Raiders, since Jaws was shunned before the first round. (Consistent, yet bitter)
I will give this to Casablanca: It did not bore me to tears.
I left before the tears flowed.
Not my cup of tea. It was alright for what it is, and what it is for most people is one of the
Top Three Greatest Films to Ever Get Pulled Out of Hollywood's Ass!
Fine, so be it. I'll take my film entertaining, thank you very much. You want to assault my senses, grab hold and don't let go. Let me hear a crack of a fist as only Harrison Ford can deliver (greatest sound effect, EVER!).
If that makes me culturally illiterate, fine, I can live with that.
I went into this movie, voting for movies that entertained me. Not "oh, the editing process on this film was so advanced for its time that you can see zzzzzzzzzzz"
Bullshit.
Did I enjoy giving up the 2 hours of my life? Would I want to do it again? Would I want to sit in a room with hundreds of strangers and watch it? Would I want to cuddle on the couch with my...::sexy accent on:: lo-ver ::sexy accent off:: and watch it? Will I gather the kids around and say "hey kids, movie time!" and pop up umpteen bowls of popcorn and feed them candy till they puke?
To Raiders: Yes, in spades.
To Casablanca: No.
I do not begrudge those that love Casablanca. To each their own. This is not a "black and white, it probably sucks" argument from me. Had a couple of Frank Capra movies been up here, I'd have been voting for them. Again, I feel more entertained with those movies than I did with Casablanca.
That said, Raiders and Jaws are the two films that opened up the eyes of a 10 year old kid and make him fall in love with the movies (thank you ABC for showing JAWS on television, even edited it scared the shit out of me!!) forever and always.
Now, I'm off to find some half-nekkid nazi chick for this weekend's avatar.
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS?