A fun movie, but perhaps overrated?

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2001)

It's a funny movie but I'm a little amazed that it appears as the #1 comedy movie of all time with the AFI, and even at IMDB it's #50 (ahead of Chaplin & Marx Bros classics among others). Yet compare the size of the "memorable quotes" page from "Duck Soup" to "Some Like It Hot." The characters & love interests were all a bit shallow, and it wasn't a revolutionary film or anything like Chaplin & Marx Bros. So I don't really understand what makes it a top-rated movie. Is it a revolutionary film just because it had guys in drag in 1950's "square" America?
On the other hand, to answer another critic here, it's silly to compare a screen legend like Marylin Monroe to a 90's plastic-surgery legend and non-actress like Pamela Lee Anderson etc. They had actresses back then, not aerobicized bimbos who's best performances were with Tommy Lee on Internet-downloaded movie clips. "Some Like It Hot" is better than most dreck put out nowadays but I can't really see giving it higher than an 8 of 10, 3 of 4 stars, B grade, etc.