top 250 - American Splendor (2003) Discussion

[–] dead-canaanite 17 years ago

If its been around since 2003 and I've never heard of it, I am compelled to disagree.

-DC

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[–] jowilliams 17 years ago

well if you never heard of it how did you find this board?

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[–] timmy_501 17 years ago

Good point, jowilliams.

This story is already over

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[–] paullorenzen 17 years ago

maybe you should see it before you make that statment

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[–] alkamal_r 17 years ago

What, you mean dead-canaanite hasn't heard of it? then sure it can't possibly be anywhere near the top 250!!!

(by the way, some people place too much relevance on the top 250. Who cares about other people's ratings anyway?)

Ironically, this isn't even ironic at all.

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[–] OtherBrotherDarryl 16 years ago

If its been around since 2003 and I've never heard of it, I am compelled to disagree.

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[–] nickmorgan19457 16 years ago

Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il.
Number 4 on the top 250.
Came out in 1966.
I've never heard of this movie.
So it doesn't belong there.

In case you can't see through my iron curtain of sarcasm, my point it this: just because you've don't know about it, doesn't mean it's not a good movie.

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[–] dead-canaanite 16 years ago

If you haven't heard of the good, the bad, and the ugly, then you shouldn't be involved in the discussion of any movie's merit.

-DC

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[–] nickmorgan19457 16 years ago

Weird. I never knew it was the same movie. Either way, I don't like westerns, so I haven't seen it all the way through. Also, screw you.

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[–] polysicsarebest 16 years ago

You sound like a moron.

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[–] nickmorgan19457 16 years ago

You sound like a prick.

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[–] wertygol 15 years ago

You're Tick as a Brick (Says Jethro Tull :) )

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[–] kingfan22001 15 years ago

you've never heard of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? I find that hard to believe.
I think what the poster was saying was that most, if not all, of the top 250 are extremely well known and highly rated films that most people have heard of. If a movie is from 2003 and it is in the top 250 it would probably be more well known than American Splendor.

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[–] DonnyMovieMan 12 years ago

Really? Just because you haven't heard of it means it shouldn't be on a list for great movies? That is disgusting. It would belong there if it were on.

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[–] Robbmonster 11 years ago

If its been around since 2003 and I've never heard of it, I am compelled to disagree.

That is just about the most arrogant, conceited thing I have EVER read on IMDB.

Congratulations.

edit: Also I should add that if you are looking at a movie on IMDB, posting a message on its board, and you STILL claim you have never heard of it, something is seriously wrong somewhere.

Never defend crap with "It's just a movie"
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[–] alanjones792 17 years ago

'American Splendor' is a pretty good film and all, but it's nowhere near the top 250 films of all time. I can think of about 25 Kurosawa films that are much better and that's just one director, never mind the whole pantheon of film.

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[–] foda500 17 years ago

I agree it's a lot better than many movies in the top 250.

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[–] hvorforditogdat 17 years ago

Its in my top 20 of all time.

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[–] BurnedBridges 17 years ago

^^ Ya same here. Definitely one of my favorites. But the top 250 list is ridiculous anyways, not in the slightest a measure of cinematic greatness. This is one of those rare films that unfortunately just doesn't have the public exposure of Lord of the Rings for example.

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[–] dead-canaanite 17 years ago

ok everyone, i was stupid to make the statement that I made! its not fair of me to judge a film that I haven't even seen. I'll rent it then decide!

-DC

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[–] jeksn 17 years ago

I agree!

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[–] GrandPopPoplock 17 years ago

If I can recall....it was on the Top 250 years ago .

Great movie though ( 8/10 )

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[–] Tomata_Du_Ignorant 16 years ago

I agree. Let's be honest, it deserves it. Innovative, great writing, amazing direction, and incredible acting. American Splendor is one of the most memorable films of the past ten years, one of the best films of the past ten years, and, one of my personal, all-time favourites. Therefore, I say, definitely top 250.

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[–] TheDarkChrisKnight 16 years ago

I agree with you one hundered percent Tomata, even though I've never seen "American Splendor". Your writing style makes me beleive that I would follow you to the ends of the earth.

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[–] negatyve 16 years ago

If this film didn't have such sharp writing, excellent direction and awesome soundtrack, Giamatti's amazing performance is strong enough to carry this film to the Top 250. Everything considered, this film deserves Top 50 imho.

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[–] aforandy 16 years ago

Though the film may be wonderful in many respects, the DVD was being more-or-less given away here for the lowest price I've ever seen for a contemporary film. This is a measure of its perception in some quarters. A main reason why it comes to attention is because Paul Giamatti plays the lead, although recently, between "Cinderella Man" and "John Adams", he's been having trouble in getting downloaded. Not that that is unusual.

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[–] fromthekush 15 years ago

Watching it now on IFC and it is pretty damn good. And I'm normally not into these types.

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[–] raptor_densus 15 years ago

There's tons of bad movies in the top 250 list, it's an okay guide but not the de facto list of the 250 best movies of ever.

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[–] spamcity 15 years ago

Well, just in my humble opinion, American Splendor is a much better movie than 'The Dark Knight' which as a write this is currently number 8 on the list.

Can't you read? It says SPOILERS!

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[–] shabbymi 15 years ago

It should be, but in my opinion a list that places WALL-E on 44th place is not a reference.

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[–] talisencrw 10 years ago

It's a very good movie, 8/10. It belongs in the Top 5000, but it'd be a stretch to consider it as belonging in the Top 1000, let alone the Top 250. Glad you like it though, and I hope you find out about a lot of great movies, from all over the world and since cinema started in 1895--there's a lot of masterpieces out there. The treasure is in discovering them.

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