Overrated movies & TV shows?

[neatoman]

Come to think of it, ResidentEvil7 did list one movie I kinda agree with there, Superman.

Assuming he does mean the 1978 movie alone, then yeah, it's way more awkward than people tend to give credit for. I can never quite get over how Lex "deduced" that Kryptonite must be deadly to Superman based on little more than "it came from the same planet" and the movie has several other leaps in logic like that. And of course the movie had some really awful sequels.

[TheUltimateBum]

Originally Posted by ResidentEvil7

Lord Of The Rings trilogy
The Hobbit trilogy
Superman
Spiderman

If you mean 78 Superman and the Raimi Spider-Man stuff, then I agree. And I've never been a fan of Jackson's Tolkien projects.

With Superman, the issues I have is that some story decisions are pure bull (turning back the world is just way too convenient) and I don't really like the approach to some characters (clumsy Clark Kent is just not my favorite take on the character and I rolled my eyes whenever he was onscreen here, Jor-El is way too godly and feels more like Superman's grandfather than father and Lois... she annoyed the hell out of me in these movies). But even then, it doesn't get me as annoyed as Superman II did (this version of Lois is one of my least favorites along with the DCAU version, and the fact that II is where she gets most screentime really makes me sour toward that movie over the years).

And the thing with the Raimi Spider-Man stuff is that I'm supposed to root for the protagonist, but because of a performance that ranges from flat (or sleepy) to annoying to awkward, I end up not caring for him or wanting him to get bad luck everywhere he goes.

[ResidentEvil7]

I meant all super hero movies because I'm not into caped heroes. The only comic book movies I ever liked were the Ninja Turtles, and Conan The Barbarian/Destroyer.

[CyberCubed]

I'm surprised to see someone who doesn't like superheroes in general. We're basically indoctrinated as kids to like superheroes.

[sdp]

With the MCU making pop culture mainstream fad for the entire of the 2010s, I've actually seen a lot of people now start to make fun of superheroes as something that's out of fashion now. Gen Alpha doesn't seem as interested in them, and normies think the superhero fad ended after End Game.
Superheroes in general are just an outdated concept. This is why anime and manga are bigger than ever. Even if they're "superhero like" stories, they're like an evolved version.

[IMJ]

It's a hard pill to swallow because there is so much to mine from superheroes in general, but simply put - superhero movies are the modern Western.

It's that simple. Eventually people won't want any part of it, woke $#!( or not. I see a big, big return to newly created properties for film in the future, but I also see an ongoing huge transition away from theaters.

As for the theaters themselves? They are going to have to reinvent and create added value. The theater experience is outrageously expensive and it doesn't add-up. It's not "expensive" - it's outrageously expensive to the point that people are now carefully choosing what they go see whereas they used to "just go see a movie". The next step is "f it, I don't do it anymore".

[ToTheNines]

I already mentioned it in my original list, but I need to reiterate what an absolute piece of ****ing dog sh*t The Polar Express is. I’m a sucker for Christmas themed stuff and can sit through almost anything that qualifies as such. But god damn this movie is insufferable.

Who likes this? The characters are all annoying and the models look atrocious. The moral of the story is deeply stupid. I typically don’t like Christmas fiction that deals with doubting Santa’s existence, but this one takes the cake for the dumbest attempt at it. A magical train appears in this kid’s front yard and takes him to the North Pole but he still doubts Santa until he meets him? The plot with the poor kid sucked and didn’t make any sense either.

Also, the songs were trash. Humbug!

[Andrew NDB]

Polar Express was definitely low-energy.