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post #51 of 60
6/21/07 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by Overlord
I'm surprised folks are lamenting LOTR:FOTR's inclusion.
I don't think anyone is lamenting its inclusion. The one negative comment I read about it was that something from the last ten years should have been higher.
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post #52 of 60
6/21/07 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by Matt Sutton
And is Singing in the Rain really that good? The 5th best film good?

I don't get it, I guess.
If someone was going to do an impression of an actor of a musical for some board game... what do you think they would sing? The opening lyrics and imagery created by the song are Iconic. It's just your basic classic, that's all. No matter what, it's going to be on the list the same way that Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Star Wars, Jaws, and a Clockwork Orange is going to be on ANY classics list.
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post #53 of 60
6/21/07 at 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by KABONG
How did "The Manchurian Candidate" plummet off the list but "The Sound Of Music" rose?
The version of "Edelweiss" right before the Von Trapps escape will make you its bitch, that's how.
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post #54 of 60
6/21/07 at 9:18pm
The severe lack of Michael Mann is was has me the most upset
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post #55 of 60
6/21/07 at 10:09pm
did they get rid of Fargo?
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post #56 of 60
6/21/07 at 11:13pm
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Originally Posted by le Stephanois
did they get rid of Fargo?
The 23 films now GONE from the list:

Doctor Zhivago (1965) (formerly 39)
The Birth of a Nation (1915) (formerly 44)
From Here to Eternity (1953) (formerly 52)
Amadeus (1984) (formerly 53)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (formerly 54)
The Third Man (1949) (formerly 57)
Fantasia (1940) (formerly 58)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (formerly 59)
Stagecoach (1939) (formerly 63)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (formerly 64)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (formerly 67)
An American in Paris (1951) (formerly 68)
Wuthering Heights (1939) (formerly 73)
Dances with Wolves (1990) (formerly 75)
Giant (1956) (formerly 82)
Fargo (1996) (formerly 84)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (formerly 86)
Frankenstein (1931) (formerly 87)
Patton (1970) (formerly 89)
The Jazz Singer (1927) (formerly 90)
My Fair Lady (1964) (formerly 91)
A Place in the Sun (1951) (formerly 92)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) (formerly 99)
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post #57 of 60
6/21/07 at 11:41pm
Garbage.
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post #58 of 60
6/21/07 at 11:44pm
It's not like it was cinemaphile perfection before. It was a generally crappy list, now it's still a generally crappy list.
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post #59 of 60
6/21/07 at 11:56pm
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Originally Posted by Matt Sutton
And is Singing in the Rain really that good? The 5th best film good?

I don't get it, I guess.
Have you seen it? It's arguably the greatest Hollywood musical. Singin' in the Rain is perhaps the most well known dance number of all time. Donald O'Connor doing Make Em Laugh might even be better.

And, beyond the musical elements, it works as a satirical/farcial look at Hollywood making the transition from silent films to talking pictures. The sequence where the sound falls out of synchonization is a terrific bit for any comedy. It would be a good movie without the musical numbers.

It's a polished gem that illustrates everything good about the Hollywood musical.
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post #60 of 60
7/1/07 at 8:34am
I really don't know how they took Fantasia off the list.

Maybe a 'delete' button?
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