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20 Most Overrated Films Of All Time

http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated

I agree that American Beauty is the most overrated movie of all time. But it paved the way for Alan Ball to create his amazingly good series, Six Feet Under, so I guess American Beauty was a necessary evil. I still can't understand why so many people were gaga over it.

Chicago in the #2 slot? What are they smoking? But as long as they put American Beauty at the top of the list, I can't complain too much.
  

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com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-kn ocks-20-classics-as-overrated[/nq] A list compiled by the same industry that overrated the films in the first place? jaybee

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[nq:1]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-kn ocks-20-classics-as-overrated[/nq]
A list compiled by the same industry that overrated the films in the first place?
jaybee
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[nq:2]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-kn ocks-20-classics-as-overrated[/nq]
[nq:1]A list compiled by the same industry that overrated the films in the first place?[/nq]
Good point. At least it gives them something to do.

RonB
"There's a story the
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[nq:1]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated I agree that American Beauty is the most overrated movie of all time. But it paved the way for ... I guess American Beauty was a necessary evil. I still can't understand
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[nq:1]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated I agree that American Beauty is the most overrated movie of all time. But it paved the way for ... I guess American Beauty was a necessary evil. I still can't understand
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[nq:1]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated I agree that American Beauty is the most overrated movie of all time. But it paved the way for ... smoking? But as long as they put American Beauty at the top of the lis
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[nq:2]"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."[/nq]
[nq:1]That's not the message I got. What I took away from the movie was, "look at how *** up these ... of cardboard characters stuffed into the author's message. Kevin Spacey's terrific performance helped to hide deficiencies of believability and motivation.[/nq]
Yeah, that, too. Ball's from that kind of life I believe. Just a g
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[nq:1]A list compiled by the same industry that overrated the films in the first place?[/nq]
True. But there's nothing wrong with a mea culpa now and then.

Actually, it doesn't strike me as a hideously eggregious list. I think they're a little harsh on American Beauty, but Chicago? Forrest Gump? A Beautiful Mind? Mystic River?
Hey, even Jules and Jim - I'm a huge Truffaut fan, but
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[nq:1]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated[/nq]
I never liked Moonstruck. I loathed it the day I saw it and will loathe it forever.

Hercule Platini
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:2]A list compiled by the same industry that overrated the films in the first place?[/nq]
[nq:1]True. But there's nothing wrong with a mea culpa now and then.[/nq]
Sure, but my point is that there is no absolute rule. One man's trash is another man's treasure, and one critic's "Ten Best" list is as worthless as another's "Ten Worst". It's apparently as random as
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[nq:1]http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/20/premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated I agree that American Beauty is the most overrated movie of all time. But it paved the way for ... smoking? But as long as they put American Beauty at the top of the lis

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