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All that is hilarious. While it may be true that no Star Wars film should be considered as 'the best movie ever', it would be a travesty omitting any of the original three films from a 'best film discussion'.I voted but under protest, not what I thought we'd have. Having any of the worst acted films, pick any Star Wars film, in the finals is a travesty, a miscarriage of justice.
May I suggest any of the posters that voted for The Empire Strikes Back receive a day in detention hall?
Star Wars should have never even been nominated, these are popcorn movies and acted, directed and written by the same age children they were made to entertain.
Surely, you've taken leave of your senses. And don't call me surely.
In my opinion, no 'best' discussion should be whittled down to a single perspective. People like what they like and they dislike what they dislike but in the end EVERYONE likes and dislikes what EVERYONE ELSE may or may not agree with.
I am not a member but the American Film Institute or AFI is one of my favorite sites connected with movies. AFI was "Established in 1967, the American Film Institute is the nation’s nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring artists and audiences through initiatives that champion the past, present and future of the moving image."
One of the sites best features for me are its "best" lists. Click here if anyone wants to review its diversified perspective on the best films of all-time. It should be noted that AFI intentionally does not include films in its lists until they are at least a decade old but there are exceptions.
One list in particular I enjoy is AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, which they proclaim are '100 greatest American movies of all-time'. If interested, anyone can view that particular list by clicking here. I find it both enlightening and fun because site visitors can manually check off and total the movies they have seen and experienced, I am up to 91 of the 100 of their list.It will never be 100 of 100 since I doubt AFI will ever drop one movie, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, from their list. I have never watched that movie in its entirety and the parts I have watched never entertained me enough to watch it completely. It is the one Steven Spielberg movie that I totally loathe.
"E.T... phone home." Forget you E.T.! I went off the rails there but what I was trying to say is that the 'best films' of all-time is pretty wide in scope among those who appreciate them.
PS. The original Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope is on that list too.