Comments on: The Most Disappointing & Overrated Films Of 2010

By: Hossam

Hossam — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Toy Story 3 ? The Social Network ? Shutter Island ? oh wow ! .. i\’m really glad you didn\’t put Inception there too !

By: PT

PT — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Let\’s all relax and be grateful that Terrence Malick\’s Tree of Life will be released within the coming year. What else is there be upset over with news like that!

By: SousChefGerard

SousChefGerard — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

\”…the tender note of forgiveness closing “The Kids Are All Right.”\”

That sentiment rang about as hollow as the near one-sided character assassination that took place before that of the sperm donor daddy for engaging in a consensual affair with hippie lesbian mom.

By: bonzob

bonzob — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

As usual, you guys condescend to your readership and selectively answer their complaints.

Multiple people pointed out Iron Man 2 was not anyone\’s idea of a highly rated film, and should have been placed in disappointments, not in overrated. You ignore these comments.

I commented not on whether or not Toy Story 3 was good, but rather on the tiresome nerd-bashing you continue with, and on the absurd notion that only \”nerds\” cried at TS3\’s conclusion. You ignore this comment.

Others have pointed out several other absurdities in your TS3 piece, including the asinine I Am Love reference and the frankly stupid and insulting assertion that it \”says something about North American culture that everyone pulled out their hankies as the fate of some anthropomorphic toys was determined.\”

Go fuck yourself, Playlist. Seriously.

You guys are smart about film, but your sickeningly elitist attitude undermines everything you do, and isn\’t anywhere near as clever or cute as you seem to think it is.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Ed I think we should, if only to reinstate the saying \”all that and a bag of chips.\”

By: mister fart

mister fart — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Tiny Furniture absolutely belongs on this list. That film received so much praise from so many respectable critics that it set a bar. Maybe not a high bar, but a bar. And that boring, self-indulgent mess of a film just another sad sack Garden State made by a chick with less talent than Zack Braff. Yeah, let that statement set in.

Also, fuck \”The Kids Are All Right\”.

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

As usual, y\’all ain\’t really reading and or the sentiment is not really carrying through. Both writers liked Toy Story 3 and The Social Network. They just didn\’t LOOOOVE it enough to get super boners about it and possibly are somewhat annoyed at all the super boner praise over them.

Do we have to write in big, bold, black letters:

WE DON\’T HATE THIS MOVIE WE JUST DONT THINK ITS ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Toy Story 3, though the weakest of the trilogy, was still a marvellous film. Sure, some jokes were a bit cartoonish and wee-bit low brow. But the film as still enjoyable and a great piece of closure to some fantastic kids movies. Does it deserve to get nominated in the Top 10? Yes. Should it win? No.
And as for the comment about just nerds crying to the ending is just inane babble.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Nice to see I\’m not the only person who thought the supposed \”emotional potency\” of Toy Story 3 fell flat — the pathos were less authentic than Cars IMO, and I honestly couldn\’t help but snicker at the absurd thought of someone breaking down at the incinerator scene (or the ending).

Toy Story 3 worked best when it was an entertaining heist flick, and Pixar shouldn\’t attempt to shackle their films by ham-fisted pathos.

Ben Stiller was fine in Greenberg, and Ruffalo in the titular role would have bordered on self-parody. And Tiny Furniture belongs nowhere near this list. And Iron Man 2 should be squarely in the \”most disappointing\” as I don\’t think there was anyone who liked it remotely enough for it to qualify as \”overrated\” in any sense of the word.

(Also, I cannot believe no one would vouch for Inception to be on the \”overrated\” list.)

By: jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

I think you completely missed the point of Never Let Me Go. The coldness and lack of emotion was purposely there because the people in that world believed that the kids raised in those schools had no souls. They accepted their fate without complaints and never dared to dream of escape or anything beyond childish desires. I thought the movie\’s tone was perfect for this. Yes, we would normally expect some kind of Michael Bay / The Island type of escape plan, but this movie was geat because it told a different story, or people whose minds weren\’t even capable of imagining that.

By: gedn

gedn — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

I don\’t get it, is Toy Story 3 only overrated because people actually compare it to I Am Love? Because that\’d be pretty silly.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

\’The Ghost Writer\’ & \’Tiny Furniture\’ are excellent.

By: Hayden Maxwell

Hayden Maxwell — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Honestly, to tsk at people tearing up at \”some anthropomorphic toys\” is a giant middle finger to the magic of cinema. Not only have they made toys come to life, not only have they turned nearly every character iconic in their own way, they have made them into people we (meaning most of the world) care about. That power of using these cartoons so that nearly everyone, young and old, worldwide can contemplate life, death, love, and aging (and yes the kids are thinking about these things too even though they\’re not consciously doing so yet) is nothing short of incredible and absolutely deserving of the title of Best Picture of the Year. Don\’t make harsh judgements just because someone champions a cartoon. Blue Valentine is my number two, you can appreciate mainstream and arthouse cinema at the same time, don\’t be ridiculous.

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

oops, he is, sorry. Read that too fast. Oh well, for the rest of the internet that thinks Avatar is a 2010 film, carry on…

By: Katie Walsh

Katie Walsh — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Edward, I think Scott is agreeing with you!

By: billybobsnortin

billybobsnortin — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Toy Story 3 – are you fricking kidding me, guys?!?!

I love(d?) your site for the past 6 months or so, but these Year-End Lists you have been cooking up are a major major major FAIL

By: bonzob

bonzob — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Alright, Playlist guys, it\’s time to drop the sneering \”nerd\” stuff. It\’s unprofessional and juvenile and you do it every third article.

We get it. You don\’t like what you perceive as fanboy movies, or fanboys in general. You think Harry Knowles is the antichrist. Any reader of your blog knows this. At this point it\’s tiresome at best… you snobby, pretentious Brooklyn hipsters (See? It\’s not nice, is it?).

Also, to say that just \”nerds\” cried at Toy Story 3 is absurd and reductive.

Oh, and, while I agree with your assessment of Iron Man 2, how is it overrated? Didn\’t everyone pretty much agree with you?

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Avatar release date (common knowledge)

December 18, 2009
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/releaseinfo
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/avatar/

in Roger Eberts Best of 2009 (special prize, not actually in the top 10
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_2009.html

insist away, guy.

By: Scott Mendelson

Scott Mendelson — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Glad to see I\’m not the only one for many of these choices. But watch out, apparently most of the Internet thinks calling something overrated is the same as calling it \’bad\’. Of course, they also swear that Avatar came out in 2010, so there\’s that…

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

I dont think Iron Man 2 overrated,…u know what i think, Batman Dark Knight most overrated film in 2008 ok! c\’mon Jon Favreau makes a cool and fun movie.
I love it.

I think “The Social Network” is overrated and disappointing movie… i hope dont win the oscar, i want see Black Swan and True Grit,.. they look bettet than TSN.

By: Larry W.

Larry W. — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

disagree with about half of this. we get it–you have an opinion. just not a very good one…(i.e. who the hell was praising Iron Man 2??)

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

great stuff otherwise. nice call on the GOOD \’Toy Story 3\’ however i dont know anyone who believes \’Tron\’ & \’Iron Man 2\’ to be overrated. those films are dead weight.

By: Mike_M

Mike_M — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

Well said on Toy Story 3… I agree 100%

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

It might be too little too late but I\’ll chime in anyway. First, I\’ll go ahead and defend the placement of Toy Story 3 in the most overrated category. Like some have said, it doesn\’t mean they didn\’t like it, it just means they didn\’t love it as much as everyone else did (which at this point is everyone in the world, thus making it overrated). I liked it, and it will be on my Top Ten list at the end of the year, BUT all the praise its gotten doesn\’t seem just as A) both 2 previous Toy Storys were better and B) both 2 previous Pixar movies were better. In fact, if this was Wall-E we were talking about, I\’d tell the Playlist to go fuck themselves. Second, I\’ll agree with posters that Iron Man 2 and Tron: Legacy should\’ve been put in the most disappointing category. Nobody is calling those films classics…they just happened to be giant tentpole films us film snobs actually thought could\’ve been fun and proved us wrong about how we view giant tentpole films. Unfortunately, they sucked.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:02 +0000

And I\’ll go ahead and piss more people off by saying I would have included The Town and True Grit in the overrated category. Again, both are films that might very well end up on my Top Ten list, but do they deserve the 95% rating they have on rottentomatoes…I think not. The Town was a Heat knockoff and True Grit is what I would consider minor-Coens.