Most Overrated Films of All Time?

[John Cole]

Rushmore,

You're off to a good start--although I think a few on your list are fluff. (As an aside, I'm not sure anyone can "love" Salo.) Now, go immerse yourself in everything you can find by Preston Sturges (although John Sturges's Bad Day at Black Rock is a great film) and Ernst Lubitsch.

John

[Gus Contos]

Here are the top ten Most Overrated Films of All Time:

1. Titanic
2. Titanic
3. Titanic
4. Titanic
5. Titanic
6. Titanic
7. Titanic
8. Titanic
9. Titanic
10. Titanic

GC

[dogsballs]

You need to have Manon des Sources in there, if you have Jean de Florette. It's the second half of the film which JdF is the first half of.

[Rick Nebiolo]

John Cole take notice! I'm feeling blue after watching the Sox get beat so now you learn my secret.

I thought "Titanic" was a great movie (but not a great "film") and I saw it twice. It even made me cry (a little).

IMO the story was compelling and they did a great job intertwining the fictional romance with the real history. The special effects were breathtaking. And it oouldn't have been done if France.

~ Rick

[Cyrus]

There's an easy way to distinguish between over-rated movies and, well, good or interesting movies. Most over-rated movies are popular blockbusters where you have your typical happy ending, albeit today it comes with a bit of a twist, since we are soooo modern. Now any time you have a happy ending, your stomach is happy! Relaxed, contented and all is well in the world. This is a prime indicator of a movie overrated, if not outright bad.

On the other hand, there are movies that leave you without much to fall back on, no instant "redeeming qualities", no happy endings, nothing to flatter your world perspectives. The ol' stomach feels threatened, hollow, empty and sometimes a little kicked in! This is a prime indicator that the movie was, at the very least, interesting!

Trust your stomach.

[Rushmore]

Manon of The Spring is, indeed, worthy of note.

I was, however, only endeavoring to exhibit to Mr. Zee a diversity of taste not solely action-based.

In fact, I don't much care for action films at all, excepting the gangster/historical genre (Once Upon a Time In America, Goodfellas, etc.).

[Rushmore]

To the contrary, John. I do "love" Salo. I especially love this film when viewed in the context of Pasolini's disturbing life and fairly topical death.

Life imitates art, etc.

But as a film, I think it qualifies as one of the most profoundly disturbing and, obviously, visceral movies of all time. Many have derided it as merely prurient, but I tend to disagree.

In the same way as I disagree with those who dismissed Sade (on whose work the film is based) as a pornographer.

But hey. That's just me. If people prefer Porky's III--The Revenge or whatever, who am I to judge?

[RollaJ]

Most overated
1)Titanic-it was ok, but way too much hype
2)Flintstones-I walked out, and that movie was big when it came out
3)Backdoor Beauties 17-waste of time, Shanda didnt even seem interested, a real let down to the franchise....just didnt "work" for me
4)A Fish Called Wanda-How the hell is this always called one of the funniest movies?

[John Cole]

Rushmore,

When I first saw Salo in a theater nearly 3/4 of the audience had left by the end. Yes, profoundly disturbing, but important nonetheless. But, for me, it's a hard movie to love. Although the most people will remember the scenes of degradation, I still have in mind, nearly twenty years after seeing Salo, the closing scene and Pasolini's reference to Pound's Pisan Cantos. One of the geastest moments, for me, in film history.

John

[Rushmore]

Exactly. Truly a great sequence, even subtitled.