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Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time

post #1 of 11
9/28/08 at 6:58pm
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http://www.empireonline.com/500/


Man, and I thought AFI's lists were mediocre. What makes this list even worse is that foreign films are included, and yet even with those, Superman Returns makes it into the fray. Oh, and I'm sure a few of you here will love number fifteen.
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post #2 of 11
9/28/08 at 7:11pm
Batman Gegins at 81(L.A. Confidential at 84), Lawrence of Arabia at 57, Evil Dead 2 at 49 and Seven Samurai at 50, T2 at 35-and it gets worse.

It's like a Maxim list of Best movies.
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post #3 of 11
9/28/08 at 7:17pm
Horrible list, really.

The top 10 ain't that bad, but the rest is weird as fuck.
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post #4 of 11
9/28/08 at 7:22pm
The 10,000 readers part keep this list from being offensive. It's actually not bad, all things considering. EMPIRE and RAIDERS are great, but there's much better out there.
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post #5 of 11
9/28/08 at 7:49pm
Saw is on that list. List automatically invalid.
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post #6 of 11
9/28/08 at 8:14pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by The List
#495 Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
They did nothing right.
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post #7 of 11
9/28/08 at 8:27pm
Yeah, the films weren't chosen by the editors or writers but by reader submissions.

You win this one, Empire!
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post #8 of 11
9/28/08 at 8:31pm
Since its a readers poll it's not a surprise. If you go by that list it would seem the last few years has been a golden age for cinema.
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post #9 of 11
9/28/08 at 8:58pm
Scott, The only mistakes Empire made were...The Empire Strikes Back should be #1, with Raiders Of The Lost Ark #2.
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post #10 of 11
9/29/08 at 3:10am
It's a bizarre list, because there's lots of gold on it - Come and See? talk about out of left field - and yet you can tell that, despite weighting (probably) being given to the opinions of critics and filmmakers, the 10,000 readers still won out in the end, giving us anomalies two Nolan Batman flicks in the tops and the mysterious appearance of the dull, non-crowd pleaser Superman Returns.
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post #11 of 11
9/29/08 at 5:17am
Why is The Godfather always at the top of these lists? I haven't got half as much love for it as I have for, let's say, Bruce the shark. Also, Dawn makes the list, but no Day. WTF?!?!?! Empire readers SUCK!

Wait...
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