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Should Brokeback Mountain be on AFI's Top 100 Movies of All Time?

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loneleeb3:
OMG!
What A fuckin joke!
Toy Story? Do the right thing?
Come on! Who the hell came up with this list?
Some of the choices on there are just ridiculous.
Whatever, we should have known. After what happened at the oscars who's suprised.
But seriously geez. Some of those are so stupid!
Blade Runner? I fell asleep!
ET and the Sixth sense were entertaining but come on!

Daniel:
Consolation Prize:

Midnight Cowboy #43

Daniel:
You know, I think that this list will be updated again in 10 years. Of course everything on it is older because they are viewed as classics. Classics will always generate more applause than something newer and less tradtional. For example, of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I would say that The Return of the King and The Two Towers were both far superior to the first one, The Fellowship of the Ring. Of course, the first one introduced the concepts and conflicts that the other two films resolve, and if I had to suggest one of the three, I would suggest Return of the King.

The fact that Midnight Cowboy is on the list indicates to me that it's not because people were opposed to the ideas present in Brokeback Mountain, only that it has not yet reached a classic mentality in most of the people that have seen it. I'm sorry, folks, but as a society, we're still digesting. The majority of people realize it was a very important film; we're just not certain what shelf to put it on yet.  That's okay. Over time, people will realize the grand artistic measures of this film (some people saw it immediately, even some very important people) and the list will be redrawn.

Kd5000:
I think a movie in the top 5 should not be just about entertainment.  Gone With The Wind did show the horrors of war. THe center character may have been a spoiled vixen at the beginning but she got some lessons in life throughout the movie.  If only she had "quit" Ashley.  ;)

I think AFI did a better job with best movie quotes.  It aired  awhile back. They ranked the top 100.  "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" was ranked #1. 

jstephens9:
I too am very disappointed, but not surprised, that BBM did not make the top 100. However, like most lists, this one is only as good as those voting. We saw that in the Oscars, right? I have more to say about what BBM did that these other movies did not do, but that will be more lengthy than what I can write right now. However, sorry to those who did not like them, but Titanic is one of my favorite movies of all time and there is a lot more there than just a ship sinking and a love affair. There are many social commentaries and deeper meanings within Titanic. Actually I didn't think about Forrest Gump until someone mentioned not thinking it should have been in there. This was a movie that I did not see until several years after it came out. Sorry, but I also think it is quite a good movie and worthy of being in the top 100.

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