Ben Shapiro breaks down his most overrated films of all time. From the absurdity of the "Barbie" movie to the overblown hype of "Avengers: Endgame," Ben dives into exactly why these films don’t deserve the praise they get. No punches pulled. Don’t miss this epic breakdown! - - - Today's Sponsor: Tax Network USA - Seize control of your financial future! Call 1 (800) 958-1000 or visit https://www.TNUSA.com/Shapiro
Chapter 1: What movies does Ben Shapiro consider overrated?
Just a few weeks ago, my quasi-friend, Matt Walsh, had a whole list of movies he said were overrated. And, frankly, he's wrong on nearly all of them. He made a video about how wrong he was on many of those picks. I mean, he said, like, The Dark Knight was overrated. It's just ridiculous.
It's great by Batman movie standards, but it's not great as a piece of cinema.
Now we're going to make a real list as to overrated films. So here's my standard for overrated. And Matt's standard makes no sense. Matt's standard for overrated is like a movie is like an eight out of 10, but people think it's a 10 out of 10. That's stupid. That's a bad standard. As I said in my video about Matt's dumb video.
And the actual standard for overrated is people think it's a 10 and it's a zero. It's the delta between what people think a movie is and what the movie actually is. I'm going to measure it by not only the critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, but also the audience score. Everyone has to be wrong in order for this thing to be truly overrated.
Let us begin with the single most overrated film of all time, bar none, no question, The Shape of Water. If I told you about her, what would I say? She's a super freak, super freak! This came out in 2017 and it won Best Picture, and it's just sh**. It's the worst movie ever made. I'm not even joking about that.
You went away and my heart went with you.
I'm not even a Guillermo del Toro hater. There are other Guillermo del Toro movies that I kind of like. For example, I can appreciate Pan's Labyrinth and Nightmare Alley. I was okay with that, but I'm just telling you, The Shape of Water, it's got a horrible script. Oh, you didn't like that, huh?
I see.
The performances are universally terrible.
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Chapter 2: Why does Ben Shapiro think The Shape of Water is overrated?
And I understand there were some conservatives who were fine with it because it was really making fun of left-wingers. Left-wing white people who are like, I voted for Obama, therefore I can't be a racist.
I would have voted for Obama for a third term if I could. Best president in my lifetime, hands down.
I get it. I get the joke. But don't believe that Jordan Peele thinks that you, as a conservative white person, are any different. He thinks you're way worse than those people. Other movies that are on my list. And again, I have like an almost endless list of overrated films because I've seen so many films. So many. Black Swan. 85% critic approval rating, 84% audience rating.
I get that there are some people who want to freeze frame some of the scenes between Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman, but let's get real about this. The movie sucks. The movie's just about a lady having a mental breakdown and then she commits suicide. Boom, done. What did you do?
What did you do? I felt it.
What? And it's pretentious, and it's obnoxious, and it doesn't give you enough of a backstory for the ballerina for you to actually care about her. It's not even a good study of sort of perfectionism in art, which is, I think, what it's supposed to be. But that's because Darren Aronofsky is trash. Darren Aronofsky is the worst director of my lifetime. I hate Darren Aronofsky.
I hate him with a passion of a thousand fiery suns. Terrible director. Awful in every possible way. Pretentious. Try mother. Incoherent. Try pie. Nonsensical. Arrogant. Ugly. Try Noah. The whale. Okay, I understand it got a lot of acclaim because Brendan Fraser is fat and gay, but, like, can we get over it? The Fountain makes no sense. Requiem for a Dream. Overrated.
I know there's some people who like The Wrestler. You're wrong. It's bad.
Have you ever seen a dead dog flopping on down the road?
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