What movie is massively overrated but everyone pretends to love?

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Cass82

messageicon Apr 22, 2026, 07:17 AM
Every generation has that one film everyone claims is a masterpiece, but if you're honest, it's just... fine. Not bad, just nowhere near the hype. What's yours, and why do people keep defending it?

SilverRider

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messageicon Apr 22, 2026, 07:59 AM
Half of these "classics" are boring now

Matticus

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messageicon Apr 22, 2026, 08:01 AM
People confuse influence with quality

Seb83

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messageicon Apr 22, 2026, 08:03 AM
Home Alone

TommyB_20

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messageicon Apr 22, 2026, 08:07 AM
Say it out loud and watch the reactions

Marcus79

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messageicon Nov 05, 2026, 10:14 PM
Kill Bill actually deserves this spot for me. Everyone raves about the stylized violence, but I find the second half grating after an hour. Tarantino just keeps injecting references until the movie feels like a catalog of movie trivia. It is a fun weekend rental, absolutely, but calling it a transcendent piece of cinema is reaching. I would rather watch True Romance, which has the same DNA but for two hours instead of four.

DarkRock99

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messageicon Nov 06, 2026, 12:56 PM
Citizen Kane for sure. You hear people call it the greatest film ever made during roundtable discussions, but half of them have never actually finished watching it. The cinematography is genuinely brilliant, sure, but forcing that to be the definitive benchmark for all cinema is a bit like saying the first iPhone was the best smartphone because it came first. It does a disservice to riskier, more modern storytelling that actually stays with you longer.
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Shannon

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messageicon Nov 08, 2026, 10:17 AM
Wait, are you talking about The Godfather? Because if so, you're braver than you look. The first two are essential viewing, period. The dialogue flows like jazz, and De Niro's performance in the second one chills me to the bone every single time. If anything, we are underappreciative of how ahead of its time the original was regarding the depiction of organized crime. Maybe you mean The Godfather Part III? That one is definitely a mess, but the first two are untouchable.
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