Most overrated films...

[MN Dave]

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I'm actually in the middle of watching it myself - care to elaborate?

You're watching it; you can see for yourself it does nothing and goes nowhere.

[vandermolen]

The Piano

[Todd]

You're watching it; you can see for yourself it does nothing and goes nowhere.

I just watched it and couldn't disagree more.

[CD]

Frank Capra as a director.
Everything by Clint Eastwood.
Lawrence of Arabia is a very good movie, but hardly deserving of the encomium it's received (I recently watched Lean's Brief Encounter and thought it was much better).
The Virgin Spring (Bergman) — As much as I love many of his films, this one just seems to be a revenge fantasy clothed in medieval garb.

Vehemently disagree with Stalker being mentioned.

[Brian]

Everything by Clint Eastwood.

"Gran Torino" was a poor movie, but everybody seems to be in love with it. I gave it two stars in my university newspaper and have never heard the end of it, including an online comment, "the worst review I have read in my life."  But I won't say anything else or supply a link for fear of offending MN Dave!

[MN Dave]

"Gran Torino" was a poor movie, but everybody seems to be in love with it. I gave it two stars in my university newspaper and have never heard the end of it, including an online comment, "the worst review I have read in my life."  But I won't say anything else or supply a link for fear of offending MN Dave!

Nah. Go for it. Won't bother me in the least.

[MN Dave]

I just watched it and couldn't disagree more.

I seem to be in the minority but it won't be the first time.

[zorzynek]

The English Patient - Elaine Benes was damn right about that one.

[Maciek]

I LOVE most of David Lynch' dream-nightmarish work, and Mulholland Drive certainly belong to my top 10 list of all films.

Yep, definitely my favorite Lynch movie, I think it's more or less perfect.

[Brahmsian]

If they gave Oscars for 'Best Lesbian Sex Scene', then Mulholland Dr. would certainly come up on top! 

[vandermolen]

The English Patient - Elaine Benes was damn right about that one.

Yes, I enjoyed it but also found it rather pretentious and 'knowing'.

[Maciek]

What does everyone think of this list?
Top 50 top-rated animated films by vote:

http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Animation/average-vote

It's actually pretty surprising to see the top ones. #1 is one I've hardly even heard of!  No one talks about it or anything, which is weird.
#2 is Spirited Away, which I thought was great, too, although I'm a bit surprised at the ranking.

My top 5 (from what's on this list) would probably include Toy Story 1 and 2, Monsters, Inc. I do really need to see quite a few Studio Ghibli movies that are on that list.

What is really odd about that list is that all of the movies (OK, I only looked at the first 15, but that's more than enough to see what's going on) are full length features. But "real" ("artistic") animated films are rarely longer than 20 minutes (usually much shorter, and thanks to that - often available on YouTube! ). Cf. for instance the work of Piotr Dumała, Julian Antonisz and Ryszard Czekała - three of my favorite Polish animators; heck, seriously, take any famous animator. Eg. Yuri Norstein. OK, Skazka skazok is about 30 mins, and Fuyu no hi is 105, but the rest of his work is all around 10 mins long. Don't get me wrong, I love Disney-type full-length animated movies, they can be great fun, but in terms of artistic execution they are totally generic. It's always the same technique and you can't tell the work of one animator apart from that of another.

[offbeat]

The Piano

this was giveaway in sunday times today - yes would agree overrated but still quite enjoyed despite sam neill and harvey keitel woefully miscast imho (not great fan of Michael Nyman also )

[offbeat]

Yep, definitely my favorite Lynch movie, I think it's more or less perfect.

I generally like Lynch films even though tend to be too hip and pretentious at times - my fav is still his first film Eraserhead - a nightmare journey in an alien landscape - terrif 

[Lilas Pastia]

I love Disney-type full-length animated movies, they can be great fun, but in terms of artistic execution they are totally generic. It's always the same technique and you can't tell the work of one animator apart from that of another.

Seconded. There's nothing so boring as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast and other Disney marshmallow cartoons. Artistically, they're almost insulting.

My 2 year-old granddaughter plays playdoh, crayons and just about everything else while Madagascar is playing. But she is transfixed and dead silent watching Babe.

[vandermolen]

'Plenty' (most inappropriate title for a completely empty film).

[Brahmsian]

Most overrated film award, of all time, has to go to:

Shakespeare in Love

[Scarpia]

Lost in Translation.

[greg]

Lost in Translation.

I guess that movie is something you either "get" or "don't get." I didn't "get" it at all. I found it to be one of the most boring, drab movies I've ever watched. There are a lot of fans, though. I would be interested in knowing what they see in it.

[DarkAngel]

1989 best picture oscar - Driving Miss Daisy

This was a mercy ocsar for Jessica Tandy who was very old, movie was nothing special for me let alone best picture material