Most Overrated Movie of all Time.

Rating: 1/10 (25 November 2006)

A silly slow movie with gimmicky visuals that lucked out by being the "Hip" movie of the year that it was uncool to dislike. Every year or two an unconventional movie comes out and becomes the trendy movie of the year that everyone loves. It's as if latching on to this unconventional movie gives the average movie going public some indy-cred amongst their friends. The unfortunate irony is that they are just attaching themselves to something they found was pre-approved, but whatever. Being John Malkavich benefited from this, Lost In Translation (a movie I like actually) did as well as Napolean Dynamite and Sin City. Even if you find something positive or personally satisfying about any of the above movies it is hard to deny that the blanket worship by the mass movie-going public is suspect. Ask yourself, Is this really the kind of movie that makes 200 million dollars? Not typically, but here everyone is, regardless of personal tastes and film smarts, worshiping it. Is this really a movie that appeals to the masses or just an example of group-think? Being that the movie has silly dialogue, a slow pace and a middle 30 minutes that is just embarrassing in it's cheesiness I am inclined to think people are just desperate to fit in and not look stupid for "not getting it".