A few wrongs were righted with AFI's new list. People realized that Robert Altman made more than one masterpiece and put "Nashville" on the list, Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" came on, and Buster Keaton was recognized finally with "The General". I shouldn't harp about a Steven Spielberg film not being on the list since he had his usual five but what happened to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"? It was seriously better than "Saving Private Ryan". Also gone from the list was "Fargo" (What happened there?) New blockbusters of our age like "Titanic" and "Lord of the Rings" made the list (My prediction is they won't be there the next time.)
Bad news personally as "It's a Wonderful Life" slipped from 11 to 20, which was obviously a major mistake done by the counters of votes. "Citizen Kane" held top spot but "Casablanca" fell to third replaced by "The Godfather", didn't see that coming but oh well. I happiest to see personal favorites like "City Lights", "Vertigo", and "The Searchers" take major leaps ahead.
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