{"id":543,"date":"2011-05-04T02:52:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T02:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2011-05-04T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T12:43:13","slug":"top-5-all-time-overrated-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Top 5: All-Time Overrated Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a title=\"Episode 134\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/thebrinkofsanity\/Episode_134.mp3\">Episode 134<\/a> of The Brink of Sanity Podcast, Jay and Marc went over their top five all-time overrated movies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jay&#8217;s Picks<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Donnie Darko<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Donnie Darko\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_T_KWl0vZLgE\/TIVUX9-gprI\/AAAAAAAAACs\/EgqKTI2PeWY\/s1600\/donnie-darko2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"278\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let me save you 90 minutes: He walks around slowly with a puss on his face for about an hour or so, a rabbit shows up and a house falls on him.  The end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->2. Clerks<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Clerks\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.theage.com.au\/schembri\/clerks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Think working at a convenience store is boring?  You&#39;re right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3. The Matrix<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Matrix\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_1p20WdeXKKs\/R-XDh5WQGDI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/tk6MefrP8ao\/s1600\/TheMatrix2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just because it&#39;s confusing doesn&#39;t mean it&#39;s good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>4. The Shining<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Shining\" src=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/EXID2744\/images\/the_shining.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If only this was 1\/100 as good as The Simpsons version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>5. The Godfather<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Godfather\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nYmxHaU1Mw0\/TZXbqofpaEI\/AAAAAAAABPw\/TZaQHeHXvAs\/s400\/godfather2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This kinda looked like me waiting for something interesting to happen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And some runner-ups just for the hell of it:<\/p>\n<p>Gone with the Wind<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Gone with the Wind\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doctormacro.com\/Images\/Gable,%20Clark\/Annex\/Annex%20-%20Gable,%20Clark%20(Gone%20With%20the%20Wind)_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This movie was about four hours long.  With about 24 minutes of content.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Austin Powers<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Austin Powers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solarnavigator.net\/films_movies_actors\/film_images\/Austin_Danger_Powers_Mike_Myers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"365\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What has one joke repeated over and over again with a few dick and fart jokes sprinkled on top?  A Michael Myers movie of course!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Marc&#8217;s Picks<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Lord of the Rings<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Lord of the Rings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/blog.moviefone.com\/media\/2009\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"295\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bunch of midgets run around looking for a ring...nope nothing gay about this movie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_C1mK8DPUxhI\/TQVoN-8UeRI\/AAAAAAAABnY\/cvIlRx16DYA\/s1600\/esotsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"314\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eternal Boredom of the so Pointless Movie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3. The Green Mile<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Green Mile\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.theboxhouston.com\/files\/2010\/09\/greenmile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"262\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am not sure if I was happier when Bid Laden died or when  this movie ended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>4. Mystic River<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystic River\" src=\"http:\/\/vjmorton.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/mystic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"235\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the beginning of this movie a boy gets kidnapped and molested. I would have preferred that fate to having watched the rest of this movie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>5. Crash<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Crash\" src=\"http:\/\/images.starpulse.com\/Photos\/Previews\/Crash-movie-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"302\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you consider this movie a smart take on race and society, you probably also consider a box of crayons to be a tasty meal. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Runner-ups<\/p>\n<p>The King&#8217;s Speech<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"The King's Speech\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_-UBpZq5Ahm0\/TUYd06NzwaI\/AAAAAAAAAPI\/QyxBHfRYi-c\/s1600\/kings-speech-movie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"302\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here are the order of events in this movie: 1)The King has a stuttering problem; 2) He gets a coach who helps him overcome the stuttering problem; 3) He gives a triumphant speech in which he does not stutter; 4) I ask for my money back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inception<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Inception\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/blog.moviefone.com\/media\/2010\/07\/inception-bathroom-totem-1279558795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What the hell happened in this movie and why did that van take forever to fall off that bridge???<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrinkofsanityshow.com%2F%3Fp%3D543&count=horizontal&related=&text=Top 5: All-Time Overrated Movies' class='twitter-share-button' data-text='Top 5: All-Time Overrated Movies' data-url='https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/?p=543' data-counturl='https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/?p=543' data-count='horizontal' data-via='brinkofsanity3'><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 134 of The Brink of Sanity Podcast, Jay and Marc went over their top five all-time overrated movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1143],"tags":[990,1290,16,1284,851,1283,1282,1291,913,1287,1288,541,1299,952,1300,1285,1295,1294,598,1296,823,839,1301,1297,17,1286,1298,1293,1292,991,912,1289,457],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-fives","tag-all","tag-austin","tag-brink","tag-clerks","tag-crash","tag-darko","tag-donnie","tag-eternal","tag-five","tag-godfather","tag-gone","tag-green","tag-inception","tag-kings","tag-lord","tag-matrix","tag-mile","tag-mind","tag-movies","tag-mystic","tag-overrated","tag-powers","tag-rings","tag-river","tag-sanity","tag-shining","tag-speech","tag-spotless","tag-sunshine","tag-time","tag-top","tag-wind","tag-with"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brinkofsanityshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}