Which Classic Movies Have You Seen?- Page 2

[bobs3]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 3:01am

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[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 8:37am

The list doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

How do you list 12 Years A Slave but overlook The Color Purple?

How do you list Cabaret but overlook Grease or Saturday Night Fever?

How do you list Lord of the Rings and ignore the Harry Potter series?

The Lion King is nice, The Triplets of Belleville is art brought to the screen.

On what planet does Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind rank as a classic?

[jnb9872]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 4:38pm

The list appears to value a relatively even spread of chronological history, so too many films from one era or another aren't listed for the sake of a variety of film eras. This list has the wide-angle lens view of film history that something like Tom Moon's 1000 Recordings You Need to Hear book has with music - and each entry in that book has an encyclopedic index including Further Suggestions and Deep Cuts to go off exploring further down each path. This list seems to be similarly expansive and inclusive; yes, great films are left off. Such is the case when there are more than 200 great films ever made. This list values breadth of quality, not depth of quality, and in doing so covered almost every basic base by my eyes.

And ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND was my favorite film of the 2000s, so to answer Gotham's last query I'd certainly say mine.