I don't get why he has to say every movie is overrated.
It's obviously to get a reaction.
You can't find every classic, critically acclaimed movie boring. You can't disagree with everyone about all these well liked movies.
It's hard to believe anymore.
But you see, Shawshank Redemption is the greatest movie ever made, and its also the highest rated movie on IMDB. It literally is THE movie that lived up to the hype.
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
Your theory has been refuted, I'm not just saying this for no reason, these are movies that are lauded by the majority of people that I think suck. It has nothing to do with getting a rise out of people. I tried to watch these movies because of word of mouth and was disappointed.
There are also ones that did in fact live up tto the hype, like agian Shawshank. Also add Forrest Gump to that list.
Lord of the Rings is 9th on that list
I have no comment.