SalMarz Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 GIANT THE WILD BUNCH SCARFACE (1983) SEVEN YEAR ITCH THE KING AND I CRASH (1995) THE MATRIX MY FAIR LADY CABARET WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Link to post Share on other sites
hollbergsmith Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Crying Game On Golden Pond Silence of the Lambs Lord of the Rings Any stupid animated talking animal movie that made more than $100 million at the box office this summer. Goodfellas Erin Brockovich Doin' the Right Thing Men in Black Link to post Share on other sites
ken123 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 1- On Golden Pond 2- The Philadelphia Story 3-Lord of the Rings 4-Some Like it Hot 5-Yankee Doodle Dandy 6-Woman of the Year 7-The Sands of Iwo Jima 8-The Magnificent Ambersons 9-Little Caesar 10-For Whom the Bells Toll, and The Wild Bunch. Link to post Share on other sites
benwhowell Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Rocky Lawrence Of Arabia The Godfather Trilogy The Searchers The Matrix Braveheart Dances With Wolves Top Gun Die Hard Rent Link to post Share on other sites
bobhopefan1940 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 1 harry potter 2 an american in paris 3 his girl friday 4 a farewell to arms 5 gunga din 6 charlie and the chocolate factory (Not to be confused with the fabulous but oh-so-forgotten willy wonka and the chocolate factory) 7 the producers 8 spider man 9 x-men (the whole superhero thing bugs me) 10 cold mountain Link to post Share on other sites
ken123 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 > Rocky > Lawrence Of Arabia > The Godfather Trilogy > The Searchers > The Matrix > Braveheart > Dances With Wolves > Top Gun > Die Hard > Rent The Searchers is one of my favorite Westerns, second only to Fort Apache. The first two Godfathers were excellent, especially Part 2.. Link to post Share on other sites
path40a Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 This is so easy, go to imdb.com and click on their Top 250 Movies of All-Time. You'll find so many examples of "Films That Everyone Loves But You Don't" to choose from, that it'll boggle your mind and/or you'll quickly find the most overrated movies (of all-time?). For example, 17. Cidade de Deus (2002) - good, but come on 25. Memento (2000) - you're kidding, right? 29. Fabuleux destin d'Am?lie Poulain, Le (2001) - cute, but #29 of all-time??? 32. Fight Club (1999) - ha 33. American Beauty (1999) - NO 38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - one of the worst movies I've ever seen 42. Untergang, Der (2004) - Haven't seen it yet 43. L?on (1994) - ditto 46. American History X (1998) - ditto again 47. The Pianist (2002) - and again 48. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) - seen it, please gimme a break already I think I've made my point ... that I haven't seen 4 of the top 50 films of all-time, LOL! Message was edited by: path40a Link to post Share on other sites
bobhopefan1940 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 i'm sorry, but i must give a grievance... only one. the pianist (2002)? sorry, but i saw this film twice and i too can't watch it... but not because it was overrated. too sad... please watch one more time and give another chance! Link to post Share on other sites
JackBurley Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 "6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? Everyone loves this? I thought I was the only one who loved it! It didn't seem to do well at the box office, and was ignored by the Academy. I was stunned that it wasn't even nominated for Best Art Direction. The sets, costumes, etc. were fantastic. I saw it on the IMAX screen and was positively wowed by it. Yet as I'd exit the theatre everyone would look into my kaleidescope eyes and say, "Eh, not so much..." So I had this on my "Movies that no one likes, yet I love" list. Link to post Share on other sites
bobhopefan1940 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 well, perhaps it tanked at the box office, but i thought it did well. maybe i'm in the popular vote after all! mr. burley if you haven't seen it, please watch the original! it's hard to tell in this one whether depp is footloose or just plain drunk (And i am definately a depp fan, don't get me wrong). just no comparison to the groovy gene wilder... i guess i just expected too much from tim burton. Link to post Share on other sites
mrsl Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Please remember the theme of this thread, these are movies everyone raved about but I found wanting in one way or another. I actually came up with about 25, but whittled it down to the requested 10 - In no special order: 1. Long Days Journey into Night 2. The Producers 3 Gladiator 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Brokeback Mountain 6. Dr. Strangelove 7. Citizen kane 8. Clockwork Orange 9. Ed Wood 10. American Beauty. Oddly, some of these movies I saw for the first time in the past two months, and they shot up to the top of my list immediately. In some cases, they were no-brainers, the words flowed off my pen like water, with barely any hard thinking. Anne Link to post Share on other sites
hlywdkjk Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 In no particular order - Dr. Zhivago Sabrina Blazing Saddles South Pacific Vertigo How Green Was My Valley Spendor In The Grass The Last Picture Show Faces The More The Merrier Kyle In Hollywood Link to post Share on other sites
Klaatu Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 1. The Magificent Ambersons 2. The Deer Hunter 3. Intolerance (a movie no one loves but many feel they ought to) 4. Memento 5. Any Rocky movie with a number 6. The Old Dark House 7. Jules et Jim 8. Any and all Andy Hardy movies 9. Shane 10. Hammer Studio remakes from the 50's, 60's & 70's of Universal Studio classic monster movies from the 30's & 40's Link to post Share on other sites
oobleckboy Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Oh, this is brilliant! Let's see if we can get past 3 pages without a fight. The Graduate (I quote Gertrude Stein, "There is no there there") Scarface (1983) (In theory an updating was an excellent idea, but DePalma bores me) Shrek (mediocre animation - I didn't hate it, just think it's overrated) Finding Neverland (great subject poorly written. Bad, but Oscar winning soundtrack) Driving Miss Daisy (although I love all the actors in it) Pillow Talk (It's a Doris Day thing, I try but...) La Vita ? bella (Life Is Beautiful) On Golden Pond (bad directing choices interfere with a fine movie) The Great Dictator (yeah, I know - How dare I list Chaplin) High Noon (I would've liked it if the villain had never arrived, "Beckett's High Noon") Link to post Share on other sites
pktrekgirl Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 1. Lawrence of Arabia 2. Citizen Kane 3. Bringing up Baby 4. Waterloo Bridge 5. A Streetcar Named Desire 6. Safety Last! 7. Humoresque 8. China Seas 9. The Hurricane 10. The Wizard of Oz I would rather chew a roll of tin foil than watch any of these films again. Link to post Share on other sites
deeanddaisy666 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Any nine Charlie Chaplin movies. The Sound Of Music. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Looking at the imdb.com top 250 movie list I suspect that I would not like "The Shawshank Redemption," since I don't like Stephen King, but it's surprising how few on the list I really dislike. I don't care for American History X (45), I thought Million dollar Baby (71) was overrated, as I did Fargo (106). I strongly dislike Braveheart (95) and Crash (97, the 2005 film). Ben-Hur (121) is also not very high on my list. Four others: Titanic Gladiator The Big Chill A Beautiful Mind Link to post Share on other sites
ken123 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Titanic doe not hold a candle to " A Night to Remember ".. I would never watch a Mel Gibson film, of what of his that I have seen--------**** ! Link to post Share on other sites
sugarpuss Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I consider myself to be a pretty open minded person when it comes to movies, but the first one that comes to mind is "2001: A Space Odyssey". I've tried to watch it--twice! But I just can't get past the first half hour or so. Another movie I've never been a big fan of is "The Wizard of Oz." It's just never done anything for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Garbo fan Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 most musicals (stupid. people in real life don't just break into song) E.T. (dumb) Giant Titanic (jack! rose! jack! rose!) Harry Potter films To Kill a Mockingbird (Zzzz. *snort* huh?) The Godfather films His Girl Friday Clockwork Orange (in english please) The Wizard of Oz (maybe while doing the Pink Floyd thing) Link to post Share on other sites
surefoot68 Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I have tried to watch Citizen Kane more than once but it bores the crap out of me. Link to post Share on other sites
drdoolittle Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Any Woody Allen Movie The Godfather Movies Clockwork Orange Clint Eastwood's Westerns Judy Garland Movies [except The Wizard Of Oz and A Star Is born!] Titanic Jerry Lewis movies [ the ones without Dean Martin!] The Producers Cheaper By The Dozen [The Steve Martin ones!] Pink Panther movies To name a few! Link to post Share on other sites
deeanddaisy666 Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 DiCaprio's Titanic -- soooooo glad he became a Popsicle Most 'feel good' movies Most Robin Williams movies Most Jim Carrey movies I love this topic. Link to post Share on other sites
drdoolittle Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I'm glad you mentioned Jim Carey, he reminds to much Of Jerry Lewis they are both to corny! Link to post Share on other sites
bradtexasranger Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 > DiCaprio's Titanic -- soooooo glad he became a > Popsicle > > Most 'feel good' movies > > Most Robin Williams movies > > Most Jim Carrey movies > > I love this topic. > > I respect your right to your opinion about Titanic, but I find your "popsicle" comment, which you've made in other threads, to be in very bad taste. It's too bad you can't state your opinion without making that tasteless remark. Link to post Share on other sites
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