These Are the Most Overrated Movies of All Time

Cast Away

Andrew O'Hagan of The Telegraph ripped Cast Away apart, calling it devoid of substance and claiming that "the plot is lost at sea." He credits Tom Hanks for being able to carry the movie mostly on his own (sans his volleyball friend), but he states that the "man lost in nature trope is not a new one, and there is nothing surprising in Cast Away."

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The More You Know

  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • Often derided as a mega-flop, Waterworld actually took home nearly $90m more in worldwide box office than its estimated budget.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for.
  • The first public movie screening was held in 1895 in Paris.
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