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Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs the Sword of Justice

Quentin Tarantino firmly meditated this November over all his films that "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is really the best thing I've ever done." I'm wondering if he'll ever "change his mind." Yet, despite overwhelmingly poorer reviews compared to his other works, Django (8.3), Pulp Fiction (8.9), Hollywood (7.6), I just watched this film and can see a bit where he's coming from, but in terms of his reportoire only. Character-wise, these are maybe the best batch of characters we've seen from the writer slash director, but in an understated meaning. For one, I didn't really care about a movie generalizing 60s 'kids' and featuring their silly trends, but for a Tarantino film you could feel the talent click into place from the main stars. Now, the film is a fictional drama, but based on some historical stories of whose preknowledge isn't remotely necessary to understand. "Ugh another DiCaprio movie" I said, about an actor I'm lukewarm about, where by the end I felt he played one of the best co-stars in his career. Understated, like a salad, or a tape worm. A great match all three. The cinematography was literally 20-20s, relevance intended, as it was also understated, like utterly simple themes but, only Tarantino could make this feel way better than it looked? He made simple flashy stills of concepts come actually alive, like a real home that would be ours. And aside from the actors, the writing may have played a huge role, although on the surface simple [1]. There was a lot of simple in this movie. Simple story, simple tropes, simple dialogue, simple meaning. So was this movie, simple? Or one of his best ever? For me, I only enjoyed it a lot after it was over, because only then I realized how much it truly transported me... this time it was similar to a David Lynch show or movie in this sense. World building. That was it. Tarantino had crafted this other world so well, but out of such very simple pieces, and some great role fits. As a cohesive piece, I feel that DiCaprio had too many 'acting' scenes. I still would've trimmed his time in the movie and focused on writing a second act for Brad instead. The use of the dog as a character was genius, in fact I gladly recognize him as the fourth main character of the film, and was overall happy to see good major films still being made. Beforehand I just got done rewatching Scorsese and his Wolf of DiCaprio, and was utterly disappointed by the triteness and lack of novelty. The movie seemed like all shock and no content to me, feeling like a good director was starting to decay, but from the reviews it should have been something meaningful, no? With Hollywood I had the exact opposite reaction, and have placed this film closer to Pulp Fiction, in an understated way, or perhaps, one single overstatement.

Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth entry of this series, is the most underrated video game I believe in history. They've made one huge social mistake, in trying to distance themselves from what a niche breakthrough it was, incorrectly deeming it like "dated potentials of a done generation" in its appeal, graphics, art, and world-building. Although I'm thrilled to play such marvelous news as Return in what's otherwise a somewhat silly and backward gaming generation now, I can't help but express, what a clusterf*** of gamers and consumers we have representing this industry sometimes. Zero sense of imagination. Easily one of the Top 20 best video games. Ever. It's so incredibly awesome that you could be part of its lineage! and am looking forward to being very open and excited with Return. Congrats!

Confidence level
75%
 
Note
Something being overrated or highly overrated doesn't entail one doesn't love it, right, as clearly some popular Williams scores that are overrated are still amazing. Therefore, scores in the same category of "overratedness" are not equally good, in fact they're just as varied as any other scores. With this being clear, these are my personal tiers, subjective to me.
 
Highly Overrated (---)
Born on the Fourth of July
The Lost World
Saving Private Ryan
1941
 
Overrated (--)
Jaws Saga
Far and Away
Seven Years in Tibet
Catch Me If You Can
 
Slightly Overrated (-)
Schindler's List
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jurassic Park
Hook
Empire of the Sun
 
Finely rated (0)
Star Wars Saga
Indiana Jones Saga
Memoirs of a Geisha
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Cowboys
 
Slightly Underrated (+)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Superman
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Stepmom
Amistad
 
Underrated (++)
Sabrina
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Always
The Towering Inferno
 
Highly Underrated (+++)
Home Alone 2
The Patriot
Angela's Ashes
The Accidental Tourist
The Terminal
 
Conclusion
Since my confidence is 75%, I'd be open for suggestions as to what I should reevaluate or put in.

Confidence level
75%
 
Note
Something being overrated or highly overrated doesn't entail one doesn't love it, right, as clearly some popular Williams scores that are overrated are still amazing. Therefore, scores in the same category of "overratedness" are not equally good, in fact they're just as varied as any other scores. With this being clear, these are my personal tiers, subjective to me.
 
Highly Overrated (---)
Born on the Fourth of July
The Lost World
Saving Private Ryan
1941
 
Overrated (--)
Jaws Saga
Far and Away
Seven Years in Tibet
Catch Me If You Can
 
Slightly Overrated (-)
Schindler's List
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jurassic Park
Hook
Empire of the Sun
 
Finely rated (0)
Star Wars Saga
Indiana Jones Saga
Memoirs of a Geisha
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Cowboys
 
Slightly Underrated (+)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Superman
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Stepmom
Amistad
 
Underrated (++)
Sabrina
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Always
The Towering Inferno
 
Highly Underrated (+++)
Home Alone 2
The Patriot
Angela's Ashes
The Accidental Tourist
The Terminal
 
Conclusion
Since my confidence is 75%, I'd be open for suggestions as to what I should reevaluate or put in.

@mrbellamy why did you use the Report button on your own post?
 
I didn't even know that was possible! 

A milestone. I added The Legend of Ashitaka to the list and to the top 10 and I now feel so proud to have this excellent and coherent Top 10, as per the thread. It feels complete!
 
Still probably missing a lot of Uematsu and other composers, but working in progress...

I'd rather paint them. In Paint.

Underrated: Basic Instinct 2.
Overrated: the godfather. OPEN. YOUR. MOUTH.

Waterworld is seriously underrated. And Spielberg's West Side Story. IMHO.
 
Overrated? Anything by Christopher Nolan following Dark Knight. Not to say that movies like TDKR and Interstellar weren't entertaining, but they are not the messianic work of the savior of upper middlebrow cinema that his acolytes claim.

For underrated I think I'll add to the top Eyes Wide Shut definitely, and perhaps maybe(?) Waterworld, The Man From Earth, and Total Recall (need to rewatch them first.) Just trying to think of more movies.
 
We probably get a lot of flack for posting overrated lists, so Godspeed you martyrs. Try just taking your own Top 100 list and write if they're overrated and underrated on IMDb. That should be easy, then do the opposite for IMDb's Top 100--write if they're over or under.
 
 
Which ones do you recommend based on my preferences?

Underrated: Chris Nolan's Interstellar, Zack Snyder's Watchmen
Overrated: Mad Max: Fury Road

You can utilize critic reviews and awards, though I will be utilizing IMDb scores because it's the only thing which doesn't seem fake and curated as propaganda in the world today.
 
Anyway, a film I just saw recently that strikes me as definitely underrated on IMDb is Top Gun. I thought it was brilliant, visionary, well directed and acted, and much preferred it to movies that essentially seem overblown in attributes or ie. less significant in message, like Shawshank Redemption and other films on the IMDb Top 250. I think these certain films are technically right, but don't cut at the heart of story-telling like a good David Lynch film for instance.
 
My short list for now,
 
Very Underrated
The Family Man
Top Gun
Riding in Cars with Boys
The Time Machine (2002)
A Scanner Darkly
Now and Then
Waterworld
 
Underrated
Lost Highway
Mulholland Dr.
Kingpin
Predestination
The Thing
Memento
Eyes Wide Shut
Homeward Bound
Dark City
That Thing You Do!
Ponyo
Boiler Room
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Magnolia
Troy
The Count of Monte Cristo
Almost Famous
Harry Potter 1 & 2
Casino Royale (2006) and older Bond movies
Home Alone
Howl's Moving Castle
 
Overrated (in the IMDb Top 500)
The Green Mile
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Leon: The Professional
Prisoners
Schindler's List
Django Unchained
Joker
The Dark Knight Rises
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Princess Mononoke (one of the greatest maybe the greatest score though)
Avengers movies
Fargo
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2001: A Space Odyssey
Whiplash
Before Sunrise/Sunset
Zootopia
12 Monkeys
The Hobbit films
Arrival
District 9
 
I'm sure I missed a lot or haven't seen every movie on IMDb, but I'll come back to add more. But what's cool about this is, others can recommend you movies based on what you like.
 
What does your overrated and underrated list look like? What movies would you recommend me based on mine?
 
Also, the greatest horror movie I've seen is Until Dawn, so it would be considered an underrated movie since it's usually not classified as a film.

Wow. Someone is rescoring maybe the greatest film score of all time.
My reaction
 

 
 
Incredible job so far  Upon hearing the first couple tracks I love the use of textures and melodies. I understand this project is also for fun and something which is repeatable later.

Pyschonauts 2 vol 2 now available with many more great cues, these are jazz and rock.  Lots of groovy tunes including Cosmic 1, sung by regular castmate, Jack Black.
 
 
 
 

Soon, they'll drop harmony and rhythm as well.

Titanic 

Or a good video game with NPC exploration and investigation ?
 

Don't even want to listen to the first 9.

Don't even want to listen to the first 9.

Great movie.

Holst: Jupiter! I'll add you to the pro PRO list, for honesty and for being correct.

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