I'll explain. You know when lightning strikes where it is least expected, a nothing movie that no one believed in becomes one of the most influential films of all time, shatters the box office, has critics and fans up in arms about it and all that? And then the knock offs come as feeble-minded execs want to cash in on the magic and movies get horrible for a while. Sometimes it lasts a couple months, a year, and in some cases, it's still happening as we speak. Those are the movies this list is about: the great movies the were trailed by a bunch of pretty bad ones that did everything short of tarnishing the original's legacy. It's both a celebration of great films and a condemnation of Hollywood's tendency to repeat trends until they are utterly and hopelessly dead.
As I've said in other posts, this is a collaborative effort. Some of the entries will be written by me, some of them won't. I provided a list of films that I thought should be on such a list and some of the fine bloggers who will be participating suggested there own. I wasn't a tyrant, didn't close any possible ideas off and let the bloggers basically run free with their thoughts. If you agree, great, if you don't, let's here about it in the comments.
I will, right off the bat, apologize if the film that you thought should be in here isn't, but you know, if we looked at every film that suffered from this phenomenon, well we'd be here forever. Now that you know what's not on the list, I'll be revealing one entry per day, which will be posted at midnight (Toronto time) until we get to number one. The order, as I've posted before was left up to a vote and represents the collective opinion of everyone who cast their vote.
I hope you enjoy, I hope you comment and spark debate, tell your friends and neighbours about this list and get them to follow along too. It should be a lot of fun.
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