New AFI 100 (best American films)

[Brent.]

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They don't list The Good, the bad and the ugly which i think is #12 on IMDB. They list Unforgiven which doesn't even come close to that movie

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I assume because it's a Spaghetti Western...

[captZEEbo]

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They don't list The Good, the bad and the ugly which i think is #12 on IMDB. They list Unforgiven which doesn't even come close to that movie

[/ QUOTE ]* American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.

lol, glad I spent time posting

[JuntMonkey]

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They don't list The Good, the bad and the ugly which i think is #12 on IMDB. They list Unforgiven which doesn't even come close to that movie

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I assume because it's a Spaghetti Western...

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Wasn't it on the last list though? Same with the Third Man. When that one didn't show up and it was time for the top 10, I honestly thought it might be in there.

I've seen 84/100.

[Jack of Arcades]

captZEEbo,

I want to see a list of what the committee would call the best American films.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

filmie and regular guy are having a conversation about movies.

F: Psycho was just an such an incredible movie. I mean the ideas, the originality...

NG: yea...

F: Yeah, exactly. I mean, it just like revolutionalized the horror genre. I mean, Im 27 years old, but the first time I saw it.

NG: Yeah...

F: Exactly, exactly. I mean, it was just like wow....

NG: So do you want to watch it now or something

F: No no no, I dont want to watch it.

NG: No?

F: No. I mean, its [censored] boring.

[econophile]

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Too many older films in there getting seniority points - like Vertigo.

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you could have picked on a lot of films on this list, but Vertigo is solid top 10 material imo. just because it is not a crowd pleaser doesn't mean it's not a good movie.

[RyanUSF]

Considering it contains one of, if not the best, character performances ever to hit the silver screen, I think it's a slap in the face that Patton was excluded from the list. "Tootsie" over Patton? gtfo. Citizen Kane sucks too, no matter how revolutionary it was it's still incredibly boring.

[Dominic]

very nice, Zeebo...thanks for explaining things to the unwashed masses. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I think it's cool you revisted certain classics and learned to appreciate them, realizing they aren't just "entertainment."

now go watch King Kong for god's sake!

[Dominic]

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But I would like to see a list that is just the pure "best" movies. You should rate a movie like you taste food or drink wine - it should stand on it's own without any historical considerations at all.

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I see your point, but isn't good wine and certain food an acquired taste? So are certain knids of films that don't necessarily fit the "Hollywood blockbuster" mold of today.

[JuntMonkey]

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"Toy Story" - I think including this and the other animated movies is really just an effort at some sort of filmmaking political correctness.

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Disagree. I'm not actually sure I've ever seen more than half of Toy Story, so I can't comment on the movie per se, but look at what that movie has spawned over the past 10 years - it's pretty ridiculous.

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Right, and I'm saying that being the first doesn't make it a better movie. What, without "Toy Story" we wouldn't have computer-generated animation? Oh, thank God for the angels that brought us "Toy Story", what would we be doing without them?


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Toy Story is one of the best children's movies I've ever seen. Most children's movies are nearly unbearable for adults. The Pixar films are actually really entertaining.

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Oh you've never seen a Disney animated picture before 1994?