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Jul 3, 2016 - 7:49 AM
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RoryR
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Does anyone else get annoyed whenever lists of actors, movies, etc. are released that refer to them as the highest grossing ones "of all time" (as opposed to "in history"), as though nothing ever to come in the future can/will ever outgross them? Or is it just me?
What annoys me is that so many people robotically believe, as if it were a faith, that a movie that has a high gross means that the movie is therefore worthy of attention, that there must be something good about it, that it's of high quality, that it's good to even excellent. Often though, the exact opposite is true, and the higher the gross of a movie only means the higher the "gross factor" of the movie. Gross in terms of the movie's idiocy and inherent worthlessness. It all points to just how shallow public taste is, how common the common person is in terms of taste. It's the reason why critics have existed.
But anyway, "of all time" is just another dumb term repeated without much thought by those that don't even bother to think that they should be thinking.
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Jul 3, 2016 - 7:56 AM
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Solium
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Does anyone else get annoyed whenever lists of actors, movies, etc. are released that refer to them as the highest grossing ones "of all time" (as opposed to "in history"), as though nothing ever to come in the future can/will ever outgross them? Or is it just me?
What annoys me is that so many people robotically believe, as if it were a faith, that a movie that has a high gross means that the movie is therefore worthy of attention, that there must be something good about it, that it's of high quality, that it's good to even excellent. Often though, the exact opposite is true, and the higher the gross of a movie only means the higher the "gross factor" of the movie. Gross in terms of the movie's idiocy and inherent worthlessness. It all points to just how shallow public taste is, how common the common person is in terms of taste. It's the reason why critics have existed.
But anyway, "of all time" is just another dumb term repeated without much thought by those that don't even bother to think that they should be thinking.
There's also the question of cost of film vs profits, is inflation calculated into the equation? Also old Hollywood didn't have the world market it has today.
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Jul 3, 2016 - 9:29 AM
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Joe E.
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What annoys me is that so many people robotically believe, as if it were a faith, that a movie that has a high gross means that the movie is therefore worthy of attention, that there must be something good about it, that it's of high quality, that it's good to even excellent.
True, although I'd note that a movie being worthy of attention isn't the same as there being something good about it, being of high quality, etc. A movie can be worthy of attention for many reasons, not all of them good, and if something is massively popular, it's probably worth noting - even if it's not worth seeing.
There's also the question of cost of film vs profits, is inflation calculated into the equation?
Ehhh... it depends upon whether we're talking about how profitable it is for the studio, or its cultural impact, which are really two different discussions. A one billion-dollar-grossing movie might not actually be particularly profitable if the studio spent hundreds of millions to make and promote it, but it's still likely to have a similar cultural impact through the many millions of people who see it as a much less expensive movie with comparable box office.
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Jul 3, 2016 - 9:49 AM
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RoryR
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What annoys me is that so many people robotically believe, as if it were a faith, that a movie that has a high gross means that the movie is therefore worthy of attention, that there must be something good about it, that it's of high quality, that it's good to even excellent.
True, although I'd note that a movie being worthy of attention isn't the same as there being something good about it, being of high quality, etc. A movie can be worthy of attention for many reasons, not all of them good, and if something is massively popular, it's probably worth noting - even if it's not worth seeing.
Yeah, like BIRTH OF A NATION. Important to see many reasons, not worth seeing for other reasons.
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