Most Overrated Movie of 2008
I have finally seen the last of these and can vote properly. Saw Rachel Getting Married last evening and it was excruciating! I can't remember seeing a movie was more unbearable. Rosemarie DeWitt was it's saving grace as one of the only actors to actually stay in character for the whole film.
Fortunately I had The Savages waiting at home to watch!
Fortunately I had The Savages waiting at home to watch!
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having finally seen SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, i would say its oscar win is more comparable to CHARIOTS OF FIRE than ROCKY. CHARIOTS OF FIRE is a well made film which beat out some far more deserving films, while ROCKY is a mediocre film which beat out some far more deserving films. the outrage i feel at the films for being overrated is relative.paperboy wrote:Now that the awards season is over the answer is even more obvious: Slumdog Millionaire
ROCKY is silly at any level, whether it won best picture or not. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE was very well made and is a delightful film if you are willing to suspend all disbelief while watching.
my only problem with SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (much like my only problem with CHARIOTS OF FIRE) is that it beat far worthier films for best picture. that certainly makes it overrated in my book.
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-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
Well I totally disagree...and am confused by your sense of moral ambiguity or queasiness in this film as opposed to like every third or fourth film churned out.....if the film concluded in a way that totally shocked your sox off, then you really were bored for the first 7/8 of the film
at the same time I think we're entering a very spoilertastic realm here...and may need to move it if we feel the necessity to do so...
at the same time I think we're entering a very spoilertastic realm here...and may need to move it if we feel the necessity to do so...
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See, Okri, I thought the conclusion was entirely fitting to the narrative. (SPOILERS AHEAD) The fact that they moved into the apartment suddenly at the beginning suggested they had been required to move on. The obvious expertness that her feeder had with killing victims suggested previous experience and probably someone catching on.
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While I definitely think Twilight played a small role in the Swedish film's success (I haven't seen the Hardwicke film), my biggest problem with the latter film is both its wierd relationship to violence (the climax is ridiculous and morally suspect) and i's lack of a narrative drive (yeah, it does get boring sometimes). I did find much of the film quite good, but not quite brilliant. It probably isn't the most overrated film of the year (that honor belongs to The Dark Knight) but I found the discussion surrounding Let the Right One In really overlooked the main flaws to the point where I thought it definitely fit here (the way Sabin feels about Slumdog Millionaire, though not quite as fervently).The Original BJ wrote:I haven't seen Twilight, but my other thought was that Let the Right One In is probably way better than that, and so to critics who had to endure both, the latter looked really good by comparison.
All I know is I was bored silly. Maybe I just don't care about vampires that much.
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Well, I have not seen Twilight, but I think Let the Right One In is a terrific film that sets the vampire genre on its ear. It honestly explores the loneliness and isolation of being a vampire, more heightened when the vampire is merely a child. There's an element of realism to the story that most vampire flicks don't have and I think that's why it appeals so much to me. I'm no huge fan of vampire films, but that's largely because most of them have been a destruction of the myth or a bizarre romanticizing of that myth.
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