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Thread #103095 Message #2101395
Posted By: The Walrus
13-Jul-07 - 05:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: The 100 greatest movies of all time
Subject: RE: BS: The 100 greatest movies of all time
"...Sorry, I see no necessary connection between size of audience and merit/quality/greatness.
Anyone could produce any number examples of very popular rubbish..."
Autolycus,
The 'popular rubbish' tends to be sold initially hype and doesn't seem to last, hence my idea of waiting five or ten years until the hype died down and the initial populism had worn off.
W