Most overrated/overhyped movies

Vanessa Redgrave in a "Titanic"-like ending is the only thing that saves this disaster! This movie tries to be "Notes on a Scandal" for the first half and "Children of Men" for the second. This movie desecrates those films. It also lacks emotion attachment to any character, as well as focus, direction, or good dialogue. Does the amazing ending validate the first 100 minutes? You decide.

Never has a movie taken such a nosedive in rating stars as TWBB. If I would have only seen the first half of this film, I would be giving this movie 5 stars. Half-way through this movie there was so much promise and potential, all to be withered away in a meandering plot line that lacked focus and a ridiculous ending. On the upside, I believe Daniel Day-Lewis is a shoe-in for Best Actor here.

Mild thumb up.

Deeply flawed film. First of all, the movie is narrated, conceding any chance of learning about the characters via good plot or dialogue. Then we get two subplots, each of which have little connection to each other. On one hand, Jackie Earle Haley earns his Oscar nod by giving the performance of his life. It would have been nice if the movie would have focused more on this story and less (or not at all) on Brad and Sarah's . Instead, we get this second subplot which is full of inconsistencies and "why did they do that's?" For instance, we keep hearing and seeing trains, as if they have some significance to the story, which is not apparent. Secondly, this subplot dragged on far too long. Thirdly, the "big finish" consists of Brad telling his adorable son that he loves him and would never hurt him and then runs off with Sarah but gets distracted by skateboarders and cuts up his face even though he fell on his back. So essentially skateboarding was more important than his son. Why should I root or care for a character like this? Oh and to top it off, he was carrying the letter that he was supposed to leave for his wife but was conveniently able to never give her because he changed his mind (deus ex machina!) All in all, this film tries too hard to be like American Beauty, but falls far short. I would have given this movie only 1 star if it were not for the amazing performance turned in by Haley.

Pointless. Completely and utterly pointless. This film just screams out "Look at me, look at how artsy I am! Aren't I such a good movie because I'm so different and weird." This is nothing more than a series of random 5-10 minute snippets that have no meaning whatsoever. How can this even be considered a movie? There is no plot, no themes, no character development; only a setting. Each little clip has a "ha ha I fooled ya!" at the end of it, but I found myself asking "Who cares?" We don't get to know any of the characters long enough for these "twists" to pay off. How can such a myriad of talented people come together to produce such a forgettable piece of work. Okay, so I chuckled a few times, but all in all this may be the the most empty film I've ever seen.

I laughed enough times to recommend this, but got more laughs per buck with "Super Troopers" or even a typical episode of "The Simpsons". "Hot Fuzz" manages to spoof just about every cliche' of the action/horror genre, which is quite amusing. However, a lot of time, energy, and money is invested for each chuckle of a joke, which doesn't seem worth the payoff when this done repetitively throughout the movie. The problem with this movie is that it does too good of a job mimicking movies like "Bad Boyz 2", which is painful to watch. Also, it seems as if the writing is done ala "Family Guy", where the plot is written around the jokes. Maybe if I would have spent more time watching bad action movies I could have appreciated the humor more and justify giving this more stars.

Beyond ridiculous. This movie makes "Smokin' Aces" look like a plausible, award-worthy movie. A faulty premise plus flashy, gimmicky editing plus a screenplay that could have been written by a fourteen year old boy for a school project equals a waste of an hour and a half plus of my time. I enjoyed the last 30 seconds of this movie, but other than that, I was quite embarrassed to watch this actually. If it were not for a great soundtrack, this movie would have been easily demoted to a half-star rating. For a good action movie that is better in every respect, I would recommend "Leon: The Professional".

The most overrated "Best Picture" winner ever.