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Title: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: Fellfrosch on June 21, 2007, 09:41:02 PM: The list itself is kind of interesting, but more interesting is the essay by Ebert, which is essentially a justification of this kind of list at all; his main point is that, accurate or inaccurate, the lists serve to interest people in good films.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070621/COMMENTARY/706210301

For those interested, I've only seen 47 of the movies on the list. Guess I have some watching to do.

Also: Titanic? Forrest Gump? Give me a break.
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 22, 2007, 01:16:11 PM: 55 for me. I own over a dozen of them.
but I agree with you. A couple of those choices are sketchy, at best.

My second to last mission companion was my greenie, and he totally ruined Gump for me. He spent three months telling me that it was the best movie ever. I got home and saw it and was like, 'ok, the shrimp bit is amusing, but wha?"
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: Sigyn on June 22, 2007, 05:48:43 PM: Sigh, only 33 for me. I guess I don't watch enough R-rated movies.
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: Eagle Prince on June 23, 2007, 01:50:08 AM: Mediocre list, considering. I wonder how they do the survey, does each person choose 100, or only 50, or 150. Hmm.
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: Parker on June 23, 2007, 03:50:32 AM: I've only seen 71 of them. Maybe it would have been more if I'd had more time lately, but I want to save some good movies for middle age, you know?
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 25, 2007, 12:59:56 PM: Quote from: Sigyn on June 22, 2007, 05:48:43 PM
Sigh, only 33 for me. I guess I don't watch enough R-rated movies.
Uhm... only about a third of those movies are R. 7 of the top 10 are lower than R. Don't use that as your excuse. The fact that it's largely arbitrary is a much better one.
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: Sigyn on June 25, 2007, 04:16:35 PM: But I like excuses that aren't valid.
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 25, 2007, 04:32:06 PM: Well, then, carry on. Who am I to stop it?
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: Fellfrosch on June 25, 2007, 05:20:59 PM: My excuse is that tepid is not a color.
Title: Re: AFI 100 Greatest American Films
Post by: GorgonlaVacaTremendo on June 25, 2007, 07:41:11 PM: That's so odd...my excuse is that color is not tepid.