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Originally Posted by Kipi  Well, that's matter of personal opinion, but those movies have/had quite big fanbase, so they can't be terrible... |
Oh, having a big fanbase is no guarantee against terrible quality. If you loko book into the history of popular culture, you'll find that a lot of contemporary garbage was extremely well-liked during its day. Cecil B DeMille's The Ten Commandments was a blockbuster hit of a film, despite being chessy, bloated, ridiculous, and overdone. Do you think Duke Ellington or maybe Tommy Dorsey led the most popular big bands? No, they were led by the likes of Guy Lombardo, Shep Fields, and Lawrence Welk. Large numbers of enthusiastic supporters elected Ronald Reagan, initiating the "me" generation of US politics. A big fanbase may come along with quality, or without it, but it more often than not means material pointed at the lowest common denominator. Make of that what you will.