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Firefly. Even before the revelations, I thought it was a hacky, crappy, show that did deserve its early cancellation.

I do like it, but it is massively overrated. And it really was only good because it was cancelled. It couldn't have sustained it and it would have ended up bad if it kept going. For me, I think most of the characters were great, which is why it works for me. But everything around those characters is overrated and not as amazing as people make it out to be.

Also the editing is atrocious in some parts.

It had a good underlying structure and fun vibes. I would have liked to have seen them do a teardown and reformatting of the show, and probably take it out of Whedon's hands and give it to Ira Behr or somebody like that. I think it could have been really good if they did something like that.

Yes!!
I thought it was... Ok.
But it's not gone too soon, it was mediocre at best.

as a buffy fan i've been subjected to the odd episode of firefly by fans of whedon's other works at various gatherings over the years, and it's never given the impression it could hold together

Avatar. The one with the blue cat people. The visuals were stunning, but the story was just "Pochahontas, in Space!" It's one of those movies you watch with the sound off, because what the characters are saying really doesn't matter, you're just here for the visuals.

Oh man yes. The visuals were nice, but the story was a flat nothing.

OH fuck yes, that movie was so fucking stupid, cliche, predictable and cringy. GAH.

god yes.

Avatar might be bad but it's definitely not overrated

The Dark Knight trilogy. I really mostly like the first one plus a few parts of the second one (Harvey Dent was the best part for me). It isn't as perfect as the fandom would have you believe.

The Shining. I love the book and I think the adaption is such a disservice to the story. There is no nuance, and the ending is just pointlessly weird for the sake of art but doesn't work for me at all.

The Matrix. THe first movie is enjoyable, it is entertaining for sure. But it isn't some mind-blowing, brilliant, one-of-a-kind movie that it is made out to be. The technology was groundbreaking for the time, yes. But the story wasn't groundbreaking at all.

Stephen King said something to the effect of "it's a good horror movie that has nothing to do with my book"
I don't get the big thing over the Matrix movies either. Good special effects have to be held up by a good story and Keanu Reeves' character is dull as hell too.

I still remember the disappointment I felt when I saw the Matrix after it had been hyped up so much. I was expecting a lot more story about how the world got that way and what the aliens/AIs wanted in the long run and more arguments for the pros and cons of living in the Matrix. Everyone hyping it up made it sound so philosophical. Instead I just got another action movie.

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I love the Matrix, but I think that this cult following done this movie disservice. It's a fun sci-fi action, nothing more. On the other hand it gave me the latest movie and it was such a brilliant fuck you to everyone, I love it.

i am pissed that the popular name for the nolan batman trilogy comes from what is, for me, its weakest film

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Pretty much every Batman since they started on the grimdark trend. Also - and sorry, guys who like them - most every Star Wars since...forever. Also Prometheus, holy fuck, that was a bad movie.

I don't think anyone is overrating Prometheus...

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Only good movie in the Alien universe is the first one.

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Titanic
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone with the wind
Seinfeld
Game of Thrones
Twilight
probably going to get yelled at for this one but most anime
Days of Heaven (I have no clue why so many critics have orgasms over this one, it was possibly the most boring movie I ever saw)
any Judd Apatow movie except for 40 Year Old virgin which I thought was pretty funny
most romantic comedies, which I find neither romantic nor funny
most superhero movies

House......

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Blade Runner. The aesthetic and visuals were superb, I will give it credit for that. But I found it slow, I didn't think it was nearly as deep as it thought it was, and making the protag a rapist (but "lol no she wanted it really") just completely ruined it for me.

The 2006 horror movie The Host. Tonally it's just allll over the place, in a way I find incredibly grating and irritating. It bounces from hammy to tragic to hammy to oh-so-serious to melodrama, and I just hate it so much.

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Derry Girls, Killing Eve, Game of Thrones, Marvel movies

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WAS vastly overrated. Supernatural.

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