Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Aw man... I was hoping for other people to comment on my pick, lol. I actually put in Snow White to see what you wacky LPers would say about it (like Dug for example), but apparently it didn't work as well as I hoped. Oh well...
Originally Posted By threeundertwo That's ok rugs, nobody commented on my witty link. I feel so . . .cornered.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Nobody puts threeundertwo in the corner*.â„¢ *Except at the 2005 Big Meet Dinner.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 All these sorts of lists prove is that there are widely ranging tastes in films and if there were not - Hollywood would be in big trouble. There are - what? several hundred films released in this country alone each year? If we all felt the same as to our tastes in films, there would only be about 27 films released each year. And that might actually be a pleasant change.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Just revisited this thread and ran across this: >>Whatever the artistic merits of "The Wizard of Oz", it was a resounding flop in theatrical release. It did not find its audience, and commercial success, until its television broadcast.<< No, no and no. The original cost of Oz was $2.7 million, and on first release earned $3 million. In 1939 dollars, that was far from a "resounding flop." Critical reviews were decidedly mixed, but audiences turned out in droves. Because Oz was geared toward children, ticket prices were lower than most films that cost as much. (Snow White suffered the same handicap, but was far, far more popular.) Oz definitively crossed the line to profitibility in its first re-release in 1948, when it earned an additional $1.5 million. It was re-released a third time before it began annual airings on TV. As was pointed out before, whether a film is popular is not an indication of its quality. But the fact is that Oz was always popular, and remains popular to this day. Overrated? Not at all, not at all. It deserves every accolade it gets.
Originally Posted By Mr X Okay, 3under2, where did you FIND that?? Everybody needs to check it out. Jack Dawson in the audience for Titanic:The Musical!? OMG. LMAO!!!!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I liked the witty link, Threeundertwo! I was also interested in the trailer for that new Michael J Fox movie "Brokeback to the Future!" - now that looks interesting. My problem with Titanic was I'd heard *so* much about it that by the time I finally saw it all I could think was "this didn't really warrant all that hype". So, definitely overrated in my opinion!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I fell in love with Titanic. But my family were Titanic history freaks, and it was one of my early dates with Sarah, the day the movie came out. I realised I was falling deeply in love, and the plight of Jack and Rose (plus the old couple that go to bed to die), hit me very hard. I therefore adore the film to this day. Hey - Star Wars has some of the worst dialogue in history, and yet it's my fav film (and I know I am not alone).
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Hey - Star Wars has some of the worst dialogue in history, and yet it's my fav film (and I know I am not alone).<< Don't get me started. I do like the original trilogy better than the prequels. But I've got news for people - the writing always sucked, they just didn't notice because they were kids or they were too busy being awed by the then-revolutionary special effects. Don't believe me? Listen to C-3PO in Empire. No way, and I mean NO WAY, that dialogue is any better than anything in the prequels.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sad but true ecdc. That is why I also like the prequels. The standard of writing and direction is the same. Diffence is, many of us grew up, or if adult when a New Hope came out, attached 25 years of sentimentality to the originals.
Originally Posted By Doobie I just saw Field of Dreams for the first time and it's definitely in the overrated category. Doobie.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>Okay, 3under2, where did you FIND that?? Everybody needs to check it out. Jack Dawson in the audience for Titanic:The Musical!? OMG. LMAO!!!!>> Look up "re-cut trailers" on wikipedia to find a million of them. YouTube has a lot as well. I found that one when someone here posted a link to "Scary Mary."
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Hey - Star Wars has some of the worst dialogue in history, and yet it's my fav film (and I know I am not alone).*** How DARE you!!?? Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerfherder!
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >My problem with Titanic was I'd heard *so* much about it that by the time I finally saw it all I could think was "this didn't really warrant all that hype". So, definitely overrated in my opinion!< That is usually how movies get dubbed "overrated", and the reverse is true also ... sometimes I wish I could erase in my mind what I've heard about a movie before I've seen it.
