Since 1929, 80 movies have been awarded the Best Picture Academy Award. Some of these have stood the test of time and critical and popular acclaim. Others – well – haven’t. For every Godfather there is a Terms of Endearment. With the help of IMDB (for rankings), this list contains the 15 least popular Best Pictures ever. If there are any “best of” movies you think deserve to be on the list, be sure to tell us in the comments. Here, they are from best to worst.
IMDb rating: 7.3
Producer/Director: James L Brooks
Stars: Shirley McLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma’s marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora’s interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways.
Films it beat: (other Best Picture nominees): The Big Chill; The Dresser; The Right Stuff; Tender Mercies
IMDb rating: 7.3
Producer/Director: David Puttnam, Hugh Hudson
Stars: Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic committee. A compromise is reached when a nobleman allows Eric to compete in his 400 meter slot.
Films it beat: Atlantic City; On Golden Pond; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Reds
IMDb rating: 7.3
Producer/Director: Arthur Freed, Vincente Minnelli
Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron
Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.
Films it beat: Decision Before Dawn; A Place in the Sun; Quo Vadis; A Streetcar Named Desire
IMDb rating: 7.3
Producer/Director: Darryl F Zanuck, Elia Kazan
Stars: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire
A well-known writer at a progressive New York magazine decides to tackle anti-Semitism in a unique way as his first assignment. Gregory Peck’s character, Philip Green, pretends to be Jewish in order to write about the effects of bigotry. From being refused a job and access to public accommodations, to his son being verbally attacked and his fiancĂ©e expressing concern over his assumed identity, Green soon learns what it means to be the object of sectarian prejudice.
Films it beat: The Bishop’s Wife; Crossfire; Great Expectations; Miracle on 34th Street
IMDb rating: 7.2
Producer/Director: James Cameron, Jon Landau
Stars: Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate Winslet
The ship sinks.
Films it beat: As Good as It Gets; The Full Monty; Good Will Hunting; L A Confidential
IMDb rating: 7.2
Producer/Director: Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas
A burn victim, a nurse, a thief, and a sapper find themselves in each other’s company in an old Italian villa close to the end of World War II. Through flashbacks, we see the life of the burn victim, whose passionate love of a woman and choices he made for her ultimately change the lives of one other person in the villa. Not only is this film a search for the identity of the English patient, but a search for the identities of all the people in the quiet old villa.
Films it beat: Fargo; Jerry Maguire; Secrets & Lies; Shine
IMDb rating: 7.1
Producer/Director: Tony Richardson
Stars: Albert Finney, Susannah York
Squire Allworthy brings up Tom Jones, abandoned as a baby in mysterious circumstances. Resented by Allworthy’s legitimate heir Blifil, Tom grows into an amiable rascal, fond of the fair sex. He loves Squire Western’s daughter Sophie, but when discovered by his tutors with a local girl Molly, he is banished by his benefactor. After numerous adventures he reaches London and embarks on an affair with the wealthy Lady Bellaston while Squire Western’s sister has arranged a marriage between Sophie and Blifil.
Films it beat: America, America; Cleopatra; How the West Was Won; Lilies of the Field
IMDb rating: 7.0
Producer/Director: Hunt Stromberg, Robert Z Leonard
Stars: William Powell, Myra Loy
At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows (sections of which appear in the film). French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but its not easy being married to the man who “glorified the American girl.” Late in life, now married to Billie Burke, he seems to be all washed up, but…
Films it beat: Anthony Adverse; Dodsworth; Libeled Lady; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Romeo and Juliet; San Francisco; The Story of Louis Pasteur; A Tale of Two Cities; Three Smart Girls
IMDb rating: 6.9
Producer/Director: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
A study of the life of Danish noblewoman and storyteller Karen (‘Isak’) Dinesen Blixen, from her marriage and departure for Kenya in 1913 until her return to Denmark in 1931. As she tries to maintain a coffee farm through various struggles and disasters, and strives to improve relations with the local natives, her marriage of convenience to a titled aristocrat gradually gives way to an enduring romance with the noted hunter and adventurer Denys Finch Hatton.
Films it beat: The Color Purple; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Prizzi’s Honor; Witness
IMDb rating: 6.9
Producer/Director: Arthur Freed, Vincente Minnelli
Stars: Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan
Gaston (Jordan), the scion of a wealthy Parisian family finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress (Gingold) of his uncle (Chevalier) and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi (Caron). When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt (Jeans), who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man’s mistress, enjoin on him to become her provider and on her to accept such a golden opportunity. However, love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the 20th century Cinderella story.
Films it beat: Auntie Mame; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Defiant Ones; Separate Tables
IMDb rating: 6.8
Producer/Director: Michael Todd, Michael Anderson
Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas
When Phileas Fogg is challenged to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days, he bets his entire fortune and leaves with a new butler on a world tour. This Victorian adventure has a kicker; the bank of England has been robbed. Is this Fogg’s way of avoiding arrest? The detective following him believes so, and his butler is becoming unsure.
Films it beat: Friendly Persuasion; Giant; The King and I; The Ten Commandments
IMDb rating: 6.7
Producer/Director: Cecil B deMille
Stars: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground. Subplots involve the secret past of Buttons the Clown and the efforts of racketeers to move in on the game concessions.
Films it beat: High Noon; Ivanhoe; Moulin Rouge; The Quiet Man
IMDb rating: 6.6
Producer/Director: Frank Lloyd, Winfield R Sheehan, Frank Lloyd
Stars: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook
A cavalcade of English life from New Year’s Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.
Films it beat: 42nd Street; A Farewell to Arms; I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang; Lady for a Day; Little Women; The Private Life of Henry VIII; She Done Him Wrong; Smilin’ Through; State Fair
IMDb rating: 6.5
Producer/Director: Irving Thalberg and Lawrence Weingarten, Harry Beaumont
Stars: Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love, Kenneth Thomson
Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield’s shows. Eddie was in love with Harriet, but when he meets Queenie, he falls in love to her, but Jock Warriner, a member of the New Yorker high society, courts her.
Films it beat: (unofficially – there were no official nominations that year): Alibi; The Hollywood Revue of 1929; In Old Arizona; The Patriot
IMDb rating: 6.2
Stars: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne
Forty years of social and urban progress in American life from 1889-1929 are seen through the life of a progressive newspaper editor/lawyer in Oklahoma, and the wife who resents his longing for the excitement of the frontier in the years after the Oklahoma land rush.
Films it beat: East Lynne; The Front Page; Skippy; Trader Horn
Some synopses courtesy of IMDB, the Internet Movie Database
Contributor: astraya
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The one thing about the Oscars that will always make it have a gap between it and popular oppinion is the fact that oscar movies are voted for by move makers and actors. the lowy punter like you and i vote with our feet and dont pay to see rubbish. the oscars have no meaning really other than a big ego stroking festival.
Nice list astraya
(I’m mostly saying that because you seem to agree with me that Titanic sucked not ‘cos I have an educated opinion on film
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“Chariots of Fire” is the only movie I have actually fallen asleep to in a theater…..TWICE!
I haven’t seen Chariots of Fire but I liked the score from it when the orchestra I was playing in at the time was performing it.
Geraint is exactly right. That said, Titanic doesn’t fit on this list. it’s the number one grossing movie of all time for crying out loud. I don’t trust the IMDB ratings i guess.
spence – you have to admit though – titanic is not the greatest film
Good idea for a list, not-so-well execution of it. For one, the use of IMDB rankings is not really a good idea since great favor is usually given more recent movies, which isn’t really an issue here, but what is at issue is how users vote. There are a lot of people who never vote in the middle, always choosing to polarize it by giving the movie a really low rating or a really high one. Yeah the list is supposed to reflect popularity, but only according to one site whose problems are well documented. What would have been better would have been a combination of IMDB ratings and Rotten Tomatoes score.
Also, it is kind of dull to just read the plot outline. I think a better version of this list would be to just look at 10 movies and perhaps offer some explanation as to why the films are held in the position they are and more importantly why at least one of the other films nominated should have won.
I don’t mean to tear you apart on this; I’m just offering some constructive criticism so please don’t take it personally.
you do get to see kate winslet’s knackers though
You should have pointed out WHY they we’re the least popular in the first place.
I agree with Titanic as the acting and the whole thing is not that good, more of a blockbuster than a critics choice.
I personally hated Shakespeare In Love and was terribly disappointed when it did so well. I only sat through Titanic because somebody begged me to go.
i’ve never seen titanic, but i sure do love the description of it
great list astraya!
I liked how they portrayed the Titanic sinking. Oh No, did I just spoil it for sarahenity?
Titanic wasn’t that great, and I remember how everyone assumed and already knew, that it was going to get the Oscar. That turned me off to the Oscars.
Shakespeare in Love should definitely be on this, it may have gotten a higher score than any of these but not by much. And I’m sure the win over Saving Private Ryan was one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history.
Thanks for the comments so far and thanks to Jamie for finding the clips and pics. I think there’ll be a whole lot more “I loved/I hated” out of this one yet.
In my draft introduction, I said something like “bearing in mind the limitations of a site like IMDB”, but for some reason I edited that out before I submitted it. I am fully aware of the limitations of IMBD.
During my research, I found reference to lists made by Variety and Premiere. Both those lists overlap substantially with this one. There are other lists as well. I just searched for “worst best picture winners” and got a number of different sites.
I’m not a student of film enough to make my own comments about movies. It will be a while yet before I submit a purely subjective or personal opinion list about any subject.
Man these look the most boring movies ever!
drogo – now i can’t ever watch it
what a shame!!
“The ship sinks” yup, anyone who hasn’t seen it, that’s saved 3 hours of your life.
What a crap film – but what a good list
atraya,
I definitely did not like Titanic. In fact, I hated it. But it is the HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME! How does that not qualify as “popular?” One could argue that it is actually the MOST popular movie of all time!
Interesting list, but you are way off on Titanic.
Titanic is one of the best movies i have ever seen and how come it is in this damb F***ing list it doesnt deserve to be in this list it is one of the best films ever!!!!
thuss: Why do you think it’s one of the best films ever?
The only thing I still don’t understand about Titanic (which was not the best film of that year or any other year for that matter)is why did so many people actually pay to see it? It’s still one of the highest grossing films of all time.
BTW JF, good idea for a list. Where did you get it from?
I agree Titanic was not an award winning movie. But for the life of me I never understood why so many people paid to see it. Good list JF. Where did you get the idea for it from?
Astraya!!! You should have put a spoiler alert for Titanic! Now I know how it ends.
Maybe part of the reason Titanic did so well is because people say it repeatedly. And when I say “people” I mean teenage girls.
MT- He got it from Astraya
Spot on description of Titanic XD
Good List, Out of Africa should not have beat the color purple.
…According to people voting on IMDB The Dark Knight is the 3rd-best movie ever…
This could have been better with a little extra research. A lot of these films listed weren’t up against much competition, whereas there has been a host of now classic films that lost out to inferior pictures. Krammer vs. Kramer beating Apocalypse Now, Rocky beating both Network and Taxi Driver, for instance.
I disagree about “Chariots of Fire.” It (or rather its amazing score) is referenced countless times in other movies and TV shows. It is also extremely popular in running circles where people watch it for motivational reasons when they want to watch a motivational movie but don’t want to get “pumped up.”
I completely disagree about “Gigi” and “An American in Paris”. Both were great movies and deserved Best Picture.
alright, I see its been based on IMDB ratings, but thats no good. The Great Ziegfield and Tom Jones are better films than any of their competition, the rest are debatable. LA Confidential should have taken out Titanic though.
Philmont: I totally agree with you. Any runner (professional or recreational) should watch that movie. It does have some boring parts but the struggles that Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams go through carry the rest and keep you interested. Chariots of Fire and Hoosiers are my all-time favorite sports movies (partly because they are based on true stories).
LOL…knackers…
Vangelis is my favorite musician. I still haven’t seen Chariots of Fire, though. Couldn’t be as boring as Lawrence of Arabia (or could it?).
Was that Albert Finney eating in Tom Jones? Wow, now I know why they cast Ewan McGregor as his early counterpart in Big Fish.
Really liked Chariots of Fire. Hated Titaic with a vengeance. Sure the sfx were stunning but the acting was atrocious!
Hate shine light on the obvious, but though it sucked a softie, Titanic was and is still the highest-grossing film ever. The list is titled “Least Popular”, not “Suckiest”.
You can count 3 hours worth of reasons why it sucked, but you cannot seriously say that that film was unpopular.
Just because it’s the highest grossing movie of all time, doesn’t mean it should win an Oscar. LA Confidential should have won, but that’s not how those things work. There are plenty of examples of how the best picture doesn’t win for whatever reason. Ordinary People, a fine film beat out Raging Bull – widely considered the best picture of the decade. 2001 A Space Odyssey wasn’t even nominated for best picture. The English Patient is one of the most boring movies I’ve ever seen. I love Forrest Gump but it isn’t a ‘better’ movie than Pulp Fiction.
Subjective awards will always cause problems with what’s popular, what’s epic, and what is truly great. The Academy Awards isn’t immune from this. Just think of Peter O’Toole not winning a Best Actor Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia. That just happened to be the same year Gregory Peck did To Kill a Mockingbird. How the hell are you supposed to choose between those two performances and be justified?
astraya:
I’m sorry, I don’t get the idea behind this list… What is meant by “least popular?” My recollection is that “Terms of Endearment” did big box office, as did “The English Patient” and many others on this list.
Does it refer to rentals? But it seems to me many of these would still be huge as rentals, long after their original release.
Are you talking about “popular” in terms of current public opinion towards these films? But this still makes no sense to me… A) it’s too soon to judge such a thing in regards to a film like “The English Patient,” which is only about 10 years old… and B) some of the films on this list are major favorites, like “American in Paris.”
Is it some reference to the current view of the quality of these films? Still I don’t get it… “American in Paris” is a huge classic, one of the greatest musicals ever made. It’s Gene Kelley’s tour de force, second only to “Singin’ in the Rain.” “The Greatest Show on Earth” is one of the greatest “spectacle” films ever made (though I agree it’s inferior to “The Quiet Man” and “Moulin Rouge”–either of which should have won that year). “Gigi” also is one of the best musicals ever, and a fantastic film. “The Great Ziegfeld” and “Tom Jones” are also major cinematic classics.
“Titanic” was and is crap, yes, but still, sorry… I just don’t get what this list is saying. Can you please explain?
one of the other limitations of IMDB is that there is the tyranny of the urgent amongst the voters generally. meaning that newer is better than older. as was posted previously, The Dark Knight, was rated #1 for weeks. i bet if we went and looked at the number of voters for the above ratings, we would see a relatively small sample size compared to the numbers that are voting for godfather, shindler and the like.
bucslim: don’t forget that shawshank was also that same year. 3 of my favorite movies all came out in the same year and would have won best picture in any number of other years.
Astraya; I think you did a pretty good job with this list. All appear to be worthy inclusions – just take a look at the competition each of the chosen films was up against.
The English Patient beat out Fargo; who but a movie producer picks long and boring over brilliant, funny and great characters? The Greatest Show on Earth beat out The Quiet Man, Around the World beat out The King and I. It goes on and on. Good Job.
Great Description on Titanic. I resisted seeing it for years, who wants to wait 3 hours for the lead to die? Not me.
I mean it… I’ve re-read this list three times now, I still don’t get it. What is the idea behind tossing together drek like “Titanic” with classic great films like “Tom Jones” and “American in Paris” and “Gigi?” These latter three are tremendous favorites and have been for thousands, probably millions of people. And while I despise “Titanic,” it was one of the highest grossing films of all time, so I don’t see how it could be described as “unpopular.”
I’m utterly confused and badly in need of clarity on this list. Seriously. As a film buff, I just don’t comprehend it at all.
Everyone I knew at the time was in love with Titanic, it was hugely popular when I was young. Everyone wanted a heart of the ocean necklace, the soundtrack and DiCaprio’s babies.
I’m certain not many people liked The Hours, or Room with a View.
I liked Titanic. It had a story within a story. Fictional stereotypical forbidden romance with the stereotypical ***** fiance aside, the characters did have some depth (pun unintended). I mean, I’ve always been fascinated with the whole Titanic phenomena (“A Night to Remember” is a favorite of mine, based on the excellent book by Walter Lord). The appeal of the movie is for a good portion of the movies you connected with characters so that when the sinking occured, you cared about what would happen to them. But it was a chick flick with action. You didn’t know who would live and who would die, at least with the fictional characters.
It would have probably been better if the romance protion didn’t go on for so long. And maybe they should have focused with more with the real people that were actually on the ship. But I was impressed by the choreography and CGI (which was fairly novel at the time) and the clever use of using reverse printing to portray the other side of the ship (you can tell when they reverse the negative in certain scene where Victor Garber appears, due to his ears).
I wouldn’t list it in the least popular Best pictures, as something that makes $600 million makes it rather popular, doncha think. I can think of worse movies from Titanic’s era, like “American Beauty”, which somehow beat out “The Green Mile” and “The Sixth Sense”.
Mom:
Seriously, honest to god… YOU understand this list? I can’t fathom it. I don’t understand what it’s saying, what it’s point is, and I can’t understand the sense in lumping together great motion pictures whose greatness has long since been generally acknowledged with duds like “Titanic.” I’m lost, and unless someone can explain it to me, I have to say this is the absolute worst list I’ve ever seen on this site, ever.. hands down.
Clearly the point is that these films shouldn’t have won, that there were better choices… but in regards to some of them, as I’ve said, this is so utterly subjective as to be completely unsupportable. I know of NO major or even half-major film scholars or critics who would say “Tom Jones” was LESS deserving than any of the other choices that year—or that “Gigi” was less deserving than “The Defiant Ones.” Just because there are lots of great films in a single year (but that’s not even the case with some of these) doesn’t mean the film that one didn’t deserve it.
No, sorry—if that was the idea behind this list, the idea was a good one but the execution was utterly terrible. Sorry astraya… I think I saw in the comments that you say you don’t know much about film, in a scholarly sense–well I would have left this topic alone then.
Finally a list that puts “Titanic” in its place. As a ***** movie.
randall: my guess, if i may speak for the list writer, is that the point is to say of all the movies that have won best picture, which of those have the lowest IMDB rating. i think that is it. astraya, admiting her lack of movie knowledge and stating that she is waiting to submit a list that is strictly opinion, was just crunching the numbers.
Randall ~ I was hesitant to comment on this list because all I had to say was I love Terms of Endearment. I thought maybe it was “upsets” then I thought maybe critically “least popular” since Titanic was clearly popular with movie-goers. I dunno.
I totally disagree about Titanic, it is one of my favourite movies and doesn’t fail at making me cry every time I watch it.
Titanic was terrible. I would have added Silence of the Lambs to this list as well, as well as Forrest Gump.
I’m shocked that Titanic is rated low by IMDB. Perhaps teenage girls have moved on to some other saccharine love story.
Just because a film is rated poorly doesn’t mean it isn’t popular…isn’t Titanic the highest grossing movie of all time despite it’s major suck factor?
dischuker:
I dunno… still makes no sense to me. If you’re right, then an explanation was in order–what the IMBD rating means, etc. And really, that should have been in the title… “Lowest IMBD Rated Oscar Winners” or whatever. It would have made more sense than “Least Popular.”
rushfan:
That’s okay, my girlfriend of the time (1984–my second year of college) loved “Terms of Endearment,” which was weird because she was so proto-Goth and punky… but it was a chick flick, and sometimes women just go for chick-flicks regardless, I dunno.
How would you define “least popular,” as opposed to simply “worst” or “least deserving of a Academy Award.” If popularity has to do with box office numbers or DVD sales/rentals, then a few of these shouldn’t be on this list, Titanic in particular. If it has to do with “standing the tests of time” as you’ve indicated in the comments, I’m not sure enough time has passed for some of these films to be ignored. Chariots of Fire has one of the most recognizable scores in film history; An American in Paris is a favorite for Gene Kelly fans; and Out of Africa will be remembered as one of the late Sydney Pollack’s greatest achievements. Also, if the main criteria is IMDB scores, then Shawshank Redemption–which won zero Oscars–beats classic films like Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, and The Godfather. Like Randall said in #44, if you don’t know much about film, please don’t create uneducated lists.
That being said, I’ve heard Cimarron is terrible. Has anyone actually seen it? I’ve been trying to watch every Best Picture winner for the past year, and I’m missing Cimarron and Cavalcade.
Actually, for the time, Titanic was a movie marvel. Your opinion on if you liked it or not doesn’t cancel out the amazing effects, shots, and painstaking reality of the shooting. It’s not my favorite movie ever by far, but it’s also not my preferred genre. I can still apprieciate all the hard work that went into it. Now we have more advanced CGI and special effects, but in 1997 Titanic was a groundbreaker. Plus, it’s already been said, but it was wildly popular.
Also, Gigi is an amazing movie, and the people voting on IMDB are much more likely to be “OMG Bratz the movie was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo rockin!!!! 10/10!!!!!!!!!” than actual film buffs. Notice how older movies have lower ratings? Yeah.
Joel:
I’ve seen Cimarron. It was years ago, and I barely remember it. I don’t recall it being “terrible,” but certainly unmemorable. Worth a look probably. “Cavalcade,” on the other hand, I just plain didn’t like.
Damn, I’m with Randall, Mom424 and rushan here. I just don’t get it. Not only did many of these films do *MAJOR* boxoffice, but the list contains many personal favorites.
Having made my living working in the film biz (*very* directly, I was a script supervisor), a film has to be more than a bit special to make it onto my list of fav’s. So I’m as baffled as I can be by this list, astraya.
This hurts me to even say, because I like you.
Perhaps you have an explanation that will clear up the confusion. If you do, please offer it. This many of us can’t be completely unclear about the same thing for no reason.
I have to go to a meeting..I have a feeling this is going to blow up comment wise in the interim. It’ll certainly be something to coem back to.
segue:
You were a script supervisor? When? Where? Hollywood? Are you still connected?
Do tell! I have personal reasons for asking… (and no, please don’t think I wanna send you a script… I don’t have… a script.
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I agree with Spocker(42) about Titanic. I liked the movie, but I think it would have been better without the fake love story. If they had filmed around a few different people from different classes and shown their stories, it would have been more enjoyable. For me, at least. That said, I love disaster movies, and this one qualifies.
Titanic is actually very popular, and it was a pretty good film. It just happens to also be a popular thing to bash it without any reason. But hey, I always feel cool when I act like a sheep and bash something just because I know nobody will ever ask me what’s actually wrong with it and reveal that I have nothing but a herd mentality behind my “opinion.” Yeah, that’s always fun.