AFI Rates 'Citizen Kane' No. 1 Movie

FoxNews ^ | 6/21/07 | staff

[Borges]

It’s a one of kind experience though. No movie like it. It’s not really about Vietnam

[lowbridge]

What no “Lonely Lady” starring Pia Zadora?

Ever since she got divorced from her billionaire husband, the AFI turned it's back on her. But she'll have her revenge. Oh yes.

[lowbridge]

Fletch is crap. Spaceballs is crap.

What. No Jerry Lewis?

[Borges]

If you’re striking that Average Joe populist tone then Titanic should be #1 since it was the highest grossing film of all time. ‘Annie Hall’ is constantly imitated by just about every Romantic comedy.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I'm getting more responses to my post on this thread than to posts on subjects that actually matter!

And I think Suspicion worked just fine with them leading you to think that Cary Grant was plotting to murder his wife and it turned out he was contemplating suicide! Who saw that coming???

[what's up]

‘Raging Bull’ is commonly called the best American film of the 1980s

Yes, common wisdom is often wrong.

[Borges]

I don’t necessarily agree with its high ranking but just wanted to point out that it’s not a surprising choice given its high standing amongst film critics. It’s never been terribly popular with a mass audience. It was a flop upon release in 1980.

[Mrs.Liberty]

#11

http://www.filmsite.org/afi100filmsA.html

[Mrs.Liberty]

Ooops

AFI TOP 100

[mware]

#11 It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

I remember the first Christmas after Jimmy Stewart died it was hard to watch that movie. He seemed almost like family.

[steve8714]

But, Annie Hall just isn’t funny. It may be witty, but wit isn’t comedy. Wit is when you laugh about how smart you are. Comedy is when the other guy laughs, and nobody cares how smart you are.
My beef with Titanic is less the storyline than the masking of its nature to get me to shell out theater money for it.
Certain elements of AH may be imitated, but most of the others are funnier. When Harry met Sally is a good example- we are told it is derivative, but the people behind it respected the filmgoer and put their pleasure ahead of their own. To Woody and his crew it was always more important to be the artiste.

[Gay State Conservative]

Schindler’s List and The Godfather are OK but where’s To Kill A Mockingbird and The Grapes of Wrath?

[Borges]

I don't see witty and funny as mutually exclusive. You have to bring something to the table about a given culture to find anything funny. An Eskimo fresh from a life in the Artic without access to media would probably would not find 'Airplane!' funny. 'Funny' is obviously dependent on one's taste buds and cultural referents. I know people who don't think 'Holy Grail' is funny. AH is probably the most literate film to ever win the Best Picture Oscar. And Woody's jibes at Los Angeles are still as relevant and funny as ever.

Titanic was a superior disaster movie. It had suspense/action scenes that put most other suspense/action films to shame.

[GOP_Raider]

Airplane! (Any thread about airplanes in peril always turns into an Airplane! references thread)

"Hey, you're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, you play center for the Los Angeles Lakers. My dad says...you don't work hard enough on defense."

[dfwgator]

“You try dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the floor for 48 minutes.”

[Kenny Bania]

2. The Godfather

On Bravo Channel right now if anyone's interested.

[steve8714]

“I am serious...and don’t call me Shirley.”

[Mrs.Liberty]

DOH... I apologize: The link I first posted was to the 1997 List, not the 2007 list, here:

2007 AFI Top 10.

It's A Wonderful Life is at #19.

[Mrs.Liberty]

Additionally, from the AFI website:

"In addition, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will air a cable festival this fall that features many of the movies. And the 100 films will be available in videostores across the nation as part of this special celebration, with labels designating these films as part of AFI's 100 greatest list."

---www.afi.com

[Vision]

“25!”

Jaws has to be on there somewhere.