Overrated?
Is it overrated? as a movie?
I'd say yes. I was one of the people who didn't buy into the hype of movie when it came out and was underwhelmed when I saw it in theatre and feel that it is even less of a movie than I had originally thought...
It's a pretty mediocre movie even with the visuals, which aren't that impressive anymore... it's just CGI... Once you get used to the CGI there is even less there to hold interest or to enjoy... This isn't Terminator 2...
the hype was quite intense... in particular the cheerleading critics... the movie was all spectacle, zero substance... and yet it wasn't fun
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was visually, emotionally and aesthetically more impressive...