All AFI Rejects

Just for fun, here's my list of films from the current AFI Top 100 list that I don't believe deserve a slot in the top one thousand let alone one hundred.

Raging Bull
Schindler’s List
City Lights
Star Wars
The Grapes of Wrath
E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial
Apocalypse Now
The Sound of Music
Shane
Intolerance
Taxi Driver
M*A*S*H
Jaws
Rocky
The Gold Rush
Nashville
American Graffiti
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Unforgiven
Saving Private Ryan
Modern Times
Titanic
Easy Rider
Platoon
Sophie’s Choice
Goodfellas
The French Connection
Do the Right Thing
Ben-Hur

And I actually really quite like a few of those. Well, nine of them, I suppose: there's four of them already in my DVD collection, and five more I'd like to pick up. But amongst the best 100 films of all time? Not. Even. Close.

Famous People's Favourite Films

Josh Porro from the AFI sent me a link to their YouTube channel where clip after clip of famous folk can be seen. In each case, the celebrity tells us which film is their favourite of all time.

Less than 200 people have clicked to see which film is Ed Zwick's choice, just over 200 for Larry Charles' perference - but over 3000 have clicked for Paul Dano, over 6000 for Greg Kinnear. I was very intrigued what Charles might say - he was my first click - and, almost inevitably, I was disappointed.

Katee Sackhoff pretty much cops out, but in the closing seconds plumps for a recent film, while Ryan Fleck at least manages to name a great film. This is interesting stuff... maybe not any more interesting if these were random members of the public, but interesting nonetheless.

Is it imagined that the young and 'attractive' have a more interesting taste in movies? Or are people simply clicking to see their pin-ups lips in motion, words tumbling out?

Josh, if you're reading this, what do I have to do to get my clip on your page?