Movies Overhated movies

[Leon]

I spent way too long thinking about this. x)

The Blair Witch Project is the first one that comes to mind. It was a sensation when it was released, but most people don't seem to be too fond of it in hindsight. It's not perfect by any means, but I still feel it does a good job building atmosphere and is worth a watch.

Pitch Black would be my next choice. Nobody I know who has seen it thinks too highly of it and it's largely forgotten because Riddick isn't the focus. I'd say it's way better than any of the Riddick films, I'm really not a fan of those. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is an exception, that's a damn fine game. Again, not an amazing film, but I still feel it's a good watch.

Beyond the Black Rainbow doesn't seem to be both well known or well regarded. The consensus seems to be the movie is style over substance, which I can see, but I don't particularly agree with. It has an excellent soundtrack too. Another movie with flaws, but I watched it quite awhile ago and still remember most of it, which is a rarity for a lot of films I've seen since.

As far as game movies go, Super Mario Bros. is a pretty bad Mario film, but a decent watch. It's probably the worst movie I'm going to mention, but there is still creativity in it and fun to be had.

Mortal Kombat has good world building and the plot follows the games close enough. The soundtrack is also a complete banger. The movie's licensed music along with the Mortal Kombat: More Kombat album were hugely influential on my music tastes. It could have used more (and better) fight scenes though. But the biggest flaw of all is that it's a PG-13 rated Mortal Kombat movie. PG-13. MORTAL KOMBAT. What the fuck guys? I know it was all so it'd be viewable to a larger audience and thus make more money, but c'mon. However, Mortal Kombat Annihilation is as hated as it deserves and should stay in the toilet where it belongs.

Also, this scene came from it and it is a treasure.

Honestly i don't think anyone badmouths the first mortal combat movie, it's the ones that came after that tend to make people hate the movies (or love them, if your into really bad adaptations).

Personally i love the street fighter movie, but not because of the movie itself, because of raul julia's amazing performance as m.bison.

 

[Ian Naxieas]

Honestly i don't think anyone badmouths the first mortal combat movie, it's the ones that came after that tend to make people hate the movies (or love them, if your into really bad adaptations).

Personally i love the street fighter movie, but not because of the movie itself, because of raul julia's amazing performance as m.bison.

Yeah, I don't think the first Mortal Kombat movie was exactly loathed, like I said, it followed the game close enough EVEN IF IT WAS A FUCKING BLOODLESS MORTAL KOMBAT MOVIE. It's probably the best regarded of the 90s video game movies and for good reason. I'd even say further than the 90s. x) Looking at a list right now and it's pretty fucking dire. But anyway, the biggest criticism I've seen about MK is that it's a bad martial arts film, which I 100% agree with. There aren't many fights and the ones that are present are pretty lame. Kind of a big sin for a fighting game movie. DOA: Dead or Alive was a way worse movie but it had fights that looked like fights at least.

Raul Julia was a treasure that was taken from us way too soon. At least he'll forever live on in my heart for his roles in Street Fighter, The Addams Family movies and Overdrawn at the Memory Bank by way of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

 

[MasterEn]

I don't have any specific example right now, but I never understood adults hating on children's movies. They are supposed to appeal to their target audience, who cares if they aren't redefining cinema? I enjoyed the Super Mario Bros Movie as a kid. I loved Disney's Atlantis. The Rescuers: Down Under? Still a gem in my book.

it could have something to do with the saying: a story that can only be enjoyed by a child isn't a good story.

but most likely, people are usually told to "grow up" and "put those childish things away". animation nowadays is usually seen as being for kids only. it only been recently that the general view is changing. which is kind of hilarious when you know that animation was originally for adults only hobby. this is the reason why the 2000's era of superhero movies were dark and grim with barely any color. being grim and broody is "mature".

 

[Yousef]

Any Star Wars fans here? I have a question

 

[Yousef]

Wow necrobumping my own threads feels kinda funny

 

[trickybus]

Any Star Wars fans here? I have a question

Kinda. What's up?

 

[Prism_Red]

Why is Demolition Man in the vote? That's a fucking awesome movie, we got Rambo, Blade, and young Jack Black on the same screen.

Anyway, Zombieland 2 is good, yeah the jokes are outdated, but that's the point, pop culture doesn't evolve past a zombie apocalypse, innit?

 

[Ikagura]

Why is Demolition Man in the vote? That's a fucking awesome movie, we got Rambo, Blade, and young Jack Black on the same screen.

I think it was because of the sub-text in the same way people didn't understand Starship Troopers at first.

 

[Antilocal123]

I am fan of movie Good Burger, very nice film, much acting and suspense

 

[MasterEn]

Any Star Wars fans here? I have a question

i'm a star wars fan. what is your question?

 

[Leon]

I am fan of movie Good Burger, very nice film, much acting and suspense

I can't watch that movie considering dan schneider is in it without getting disgusted sadly, otherwise i'd agree with you it wasn't a bad movie.

 

[Prism_Red]

I think it was because of the sub-text in the same way people didn't understand Starship Troopers at first.

Starship Troopers has NPH, it should be 7/10 at bare minimum.
I gave it an 8, maybe it's just me, I love cheesy B-movies.

 

[Big Finger Jim]

The Yakuza movie is something I’ve yet to see. I should get that done.

Ain't a chance in hell it can be the worse than the Amazon show.

 

[cjl8336]

Title.
Movies with an overblown reputation for being bad or are frankly just misunderstood.
Don’t forget the Bat Credit card. View attachment 3068

This was the george clooney one with the batnipples

 

[Dyne]

Why is Demolition Man in the vote? That's a fucking awesome movie, we got Rambo, Blade, and young Jack Black on the same screen.

I was about to say the same thing. Demolition Man is great, always has been!
I didn't think there were many people who disliked it.

 

[Yousef]

Why is Demolition Man in the vote? That's a fucking awesome movie, we got Rambo, Blade, and young Jack Black on the same screen.

Anyway, Zombieland 2 is good, yeah the jokes are outdated, but that's the point, pop culture doesn't evolve past a zombie apocalypse, innit?

I’m deleting that vote. I literally made the votes on a whim four months ago. I don’t even remember what my thought process was but was almost strictly just inside jokes but the inside joke context is now long gone so ignore it. Feel free to ask though.

 

[Yousef]

And yeah I like almost all the movies in the votes. Demolition man is incredible.

 

[Yousef]

I deleted the poll to avoid future confusion and so people would stop asking about them. I made the poll when the forums barely had 10,000 users and it was easier to make dumb inside jokes (I felt only @Gorse understood them anyways cuz he’s the only here besides me who watched way too many nostalgia critic reviews) but now we’re several months removed from the context and it gets tiring to re-explain it. Especially when I need to be offline.

I only necrobumped my silly thread to ask a dumb Star Wars question so here I am. (Also I preserved the votes for people who were curious)

 

[Yousef]

i'm a star wars fan. what is your question?

Alright thank you for chiming in. Ok I phrased that weirdly i actually meant to say I’m finally dipping myself into the sequel trilogy. I ignored them out of spite but now I’m curious. I’ll be mostly positing my thoughts here and was wondering if anyone else would share a discussion with me so good on ya for dropping by.

 

[MasterEn]

Alright thank you for chiming in. Ok I phrased that weirdly i actually meant to say I’m finally dipping myself into the sequel trilogy. I ignored them out of spite but now I’m curious. I’ll be mostly positing my thoughts here and was wondering if anyone else would share a discussion with me so good on ya for dropping by.

yeah, i can discuss the, movies with you. a bit of warning before you get too deep. the force awakens and rouge one are the only ones most people agree on being tolerable and good in that order. you might have a different opinion on the rest of the movies; hopefully they will come out in a more positive light for you.

 

[Yousef]

yeah, i can discuss the, movies with you. a bit of warning before you get too deep. the force awakens and rouge one are the only ones most people agree on be tolerable and good in that order. you might have a different opinion on the rest of the movies; hopefully they will come out in a more positive light for you.

Yeah I’m not gonna crazy just the trilogy is fine I’m not gonna watch the Han Solo or whatever the spin-offs are called. I’ve been through one bad “extended universe” to last me a lifetime of mental pain and its name rhymes with Hingdom Kearts

 

[MasterEn]

Yeah I’m not gonna crazy just the trilogy is fine I’m not gonna watch the Han Solo or whatever the spin-offs are called. I’ve been through one bad “extended universe” to last me a lifetime of mental pain and its name rhymes with Hingdom Kearts

for some reason, my mind auto corrected the last two words. i had to reread the sentence to see what you actually wrote.
the movies are, passable. the two main directors don't like each other and it shows in the movies. at the most, you might like the pretty colors. you aren't really meant to care about things like character motivation, consistency, plot holes and other things like that.
there is some stuff in there that would be good if other people were in charge of making the movies. you can see the directors trying, but they don't seem to either care or understand what they are trying to do.

 

[Yousef]

for some reason, my mind auto corrected the last two words. i had to reread the sentence to see what you actually wrote.
the movies are, passable. the two main directors don't like each other and it shows in the movies. at the most, you might like the pretty colors. you aren't really meant to care about things like character motivation, consistency, plot holes and other things like that.
there is some stuff in there that would be good if other people were in charge of making the movies. you can see the directors trying, but they don't seem to either care or understand what they are trying to do.

Yeah to further elaborate on my last bit just an effort to try cut down on my vague-posting, not only was I making further effort to take a crack at kingdom hearts any time I could but also it’s literally Star Wars. Downright to the retcons, the character archtypes (yes I know SW doesn’t own those archtypes but…), there’s an obiwan, a sithlord, a yoda, a jedi order, light and darkness is literally jedis and sithlords analogs and downright to the spin-offs being required for the main KH trilogy. Kingdom hearts is such an unapologetic Star Wars fanfic it might be the reason why I stayed away from Star Wars trilogy sequel, be that as it may be

 

[MasterEn]

Yeah to further elaborate on my last bit just an effort to try cut down on my vague-posting, not only was I making further effort to take a crack at kingdom hearts any time I could but also it’s literally Star Wars. Downright to the retcons, the character archtypes (yes I know SW doesn’t own those archtypes but…), there’s an obiwan, a sithlord, a yoda, a jedi order, light and darkness is literally jedis and sithlords analogs and downright to the spin-offs being required for the main KH trilogy. Kingdom hearts is such an unapologetic Star Wars fanfic it might be the reason why I stayed away from Star Wars trilogy sequel, be that as it may be

i never thought of kingdom hearts like that. but i lost interest real quick in the series after learning that they hardly use any final fantasy stuff in the games. it's mainly disney, which i don't care much for, and their own original stuff, which i'm mostly neutral to.
at least for the prequel and original trilogy of star wars, you don't need to read the extra stuff to enjoy the movies. you are required to read 3 books before going into the force awakens in order to know what's going on, since they mention nothing in the movie about what happened between the end of return of the jedi and the force awakens.

 

[Yousef]

i never thought of kingdom hearts like that. but i lost interest real quick in the series after learning that they hardly use any final fantasy stuff in the games. it's mainly disney, which i don't care much for, and their own original stuff, which i'm mostly neutral to.

This is absolutely still the rule by the by. The most recent final fantasy cameo was in a KH3 DLC and nothing else. There’s vague allusions to versus-XIII and Donald dick does the zetta flare spell that FFXIV bahamut does or whatever it was called but that’s it. I don’t think Nomura likes FF anymore and he plans on retiring cuz dude is pushing 60 now so it makes sense. I should also mention KH4 will be more like the world ends with you, another game Nomura made.

at least for the prequel and original trilogy of star wars, you don't need to read the extra stuff to enjoy the movies. you are required to read 3 books before going into the force awakens in order to know what's going on, since they mention nothing in the movie about what happened between the end of return of the jedi and the force awakens.

Oh well I can live with that. To be fully honest i just need more fuel to dunk on mark hamil (comic book reasons)