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Most overrated and underrated piece of media?

Submitted by Lindwyrm on April 16, 2026
Title. Could be a movie, a videogame, a book, a comic, etcetera.

As for me, I would say the most overrated is Titanic (the movie) and underrated I would say the Timothy Dalton 007 films.

24 Comments
Swatcat
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Level 78
Apr 16, 2026
Overrated: Wuthering Heights ( the book). It’s well crafted, but has a dark undercurrent.

Underrated: Hillbilly Elegy. I’m not a fan of JD Vance but thought the movie was well made.

Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Apr 16, 2026
Since JD Vance was brought up, I want to share a piece of interesting information about his family. JD Vance is related to the Hatfield and McCoy families (The famous feuding families of Kentucky and West Virginia)
Swatcat
+2
Level 78
Apr 17, 2026
Oh, ok
IridiumPingo
+4
Level 39
Apr 16, 2026
Underrated: Cars 2, Anything by Fyodor Dostoevsky and George Orwell

Overrated Cars 3, anything by Shakespeare and Jane Austin and Farenheit 451

Ptcairn
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Level 68
Apr 16, 2026
I agree with the cars movies. Call me weird but Cars 2 is genuinely a good movie.
IridiumPingo
+3
Level 39
Apr 16, 2026
Cars 2 is the best I agree
Pontiac
+2
Level 61
Apr 16, 2026
I love Cars 2. Way better to see an action film for the Cars Franchise than to see McQueen potentially getting forced to retire.
IridiumPingo
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Level 39
Apr 16, 2026
Agree. Why would you retire the icon of my childhood
Swatcat
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Level 78
Apr 16, 2026
Shakespeare can’t be appreciated enough just by reading it, like a novel. If you dig into it, get the context, understand the times he lived in and their mores, you will understand why most of his plays were literally epic, especially since they were written centuries ago.

He is definitely not overrated. And has contributed to today’s English and global culture to a huge extent! Just my opinion. Never thought I’d have to defend his work.. 😅

IridiumPingo
+2
Level 39
Apr 16, 2026
He needs to add more metaphors.
Maxibon
+6
Level 73
Apr 16, 2026
Bro
Swatcat
+1
Level 78
Apr 17, 2026
Or maybe syntax.
IridiumPingo
+1
Level 39
Apr 17, 2026
agreed
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Apr 16, 2026
Just my personal opinion, but Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and MacBeth suck (imo)
IridiumPingo
+2
Level 39
Apr 16, 2026
and Julius Caesar
Swatcat
+1
Level 78
Apr 17, 2026
Some of his plays like Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Julius Caesar are a bit depressing, albeit brilliant.

Others like A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice are better balanced, fun and more engaging. (The last one is a bit anti-semitic.)

IridiumPingo
+1
Level 39
Apr 17, 2026
They release no emotion
DarthKnight
+4
Level 92
Apr 16, 2026
Overrated (for music): Taylor Swift, Eminem

Underrated (for music): NF, Livingston

Overrated (for movies): Avatar, Steven Spielberg

Underrated (for movies): Wes Anderson, Clue

Ptcairn
+4
Level 68
Apr 16, 2026
I completely agree with the Taylor Swift take.
LuckyCat
+8
Level 72
Apr 16, 2026
who doesnt
IridiumPingo
+1
Level 39
Apr 17, 2026
my cousin
Swatcat
+2
Level 78
Apr 17, 2026
I agree with your Swift and NF takes.
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Apr 17, 2026
I agree for the overrated music. I have no idea who the others are.
Brainstorm
+1
Level 59
Apr 16, 2026
A very interesting question. I see this as a fun discussion and not a serious debate since there's no single way to decide whether something is underrated and overrated.

- Overrated for music: Abbey Road (a great album but it sounds like plastic, quite poppish and overproduced); Smile (the Beach Boys album... Brian Wilson had a great concept but I feel he forgot that the more layers, arrangements, and profundity you add to a song, the more numb, lifeless it sounds)

- Underrated for music: The Seekers (an Australian folk group... very simple arrangements and divine vocals from Judith Durham); Lead Belly (a Southern blues musician who I think had the most painfully honest and beautiful voice); Solomon Linda (an African a cappella singer and composer of the tune that became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight")

And as for underrated books, I'll just mention The Sociology of Speed (Wajcman & Dodd) and No Treason (Lysander Spooner).

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