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Yeah, you should like... do an essay with lots of screengrabs to illustrate your points. Cause otherwise this just sounds like a modern art critic talking about a painting that looks like this
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Is Gravity the most overrated movie of the past decade?
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Yeah, you should like... do an essay with lots of screengrabs to illustrate your points. Cause otherwise this just sounds like a modern art critic talking about a painting that looks like this
I with my Pararmore Avatar was all like what with this film.
But plot is just as important. Just because it had such amazing visuals doesn't mean the plot and characters had to suffer. I mean, Moon for example showed that doesn't have to be the case.
polyh3dron
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No, that'd be The Godfather and it's not even a contest.
Monocle
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It's not like the symbolism is all that subtle. The movie practically frames and gift wraps the main points for you. The womb scene, the conversation with the fisherman, the evolution scene. I mean come on.
It's a movie about a woman floating in space, you can't really make Shakespeare out of that
If there had to be a book written on how to do a movie sequel, Terminator 2 would be the prime example.
- Hero is now the villain (literally, Arnold is now the hero when he was the villain before)
- Protagonist from the last movie is deemed insane, mainly because no one would believe the shit she believes and has seen
- Son of protagonist is juvenile and a rebel, makes sense due to his upbringing
- Villain and the villain's abilities are amped up, awesome progression in abilities and mentality
- Terminator was a period piece on the 80's, Terminator 2 is a period piece on the 90's
- Hero doesn't kill after a certain point, making him a hero instead of a hero that kills everything
- Fucking awesome firefights and fight scenes in general between main cast and villain
- Female character that doesn't follow adhere to typical female tropes
Finaika
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wtf
Monocle
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Welcome to NeoGAF, where opinions will drive you crazy if you're not prepared to hear some wild shit.
I don't really get this sentiment. We hardly get adult dramas that aren't sequels and have a decent budget anymore, the awards are probably the only mechanism that get studios to make this kind of film. So I think it works both ways, as much as these films are marketed to win awards, there aren't any other space on the calender for them to exist.
Having said that, it must take some balls to put 'one of the best films of all time' in massive font on your posters.
NullPointer
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First thing I think of whenever I see GAF overrated threads, which is pretty often. Its just people with different tastes, who like different things. That doesn't make something overrated - it just means you don't see the appeal in something a lot of other people do. Its not some mysterious phenomenon or a wrong that needs to be righted.Also...
I guess I don't get it.
Loved Gravity though
Trent Strong
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I...no.
I imagine you as the saddest fuck ever.
Monocle
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Pretty much.First thing I think of whenever I see GAF overrated threads, which is pretty often. Its just people with different tastes, who like different things. That doesn't make something overrated - it just means you don't see the appeal in something a lot of other people do. Its not some mysterious phenomenon or a wrong that needs to be righted.
I guess I don't get it.
Loved Gravity though
Gravity had great visuals and the 3D is superb on my projector setup at home. But other than that it was really overhyped. Watched it twice with family members and sold my steelbook edition immediately as long as it still brought in a decent amount of money. I was pretty disappointed overall.
I think you mean 2012. And yes, I agree, Gravity is almost as bad as 2012.
Vulcano's assistant
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Well judging modern FPS, I hope you mean it as praise. It does take more effort to trick someone into believing something looks normal or natural than to make it look pretty.
First thing I think of whenever I see GAF overrated threads, which is pretty often. Its just people with different tastes, who like different things. That doesn't make something overrated - it just means you don't see the appeal in something a lot of other people do. Its not some mysterious phenomenon or a wrong that needs to be righted.
I guess I don't get it.
Loved Gravity though
Yeah, these threads serve no purpose really. Most posters aren't even bothering to elaborate on their choices for most overrated, it just becomes sort of a silly contest.
Oh, Avengers I forgot about that movie, totally forgettable. yet people everywhere put it on a high horse..
First thing I think of whenever I see GAF overrated threads, which is pretty often. Its just people with different tastes, who like different things. That doesn't make something overrated - it just means you don't see the appeal in something a lot of other people do. Its not some mysterious phenomenon or a wrong that needs to be righted.
I guess I don't get it.
Loved Gravity though
Yup. I tried to avoid use the term if arguing about something, because its very rude way to dismiss others opinion and the work of people involved, I can very vocal to something that I dislike and wasting my time arguing but I dislike using this overrated thing.
Same thing can be said about Titanic, and probably his next movie.
Atraveller
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Exactly, thread is full of "No, this is overrated" "No, that is overrated", everyone disagrees with each other, and nobody's opinion has changed.First thing I think of whenever I see GAF overrated threads, which is pretty often. Its just people with different tastes, who like different things. That doesn't make something overrated - it just means you don't see the appeal in something a lot of other people do. Its not some mysterious phenomenon or a wrong that needs to be righted.
I guess I don't get it.
Loved Gravity though
Rug Monkey
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This. I had to watch Apollo 13 after. Better script. Better plot. Much better movie.
Pretty much. Still gonna participate tho!
For me it's Avatar. Saw it once in theaters and thought it was just okay. Then I tried watching it on blu ray and I couldn't even sit through the whole movie. Just skipped around to the flashy parts and called it a day. Disappointed.
Okay, I'm guilty of this and I call other people out on this behavior in other threads, so here it goes.
Shawshank is a well shot, poignant movie but its lacking it what I would want in a prison drama. Prison is a harsh place, American prison is even harsher. Shawshank felt like a drab fairy tale, things felt too clear cut or one note. It felt too easy to understand character motivations and why they tick, there was no extensive thought process required by the viewer to empathize with the characters. The pacing is good, nothing drags on for too long, but I felt tragedy was simplified and not heavy enough.
Good movie, not great.
British Monsoon
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Gravity isn't even close, I'd say. A quick browse of the IMDB top 250...Shawshank, Dark Knight & Return of the King amongst the top 10 films of all time. Hah. Fellowship, Two Towers, Inception & The Matrix in the top 20 of all time. Lol. Gravity currently sits at 211.
Monocle
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Sir you are wrong, for I declare it to be the most overrated movie of all time.
Isn't IMDB only userscore? I don't really consider that a good measure tbh, considering a lot of it is what movie has the most "fans" (which is why two Nolan movies are there)
it's maybe the most recently. awful cheesy imagery/symbolism, cringey dialogue, clooney's character rings completely false, soundtrack telling you what to feel at all times, by the tenth seventh last ditch escape i didn't really care.
the thing is that it's not a bad film - bullock is great, there's some mesmerizing special effects, it's good that it tells a simple grounded story. it's just a stupid mainstream focused special effects theme park ride presented by people as some great art elevating the visual language of cinema, a masterpiece of cinematic tension. normally i don't let other people's opinions bother me, but i really think i'd have enjoyed this a lot more if i had my expectations calibrated right instead of buying into that hype and wondering what the hell people were talking about while watching it.
the thing is that it's not a bad film - bullock is great, there's some mesmerizing special effects, it's good that it tells a simple grounded story. it's just a stupid mainstream focused special effects theme park ride presented by people as some great art elevating the visual language of cinema, a masterpiece of cinematic tension. normally i don't let other people's opinions bother me, but i really think i'd have enjoyed this a lot more if i had my expectations calibrated right instead of buying into that hype and wondering what the hell people were talking about while watching it.
No, Gravity is not the most overrated movie of all time.
The first and last pictures are ads put out by the studio for Oscar season. Variety just rents out the cover to them. The second is also one of those ads too.
Randy Monk
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Gravity would have been much better with unknown actors.
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This post has now sealed my opinion. The Lord of the Rings is the most overrated film franchise of all time.
No, it showed how tense and exciting a pure action movie can be when it dares to strip away layers, needless plot, cliches and filler. Add masterful cinematography, sound design and special effects innovatio for the sake of storytelling and immersion not deafening spectacle and you have a genuine milestone in action movie history.
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googleplex
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Yes.. The Hunger Games worst sin was that it was just fucking boring.
megarockexe
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All I heard about the movie was "Sandra Bullock, Sandra Bullock, Sandra Bullock" and just random scenes of her flying through space. It might as well literally be her tossed about in space. Actors play characters. Of course I haven't seen it, but that's the impression I get.
Yeah, but so what? Still a disaster movie in space.
Now now, Avengers was much much worse than TDK and you know it
I dunno, I fell asleep in one of them and I'm pretty sure it wasn't Avengers.
SonicMegaDrive
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I couldn't tell you. I enjoyed the Hell out of it.
Diprosalic
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I just was about to write that, less eloquently but yeah. Movie is great.
Femmeworth
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I think you missed the point. There's more to art than technical achievement.
Diprosalic
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Now now, Avengers was much much worse than TDK and you know it
They are very different but both succeed at what they're trying to do.
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