This is a fascinating thread and thought experiment. It's like when you see an actor in an advert, and you say, "OH! He/she is one of my FAVORITE actors!"
Ever just sit down and list all your "favorite" actors?
They will likely be more than a hundred. In fact, it's easier to list those few which you detest, and the couple dozen about whom you are ambivalent.
I feel that way about movies, even -- as in this case -- we are talking about the 'best movies ever made'. Stephen Jay Schneider is an author and critic and producer and I'd never heard of him before I saw his list of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die." 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (All Editions Combined) (imdb.com) Still don't know much about him, but he makes a mean movie list. When I go through his 1001 movies, close to half of them are "favorite movies of mine".
So, I think we should all continue to add things as we think of them.
"Sometimes A Great Notion." GREAT movie, and as long as we're on Paul Newman,
"Hombre", a classic based upon the Elmore Leonard Novel, and as long as we're on Elmore Leonard,
"3:10 to Yuma", the first one (the second one was good) and as long as we're on mystery writers,
"Appaloosa" with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, based upon a book by Robert B. Parker, as speaking of Ed Harris,
"A Beautiful Mind", and as long as we're talking about Russell Crow, wul
"Gladiator", of course, and
"Master and Commander"
Ever just sit down and list all your "favorite" actors?
They will likely be more than a hundred. In fact, it's easier to list those few which you detest, and the couple dozen about whom you are ambivalent.
I feel that way about movies, even -- as in this case -- we are talking about the 'best movies ever made'. Stephen Jay Schneider is an author and critic and producer and I'd never heard of him before I saw his list of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die." 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (All Editions Combined) (imdb.com) Still don't know much about him, but he makes a mean movie list. When I go through his 1001 movies, close to half of them are "favorite movies of mine".
So, I think we should all continue to add things as we think of them.
"Sometimes A Great Notion." GREAT movie, and as long as we're on Paul Newman,
"Hombre", a classic based upon the Elmore Leonard Novel, and as long as we're on Elmore Leonard,
"3:10 to Yuma", the first one (the second one was good) and as long as we're on mystery writers,
"Appaloosa" with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, based upon a book by Robert B. Parker, as speaking of Ed Harris,
"A Beautiful Mind", and as long as we're talking about Russell Crow, wul
"Gladiator", of course, and
"Master and Commander"
