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Overrated Movies & Guilty Pleasures

This is...SPARTA!!! I say it is also...OVERRATED!!!
In years of reviewing and watching different movies, you can help notice some movies that you feel that you are not in the majority of whether or not you are agreeing or disagreeing with them. But, it sometimes feels lonely when you are against in the majority. Nevertheless, here are the 10 movies that I think that are overrated and the 5 movies that I am ashamed to say that I like despite how ridiculous the film is.

OVERRATED MOVIES

300

I do not think that this movie was naturally appealing plus it was visually distracting because Zach Snyder produces tons of slow-mo effects with men running, men killing each other, blood splattering, men jumping, and a sex scene. Also, there is a lot of style over substance with the battle sequences with monsters in the Battle of Sparta. WTF?!? Gerard Butler gives a natural presence, however, he yells frequently and sometimes loses the accent. This movie just does not work for me.

Shakespeare in Love

This is the movie that won the Best Picture Oscar over Saving Private Ryan. It is one of the most unbearable decisions that the Academy has made. Who remembers this movie? I hardly do. Who remembers Saving Private Ryan? Me and millions of people in America.

Fatal Attraction

It was intriguing for about half the movie, but then it turns into a slasher film that gets ridiculous and bloody and clichéd. Glenn Close is great, no doubt, but the movie turns this chilling erotic thriller into an overrated film that is pedantic, redundantly bloody and superficial.

Kill Bill: Vol 1

I liked Vol. 2 better, however, this Quentin Tarantino film did not cut it for me as he tried to revitalize the martial arts genre. Uma Thurman does play a very good bad-ass. However, the movie just tries too much.

Little Miss Sunshine

Let's take a trip with Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell and the other characters I don't really remember. It has a few laughs mostly by Alan Arkin, but this movie is all about a dysfunctional family on a trip to a beauty pageant. Ugh! Why was this nominated for Best Picture?

Dirty Dancing

"Now, I've had the worst time of my life while I was watching the whole movie before, cause I swear, it's the truth...and I'm going to go to sleep now." Yeah, it was very predictable and boring except for the dancing, but the story is not interesting at all.

American Psycho

I liked it marginally mostly because of Christian Bale's wildly fierce performance. If you take him out of the equation, it would have definitely been a very bad movie. Like Kill Bill Vol. 1, this movie provides too much tomfoolery over the whole story and premise. It never takes off.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

I thought Raiders of the Lost Ark was excellent and I had a lot of fun with The Last Crusade and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull had its moments. But, even though many people liked this second installment, I liked the first half a whole lot and then the film dragged too much when it descends into the underground temple that bored me a little bit and then it gets exciting at the very end. For me, it is not a movie that I remember too much.

Chicago

I thought that this was one of the worst Best Picture wins because it does not provide a memory in my mind as to what made it a classic. Here are the nominees: Gangs of New York, The Hours, LOTR: The Two Towers, and The Pianist. I would've picked The Pianist or Gangs of New York. Even though Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah gave great performances, it is a movie that is energetic and likable, and I liked it, but it is not a movie that makes me want to sing with them and dance.

Sleepless in Seattle

A romantic sappy dramedy that is so contrived that the movie was so unbearable to conceive from the premise of a son calling in a wish for a father to get a new wife. Ugh! I do think that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are charming but it is a film that is a little too corny and schmaltzy for my taste in terms of where the story is going to end and you know where it's going to end. I do like the songs, however, but the movie: Nope! Watch You've Got Mail instead.


GUILTY PLEASURES

The Da Vinci Code

Yes, it's really long and a bit slow in some scenes, but it got me caught up in the mystery as to what the Holy Grail is. Tom Hanks' haircut is a bit distracting and many of the actors are miscast, except for Sir Ian McKellen. And, you can't resist not laughing at Paul Bettany's accent. However, I liked it enough for the journey and Hans Zimmer's memorable score.

Anaconda

The snake looks bad when it is far away, but, it is freaky in close-up. There are also many illogical problems. And, yes, it is a joke to put Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube teamed up with Jon Voight in this movie. However, it is a "so bad, it's good" movie.

Just Go with It

Ok, people. You got to admit, you have to at least, enjoy one "bad" Adam Sandler movie. I hated Jack and Jill, some people liked it. I hated That's My Boy, some people liked it. I loathed Grown Ups 2, few people liked it. Some people did not like or hated this movie, but I actually liked it because of the chemistry between Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. It's also a bit funny in my opinion. Although, Nick Swardson has his only funny scene of his filmography in this movie, so, that is saying much.

Jingle All the Way

This is a silly Christmas movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad but it is so ridiculous that it made me laugh a lot, especially, when there on a spree for one toy. Poor employees who have to go through all that trouble to get stomped on or pushed around for customers to get their gifts last minute.

Con Air

"Put the bunny back in the box!"

Nicolas Cage has a terrible accent in this movie but his charisma is what sold it. However, it is John Malkovich that walks away with the movie and therefore the movie is a hell of a ride. It is a preposterous airplane ride with not much of a plot but it is an entertaining movie at best.

You can address your overrated movies in your opinions and guilty pleasures in your opinions at the comment box.

Boy, I feel a little better.

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