Requiem for a Dream : Extremely overrated

The movie got a very simple message that didn't need a 2-hour movie to get it across.

What was the point of the shots being so up-close all the time? Anyone would look gross from such an angle.

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Well that's just, like, your opinion man.

I wouldn't call it overrated. Believe me, I am an extreme nitpicker on overrated movies: I do not like District 9, Children of Men, or The Godfather.

I found this movie to deal with the subject of addiction to be very realistic and sad, specially with the plot of the mom. She lived a satisfactory life before her diet pills. However, because she wanted to fit into the red dress and make her son proud, she would overdose with the pills.

I liked it, and certainly wouldn't call it overrated.

BUT...

The Basketball Diaries is miles better.

Is every movie board on IMDB required to have an 'overrated' thread?

What exactly does 'overrated' mean?

I agree. Creating such threads for every movie is definitely overrated. It means that people are dumb.
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And what does that make you for creating them?

Ah ha!...touche! Silence is gold!

Not sure what anybody saw in it considering how heavy handed, witless and ultimately insightless it is. A blandly written yet ridiculously overwrought anti-drug infomercial with characters that do not feel authentic and who always seem to opt for saying the most obvious thing. And Aronofsky's over-the-top flashy visual style gets distracting before the first twenty minutes are up; the guy's just an upstart show-off who has no idea where to draw the line.



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