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Is Gravity the most overrated movie of the past decade?
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It's possible to like a film and still believe it's overrated.
Prophet Steve
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X-Men: Days of Future Past, that is the better answer man.
Agreed. Conceptually good, but lacking in execution. Bloated and unimaginative.
Atraveller
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sixteen-bit
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Gravity is the Citizen Kane of overrated movies.
Beerman462
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Someone actually said Jurrasic Park...The movie that brought dinosaurs to life andstill holds up today. Yeah I've seen the still frames of the terrible brachiosaurus skin texture I could really give a shit. The t-rex and raptor scenes are still the best ever, but I guess I fell into someone's trap so whatever.
What Orson Welles can learn from Dark Souls.
Spine_Ripper
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Another thread, another reminder that people don't know how to have fun at the movies.
Prophet Steve
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Haha, HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH.
You are very aware that it is received pretty bad right? And that the only place where I've ever seen positive impressions are a small vocal minority here on GAF. And I say that as someone who enjoys the movie.
I can't tell with GAF.
Gravity was overhyped/overrated. I posted on Gaf after coming back from the theater that the reviews for it resembled that of Avatar's. There's something about movies with good visual aspects but with a storyline fully predictable and cliche'd that gets the masses thinking its the greatest film ever produced. I don't get it. Gravity was one of the most blandest space movies I've ever seen.
PairOfFilthySocks
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Overrated is such a daft term. Just admit you want attention and can't express yourself for shit and be done with it.
j_k_redtail
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Was laughing along until this.
I thought the people disagreeing that Forrest Gump is overrated were joking.
I'm not shitting on it, stop overreacting. I'm calling it overrated.
ZeroGravity
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Gravity's a decent movie, but there are plenty more overrated out there.
The Dark Knight definitely takes the title in my eyes. Not only for the movie itself, but also because of the negative ripple effect it's had on other superhero franchises that have tried to emulate its success and failed spectacularly (Amazing Spider-Man, Man of Steel).
The Dark Knight definitely takes the title in my eyes. Not only for the movie itself, but also because of the negative ripple effect it's had on other superhero franchises that have tried to emulate its success and failed spectacularly (Amazing Spider-Man, Man of Steel).
MemoryHumanity
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Yes. Yes it is.
"Is a movie released within the last 8 months the most overrated movie of all time?"
If you're posting in this thread and just writing a movie with no / very poor explanation why, you're basically trolling.
So here's a more serious answer.
No, Gravity is not the most overrated of all time. It probably won't be remembered very much in 40 years.
City Lights - IMDB #34, TSPDT (Meta list) #29, AFI #11, BFI Critics #50, BFI Directors #30 (tied)
City Lights is a good movie. But it's not the best silent movie, or the best Chaplin movie. It doesn't include the most romantic scene ever, as some critics say. I found it to be pretty boring. Silent movies like The Kid, The Gold Rush (1925), and Metropolis all held my interest much more.
Yet it probably isn't the most overrated movie of all time. I don't know what that movie would be, but it can't be just a movie that a few message board people wish others would shut up about.
If you're posting in this thread and just writing a movie with no / very poor explanation why, you're basically trolling.
So here's a more serious answer.
No, Gravity is not the most overrated of all time. It probably won't be remembered very much in 40 years.
City Lights - IMDB #34, TSPDT (Meta list) #29, AFI #11, BFI Critics #50, BFI Directors #30 (tied)
City Lights is a good movie. But it's not the best silent movie, or the best Chaplin movie. It doesn't include the most romantic scene ever, as some critics say. I found it to be pretty boring. Silent movies like The Kid, The Gold Rush (1925), and Metropolis all held my interest much more.
Yet it probably isn't the most overrated movie of all time. I don't know what that movie would be, but it can't be just a movie that a few message board people wish others would shut up about.
Act like you're in space and look good. Check.
Tell a story about being in space and look good. Check.
Make space look good. Check.
I don't see the problem.
As a technical achievement it's pretty cool.
As a movie it left a lot to be desired. Even by action blockbuster movie standards the story/characters were extremely undercooked and sparse.
It was basically Explosions: The Movie which just happened to take place in space, featuring a couple characters whose well being didn't matter to me at all.
As a movie it left a lot to be desired. Even by action blockbuster movie standards the story/characters were extremely undercooked and sparse.
It was basically Explosions: The Movie which just happened to take place in space, featuring a couple characters whose well being didn't matter to me at all.
Dark Knight is indeed pretty overrated. Anything outside of the Joker's scenes were pretty middling, and the two face stuff is a slog. But that's probably a conversation for another thread.
Elwood Blues
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Definitely Freddy got fingered. How did that movie get 11% positive reviews on rotten tomatoes?
Dreams-Visions
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Well gravity was an amazing big screen experience. Particularly in IMAX or at a theater where the sound is cranked up to 9.
SuperAndroid17
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Gravity was just eye candy.
Definitely overrated.
Definitely overrated.
Thanks...came to post this.
Are we not in gaf country right this moment?
I agree. The movie has zero depth in plot or characterization. I can understand it winning awards for cinematography but that's it.
I watched an episode of Knights of Sidonia (an anime) which had maybe 15 minutes of 2 people lost in space and it had more character development and gravitas than Gravity.
I watched an episode of Knights of Sidonia (an anime) which had maybe 15 minutes of 2 people lost in space and it had more character development and gravitas than Gravity.
I find it funny how people defending Gravity are saying it's all about the effects and dismissing the shallow as a puddle plot and 2d character while at the same time shitting on Avatar for being nothing but special effects.
I mean I liked Gravity more than Avatar but they're both essentially glorified tech demos. The difference being that Gravity hardly even attempts to include a plot. I wear glasses so I can't watch movies in 3D because it's uncomfortable as shit so I ended up renting gravity. The effects are indeed great, but what good are effects without some context to make you care about them? I was actually happy when it was over because after marveling at the visuals for the first ten minutes, it was a pretty boring movie. I didn't hate it, but I have no desire to ever watch it again and was pretty shocked at how mediocre it was after all the universal hype.
All of that said, Frozen is actually the most overrated movie I've seen in years. But Gravity is up there.
I mean I liked Gravity more than Avatar but they're both essentially glorified tech demos. The difference being that Gravity hardly even attempts to include a plot. I wear glasses so I can't watch movies in 3D because it's uncomfortable as shit so I ended up renting gravity. The effects are indeed great, but what good are effects without some context to make you care about them? I was actually happy when it was over because after marveling at the visuals for the first ten minutes, it was a pretty boring movie. I didn't hate it, but I have no desire to ever watch it again and was pretty shocked at how mediocre it was after all the universal hype.
All of that said, Frozen is actually the most overrated movie I've seen in years. But Gravity is up there.
XShadows69
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Avatar.
I liked Gravity but I felt like they could have cut out a lot to make it into more of a short film (but wheres the money in that). I think if they did that, it would have gotten more praise from the people who are into what is on the screen as there is action all the time
I liked Gravity but I felt like they could have cut out a lot to make it into more of a short film (but wheres the money in that). I think if they did that, it would have gotten more praise from the people who are into what is on the screen as there is action all the time
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