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Old 05-16-2004, 06:22 PM   #87 (permalink)
Lasereth
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Originally posted by Sun Tzu
The other side of "over-rated" is movies that were built up in marketing and expected to be mega-block busters and just flopped. Thats where I see the term or as I view it.
The term overrated means that it's rated too high. Previews have nothing to do with the definition. Marketing and expectations have nothing to do with the term overrated either. If a movie is overrated, it's simply said to be better than it is. Disappointing, misleading, or flopping are not synonyms of "overrated."

Sorry, just had to clear that up. A bunch of people are listing disappointing movies on this thread when it's not even about that.

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