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. 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.
Return of the King beat Casablanca?
23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM
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Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy
23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM
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Calm down, buddy.
23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM
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*barks* Never!
23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM
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*bites*
23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM
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I think it's fair to vote if you love one entry enough to wish for it to win *shrugs*
23/02/2012 10:08:33 PM
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Technically, that's just cheering for the home team.
23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM
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Have you seen Casablanca?
24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM
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No
24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM
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Well, I have seen both
24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM
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He doesn't know yet.
24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM
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Clearly.
24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM
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Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM*
24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM
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In that case
24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM
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LOL
24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM
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Re: LOL
24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM
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Re: LOL
24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM
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Re: LOL
24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM
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Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally
24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM
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Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence
24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM
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In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again
23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM
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Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more.
23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM
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What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege.
23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM
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Hmm, no Hitchcock?
23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM
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Godfather won, you can all rest easy now
24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM
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THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?!
25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM
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It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day.
25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM
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Hey, at least we had around 50 decent replies and a nice discussion until things got unpleasant
25/02/2012 01:24:48 AM
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