Oct 02 2004

Everything is Over-Rated

Phillip posted this at 3:15 pm under general, life, music & audio, phillip's room

Which is another way of saying that everything is subjective. For instance, I think any movie directed by Martin Scorsese or Robert Altman is, by definition, over-rated (they definitely don’t make my personal top ten). Generally, their movies aren’t bad, but I honestly don’t see what all the fuss is about. I’m also unable to sit through 30 minutes of any Godfather film without falling asleep. (I know, it’s blasphemy, but that’s what I’m talking about here.) It’s not that I can’t appreciate them, at least academically; I just think they’re over-rated. They’re not nearly as good as everyone says they are.

My opinion here may be analogous to someone who looks at an abstract painting and says, "I don’t get it." Or maybe I just don’t care enough to get it. Nevertheless, the world is full of great and wonderful things that really aren’t as great and wonderful as they’re made out to be.

I mean, have you ever had caviar? It’s not an acquired tastes — it’s raw fish eggs! That’s a taste no one should ever “acquire.” I don’t understand how anyone can eat that stuff and then say, "Umm… good!" So that’s what I’m talking about.

Some things which are supposedly great (whether Will and Grace, the music of Radiohead, or the films of Robert Altman) are simply over-rated. They have to be.

So my question is: WHO OR WHAT DO YOU THINK IS OVER-RATED? I’d like to know.


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9 Responses to “Everything is Over-Rated”. Leave a Reply.

  1. # Jim Klosson 02 Oct 2004 at 4:57 pm

    Heroin…

  2. # Jodyon 02 Oct 2004 at 5:06 pm

    Well, nothing can top Jim’s response; but…

    Sushi.
    Parachuting (i.e., “sky-diving”).
    Downy fabric softner.

  3. # Ryanon 02 Oct 2004 at 8:19 pm

    The Simpsons.

  4. # Rebeccaon 03 Oct 2004 at 12:03 am

    Margaret Atwood. Toronto (heh heh heh). Tom Hanks. Disneyland/Disneyworld. Steven Spielburg. Oprah.

  5. # Jazzdudeon 03 Oct 2004 at 12:23 am

    Ben Affleck is terribly over-rated and over-hyped. Ben’s pal Matt Damon, however, is a far more skilled actor who seems to seek roles that will offer him the opportunity to improve his craft yet is also modest and low-key, without a hint of Affleck’s smarmy attitude and overabundant cockiness.

  6. # Bryanon 03 Oct 2004 at 8:33 am

    Indian Food and Ronald Reagan

  7. # Chris Oon 04 Oct 2004 at 8:15 am

    Phillip’s posts and working for a living.

  8. # Penderon 04 Oct 2004 at 10:15 am

    I think war, Pee-Wee Herman, pedophiles, AIDS and the Care Bears are all highly over-rated.

  9. # Phillipon 10 Oct 2004 at 7:45 am

    Road trips. Being stuck in the back of a two-door hatchback for 8 hours listening to shitty music, and going nowhere.

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