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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 1528 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 937 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 852 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 940 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 900 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 811 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 814 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 699 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 816 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1119 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 747 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 850 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 832 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 796 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 834 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 422 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 928 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 776 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 909 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 784 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 808 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1122 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 783 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 427 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 753 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 441 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 863 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 765 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 790 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 885 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 933 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 871 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 773 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 808 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 899 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 865 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 762 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 786 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 755 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 850 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 847 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 784 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 709 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 388 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 747 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 831 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 739 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 884 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 674 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 739 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 683 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 841 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 743 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 747 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 720 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 788 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 771 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 827 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 730 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 688 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 709 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 702 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 832 Views
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