What movie do you think gets overhated too much?

Kari Kamiya said:
My brothers give me flack for liking those movies more than the anime (even though they have nothing against the movies). I'm really glad I'm not alone in this.

It might just be me, but it almost feels like the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie has been getting some undeserved hate. It's been a little while since I last saw the film, but I loved the hell out of it, personally. Yeah, I don't really care for the female agent (she wasn't a bad actress, though), Rocky's character arc felt rushed, and there's something really weird about Robert De Niro's performance as Fearless Leader, but it still had the feel of what Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends was. The script I thought was fantastic, and there was care put into the visual gags. It's a pretty swell movie.
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Honestly, I felt the R&B film to be boring at worst. It's not the worst film out there, but I felt a few of the jokes really missed the mark despite ringing true to the source material. And the CGI looked wonky even in 2000.

I also feel like the Cat in The Hat is getting a little too much hate. Is it good? No. Does it deserve the criticism it gets? Oh no doubt. Do I like it? Not really. But it does have some okay jokes here and there and it feels like everyone hates it because the (professional) film critics, Doug Walker and the Seuss estate hates it.
 
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Suicide Squad is not the worst thing in the universe - it just needed better writing and characterizations. That's about as much of hatred directed towards it I understand and agree with, but nothing else beyond that, honestly.
 
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I think all the autistic stormweenies who took Starship Troopers so seriously need to lighten up and realize the movie deviates so drastically from the book on purpose. The stupidity of the movie's protagonists is because Verhouven was satirizing fascism, not because he didn't read the book.
 
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Replicant Sasquatch said:
I think all the autistic stormweenies who took Starship Troopers so seriously need to lighten up and realize the movie deviates so drastically from the book on purpose. The stupidity of the movie's protagonists is because Verhouven was satirizing fascism, not because he didn't read the book.
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I would have liked it better had it been advertised as a parody rather than an adaptation. I thought it was kind of a cheap trick. The impression I got when I watched it was "wow, this is just a really shitty adaptation." That kind of ruined its humor value or re-viewing value.
 
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AnOminous said:
I would have liked it better had it been advertised as a parody rather than an adaptation. I thought it was kind of a cheap trick. The impression I got when I watched it was "wow, this is just a really shitty adaptation." That kind of ruined its humor value or re-viewing value.
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The way it apparently worked is Verhouven never actually heard of the book and was just planning on a political parody of Aliens. Then the studio dumped the Heinlein novel on his desk saying he was making that movie now. He got like two chapters in and set it down, calling it fascist propaganda and more or less making the movie he originally planned.
 
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King n Yellow said:
Roald Dahl would have still probably hated the hell out of it though. Like he did with every film adaptation of his works when he was alive.
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His widow and children liked it. Hell, they let Tim Burton go through Dahl's notes for research IIRC.

Bash me all you want for this, but IMHO Keith Lemon: The Film gets more hate than it deserves. There are worse films out there. It had some cringey moments but it also had some funny moments.
 
Replicant Sasquatch said:
The way it apparently worked is Verhouven never actually heard of the book and was just planning on a political parody of Aliens. Then the studio dumped the Heinlein novel on his desk saying he was making that movie now. He got like two chapters in and set it down, calling it fascist propaganda and more or less making the movie he originally planned.
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That's not an uncommon reaction to Heinlein, but I think people who knee-jerk that way because of politics are missing out on some good writing.

Also, a better dissection of Starship Troopers as quasi-fascist propaganda would be Michael Moorcock's essay "Starship Stormtroopers." If you're going to hate something, go all out.
 
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Terminator Genisys wasn't perfect but I enjoyed it a lot better then Rise of the Machines, Salvation, and the television series. I remember being one of the few people in the Imax theater opening week and couldn't believe how good it was.

I think a lot of people want James Cameron to return to the franchise which I agree. The Terminator is his creation and the first two films are my favorite of all time. If he did come back that would be awesome.
 
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Freddy vs Jason.

I consider it the last real horror movie.
 
Waterworld. It's become synonymous with massive ego-driven flops, but I actually think there's quite a lot to love about it. The villains are great, there's some neat world-building and there are some fantastic action sequences. To be honest, the main problem is Kevin Costner's character who is misanthropic without being appealing - if they'd cast someone with a sense of humour and altered the script accordingly, I reckon it would be a pretty enjoyable film all round.
 
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Star wars prequels and any movie with nicholas cage.
I mean that excelent thriller about that alaska serial killer was excelent but it only got mediocre reviews.
Also Miracle at St anna holy shit it was a amazing movie with a 20% rotten tomatoes, sometimes i wonder what is wrong with people.
 
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Lensherr said:
Any Star Wars film after Return of the Jedi. They're all controversial to one degree or another, with people liking and disliking the films in various combinations. But none, IMO, crack the top 250 worst films of all time at least.
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AN/ALR56 said:
Star wars prequels and any movie with nicholas cage.
I mean that excelent thriller about that alaska serial killer was excelent but it only got mediocre reviews.
Also Miracle at St anna holy shit it was a amazing movie with a 20% rotten tomatoes, sometimes i wonder what is wrong with people.
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The Star Wars prequels are far from actually being mechanically bad. They have big budgets, they look good if the CGI is a little conspicuous, and they still tell a fairly coherent story.

But they still suck. The writing is still pretty terrible and does one disservice after another to the original trilogy. Which is the main reason people malign them so much. These movies have basically none of the soul or the charm of their predecessors. Just George slowly destroying all the fun from what he gave us.

As for The Force Awakens and Rogue One, I find "it sucks" is a minority opinion. I liked them, all my friends liked them, and most of the film critic world liked them.
 
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The Pest starring John Leguizamo. Most people haven't even heard of it, but it gets flack from those who have seen it for being an undisciplined collection of ridiculous comedy sketches consisting of Leguizamo acting out a different racial stereotype in every scene, just barely and lazily strung together as having some sort of cohesive storyline. That's actually the reason it's hilarious and kind of charming.
 
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Cato said:
The Pest starring John Leguizamo. Most people haven't even heard of it, but it gets flack from those who have seen it for being an undisciplined collection of ridiculous comedy sketches consisting of Leguizamo acting out a different racial stereotype in every scene, just barely and lazily strung together as having some sort of cohesive storyline. That's actually the reason it's hilarious and kind of charming.
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I remember it for this:
 
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Charles Morgenstern said:
People always shit on Freddy Got Fingered, but I thought it was a laugh-riot. I've met a few people that appreciated the movie, but most people (that have seen it) all but froth their distaste.
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Freddy Got Fingered is probably the most I've ever laughed at a film, other than The Room.
 
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