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b1e9a8r5s

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Forest Gump is awful. The most overrated film ever.
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JaegerDice

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Forest Gump is awful. The most overrated film ever.

This is a bad take.

If somebody ever claims it's the BEST movie ever made, fine. Yes. They are overrating it. Short of that, no, it's great.

Apollo 13, now THERE'S an overrated piece of shit. I watched it the other day and can't believe it was allowed to hit theaters. Ron Howard may be the greatest example of failing upward in the field of directing that there's ever been.
 
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JaegerDice

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The Matrix.

The Matrix is awesome.

It's pretty generational though. It is to a lot of millennials as was Star Wars was to baby boomers. It hit a zeitgeist, a perfect hit of theme and style for the time it was released.

Just the first one though. The sequels were hot trash.
 

BK

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The Matrix is awesome.

It's pretty generational though. It is to a lot of millennials as was Star Wars was to baby boomers. It hit a zeitgeist, a perfect hit of theme and style for the time it was released.

Just the first one though. The sequels were hot trash.

Overated.
 

JaegerDice

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Overated.

Star Wars is overrated. It's a standard fairy tale retrofitted to an outmodded aesthetic of futurism. It's only held up as important because of the olds. ;)
 

JaegerDice

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You know I am close to the same age as you right?

Honestly, I can't keep track. :laugh:

I stand by my position regardless of whether you are 12 or 82. :)

Star Wars is overrated. And has only gotten worse since Empire.

The Matrix is awesome.
 

hawksrule

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You hate everything people like.

It’s not just me, no one should like hamburger helper. Is that what this is about?

That scene where his strung out friend was about to jump off the balcony and they played freebird in the background was so hokey I wanted to leave. That, and the running scene that was boring af and went on forever. That’s all I remember. I tried to put the rest out of my mind.
 

BK

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Hamburger Helper is not that bad. First choice to eat? Never but it is edible...kind of...if you are drunk...and desperate.
 

b1e9a8r5s

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This is a bad take.

If somebody ever claims it's the BEST movie ever made, fine. Yes. They are overrating it. Short of that, no, it's great.

Apollo 13, now THERE'S an overrated piece of ****. I watched it the other day and can't believe it was allowed to hit theaters. Ron Howard may be the greatest example of failing upward in the field of directing that there's ever been.

What? I've watched Apollo 13 several times and really enjoy it.
 

DisgruntledHawkFan

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It’s not just me, no one should like hamburger helper. Is that what this is about?

That scene where his strung out friend was about to jump off the balcony and they played freebird in the background was so hokey I wanted to leave. That, and the running scene that was boring af and went on forever. That’s all I remember. I tried to put the rest out of my mind.

Lol hamburger helper? What?
 

hawksrule

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Your comments were made in passing but mine were ironclad positions formed by my zealotry for hamburger helper.

I inferred that someone who speaks up on behalf of hamburger helper must be serious about it. You can set the record straight.
 

JaegerDice

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What? I've watched Apollo 13 several times and really enjoy it.

I was hyperbolizing a tad. ;)

I've seen it through all the way a few times in the years since it was released, so it can't be THAT bad, I'm just going off the most recent time I watched it and seemed to be irritated by every little thing wrong with it, particularly the direction.

It gets a lot out of being a true story, and a dramatic one at that. I just don't think, as far as craft, it's a particularly great movie, despite generally being held up as one. I think it's overrated, but there are far worse movies out there.

If you enjoy it all good. Don't let my opinion ruin it for you.
 

b1e9a8r5s

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I was hyperbolizing a tad. ;)

I've seen it through all the way a few times in the years since it was released, so it can't be THAT bad, I'm just going off the most recent time I watched it and seemed to be irritated by every little thing wrong with it, particularly the direction.

It gets a lot out of being a true story, and a dramatic one at that. I just don't think, as far as craft, it's a particularly great movie, despite generally being held up as one. I think it's overrated, but there are far worse movies out there.

If you enjoy it all good. Don't let my opinion ruin it for you.
We are talking about movie opinions,so everyones is different. Your not stopping me from enjoying anything.

I guess in the sense that it was nominated for best picture and all that I can see the case for overrated, but I think it's a good movie.
 

RayP

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I don’t think I’ve seen Apollo 13 as an adult, and have no interest in doing so.
 
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