Most Overrated Films of All Time?

[andyfox]

Gone With The Wind and Titannic

[Chris Alger]

Gone With The Wind has to win the prize. Titanic's a good choice, but audiences are more sophisticated now. I remember my wife's reaction when we saw it, that it wasn't as awful as we expected, at least until she throws the diamond into the ocean.

My runner-up is Dr. Zhivago. And of course Star Wars and ET.

[Rushmore]

Gone With The Wind, although overly-hyped, is still a great film. It is a definitive epic film.

Titanic is quite possibly one of the worst films ever made. Pure rubbish.

But hey--it "taught me how to love again," so I guess it was great.

[Baltimore Ron]

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Gone With The Wind

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Andy,

In the interest of Equal Time, I'll nominate "Dr. Stangelove. Or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

BR

[andyfox]

No argument from me. GWTW and Titannic were super-hits in terms of box office and at the Oscars, that's why I felt the distance between the hype and the actualitiy was greatest for those two.

As far as I'm concerned, all of Kubrick's movies stink. I loved 2001 when I first saw it, but I saw it recently and I realize it's not quite as good when you're not on speed.

[Baltimore Ron]

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I loved 2001 when I first saw it, but I saw it recently and I realize it's not quite as good when you're not on speed.

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That's funny. It's exactly how I feel about Mel Brooks' High Anxiety. Though I do confess to liking most other MB fare.

BR

[brad]

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In the interest of Equal Time, I'll nominate "Dr. Stangelove. Or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."
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so u dont like documentaries?

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

I don't think anybody called Titannic a great movie. It just amde a ton of money. 2/3 of the scenes were exact copies of scenes in "A Night to Remember"

[nicky g]

Blue Velvet

[Rushmore]