In Reply to: IMDb "Top 250 Films".... posted by Draz on November 11, 2006 at 19:09:30:
I also find it alarming that "Shawshank Redemption" is #2 on the list and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" is #5.I happen to know that there is an effort by a "fistful" of teenage male Tarantino fans to make TGTB&TU the #1 film on the list. As recently as a couple months ago, this 1966 spaghetti western was #11. Of course, now that fans of "LOTR:Return of the King" (currently #4) caught wind of this, there has been an effort to defend that movie's rank.
It's ridiculous. Imdb's Top 250 list is really a useless popularity contest since they have little control over fraudulent and incompetent voting. Some people with too much time on their hands will open multiple accounts to rate decent films that they don't like 1/10 ("Titanic" is the most obvious victim of this practice) and to rate mediocre films 10/10 (the "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars" movies being the most apparent benefactors). The sad part is that many younger people are influenced by the list and will use it to catch up on the "great" films that they missed.
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- Re: IMDb "Top 250 Films".... - Dalton 10:49:28 11/12/06 (21)
- I think you're taking this entirely too seriously - RGA 02:54:15 11/15/06 (1)
- Re: Citizen Kane - Gee LP 19:54:57 11/17/06 (0)
- Re: IMDb "Top 250 Films".... - patrickU 04:32:15 11/13/06 (2)
- Re: IMDb "Top 250 Films".... - Dalton 08:43:37 11/13/06 (1)
- Re: IMDb "Top 250 Films".... - patrickU 01:55:51 11/14/06 (0)
- Now that is interesting - Analog Scott 11:20:27 11/12/06 (15)
- Re: Now that is interesting - Dalton 21:55:14 11/12/06 (14)
- You really think the Titanic Terminator connection is far fetched - Analog Scott 09:24:35 11/13/06 (3)
- Re: You really think the Titanic Terminator connection is far fetched - Dalton 12:50:52 11/13/06 (2)
- Re: You really think the Titanic Terminator connection is far fetched - Analog Scott 13:41:45 11/13/06 (1)
- Re: You really think the Titanic Terminator connection is far fetched - Dalton 15:44:34 11/13/06 (0)
- Re: Now that is interesting - rico 07:54:26 11/13/06 (9)
- Re: Now that is interesting - Dalton 08:40:30 11/13/06 (0)
- Got to disagree with you here... - jamesgarvin 08:40:04 11/13/06 (7)
- Re: Got to disagree with you here... - Dalton 12:57:14 11/13/06 (2)
- Well.... - jamesgarvin 13:15:26 11/13/06 (1)
- Re: Well.... - Dalton 15:34:57 11/13/06 (0)
- Wait a minute - rico 09:12:15 11/13/06 (3)
- Re: Wait a minute - jamesgarvin 13:20:04 11/13/06 (2)
- Just one more anoying aspect of tht movie. - Analog Scott 13:57:45 11/13/06 (1)
- Re: Just one more anoying aspect of tht movie. - Dalton 15:47:43 11/13/06 (0)