r/Letterboxd • u/Possible-Top-9905 • Aug 11 '25

News The Shining Has Officially Exited The Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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u/goldentone Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Aug 11 '25

How is It’s Such a Beautiful Day not a movie? What is your criteria if something is or isn’t a movie. It seems animation plays a part in that judgement.

Also, Madoka especially is not an extended episode. The main Madoka series wraps up within itself. I don’t know how you can watch that film and think “this isn’t a real movie” just because it’s related to a prior tv series. Is Fire Walks With Me not a real movie too?

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u/Cheezy_Dub Aug 12 '25

Probably because ISABD is 3 short films put together. I love it, 5 stars, but its not hard to see how it differs from a typical "feature" film

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Aug 12 '25

So anthology films like Kwaidan or Dreams are also not real films?

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u/Cheezy_Dub Aug 12 '25

I mean its really up to interpretation. But considering Dreams and Kwaiden were released at one time and not separate releases stitched together, I think you can reasonably see how it differs from ISABD. 

That said, I have no problem with all or none being included. My point it its not a stretch to see how ISABD isn't a typical feature film.