Harry Potter and the deathly Hollows- I'm still annoyed about how they didn't discuss Dumbledore's past with his sister and everything. Avatar- The graphics were cool, but I just did not enjoy the movie. I thought it was boring. Twilight- the acting is just horrid. Paranormal Activity- I do not understand how some people thought that movie was scary. The Hangover- Am I the only one who did not enjoy that move D:

Actually, I should just say any R-rated "comedy". They try too hard for my tastes, and rely too much on sex jokes. I prefer a movie driven by plot with jokes thrown in, not a movie driven by jokes with plot thrown in.

I agree with Avatar and Inception. I appreciate the message that Avatar sends, but I found the story itself boring, even with the visuals. Not my cup of tea, I suppose. Inception was really overhyped to me because all my friends said that I, in particular, would really enjoy it. I think my favorite part was JGH looking delicious in suits. :s It's not a bad movie, but I didn't really care for the characters and I was expecting a lot more from it.

I agree to an extent with Harry Potter. The first and second were good, but the third and fourth? Just honestly? Hardly passable as decent movies, let alone a decent representations of the books. They did better when they switched directors at Order of the Phoenix, but I've honestly only seen that, and all the ones after, a few times. I enjoy the movies as sort of a separate things from the books. I find myself doing that with a lot of movie adaptations of books. :s

I'm going to throw in Scott Pilgrim. I liked it a lot like a year ago, but I watched it again, and it just wasn't funny. It was really more obnoxious. It might be because I've heard it quoted soooo many fucking times that it's more like a meme that won't die than an actual movie. I also don't get the fascination with Ramona. The actress that played is absolutely gorgeous, but in the movie (at least, I haven't read the comics), she has NO personality as a character. Unpopular opinions. :s

The only thing I really loved about Ferris Bueller's Day Off was Cameron Frye! I think Cameron made that movie. He's the only reason I'd bother watching it again.

:s I guess can understand the rest of it not being as strong as the beginning. I still loved it because it was cute and funny, and that little kid put spark back into that old man's life, which is just so sweet.

sfjdisofjsoiaf. This I can't understand. How to Train Your Dragon is about a boy breaking barriers. He's the first person ever to befriend a dragon, which in itself is beautiful, but then he helps to change the mindset of everybody else, too. It's like Old Yeller or something meets the Civil Rights Movement but for Dragons, and all cute and hilarious and heart-wrenching on top of it. :s The animation was also done with an excruciating amount of attention to detail, which I didn't really have respect for until I watched it with the commentary, which points out the little things that really set the mood cinematically but go largely unnoticed.

Maybe I just take animated movies too seriously. :s But I think it's sad when people just dismiss them as being for children without seeing the messages. The Iron Giant, for example, makes political statements about guns and violence. I think that's something that little kids might miss, but it's something an adult audience with an open mind will pick up on. Another good example, given it's a different artistic medium, are the books that Dr. Seuss wrote. Literally every one makes an intentional political statement, but I think many people fail to see that side of the stories.

Clicking this topic I was afraid of seeing Inception, but I sort of knew. I love it to bits and pieces, but I do see where people are coming from hype wise. The only thing I had heard before seeing it was that it was a mindfuck, but the thing is that it isn't, and I don't think that it's supposed to be. Like it's super obvious when they are in a dream or not, besides from the end. So people watching the movie hoping for a mindfuck or a complex movie are out of luck. So I do get where people are coming from.

I have to say BRIDESMAIDS. I really did think that it was going to be a good movie. I like Kirsten Wiig and Maya Rudolph from what I have seen from them in SNL, and I had heard exclusively good things about the movie. I must say though, it was like one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I wish I could unsee it. It was not funny and just gross. I really do not get that type of humour. The hangover is in the same category, like I really do not get it.

One other movie I hate but everyone else seem to love is Tangled. I do think that it's moderately fun and cute, but I really can't get over the anti-adoption message in the movie. Maybe it's not meant as that, but it's all I see. I get that the witch kidnapped her and that she is "evil" but she did raise her as her own child. The reason she leaves the house is to travel for days just to get rapunzel a birthday gift. Then in the end rapunzel is all "oh my mother is dead, but whatevs, I know who my REAL parents are so I'll just forget all about her and go live a happy life with them". ugh.

Completely agree with you on Avatar. Everyone was like "OMG JAMES CAMERON. You need to watch this movie, it's sooo good!" So I did, and I was dissapointed to say the least. It was such an overdone plot, and yes the visuals were pretty.... But that's all it had gonig for me. I felt like it was telling me that "OHH Look at me, I"m so pretty. Who cares if I'm just the Ferngully plot rehashed, look at how pretty I am." Annoyed the crap outta me.

Another one that I found to be completely overated was The Hangover. It was terrible and full of cliche's. =/ And when I told people I didn't like it they looked at me with this incredulous look like I had just grown 2 heads. Terrible movie.

They actually do mention it very very briefly in Deathly Hallows Part 1 when they are all getting ready to drink the potion to turn into all the Harry's. Tonks says something along the lines of "Did you hear the news Harry? Remus and I are going to have a baby." Or something like that, but Remus cuts her off and says there will be plenty of time to discuss that later. Definitely need to be more obvious though lol.

What's funny is that I really like Ferris Bueller's Day off- it's one of my favorite movies. :) Granted you want to just slap Broderick across the face though.

I think any book-to-movie adaptation (Especially if it's a popular book series) is bound to be overrated. Even though I love Harry Potter, I can't watch any of the movies over and over again except the second one because it's my favorite- it still has that fantasy charm to it where you feel great at the happy ending and the innocence of everything. The rest of the movies after that...shit, break out the happy pills. (Btw I agree with you on Pirates- I love Davy Jones' portrayal most of all.)

I stick the classic Disney cartoon version- it tells the story better while still having a "WTF IS GOING ON" innocence factor. Tim Burton is a great director, but it seems that lately his movies are all visuals and "Eh" on the stories where his earlier works had more punch to them. Batman, Nightmare, Scissorhands anyone?

But you gotta admit that the Joker in it was pretty awesome. Too much talking and analyzing in it though, to be honest. If I want to watch Batman, I wanna see mysteries and ass-kicking, not "Hey let's talk about this random plothole for ten minutes". Burton's Batman is my favorite, to be honest- I can watch that all the way through, where DK I just skip to the scenes with the Joker because everyone else is kinda boring.

Agreed. I hate Tangled- the only thing I really liked was the Chameleon but Rapunzel is just the typical innocent Princess in distress- I was more annoyed with her character than I was with Flynn's.

That rings true in many cases, but I have found one popular book series that is even more beautiful, in my eyes, on the screen than it was in text. That one specific case being the Narnia movies. They are just so perfectly magical and seem to improve on the books--an unexpected and unusual feat. Plus I have a good feeling about the Hunger Games movie(s). I love my X-Men girl. ^^

For most others though, yeah, they're pretty awful. Plus many readers go in with such high expectations, despite the fact that you could never fit every single page of meticulous text onto the big screen. It will just never happen. The readers are a big part in deciding how good or bad a book-to-movie is perceived--which is usually a bad idea.

Regarding The Hangover: I, too, could not see the "omgamazingness" in that film. I tried watching it THREE times. Fell asleep twice and redirected myself to sexual activities the third.

Same with Funny People. For a movie with "funny" in the title, it was probably the -least- funny movie I've ever seen in my life and so long that I fell asleep four separate times while watching it. Boring.

I never really got into the Narnia books movies (I only saw the first one) but from what I have seen in the commercials and in the first movie itself, I agree with you. The imagery is absolutely stunning and beautiful. Maybe I should give them a try though, since it would seem like a fantasy story that I can get into.

You should. :D I have nothing but praise for the movies.

The books are more of a nostalgic thing for me as the writing is pretty dated and a bit rough--though still lovely in its own right. I've only read through them about six times, haha.

Not really. I preferred the Nicholson Joker by miles.

I have to agree with and say Dark Knight. :( Nothing in it really caught my attention, I couldn't bring myself to care about anything that was happening, the only part where the movie got any sort of emotional reaction out of me (namely unease) was when The Joker did the pencil trick. I have nothing against people who like movie, I'm sure there's a lot to like, but somehow it didn't work for me.

I do love both versions of the Jokers equally, so I respect your opinion. :) and , that's my sentiments about the Dark Knight, as I mentioned earlier. Too much analysis on everything, really. It takes away from the mystery and excitement of Batman.

Perhaps that was a detriment, too. To be frank I didn't really pay attention anymore to notice whether there was too much analysis and not enough mystery or action D: Usually I'm in love with Bale's performances, but his Batman was so dreary and boring, I spent most of his screentime dozing.

Tangled The Notebook Titanic

I really don't get why people think these movies are so good.. I didn't like Tangled or The Notebook at all. Titanic was good, but not as good as people always make it seem to be.

All Pirates of the Carribbean movie. The acting was bleh, the storyline was bleh. I didn't give a crap who lived and who died and who loved who or who's ship was getting stolen now. And basically every movie was the same damn plot repeated with a couple new characters.

and THE HANGOVER OMFG. I hate that movie with a passion. It simply isn't funny. I know people who saw it over twice in the theaters because it was "so funny" but I got like one chuckle out of it. The plot and jokes were predictable, everything was cliche and mediocre. Humor is supposed to be unexpected, fresh, and clever. You could tell the humor was angled at morons. Simple minds, simple pleasures i suppose ;)

SPOILER ALERTS HERE The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

obvious appeal to shock action. the main plot is boring, they tried to spice it up with girl speeding on motorcycle, girl getting raped, girl payback rape. the mystery tries to be the focus but really gets lost in vague, dull dialogue and bullshit clues.

and i just LOVE how the protagonist gets caught because he left the back door open a tiny crack and the antagonist HEARD THE WIND COMING THROUGH, invites protag for a drink, and protag says YES. and that's the climax of the movie. very anti-climatic, the ending.

Okay, I have a feeling I'm going to get hate for this but... Scarface. (Is a spoiler tag needed for a 20+ year old movie? idk) It was good, but people praise it for all the wrong reasons. No, you don't want to be like Tony. He ends up addicted to crack, kills his own best friend and widows his sister, loses his wife, who he stole from his ex boss who he killed and then he gets filled to the brim with bullets.

Or maybe I'm just sick of 20-year-old guys walking around talking about how awesome he is. Missed the point, I think you did.

Twilight, Harry Potter, Napoleon Dynamite, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Hangover

and pretty much all comedy movies made within the last decade or so are absolute shit.

I loooooved Inception and The Matrix, but that's because I actually got it lol. It's good if you have the attention span to think about it. If not, then I can see why someone would say it's overhyped. I also like Christopher Nolan's Batman series, because it makes for a great analysis like the rest of Nolan's movies. A lot of movies are too simple-minded these days. I don't think there's anything wrong with something that makes you think. And usually when you think of action, you don't think it could challenge your mind so much. I think Nolan proved that generalization wrong.

I agree about Avatar. I went out, thinking wtf was this?! ;

Recently saw Hugo and my mind is baffled as to why people think it's a good movie. Is it because it has the name Scorsese attached to it? It's sooooo long and nothing really happened. Completely disappointed in it. Good thing The Artist won the Oscars that mattered.

i liked the hangover, but it really wasn't as hilariously funny as everyone had made it out to be. i laughed a few times but i don't understand what all the hype was about. as for the king's speech, a completely dull and boring film that doesn't deserve the awards it got.