15 Most Overrated Movies Of The Decade (So Far)

1. Toy Story 3

The Toy Story Trilogy is pretty analogous to The Godfather. You have a first movie that knocks it out of the park, a second that somehow goes even better, broadening the world and deepening the themes, and a third that, while well intentioned, never manages to come close to the heights of the previous two.

Oh yeah, contrary to the buckets of praise that accompanied its release, Toy Story 3 really isn't all that. It's not a Cars 2-level disaster, but following on from the triple-whammy of Ratatouille, Wall-E and Up, it is a definite step down for Pixar, the first sign that this decade would be a hard one for the animation maestros.

As a sequel, the film is rather pointless, little more than a feature-length version of Jessie's song from Toy Story 2, with a credibility-stretching day care subplot tacked on (and the villain of that verges incredibly close to Stinky Pete). Aside from Woody, every pre-established character is reduced to a bit-part, and even he doesn't actually get any substantial character development; the film ends with him in the same place where the previous film left him - aware of the dangers of the future, yet inexplicably more than happy to blissfully ignore it.

But the problems are more ingrained than that. Uncharacteristically for Pixar, the jokes consistently fall flat (Mr. Potato Head as a tortilla is a particular low point) and their usual deftness for emotional beats is absent; tear-baiting acceptances of death are undercut by a joke saviour and the whole trilogy ends with owner Andy doing something beyond his years. If you want a meditation on childhood that actually gets what an eighteen year old would do, watch Boyhood.

Which of these picks do you agree with? And which aren't as overrated as we said? List you own most overrated recent movies down in the comments.