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I love Great Movies
I was able to watch a portion of the longer version in TV when it was broadcast here, and I can say that the content here is shortened immensely. Each movie has only about 1 minute each on the average. It lacked the personal nature and passion of the AFI 100 stars. But still it's a nice DVD just for the reason that it contains clips of some of the best movies ever made.
I think the rankings here are more controversial compared to AFI's 100 stars because a large majority of those included in the list are pretty much obvious (2 Hepburns, Davis, Fonda, Stewart, Grant etc.), but here there are tons of deserving movies that could've been in the list like The Lady Eve, Thelma and Louise, 12 Angry Men, Nashville, Woman of the Year, Mildred Pierce, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Ninotchka, Quiet Man etc. Instead there are some really questionable entries like Guess who's coming to dinner (definitely not the movie to epitomize the Tracy-Hepburn tandem), MASH (Nashville or even The Player is a greater representation of Robert Altman), Dances with wolves, Doctor Zhivago, Forrest Gump, Rocky, Giant (East of Eden would've been more acceptable), and other movies. But there's also some wonderful surprises like The Apartment, The Deer Hunter (I love this movie), and Pulp Fiction.
As for the official rankings, here are some of my personal comments. I think Bringing Up Baby at #97 was too low, same for Vertigo at #61. Butch Cassidy was too high at # 50, same for The African Queen at #17. Grapes of Wrath and Chinatown should've been in the Top 10, Midnight Cowboy and Doctor Zhivago at #36 and #39 was too high,
So buy it if you're a fan of the AFI series, if you have money to spend buy the complete version. If you're unfamiliar with the AFI specials, buy instead the AFI 100 stars, that's a better DVD.
Grade: B
A disgrace...
A few years ago, the AFI (American Film Institute) paid a tribute to America's 100 "greatest" films. Well, I have some strong opinions about the 100 movies chosen. First off, where's The Exorcist? It's only the greatest horror movie ever made, and also one of the most influencial films of all time, it's almost laughable it didn't make the list. I personally consider The Exorcist to be the greatest movie ever made, period. What is Forrest Gump and Fargo doing on this list? Okay, I can see Fargo, maybe, but Forrest Gump? Please, it's only on the list becuase of it's many "technical acheivements." To make this short, I disagree with almost the entire list of films chosen, and if you like boring, ancient, black & white movies...well, this is for you.
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