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I actually agree with the logic in most of these, but I still found "Star Trek", "Drag Me to Hell", and "District 9" to be above average. I see where they're coming from though, and they do make some very good points.

http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/12/14/most-overrated-movies-2009/

I figured Paranormal Activity was on the list. It makes the list only because it was plucked out of its natural habitat and put on a big stage like King Kong. It was a tremendous movie for what it was. It was a pretty good movie once the big lights were shown on it. I think it's unfair to call it overrated, even though it was.

I really hope someone throws decent money at the female lead and those hoots get to see the light of day on the big screen...and then are downloaded to a creepy little screen in a dark private room by me.

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Dumb list.

Click on the link to their best of 2009 and most if not all on the most overrated were also their best of 2009 list. Can't have it both ways.

Sure they can. This wasn't the worst ten movies...it was the ten most overrated...

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i do think that '09 was a weak year for movies, comparatively, to some of the recent years we have had.

but i don't think it's a dumb list at all. i think it exposes a lot of the weaknesses that people were overlooking *because* it's been such a weak year for movies.

But one movie that I think gets overlooked for being one of the better films this year is "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". i'm thinking of doing my own "favorite of '09" list and this would definitely be on that list.

#9 is wrong in so many ways, least of which being the part where they name the wrong film when referencing the "dancing soul" music. Stroszek, not Woyczek.

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i'm glad paranormal activity made the list, although they were still too generous. I thought the hangover was hilarious, i dont really need depth mp thought provocation in my mindless comedies though.

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totally agree on the Hangover...its good, but not nearly as good as everyone said.

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exactly. i have this argument with a friend of mine all the time. he gets all offended when i claim a certain famous band he likes (who shall remain nameless for fear of offending countless other board members who i know would disagree with me) is massively over-rated. over-rated doesn't mean it sucks. it just means that it cant possibly live up to all the hype surrounding it. lots of genuinely good stuff is over-rated.

+1

I saw this movie about a month after it came out and listened to people quote this movie for a good part of the summer. When I finally got to see it, I was really not impressed. It was good, but no where near the level of funniness that people claimed it to be.

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How did Public Enemies not make the list. I was really looking forward to that movie and could not have been more disappointed. When you have the resources they had, I think it is fair to hold them to a high standard.

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I think a large part of movies like the Hangover is watching it in the big crowded theater. Laughter is contagious and I've found myself liking a lot of comedy's the first time I see them then they lose their luster once I get it on DVD.


On a side note, I'm really glad to see the review for Up in Best Movies of 09. Wonderful movie.

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Wrong list. Public Enemies got pretty much crappy reviews from everyone so it was never overrated. Now, if you want to go with a list of the worst movies and/or most disappointing that would probably be more appropriate.

btw, I haven't seen it yet but its coming today in the mail from Blockbuster. Is it even watchable or is it so horrible that i shouldn't even waste my time?

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Director Todd Phillips' latest portrait of man-children trapped in existential panic suffers from a genuinely stupid premise followed by a forced and absurdly convoluted aftermath -- in other words, there's no way in hell any bunch of damn fools would party to the point of alcohol-induced amnesia, and they certainly couldn't bend space-time to get into all that trouble in just a handful of late-night/early-morning hours -- even in Vegas. Once again, women are to be feared in Phillips' world, and the only people you can really ever trust are your bros -- that is, until the third act, when everyone suddenly grows up and whatnot. A tiresome, obnoxious and exhausting comedy that somehow made almost $500 million worldwide. Sigh.

huh? Their amnesia wasn't caused by booze, it was caused by Roofies according to the movie. Did this douche-nozzle even see the movie he is bashing? I thought it was stupid that white Doug couldn't get anybody's attention from the roof - but at the same time, I thought it was nice to see two people from Nic Cage's National Treasure nonsense break out this year in two of the bigger hits of the summer.

This list is stupid. I didn't realize "Drag Me To Hell" was even rated - to be overrated.

Public Enemies sucked too btw. Hell, even Inglorious Basterds was a bit snoozy. And I've seen it three times now.

Thanks for aggravating me with this list W_Z!

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I find the key to seeing a 'hit movie' is seeing it before EVERYBODY says it's awesome.

I loved Borat, The Hangover and The Departed - but I saw them within a day or two of their release date.

Once those movies became huge hits, they never lived up to the hype for the front runners who 'had to see' what everybody was raving about.

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Brian Eck! should have included UP! as that movie sucked my big hairy leathery man sack. WHO was that movie made for? Not kids, that's for sure.

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