原文: Top 10 Overrated Movies

There’s no top 10 movie list that can cause more angry responses than a top ten “overrated” list. The problem is that every movie fan has their own personal list of most overrated movies. This doesn’t mean all these movies are terrible – in fact many of them will be personal favorites of other movie fans. That being said, even good or fun movies can be badly overrated. This is a list of the ten most overrated movies in modern times. This list contains a competition - further details at the bottom of the list.

After a dozen amazing movies, this was the one that Denzel Washington finally won an Oscar for. Really? Aside from the fact that this rehashed plot is nothing close to original, it feels like this movie received the attention it did because Denzel played a bad guy and that was out of character. This had the same effect that Wayne Brady as a psycho did for the Chapelle’s Show: it might be wildly popular because it’s out of character, but that doesn’t mean the movie was that good. In fact, it was very average, at best.

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This isn’t a bad movie. In fact, it’s pretty good and definitely entertaining, but for all the hype that this film received it definitely qualifies as overrated. This movie is on the IMDB Top 250 list, but the dialogue isn’t overly impressive (and only a precursor to “Pulp Fiction,” which is much better), and a lot of this film is based on “tricks” like the non-chronological order and flashbacks, which are used as style choices to hide plot deficiencies. This is a good movie, but it’s hardly a best 200 ever.

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Whales. Whales can connect with unknown aliens who are absolutely unstoppable, and are the only species who can save Earth, forcing time travel to 1980’s America. A very campy movie with a plot that questionable doesn’t even begin to describe. Let this one die quietly, bring back KHAN!

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It seems like everyone loves this film, but once again this movie is overrated. It’s slow, and takes a long time to play out with intermittent scares. A fairly smart movie (but not overwhelmingly brilliant as many claim) with a legitimately decent twist, but the balance just isn’t right. A little too long and boring, with a twist ending that while decent, was actually not hard to figure out very early on in the film. The ending sequence is impressive, but like many other overrated films this is a decent movie that took too long and lost track of its balance.

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A lot of Al Pacino movies are overrated, and it’s not hard to argue that Pacino is consistently one of the most overrated actors in Hollywood. Look he’s screaming and cussing. I’d say again, but when did Pacino stop long enough to start up “again?” While this was a breakthrough film in the sense of violence, one has to wonder how this movie got its status. The F-word is used endlessly (so much for intelligent dialogue), the violence is way over the top, and there really are much better written drug, Mafia, or violent movies. This film might be legendary, but it’s hard to argue that this movie would still hold up if it was a brand new release.

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Not even going into the incredible stretching and disregard for historical truth this film reveled in, keep in mind that this was the movie that kicked the butt of “Saving Private Ryan,” “Dark City,” “American History X,” and “The Big Lebowski,” all around the awards shows, but admit it – 9 out of 10 of you had completely forgotten that this movie had ever even existed until it just appeared on this list. Ten years later and this film’s competitors will be remembered for years or even decades to come, while this movie made it’s chick flick splash and then promptly disappeared once the next one came out.

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Okay, even with admitting that 2002 was a down year for films; is that really an excuse for “Chicago” to win best picture? This was an entertaining picture, but “Best Picture?” Really? “The Pianist,” “Igby Goes Down,” “Gangs of New York,” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” were all excellent movies, and it’s hard to accept that “Chicago” was the best of the crop here. This film was fun if you like a musical, but it’s hardly a best picture.

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Another very long, absolute clichéd romantic chick flick, except girlfriends went so nuts over this one that it shattered records for money brought in over an insane 9 month theatre running. This movie is the biggest moneymaker of all time? Really? “Titanic” was a long and boring soap opera without good acting, flat cardboard characters, and the all time cliché of a tragic love story between two star-crossed lovers. This is one of the most overrated films of all time, and you could even make a case for this one as number one, except that there are enough people who agree with this assessment to bring it down the overrated list.

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There were sections of this film that were hilarious, but there were twice as many that weren’t funny at all. Even worse, as any late night store clerk can attest, these types of jobs provide tons of funny and ridiculous stories that could have been used in this movie, but were barely even touched, instead opting for a lot of cussing and explicit sex jokes. Other parts, like Jay cussing everyone up, just aren’t that funny. This was an impressive independent film, but nothing that should have achieved the near epic status it enjoys.

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Anyone who isn’t blown away by star power will see this for what it is: a sad boring film that doesn’t do “Heart of Darkness” any justice. This was terribly acted, stilted, and somehow managed to be ludicrously over dramatic without any drama. Yet this movie is widely considered one of the 100 best of all time and is lauded for its star power. “Apocalypse Now” is terribly overrated, and is on the top of this list as an example of a terrible movie that is lauded for its status over the film itself.

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译文: 十大“评价过高"电影

    没有哪个电影排行榜比“是大评价过高电影”排行榜更让人愤怒了。问题是在电影迷们的心中都有自己的一个评价过高的电影排行榜。这并不代表这些入榜电影都很差劲——实际上仍有一些影迷会非常喜爱这些电影。应该说一些的确好的而且很有趣的电影也会被高估。以下是当今十大过高评价电影排行榜。这个列表包含一个抽奖活动——榜单下面有更多细节。

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《训练日》

2001

    继一系列优秀电影产生后，丹泽尔·华盛顿最终借此电影获得了奥斯卡奖。实际是这样的么？其实上，改变后的剧本与原创丝毫不符，它之所以能倍受关注，主要是因为剧中塑造的一个与自身身份不相符的坏蛋形象。这与《夏佩尔之秀》中韦恩布雷迪塑造的人物形象有异曲同工之效。它也许会因出人意料而流行，但是那并不意味着它是一部好电影，充其量也就是一般水平。

9

《落水狗》

1992

    这部电影其实不错，可以说非常的棒，而且娱乐性很强，但是由于被大肆吹捧，才使它只能得到“过高估计”的评价。这部电影荣登互联网电影数据库排行榜前250，但是片中台词并不感人（就是“果肉文学”的一个前驱）——这还算可以，更差的是整部电影就是在以不遵循时间顺序和倒叙的手法来掩盖剧本的不足，基本同以往的经典作品构思相似。它是一部好电影，但是绝对难进200强。

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《星际迷航记》

1986

    鲸。鲸鱼可以联络不可阻挡的外星人，而且是唯一能拯救地球物种，它使时空逆转到1980年的美国。这是一部很不自然的电影，而且剧中的一些疑问并未打开。让它悄悄沉寂吧。唤回“可汗”！

7

《小岛惊魂》

2001

    似乎每个人都喜欢这部电影，但是我还是得说，这部电影也被高估了。情节发展很缓慢，而且很久才出现一个惊悚镜头。它是一部很漂亮的电影（就像很多评论说的那样——有压倒性的才气），拥有一个得体的转折，但是转折点的选取不佳。整部作品既长又乏味，而且又缺少一个贯穿的线索。

6

《疤面煞星》

1983

    阿尔·帕西诺的很多电影都被过高评价了。不难想象帕西诺也始终是好莱坞被过高评价的演员之一。瞧他的尖叫和谩骂。我还是要说，帕西诺什么时候可以退出演艺界一段时间再复出啊？由于还得考虑如何提高其地位，这部电影可以算是暴力电影的一个突破了。F***这个词不断地出现（有才的台词中决不会出现这么多）。关于毒品、黑手党等的暴力场面也很多。这部电影很传奇，但是也不难想象，如果重新发行的话，它未必能出名。

5

《恋爱中的莎士比亚》

1998

    这部电影得意之处在于制造让人难以猜测的情节，并且大胆地违背历史史实。颁奖晚会上也是围绕“拯救列兵瑞安”、“黑暗的城市”、“美国×历史”和“大lebowski”这四个立意走的。但是应该说，在这个排行榜出现的时候你们中十分之九都已经完全把它忘了。但是十年前这部电影的竞争者在未来的几年、十几年内都不会忘记它，这部电影只是昙花一现，而当新的作品产生后，它也终将销声匿迹。

4

《芝加哥》

2002

    2002年是电影比较萧条的一年，而这是《芝加哥》成为“最佳画面奖”得主的一个原因么？它的画面是很有欣赏价值，但是真配得“最佳画面奖”这一殊荣么？《钢琴家》、《伊比的堕落》、《纽约黑帮》和《指环王-2双塔奇谋》都是很棒的电影，但是《芝加哥》同样获得这样的评价是很难让人接受的。如果你是个音乐剧爱好者的话，它会是部有趣的电影，但是绝称不上是“最佳画面”。

3

泰坦尼克

1997

    又一部非常长的电影，仍然是描写“闪电浪漫爱情”的老掉牙作品，除了其中的女朋友比较疯狂以外，更令人震惊的是这部电影竟然连续九个月赢得电影院票房好成绩.这部电影会持续卖座，是这样的么？《泰坦尼克》是一部既长又乏味的泡沫剧，演员既没有出色的演技，而且人物性格生硬，并且老生常谈一对生不逢时的恋人的悲惨爱情故事。它始终是最为被过高评价的电影。也许即使有很多人想把它拉入到被高估电影的行列，你仍然认为它是最好的。

2

《疯狂店员》

1994

    并不是这部电影本身很有趣，有趣的是它竟出了两季。更糟糕的是几乎所有的深夜店员都能证实，这种工作来本应提供更多有趣可笑的故事，而这里只是提供了一些接触的画面，而且充斥着谩骂和露骨的成人笑话。其他地方像杰逗其他人发笑的地方也不那么有意思。这是一部给人印象深刻的中立的电影，但是绝无资格获得的诸如“史诗”之类的称号。

1

现代启示录

1979

    任何没被明星效应迷惑的人们都会认为：这是一部十分糟糕十分无聊的电影，对于“迷惘的灵魂”并未给予任何启示。片中演员的演技很糟很不自然，甚至有一些荒谬。它的情节太具戏剧性而且看似没有剧本约束，尽管有很多人认为就算凭明星效应也足以挤进一百强电影。《现代启示录》真的被虚夸了，而且是由于利用明星效应而非自身实力被肯定，登上了此榜榜首。

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