AFI Reworks "100 Best Movies" list...results are O.K.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19350080/
Some real turkeys were finally taken off the list, including Dances with Wolves and Dr. Zhivago (films should have to have an ending before they can be eligible for "best of" lists). Close Encounters of the Third Kind was also given the boot. It was surprising to see Vertigo leap up about forty spots, while Chaplin's City Lights (what?) jumped up about ninety.
Hard to believe Dances with Wolves beat out Goodfellas for best picture? Raging Bull is now at number four, and that lost to Ordinary People? Really. Fellowship of the Ring is at 50...which is well deserved. It was far superior to its two sequels. The Academy probably realized it screwed up halfway through Return of the King, but by then they had no choice but to belatedly reward everyone (except Ian McKellan, who got jobbed) with Oscars.
Sixth Sense, Forrest Gump *vomit*, and Saving Private Ryan also joined the list. I'd say only SPR deserved to be there.
Some real turkeys were finally taken off the list, including Dances with Wolves and Dr. Zhivago (films should have to have an ending before they can be eligible for "best of" lists). Close Encounters of the Third Kind was also given the boot. It was surprising to see Vertigo leap up about forty spots, while Chaplin's City Lights (what?) jumped up about ninety.
Hard to believe Dances with Wolves beat out Goodfellas for best picture? Raging Bull is now at number four, and that lost to Ordinary People? Really. Fellowship of the Ring is at 50...which is well deserved. It was far superior to its two sequels. The Academy probably realized it screwed up halfway through Return of the King, but by then they had no choice but to belatedly reward everyone (except Ian McKellan, who got jobbed) with Oscars.
Sixth Sense, Forrest Gump *vomit*, and Saving Private Ryan also joined the list. I'd say only SPR deserved to be there.
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