In Reply to: Best foreign films of all time list: lots and lots of posted by tinear on February 5, 2022 at 07:51:06:
So they combine imdb rankings, which are based on votes of registered users there, and some combination of rottentomatoes critic rankings and audience reviews. What a mess.
This ranking by averaging a bunch of opinions reminds of a quote from the great physicist Richard Feynman: "I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"
It's an interesting list, mostly of the older decades, but I don't take rankings like this seriously. I'd rather find a single critic whose opinions generally agreed with my taste and go by that one critic's reviews.
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Follow Ups
- algorithm - tunenut 21:25:24 02/05/22 (3)
- I'd say the chosen "mess" makes perfect sense. - tinear 12:34:15 02/06/22 (2)
- sorry... - tunenut 13:17:53 02/06/22 (1)
- No apology needed! Your list indeed is a fine one---- - tinear 15:06:23 02/06/22 (0)