"overrated" movie list fail

[Aske]

http://listverse.com/movi.../top-10-overrated-movies/

[stroh]

Fail indeed.   

How could you include any movie that features Steve Buscemi?

Two words.  Transparent Aluminum.

[spacey]

With the exception of #1, I find myself pretty much in agreement. Even with regard to the movies on the list that I actually like.

[gleek]

Titanic? How can a movie considered teeny bopper fluff be called overrated?

BTW, where's the Godfather?

Signed,
Peter Griffin

[spacey]

Titanic? How can a movie considered teeny bopper fluff be called overrated?

Awards

Titanic began its awards sweep starting with the Golden Globes, winning four, namely Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Song.[44] Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, and James Cameron's screenplay were also nominees but lost.[45] It won the ACE "Eddie" Award, ASC Award, Art Directors Guild Award, Cinema Audio Society Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards, (Best Supporting Actress Gloria Stuart), The Directors Guild of America Award, and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award (Best Director James Cameron), and The Producer Guild of America Awards. It was also nominated for ten BAFTA awards, including Best Film and Director.

It tied All About Eve for having the most Oscar nominations in history, with 14. It won Best Picture and Best Director. It also picked up Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, Best Original Song, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography. Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart and the make-up artists were the three nominees that did not win. James Cameron's original screenplay and Leonardo DiCaprio were not nominees.[46] It was the second movie to win eleven Academy Awards, after Ben-Hur. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King would also match this record in 2004, with its 11 wins from 11 nominations.

The ending credits' song also won the Grammy Awards for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. The film also won Best Male Performance for Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Movie at the MTV Movie Awards. The film was voted as Best Film at the People's Choice Awards. It won various awards outside the United States, including the Awards of the Japanese Academy as the Best Foreign Film of the Year. Titanic eventually won nearly 90 awards and had an additional 47 nominations from various award-giving bodies around the world.[47]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...itanic_(1997_film)#Awards

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BTW, where's the Godfather?

Signed,
Peter Griffin

 

[MFAWG]

Reservoir Dogs

Didn't really 'Get It', did he/she (Shane is one of those names like 'Pat')?

The whole point of RD was that a movie could survive on minimal plot and superb writing, which in 1992 was completely lost on Hollywood.

Top grossing movies for 1992 in the USA
Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 1992; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they are probably not the top grossing films for calendar year 1992. Gross   Movie
217,350,219   Aladdin (1992)
173,585,516   Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
162,744,850   Batman Returns (1992)
144,731,527   Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
141,340,178   A Few Good Men (1992)
139,470,392   Sister Act (1992)
121,945,720   The Bodyguard (1992)
121,697,350   Wayne's World (1992)
117,727,000   Basic Instinct (1992)
107,458,785   A League of Their Own (1992)

Top grossing movies for 1991 in the USA
Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 1991; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they are probably not the top grossing films for calendar year 1991. Gross   Movie
204,843,350   Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
165,500,000   Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
130,719,208   The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
124,033,791   City Slickers (1991)
119,654,900   Hook (1991)
113,502,000   The Addams Family (1991)
101,599,005   Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
89,325,780   Father of the Bride (1991)
86,930,411   The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
80,100,000   Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

I could go on, but I think the point is made...