EW's 'supposed' Top 25 can be found here...
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,2020...442_23,00.html
The Top 25 List (I didn't bother looking at the Top 100, for reasons that will become apparent) was rather anti-intellectual and, well, juvenile in its tastes. I agreed with perhaps 9 or 10 of the inclusions, but the rest should have either been placed further down the list, or not have appeared at all. Just scanning quickly through my DVD collection for movies past '83,
Amadeus (a 1984 release),
Unforgiven, Se7en, The Last Emperor, Broadcast News, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Dangerous Liaisons, The Pianist, Forest Gump, Fargo, The Sixth Sense, Shawn of the Dead, Shawshank Redemption, A Beautiful Mind, Usual Suspects, and Kurosawa's
Ran are not listed in the Top 25,
but the
Lion King, Die Hard, Edward Scissorhands, Boogie Nights, The Matrix, Toy Story and
Casino Royale are so good they have reached a pinnacle of film-maker's art to warrant such an honor? How old were these subjective movie critics? Have they yet to emerge from prepubescence?
I have no qualms with such great films as
Silence of the Lambs, Goodfellas, Schindler's List, LotR, or
Pulp Fiction (even
Spinal Tap and
Shrek are phenomenal in a genre-bending sense), but EW's choices as a whole are mind-bogglingly banal, and meant for those among us who: prefer their words to be in single syllables, like lots of colorful flashing light and jerky movements, and don't want to be forced to think in increments longer than 10 minutes (with the remote's pause button obviously well-worn for numerous potty breaks).
If this is the direction of 'great films' in the future, then I suggest everyone watch a silly but obviously relevant movie titled 'Idiocracy' for a true taste of where our society is heading.