Entertainment Weekly calls LOTR Trilogy second best movie of the past 25 years

[Nerwen]

So far, nobody on this thread has expressed surprise that LotR is on this "best movies" list. We are just wondering at some of the other films being on it. I mean, why is Titanic in third place? Not a bad film, to be sure– but the third best of the past twenty-five years? Really?

To put it another way– actually, these lists are subjective. Getting a job with EW does not grant you some extra-sensory movie-judging power that can't be argued with.

the movies displayed here is far more negative and far more petty and far more mean spirited than most other Tolkien sites

Really? I can see that your thought process regarding this thread has been as follows:

EW staff put LotR on the Top 25 list.
Downers question EW staff's taste (based on other choices).
Therefore they're questioning the worth of LotR.

Right?

Because even when we describe it as one of the

great films

we're just dissembling in order to, I don't know, lull you into a false sense of security, are we?