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91. I could not disagree more on The Godfather and Godfather II

Tue Mar 22, 2022, 12:35 PM

Mar 2022

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I will watch either no matter where it is when I tune across them. I put them in my top ten list easily.

Now Godfather III is another matter. They should have quit with the first sequel.

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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