Overrated and underrated movies

[OL]

I agree with Road to Perdition. Amazing film, and some of the best cinematography ever used on screen. Shame the ending was a bit predictable.

I wouldn't call the ending predictable so much as it was more... inevitable. There should be a distinction between the two.

[Bluecast]

I found it funny in the scene with the sand monster thing when they said stupid shit like it's acid will take 10,000 years to consume you as if it were to sound painful...um then that means ordinary water is more potent.

Then we had an incest scene but not until the 3rd film they decide She was his sister but she says somehow she always knew....HAHA so did she always want to bone her brother?

Yeah I gave it credit for the tech side of things but I like how someone told me...about one of the films that can apply to all of them,it had a good idea and good things set in place but ended up being held together by cheap glue.

[Kenny]

That's basically what it is, a campy series of movies. Except half of them are more fun to watch than the other half.

[Henry Spencer]

Reservoir Dogs underrated? Empire Strikes Back underrated? Citizen Kane underrated?
I think I've heard it all now...

Please read my entire post, and you'll understand why I think they are underrated. Thanks.

If you're too lazy, I'll try and explain in more detail here.

Reservoir Dogs in my mind is underrated because people get so caught up in Pulp Fiction and Tarantino's later films to really appreciate it. It is a fantastic movie in my mind, and did what Pulp Fiction did before Pulp Fiction did it.

Empire Strikes Back, people who are not hardcore Star Wars fans I feel don't take it seriously as one of the best movies ever because it has Star Wars attached to it. But it really is a fantastic piece of cinema.

And like I already stated clearly, with Citizen Kane it seems that only I and really old, pretentious film critics really enjoy this film. Other people just state it's the best ever because of what it did technically and the story behind it. But I quite liked watching it myself.

I read your post, I'm not twelve years of age, I am not an ignoramus. The point still stands, we're talking about films that are overrated and underrated. Overrated meaning rated too highly, and praised too much by critics and audiences, films that enter the top 100 movies list once too often and so on. Underrated meaning overlooked gems (which those films you mentioned were definitely not), films that never get the recognition they deserved, cult hits and so and so forth. The Empire Strikes Back, Citizen Kane and Reservoir Dogs hardly constitute as underrated, since lets face it, everyone who is viewing topic who knows anything about film will have heard of those movies, in fact, many people here will regard those films as being well made, hardly underrated now is it? I get your point, when Empire Strikes Back is faced against the casual film fan, it is often looked at as being a nerdy film because it is part of the Star Wars franchise, right? Not really, most of my friends regard that film in high regard, myself included, and to be honest, I don't feel like it has been shunned at all.

Regarding Citizen Kane, it often enters the top 3 in the top 100 movies of all time, in [insert generic film magazine here]. This film gets the kudos it deserves, so it isn't just enjoyed by the old, crabby audiences who watch films only from the days of yore, it's still rated very highly. And if the IMDb list (#30 in the top 100) is anything to go by, that the modern audiences appreciate the film too. You said the film is not appreciated by people of your age group, lets say, by your friends? By that standard which you have set, you could say that Elvis Presley isn't respected in the music genre as much as he should be by your friends. It's a moot point, Elvis is still a legend, with opinions divided over his actual quality as a musician. Same goes for Citizen Kane, you can defy the movie, but not its status.

My point is, the films you mentioned are all very well known, well regarded films, Reservoir Dogs is often considered a modern classic, Empire Strikes Back is the most popular Star Wars film and Citizen Kane is a well received movie by the general consensus.

[Gingefners, The]

Overrated: Shrek, Anchorman, The Shining, Elvis ;)

Underrated: Cool Runnings, Waynes World, Treed Murray, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Too tired to think of others right now

[Riku Rose]

^Anchorman is amazing.

Overated:
Caddyshack
Pulp Fiction
Blade Runner
Eraserhead

[Jed]

Lol Riki-oh that is the craziest movie ever.

I think the shining and blade runner are pretty overrated. But I guess for their time they were revolutionary.

[Hazuki-San]

Taxi Driver...I don't get the hype, the film was pure crap

One of the best films of all time. Top 3 for sure
i can watch it over and over again. I must have seen it 40 times at least.

If anything it's underrated.

[Gingefners, The]

^Anchorman is amazing.

Everyone says that but I didn't find it funny at all.

[Bluecast]

Taxi Driver...I don't get the hype, the film was pure crap

One of the best films of all time. Top 3 for sure
i can watch it over and over again. I must have seen it 40 times at least.

If anything it's underrated.

The universe has many laws and very few things listed as impossible and one of those impossibilities is a Scorsese film being underrated.

[Riku Rose]

^Anchorman is amazing.

Everyone says that but I didn't find it funny at all.

I think you need to like Will Ferrell to like it.

i can watch it over and over again.

Go on your not wanted here.

[Hazuki-San]

Go on your not wanted here.

I am loved here don't get jealous.

[Bluecast]

Go on your not wanted here.

I am loved here don't get jeslous.

Yeah Riku,stop being so jeslous.

Spread the love.

[Kenny]

Yea, follow my age old example.

[Jesus]

Overrated: Monsters Ball, Fargo, Kill Bill 1 and 2, The Dark Knight, Atonement.

Fargo was very well done, in my opinion, not overrated at all I think. The Kill Bills are pretty good as well, they are a tad overrated. I agree with you on The Dark Knight and Atonement, they are severly overrated.