For the first time in a decade, the frequently named greatest film of all time – Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather has been knocked off the top spot on IMDB’s Top 250 User Rated Movies of All Time.
For the time being at least, The Dark Knight has landed the coveted title, averaging a 9.5 out of 10.
Of course this will go down but it’s still significant as The Godfather looked like a movie that was never going to be knocked off it’s top spot, so no matter how briefly – it’s still a historic event.
Well done Mr. Nolan, you can be very proud of yourself today. It’s so rare to find a blockbuster movie that breaks box office records, appeases the rabid fans of a franchise and also becomes a critics darling. This no doubt has been the only film to do such a task since 2003’s Return of the King and it’s a very rare thing indeed.
It’s no wonder why I called Chris Nolan the No. 1 working director today back in August 2007.
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Amazing achievement. Of course it’ll start dropping down once reluctant friends and family members are dragged to see it and start to post their disdain on IMDb; at the moment it’s mainly critics and fanboys and girls in the USA who’ve had the chance to see The Dark Knight. You’ll also probably get a pretentious backlash from arthouse obsessives who refuse to enjoy films that have got a linear narrative, are in English and have cost more than $17.50 to make.
It’s exciting to see this kind of buzz around a new film though and get a sense of their being an occasion. We’ve not had this kind of excitement since The Lord of the Rings films.
Yeah but check it now… it has 46k votes and still remains number one I think that it will remain a bit more if not forever in the top 3 of IMDB; with 23k it was something to doubt but no more!! :D