So glad I'm not the only one. I still don't get why Catch-22 lost the 1970 battle of the war comedies based on cult novels. The TV show is a much greater accomplishment than the film.
And while we're on Altman, I think that Nashville - while a good film - has not aged particularly well and has been overshadowed by any number of ensemble films made since that were inspired by it. If I was around in 1975 and saw it then, I would be one of those people that worships it. But I think that even Short Cuts is a better film than Nashville.
Nashville was a huge disappointment for me. Not just because of a its reputation, but its themes and subjects are right up my alley: music, politics, the 70s. What was with the car crash at the airport? I was cringing.
I'm going to go a step further and hope the ceiling doesn't collapse over me head. I don't like Altman very much in general, and thinking back to Filmspotting #178, I would nominate him as the most overrated filmmaker in the history of cinema.
MASH is a dud, Nashville and Short Cuts are OKish, and the Player was completely boring other than the great opening and closing sequences. There I've said it.