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I'm behind the power curve on this, but apparently the AFI updated their '100 greatest movies' list way back in January...
Is this now a yearly event for them, or what?
Anywho, the list is what it is, and at least they came CLOSER to selecting the proper #1 film of all time this time, but they're still hung-up on Citizen Kane...
Now, most of the civilized world knows what the best movie ever made really is, but there's a selfish snag: people in the entertainment business (eg: The AFI) will ALWAYS choose Kane as the 'greater' film because it criticizes (indirectly) the life of William Randolph Hearst, a big time media baron and the very face of a 'corporate' and 'anti-artistic' soul. The fact that he tried to quash the film (stupid, stupid Hearst...) secured its legacy as a Hollywood darling independant of quality concerns (don't get me wrong: the thing is a fantastic production, but it is severely bloated and it seems to have been edited by the same guy that Quentin Tarantino used to edit his Kill Bill Vol. 2)
Citizen Kane belongs well behind the Godfather, and I'd go so far as to say that Casablanca is worthy of a higher spot, even.
(IMDB currently has the proper movie in the #1 spot, so flesh-and-blood humans know their stuff, and as time goes by the legacy of Kane will likely begin to wither until it finds a more appropriate place on the list (and if it refuses to go quietly, we can always make it an offer that it can't refuse...)
As for people who don't think the Godfather is deserving of the prime seat on the list, cogent arguments can be made, I suppose...
