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Originally Posted by myk
I think as long as one uses specific criteria then a decent list can be put together. As for only older movies being considered the best, I think that's sort of an elitist attitude. I agree that most movies these days are millions of dollars worth of special effects-driven crap, but that isn't true for all of them. Gotta keep an open mind.
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To exclude or include any movie simply because of its age is not a good criteria.
I will include my list soon, but in my opinion, what makes a movie great is oftentimes the director. A movie like Citizen Kane could not be made today, as it is almost the last time a director had complete control over every aspect of production. After that, studios clamped down. Then next time was probably The Phantom Menace.
Citizen Kane is like the Pauls Boutique of cinema... impossible to make again, because it changed the system against itself.