20 Shows And Movies That Don't Deserve The Praise They Get

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20 Shows And Movies That Don't Deserve The Praise They Get

Some movies and television shows get rave reviews from all corners of the globe, and with good cause. The ones on this list don't fit that bill. They may come close, but when held up to careful scrutiny they fall apart without even a second thought.

(This is normally where you see "For example ..." Instead it's a plea for civility in the comments section and, in light of the upcoming holiday, to leave our mothers out of it.)

STRANGER THINGS is only loved by critics and audiences because it's packed with references and homages to things from their childhood. STEVEN SPIELBER

La La Land

Under all that song and dance. La La Land has formulaic a very plot and boring characters. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone have no chemistry. and that's d
CRACKED. CON MANKIND'S NEXT STEP WILL BE OUR GREATEST. A FILM RY CORSTOPHER NOL.AN INTERSTELLAR THE MELODRAMA THAT BASHED ITS AUDIENCE OVER THE HEAD W
CRACKED COM A HAM-FISTED ALLEGORY OF THE APARTHEID WITH GROSS, UNINTELLIGENT CREATURES AS STAND-INS FOR BLACK AFRICANS AND REAL BLACK AFRICANS AS CANN
Full Metal Jacket has an iconic opening half in basig trainingh CENTRAL iPLATEAU A MAD GIANC and a completely forgettable second half in Vietnam. CRAC
CRACKED.COM SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is just a boring romantic comedy that Shakespeare himself would have abhorred. Think Macbeth or Richard IIl; the Immor
ALPACINO SCARFACE EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER IN THIS FILM HAS A ONE-TRACK MIND, AND IT FEATURES SOME OF THE WORST LINES IN FILM HISTORY LIKE THIS: THE ON
DJANGO UNOHAINED is Quentin Tarantino at his most self- indulgent. The film tries to be a commentary on slavery, but becomes a parody by the end. It d
GONE WITH WIND THE Being expensive and pretty doesn't make a film a masterpiece. The fact remains that this is CRAGK an overemotional soap opera epi
The Condescending outsider Breakfast Club acceptance porn that perpetuates the lie that all youth are the same deep down? I'd rather have eight weeks

Boyhood

Hood Take away the fact that it took 12 years to make, all you're left with is a mediocre film about growing up. With Dazed and Confused, Richard Link
An unrelentingly campy, cheesy romantic, faux nostalgic, overbearingly patriotic excuse for ridiculous gore/war-porn. + HACKSAW d ON THE INCREOIBLE TR
BRAVAEAHIEART OSCAR WINNING GORE PORN WITH ICARTOONISHLY EVIL FOPPISH'VILLAINS ABOUTAS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AS A TODDLER'S HISTORY PROJECT CRACKED CO
CRACKEDcO BACY TO FUTURE. TTHE IF YOU PULL ON ANY THREAD RELATED TO THE TIME TRAVEL THE ENTIRE TRILOGY FALLS APART.
A FILM THAT HEAVILY RELIES ON PLOT 0XW CONVENIENCE TO MAKE THE VILLAIN SEEM HYPER-INTELLIGENT. THE JOKER IS NOT SMART. HE IS ONLY AS SMART AS THE PLOT
CRACKED.COM It is a Rocky rip-off with a whiny teenager and a different fighting discipline. That's all.
CRACKED.COM ELEMENTARY Sherlock Holmes and a female Dr. Watson! That's where the show's creativity ends. This is just another routine, unimpressive de
DisnEy MCANA IF you HAVE WATCHED ANY DISNEY MOVIE STARRING TEENAGE GIRLS, yoa WILL PROBABLY KNOW THE STORY OF THIS MOVIE AND HOW IT ENDS, EVEN IF you
CRACKED i how your met mother every that uses A show playbook in the life. trick its to prolong Sorry guys, Barney Stinson is NOT awesome. He's annoyi
CRACKED.GOM GET OUT ACT 1: BUILDING TENSION ACT 2: SERIOUS TENSION ACT 3: STANDARD GORE

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