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Someone please tell me why this is not in top 250 of all time

posted 21 years ago by sutcal
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This movie was a masterpiece. One of the best war movies ever made ( a little historically incaccurate). Gregory Peck was brilliant.

So why is it not in the top 250. My theory is that the lack of baby boomers and older genre people using net stop the old classics from getting an opportunity to be voted on with the same bulk as the LOTR and Star Wards and Sci Fi geeks out there. This movie is 55 years old and still captures me when I watch it.

What do you all think?

[–] gamertrav 10 years ago

I certainly agree new movies are generally much too highly rated on IMDB. This is to be expected though, since younger people use the internet more and they have less context for what a great film truly is.

That's not the only reason this movie isn't in the top 250 though. There are 7 movies (with over 1000 votes) from 1949 alone with higher ratings, and probably hundreds of "old" movies that are rated higher.

It's a really good war drama, but a lot of people think there are better films, and not all of them are Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Batman.

[–] mariakelly-04164 8 years ago

12 O'Clock High is one of the best World War II movies ever made. It needs to be on everyone's top ten best movies list.

See you upstairs.

[–] Keleneki (10) 2 years ago

I don't know why but I am watching it right now in 2023 and it is one of the best war movies ever. Gregory Peck is awesome!