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Good example: I've seen both The Seven Samurai & The Magnificent Seven, the American west version.

Both films are excellent in their own ways; the former may be more artistic and original, but the latter is more enjoyable on repeated viewings. Of my 500 or so DVDs, The Magnificent Seven is in my film library, but The Seven Samurai is not. In the long run, both of these films will have their place in the pantheon of film classics, but there's no reason to insult The Magnificent Seven because it reached a more mainstream audience than The Seven Samurai; it just makes the critic appear petty and elitist. If you still want to make it into an issue of taste, go ahead and eat your Russian fish eggs; I'll stick with a good ol' juicy homemade American hamburger anyday!

I'd rather not get into Bergman, your preference for Wild Strawberrys notwithstanding. He's certainly a great film-maker (i.e., for instance, I happen to have the Criterion DVD version The Seventh Seal in my collection), but his films aren't something I would screen at a film party in my home unless I was subtly trying to let folks know it was time to leave. John Huston turned out a number of remarkable films, but I think a movie like The Treasure of Sierra Madre is probably a better example than The Dead.

I appreciate Dalton's comments about LoTR even though I somewhat disagree with his assessment that it's a "children's sword and sorcery fantasy" because I'm of the opinion that it's so much more even if it isn't on a par with Tolkien's novels, and besides, that isn't even the dominent emphasis of the films or the author's works. If I were to point toward any of Tolkien's books as children's fantasy, it would probably be The Hobbit, which was intended for younger readers.

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