been watching a lot of old movies lately i will now rate them on an a, b, c, d, f scale, (a is the best).
citizen kane: a+
gilda: c
the searchers: c
some like it hot: b
pycho: a
dr strangelove: a+
the killing: b+
chinatown: a
the crying game: b-
the shining: a+
Disagreements (although I agree with you on most of it):
1. I understand that Citizen Kane is regarded as the best movie of all time. I think the directing is the best that has ever been done, and considering the time, the acting is right up there. But at some point when you're reviewing movies, you have to take into account entertainment value. And Citizen Kane is straight up boring. I watched it twice in one week once and there are maybe two scenes that I found entertaining, and I'm not cool with that.
2. Glad we agree on "The Searchers". Did you know it was the main inspiration for the final 10 minutes of Breaking Bad? Pretty cool.
3. It's hard to find an argument against "Psycho" being the "biggest" movie of its time. Main character being killed off early, a killer who's an "average guy", but the biggest thing is that before that, movie theaters played movies on repeat and the viewer would walk in and watch it from wherever it was when they got there "Psycho" was the first movie to have a set start time that people were in the theater for because Hitchcock didn't want to ruin the ending.
4. Therefore, "Psycho" is way better than "The Shining" and I'm pretty upset you don't agree.
5. "Chinatown" may be the most underrated classic movie of all time.