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[Film] Overrated films?



studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
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I’d like to add anything with Sandra Bullock in. Crash, Gravity etc... awful, awful films made even worse by an awful, awful actress.

I'm with you on Gravity, it's just a movie that a cable station may pick up. Special effects just a substitute for anything resembling a plot
 










Badger

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May 8, 2007
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Is there going to be an overrated TV shows thread? I'd like to nominate Breaking Bad.

Seconded. I got about five episodes into season 2 before I finally ditched it.
 




seagulls4ever

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Oct 2, 2003
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I adored Breaking Bad. Plus it starred CH as Gustavo Fring.

I’d nominate The Good Wife. Promising at first, then each episode, hundreds of them, followed the same plot.

I liked Breaking Bad, but people talk about it like it's up there with the best TV shows of all time. It's not that good. It was an enjoyable watch, but it didn't have me swooning.

I haven't seen The Good Wife, but it seems like a lot of TV shows follow that format.
 


Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011
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I liked Breaking Bad, but people talk about it like it's up there with the best TV shows of all time. It's not that good.

I haven't seen The Good Wife, but it seems like a lot of TV shows follow that format.

I was lucky in watching BB only a year ago, with no preconceived ideas from media / public hype. I wasn’t aware people went on about it.
 


seagulls4ever

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Oct 2, 2003
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I was lucky in watching BB only a year ago, with no preconceived ideas from media / public hype. I wasn’t aware people went on about it.

I think I may have enjoyed it more if I wasn't aware of the hype surrounding it. I went into it with high expectations which were not met.
 




Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
31,336
Uffern
Can't be bothered to read the whole thread but there are two that really stand out for me.

The Deer Hunter - seemed to have nothing to say but took a long time saying it

Shawshank Redemption - it's well made, I'll give you that, but it's dull and formulaic. I've seen a lost worse but a hell of a lot better. The makers should have been tied down, made to watch A Man Escaped and seen how Bresson can build tension without words.
 


alfredmizen

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Mar 11, 2015
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Did you see something of yourself in the Ben Kingsley character ? too close to home perhaps ?

no mate , for starters i may come across as aggressive on here but im not really (stop laughing at the back !) i just think ben kingsley( its sir ben) was totally unconvincing
 
















Cheeky Monkey

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Jul 17, 2003
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The Deer Hunter - seemed to have nothing to say but took a long time saying it

Which is precisely why BG has been signed up to star in the remake, set in Haywards Heath and the killing fields of Hassocks and renamed The Beer Hunter it depicts one retired landlords's long-winded search for the perfect pint of Harveys.
 








Uncle Spielberg

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Jul 6, 2003
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Odd how people see films differently. Many of my favourites on here. I do think the impact of a film can depend hugely on your mood on viewing and where you are in life at the time. A film can resonate with you and watched again does not have the same impact
 


Raskolnikov

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Aug 13, 2014
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I hope Pulp Fiction is on here. Decided to watch it a few weeks back for the first time and found the plot to be surprisingly weak. No idea why it is so glorified, especially among my generation - perhaps because it isn't a remake?
 


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