Overrated / Underrated 2012: The ups and downs

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UNDERRATED: Tame Impala's "Elephant"OVERRATED: The MayasUNDERRATED: "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" (2012)OVERRATED: Judd Apatow's editingUNDERRATED: Goat's "World Music"OVERRATED: "Homeland"UNDERRATED: PhiladelphiaOVERRATED: InstagramUNDERRATED: Cutting the cordOVERRATED: Your Twitter streamUNDERRATED: OwnershipOVERRATED: The "advancement" of motion picturesUNDERRATED: Nick KrollOVERRATED: 'The X Factor'UNDERRATED: 'Brave' (2012)OVERRATED: 'The Dark Knight Rises'UNDERRATED: 'Ben & Kate'OVERRATED: 'The Woman in the Fifth' (2012)UNDERRATED: 'Being Flynn' (2012)OVERRATED: The idea of "hate-watching"UNDERRATED: Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts TrioOVERRATED: 'The New Normal'UNDERRATED: The end of 'Twilight'OVERRATED: 'Red Dawn' remadeUNDERRATED: Kate McKinnon on 'SNL'OVERRATED: 'Daybreakers' (2009)UNDERRATED: Javier Bardem in 'Skyfall'OVERRATED: RihannaUNDERRATED: Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines'OVERRATED: fun.UNDERRATED: D.L. HughleyOVERRATED: Even more 'Star Wars'UNDERRATED: 'Lola Versus' (2012)OVERRATED: SupermanUNDERRATED: Silas Weir Mitchell on 'Grimm'OVERRATED: Bruno MarsUNDERRATED: Beth Orton's 'Sugaring Season'OVERRATED: Edgar Wright's ambitionUNDERRATED: Martin McDonaghOVERRATED: ZombiesUNDERRATED: CalexicoOVERRATED: Celebrity digestive mishapsUNDERRATED: Powers Boothe in "Nashville"OVERRATED: New JerseyUNDERRATED: 'The Master'OVERRATED: The curious endurance of KISSUNDERRATED: Dave Douglas' 'Be Still'OVERRATED: 'The Master'UNDERRATED: Swans' 'The Seer'OVERRATED: Mumford & SonsUNDERRATED: Mandy Patinkin on 'Homeland'OVERRATED: Early impressions of 'The Mindy Project'UNDERRATED: 'Risk!'OVERRATED: 'Revolution' on NBCUNDERRATED: The Helio Sequence's 'Negotiations'OVERRATED: The 'sensation' that is PsyUNDERRATED: The return of 'Sifl & Olly'OVERRATED: Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Kiss'UNDERRATED:' The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'OVERRATED: Movies named after albumsUNDERRATED: Tin HatOVERRATED: 'Hotel Hell' on FoxUNDERRATED: The guys of 'New Girl'OVERRATED: The campaign for 'The Oogieloves'UNDERRATED: Harry Nilsson's 'Jump Into the FireOVERRATED: Animal CollectiveUNDERRATED: 'Baraka' (1992)OVERRATED: 'Go On' on NBCUNDERRATED: 'Up to Speed' with Timothy Levitch on HuluOVERRATED: Musicians as legendsUNDERRATED: Neneh Cherry's 'The Cherry Thing'OVERRATED: 'The Expendables,' againUNDERRATED: Liev Schreiber in 'Goon'OVERRATED: The promotional push for 'The Master'UNDERRATED: Donal LogueOVERRATED: The Spice GirlsUNDERRATED: Jason LytleUNDERRATED: 'Ruby Sparks'OVERRATED: Standards as a career moveUNDERRATED: Parker PoseyOVERRATED: Stretching 'The Hobbit'UNDERRATED: 'The Double Hour' (2009)OVERRATED: NBC and the OlympicsUNDERRATED: 'Bob's Burgers'OVERRATED: 'Melancholia' (2011)UNDERRATED: SugarOVERRATED: The upcoming "Toddlers and Tiaras" spinoffUNDERRATED: 'Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles' (2011)OVERRATED: Dirty ProjectorsUNDERRATED: 'Sound of Noise'OVERRATED: 'Friends With Kids'UNDERRATED: 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home' (2011)OVERRATED: '4-D' cinemaUNDERRATED: Neil deGrasse TysonOVERRATED: Natalie PortmanUNDERRATED: Debo BandOVERRATED: Going back to the Bates MotelUNDERRATED: Ruth Wilson on 'Luther'OVERRATED: 'Chronicle' (2012)UNDERRATED: David LoweryOVERRATED: The 'Call Me Maybe' CrazeOVERRATED: Aaron Sorkin, in interviewsUNDERRATED: Apple TVUNDERRATED: Edward Norton in "Moonrise Kingdom"OVERRATED: Actors who singUNDERRATED: JapandroidsOVERRATED: Andy Samberg's post-"SNL" futureUNDERRATED: Anna Chlumsky in 'Veep'OVERRATED: Best Coast's 'The Only Place'UNDERRATED: Euro 2012OVERRATED: The Redbox redirectUNDERRATED: Gregory Rogove's 'Piana'OVERRATED: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic ZerosUNDERRATED: 'Oslo, August 31st'OVERRATED: Kristen StewartUNDERRATED: The Real World' at 20OVERRATED: James Franco, artisteUNDERRATED: Dessa's 'Castor the Twin'OVERRATED: Jack White's 'Blunderbuss'UNDERRATED: Jeff ParkerOVERRATED: FacebookUNDERRATED: Martin Freeman in 'Sherlock'OVERRATED: The health of CommunityUNDERRATED: 'The Pitch' on AMCOVERRATED: Christina Aguilera on 'The Voice'UNDERRATED: 'Norwegian Wood' (2010)OVERRATED: Today's students on 'Savage U'UNDERRATED: Father John MistyOVERRATED: Tim Burton's recent arcOVERRATED: Phillip Phillips on 'American Idol'UNDERRATED: 'The West Wing'OVERRATED: Boy bands, againUNDERRATED: Romany MalcoOVERRATED: Lena Dunham's 'Girls'UNDERRATED: Playoff hockeyOVERRATED: Gotye fatigueUNDERRATED: 'Frozen Planet' on Discovery:OVERRATED: 'Drive' (2011)UNDERRATED: 'The Green Room With Paul Provenza'OVERRATED: 'Titanic,' againUNDERRATED: Junip's 'Fields'OVERRATED: The return of 'Mad Men'UNDERRATED: AMC's 'The Killing'OVERRATED: The YA-ification of the moviesUNDERRATED: 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' (2011)OVERRATED: Madonna's relevanceUNDERRATED: GalacticOVERRATED: The many March madnessesUNDERRATED: "The Way" (2010)OVERRATED: The return of "American Pie"UNDERRATED: Sharon Van Etten's "Tramp"OVERRATED: 'Doomsday Preppers' on National GeographicUNDERRATED: 'Take Shelter'OVERRATED: Green Day's 'American Idiot'UNDERRATED: 'Borgen' on LinkTVOVERRATED: HBO GoUNDERRATED: Theo Bleckmann's "Hello Earth!"OVERRATED: The modern-day LoraxUNDERRATED: 'The Woman in Black'OVERRATED: HGTV's 'My Yard Goes Disney'UNDERRATED: Anders ParkerOVERRATED: The Beach Boys reunionUNDERRATED: 'Travels to the Edge With Art Wolfe'OVERRATED: Films celebrating filmUNDERRATED: Agnieszka HollandOVERRATED: Complaining about the OscarsUNDERRATED: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'OVERRATED: Nicki Minaj's shock valueUNDERRATED: Dana GouldOVERRATED: The arc of 30 Rock:UNDERRATED: The Punch BrothersOVERRATED: M.I.A.'s middle fingerUNDERRATED: 'Point Blank' (2010)OVERRATED: 'Moneyball' for non-baseball fansUNDERRATED: 'Key & Peele' on Comedy CentralUNDERRATED: 'How It's Made'OVERRATED: 'Star Wars' in 3-DUNDERRATED: Joe Henry's 'Reverie'OVERRATED: Van Halen, againUNDERRATED: 'Globe Trekker'OVERRATED: TV series as cult objectsUNDERRATED: 'The Debt'OVERRATED: National anthem outrageUNDERRATED: Max Von Sydow in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"OVERRATED: The arc of Lana Del ReyUNDERRATED: Blockbuster video storesOVERRATED: Musical chairs, the game showUNDERRATED: Simon Pegg, action heroOVERRATED: Jay-Z and Beyoncé's parenthoodUNDERRATED: Kathleen Edwards' 'Voyageur'OVERRATED: The 'Portlandia' hypeUNDERRATED: Zachary QuintoOVERRATED: Pirates' taste in moviesUNDERRATED: Van Hunt's 'What Were You Hoping For?'OVERRATED: War-as-video game commercialsUNDERRATED: Christopher PlummerOVERRATED: Katy Perry, chart champUNDERRATED: Laura Marling's 'A Creature I Don't Know'OVERRATED: TV's fetishization of redneck culture

Like the last refuge of a scoundrel, just about every rock star past his or her prime feels a sudden urge to plunder the vintage pop songbook for one last run at the limelight. Most recently tackled by the Eagles' Glenn Frey(pictured), these recordings could stem from a desire to establish a newfound musical maturity, but given Rod Stewart's success (five bland volumes and counting), the urge to fatten one's wallet seems most prominent.

OVERRATED: Standards as a career move

( Jim Sheldon )

Like the last refuge of a scoundrel, just about every rock star past his or her prime feels a sudden urge to plunder the vintage pop songbook for one last run at the limelight. Most recently tackled by the Eagles' Glenn Frey(pictured), these recordings could stem from a desire to establish a newfound musical maturity, but given Rod Stewart's success (five bland volumes and counting), the urge to fatten one's wallet seems most prominent.

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Overrated / Underrated 2012: The ups and downs

OVERRATED: Standards as a career move