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Howcome?

posted 9 years ago by powermandan
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Howcome it is not in IMDb's Top 250, Empire's 500, or either AFI 100 American movie lists?

[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 9 years ago

It should be near the top on all those lists . . . they may have a bias against DeMille . . .

[–] Blueghost 9 years ago

I guess most people don't like it that much.

[–] AutoexecBatman 9 years ago

It doesn't have a high enough rating

[–] profprimbud 9 years ago

I think you have to be Christian or Jew to like it more.

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[–] AutoexecBatman 9 years ago

I don't think so, all you need to do is be a fan of DeMille's style of melodrama and spectacle.

[–] profprimbud 9 years ago

In that case, I found it to be clunky and quite imperfect for that hooplah it gets - but it's the spiritual side of it which attracted me, created the tearjerker moments and what I liked abt it.

I never think about the future, it comes soon enough