Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on December 28, 2003 at 08:42:34

In Reply to: Re: It is considered great WORLDWIDE because posted by rico on December 28, 2003 at 08:21:28:

You didn't answer my question. I can find all those attributes in any writeup on that film.

Being first doesn't make thing great... and good films can be viewed and enjoyed without regard to their period.

But maybe... maybe you did answer my question - there IS that American fascination with Firsts... I think.

Technology over art.

We had witnessed another FIRST recently - the Sokurov's Ark. And while I gladly give him the nod for a tremendous technical achievement, his First, as you would put it, I still rate the film as a mediocre fake.

The many Firsts found in the Kane are good indeed, and they all add up to the movie's goodness, but all together they still fail to raise it into the world best 100, I think.

I dunno... it simply fails to draw me in. I find it very easy to get up and go to the bathroom, or to get a cup of tea while watching it.

And this is what I usually consider the indicator of the movie's greatness. With the great ones you cringe when the phone rings and you are thankful for the intermission, as your bladder is bursting, but you just wouldn't go.