Something exciting...

Churl · 12-18-2001, 01:36 AM

If you check out IMDB as of 12:30 AM EST, Dec. 18, 2001, Fellowship is ranked #72 in IMDB's top 250 movies of all time.

What's exciting about this is that it achieved that rank with only 1301 votes. Since IMDB's rankings are weighted to take into account the number of votes a film recieved, that makes Fellowship's rank all the more impressive.

If audiences continue to love it as much as they have so far (and assuming that thousands more will vote after the U.S. release), I think Fellowship is poised to skyrocket in the rankings.

Granted, rank is just a numbers game, and IMDB is only one poll, but nevertheless it's good to see that (after all our misgivings) this thing might actually receive the recognition it deserves.

Can't wait 'til Wednesday!

Churl · 12-18-2001, 10:25 AM

…Make that #53 with 1477 votes at 9:30 AM EST, Dec. 18, 2001!

Gorhiriel · 03-11-2002, 11:17 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is too cool for words!!
Err, i checked today March 12, checked top internation 250 of all time, LOTR, 2. Umm

Ërendil · 03-13-2002, 05:39 PM

Wowowowowow

what was no1?

Nibs · 03-13-2002, 05:51 PM

The link still works!

Apparently the Godfather is number one.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is 55.

See the rest for yourself.

Rána Eressëa · 03-13-2002, 06:19 PM

*gasps!* Not "The Godfather"! Nooooooo! *dives into a nearby cave*

P.S. -- Blame my father for overplaying it

Wayfarer · 03-13-2002, 06:25 PM

LOTR-FOTR is #2 as of today.

It should easily be #1 before TTT comes out.

Rána Eressëa · 03-13-2002, 06:33 PM

Money-grossing-wise I believe "Titanic" is number one, and it's been out since 1997, but LOTR: FOTR (being it has only been out since December) has already sweeped into the top 20. I find that interesting

Nibs · 03-13-2002, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Churl
If you check out IMDB as of 12:30 AM EST, Dec. 18, 2001, Fellowship is ranked #72 in IMDB's top 250 movies of all time.

You do realize this was 23.5 hours before the national release date, right?

Lanelf · 03-13-2002, 10:24 PM

Cool! go LOTR fans!
____
A small, cute frog waves a flag saying 'LOTR!'

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-14-2002, 02:17 AM

Hooray! # 2! That's great! Go LotR fans!!

jerseydevil · 03-14-2002, 02:33 AM

I wonder how many people voted blindly for LOTR before they even saw the movie. I think more people like the movie either because of the Hollywood hype or because of their love of the books - or maybe both, rather than the movie trying to stand on it's own.

LOTR also has a bigger following than the othe movies it's beating out, but that doesn't make it better - it just means that more people bothered to vote for LOTR.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-14-2002, 02:35 AM

Don't say that, Jersey Devil, you're ruining the moment! No, j/k.

You're probably right.

Nazgûl Queen · 03-14-2002, 03:28 AM

It was #1 for a couple of weeks when it had a rating of 9.7, but as more people voted it decreased to 9.0 and #2

03-11-2002, 11:17 PM	#3
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03-13-2002, 05:39 PM	#4
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03-14-2002, 02:17 AM	#11
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03-14-2002, 02:33 AM	#12
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	I wonder how many people voted blindly for LOTR before they even saw the movie. I think more people like the movie either because of the Hollywood hype or because of their love of the books - or maybe both, rather than the movie trying to stand on it's own. LOTR also has a bigger following than the othe movies it's beating out, but that doesn't make it better - it just means that more people bothered to vote for LOTR. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

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12-18-2001, 01:36 AM	#1
Churl Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 128	Something exciting... If you check out IMDB as of 12:30 AM EST, Dec. 18, 2001, Fellowship is ranked #72 in IMDB's top 250 movies of all time. What's exciting about this is that it achieved that rank with only 1301 votes. Since IMDB's rankings are weighted to take into account the number of votes a film recieved, that makes Fellowship's rank all the more impressive. If audiences continue to love it as much as they have so far (and assuming that thousands more will vote after the U.S. release), I think Fellowship is poised to skyrocket in the rankings. Granted, rank is just a numbers game, and IMDB is only one poll, but nevertheless it's good to see that (after all our misgivings) this thing might actually receive the recognition it deserves. Can't wait 'til Wednesday!

12-18-2001, 10:25 AM	#2
Churl Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 128	…Make that #53 with 1477 votes at 9:30 AM EST, Dec. 18, 2001!

03-13-2002, 05:51 PM	#5
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	The link still works! Apparently the Godfather is number one. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is 55. See the rest for yourself. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-13-2002, 06:19 PM	#6
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	gasps! Not "The Godfather"! Nooooooo! dives into a nearby cave P.S. -- Blame my father for overplaying it

03-13-2002, 06:25 PM	#7
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	LOTR-FOTR is #2 as of today. It should easily be #1 before TTT comes out. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

03-13-2002, 06:33 PM	#8
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Money-grossing-wise I believe "Titanic" is number one, and it's been out since 1997, but LOTR: FOTR (being it has only been out since December) has already sweeped into the top 20. I find that interesting

03-13-2002, 10:24 PM	#10
Lanelf Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Second Drawer Down Posts: 407	Cool! go LOTR fans! ____ A small, cute frog waves a flag saying 'LOTR!'

03-14-2002, 03:28 AM	#14
Nazgûl Queen Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Minas Morgul Posts: 400	It was #1 for a couple of weeks when it had a rating of 9.7, but as more people voted it decreased to 9.0 and #2 __________________ Morauko Umrien, Queen of the Nazgûl and Lady of Mordor Mistress of the Night The Nazgûl Queen she was, the Ringwraith, the enemy's most terrible servant; darkness went with her and she cried with the voices of death. Can be found loitering at Fantasy Essentials or her livejournal...

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