Underrated/overrated

Blasphemy!

Forgiven.

Back to blasphemy!

I kept in the "IMO" because I think it's fair to, but that script is beyond compare.

I'm with you on TDK, though. I'll even argue that, while a good performance, as he was playing a psycho, Ledger's performance wasn't anything special for an actor of his talents.

Yea, the IMO is kind of important in that post. Personally I've never understood the appeal of biographical movies in general, so that's probably a big part of why I didn't much care for the Citizen Kane script. I find the vast majority of them dry and predictable and filled with cookie cutter morals, e.g., Citizen Kane's "money can't buy happiness" message. Like I said though, I still enjoyed the film and have great respect for it's technical accomplishments.

And just out of curiosity- what Heath Ledger role do you think was more impressive than the Joker?

Citizen Kane is a great film in my opinion, and so is The Dark Knight.

Underrated:

Goodbye Dragon Inn
Werckmeister Harmonies
Inland Empire
Walkabout
Picnic At The Hanging Rock

Overrated:
8 1/2
The Rules Of The Game
Dances With Wolves
Forest Gump
The Big Lebowski

Seems like Lynch films are consistently overrated by his fans and underrated by everyone else.

Oooo so complex and dreamy!

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Completely agree with these. Though I'm not sure that Walkabout and Picnic are underrated, so much as they are 'lesser seen'. Maybe it's the same thing.

I recently saw Rules Of The Game and, while I liked it, I didn't see what the fuss was about. Maybe I'll 'get it' next time?

Walkabout was really good, very brutal and cynical tone.

I couldn't help but notice the Troll 2 talk, which is a movie I love. It just got a really good Blu-ray release recently -- but I'm pissed because my copy, purchased at Wal-Mart, came with a slight tear in the center of the paper. I should have returned it for a different one, but I think all of them were f'ed up.

Picnic at Hanging Rock isn't underrated. I think the general critical consensus was that it's practically a classic.

As for The Rules of The Game, I really liked it. I wouldn't say that there's anything to 'get', really- it's just the lives and loves of the bourgeouisie just before WW2. The Shooting Party is basically the same thing, except set just before WW1

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Exactly! Yet one is considered one of the best films ever made and the other 'merely' a very good film. I prefer The Shooting Party, but I wouldn't put it forward as one of the best films of all time. Maybe it's because it's French and has been around a lot longer?

I think Titantic was overrated, the special effects were great but the story was mediocre, too much like a soap opera. also Jurassic Park was overated, there were too many characters to keep track of and the movie didnt really get going until close to the end. One I think was underated, most critics didnt like it was the first Conan The Barbarian with Big Arnold. Thats one of my favorites, it followed the original Robert E. Howard stories very closely and the Conan character was in line with the stories.

I too concur.

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Underrated:

Equilibrium
The Mist
Kingdom of Heaven
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Starship Troopers

Overrated:

No Country For Old Men
Million Dollar Baby
Mystic River
Superbad
Crash

Underrated: The Wolfman, Idiocracy, The Road

Overrated: The Social Network

Snow Falling On Cedars

This should have gotten a lot more attention than it did. A fantastic movie that had a really good cast.

Dances with Wolves

Pretentious and hampered by Kevin Costner's over acting. It just didn't click for me ya know?

Haven't seen Snow, but IMO one of the most underrated movies of all time and one that I never hear anything about is Fracture with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. Simply an awesome movie from top to bottom.

Underrated :
Oscar (1990), The Arrival (1996), sleep away camp 1, 2(haven't seen 3) , The Man in the Iron Mask, Mystic River and The Pink Panther 1963 which is the best one.

Overated:
Million dolar baby, Avatar , 300 and paranormal activity.

I didnt want to say blasphemy for No country for old men, but you forced me to react when I saw Mystic River Overrated really ??? Watch it one more time maybe.
Mystic River is genius and No country for old men is modern-western entertainment at it''s best