Having found myself with a free afternoon recently I sat down and watched Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner for the first time and to be honest I was underwhelmed. It was slow paced and not much action. Overrated even. It got me thinking about other overrated films, some massively popular with audiences and/or critics but are they really worthy of the hero worship heaped upon them?
I thought Forest Gump was overrated, as is Avatar, the Shawshank Redemption (preferred Clint in Escape From Alcatraz), Unforgiven, Fight Club, The Big Lebowski and The Blair Witch Project amongst others. I enjoyed watching most of these and some are good films but great? The Godfather and Godfather Part II are true epics but in all honesty I think I would rather spend a couple of hours watching Goodfellas or Casino.
Then there are the films that are overrated by critics for the purpose of pushing left-wing identity politics. Black Panther and the Ghostbusters reboot spring to mind. Ghostbusters gimmick was replacing a successful franchise with an all female cast whist pushing the strong independent empowered female narrative and shoehorning in social justice messaging the audiences hated but the left-wing media loved.
Outside of boardrooms in Hollywood no cunt wanted Black Panther, they just wanted a black superhero to again push ‘the message’. Yes it made $1.3Bn but I suspect a lot of that was people wanting to see what a prosperous, successful African society looked like in Wakanda rather than the real life poverty stricken stinking shitholes. To confirm its ‘overrated status’ writer and activist Shaun King ‘found the film to be a cultural moment in American Black history similar to Rosa Parks’ Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, or Barack Obama being elected president’.
These are just a few of my thoughts of course and everyone will have their own opinions on if a film is overrated or even some underrated ones. As ever the floor is open to my fellow cunters for their musings.
And as for Blade Runner? A cop in a futuristic dystopian city hunting down criminals? I rewatched Dredd.
Nominated by : Liberal Liquidator
One of the best film I ever saw, terrified the shit out of me. I was scared to come home in the early hours ( what? I was 18/19 and had an active imagination, OK?) for months. Kept on expecting a head dangling by its hair from the light fitting.
“The Possession of Joel Delany”
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Sorry to interrupt a fine thread admin but I have just heard the most ludicrous statement in years. Yvette Cooper is law trying to stop the illegal cunt smugglers. Apparently, we are coughing up money to advise the Iraqi government on , wait for it, Border Sercurity.
Problem solved !
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Can’t beat Jason and the Argonauts! (1963)
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That and Clash of the Titans.
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Flash Gordon was ace.
Brian Blessed was superb in it.
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The true king of England.
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Brian Bellowing Bllessed.
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I fucking hate American films. I hate American books.
Before I watch a film or read a book I’ll see where it’s set.
If it’s USA move on .
I’ve never watched Star Wars or anything that ain’t real
Just about cope with spaghetti westerns.
Suppose I love my country give me twin town over twin peaks anyway
Even that was Welsh
It’s still Blair’s fault
Let’s all look for a cheap holiday in other peoples misery
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I agree with you Acac, about yankie films. For a start you can’t make out what they’re saying, besides making changes and fucking up our English language. They also don’t understand subtly and we have to spell everything out from them.
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Hollywood has the money but we hold our own in films.
Those pinewood studios, Ealing films, and Hammer horror films,
Carry on films,
To Kes
Whistle down the wind
Dead man’s shoes
Nuts in May’
Snatch
This is England
Wickerman
Withnail and I
Life of Brian
Zulu
Lawrence of Arabia
Railway children
We are fuckin brilliant!!🇬🇧
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The gentlemen.
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The Gentleman. I could watch that film on a continual loop. The dialogue is sublime.
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Kes, filmed on a budget of 2 old pence.
I sympathise with the scene were the lads freezing in his vest and pants.
Been there, done that.
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All good stuff mnc
Add a few British crime films
Robbery Stanley baker
Sweeney not the plan b shir
Villain burton not a convincing poof
Get Carter the best
Long Good Friday
Let’s get serious the please sir film
On the fucking buses
We all remember them
Love kes the pe teacher was realistic
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Bone Tomahawk with Kurt Russell is a great modern western.
Got cannibals in it too.
All for under $2m which would pay for about 5 minutes of CGI in the latest man child superhero film.
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Rather violent, innit.
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I used to go to the Midnight Movie on a Saturday night, after an evening spent in the Buccaneer.
We’d buy a Kiora orange in a plastic cup, tear back the foil lid and drink half, then top it up with vodka.
The film was usually a Hammer Horror, but once it was Deliverance. I think they were doing an audience perception on the ‘squeal, Piggy, squeal’ scene.
I laughed. Sorry.
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Evenin Mis. You is Barry Normal and I claim my Saturday Morning flicks free pass.
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Evening Triton👍
Just opinionated as fuck and enthusiastic.😆
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Pokémon the movie.
This can’t ever be rated above zero.
My kids thought it was great when it came out. I may have missed a bit when I fell asleep in the cinema.
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When my lad was little I took him to see a kids film called Antz.
Starring a voiceover character by Woody Allen!!
I was working nights at the time,
I got the boy a drink and popcorn, sat in the dark warm cinema,…and slept the whole film.
My lad said accusingly
” A lady was laughing because you were snoring.”
Fuckin woody Allen!!!
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My girlfriend, at the time, got us tickets for the premiere of a film at the Odeon, Leicester Square. I fell asleep almost immediately and can’t even remember what the film was.
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Underrated films from the film noir series are Nattevagten (The night guard), which is really sinister and has a great soundtrack and I Kina spiser de hunde (In China they eat dogs).
Both Danish and very dark humour.
The plot twist at the finale of I Kina spiser de hunde is brilliant.
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best film is Betty blue , it’s a french film in the 1980s has the gorgeous Beatrice fallen getting her kit off and lots of sex in it but it gets depressing towards the end when she has a breakdown but everything comes good in the end
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Spielberg lost his way after Duel.
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Spielberg knew people would watch any old shite as long as it had
“produced by..”
on it.
Audiences everywhere were played by a Master.
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This is great film to watch with a female friend.
It’s got action, drama and romance, all the stuff a lady finds engaging.
The quick trailer is well worth a watch:
https://youtu.be/2NQ5XYpw3fw?si=2wUr_OXSu0SD7bPE
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Don’t open that link!
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It’s Youtube, JP!
Nothing explicit on there.
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You absolute shite hawk!
Oh, my fucking God,
DO NOT OPEN THAT LINK!
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It’s culture, JP.
Japanese culture. So understandably, somewhat controversial…
They’re a strange bunch, the nips.
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Last Tango in Paris.
But a good name if you’re launching a new butter.
Most French films are mind-numbingly pretentious, unless they have Catherine Deneuve in…
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or this gorgeous lady https://images.app.goo.gl/fqbn7mCfVKZBGyBm7
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Or this gorgeous French honey:
https://images.app.goo.gl/5iJzyp72qTtSjNjt8
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@ Thomas…FFS … that’s just wrong.. rather crack one off over Dianne Abbott
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You can borrow the polaroid I pinched off Jeremy Corbyn if you like, Sid.
It’s quite impressive, that pic.
You’d never imagine Diane could pull her bum cheeks that far apart.
Like a chocolate Sarlaac pit.
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Cuntengine @
Here.
Best scene ever filmed in any film ever.
Even LL can watch it.
https://youtu.be/1H5qrLJClJ0?si=yYsSYYXjKogPQEwk
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Ho ho, yes indeed, MNC!
I bloody love ‘In Bruges’.
Speaking of Colin Farrell, I thoroughly recommend ‘The Penguin’…it’s nowt like stupid Marvel or DC crap…it’s a proper violent drama, well scripted and very well acted. Almost like Hollywood didn’t get there cissy liberal mitts on it.
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right this is what a real woman looks like, tissues ready, it’s Monica Bellucci in latexhttps://images.app.goo.gl/4Rvwd2XRcaAF9r2f6
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https://images.app.goo.gl/Gxkpms6WJQtWxoys7
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Ah for fks sake, high maintenance is Monica
Imagine if I didn’t shave and have let the hair grow on my back. My piles would also burst out if she root too close.
I suppose if she was broke and had know money left, she might put up with me but then Id probably tell her
“Good luck Luv”
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I’m never, ever opening a Cunt Engine link, ever, ever again.
I simply cannot trust you, Thomas.
You lie.
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My apologies, JP.
I had genuinely forgotten about my ‘safe for JP clause’!
I’ll redouble my efforts to be extra vigilant.
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