have worked had it been set in the 50s or 60s and Skyfall seems like a long intro to the next movie. Quantum of Solace is the real stinker of the three: the plot is simply catastrophic.
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryThe human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.I like this franchise, but this movie destroys the plot built up in the first two - it's Highlander 2 all over again (but with much better ratings?!).