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> Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list ... 1. CITIZEN KANE (1941) 2. CASABLA

> Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list ... 1. CITIZEN KANE (1941) 2. CASABLANCA (1942) 3. THE GODFATHER (1972) 4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) 5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) I just don't enjoy CITIZEN KANE anymore. It's like a film school movie. I watched it maybe 10-15 times when I was younger and I just don't enjoy it anymore. Like so what? GONE WITH THE WIND is the pinnacle of Lost Cause propaganda. I enjoyed when I didn't understand it. (I'm sure glad I didn't watch Triumph of the Will when I didn't understand it.) I damn sure don't enjoy GONE WITH THE WIND now that I understand it. But I can watch CASABLANCA, THE GODFATHER and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA over and over. And this was a good article telling me things I didn't appreciate and still I can go back and watch CASABLANCA again.

mozumder 9y ago
You're looking at a list from one perspective: AFI's. It's going to be different from the Director's Guild of America's perspective, or BET Television's perspective, Roger Ebert's perspective, or IMDB commenter's perspective, or Teen Vogue's perspective. I personally think 4 of those 5 movies are way overrated, including Godfather. And I'm sure "But I'm a Cheerleader, Too" is going to be near the top of Teen Vogue's list, but is going to be nowhere near anyone else's list. We really need to not think of these lists as authoritative. It's just another data point.
- CalChris 9y ago
  Yes, lists are lists. However, the DGA's list is not so different: 1. The Godfather 2. Citizen Kane 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. 2001: A Space Odyssey 5. Casablanca 2001 falls apart with that impenetrable ending and I rather like 2001. However, I can't watch it nearly as often as any of the other movies on that list. Once a decade maybe.
  - koverstreet 9y ago
    I like 2001 but I definitely rate Strangelove higher.
    - lb1lf 9y ago
      "Gentlemen, you cannot fight in here. This is the war room!" It is a fantastic movie overall, but this quote alone would put it in the cinema Pantheon, IMHO.
  - bshimmin 9y ago
    Don't you feel like the "impenetrable ending" is one of the best things about 2001? For me the outlier on that list is Lawrence of Arabia, which I'm sure is a very fine film but I have yet to stay awake for the entirety of it.
    - CalChris 9y ago
      No. I really don’t get anything out of it. My favorite part is the battle of the apes over the watering hole which morphs into the polite but tense clash between Cold War rivals at the bar. I also like that it was written to be boring. I’m sorry Dave wasn’t intended to be funny.
  - lolive 9y ago
    The ending of 2001 is the video clip of one of Pink Floyd's masterpieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSOnYrF_Qgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSOnYrF_Qgo

mozumder 9y ago

You're looking at a list from one perspective: AFI's. It's going to be different from the Director's Guild of America's perspective, or BET Television's perspective, Roger Ebert's perspective, or IMDB commenter's perspective, or Teen Vogue's perspective. I personally think 4 of those 5 movies are way overrated, including Godfather. And I'm sure "But I'm a Cheerleader, Too" is going to be near the top of Teen Vogue's list, but is going to be nowhere near anyone else's list. We really need to not think of these lists as authoritative. It's just another data point.

CalChris 9y ago
Yes, lists are lists. However, the DGA's list is not so different: 1. The Godfather 2. Citizen Kane 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. 2001: A Space Odyssey 5. Casablanca 2001 falls apart with that impenetrable ending and I rather like 2001. However, I can't watch it nearly as often as any of the other movies on that list. Once a decade maybe.
- koverstreet 9y ago
  I like 2001 but I definitely rate Strangelove higher.
  - lb1lf 9y ago
    "Gentlemen, you cannot fight in here. This is the war room!" It is a fantastic movie overall, but this quote alone would put it in the cinema Pantheon, IMHO.
- bshimmin 9y ago
  Don't you feel like the "impenetrable ending" is one of the best things about 2001? For me the outlier on that list is Lawrence of Arabia, which I'm sure is a very fine film but I have yet to stay awake for the entirety of it.
  - CalChris 9y ago
    No. I really don’t get anything out of it. My favorite part is the battle of the apes over the watering hole which morphs into the polite but tense clash between Cold War rivals at the bar. I also like that it was written to be boring. I’m sorry Dave wasn’t intended to be funny.
- lolive 9y ago
  The ending of 2001 is the video clip of one of Pink Floyd's masterpieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSOnYrF_Qgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSOnYrF_Qgo