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I can't believe that there are still people jabbering that random lonely hearts and "real America" (UH) love, love, love these films and that somehow box office popularity is actually a qualifier for being "overrated" (try reading the actual articles that accompany the list, or is that too hard??), btw. NEXT SACRED COW PREMIERE WILL TACKLE NEXT:
TITANIC.
I can't believe that there are still people jabbering that random lonely hearts and "real America" (UH) love, love, love these filmsSo what's your point -- that it's not true, or just that it's not interesting? If the latter, I can respect that, but if the former, then you're just wrong.
("Random lonely hearts", whatever -- what cross-section would work for you, then?)
and that somehow box office popularity is actually a qualifier for being "overrated"
From what I can tell, the list is a hodgepodge of critical and popular/box-office favorites, no? I mean, it's a mess, but it's certainly not calibrating solely on "box office popularity" (though I'm not sure that you were saying that).
And again, if you're arguing that there aren't a lot of people who rate Forrest Gump, A Beautiful Mind, etc. highly, then you're wrong. If you're arguing that those people are somehow irrelevant, then I might like to know who it is you would consider relevant.
― lurker #2421 (lurker #2421.1), Monday, 4 December 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
The basic question, I guess, is: "Overrated by whom?" And it's a legitimate question to ask, and it's legitimate to restrict your answer to "film critics" if you want.
But if you ask "who gives a crap about Forrest Gump?", then you kinda forfeit the right to wring your hands about it if you get a truthful answer to that question.
― lurker #2421 (lurker #2421.1), Monday, 4 December 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
A few Myspace searches; take results with a grain of salt, but:
Results 1 - 10 of about 250,000 for american beauty.
Results 1 - 10 of about 199,000 for shawshank redemption.
Results 1 - 10 of about 197,000 for beautiful mind.
Results 1 - 10 of about 186,000 for pretty woman.
Results 1 - 10 of about 163,000 for clerks.
Results 1 - 10 of about 133,000 for forrest gump.
Results 1 - 10 of about 10,500 for moonstruck.
― lurker #2421 (lurker #2421.1), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Premiere used to be kind of good, didn't it? Like, in the mid-90's? or was I just 14?
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link