― jhoshea (jhoshea), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (jhoshea), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― remy bean (bean), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOM. BOT. (trm), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― remy bean (bean), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOM. BOT. (trm), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
This list was actually published I think nearly a year ago. Though it's nice to see a boring list ignored here for once, until now.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― nuneb (nuneb), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― nuneb (nuneb), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Kenneth Branagh (gcannon), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link
But yeah, having an "underrated" list is a far better use of time & column space.
― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Wasn't the Red Shoes some corny 'erotic' drama with David Duchovny?
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
xp
― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link
(and constner is an inert gblob)
― jhoshea (jhoshea), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
that and "bottle rocket" UGH
― daria g (dar1a g), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― 69 (pete), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I really, truly hated Jules and Jim, but the exact reasons are fuzzy. But I've hated every Truffaut I've seen - sooner or later will have to borrow The 400 Blows just to make sure I can write him off completely.
― milo (milo), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo (milo), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo (milo), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't think I like truffaut either
― daria g (dar1a g), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
actually it's still better than that deadening manga-esque film 'renaissance' (which also features daniel craig providing the voice for the lead character...hmm..)
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Friday, 1 December 2006 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Where's Saving Private Ryan and Platoon?
Disagree:ClerksFantasia The Wizard of Oz (calling this crap is daft btw)2001: A Space OddysseyMoonstruckMystic River
― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link
flicks like Fight Club, or Garden State, or...dare i say it...Napolean Dynamite.
― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link
this is brain-dead! and then he calls himself a "critically-inclined person"
― bliss (blass), Saturday, 2 December 2006 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo (milo), Saturday, 2 December 2006 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link
try harder next time!
― nuneb (nuneb), Saturday, 2 December 2006 05:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 December 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo (milo), Saturday, 2 December 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― My Mind is Opener than Yours (Modal Fugue), Saturday, 2 December 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― bliss (blass), Saturday, 2 December 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
-- milo (wooderso...) (webmail), December 1st, 2006 6:23 PM. (milo)"
fuck you
" #1 underrated movie of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVH5JxdM-i0
-- milo (wooderso...) (webmail), December 1st, 2006 6:25 PM. (milo)"
FUCK YOU ANY GIVEN SUNDAY IS THE MOST OVERRATED TURD EVER YOU COCKSUCKER
― aidsy (aidsy), Saturday, 2 December 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Monday, 4 December 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Monday, 4 December 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
So 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
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
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 4 December 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
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
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Joshua Babcock (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (casuistry), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link