The new AFI Top 100, coming June 20th on CBS

[Ripper 0]

Brokeback Mountain is a mediocre to decent movie with BEAUTIFUL direction. The story itself leaves alot to be desired. If it wasn't for the gay factor, people would see how "blah" that movie was.

[SamoaRowe 0]

I found Brokeback Mountain to be outstanding, in terms of acting, story, and direction. Most of the people "pissed off" by it never saw it in the first place, so I don't see quite how that ties to the percieved quality of the film.

 

 

I never quite understood the love for Ray. It's an alright movie, good performance by Jamie Foxx. But there wasn't anything strikingly good about it, several parts felt hokey and melodramatic. Anyone want to sell me on why it deserved this much praise?

[Ripper 0]

I found Brokeback Mountain to be outstanding, in terms of acting, story, and direction. Most of the people "pissed off" by it never saw it in the first place, so I don't see quite how that ties to the percieved quality of the film.

 

 

You didn't find the story to be quite generic? I mean make the two male characters any type of forbidden love (white and black in an earlier time or a small town, two women...whatever) and you have a pretty "eh" movie.

 

The acting was fine(ledger was pretty damn great....not so much for jake)...although those accents were horrible.

 

I can't say enough for the direction though. that was a fucking thing of beauty and Ang Lee definately deserved his Oscar for that one.

 

I was just waiting to be blown away by a great story and it was just pretty generic. And the ending felt cliched.

[Downhome 0]

Two more that I believe should be added are Chaplin's The Great Dictator and The Shawshank Redemption.

 

While TGD isn't even on the nominated list, TSR was and I think that enough time has gone by for it to be recognized on this list. TSR has aged so well, and as time goes by it seems like more and more people view it as an American classic.

[bob_barron 0]

Shawshank and Dictator were both nominated

[Downhome 0]

I did a search for TGD but didn't see it pop up, but I guess it's because of the way it's typed out.

[DMann2003 0]

Geez, is the AFI so desperate for donations that it needs to do another one of these lists, and it's first repeat at that.

 

I will say I expect "Titanic" and "LOTR" to pop up on the new list. Seriously "Pirates" is fun, but one great performance by Johnny Depp better not nudge films like "Network" or "Chinatown" off the list.

 

Still pissed that "Nashville" isn't on that list.

[Ravenbomb 0]

I don't mind them updating their top 100. There's some great movies that came out since then, and some great ones that were left off the first time 'round that could maybe get added.

[Henry Spencer 0]

Still pissed that "Nashville" isn't on that list.

 

Seriously. As far as American films go, it's top ten easily.

[Hawk 34 0]

The new list is "revealed" tonight.

 

100. Ben-Hur

99. Toy Story

98. Yankee Doodle Dandy

97. Blade Runner

96. Do The Right Thing

95. Last Picture Show

94. Pulp Fiction

93. The French Connection

92. Goodfellas

91. Sophie's Choice

90. Swing Time

89. The Sixth Sense

88. Bringing Up Baby

87. 12 Angry Men

86. Platoon

85. A Night at the Opera

84. Easy Rider

83. Titanic

82. Sunrise

81. Spartacus

80. The Apartment

79. The Wild Bunch

78. Modern Times

77. All The President's Men

76. Forrest Gump

75. In The Heat Of The Night

74. The Silence Of The Lambs

73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

72. The Shawshank Redemption

71. Saving Private Ryan

70. A Clockwork Orange

69. Tootsie

68. Unforgiven

67. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

66. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

65. The African Queen

64. Network

63. Cabaret

62. American Graffiti

61. Sullivan's Travels

60. Duck Soup

59. Nashville

58. The Gold Rush

57. Rocky

56. Jaws

55. North By Northwest

54. M*A*S*H

53. The Deer Hunter

52. Taxi Driver

51. West Side Story

50. The Lord Of The Rings

49. Intolerance

48. Rear Window

47. A Streetcar Named Desire

46. It Happened One Night

45. Shane

44. The Philadelphia Story

43. Midnight Cowboy

42. Bonnie and Clyde

41. King Kong

40. The Sound Of Music

39. Dr. Strangelove

38. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

37. The Best Years Of Our Lives

36. The Bridge on the River Kawi

35. Annie Hall

34. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

33. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

32. The Godfather Part II

31. The Maltese Falcon

30. Apocalypse Now

29. Double Indemnity

28. All About Eve

27. High Noon

26. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

25. To Kill a Mockingbird

24. E.T

23. Grapes Of Wrath

22. Some Like It Hot

21. Chinatown

20. It's a Wonderful Life

19. On The Waterfront

18. The General

17. The Graduate

16. Sunset Blvd.

15. 2001: A Space Odyssey

14. Psycho

13. Star Wars

12. The Searchers

11. City Lights

 

10. The Wizard Of Oz

9. Vertigo

8. Schindler's List

7. Lawrence Of Arabia

6. Gone With The Wind

5. Singin' In The Rain

4. Raging Bull

3. Casablanca

2. The Godfather

1. Citizen Kane

[DMann2003 0]

Fuckin' A "Nasville", should've been there last time

[foleyfanforever88 0]

Titanic at #83 is ridiculous..it's so much better than that.

 

Glad to see Toy Story on the list.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Raging Bull fourth? Wow.

 

That makes Citizen Kane, Casablanca and Dr. Strangelove the top three. No complaints there regardless of the order.

[Epic Reine 0]

Dr. Strangelove was already mentioned.

 

I like Raging Bull and all but #4? That's a bit of a strech I'd say.

[Hawk 34 0]

Raging Bull fourth? Wow.

 

That makes Citizen Kane, Casablanca and Dr. Strangelove the top three. No complaints there regardless of the order.

 

Kane and Godfather are the top two. Strangelove was #39. In the end, they didn't add many movies from that list in the past decade.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Dr. Strangelove at #39? Blasphemy!

[DMann2003 0]

They dropped off Close Encounters...yet kept Deer Hunter :-(

 

Great, give away the ending to Kane

[Ravenbomb 0]

Requiem for a Dream, Memento, Eternal Sunshine, Se7en, A Face in The Crowd, and The Trial still get no love

[bob_barron 0]

22 films were dropped off.

 

I was disappointed that once again, they ignored almost everything in the last 20 years.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

They dropped off Close Encounters...yet kept Deer Hunter :-(

 

Great, give away the ending to Kane

I think 66 years more than exceeds the statute of limitations.

[DMann2003 0]

If this List had been made 5-6 years ago, Blair Witch would have been on it-

 

Amazing how a film can develop such a media sensation and be forgotten about so soon afterwards, the film did gross like 150 million on a 35,000 dollar budget.

[bob_barron 0]

Blair Witch would not have been on it. No way.

 

Sixth Sense making it on there is terrible.

[treble 0]

Whoa, Vertigo really shot up there. I was getting worried that it wasn't going to make it, top 10 is awesome.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Do did Duck Soup. From 85 to 60.

 

 

[The Amazing Rando 0]

City Lights jumped 65 spots. Beat that.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Why? It's not a knock on the movie, but what happened between the originial list, and the new list?

[DMann2003 0]

They dropped off Close Encounters...yet kept Deer Hunter :-(

 

Great, give away the ending to Kane

I think 66 years more than exceeds the statute of limitations.

 

Some 10 year old budding film geek is going to go through life knowing what Rosebud is, who Mrs. Bates really is and who Luke's father is before actually seeing the films, I just find that sad is all.

[DMann2003 0]

They dropped off Close Encounters...yet kept Deer Hunter :-(

 

Great, give away the ending to Kane

I think 66 years more than exceeds the statute of limitations.

 

Some 10 year old budding film geek is going to go through life knowing what Rosebud is, who Mrs. Bates really is and who Luke's father is before actually seeing the films, I just find that sad is all.

[DMann2003 0]

Hah, The Searchers went from the 90's to #12, I think it has the best jump.

 

Now, which film fell the furthest without falling off

[bob_barron 0]

They dropped off Close Encounters...yet kept Deer Hunter :-(

 

Great, give away the ending to Kane

I think 66 years more than exceeds the statute of limitations.

 

Some 10 year old budding film geek is going to go through life knowing what Rosebud is, who Mrs. Bates really is and who Luke's father is before actually seeing the films, I just find that sad is all.

 

I don't think it takes away from any of those films at all.