RIFA wrote:

Alberto wrote:Why only 2 great movies in the first 4? North by Northwest, The Wizard of Oz and Rear Window are great.

because North By Northweast is great but is far from being THAT great. Casablanca or Singin' in the Rain are far better films. Movies that will live 100 years from now.

But I saw something which I expected.

We had 24 voters on 2000-2009 movies and only 5 in the 1930-1959 movies... People are not interested anymore in the classic films... That's why the cinema right now is where it's at with few great movies and a lot of mediocre ones. There's no appreciation for quality anymore. Movies like The Tree of Life get laughed at and movies like HP7P2 are praised as being almost masterpieces. 20/30 years ago The Tree of Life would have been regarded as an astonishing material. If we wouldn't have Nolan, Fincher, Anderson, Wright, Tarantino or the Coens... cinema would be dead.

solo2001 wrote:

RIFA wrote:
because North By Northweast is great but is far from being THAT great. Casablanca or Singin' in the Rain are far better films. Movies that will live 100 years from now.

But I saw something which I expected.

We had 24 voters on 2000-2009 movies and only 5 in the 1930-1959 movies... People are not interested anymore in the classic films... That's why the cinema right now is where it's at with few great movies and a lot of mediocre ones. There's no appreciation for quality anymore. Movies like The Tree of Life get laughed at and movies like HP7P2 are praised as being almost masterpieces. 20/30 years ago The Tree of Life would have been regarded as an astonishing material. If we wouldn't have Nolan, Fincher, Anderson, Wright, Tarantino or the Coens... cinema would be dead.

Tree of Life would have gotten laughed at in the 60's.

1. The Wizard of Oz 1 - 5 Rear Window
2. Rebecca 2 - 5 North By Northwest

1. Ben-Hur 2 - 5 12 Angry Men
2. Citizen Kane 4 - 3 Vertigo

mastervirgo wrote:1. Rear Window vs. North By Northwest
1. 12 Angry Men vs. Citizen Kane

1. Rear Window 3 - 0 North By Northwest
1. 12 Angry Men 0 - 3 Citizen Kane