So the American Film Institute released a new version of its Top 100 American films list a few days ago, as revision of its original version from 1998. The list was determined by the votes of some 1,500 filmmakers, critics, and historians from an original ballot of 400 films. The Wikipedia article has a good side by side comparision of each list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years..._100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)
So I'm of the opinion that the new list is considerably better than the original, giving a few films that were not properly respected the first time around (most notably The Searchers, but also Vertigo and City Lights) their proper due, as well as adding a number of better films. Some of the displaced films I might have liked to stay (Stagecoach, The Third Man) and some of the newer ones were dubious choices (Titanic), but this was a marked improvement, or so say I. I imagine there will be considerable disagreement though, and as such, here's the thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years..._100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)
So I'm of the opinion that the new list is considerably better than the original, giving a few films that were not properly respected the first time around (most notably The Searchers, but also Vertigo and City Lights) their proper due, as well as adding a number of better films. Some of the displaced films I might have liked to stay (Stagecoach, The Third Man) and some of the newer ones were dubious choices (Titanic), but this was a marked improvement, or so say I. I imagine there will be considerable disagreement though, and as such, here's the thread.