Directors Over-rated and under-rated things (1 Viewer)

[MarkHastings]

Underrated: Hole-in-the-wall restaurants

Except for the restaurants that actually have holes in the walls

 

[ErikG]

Overrated: Independant and foreign films

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Coudn't disagree more.

- Walter.

 

[John Thomas]

Overrated: Birth control
Underrated: Sterilization for those who shouldn't have kids

 

[Jack Shappa]

Overrated: Birth control
Underrated: Sterilization for those who shouldn't have kids

LOL!

- JS

 

[Jim_K]

Overrated: Everything under the sun that I dislike

Underrated: Everything in this world that I like

I think that pretty much sums up the true meaning of these overused words.

 

[Lew Crippen]

I’m not sure if I agree more with Jim or Walter.

 

[MartinTeller]

I totally agree with Jim. "Overrated" and "underrated" have no bearing on anything beyond what the speaker likes vs. what he perceives popular opinion to be. They're words that tend to spark those tedious, endless "opinion vs. fact" arguments because their connotation is objective but their true meaning is always subjective.

 

[Steve Christou]

*evil snigger* aaah guys this thread was getting really enjoyable when it skewed off onto that 'kids' tangent, who was it that said 'I love children, but I couldn't eat a whole one'?

Overrated: Independant and foreign films

Absolutely, just add the word 'extremely' to the start of that sentence, make it perfect.

Underrated: Hundreds and hundreds of enjoyable US/UK movies, sneered at by the film snob elite over the past 80 years.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Gosh, can't you like'em both? There seems to be this implicit dichotomy that presumes if one likes one group of films you are automatically predisposed to dislike the other.

Too bad Julie doesn't pop in to this thread and make some mildly snarky kid comments.

Edit: Just to be clear, the "you" is a generic reference to enthusiasts and is not directed at any individual.

- Walter.

 

[MarkHastings]

"Overrated" and "underrated" have no bearing on anything beyond what the speaker likes vs. what he perceives popular opinion to be.

I had posted that I wan't exactly certain as to the meaning of both terms. Is there a real definition? I understand that it has nothing to do with personal opinion, just because I like something doesn't mean that everyone should, but that's what I base my assumption of the word "Over-Rated" - I assumed it was to describe something that not everyone is interested in, but the ones who are believe that everyone should be.

Almost along the same lines as "Hype" - when the hype is more exciting than the actual action (or product), but I guess that falls into personal opinion as well... Ahhhh!

 

[Vickie_M]

Overrated: I would say marriage too. My love and I have been together almost 21 years, and having an "officially sanctioned" marriage has never been important to us. We have our affairs in order so we have no problems legally. Our families stopped asking "when are you going to get married?" about 15 years ago .

Underrated: The singer/songwriter/musician Happy Rhodes. She's one of the most talented and interesting musicial artists in the US (if not the world) pretty near the level of Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, and has one of the most breathtakingly gorgeous voices you'll ever hear. She has 10 albums out and has been thoroughly ignored by just about everybody, because she doesn't have a major label to promote her (and the labels that have expressed interest wanted to turn her into Madonna because they didn't know what to do with her the way she was, so she said no). It's really a shame. People are missing out on some wonderful music.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Overrated: beer
Underrated: marijuana

Overrated: David Lynch
Underrated: John Landis

Overrated: dogs
Underrated: cats

Overrated: Robert De Niro
Underrated: James Caan

Overrated: oral sex
Underrated: a nice friendly hand-job

Overrated: Scott Weinberg
Underrated: SteveGon

Overrated: Tim Burton's Batman
Underrated: Robert Altman's Popeye

Overrated: Squiggy
Underrated: Lenny

Overrated: Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan
Underrated: Steven Spielberg's 1941

Overrated: AICN's Talkback Forum
Underrated: HTF's Movies Forum

Overrated: Randall Cunningham
Underrated: Donovan McNabb

Overrated: Monopoly
Underrated: The Game of Life

Overrated: Sideshow Bob
Underrated: Sideshow Mel

Overrated: 2003 Jaguar XJS
Underrated: 1979 Chevy Nova

Overrated: Amazon.com
Underrated: Deep Discount DVD

Overrated: John Cleese
Underrated: Michael Palin

Overrated: other peoples' children
Underrated: your own children

 

[Angelo.M]

Overrated: sunsets
Underrated: sunrises

Overrated: dating
Underrated: marriage

Overrated: e-mails
Underrated: letters

Overrated: filet mignon
Underrated: ribeye

Overrated: cabernet sauvignon
Underrated: tempranillo

Overrated: NBA
Underrated: Major League Baseball

Overrated: Thomas Jefferson
Underrated: Benjamin Franklin

Overrated: Seattle
Underrated: Portland

Overrated: backpacking in Europe
Underrated: backpacking in the U.S.

Overrated: Kubrick
Underrated: Gilliam

Overrated: Dickens
Underrated: Shakespeare

Overrated: The Lord of the Rings
Underrated: Spirited Away

Overrated: cappucino
Underrated: espresso

Overrated: CD
Underrated: vinyl

Overrated: summer olympics
Underrated: winter olympics

Overrated: lawyers
Underrated: doctors

 

[Steve Christou]

Underrated: marijuana

*puff* Yup, my mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening thru a cosmic vapor of invention!*cough*

 

[MarkHastings]

Computer Items

Overrated: AOL.com
Underrated: Homestarrunner.com

Overrated: Laptops
Underrated: Workstations

Overrated: 2 satellite speakers and a Sub woofer
Underrated: Actually being able to hear music correctly from a REAL stereo.

Overrated: Color Inkjet Printers
Underrated: B&W Laser Printers

Overrated: Getting a bigger monitor to see better
Underrated: Calibrating your smaller monitor correctly

Overrated: The complexity and confusion of most video games.
Underrated: The simplicity of "Diamond Mine"


Food Items

Overrated: Toasted Pop-Tarts
Underrated: Untoasted Pop-Tarts

Overrated: Dairy Queen
Underrated: Mom and Pop places that make the ice cream by hand.

 

[Elizabeth S]

Overrated: American Splendor
Underrated: Independence

 

[Rob P S]

Overrated: The Lord of the Rings
Underrated: Spirited Away

Agreed.

Overrated: Law & Order
Underrated: Without a Trace

Overrated: Alan Jackson
Underrated: Gary Allan

Overrated: Homer Simpson
Underrated: Nelson Muntz

Overrated: Twinkies
Underrated: Zingers

Overrated: KFC
Underrated: Long John Silver's

Overrated: Cellphones
Underrated: Face-to-face conversation

Overrated: Seinfeld
Underrated: Three's Company

Overrated: Roger Ebert
Underrated: Scott Weinberg

Overrated: Malcolm in the Middle
Underrated: The Bernie Mac Show

Overrated: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Underrated: Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis