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I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas Send a noteboard - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM
I am so sick of the elitist crap, where the same old boring films win those kinda things, movies you can hardly sit through muss less watch over and over again.


I don't think it's so much elitist crap as it is movies that have stood the test of time. Movies that people still talk about now.

ROTK for the win and hooray for entertainment.

I love RotK. I am not dismissing the entertainment value, but you just dismiss my enjoyment of Casablanca. I LOVE that movie. I could and would watch it over and over, whereas I have a bit of a limit on something the length of RotK. I'm not saying everyone should feel the same as I do, but I don't think you can judge based on "woohoo, that was fun!" and call that the only valid criterion.

Do you think I'm wrong that there is a chance more modern voters have not watched all the older films? Btw, you may dislike it, but this is why I don't vote in your awards - if I don't know anything about 75% of the entries, it makes no sense for me to vote.

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.


It looks like quite the balanced list to me. They are covering 70ish years of movies after all.

1930's: 2 movies.
1940's: 1 movie.
1950's: 2 movies.
1960's: 3 movies.
1970's: 3 movies.
1980's: 2 movies.
1990's: 2 movies.
2000's: 1 movie.

It seems to me that in order to be fair they tried to pick movies from every era. What movies should they have dropped so they could add more modern ones? If they did that, how would it make the list more fair?

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.


See above.

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.


Also, the next time you rip a classic, actually watch it first.
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Return of the King beat Casablanca? nossy - 23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM 1692 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1082 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 1008 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1087 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1083 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 991 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 961 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 840 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 984 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1288 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 900 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 1002 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1055 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 946 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1080 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 509 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1146 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 914 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1080 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 1006 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 948 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1341 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 915 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 568 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 981 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 581 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 1015 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 969 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 990 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1047 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1109 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 1008 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 920 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 1037 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1030 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1098 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 920 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 936 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 924 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 1006 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1061 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 933 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 851 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 455 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 881 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 1001 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 863 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 1029 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 841 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 952 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 834 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 981 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 900 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 955 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 875 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 940 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 905 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 969 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 887 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 821 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 844 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 855 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 967 Views
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