These Are the Most Overrated Movies of All Time

The Godfather

After the first two hours of watching The Godfather, you might have a moment where you ask yourself if you were missing something. This slow-burn movie is called "timeless" because of the time period it was released in, according to Savannah at Buzzfeed. Nostalgia plays a big factor in how overrated this one is. 

Sixteen Candles

"For all the love that Sixteen Candles gets, critics, seem to glaze over how politically incorrect and creepy this movie actually is. " Adam McNeil at The Atlantic states that Sixteen Candles should be removed from the pedestal that it sits on and scrutinized just like everything else from this era. 

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The More You Know

  • Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
  • After a slew of drug related offences, Robert Downey Jr. was a semi-blacklisted celebrity until Kiss Kiss Bang Bang reignited his career.
  • Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots whenever he wants.
  • During the filming of Star Trek (2009), Zachary Quinto could not manage to properly do the Vulcan salute. Eventually, J.J. Abrams had to glue his fingers together in order for Quinto to do it correctly.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.