Yeah, I didn't like DZ either. I just don't get why it makes so many top movie lists.
I know I'm inviting flames with what I'm about to say, but here goes anyway ... I think "Gone With The Wind" falls into the same category, although I love "GWTW" and can watch it over and over again, where I have to work to get through "Zhivago."
"GWTW" looks good and is a "big" movie and, I'll concede, has a lot more sprightly plotline than "Zhivago," but "GWTW" ends up on a lot of "greatest movies of all time" lists, too, and IMHO it doesn't belong there. Even though I love it, and I think it rightfully has a place among the Top 25 or Top 30 movies of all time, I don't think it's among the elite.