# Amazon Customers comment of the AFI top 20 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130 "2001-09-06T21:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/1 "2001-09-06T21:55:30Z")
Some of these are pretty funny. My favorite was the comment on #9 _Schindler’s List_ > [@](#): > > Hey don’t get me wrong I like Holocaust movies as much as the next guy, but this one was a real let down. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/2 "2001-09-06T21:56:51Z")
Forgot the URL… [http://www.sweetfancymoses.com/goldstein\_amazonfilm.htm](http://www.sweetfancymoses.com/goldstein_amazonfilm.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/3 "2001-09-06T23:04:18Z")
Not the sharpest marbles, are they? From the review of **On the Waterfront** : _For some reason, I always get Charles Bronson and Marlon Brando mixed up. So for the first half hour of this movie I was looking for Charles Bronson and was seeing Marlong Brando and I was getting frustrated that I couldn’t find Charles Bronson. Finally I figured it out_ Or the classic review of **Citizen Kane** (caps not mine): _ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY LIKE THIS FILM IS A LIAR._ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/4 "2001-09-07T10:31:02Z")
Yes, some people are crazy. I remember one review of Citizen Kane on Amazon that said some forgettable film which I forget the title of was better than Kane because, for one thing, “(whatever it is) has a fat man saying “Gator!” for no apparent reason. Citizen Kane does not.” ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/5 "2001-09-07T12:12:42Z")
> [@](#): > > “The African Queen,” 1951 > LarrBlue from Hollywood, CA – Much of it is quite dated, and many of the scenes featuring Bogart and/or Hepburn in front of a backdrop (onto which is projected film of the water) are embarrassingly flawed. The movie “Titanic” had none of these technical problems. What? Did she really just compare **The African Queen** to **Titanic**? Kids! ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/6 "2001-09-07T14:06:56Z")
I was thinking of putting up a page called Dumb Amazon Reviews, but it looks like this guy has beaten me to it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/7 "2001-09-07T14:33:39Z")
And of course you have to like the novel reviews that are linked to off of that page: **The Grapes of Wrath** - “I figured it would have some vineyards in it or something grape-related. Nobody drinks wine or eats grapes because there is no grapes to eat. Not even raisins. Just dust.” ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/8 "2001-09-07T14:45:54Z")
Coincidentally, [http://www.arstechnica.com](http://www.arstechnica.com) found this review of David Hasselhof’s [“Best of”](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/music/B0000070S1/qid%3D999810956/sr%3D1-3/102-3108716-4671343) album good enough to display on their front page: \*\*\*\*\* Really Really Rexcellent!, August 27, 2001 Reviewer: Scooby Doo (see more about me) from Transylvania Rello! Rhis Rheedee is rone of ry ravorites! Raggy and I risten ro rhis rall rhe rime in rhe Rystery Rachine. Rhenever a rystery rappens, I risten ro rhis refore our rinvestigation. Rit relps re relax and ralm ry rerves. Relma, Red and Raphne ron’t really rike it, raying it’s rame and romosexual, rut I ron’t rive a rhit rhat rhey rink. Ravid Rasselroff rings really ricely, rin ry ropinion. Eh hee hee hee hee hee hee! Rhe rong “Rot Rhot Rity” is rarticularly rood. Not quite on topic, but good for a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/9 "2001-09-07T17:43:22Z")
I just finished reading both of the lists of comments. I feel I need a hot shower with a wire brush. Bleh. Why people like that seek out art is beyond me when they seem to have no ability to appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/10 "2001-09-07T20:14:24Z")
The beautiful thing about the net is that it gives everyone a voice. Interestingly enough, that’s also the ugly thing about it. God bless the mutants. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/11 "2001-09-07T21:41:48Z")
Oh, and they had a review of my favorite book on one of those pages: _13. 1984, George Orwell “‘What’s the point?’ Maybe if you live in a country that’s a monarchy, this book’s worth reading, but this is America, ok? The whole reason we live in a democracy is so that we the people don’t have to worry about things like this.”_ Oy. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/12 "2001-09-07T23:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. “Star Wars,” 1977 > A 12-year old viewer from Indiana USA – Star Wars is the BEST EVER!!! And who ever thinks otherwise or brings it down with out a GOOD reason besides crying about how it has been release and re-released or about how they thought that Jar-Jar Binks was a useless character needs to get a FREAKING JOB I usually catch most things in movies but I honestly missed Jar-Jar Binks in the origional Star Wars…color me embaressed. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/13 "2001-09-08T01:06:45Z")
mobo85 wrote: > [@](#): > > I remember one review of Citizen Kane on Amazon that said some forgettable film which I forget the title of was better than Kane because, for one thing, “(whatever it is) has a fat man saying “Gator!” for no apparent reason. Citizen Kane does not.” Well, he **does** have a point there. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/14 "2001-09-08T01:15:00Z")
… and Mr. Cranky’s cranky review of _Star Wars_: [http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/starwars.html](http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/starwars.html) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/15 "2001-09-08T01:16:06Z")
… and _Casablanca_: [http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/casablanca.html](http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/casablanca.html) ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/16 "2001-09-08T02:34:57Z")
This one isn’t funny as much as it irritates me: > [@](#): > > 1. “Some Like it Hot,” 1959 > > Dan Adler from Syracuse, New York – Funny, but Not Always Funny Ha-Ha. Overall, it’s a good movie, but probably not appropriate for children or Christians. Hm. All this time I’ve been enjoying this film, it never dawned on me it wasn’t appropriate for me. Thank goodness he let me know what is and isn’t appropriate for me as a Christian. :rolleyes: And this one: > [@](#): > > 1. “Lawrence of Arabia,” 1962 > > A viewer from Seattle, WA USA – I am used to seeing movies with fast action or at least a good story. This movie has neither. Some british guy goes to the mideast and fights with turks. The screenplay never explains why he would do that. I guess the fact that it’s World War I escaped this clown’s notice - as did the scene where he was given his orders to go there and meet with Prince Feisal. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/17 "2001-09-08T05:33:54Z")
OK, this is a slight hijack, but still in the spirit of the OP. I work in a video store that specialized in indie/forgein flims. Want the original BBC miniseries version of \*Traffic? \* We have it. The original director’s cut version of Luc Besson’s _The Professional?_ (entitled \*Leon, the Professional \* We have it on DVD. So our clientel is a bit more of the intellectual line than normal. But sometimes… So this guy walks in, and asks “Do you have Citizen Kane?” “Do we _have_ it? Of course! Widescreen or standard format?” Swiddles said. “Thank goodness! I just came from Blockbuster, and not ONLY did they get rid of it because ‘it didn’t rent enough,’ but the clerk asked me ‘it’s spelled Sit…’” “Well, you’re safe here.” Swiddles reassures. I also had a woman ask me if it was a good movie. I told her yea, it was a pretty fantastic movie. IT’S GODAMMED CITIZEN KANE!!! Is nothing sacred? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/18 "2001-09-08T08:21:08Z")
I think someone _should_ start a “Dumb Amazon Reviews” page. I’ve always said the world is overpopulated with idiots-just look at the customer reviews at [amazon.com](http://amazon.com). And not just for movies, either. Here’s one of my favorites (that even Scott Adams himself used as a example of an induhvidual) that’s no longer on the site for a Dilbert collection entitled _Shave the Whales_: > [@](#): > > The autor of ‘Save the whales’ must be a very sick old fool. In a book about whales you shouldn’t tell the people how much fun it is to shoot a whale from a fun cruiser. So my opinion is that you should buy this book if you are sadistic and like to pollute the ocean with dead whales that floot. But Saddam could learn something of this writer because the mind of this writer is absolutely more screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/19 "2001-09-08T19:36:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler > Dr. Al Fant from Austin Texas USA – "I rated the book ‘1 star’ only > because I haven’t read it yet. " The cover was that offensive, huh? > [@](#): > > 1. Ulysses, James Joyce > Eric I. Kim from Seoul, S. Korea – “This got to be the worst, I- I - I > mean the worst ever written book ever. Know why? ‘Cause he’ such a > showoff, know what I MEAN?” No shit. If that Greek guy was more like George Castanza, then it would’ve been MUCH better! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130/20 "2001-09-09T01:05:51Z")
Oh, now **this** one (from the link in the OP) is a real hum-dinger: > [@](#): > > 1. “Psycho,” 1960 > > It’s in black-and-white, which makes a movie look old right away. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-customers-comment-of-the-afi-top-20/80130.md?page=2)