100 COMPLETELY OVERRATED THINGS

Feb 25, 2009

100 THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OVERRATED

Many of these things I don’t hate or, in some cases, even dislike – I simply think they are, well, completely fucking overrated. It was created with the help of my brothers Brian, Sean, Patrick, and Matt, my cousin Mark, Terra Naomi, and my friend Stevie Blackehart. They don’t all agree about ALL of the things on the list (I still think Stevie is going to kill me for #5), but we’re all on board with the vast majority of them.

Enjoy.

100. FORREST GUMP

99. The Shield

98. “Hey Jude”

97. EXCALIBUR

96. THE SOUND AND THE FURY

95. Blowjobs

94. Watermelon

93. Tupac Shakur

92. THE STING

91. Vladimir Nabokov

90. THE EXORCIST

89. SHREK

88. Mass Effect (Video game)

87. Edward Norton

86. AKIRA

85. John Wayne

84. Yoga

83. The West Wing

82. The Colosseum

81. EASY RIDER

80. Koala bears

79. Harrison Ford

78. Scarlett Johansson’s looks

77. THE ROAD WARRIOR

76. Gandhi

75. LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE

74. Kevin Spacey

73. Ronald Reagan

72. THE INCREDIBLES

71. Old black blind blues singers

70. Angelina Jolie’s hotness

69. MGMT

68. Heroes

67. HAROLD AND MAUDE

66. Jack “King” Kirby

65. SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE

64. SIN CITY

63. The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (Video game)

62. Jeff Buckley

61. Monk

60. Porsches

59. THE SWEET HEREAFTER

58. ON THE ROAD

57. Enormous tits

56. Coldplay

55. Annie Liebowitz

54. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE

53. Mad Men

52. San Francisco

51. Chiropractors

50. RINGU

49. BLADE RUNNER

48. Malcolm Gladwell

47. In-n-Out Burger

46. Californication

45. The Prius

44. Frank Miller

43. Early Saturday Night Live

42. Philosophy

41. A FISH CALLED WANDA

40. Tim Robbins

39. Girl Scout Cookies

38. ALMOST FAMOUS

37. Gerbils/hamsters/guinea pigs as pets

36. BATMAN (Tim Burton movie)

35. GOOD WILL HUNTING

34. Cesar Milan

33. The Liberty Bell

32. Oliver Stone

31. Wes Anderson (except BOTTLE ROCKET)

30. Jack Black

29. CHILDREN OF MEN

28. Icanhascheezburger.com

27. The iPhone

26. Vampires

25. BATMAN BEGINS

24. THE WARRIORS

23. Sex with virgins

22. Chocolate

21. The original HALLOWEEN

20. GLADIATOR

19. The Doors

18. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

17. Tom Hanks

16. MIDNIGHT COWBOY

15. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

14. Drew Barrymore

13. SAY ANYTHING

12. New Orleans

11. Jon Stewart, post 2007

10. Basquiat

9. John F. Kennedy

8. U2

7. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

6. Terrence Malick

5. Jazz

4. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

3. The Bible

2. Led Zeppelin

1. Unicorns

That’s right, UNICORNS are the number one most overrated thing of all time. A horse with a horn on its head?! Who gives a shit? How the hell did this dumb ass fake animal survive in the consciousness of little girls and other assorted freaks for thousands of years? A rhino – which is real – is infinitely more interesting. I could think up a more amazing mythical creature than a unicorn in about two seconds. How ‘bout this: A squirrel with a fish head and human eyes? Now THAT would be some crazy weird magical shit that would look awesome with a rainbow behind it. Add some crab claws as hands and you’re shitting your pants from fear and coming at the same time. You guys may disagree with many of my above choices – some of them may even piss you off – but, you have to admit, unicorns, which are considered amazing, beautiful, and magic, are just complete pieces of shit.

Feel free to post your comments, misinformed criticisms, and applause below.

See you soon!

James

EDIT – I was sent these awesome motherfuckers on TWITTER:

Thanks to Steve Agee (yes, the star of THE SARAH SILVEMAN SHOW – follow his funny ass on twitter at www.twitter.com/steveagee) — I’m going to get a tattoo of this motherfucker on my chest, bursting out of my rib cage!

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Thanks, Dan[iel]!

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Tagged: 100 things, Add new tag, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Led Zeppelin, LISTS, overrated, Terrence Malick, The Shawshank Redemption, The Squish, Unicorns

Youfuckingbasterd

HEY JUDE IS NOT OVERRATED YOU FUCKING IDIOT
Dreadfulgrindtheatre

the only thing your list proves for the most part is how uncultured you are. I hope someday you branch out and truly explore things instead of judge them without living them.
http://peacoatnate.wordpress.com/ npettz

Things I disagree with:
In-n-Out Burger – Mmm. You are sorely mistaken, my friend.
Tom Hanks – I’ll pretend you didn’t say that one.
The Shawshank Redemption – Are you kidding me?! One of my favorites.
Forrest Gump – See previous explanation.
Hey Jude – No. Just no.
Kevin Spacey – UNDERrated.

Things you forgot:
DANE COOK – @#$% SUCH an overrated piece of shit.
Will Ferrell – He’s kinda lost it.
Blu-ray – Sure, it looks nice but: 1) $30 for a movie is ridiculous, and 2) An upconvert DVD player and the right display settings can work wonders.
Macs – *Shudders*
The University of Washington – That’s a personal opinion : )
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Tonya J

Don’t blame me if my html doesn’t work – I see no instructions on whether I can use it here.

97. EXCALIBUR

Sex while wearing armor can never be overrated, Jimmy. Nor can anything that Helen Mirren is in … or wearing.
http://www.jamesgunn.com James Gunn

I love Monty Python (well, I love the Monty Python movies).
Graf Schmerz

Can’t agree on 70.

What about combining 95 and 70? or better:

!!95 and 1!!

You can’t deny, both would be great. Or at least…bizarre

Greets from Germany

Graf Schmerz
oogie

Seriously, what do you like? One minute I’m agreeing with you the next minute I’m thinking “Wait, he doesn’t even like blowjobs? So in the parallel universe where I get you to become my sex slave I can’t even draw you in with a BJ??”
http://www.WillmoreCity.com Devilpenis

James, are you one of those dude’s that hates Monty Python? By the time I’d seen a Fish Called Wanda, I guess I still had Python on the brain and it didn’t live up to it. Or down to it if you wanna look at it like that.
http://www.jamesgunn.com James Gunn

I think Joseph named the mythical creature and it is a Squish.
faisal

totally agree with you about so many things on that list, well except for tupac. but seriously i cannot express my hatred towards the elder scrolls:oblivion, it took me 2 weeks to realize that i’ve thrown 60$ down the toilet,shat on them, and flushed them away. and seriously sex with virgins is gross. and u also forgot 2001:a space odyssey which imo is really overrated. anyways loving ur tweets man and did u give ur myhthical creature a name?
http://www.jamesgunn.com James Gunn

Matt – I like a lot. Check out my blog in the LISTS section 100 Things I Love. I may do an underrated list in the future.

The Heidster – I don’t think people much overrate Pearl Jam today. I too liked them a lot more back then than I do now.

I didn’t like Fish Called Wanda when I first saw it, and still don’t. I’d rather watch Big any day.
the heidster

2 questions: What about Pearl Jam? In the early 90s, I thought they were awesome but in hindsight they were totally overrated.

Also, A Fish Called Wanda… Is that looking back at it now or did you always think it was so? I remember thinking that it was revolutionary, crude humor…compared with Big, Coming to America, My Stepmother Is An Alien…and other comedies from that timeframe.
Matt Cable

Jesus. What the fuck do you like? And what did Robert Redford and Paul Newman ever do to you?
http://www.jamesgunn.com James Gunn

Roy – Interestingly, yes, you seem to be proving your own point.
Roy Fashooo

EVERYONE IS NOW DUMBER FOR HAVING READ THIS FUCKING SHIT! YOU’RE ALL FUCKING IDIOTS
http://www.WillmoreCity.com Devilpenis

Excalibur is hilarious because it’s got a skinny-ass, coked-out Patrick Stewart running around in it. Not to mention that crazy green glow and seeing the camera crew reflected in the armor.

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