Highly Rated Movies That You Think Are Overrated

[Uniformed_ReRe]

Armageddon

The audacity to make this maudlin soap opera three hours long!

It seemed like this was highly-rated in its day, but it looks like its reputation has (rightfully) diminished.

 

[Moral]

Armageddon

The audacity to make this maudlin soap opera three hours long!

It seemed like this was highly-rated in its day, but it looks like its reputation has (rightfully) diminished.

This is going to really upset some people here.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

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And I can't really say that since I've never seen it. I fell asleep in the theater. Rented it several years later thinking it had to be better than that. Fell asleep again. And it wasn't just me...my no-pic wife did the same. Both times.😴😴😴😴 To this day, we have no idea what that movie is about.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Since most seem to ignore the "highly rated" qualifier in the OP...I'll do the same.

Princess Bride. It's a weak attempt to be Monty Python-esque.

 

[beanerhawk]

The Matrix. I'm assuming all of them but I haven't seen them all. I never finished the 1st one to be honest it was so bad I turned it off.

 

[BonzoFury]

Perfect example of why.

 

[OrlandNole]

Man, so many people I want to fight in this thread. Is there a bar big enough?

 

[beanerhawk]

Man, so many people I want to fight in this thread. Is there a bar big enough?

Fight bar is plenty big enough if you make it past the bar area.

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink

Disagree with BC. Agree with PiP.

 

[sober_teacher]

Armageddon

The audacity to make this maudlin soap opera three hours long!

It seemed like this was highly-rated in its day, but it looks like its reputation has (rightfully) diminished.

I think it’s a fun popcorn flick, but it definitely hasn’t aged well. I always liked Deep Impact more anyways.

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Fight Club

 

[beanerhawk]

Crash from 04 and Gravity.

Highly rated movies? Never heard of either of these movies.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Oppenheimer

Fell asleep 3 different times. Took me 3 nights to finish it. I never fall asleep during movies

 

[beanerhawk]

Good Fellas was far better.

 

[goldmom]

That's funny. I remember my parents expressing a similar sentiment.

Okay.

 

[TennNole17]

Oppenheimer

Fell asleep 3 different times. Took me 3 nights to finish it. I never fall asleep during movies

Came to add this. Was not good at all imo.

 

[HawkBall23]

To those who mentioned Star Wars in this thread,

 

[BonzoFury]

Disagree with BC. Agree with PiP.

BC was clearly the best of the Brat Pack movies... a solid high school angst capture. Pretty in Pink was little more than a vehicle to feature Molly Ringwald.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

Highly rated movies? Never heard of either of these movies.

Crash won 3 Academy awards including best picture and Gravity won 7 of 10 nominations.

 

[DFSNOLE]

All the Harry Potter movies. I watched them with my grandson but spent more time hoping they'd be over soon.

 

[Rifler]

The Matrix. I'm assuming all of them but I haven't seen them all. I never finished the 1st one to be honest it was so bad I turned it off.

Dude!,... WTF

 

[funksouljon]

To those who mentioned Star Wars in this thread,

 

[HawkBall23]

Everybody knows that Jar Jar is by far the worst character and sullied quite a bit of Episode 1.

Aside from that misstep though, most of the rest of the movie-verse - especially the original series and three prequels - are seminal sci-fi.

 

[BonzoFury]

The first Star Wars was innovative and unique…really cool. Then they milked it dry. Not unlike Harry Potter.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

Forrest Gump.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

Star Wars....never saw a need to see beyond the first one.

I have never made it through any of them…

 

[Mister_Man]

Oppenheimer

Fell asleep 3 different times. Took me 3 nights to finish it. I never fall asleep during movies

Saw it four times in the theater. But a great movie theater experience sans distractions.

 

[GOHOX69]

I have never made it through any of them…

I had my best sleep during Lord of the Rings. By hour 2, I was snoozing up a storm and the hobbitsis were still traipsing over New Zealandisis.

 

[torbee]

I fell asleep trying to watch Chinatown.

 

[torbee]

Back to the Future, Karate Kid, and Top Gun. The 80’s were awesome but a lot of the most popular movies of that decade sucked ass.

Karate Kid is the best movie ever made. And it could replace the Bible in terms of lessons on how to live a good life.

 

[GOHOX69]

Much like Elaine, I'll go with English Patient. The girl I was dating at the time came back from the rental store with 3 vhs tapes. I asked her what the three movies were? She said, oh it's just one movie called the English Patient. By the 2nd hour, I left and went to play with barn cats. I assumed she watched the rest of the garbage.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

It's a cloyingly sweet nostalgia ride with great talent and technology and a terrible script.