tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post8520129118333086921..comments2024-03-28T20:37:08.491+11:00Comments on The Audient: IMDB's outlierDerek Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-41921556839060520482016-03-11T13:13:19.069+11:002016-03-11T13:13:19.069+11:00That raises an interesting point, Wendell. As cine...That raises an interesting point, Wendell. As cinephiles, we can often get an inaccurate sense how well something is known, whereas regular people don't have that same problem. Since we know about both domestic and foreign releases, both arthouse and mainstream movies, we don't always notice when something has made inroads into the mainstream because we would have been aware of it anyway. Of course, something like Redbox is a very good indicator. I must have not noticed The Intouchables there at the time, or thought nothing of it (even though I was using Redbox at that time).<br /><br />Yeah, this is a decent film, more than decent. It's just not very remarkable. <br /><br />I'm involved with a website called Flickchart, and am an active member of a discussion group on Facebook comprised of heavy users. Flickchart also has a global chart of the top-ranked films, and had to institute a recency bias in order to prevent what happens on IMDB. The issue came up when The Avengers ascended to the #1 spot on the Best Movies of All Time chart after something ridiculous like two weeks in the theater. Unfortunately, now I think they've gone a bit too far in the other direction as the top 100 has a bunch of classic movies that, while excellent movies, probably do not really reflect the tastes of a majority of the site's users. There's no perfect solution. Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-22400476445965039192016-03-10T04:16:21.796+11:002016-03-10T04:16:21.796+11:00I think you might be selling this movie's popu...I think you might be selling this movie's popularity with American audiences a bit short. Compared to a lot of other foreign films, it was downright ubiquitous. Lots of people at least heard of it, and it helps that it showed up in RedBox kiosks all over the U.S. I saw it because my sister-in-law who generally doesn't watch foreign flicks happened to take a chance on it one night at RedBox and brought it by my house because she loved it so much. I imagine lots of people came to it that way. And a lot of those people went out and gave it a high score on imdb. <br /><br />That said, I agree with you about the movie itself. It's a nice story, but wholly predictable, and never really rises to the level of greatness. I personally don't think it belongs anywhere near a top 250 list (neither does The Green Mile, btw). However, it is a crowd pleaser so I understand. Still, I wish imdb would figure out a better method of coming up with that list. I liked the old method, though it wasn't perfect. Movies with staying power were nearer to the top while the newer films that made it generally were near the bottom and had to work their way up. Currently, the list seems to reward the new, hot thing.<br /><br />Anyhoo, great write-up.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.com