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*bites* nossy Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM
I dunno who put together the field of 16 here, but it's hardly a evenly spread competition when it comes to release years. ROTK, Silence of the Lambs and Platoon as the newest entries? Please. Of course the label "of all time" should contain older films too, but primarily? No.

I simply do not subscribe to the POV that the best films of our time are older than the 1960s. That may be personal taste but the constant "back then everything was better, no special effects but real stories"-whining is a huge pet peeve of mine. Films dealing with themes from so many decades ago hardly ever touch me, their way of acting, writing and filming feels dated and wooden to me. Some of my all-time favorites are from the 70s, but none made this list.

I don't either (your first sentence, this para), but I do think that there CAN be older movies that are still the best films of our time. I know plenty of people who love Casablanca, for example, so that means it is still part of our present. Casa probably does have some of what you would call "wooden" moments, but it also has some really witty and glowing dialogue, and it isn't predictable. There is one part that makes me cry every time I watch it - sometimes I even get emotional about 5 minutes before, knowing it's coming. :P It still works for me.

Of course that doesn't mean people don't have the right to vote for Casablanca. But no one should be surprised that people pick a more recent film that represents film-making as it is done today, especially combined with a timeless story loved by readers for decades.

I wouldn't say I'm surprised. I would say I think that it's not really fair to vote if you've never seen any of the other movies.
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Return of the King beat Casablanca? nossy - 23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM 1721 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1099 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 1024 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1106 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1103 Views
I think it's fair to vote if you love one entry enough to wish for it to win *shrugs* ironclad - 23/02/2012 10:08:33 PM 1014 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 977 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 863 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 1007 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1312 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 914 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 1022 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1074 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 968 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1100 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 516 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1159 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 935 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1108 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 1033 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 974 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1373 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 934 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 577 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 1002 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 590 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 1040 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 981 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 1007 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1064 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1128 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 1024 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 940 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 1072 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1047 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1121 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 935 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 960 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 948 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 1021 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1081 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 952 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 858 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 465 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 892 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 1019 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 877 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 1048 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 857 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 977 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 849 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 999 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 920 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 970 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 893 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 954 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 924 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 984 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 913 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 843 Views
Hey, at least we had around 50 decent replies and a nice discussion until things got unpleasant ironclad - 25/02/2012 01:24:48 AM 863 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 874 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 984 Views
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