Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by late (A) on December 06, 2001 at 14:12:21

In Reply to: Nomination Of The Greatest & Lousiest U.S. Films Of AllTime. posted by AudioHead on December 06, 2001 at 08:34:53:

Hi,
Great to who? For whom, and for what purpose? The Muppet Movie was utterly what I needed the day I saw it. There are certainly other movies I love; I have seen the Blues Brothers about a hundred times.
Contact is my pick for best scifi, Lawrence of Arabia for best epic,
My Fair Lady is the only musiscal I have picked up on dvd. I really should see Kane again, my tastes have changed a bit over the years, I might actually like it. But the question as to what is the "greatest" is bootless. A 5 year old wouldn't care for Kane, someone who wasn't around in 1979 and in need of cheering up; might not hold The Muppet Movie in high regard. Ask me if i care, if you think about it; you might come to think that you are stuck in this place and time....the values you hold were not quite the same in earlier times, and they will certainly change in the future. I would be more interested in what makes you laugh, or cry, or fills you with a sense of wonder or admiration....