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Top 10 of Film

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For the people who were complaining about the book in the previous reviews, their main problem had no relevance. The book is called the Top 10, as in Top 10 Grossing Films. So, if there were to be a list of Johnny Depp's films, then Secret Window would probably come before Cry-Baby because Secret Window grossed more; not because Secret Window was better as a film.

This book is fun because you can see which bad movies did really, really well in the box office. It's also a good reference book for Oscars, Sight and Sound Polls, and even Harvard Lampoon's Worst Movies.

I was so excited to dive into this book, but was quickly disappointed.I don't know what these top ten lists are based on?! It has a top ten movie list for Geena Davis, but not Bette Davis, it has a list for Kevin Costner movies, but not Johnny Depp's.
The top ten scariest movies included the 1999 version of "The Haunting", but not the original 1963 version; Rob Reiner's director list included "North" but not "This is Spinal Tap"; and "Raging Bull" wasn't on the best Boxing movies of all time.

This book is aimed for the crowd that adores car explosions, special effects, and Adam Sandler. They'll be happy to know that "The Water Boy" took the #1 spot for best football movie of all time. Sorry, Rudy.

I bought this book at Barnes & Noble not too soon after it came out. I really like it and would recommend it to anyone who is a film buff like me. It may not be the best reference book for movies and films but it is a little fun top 10 lists of movies to look at if you're bored or whatever.

Russel Ash is a fool for wasting my time. This man knows about as much about film as rapper Eminem knows about ballet. I've been into film theory and history for almost a decade now and this book isn't worth the paper its printed on. If you're into bad movies from the past ten years and/or love bad actors and enjoy seeing top ten lists about some of the worste writers in movie history such as Mark Rosenthal (superman 4) then this book deserves to be on your coffee table, right next to that "it's just not working out between us" card your new girlfriend/boyfriend just sent you...