Poll of the Day > Why is The Prestige rated so highly on IMDb

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Follow-up question: Nolan films in general. I don't get it.

Probably because it's a very good movie, and lots of people really enjoy it.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Probably because it's a very good movie, and lots of people really enjoy it.

That doesn't answer the question. My question was a why. I already know it's enjoyed by many on IMDb. The question is why.

As for very good movie, no.

Also to show you that there are answers to some of the things IMDb finds fascinating, The Shawshank Redemption is routinely in the top five movies because it was one of the first movies to hit number one on the website, because it was ignored by everyone other than the Internet word-of-mouth. I think it's a solid 7 movie that didn't deserve to fail, but best of all time is a joke.

i cant remember a damn thing that happened in that movie

same for shawshank
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Because it's a great movie.
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Because it's very well done, and Nolan films are typically very well loved by internet folk.

The only one that bothers me from him is Dark Knight arises. Movie was not very god, yet has an 8.5 on IMDb, which is higher than Batman Begins
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wah_wah_wah posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Probably because it's a very good movie, and lots of people really enjoy it.

That doesn't answer the question. My question was a why. I already know it's enjoyed by many on IMDb. The question is why.

No, it answers the question quite specifically. You asked why it was so highly rated, and I told you exactly why.

The implied question of "Why do people enjoy it?" is a different question, and one you didn't actually ask.



wah_wah_wah posted...

As for very good movie, no.

You are, of course, free to have your opinions.

It doesn't change the fact that you're wrong, and that people will respect you less for it, but you're certainly free to have them.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

No, it answers the question quite specifically. You asked why it was so highly rated, and I told you exactly why.

I can also surmise that the movie is rated so highly because many clicked on the 10 button, but if you told me that, that again doesn't explain a phenomenon that well. Nolan consistently gets very high inflated marks compared to the critics and even other audience scoring sites, and I'm wondering if Nolan was a IMDb user at some point or what. I mean, is Inception really a better film than Casablanca?

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It doesn't change the fact that you're wrong, and that people will respect you less for it, but you're certainly free to have them.

Critics are more divided than audiences. People that actually watch movies for a living can see that the twist is lame. But I'm with general audiences for the first hour when the movie is setting up. Set-up is excellent. But that twist.

FrozenBananas posted...

The only one that bothers me from him is Dark Knight arises. Movie was not very god, yet has an 8.5 on IMDb, which is higher than Batman Begins

Which honestly, if you were to ask me what Nolan film I like the best, it is Batman Begins. More than The Dark Knight, in fact.

But yeah, I'm glad you brought that up because I didn't even think to check that score because I assumed that The Dark Knight Rises is so bad that the Nolan halo effect would wear off. An 8.5, lmao. That movie was bad.

FrozenBananas posted...

Because it's very well done, and Nolan films are typically very well loved by internet folk.

The first part is questionable, and the second part is like answering, "Why does the goose fly?" with "I see geese flying all the time"

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Probably because it's a very good movie, and lots of people really enjoy it.

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wah_wah_wah posted...

Also to show you that there are answers to some of the things IMDb finds fascinating, The Shawshank Redemption is routinely in the top five movies because it was one of the first movies to hit number one on the website, because it was ignored by everyone other than the Internet word-of-mouth. I think it's a solid 7 movie that didn't deserve to fail, but best of all time is a joke.

It seems like you might just have terrible opinions.
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It's well acted and well-written.

I can tell from the two movies you criticize that those aren't important factors for you though.
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Mead posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Probably because it's a very good movie, and lots of people really enjoy it.

inception is way better than boring ass casablanca
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wah_wah_wah posted...

Critics are more divided than audiences. People that actually watch movies for a living can see that the twist is lame

"I'm pretentious"

wah_wah_wah posted...

People that actually watch movies for a living can see that the twist is lame. But I'm with general audiences for the first hour when the movie is setting up. Set-up is excellent. But that twist.

You do know that it's based on the book, right? Blame the twist on the writer of the book, not the director of the movie. . .
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Probably because it's a very good movie, and lots of people really enjoy it.

Well, half of that is true.
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Because its a Christopher Nolan movie and he directed The Dark Knight. Also, its IMDB.

I actually think The Prestige is his best movie, but Id still never rank it amongst the best ever made.
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Whenever people talk shit about movies, I'm always glad to have grown up with family members who owned a video store

If you haven't seen enough movies, you start to actually believe that good/decent movies are bad movies

Watch more movies and maybe you'll understand what a bad movie is one day

Mead posted...

wah_wah_wah posted...

Also to show you that there are answers to some of the things IMDb finds fascinating, The Shawshank Redemption is routinely in the top five movies because it was one of the first movies to hit number one on the website, because it was ignored by everyone other than the Internet word-of-mouth. I think it's a solid 7 movie that didn't deserve to fail, but best of all time is a joke.

It seems like you might just have terrible opinions.

OK maybe it's more like an 8, now that I think about it, but it has a lot of corny crowd-pleasing moments. But I'm not even saying Shawshank is a terrible movie, but is it a full point better than a movie like Persona? Unless you don't watch a lot of movies, no.

ReggieTheReckless posted...

Whenever people talk shit about movies, I'm always glad to have grown up with family members who owned a video store

If you haven't seen enough movies, you start to actually believe that good/decent movies are bad movies

Watch more movies and maybe you'll understand what a bad movie is one day

I have seen well over 300 movies just this year. I do intentionally watch poorly regarded movies as part of that. I find it more frustrating when a big budget Hollywood movie with major stars isn't able to get it right, compared to a bunch of amateurs that found there way into a small amount of funds. I'm willing to overlook more in the latter case. I just can't understand when movies are financed with tens of millions of dollars when they are so undercooked with elementary plot mistakes.