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Harker

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87. I didn't make it to the end, but I hated every minute I did see.
Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #80)
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 11:56 AM
Mar 2022

Another in that vein for me was Jim Jarmusch's "The Limits of Control", which sorely tested my personal limits of control. I'd liked many of his previous films.

Painful.

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What is your most "overrated" movie? [View all] RandySF Mar 2022 OP
Reservoir Dogs Zorro Mar 2022 #1
You've convinced me, gimme back my dollar! nt Shermann Mar 2022 #30
The Fifth Element AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #2
It's just stupid campy fun Zorro Mar 2022 #120
Mulholland Drive. Harker Mar 2022 #3
You're absolutely right. Glorfindel Mar 2022 #80
I didn't make it to the end, but I hated every minute I did see. Harker Mar 2022 #87
Yep, gotta agree that one is bad Hokie Mar 2022 #127
You gave it a better chance than I did... Harker Mar 2022 #131
Forest Gump Hokie Mar 2022 #4
Agreed lisa58 Mar 2022 #6
I absoutely agree Skittles Mar 2022 #7
There was a whole load of shitty best pictures in the 90s... AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #18
I like it - but definitely overrated. Scar Tissue Mar 2022 #21
Agreed. yardwork Mar 2022 #53
Abso-freaking-lutely. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #69
I think Waterboy was actualy a better movie than Forest Gump Hokie Mar 2022 #90
Agree ailsagirl Mar 2022 #105
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Mar 2022 #5
Gladiator wishstar Mar 2022 #8
I never understood the fawning praise underpants Mar 2022 #20
It's one of my favorite movies Redleg Mar 2022 #164
Titanic brokephibroke Mar 2022 #9
Agree Titanic Nululu Mar 2022 #35
+1 Shrek Mar 2022 #36
Oh, I kinda liked Shrek.......the original.....not the ones that followed. a kennedy Mar 2022 #42
It was so loooong and dull, that by the end... Tracer Mar 2022 #77
It hasn't aged well, for sure. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #67
Paint me like your VGNonly Mar 2022 #76
First laugh of the day! Ohiya Mar 2022 #81
that is soooo well done! Skittles Mar 2022 #112
Agreed. sakabatou Mar 2022 #109
"2001" I saw it in the theater when it came out Walleye Mar 2022 #10
+100 I've never understood what people find interesting about that movie. BORING!! skylucy Mar 2022 #16
It was a brilliant concept, lastlib Mar 2022 #123
2010 was a much better movie ItsjustMe Mar 2022 #29
I like to tell people that the movie changed my life Leith Mar 2022 #43
I did like that scene. I always watch the Strauss concerts from Vienna on New Year's Walleye Mar 2022 #44
One has to read the book to appreciate the movie. I do love both. Earth-shine Mar 2022 #64
The best part pressbox69 Mar 2022 #72
The English Patient. Jirel Mar 2022 #11
That was my choice as well Docreed2003 Mar 2022 #33
Gawd I hated that one. we can do it Mar 2022 #45
It must have been a three hour movie!!! ailsagirl Mar 2022 #104
Inception. Ugh. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #12
Saturday Night Fever Freddie Mar 2022 #13
Yeah, awful. Travolta dancing in that night club scene was the only thing worth watching and it was CTyankee Mar 2022 #103
I can gladly say I never saw it ailsagirl Mar 2022 #106
an absolutely fair pick (n/t) MissMillie Mar 2022 #116
The Thin Red Line. rsdsharp Mar 2022 #14
Terms of Endearment, gay texan Mar 2022 #15
Titanic redstatebluegirl Mar 2022 #17
+1. Way too long. Hey boat, just sink already! JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2022 #99
Exactly! redstatebluegirl Mar 2022 #114
Awwe man I have to tell my Titanic horror story jcgoldie Mar 2022 #135
Star Wars 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2022 #19
BLASPHEMER!!! targetpractice Mar 2022 #32
Rofl! Mark Hamill is great on Twitter though! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2022 #57
Which one? we can do it Mar 2022 #46
The one released in 1977. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2022 #56
I hated it too Skittles Mar 2022 #52
I failed to understand all the hooplah about it! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2022 #58
it still seems ridiculous to me Skittles Mar 2022 #59
The Ten Commandments and Gone With the Wind underpants Mar 2022 #22
Gone with the Wind was excellent propadanda! RFCalifornia Mar 2022 #146
GWTW Is 2nd On My List ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #155
Titanic. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2022 #23
Tie between "Wuthering Heights" and "Gone w/ the Wind" Shipwack Mar 2022 #24
Unbearable Lightness of Being Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #25
Yes - i didn't put it on my list, but I wish I had that ticket money back Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2022 #133
The Searchers... Mike Nelson Mar 2022 #26
Independence Day ItsjustMe Mar 2022 #27
Avatar exboyfil Mar 2022 #28
That was my first thought MissMillie Mar 2022 #117
It's a tossup between The English Patient and Out of Africa. catbyte Mar 2022 #31
You left out Chariots of Fire😀 we can do it Mar 2022 #47
THAT was a great movie! I just saw it again the other night. I was so impressed by the acting and CTyankee Mar 2022 #102
The Big Lebowski Shermann Mar 2022 #34
I felt the same way as you until ... I saw it a second time. Earth-shine Mar 2022 #65
Interesting, I have heard that about it Shermann Mar 2022 #92
Silence of the Lambs. Hopkins character is supposed to be an evil criminal genius, FSogol Mar 2022 #37
Agree. I hated that movie Walleye Mar 2022 #41
OMG!!! That's still my all time favorite movie!!! beaglelover Mar 2022 #95
I totally agree on 'The Godfather'.... Tikki Mar 2022 #38
Ditto here ailsagirl Mar 2022 #107
Forrest Gump Control-Z Mar 2022 #39
Gandhi... First Speaker Mar 2022 #40
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Leith Mar 2022 #48
Yep! Pretty stupid. Casandia Mar 2022 #93
Moonstruck zipplewrath Mar 2022 #49
yes, that was shit Celerity Mar 2022 #156
Shawshank Redemption skypilot Mar 2022 #50
Why it airs over and over and over again on TV baffles me. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #68
What baffles me... skypilot Mar 2022 #75
What's so great about it, it has a great ending! Emile Mar 2022 #78
That doesn't make it the greatest movie of all time... skypilot Mar 2022 #79
Not the greatest of all time but still a fine movie Redleg Mar 2022 #165
Love, Actually. smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #51
Ditto. I didn't find it cute, funny, or endearing. catbyte Mar 2022 #55
You might like ... Ohiya Mar 2022 #83
LOL! smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #84
It was with the Staff Favorites at the library, so I thought I'd check it out. I'm glad I did! Ohiya Mar 2022 #89
Bridges of Madison County and The English Patient TexasBushwhacker Mar 2022 #54
If it had been any other actress than Streep, I would probably agree, but she brought her CTyankee Mar 2022 #97
Don't get me wrong. She made the right choice! TexasBushwhacker Mar 2022 #98
Yeah, I didn't like the novella so much, so I think the artistry of Streep and Eastwood made it so CTyankee Mar 2022 #101
Lawrence of Arabia Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #60
a clockwork orange Trueblue1968 Mar 2022 #61
That was a vile movie ailsagirl Mar 2022 #108
It's as well as I think you could have done with the novel. Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2022 #134
Citizen Kane. I get that it's a fable about WR Hearst and all that. Coventina Mar 2022 #62
At This Point... ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #158
Superman, 1978 Earth-shine Mar 2022 #63
I really enjoyed Man of Steel, except for Kevin Costner. Coventina Mar 2022 #147
Uttering that name saved Sup's life in the next movie. Earth-shine Mar 2022 #167
Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home Earth-shine Mar 2022 #66
Be warned -- the Oscars are doing a tribute to it. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #70
Chariots of Fire Emile Mar 2022 #71
It's one of the most boring, slowest-moving films ever. Emile Mar 2022 #124
Tom Jones, pointless waste of time. pressbox69 Mar 2022 #73
Armageddon vercetti2021 Mar 2022 #74
Oh, Goody! Another "I Hate 'The English Patient'" thread! Paladin Mar 2022 #82
Pretty Woman. milestogo Mar 2022 #85
I agree. I kind of liked it when I first saw it, but Mad_Dem_X Mar 2022 #136
A hooker with a Cinderella story. milestogo Mar 2022 #138
Any James Bond movie DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #86
Gotta disagree with you when it comes to "From Russia with Love" Coventina Mar 2022 #148
Maybe this? DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #150
I plead the fifth! Coventina Mar 2022 #151
The only reason I know about that DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #152
Memento FakeNoose Mar 2022 #88
I could not disagree more on The Godfather and Godfather II Hokie Mar 2022 #91
same here. Have you seen the version that re-edits 1 and 2 yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #118
No, where does that play? Hokie Mar 2022 #126
I saw it at a drive in in 1979. I think it ran on HBO at some point yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #169
Melancholia beaglelover Mar 2022 #94
Star Wars. By a mile. kairos12 Mar 2022 #96
But somewhere in the series, they introduced Jar Jar Binks. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2022 #100
You have to take Star Wars for what it is Hokie Mar 2022 #128
Out of Africia for sure but Upthevibe Mar 2022 #110
OOA has a beautiful soundtrack though n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2022 #113
and the cinematography was lovely (n/t) MissMillie Mar 2022 #115
It's a Wonderful Life. Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #111
Agree! pacheen Mar 2022 #141
It was such bomb the studio eventually didn't Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #142
It's still Citizen Kane for me yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #119
I walked out of the Godfather. Laffy Kat Mar 2022 #121
The English Patient. Laffy Kat Mar 2022 #122
La Dolce Vita Wolf Frankula Mar 2022 #125
Forrest Gump's a very close second but I'll say Titanic. argyl Mar 2022 #129
Forrest Gump and The Graduate jmowreader Mar 2022 #130
5) Empire of the Sun Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2022 #132
I despised the Crying Game. Coventina Mar 2022 #149
I read one review of that movie and... skypilot Mar 2022 #161
A 3-way tie amongst... 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #137
"Blowup" (?) Doc_Technical Mar 2022 #139
Yes! 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #140
roflmaooooooooooooooooooooooo Celerity Mar 2022 #157
It's true. 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #159
oh yes, I just loved the expression, I hate all of those as well Celerity Mar 2022 #160
LOL! Interesting thread, and just goes to show how much people's taste can vary. highplainsdem Mar 2022 #143
The Blair Witch Project ShazzieB Mar 2022 #144
100% Agree about the Godfather RFCalifornia Mar 2022 #145
Titanic ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #153
Anything Woody Allen ever did. Dishonourable mention, Gone with the Wind. Celerity Mar 2022 #154
Anything Woody Allen did when he was trying to be somebody else. Wolf Frankula Mar 2022 #163
Caddyshack BlueNProud Mar 2022 #162
Grease alphafemale Mar 2022 #166
The Matrix Torchlight Mar 2022 #168
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