Overrated masterpieces

I am not talking just about iMDB

The Dark Knight deserved to be in the Top 250. Maybe at 250th if you insist, but absolutely deserved.

But the entire 60 minutes of LSD scene is indeed weird.


I always hit fast forward every time. Ain't nobody got time for that!

The first half of the film is rubbish but from the moment it hits the iceberg onwards it is an amazingly crafted film.

See it in 3D at the cinema and you realise what a truly brilliant horror film it was. Especially the part where they are sitting in their boats safely while watching it slowly sink and hearing the echoing screams of the people still onboard. That really brings it home because all the while you know that this is was it was like in reality for them.

Isn't it? Much more interesting (IMO) than Gone with the Wind's plot.

So … so, in your world I have blasphemed?! I'd do film blasphemy penance (whatever the H that might be), but, sorry, can't retract.

I agree the plot is basically a Harlequin Romance. The good part was it was set against the Civil War, and the burning of Atlanta, and the personal consequences that had on the residents, was fascinating (to me, anyway).

For me, Gable was great, the guy who played Linton, not so much, and Vivian was good but to me not nearly as good or complex as Bette in Jezebel.

Have you ever read the book? I haven't, so have no idea how good or meh it is/was. Unlike you, I found the first part to be less entertaining than the second.

Addendum: I always find your posts to be Quite Amusing ;)

I've seen part of it, but it never captured my interest enough to watch it from beginning to end. Plus, I'm not much of a Nicholson fan to begin with. Except maybe Chinatown and Cuckoo's Nest.

I agree with you April. The Shining (1980), scared the living crap out of me! I saw it when it first hit the theatre in 80 and for 2 weeks straight, I was scared to be alone at all! I also saw The Exorcist (1973) in the theatre in 74, I loved it but it didn't really scare me. Another film that scared the crap out of me was the old B&W, Night of the Living Dead (1968). I saw it for the first time on, Bob Wilkins-Creature Features, late at night in 1976, at a friend's house a few doors up and when it was over, I had to walk home in the middle of the night, alone and thoroughly creeped out as the wind was blowing slightly, making all the trees rustle. I ran down the hill so fast that I passed up my driveway a bit. Then I ran up the stairs so fast, into the house, bee lined for my bedroom, jumped in my bed and pulled the covers over my head. I slept like that all night...clothes and shoes still on. I was 16 at that time.

The Shining, has had the longest lasting effect on me...which was 2 weeks. No other film, since then, has been able to stick with me that long...a few were only able to stick with me for a few days to a week. I'm still looking for a horror film to outlast, The Shining, but it's been 37 years and no luck yet. 😩