Yep. Go back and read the reviews of classic movies that are still shown regularly on TV after decades, and you usually will see them panned by critics of the day. Meanwhile movies they gushed over are long forgotten.
The softball questions Dave Skylark started out asking Kim Jong-Un reminded me of the way how our own reporters question Obama and they don’t even get cute puppies as gifts. In fact, Obama can treat them like dirt and they still act like lackies. Oh, and at least Dave ended up changing his tune. I like how the movie played that since there was some tension as to whether Skylark would remain a lackey.
The movie that I refer to as the greatest movie of all time was a flop at the box office. Well, not a flop, but it wasn’t a blockbuster. It went on to be a pop culture icon.
Yes... Urban Cowboy is a close winner over second place, Smokey and the Bandit.
A Christmas Story was also a box office disappointment.