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In Reply to: Non-snob "Best Films of All Time." posted by tinear on December 1, 2002 at 01:38:05:
...much, lol. (Drops grenade.)I really like that critic's stuff - I really think those films are truly great - and most of them are great fun for me to watch too.
"Great" and "enjoyable" don't mean the same thing but they're not mutually exclusive.
The Hidden is one of my favorite genre films, but it ain't Alexander Nevsky. Have you actually watched Nevsky or Ivan the Terrible or Potemkin???? So what're your criteria for "great"? You enjoyed it?
OTOH, Pandora's Box is probably a "great film", and many critics love it too. Black Orpheus, Los Olvidados, Belle du jour, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Blow-up, and the Cocteau films all regularly make critics' lists...uh oh. You may be a closet snob.
Giant, The Big Country (love the music), The Getaway, The Big Sleep, Of Human Bondage, The Vanishing, are all enjoyable (if not great) films. Although I think The Getaway is hardly the best Jim Thompson to reach the big screen. The European vesion of The Vanishing is pretty scary, the US remake is lame. Jackie Brown is interesting, a step in the right direction for Tarantino. The Collector was pretty creepy, but I haven't seen it in twenty years.
Sheltering Sky - interesting failure. The Passenger Anotonioni's best??? Don't think so. The Conformist - don't remember well. French Lieutenant's Woman - Meryl does good accent, mediocre film. Peixote - never seen it.
Really, the only trash on your list is arguably The Hidden, and it's a fun piece of genre filmmaking. I think you need to ryy harder. Your list isn't that provacative. And anti-snobbery is snobbery of a sort.
Think I'll go watch Say Anything.
So many movies, so little time.
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Follow Ups
- I'm not a snob...(winds, up...) - Harmonia 11:34:44 12/01/02 (3)
- Your (comparative) unfamiliarity - tinear 17:01:07 12/01/02 (0)
- Re: I'm not a snob...(winds, up...) - Victor Khomenko 13:36:00 12/01/02 (1)
- A correction - Victor Khomenko 08:26:40 12/02/02 (0)
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