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Three most overrated movies

Posted on 03/29/2013 9:43:18 PM PDT by MNDude

What top three movies do you think do you think didn't live up to all their hype?


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To: Salamander; mylife

Have you two ever seen RedLetterMedia’s Star Wars: The Phantom Menace review on YouTube?

Freaking Hilarious!

http://youtu.be/FxKtZmQgxrI


241 posted on 03/30/2013 6:24:25 AM PDT by RandallFlagg
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To: mrs. a
If they ever remake that one, they should just give everyone chainsaws.

...inspiration for a new thread..."movies that would be more entertaining if cast members all carried chain saws"...

242 posted on 03/30/2013 6:30:34 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

I see they’re remaking “RoboCop”. Why? I’m not too sure, I must confess.

Was there something wrong with Peter Weller’s performance as Officer Alex Murphy/RoboCop? Was Kurtwood Smith’s Clarence Boddicker a subpar villain? Was Ronny Cox not dastardly enough as the scheming, murderous CEO Dick Jones?

The original film is outstanding. Personally, I see no reason why it needs a remake or a reboot or a reimagining.


243 posted on 03/30/2013 6:36:36 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
The original film is outstanding. Personally, I see no reason why it needs a remake or a reboot or a reimagining.

Couldn't agree more...Kurtwood Smith's performance was classic.

244 posted on 03/30/2013 6:39:31 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Kurtwood Smith’s Clarence Boddicker is one of the best screen villains ever.

Intelligent, ruthless, psychopathic and yet charismatic enough to hold meetings with the VP of a major multinational corporation and hold his own.

A solid performance from an underrated actor.


245 posted on 03/30/2013 6:44:40 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: who knows what evil?

“...inspiration for a new thread...”movies that would be more entertaining if cast members all carried chain saws...”

Tee hee!

Forrest Gump - “Run, Forrest, run!”


246 posted on 03/30/2013 6:48:08 AM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: MNDude

Only 3. There have been so many bad movies it is hard to think of just 3.

Sideways
Avatar
Little Miss Sunshine
Inception
Erin Brokovich
The Big Chill
The English Patient
The entire Star Trek franchise
Titanic

And my most overrated of all time:

Out of Africa


247 posted on 03/30/2013 7:03:29 AM PDT by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: MNDude

Anything written by M. Night Shyamalan, including but not limited to ..(these I’ve seen..Arrgh)
Sixth Sense
The Village
Signs
Unbreakable

Booooring..!!!


248 posted on 03/30/2013 7:16:21 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: MNDude

Any movie that the women wear bonnets a drive around in horse and buggies.


249 posted on 03/30/2013 7:21:52 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Salamander

I’m surprised no-one mentions the Coen film “The Hudsucker Proxy.” It appeals to my quirky sense of humor, and has a great music score.


250 posted on 03/30/2013 7:27:39 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Vince Ferrer

Citzen Kane?

Innovative, OK.

But the greatest movie ever made?

Uh, no.


251 posted on 03/30/2013 7:35:12 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: MNDude

Let’s not forget “The Innocence of Muslims”. it was available for a very short time and then disappeared.

It was mindblowing ridiculous but it served a purpose at the time.


252 posted on 03/30/2013 7:36:22 AM PDT by RetSignman ("...a Republic if you can keep it")
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To: Zhang Fei

I liked Zero Dark Thirty. Hated Silver Lining Plsybook!!!!!


253 posted on 03/30/2013 7:53:22 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Secret Agent Man

Except Argo which was excellent!


254 posted on 03/30/2013 8:05:16 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: left that other site

I tried to watch it twice to see if I liked it better, because simply Everyone said it was great.

Nope, it still stunk.
Ive seen 1950’s B grade scifi films with better plots.

One of my pet peeves with films today is that they think CGI, explosions, car crashes and potty humor replace plot.


255 posted on 03/30/2013 8:16:54 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: CharlesMartelsGhost
Elaine has no patience for the English Patient. ☺
256 posted on 03/30/2013 8:20:11 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Salamander

Here’s a great tune by Felder And Co., to crank up and cruise to.
My problem is the longer this plays the more aggressive my foot gets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H-Y7MAASkg


257 posted on 03/30/2013 8:23:07 AM PDT by mountn man (ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
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To: Zhang Fei
it's always the script that makes the movie

Most commercial (popular) movies are produced off of storyboards (cartoons) that are very loosely derived from the script and most of those movies resemble cartoons.

258 posted on 03/30/2013 8:23:10 AM PDT by AU72
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To: mountn man

Is that Hanover Fis?


259 posted on 03/30/2013 8:24:40 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Inkie
Hate Baldwin’s politics, but he was brilliant in “The Cooler.”

And his one scene in Glengarry/Glenn Ross running the sales meeting from Hell.

"Coffee is for closers!"

260 posted on 03/30/2013 8:26:13 AM PDT by AU72
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