Topic: Overrated?

[Lastrador]

I passed out in the wedding scene.. I came back round and it was still going ....  duuuullllll

That whole scene was one of the most excruciatingly boring scenes I've ever witnessed. A clear example of a director thinking showing you stuff equals character development.

I recently watched Cronenberg's Videodrome, and must say I was pretty disappointed. It started great, but it went in a direction that I didn't care much for, and thought it got pretty silly to the end. Not a bad movie, but I expected so much more. 

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Some awful opinions on here.

Figures

[AndyMuller]

Blade Runner and Bruce Springsteen.

[El Lobo]

Only Fools & Horses, Seinfeld, Downton Abbey, Glee, The Sopranos, The Wire, The Apprentice, most of CSI/NCIS-type shows...

The Beatles, the Libertines, the Strokes, Oasis, Radiohead, Suede, The Smiths, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Adele, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Pink Floyd...

Any of the Harry Potter/LOTR books (but I do enjoy the film adaptations), literally anything by Quentin Tarantino (self-indulgent wankfests), Lost In Translation, Star Wars (all of them), most Oscar winners actually, Love Actually, The Breakfast Club, Goodfellas...

I'm sure there's a ton more I'm forgetting.

Also, A Clockwork Orange (not really)

[Lfc19ynwa]

Breaking bad & peaky blinders , couldn’t get into either of those , but liked the music at the start of peaky blinders

[rob1966]

Only Fools & Horses, Seinfeld, Downton Abbey, Glee, The Sopranos, The Wire, The Apprentice, most of CSI/NCIS-type shows...

The Beatles, the Libertines, the Strokes, Oasis, Radiohead, Suede, The Smiths, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Adele, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Pink Floyd...

Any of the Harry Potter/LOTR books (but I do enjoy the film adaptations), literally anything by Quentin Tarantino (self-indulgent wankfests), Lost In Translation, Star Wars (all of them), most Oscar winners actually, Love Actually, The Breakfast Club, Goodfellas...

I'm sure there's a ton more I'm forgetting.

The Salma Hayek dance in From Dusk to Dawn is deffo NOT overrated.

[gregor]

I can't believe two people have said Bruce Springsteen

[Mercer]

Sons of Anarchy

[gregor]

Only Fools & Horses, Seinfeld, Downton Abbey, Glee, The Sopranos, The Wire, The Apprentice, most of CSI/NCIS-type shows...

The Beatles, the Libertines, the Strokes, Oasis, Radiohead, Suede, The Smiths, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Adele, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Pink Floyd...

Any of the Harry Potter/LOTR books (but I do enjoy the film adaptations), literally anything by Quentin Tarantino (self-indulgent wankfests), Lost In Translation, Star Wars (all of them), most Oscar winners actually, Love Actually, The Breakfast Club, Goodfellas...

I'm sure there's a ton more I'm forgetting.

What do you actually like?

[TepidT2O]

you missed the best bit - you'll have to go back and watch it again 

yeh deffo harry fucking potter - shite

the kill bill movies - tarantino is a college student film maker obsessed with ultra violence
you only ever hear people say 'wow did you see how he cut that guy in 2' or 'the sexy chick with the sword' or 'the way he was cool then just shot him through the head' meh

bohemian rhapsody - really over-blown good vibrations rip off - it's okay but not the genius grandiose mini-operetta that it's lauded to be
the best bit is the rock bit at the end (and i like freddy and queen)

To be far I did. It was still shit..


Kill bill is terrible though ...if you don’t find it cool ...there no point to the film. 

[AndyMuller]

I can't believe two people have said Bruce Springsteen

I just don't see (or hear) the greatness everybody seems to go on about with him.

[Pistolero]

What do you actually like?

Contrarianism...

[Buck Pete]

What do you actually like?

He has to be on a wind up surely?

Surprised he's not got his wife and kids on that list.  Saying that, they probably hate him more if he's the one with the TV/Music remote.

[S]

Sex Pistols. This is just a matter of taste and timing though I guess. Not my genre, not my era.

Killing Eve, Fleabag, Bodyguard...anything similar to those. Utterly mediocre.

[CornerFlag]

What do you actually like?

Contrarianism...

He has to be on a wind up surely?

Surprised he's not got his wife and kids on that list.  Saying that, they probably hate him more if he's the one with the TV/Music remote.

It's overrated, not stuff I don't like.

[AndyMuller]

The War On Drugs
The National
Arcade Fire
LCD Soundsystem

To name a few.

[gregor]

The War On Drugs
The National
Arcade Fire
LCD Soundsystem

To name a few.

.

Andy, have you hacked my Spotify account or something? You've just spent this thread listing bands/artists that I love

[Buck Pete]

It's overrated, not stuff I don't like.

Fair point

There will someone behind a keyboard somewhere greeting every post in this thread with a "WTF?"

Until Ed Sheeran is mentioned of course.

[gregor]

As for my own contributions - for my generation Friends was one of the biggest shows on TV but I could never take to it. I've never watched an episode all the way through and just find it annoying.

In a similar vein, a lot of people seem to like the Big Bang Theory, but again it's not my cup of tea at all.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

As for my own contributions - for my generation Friends was one of the biggest shows on TV but I could never take to it. I've never watched an episode all the way through and just find it annoying.

In a similar vein, a lot of people seem to like the Big Bang Theory, but again it's not my cup of tea at all.

How could you find something annoying having never seen an episode of it? 

[AndyMuller]

.

Andy, have you hacked my Spotify account or something? You've just spent this thread listing bands/artists that I love

Haha sorry mate 

If it helps, I completely agree with you about Friends and The Big Bang Theory!

[Nobby Reserve]

Lost

Interesting premise that soon disappeared up it's own arse.

[reddebs]

Breaking Bad.  We were advised to record them then watch all together.  Nah couldn't do it.

Game of Thrones.  Again was advised we needed to watch a few together to really get into it.  Nah tried 2 or 3 attempts didn't get it.

Peaky Blinders.  Watched the first episode of the last series I think?  It started off in the 1930s crash?  Totally off with the costuming, hair and period it was meant to be set in and that put me off straight away.  If they can't get that right how is it believable?

Saving Private Ryan.  I must have tried watching it 6 or 7 times and just can't get into it. 

Anything based around the Vietnam war.

All Kill Bill films.

[Ray K]

The Salma Hayek dance in From Dusk to Dawn is deffo NOT overrated.

You mean that scene in that film directed by Robert Rodriguez? I agree, it's not overrated 

The Kill Bills are shite. There's a decent 90 minute revenge/exploitation film in there. Just don't give me 10 minutes of bullshit about why a particular sword is important as I don't care, Quentin.

[Hedley Lamarr]

Tarantino wrote From Dusk Til Dawn so he had something to do with it.

[Ray K]

Tarantino wrote From Dusk Til Dawn so he had something to do with it.

He didn't direct it, as if he had it'd be a 4 minute sequence focused entirely on Salma's feet. So I'm giving RR 100% of the credit on that (the snake was good too)

[Something Worse]

Breaking Bad.  We were advised to record them then watch all together.  Nah couldn't do it.

Game of Thrones.  Again was advised we needed to watch a few together to really get into it.  Nah tried 2 or 3 attempts didn't get it.

Peaky Blinders.  Watched the first episode of the last series I think?  It started off in the 1930s crash?  Totally off with the costuming, hair and period it was meant to be set in and that put me off straight away.  If they can't get that right how is it believable?

Saving Private Ryan.  I must have tried watching it 6 or 7 times and just can't get into it. 

Anything based around the Vietnam war.

All Kill Bill films.

Sounds like you just haven't watched any of them, not that they're overrated.

[Dim Glas]

I feel quite a few of the big American show are overrated. I tried Breaking Bad, The Wire and a couple of those super hero type shows. They did nothing for me. I liked Peaky Blinders though. 

I daren’t even say ‘The Wire’ in this thread, but then you did, so here I am    Watched the first 3 or 4 episides years ago, bored me, couldn’t be arsed sticking with it. Breaking bad I started watching, and just never carried on, not cos I hated it, it just wasn’t compelling me enough at the time to stick with it.

I don’t mind a super hero show though, Umbrella Academy being the one I really like, The Boys though - I’ve watched it, but it’s just far to OTT for me (the violence side of it), even by super hero standards.
 

[reddebs]

Sounds like you just haven't watched any of them, not that they're overrated.

Overated because so many people we know raved over them and insisted we would enjoy them if we watched them.

to be honest our lives just aren't conducive to watching series type TV so they really need to grab us straight away for us to put the effort in and not miss an episode.  Even being able to record them or watch on catch-up is hard work when you're rarely at home together.

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[DangerScouse]

Kill Bill. Fucking gash and only that i had a tonne of food i would have walked out of the cinema.

Tv Series:
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Madmen

[Something Worse]

Overated because so many people we know raved over them and insisted we would enjoy them if we watched them.

to be honest our lives just aren't conducive to watching series type TV so they really need to grab us straight away for us to put the effort in and not miss an episode.  Even being able to record them or watch on catch-up is hard work when you're rarely at home together.

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Totally fair. Just doesn't seem like the show is overrated if you're not able to watch them. I think you have to have seen a few seasons of a show to say it's overrated. And you can even like one and say that too.

[Samie]

I've always said that there is nothing wrong with being "Overrated".

[Motty]

Breaking bad
Peaky Blinders
Game of thrones

All decent but not as much as everyone goes about them.

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[Hedley Lamarr]

Some do find The Wire tough early on but it's so intricately plotted that your patience is more than rewarded later.  It's also not really something you can throw on to relax, at least on your first viewing.

I love the show, but I get why some would fuck it off early.

[Lawnmowerman]

Anything based around the Vietnam war.

You talking movies? The Vietnam war docu by Ken Burns is good. On Netflix still i'm sure

[Pistolero]

The Stone Roses

The Walking Dead

Fleabag

[didi shamone]

The Stone Roses

The Walking Dead

Fleabag

One of these things is not like the others.....

[didi shamone]

Sons of Anarchy

Do people actually rate it. Utter tripe.

[didi shamone]

Breaking bad for me. I actually enjoyed it but heard so many people calling it the best tv program ever. Not even close methinks.

[aw1991]

Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin