The most overrated sports team: The New York Jets

I agree with all these except Chelsea Handler. She's funny sometimes.

But not these. I am a closest top 40 fan in the car. There's something about vapid, catchy lyrics that have become my guilty pleasure.

Nooooooooooooooooo! I'm obsessed with Mumford recently. British folk rock = basically my dream genre, and it's super chill, which is the phase I'm definitely in with my 'real' music tastes (i.e. not top 40 stuff).

Forrest Gump?!?! This is my favorite movie, by far. It has just a little bit of everything, which is why I love it so.

Absolutely not. I will not stand for this. Yes, it's a cult, but I started reading HP when I was almost 11 and I fully expected to get a Hogwart's letter so I wouldn't have to go to middle school. The last movie is now coming out now that I'm done with my fourth year of college. I.grew.up.with.Harry.Potter. And I will never, ever speak ill of him or allow others to.

Oh I totally understand. I kind of wish I didn't like listening to it, but it's just too darn catchy.

Also apparently Gaga is actually a talented musician (i.e. she went to Tisch School of the Arts for about two years before going out on her own) but my theory is that she realized being shocking and sexual made more money than a classical career any day.

No, I had the same thought when Efron and some others like Jennifer Aniston were brought up.

Yeah, I know lots of people love it. But I don't -- I probably would have walked out of the theater if we hadn't been there with friends. I've given it a try once of twice since then, but I just can't watch it. It's just way too syrupy and lacking in subtlety for my taste.

The Office - USA. I can tolerate the UK version.
Glee
Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
Chelsea Handler
The Colbert Report
True Blood
The entire Twilight franchise
Florence and the Machine

I really like Florence! I don't think she's overrated at all :o

OMG. I am about to agree with you. I love Florence and the Machine. I listen to her album at work all the time. She has a quirky voice and interesting songs. She's not quite top 40 which is what I guess I like about her.

Ex-Mr 33 would be so happy to see all the Forrest Gump hate. He detests that movie.

The British Office is WAAAAAAY better than the American one. David Brent is SUPPOSED to make you squirm. Plus Tim & Dawn are a lot cuter than Jim & Pam.

Everyone dissing FOTM & Chelsea Handler better sleep with one eye open tonight. :)

"Allow others to"? :confused: You don't have to speak ill of him if you don't want to, but I just did, and I still think Harry Potter is dumb.

Joking.

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I guess I didn't get the joke.:o

The thing is she has unbelievable talent. I've seen Youtube vids of her singing before she got famous and her voice is incredible. But she traded it all in for gimmicky costumes and junky techno beats. I much preferred her back when she was just regular old Stephanie.
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I love doing the voices but Jim Dale is the master. The audiobooks are seriously entertaining on road trips. For the last, he had to create 146 voices. :eek: I believe that's the Guiness World Record for most voices in an audiobook.

I've also REALLY heard her sing, and she actually is very good. But like you said, it's a shame that she's now where she's at. I'll admit.. I rock out to Kesha and Katy Perry while I'm driving, but I CAN NOT get on board with Lady Gaga. Her songs are terrible.

Those of you who hate The Office can at least appreciate that some of the humor is fitting for an actual office environment.

I'm watching the TBS "marathon" and am reminded of the hilarious Diversity Training episode. LOL.

That is my favorite episode of The Office.

My wife was never an Office fan -- like many others, she found some of the characters just too obnoxious and annoying. "Yes," I would say, "and I've worked with every single person at Dunder Mifflin." Sad, but true. That's why I love to laugh at them.

That said, I think The Office in its British and American incarnations is a prime example of how Americans tend to keep shows around too long, while the British tend to leave you wanting more.

That's why I also like The Office. I've worked with a Pam, Jim, Stanely, Creed, Angela, and a Kevin :p


Now back on topic

AVATAR


It was interesting, visually stimulating, and very overrated.

You left out the totally derivative, unoriginal and predictable plot. Very overrated.

Avatar = Fern Gully + Pocohantas + a touch of Smurfs with superb graphics

Oh yeah!

LOL @ smurfs....Is it cuz they're blue? I totally forgot about Fern Gully. I like the Dances With Wolves comparisons as well. Very fitting.

I feel like all Cameron films are overrated. Spielberg too.

The best part of the movie is the graphics. That is the only reason I eventually saw it.

Jodi Picoult-This is hard for me to admit because I've read most of her books. I think I keep reading her books, hoping and praying that the next will be different, but they aren't. EVERY book that I've read of hers has some sort of court battle in it. Her books are truly getting predictable, but I keep reading hoping that it will be different.

I like it better when it was called Dances With Wolves.

Black Eyed Peas was the bomb before Fergie.

Hey! Jurassic Park rocks.

I tried to watch Avatar a couple of times. I became bored very quickly each time. I'll have to take people's word for it.

Isn't that Spielberg?

Yes.

It's pretty, but I wouldn't be entertained by it outside of a movie theater. But seeing it there in 3D, that was worth it. Stupid plots don't matter so much when everything is that stunning. (Well, for me anyway...I'm the kind of person that prefers movies for entertainment, not food for thought. If you're the food-for-thought type, you'll never be able to struggle through it.)

Yes, but PiKA2001 said Cameron and Spielburg.

Oh, I love movies for entertainment. But for me it's not entertaining if I don't care about the plot. It doesn't have to be a deep or thought-provoking plot, but it does need to be a decent story.

Meanwhile, also way overrated: 3D movies.

I might totally get yelled at but.....

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Now, I have seen them and I did enjoy them, but god almighty all the hype leading up to the movies and the crap I got from friends because I hadn't "seen" them yet. I was like "really, I don't want to". I didn't see the trilogy until after ROTK was released, so I wasn't one of those people who anxiously and impatiently waited for 2 years.

Shrek-I hated the first movie. To me it seemed like marketing was really trying to label it as a "kids" movie but when I saw it I was just disgusted. I loved Eddie Murphey in it but I was like "I will never let my child see this".

Cats-Everyone was like "OMG, Cats is sooo good! It is one of the best musicals! Andrew Lloyd Webber is awesome!" (which ALW is awesome but not because of Cats). Left at intermission. I had absolutely no clue what the hell was going on. I could barely make out the words that were being sung. I was just lost and bored.

Most Overrated... NBA team:

Miami Heat.

Go Mavs and congrats to Dirk and all the other old guys.

LOL

I still don't know how Kidd's arthritic ass slipped through the cracks. Still love 'em though! :D

Nirvana

Sorry, but I always thought Nirvana sucked. For me, Pearl Jam was the rock band of the 90s.

Grunge in general is WAY overrated.

the white stripes. although they broke up and jack is doing his own thing, i was never able to tolerate his voice. so grating.

There are a FEW songs I like from both Nirvana and Pearl Jam, but for the most part I find both very blah.

Oh, and U2. I think they're terrible. I can't stand Bono.

Oh, I won't yell. I'll just be very, very disappointed in you and may have to tell you that the angels weep for you. :p

Oh, you mean the movies. I thought you meant the books. That's different. Granted, I was counting minutes before each of the three movies came out, and they may be the only movies I've ever made plans to go to on opening day, but that's because I love the books so much. And as much as I love the books, I'd be the first to admit that they're a genre of literature people either tend to really like or really not like. My wife (who still hasn't read the books and hasn't seen all the movies) would be more like you.

Totally agree. Add Phantom of the Opera to that list.

Because you still haven't found what you're looking for. :D

I love all things U2, Bono, and The Edge.

Well, we'll see how the Spiderman plays turn out. I think the Spiderman play will suck. U2 and The Edge did the music so the music will be awesomeness.

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I love The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books and cartoons since I was a kid. The first Lord of the Rings movie was great, partly based on nostalgia, but I'm over it. I still love the books and cartoons. :) "BAGGINS!? BILLLLLBOOOO BAGGINS?!"

Thank you. My husband is a huge fan and drives me nuts begging to see it every time we go to NYC. He can go, but there is no way in hell I'll sit through that dreck! Ugh.