Movies that get too much respect

"Order of the Phoenix" was the weakest book in the series, and in turn is the weakest movie. Too much emphasis was placed on Dolores Umbridge's character. I ultimately felt she was a half-hearted attempt by Rowling to commentate on the evils of bureaucracy, and her character was not developed enough as a result. The confrontation between Voldemort and Dumbledore, while good, was not an accurate depiction of the duel as told in the book. I love the Harry Potter series expect for this and perhaps the average Sorceror's Stone.

Admittedly there are some people that dodislike this, but not many that hate it as passionately as I do. Michael: please stick to humping dogs and opaque action scenes and leave a heartfelt tale of one of the greatest tragedies in American history to the professionals.

By the way, World War 2 started in 1939 (one could argue it unofficially started in 1937, with Japan's occupation of Manchuria). The world doesn't revolve around America...how can a movie about Pearl Harbor not get the basic details of World War 2 right?

Don't get me wrong; this wasn't bad. But I feel this got way too much respect from the critics. For a movie that wanted to be treated semi-seriously, nothing in this movie was realistic. The subplot with the boy and the babysitter was unneccessary (not to mention creepy) and the school speech scene was brutally bad. The scene was a mere plot contrivance to tie loose ends, and there's no way Steve Carrol's character would have been allowed to do that in real life. I did love Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone here though, and did not see the twist with Stone's character coming.

Was expecting to love this and was disappointed. The acting is terrific, but the characters are not given anything interesting to say apart from Alan Arkin's foul-mouthed grandfather figure. There is some great humor in this but it's not consistent. Okay, but it gets too much love.

I hated this. Spiderman two was very good and I actually sort of like Spiderman 3 (call it a guilty pleasure, but there was some great action there), but the first one is lacking in quality acting and special effects. Nothing about Peter Parker was interesting until he became spiderman, and Mary Jane was brutal. Dafoe saves this movie from being truly horrendous.

Johnny Depp is a tremendous actor, but played Wonka like a man-child. Gene Wilder's scarier Wonka is much more effective. I also wish they left the fate of the characters ambiguous, though that's a nitpick. I didn't like the oompa loompa's music scores here either. Disappointing...I will say that the child acting was decent across the board at least.

Carrey was woefully miscast here as Count Olaf. In the book, Olaf was dark as hell. Here, Carrey plays with his prey too much. They also removed some of the best scenes from the books (like the mock play from the first one). None of the scenes were memorable or well-shot. This was a putrid effort.

I liked the villain and the hero, though Downey Jr. could have been less snarky for my taste (admittedly an innocuous nitpick). The bigger issue here was the predictability. You could see every important plot point coming from a mile away. The lack of attention given to Rourke's character when he was incarcerated -- and in turn allowed Rouke to force his way out of custody -- was a lame way to set him free. The secondary characters were underdeveloped. Iron Man 2 is not bad, but it's highly overrated. Nothing more than a servicable popcorn movie.

The third one is one of my favorite movies of all time and the first one is very good. So why don't I respect this one? I guess I don't like Jessie, not did I like the prospector. Jessie wasn't very interesting and didn't have enough of her character fleshed out for my taste, whereas the prospector's moivations were not developed enough. Worst of all is the lack of humor compared to the other two movies in this series. This movie isn't a black mark on the fastic franchise by any means, but is the weakest of the trilogy and doesn't deserve to be viewed in the same vein as its older and younger siblings.

Much better than Pearl Harbor, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for DeCaprio, Bates, Winslet, and Cameron. I also believe that focusing on the love story instead of the tragedy (since we already know what happens to this ship) was a good idea. I even liked the special effects! The bottom line is that this movie drags, doesn't have good chemistry from its two (capable) leads, and isn't interesting or emotionally provocative enough to warrant its mammoth running time. It's OK, but nothing more and I would not watch it again.

Some view it as a guilty pleasure; others legitimately think it has a lot to say about voyeurism and controlling science. I feel it's a mindless slasher movie and nothing more. Kevin Bacon's performance is an embarrassment...he is over the top here.

These are manipulative and ridiculously easy to make. Anyone can make this kind of film. I'll give it credit for its innovation, but zero credit for its effort or ability to create meaningful characters that the audience sympatheizes with.