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The other two I would imagine most people would know is Vertigo and La Dolce Vita... or maybe The General.

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

Yup.

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

Why does a movie have to be old to be considered one of the best ever?

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

It's funny. I have only seen 6 of the 10 movies on the list,
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Herzog)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
The General (Keaton)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)

And 5 of those I would agree with. Only Vertigo is iffy for the list.

Out of the other 4,
La Dolce Vita (Fellini) sounds interesting, must see
Raging Bull (Scorsese) I just have no interest in the subject matter
Tokyo Story (Ozu) I really want to see this, it sounds fantastic
The Tree of Life (Malick) sounds good, must see

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

Tree of Life is very good, but it's still only my third or fourth favorite Malick. If I had to pick a film from the 21st century for such a list it would be either The New World or The Son - not that I'd expect many to agree with those choices either.

From his list, both Aguirre and Vertigo would probably make my own top ten. 2001 and Tokyo Story (which I prefer over Make Way for Tomorrow) would be close.

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

It doesn't; the reason people have the impression you have is because all the truly, undeniably bad films in cinematic history have essentially been forgotten. Scholars rarely write about bad films, and arthouse theaters rarely show them. What's left is the impression that all old films are good, which isn't the case at all.

That said, I can think of very few movies from the past thirty years that I would even consider putting in my own top 10 list.

(From Ebert's list, Vertigo would definitely be on mine, and possibly Citizen Kane and 2001.)

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

I completely agree with the IMDB top ten list!

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

What were Ebert's picks for the Sight & Sound poll back in 2002? What did he drop to include Tree of Life?

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

The Dekalog (Kieslowski) was replaced by The Tree of Life (Malick)

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

They were all the same, except that he had The Decalogue instead of TTOL: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/...&surname=Ebert. They're listed in order from 1 to 10, but they're alphabetical, so I have to assume he does it without ranking them. I don't know if SAS weighs the votes, but if so I hope they get them in the right order.

Somebody mentioned Juno. Oddly enough, that was Ebert's pick for the best film of 2007. :lol:

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:hscratch: Are we talking about the same 2007 that these came out :

Eastern Promises
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
No Country for Old Men
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Control
The Counterfeiters
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Gone Baby Gone
Paranoid Park
Into the Wild
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm Not There

Re: Is the Tree of Life one of the ten best films ever made like Ebert says?
 

And his pick of TOL will sound just as silly in 5 years.

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Well, it's not like there weren't already a lot of people who thought Juno was a terrible choice back in 2007. I don't think time will be particularly hard on ToL - lots of people will continue to really like it, and a lot of other people will really dislike it. It's not like Juno where, in 20 years time, all the references and music and stylistic devices will seem hopelessly dated and even its initial defenders will be likely to withdraw some of their praise.