Im sure there are already hundreds of topics just like this one, but seeing as how they are not on the first page, I don't care. haha. Pretty simple, what movies do you consider the greatest of all time and why? No top ten bullshit, just give a genre and give a movie. Easy, huh?

• Mafia: This is painfully obvious, The Godfather is without a doubt the best mafioso movie ever if not the greatest movie ever made. I've heard some people question this and I'll give you a simple answer. Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone was f**kin cool as shit. He's the Jack Sparrow of the early 70's for those of you still too young to have seen this masterpiece. It's not for restless types, three hours long and almost all dialogue, but trust me this is a friggin gem.
  
• Cult Classics: John Carpenter's Escape from LA is in my opinion one of the best movies because it's so friggin pointless. This is the movie that Snakes on a Plane would have been if they had taken it seriously. There is an infamous scene in which Snake Plisken(for all you Metal Gear fans this might sound familiar. Hideo Kojima pretty much stole this character directly) has just been shot in the leg and is then able to surf a tidal wave and then jump from his surfboard onto a moving car, then commandeer the vehicle and drive off. Greatest stupid scene in any movie I've ever seen. It's worth the watch just for that one part. f**kin histerical.
  
• Science Fiction: This might throw you off a little. Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain is quite possibly the best movie I have ever seen, but it is not a movie for everyone. To enjoy this movie fully, you have to meet some criteria. First, you have to be a little open minded. Second, you have to see films as an art form and as entertainment, not merely the latter. The Fountain is cinema art, from the heartbreaking story to the astounding visuals all backed by a great soundtrack composed solely by Clint Mansell. And it was all done under a modest budget, as opposed to a movie like Spiderman 3 which has almost 8 times it's budget and absolutely no depth whatsoever. Hugh Jackman more than makes up for his horrible performance in Van Helsing. I could go on and on about this movie, just watch it. If you didn't understand all of it the first time, watch it again. Eventually you will see just how extraordinary this movie is.
  
• Horror: With the immense outpour of incredibly bad horror movies of recent years, it's no real wonder why I go to a classic. Candyman was in my opinion the scariest movie I have ever seen. Not so much anymore unfortunately, with the constant release of gore flicks that go strictly for shock value, I'm afraid I've become desensitized. When I first saw this movie, I was about seven. This was the only movie I have ever left the room it was playing in out of pure fear. Any kid who has ever actually gone to the projects in Brooklyn, New York can possibly relate. I unfortunately had to visit my grandmother the next day who lived in a project building and I was shaking the entire time. This is a fairly simple movie about a former slave turned demon-like character now residing in an abandoned project building who frames an innocent woman of murder in order to take her deeper into his world. Horrible synopsis but I refuse to ruin anything about this movie. It will not have the same effect it did almost 20 years ago, but it's interesting to see what real horror used to be.
  
• Action: I am not a big action movie fan, but I'd have to say the best action movie I've ever seen was Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Better than the original and enormously better than the piece of shit third one that young kids of today are forced to relate upon. Great story, great acting(even for Arnold who can't act his way out of a nutsack), this is the perfect movie for movie lovers.
  
• Historical: Gladiator by Ridley Scott is an intentionally great movie. They probably went into production knowing how good this would turn out. Russel Crowe gives a good performance but he could have been terrible and probably not have made much difference. Ridley Scott is one of the best directors in movie history, one of the very few directors around today that I will pay to see, regardless of plot and I am rarely disappointed. This is a man who brought us the original Alien, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down(screw the cynics, this was a great movie), Kingdom of Heaven, and other great epic movies, another of which has made this list.
  
• Gangsta Movies: There seemed to be a lot of these types of movies in the mid-90's but they seemed to have settled down a bit. My choice would be 187 starring the great Samuel L. Jackson. This movie gives a fairly in-depth look on a good man pushed to do evil things. Jackson gives one of the best performances in his career which is definitely saying something. There is not one thing I would change in this movie, it is great throughout.
  
• Fantasy: Ridley Scott makes the list again with his fantasy classic Legend, starring a very young Tom Cruise. Some of the people who have actually taken the time to read this might be thinking "Hey, why not Lord of the Rings?" I'll tell you why. Legend was made over 20 years ago with almost no computer effects because at the time the technology didn't exist to the extent it does today. Lord of the Rings is about 75% CGI using the most advanced special effects ever with three books that gave such precise detail on everything that almost any good director could have done just as well with the material. The original Legend is not as good as the re-released Director's Cut which is to say the movie that Ridley Scott originally intended. This is a great movie that the whole family can watch, seeing as it's rated PG.
  
• Comedy: This was the hardest genre to choose from seeing as how there are endless amounts of great comedies that come out every year, particularly since the millenium, but after careful deliberation and a very strenuous thinking process(which is to say I got up and looked through my DVDs), I have to go with the Dude. The Big Lebowski was made by the Cohen brothers and is definitely the best movie they have ever made. Jeff Bridges and John Goodman both give the best performances of their careers. This is the kind of movie you put on when you're really bored(or stoned) that always stays fresh and funny no matter how many times you watch it. I'm sure that there are much better comedies than this one, but I'm hardpressed to find one at 1:30 in the morning.
  
• Foreign Independent: Alexandra's Project is a creepy friggin movie from Australia, I believe. It's about a woman who is fed up with the way her husband treats her as an object and gets revenge in a pretty twisted way, by locking him in the house and taking the kids, but not before filming herself f**king the neighbor and forcing him to watch. Weird, weird movie and entirely believable which is the main reason why I added this movie.
  
• Martial Arts Films: I would have expected myself to say Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee, but alas I am thinking of another one. A fairly unknown movie entitled Mortal Combat: Crippled Avengers a.k.a. Return of the Five Deadly Venom, not to be confused with the video game movie which pales in comparison. This Mortal Combat has the typical elements to any great Martial Arts movie with a great taste of originality. The story is fairly simple, two feuding clans are at war. One clan sends assassins to kill the head of the main clan but instead they find his wife and son. They rape and murder his wife and chop his sons hands off. The son grows into a skilled martial arts fighter with special metal arms that happen to shoot darts from the fingers. He and his now insane, tyrannical father share a hatred for anyone who might stare or accidentally bump into them or just talk back, and they show that hatred by crippling anyone who crosses them. One they blind, another they make mute, then deaf. Another they cut off his legs and the last they make him retarded through the use of some special helmet with levers on the sides. These now crippled men go off to learn kung fu and come back to settle the score. Great movie, if you can find it.
  
• Animated: Seeing as how computer animated movies have taken over, probably for good, I'm gonna split this group into classic and computer.
  1. Classic: This is a very simple choice for me. A Goofy Movie is such an underated movie but so worth the time to watch it. Based on the incredible show Goof Troop from the Disney renaissance of the early 90's, this movie had me in stitches from start to finish as a kid. Great characters, great plotline, awesome songs, this is a great kids movie.
  2. Computer: This is another easy choice and it is so obviously a Pixar movie. The Incredibles was a great kids movie that I found suprisingly enjoyable for adults as well, especially the jokes that would intentionally go way over the kids heads. Great animation, though now it seems like any studio with a will and a way will make a computer animated movie, this along with all the Pixar movies remains at the top.

That's it, I'm done. haha. Kind of tired. Please feel free to disagree with me. You might notice there are no Star Wars, Spiderman, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, or Alfred Hitchcock movies listed here. I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars, I hate the Spiderman movies with a passion, Didn't care too much for Star Trek, possibly because I didn't see the original show until I was 14. I like Indiana Jones but the place it would have taken was full and Hitchcock movies were dated when I was a little kid so I never got into them, though I have seen one or two of them. If you can think of any others or would like to critique my choices, be my guest. Seeing as how I work for a movie survey place, I am fairly well versed in both classic and upcoming movies.

AHHH! I loved The Incredibles I watched it about 3 times.

I agree with you about The Gladiator, and I actually may pick up a few of the other movies you listed.

I'll add my list later when I have more time. haha

MIGHTY DUCKS

The Godfather is one of my favorite movies of all time,
And I used to love A Goofy Movie when I was younger.

I've always loved the Indiana Jones' movies

I have so many favorite Comedies though. Two of my ultimate favorites are Young Frankenstien and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Young Frankenstien is a classic, and I never get tired of watching it. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a bit overrated, but I still love it to no end.

It's funny that you chose Legend. That is one of my favorite movies that I always forget about it.

A Walk to Remember.
Bicentennial Man.
Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
Apollo 13.
Armageddon.
Driving Miss Daisy.
Fantasia.
10 Things I Hate About You.
Pretty In Pink.
Breakfast Club.
Stalag 17.
All Dogs Go To Heaven.

Damnit, I completely forgot about Monty Python and Mel Brooks. An oversight, but I'll stick with my original decision. haha. Spaceballs was the best comedy from when I was younger and Men in Tights was great too.

I like this list a lot, mainly because I've seen almost all these movies and forgot about a few of them. Bicentennial man was probably Robin Williams best movie, either that or Popeye when he was all coked up. Fantasia is another great art film movie. These seem to be all movies I could have possibly chosen had I not seen any of the movies I chose first, with the exceptions of Pretty in Pink, Stalag 17 which I've never even heard of, and 10 Things I Hate About you because I didn't think it was very good. If I were to choose a teen comedy from the late 90's, I'd probably go with Can't Hardly Wait.

This is so uninspired and boring. Nothing interesting, unique, or special here. Pretty much just a bunch of trash.

Gladiator, I can't believe you said Gladiator.

Stalag 17 is an oldddddddd war movie.

I have to add The Lost Battalion onto the list. That is also a great war movie.

Spiderman 2 is one of my favorite (action) movies
The Ringer is my favorite comedy

Animated: Finding Nemo!

i heard candyman was fantastic.

Candyman has scarred me for life. I watched it when I was about 11 or so and I couldn't sleep by myself for a while.

And I just didn't really get The Fountain.

All About Eve-Best movie of all time! Bette Davis at her best! Best acting I have ever seen!

Breakfast At Tiffanys-Made me fall in love with Audrey Hepburn, The movie is just soo sweet and makes you smile at the end.

The Way We Were-Another one of my all time favorite movies! I see myself alot like the main character and that movie is was soo sad to ;_;

Ack! Mel Brooks!

Nate - Where have you been? Lurking?

Alright, I'm going to make my list now, but I'm not going to list any reasons. Why? because I'm too lazy/tired to.
Requiem for a Dream
Super Troopers
Stranger than Fiction
Shaun of the Dead
Gladiator
Breakfast club
The Village
Virgin Suicides
All Mel brooks films
Monty python and the holy grail

Thats all I'm listing for now.

Me too
I have also seen the one where they bollywood peeps dubbed it into Hindi that was even more cool ;]

y no LotR?! /^\

I don't lurk; I murder.
As if that makes any sense at all.

I may be showing up a bit more during the summer. Not sure.

P.S. All these movies suck.

haha, thanks for your pointless and misguided opinion. I am so sorry I didn't put cinema greats like Catwoman and Battlefield Earth, I'm sure you would have preferred that. And in my defense, I did say that there are hundreds of posts already like this, it's hard to make an original post when there's only one topic moron. And the last time I checked, Gladiator kicked the f**kin shit out that retarded black and white borefest known as Blair Witch Project, biggest waste of 5 grand ever. It was a genius move having their friends hit the side of the tent, I actually started laughing.

Eek, do not murder me, pleaseee.
You should show up during the summer though, yes.

You forgot Monty Python and the Holy Grail, although The Big Lebowski is a friendly familiar.

Old Boy

Gladiator? GLADIATOR? Give me a break, it was so historically inaccurate that it shouldn't be in that "historical" category.

Armageddon
The Patriot
Bicentennial Man
The Breakfast Club
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Yeah, basically what everyone else said, I agree.

OH how I await Nate's reply to this...

I miss Nate...

OH and Jeesus I haven't seen A Goofy Movie in AGES... must have a nostaligafest

• Mafia: Casino
  
• Science Fiction: Armadeddon
  
• Horror: The Shining
  
• Action: Fight Club
  
• Historical: The Patriot
  
• Gangsta Movies: 187
  
• Fantasy: Lord of the Rings
  
• Comedy: Little Miss Sunshine
  
• Animated: Beauty and the Beast

I'd have to disagree with the martial arts movie category...
I think Jet Li's Fearless captures not only the action, but the true motivation and spirit of martial arts. Also, the fact that it is based off of a true story lends more positive feedback to its case.

god, Ive heard so much crap about my Gladiator choice(actually only two people, haha). Alright, I when I said historical, I didnt mean historically accurate. I just meant that it's a movie thats based in a "historical" setting. Whatever, if it really chaps your ass that bad, I'll put it under a different category of:

• Historically Inaccurate: Gladiator(see above comment)
• Historically Accurate: How the hell should I know, these movies are always so f**kin boring. haha. See why I picked Gladiator. If I had to choose one, I guess I'd go with that over-dramatized cry movie Schindlers List. Then again there are so many of these that I could have said just about any of them and still been right. Sure the past sucks, but I honestly don't care about stuff that happened 80 years ago because the world has changed since then. The Holocaust was horrible, I would never say anything to the opposite, but does it really help to keep going back to those times? I go to the movies to be entertained, not feel horrified about the atrocities of dead people. Be f**kin happy I didn't pick Troy, now that was bad.

I'm not gonna disagree that Fearless was a great movie, it was. The reason I wouldn't list this is because I found it very easy to see the frame skips in order to make Jet Li look faster. Jet Li is great, especially his old school Martial Arts movies, but unfortunately he is getting older and if it wasnt for his benefit then it was for the benefit of whoever he was fighting. The most obvious examples of the frame skips were during the fight with the one master that ended in his death and lead to the son getting vengeance on Jet Li's family. Good movie, but not that good.

i saw this french movie at school...it was called "au revoir les enfants"...it was good (with subtitles of course)

I don't think you know me.



I love posts like this. I have no guff with the fact that you made a topic which happened to be rather common. In fact, I would encourage that in this case. You missed the point, apparently.

My gripe is with your list, specifically. Your list is boring, tired, and unoriginal. A good number of the movies you listed consistently show up on internet top 10 lists: people love them. It doesn't take any passion, actual interest, or personality to slap The Godfather on the top of your favorite movies list. Monkeys and morons do it every day. Nothing special. The Godfather probably wouldn't even make it's way into a Top 100 list of mine. Sure, it's a good movie - maybe even great (no where near as great as The Godfather 2). But, to include it as one of the best is to show how painfully ignorant you truly are of cinema, or, at the worst, how contemptibly boring and uninspired your taste in film is.

Frankly, your list sucks. It's a carbon copy of 5,000,000 other lists, and I couldn't care less for it.



Gladiator kicked the shit out of nothing. Marcus Aurelius would have abandoned the philosophy of stoicism just so he could vomit in disgust at that technical disgrace and murder people in hatred of that contrived mess. I don't think I have ever rolled my eyes so much - In slow motion!

Further, The Blair Witch Project is a crowning masterpiece of modern horror cinema. For someone who seemed to despise the "gore" and "shock value" horror films of today's theaters, you sure don't have much of an enlightened attention span. Shallow much? God forbid a film requires the resurrection of imagination, and actually studies human behavior. Slow burning just a bit too slow for you? Black and white? I guess it makes sense that you would have a problem with that: Did you even have a single film before 1970 on your list? The genius is in the realization that what you don't see is far more terrifying than what you do. The genius is there - and I laughed too, in fact, I still laugh, and that's what makes the movie so fantastic. hilarious, haunting, and hopeless.

In the very least, The Blair Witch Project never insulted its audience's intelligence. It never murdered our imagination. If you're excited about Ridley Scott talking down to you, maybe you should start watching Battlefield Earth and Catwoman - they seem fitting to your taste.

^ That was pretty entertaining to read.

I'm adding to my list:
-Braveheart
-King Arthur
-Armageddon

I have yet to see The patriot though. Which is kind of sad, I know.

Monty Python
Original Star Wars trilogy
PULP FICTION
more later.

Haha. Very entertaining and intelligible, but still misguided. Hmm, I wonder had I worded the title of the topic differently if you still would have disagree so feverishly. I should have posted it as The Most Entertaining Movies Ever Made: In My Opinion at Least. That might clear up a few things for you. Now, onto my rebuttal:

I never said that The Godfather was my favorite movie of all time, just the best in the genre of Mafia movies. The fact that it was at the top of the list has no relevance whatsoever to how much I enjoy the movie, just that I was listing off movies as they came to me. If anything, I'd say The Fountain is my favorite movie right now, and it does change frequently as the years progress. To disagree that The Godfather is a great movie simply because everyone else thinks so is pure ignorance. There is a reason why so many people like this movie(and most of the other movies I've listed that you so eloquently described "Monkeys and morons" choose on a daily basis), and seeing how at the time it was a low-budget movie I am quite suprised at your contempt when lined up against your choice of favorites. The fact that you chose The Blair Witch project as your favorite movie(I'm guessing from your sig) is quite laughable. True, it was highly successful to the elitist crowd and sort of thought-provoking the first time you watch it. After a second viewing you realize it's just three dumb people in the woods with their parent's video camera. Since when did theatres begin showing excerpts from America's Funniest Home Videos? "I'm so scared right now..." Yeah, so was the studio.
I will agree that The Godfather 2 is a great sequel(infinantly better than that godawful Book of Shadows crap the studios tried to cash in on, that was just horrendous), possibly the best sequel to any movie, but pales slightly in comparison to the original. Francis Ford Coppola took a great book and made an even better movie which rarely happens. Mario Puzo never wanted Fredo killed, in a real sicilian family that would almost never happen.
The fact that I have to explain my goddamn Gladiator choice yet again makes it painfully obvious that you failed to actually read what I put, merely glanced at the names and immediately disagreed. In my opinion Ridley Scott's Gladiator is one of the most entertaining historical movies. I say historical(and pay attention now) not because it was historically accurate, but because it was set in historical times. I couldn't give a damn if Derek Jacobi took up a sword and started hacking people up at the end, if it was entertaining I'd enjoy it. Screw historical significance, who gives a shit. And for your information, if you cared to do your research, there are records that indicate there once was a Gladiator who killed a Caesar(possibly a Caesar, they are not specific on that, it may have been a Senator). Obviously not for the reasons given in the movie, you'd have to be an idiot to believe a single word of that. But it's entertaining nonetheless. As for not putting anything before 1970 on my list, no shit. Those movies are boring as hell. Sure they were awe-inspiring 60 years ago, but now they are out-dated.

P.S. I guess I should apologize that I don't spend all my time in front of the tv-screen watching every movie ever made, but I do have a life outside of movies. I rarely even go on CB, I have 216 posts and Ive been here since January.

i think Disturbia is an AWSOME movie!

Hmm what is he going to say now xD

I think Jeremy brings up a really good point actually.

^I heard that movie sucked

Anyway my favorite movie would have to be Howl's Moving Castle or Little Miss Sunshine for the time being, it changes of course. Also out of your list Jeremy I haven't seen almost all of those movies. The incredible's I do have to admit was a really good movie from pixar. Oh and I've seen A goofy movie almost every year and I can't help but watch it.

mine would be
* Mafia: Godfather
* Science Fiction: Matrix
* Horror: Saw 1
* Action: Terminator 2
* Historical: Schindler's List
* Gangsta Movies: Cradle 2 the Grave
* Fantasy: Lord of the Rings
* Comedy: Team America
* Animated: Toy Story

austin powers

simple as that

^Which one? The first one that sucked, the second one that sucked, or the third one that really f**kin sucked?

So what you're trying to say is that they sucked?

Cradle 2 the Grave threw me off when DMX started walking on walls and etc.

Not at all, I thought they were great.

Just kidding, they were awful. At least the third one was and the second was pretty bad too. The first one is okay, nothing special. Not as good as Wayne's World.

I think that Titantic, Pirates Of The Carabbean, Peter Pan and Alice In Wonderland are some of the best movies ever made.

HAHA WILLY WONKA! I completely forgot about that movie! I love it, though. The Breakfast Club and the Patriot are good movies, too.

OMG WAYNE'S WORLD! my favorite part is when they're in the car and bohemian rhapsody comes on

My list would probably be:

- Pride & Prejudice (modern)
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Amelie
- Goodbye, Lenin!
- Glory

titanic

I'm curious about something. Are most of you just posting your favorite films? Or are you at least making an attempt to use a little objectivity in selecting the "Best Movies Ever Made." I mean, I know that it's subjective objectivity, since opinions differ but honestly? It looks like most of you are just posting films you like, not necessarily films you respect, if that makes any sense.

I could be completely missing the point here (wouldn't be the first and most certainly will not be the last).

For example, I wouldn't watch Metropolis all that often and may not even consider the film a favorite of mine. I would, however, easily put this in a "Best Movie Ever Made" classification. In contrast to this, I consider The Two Towers one of my favorite films to watch, but wouldn't put in in a "Best Movie Ever Made" type classification. One I would watch many times with much enjoyment, the other I would watch periodically.

PS - I'm not judging or anything, just curious about the perspective(s) used when making such lists.

^ Yeah, I addressed that before. I wish I could go back and rename the topic Most Entertaining Movies Ever Made. It was about 1:30 in the morning when I created this post. Though many of the films I listed originally I would still classify as the best ever made in the genre, some of them are just personal favorites.

^ I'm really referring to movie selections such as:

Titanic
Willy Wonka
The Breakfast Club
Pride & Prejudice
Pirates Of The Carabbean

and such.

Again, I'm not saying that these are bad movies or that they aren't entertaining. I love Willy Wonka (as I love just about anything Gene Wilder). I'm just as much of a fun going popcorn chewing movie hopper as just about anyone else is.

I'm also an avid fan of anything Mel Brooks is a part of. (Yes, even Men in Tights) But I wouldn't include them in a 'greatest movie ever' ensemble.

Yeah, I'm misguided because you're a master of misnomers.
Oh, and, no. Changing the title wouldn't have helped so much. Certainly your post would have been less offensive given the omission of that "best movie ever made" business, but it's still rather sorry to call Gladiator enjoyable, nonetheless one of the most enjoyable films ever made. I hate your list either way.



I don't wholly disagree that The Godfather might indeed be a great movie. I openly confessed such a position. But, great or not, this is not to say that I would not disagree in its inclusion in a "Greatest Movies Ever Made" list. Because, I would disagree with such an inclusion - there are much greater films. The reason that I feel you put the film in your list in the first place is because of its immense popularity. I was not arguing that its popularity causes it some sort of defect, not in the least. I was merely pointing out that its position as "The Greatest Movie Ever Made" (or at least one of them) is shortsighted and ignorant - a position only so repeated due to its popularity and the persistent ignorance of those "monkeys and morons."



What an arbitrary point. I contrasted your taste in smart horror and now, somehow (since I like the Blair Witch Project?) you're going to somehow assume I prefer (for some inane reason) that my movies be made on a minimalist budget? I like movies because of content - a budget is merely a budget. Further, your premise does not even stand up; The Godfather wasn't a low-budget production. "Low-budget" for an enormous studio like Paramount Pictures, maybe. But, The Godfather had a production budget that was well enough above the average 1970's film; definitely not low budget.



(1) I chose no film whatsoever, let alone as my favorite. [But, your skills of extrapolation are impeccable. I promise.]
(2) Thought-provoking? Maybe. Successful to elitist crowds? Eh? The movie was an immense box office success for a good number of reasons [one of which happened to be its near zero-budget], but the film does not happen to have any particular critical success - neither in the cases of "elitist crowds" or the general public.
(3) You're suppose to realize that after the second viewing? Given the dozens and dozens of times I've seen The Blair Witch Project - something must be wrong with me?
(4) America's Funniest Home Videos? Since it was infinitely entertaining [I thought that's what this was about?] and enlightening.
(5) The studio was scared? What studio? The hell are you talking about?



You really don't understand. The historical significance argument is generally quite arbitrary. And, since you haven't noticed, I'll spell it out for you: I'm not making that argument. I don't care if Gladiator is historically accurate or not (obviously it's not, but how cares?). What I care about is the actual on-screen drama and the content of the film - the artistry. I dislike the film because it has an uninteresting story, with flat characters, and ridiculous plot lines. Technically, the film looks like vomit: it's so full of slow motion and hyper cuts that I'm not sure that the movie isn't a giant commercial or possibly an MTV styled music video. It's just a terrible movie. Has nothing to do with historical accuracy - so there really is no need for research in this matter.



You're an idiot. Storytelling is timeless. The living vibrant cinematography of today was establish in America in the early 1940's. Literature breathes centuries and centuries past. Paintings still haunt and affect peoples generations and generations apart. Film is a medium of art which has evolved, just as any art, but those earlier pieces of art are in no way dispensable - many are greater than a grand majority of today's world cinema. Granted the evolution of film has been rather unique, but you are doing a great disservice to yourself in ignoring film that is merely 30 or 40 years old.

Yo, Men in Tights is an awesome movie.