The most over-rated movie(s)

[workerbee]

Over the last twenty or so years, Forrest Gump (1994) ranks very high on my personal list of huge disappointments.

I've never understood the attraction and accolades it received.  I don't get the characters, especially the pitiful stooge at the center of the film, I don't get all the faux wisdom dispensed, and I tend to agree with the The New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin who called Gump a "hollow man . . . self-congratulatory in his blissful ignorance, warmly embraced as the embodiment of absolutely nothing."

I cringe every time someone quotes "life is like a box of chocolates, blah, blah, blah."

What do others think are some of the most over-rated movies of all time?

[bob5695]

anything that starts with the words "the lord of the rings"

[RobertX]

Titanic, except for the part where the passengers of the doomed ship were falling to their deaths.

Other than that, I cried over the time that I wasted in that fucking theatre.

[dom]

Gravity, hands down.
the movie was nothing but one person crying in space.

[joew771]

Any of the Nolan Batman movies. So awful. I can't believe anyone liked them. So many plot holes and horrible fight sequences. Just terrible movies.

Also 'Inception', which was a ridiculous feat of nonsense.

I'm a little surprised since 'The Prestige' and 'Momento' were actually pretty good.

[Hawk]

The Departed

[bob5695]

The Departed

well spotted, dude.

[joew771]

Bob, you probably watch more movies than anyone else, but you seem to have the worst taste in movies in the history of movie watchers. I don't get it. Lord of the Rings was not the greatest but pretty good, and The Departed was quite good. I'm not sure what you are looking for in a movie.

And another overrated movie is The Martian. I thought that movie was boring and stupid.

[Ireguard]

Gravity and The Martian. Interstellar underrated.

[Arzoo]

The Shawshank Redemption. Was it based on something by Stephen King? Then overrated xxxxx times.

Also, most movies by Steven Spielberg. At least, those that I have seen (Eg - Ryan, Lincoln, Schindler).