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Originally Posted by myk
I was just f-in' around 
You seem to know what you're talking about when it comes to movies, and I respect what you have to say about them, but I don't think you should discourage people from doing the very thing this thread was created for. |
Discourage? I did not mean to discourage anyone. On the contrary, I encourage everyone to actually take their time to watch all of these movies, but the thing is people don't watch old movies unless they take a deep interest in cinema, which sadly is rare, or they have to watch them for college or something, which is my case. Take a guess at how many people here have seen Battleship Potemkin, or any Griffith's, or even any film from before the 60ies. I bet they've never even heard of Godard. That's why I'm saying it is unlikely they'll be able to make a list based on how influential they have been to other films and how they made a change in the film making pattern, because they don't have the knowledge that takes to determine what films belong in the Top 10, which is totally understandable unless they've been to film school or have had an education of some kind in Film Making (which is doubtful).
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Originally Posted by ryuurui
not that this q. is addressed to me, but as your sig. goes "everything is relative and contradictory ".  |
It would be so if this was about people's favorite movies. But
MMM asks for a list of
best movies, and for that one has to actually be able to tell good from bad when it comes to filmmaking, and this is what I believe people won't be able to do if they have not seen a whole bunch of them and have not been taught what makes a film good and why.
And anyway, you think watching The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was a waste of time so I don't know why I even bother with you.
