Recently, we wrote about films people are sick of hearing about because they think they're completely over-hyped. And our BuzzFeed Community members came through in the comments with SO MANY more movies they *personally* think are praised too much. Here are some of their responses:
1. A Christmas Story
MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection 2. Saving Private Ryan
"With a great D-day sequence (a masterpiece), stuck in a mediocre screenplay with shallow performances."
–angrycrocodile56
Dreamworks / Courtesy Everett Collection 3. Dune
"The movie was duller than the book."
–taowithat
Warner Bros. / Everett Collection 4. Avatar
"Avatar is one movie I heard from family members about how brilliant it was. The CGI was great. The characters aren't likable. The story you could see coming 100 miles away. I made the mistake of watching the sequel. I won't watch any more Avatar movies."
–thephilliefan1
20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection 5. Casablanca
Warner Bros. / Everett Collection 6. The Dark Knight Rises
"I remember being thoroughly disappointed and feeling almost betrayed after how great The Dark Knight was. TDKR had a mediocre plot that was full of plot holes, incomprehensible decision-making by characters, bad action (other than the sewer fight), and a horrible ending."
–shyskeleton89
Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 7. Asteroid City
"It was a TERRIBLE, BORING movie. The A-list actors were listless. I actually tried to watch it three times but found it so boring and pointless, I never finished it!"
–lazyshield15
Focus Features / Everett Collection 8. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
"As someone who has adored Michael Cera for 20 years, I’ve never understood the appeal of Scott Pilgrim . I’ve watched it multiple times and I just find it weird and dull."
–noblegoat
Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection 9. Brokeback Mountain
"The screenwriter wanted to shock the audience three times and didn't care how he got there. I think the cast knew because they are mostly all great actors, but they just phoned it in."
–pemdas927
Focus Films/Courtesy Everett Collection 10. Gladiator
"The one and only time I fell asleep in the theatre. 'Are you not entertained!?' No, I wasn't."
–mister_nanda
DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Collection 11. The Revenant
"After a while, I would've rather been attacked by the bear just so I could get out of it."
–laughingskull98
New Regency Productions / Everett Collection 12. Saw franchise
Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection 13. It Follows
"After hearing things like, 'terrifying,' 'some of the most disturbing imaging,' and 'one of the best horror movies of the 2010s,' I was hella excited. Then I watched it and cried, knowing I'd just wasted an hour and a half of my life on THAT. If you want some of the most disturbing images of the 2010s, watch the Terrifier movies."
–noooo87
Weinstein Company / Courtesy Everett Collection 14. Midsommar
15. Fight Club
20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection 16. Napoleon Dynamite
"I watched it because of all the hype, but it was sooooo boring."
–chunkytrusses
Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection 17. Manhattan
"The only film I physically walked out of a cinema from was Woody Allen’s Manhattan . Complete garbage!"
–fuggletim
United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection 18. Gone with the Wind
"I have tried to watch GWTW three times and have fallen asleep three times."
–headofhousehold
Selznik International Pictures / Everett Collection 19. Shawshank Redemption
"When I would take resumes for the video store I worked at, we asked what the applicant's favorite movie was. If they answered Shawshank , I wouldn't endorse the application to the manager. Not because it's a bad movie, but because it is overhyped, and people who touted it as their favorite made me think they have no perspective to recommend movies to customers. Yes, I was super judgy, but 'Shawshank is my favorite movie' makes me think of boring straight entitled white boys who mostly watch movies made for them, by other bros just like them with nearly all white male casts."
–emmerzz0011
Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection What other movies do you think belong on this list? Let us know in the comments below!
Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.