Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 26, 2018 17:59:55 GMT
I would not personally rank TDK in my 100 best films. I am just saying that TDK's standing in the biggest popular vote list (which is most often referenced) is rank 4 thus the most popular ever - so is the TDK-trilogy, mostly after Godfather, LotR or Star Wars.
I don't know how many sock accounts were created but they absolutely downvoted everything else in the top ten to get TDK to the #1 spot. I was there, I saw the threads encouraging people to do it. I was a regular on the TDK board from 2007 to the day IMDb message boards went dark. Eventually TDK dropped from #1 to wherever it is now, but I always thought that fan war was ridiculous.
It's a great film, one of my all time favorites, but not in my personal top ten. People always mention that list both positively and negatively, and I've never understood why. It's a fan vote open to any monkey with access to the internet, and the list isn't supposed to reflect cinematic quality. It just tallies the votes on the site. It has as much cultural relevance as this thread.