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Movies

bif

(24,267 posts) Sun Dec 15, 2024, 08:14 AM Dec 15

Movies you think are over rated [View all]

Or ones that you can't understand why they're so popular.

Two come immediately mind: "Ghostbusters" and "The Gods Must be Crazy."

Yours?

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Movies you think are over rated [View all] bif Dec 15 OP

Love Actually. I can't stand that movie. jimfields33 Dec 15 #1

lol jfz9580m Dec 15 #4

Oh, totally agree. And tis the season. Scrivener7 Dec 15 #12

Funny you should mention it XanaDUer2 Dec 15 #23

Same here. Ocelot II Dec 15 #26

The Godfather Bok_Tukalo Dec 15 #2

Ooh those are good ones too.nt jfz9580m Dec 15 #5

I feel like I'm missing something watching that movie. Shermann Dec 15 #10

Anything with Katherine Hepburn. n/t SheilaAnn Dec 15 #3

Sorry but, "2001 a Space Odyssey". I thought it was very slow and went to sleep in the middle of it. Walleye Dec 15 #6

It was pretty epic for its time but maybe hasn't aged that well. Shermann Dec 15 #7

My favorite movie of all time! bif Dec 15 #17

Have you seen the sequel? Sector 001 Dec 15 #19

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll keep an eye out for it Walleye Dec 15 #25

Arthur C. Clarke wrote 4 novels in the series PJMcK Dec 15 #28

I agree. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 15 #24

Forest Gump... lisa58 Dec 15 #8

For me, it is "Silence of the Lambs" Jodie Foster collaborates FSogol Dec 15 #9

Silence of the Lambs is pretty cool but confusing Shermann Dec 15 #13

Cell phones would've eliminated the last scene. My #1 movie theater experience underpants Dec 15 #18

Inception. Ugh. Scrivener7 Dec 15 #11

Most all of them bucolic_frolic Dec 15 #14

Gone with the wind. The Ten Commandments. underpants Dec 15 #15

C'mon, that had John Wayne as a roman centurion, "Truly he wuz the sun of gawd!" FSogol Dec 15 #27

😎 underpants Dec 15 #33

Oops, no worry, both were grade A cheese. FSogol Dec 15 #44

The Searchers Mike Nelson Dec 15 #16

The Godfather Jrsygrl96 Dec 15 #20

I haven't seen Goodfellas, but I love The Godfather. ificandream Dec 15 #42

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shermann Dec 15 #21

The Way We Were no_hypocrisy Dec 15 #22

You must not be an eighth grade girl. murielm99 Dec 15 #29

I only saw it a few years back, so I had heard about it for decades. Xavier Breath Dec 15 #41

Damned near every highly acclaimed drama I've ever suffered. hunter Dec 15 #30

Out of Africa CanonRay Dec 15 #31

Not on my top ten list, but I liked it. Ocelot II Dec 15 #35

"Pulp Fiction" and "Wolf of Wall Street" Mike 03 Dec 15 #32

Agree on two. underpants Dec 15 #37

Titanic. greatauntoftriplets Dec 15 #34

Overrated, but worth watching once. I agree that it was too long. Ocelot II Dec 15 #36

Not overrated but I was like that with Pearl Harbor. underpants Dec 15 #38

Anything with Adam Sandler or Jim Carey bif Dec 15 #39

For recent movies, it hast to be Barbie. Xavier Breath Dec 15 #40

"The Three Stooges" ificandream Dec 15 #43

Another vote for Forest Gump - it required way, way too much... 3catwoman3 Dec 16 #45