Overrated Movies

• Lori Palminteri
• Uncategorized
• August 7, 2016

10. Independence Day

Okay, so I used to love Independence Day.  Loved it.  Aliens, explosions, Jeff Goldblum.  It didn’t take a lot for me to love a film when I was a kid.  I held this movie in such high regard… until I watched it as an adult.  All this time I thought it was great, and it wasn’t even mediocre.  Some favorites from my childhood hold up and remain my favorites (Jurassic Park), but I have to admit, Independence Day is a sorely overrated blockbuster.

9. The Hangover

I liked The Hangover.  It’s a funny movie.  That being said, I’ve seen it once, and never really had the desire to see it again, or watch the sequels.  It’s an entertaining movie with way too much hype.  I get why people love it.  I get it.  But just like whatever bachelor/bachelorette parties you’ve actually been to… people think it’s better than it actually is.

8.  Pearl Harbor (or really any Michael Bay movie)

To quote Team America (one of the funniest movies, ever), “I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark, when he made Pearl Harbor.”  I keep seeing Michael Bay movies in theaters (usually, really really high) and I don’t know why (because I get really, really high).  Pearl Harbor had all the ingredients for a great movie, but it falls short, because it was put in the hands of Michael Bay.  Ugh, the shitty love story.  Ben Affleck’s unconvincing acting could be forgivable if the story was interesting.  There are amazing true stories about Pearl Harbor, why did they make a made up shitty story?

7. Braveheart

Braveheart falls under the same category as Independence Day.  I once thought this was a great movie, and upon re-watching, I realized how awful this movie is.  Despite the fact that he’s a gigantic tool, I do enjoy Mel Gibson’s work.  But he sucks in this one.  He overacts, his accent is bad, and he’s so overtop, I can’t even get into the movie because he’s constantly reminding me I’m watching a movie.  The weak dialogue is overcompensated with swords. Overrated.

6.  The Notebook

Admittedly, romance movies aren’t really my genre.  But if it’s good, it’s good, and even I, a cold-hearted ice queen, can’t deny it.  But The Notebook is garbage.  Nicholas Sparks is not a good writer.  He gives you two people in love, and then gives one of them a terminal illness.  That’s lazy writing.  And it’s garbage.  Just like the movie.  I would rather sit through a concert where Celine Dion only sings “My Heart Will Go On” than ever watch that movie again.

5. Grease

Not only is Grease an overrated movie, but it’s an oddly disturbing movie with a terrible message for the youth.  Basically, it encourages people to change who they are, for the worst reason: A cute guy in high school.  Sure, I once saw this as a “fun” family film, but I would actually discourage from showing this film to adolescents going forward.

4. Gone With The Wind

Some classic movies are must see films. This one, you never have to see.  Not even once. Yeah, yeah, I get that the acting style was different back then, but the acting is terrible.  All the characters are unlikable.  I hate all of them. I wish the army from Braveheart would brutally murder Scarlett O’Hara.  Too much? Did I go too far?

3.  Blues Brothers

I didn’t laugh once.  Not once.  And I’m a comedy junky.  It’s perplexing to me how anyone finds this movie funny.  Also, Belushi may be the most overrated comedian of all time.  He died young, that’s why people love him.  Dying young is such a great career move, I’m considering doing it.  Belushi was an misogynist asshole who didn’t think women were funny, and he worked side by side with Gilda Radner.  GILDA FUCKING RADNER.  One of the funniest people, ever.  Ugh, this movie blows.

2. Scarface

Terrible.  I had so many friends and family members who loved Scarface.  And I killed them all.  Kidding.  I’m a Pacino fan, no doubt.  And I’m an even bigger Michelle Pfeiffer fan.  I was so excited to watch this movie.  Violence?  Drugs?  I’m in.  Sold.  But Scarface is so poorly written and acted, it’s laughable.  I literally laughed.  I laughed more than I did when I watched Blues Brothers.  I still can’t believe some people regard this as one of their favorite movies.  It’s borderline unwatchable.  The best movie about cocaine is Blow.  I think people only say they like this movie because they’ve been brainwashed into thinking they like it somehow.  That’s the best explanation I have.

1. The Breakfast Club

This is, without a doubt, the most overrated movie of all time.  And I love 80’s movies.  Love them. Not this one.  All the characters are annoying and uninteresting, I find the script disingenuous, and worse, it’s straight up boring… just like high school.  I’ve always been a film nerd, so this is another classic I was excited to watch, and I think it took me two or three sittings to actually get through the movie.  Yawn.  I sometimes feel like the world is playing an elaborate prank on me pretending that this is a good movie.