@Imperious:
Overrated means to me not worth the time of day forcing me to scroll past these commercials on the TV recorder.
Again, these seem more like your preferences, but whatever…
As for a definition of “overrate” then: “to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate”
Clearly we are talking about a movie’s merits pertaining to widespread critical or box office response and the resulting worthiness of those figures. To be overrated, a movie must be hyped or otherwise acclaimed in the first place; be that before or after its release.
And also, issuing a judgmental comment on the quality or merit of movies which you have not seen is not what I am looking for. Clearly you have your opinions and preferences for films, I get that. But I am looking for explanations and discussion on why a particular movie, having the qualifier of being popular, critically acclaimed or highly grossing, is not as good as it is generally assumed. We all don’t have to agree on what we like.
Unless I am mistaken, both Hulks 2003 and 2008 received moderate to positive reviews and were profitable for their studios, but that does not necessarily follow that they were overrated. I haven’t exactly seen a lot of people raving about them. This doesn’t mean I would not agree that they are poor films (I have seen neither).