>>219512979
I dunno, why is Don Quixote so popular? If it came out today people wouldn't consider it very good, it would be considered pretty cookie cutter postmodern metafiction trash

Sacred cow from the early days of cinema essentially. Novel for its time and inspired a great number of film directors, writers and others in relevant roles in film production, but really not a narrative hit of cinema. It deserves its place in the annals of film history but it's not there because it's a compelling epic.

>>219512979
>It's a really good movie but it's not more than that.
The curse of every influential film after decades of influence.

It basically rewrote the rules on filmmaking because Orson Welles was too arrogant and ignorant to know how to make a film "properly". It's essentially a vanity project but its clearly an important film and that's why critics love it, it wasn't very liked when it came out though

>>219512979
I've seen people here who don't even consider Lawrence of Arabia to be that good. Contrarians exist for every piece of legendary media.

>>219512979
It depends on your IQ