Popular films you think are overrated?

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Without the risk of this turning into a huge debate/slanging match. What are some films that everyone loves but you think are overrated

I'll start with True Romance

I second Elf ... really don’t get the hype

@ShebaShimmyShake you are the first person i've heard say they didn't like Big Hero 6 - how can you not LOVE Baymax? He's the sweetest thing since chocolate and now my kids have me saying "balalalala" during bedtime routine

I don’t mind big hero 6. I don’t think it was fantastic but I was ok

I hated Moana though...

La La Land. Such a disappointment.

Pulp Fiction, too. Finally caved and watched it the other week after DH insisted how brilliant it was. Bored me shitless. I think I enjoyed ten minutes (diner scene) out of the entire thing.

Black panther over hyped bollocks sub par for a marvel film

Minority Report, I just don't understand it.

Glad to see my favourite film isn't mentioned ! I would be very cross

For me its Withnail and I

The Usual Suspects - utter toss. Couldn’t give a fuck who Kaiser Soze was. Wasn’t helped by DP eyeballing me every two minutes as it’s his favourite film.

The Revenant - So very miserable. Googled pictures of kittens as soon as I got out of the cinema just so I could feel happiness again.

Ferris Buellers Day Off - I only made it through the whole film because I was hoping with all my will that Cameron would tell that sociopathic little wanker to fuck off and he’d get his comeuppance.

The Greatest Showman - Wheres the plot?! I wanted to know more about the bearded lady and the other folks.

@Planterspots Dare I ask you what your favourite films are?

Forest Gump.

Dull, unbelievable sentimental hogwash.

[quote SurrT]@ShebaShimmyShake you are the first person i've heard say they didn't like Big Hero 6 - how can you not LOVE Baymax? He's the sweetest thing since chocolate and now my kids have me saying "balalalala" during bedtime routine [/quote]
The relationship between the brothers was too perfect to be in any way realistic and therefore move me. Relationships always have some friction, even the very best ones. Frozen did that really well. So did Frasier, although I'm aware that wasn't a film. So by the time the big white blob came along, I was pretty disengaged and actually kind of bored. And then it was just so saccharine and schmaltzy and didn't, to me anyway, really speak about bereavement. There are some films that I don't like but understand why others do, but honestly I can't understand why people like that one. It bored me rigid.

But I'm aware I'm in a minority on this, which is why I mention it in this thread

A star is born. It was ok.

Bohemian Rhapsody. I saw it quite late, and from.the hype expected it to be amazing. I enjoyed it. But wasn't blown away by it.

The Usual Suspects - utter toss. Couldn’t give a fuck who Kaiser Soze was. Wasn’t helped by DP eyeballing me every two minutes as it’s his favourite film.

I love that film, but I do think it's often ruined for people watching it for the first time by others constantly saying things like "oh you'll never guess" and "I can't wait to see your reaction" and so on. It makes it impossible just to enjoy organically, if that makes sense, and it does kind of prompt a bit of a "oh who the fuck cares" reaction.

@SnickettyLemon haha sorry I see Shawshank is your favourite..I do actually think it’s a good film - I only judge because SO many people say it’s their favourite I get a bit sick of hearing it. I’ve got too many favourites to list but one is True Romance so I am obviously outraged at the OP

I agree with Star Wars. They're all just stupid.
Mrs Doubtfire
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (essentially the same film)

Moulin Rouge. Love musicals and assumed I’d love it, but found it totally ‘meh.

Groundhog Day. Watched for the first time ever in my 47 years and what a load of tripe that was 🤣🤣🤣

The Favourite bonkers and overacting by Olivia Coleman gone right off her

Grease - core message is that you can't just be yourself, you have to change everything you are to get a boyfriend.

Dirty Dancing - pile of shite.
Anything by Quentin Tarantino - not worth watching.

Agree also about LaLa Land - was very excited to see it on a plane, multi oscar winning and all that, bound to be amazing.

Nah. Very dull and not much of a plot. Fail to see what all the fuss is about.

Haha @Oliversmumsarmy I totally agree. It's like a list of films not to watch.

Marvel anything
Star Wars
Star Trek
Lord of the Rings
Scarface
The Godfather
Or most mob based movies that take fucking forever to get to the actual point
Pulp Fiction
Anything with Jim Carey.

@belvoirbeaver

I agree with Star Wars. They're all just stupid. Mrs Doubtfire Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (essentially the same film)

Not really, one was about robbing drug dealers to pay off a gambling debt , the other was about underground boxing and diamonds

They were filmed in the same style maybe that is what confused you

Another vote for the English patient. Spent the entire film waiting for something interesting to happen then the credits rolled. Most boring film I've ever had the displeasure of enduring.

The godfather
Lost in translation
Only God forgives