Tough poll actually...but very good as well. Every decade has had several monumental movies, but narrowing it down like that...very tough. The 40's gave birth to many film ideas used today, but teh 90's brought about some epic cg work and of course "bullet time" (lol)...bringing us to todays movies.
I'm interpreting "best in film" as meaning "has the movies you like to watch most", so I went with 2000s. Maybe it's just because you like what you're used to (actually, it's probably defs that), but there are things in older movies that I can't stand, like scenes being too quiet and not enough camera angles. When I can get past that, I can really enjoy older movies, though - it just doesn't happen too often.
Oh, such a tough decision! I went with my first thought, but then I second guessed myself. I can think of tons of movies from every era that I consider essential. (Except the 1910's, I'm not sure that I've seen anything that old.)
I did go with the 1940's ultimately. So many wonderful noir films and comedies came from that decade (Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, The Philadelphia Story, Casablanca). Movie stars were glamorous and sexy without being trashy. It was an interesting time, starting with the innocence before the war, World War II, and then the optimism as the soldiers came home and the country embarked on a path of prosperity.
That's a very good point...you would never believe watching movies from teh 40's and 50's how sexist that period really was! Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Audre Hepburn and so very many others...they were very strong actresses and that was the start of a great time in movies.
Should've voted for the '40s as well as the '60s, now that I remember Jimmy Stewart... or hell, the surpassing Frank Capra propaganda! Ah well.
But the '60s were the pinnacle of the witty repartee, don't deny it.
I also voted for the last two decades, probably because I've just seen more recent movies than not, but also because Lord of the Rings, Braveheart and especially Pan's Labyrinth mark the greatest heights of cinema.
(Side note: the '80s were totally the golden age of Broadway. Yes, Wicked, but Wicked's only one show in a sea of Mamma Mias and the music isn't as good as in Phantom or Les Mis anyway. :p)
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Date: 2009-03-27 04:28 pm (UTC)I did go with the 1940's ultimately. So many wonderful noir films and comedies came from that decade (Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, The Philadelphia Story, Casablanca). Movie stars were glamorous and sexy without being trashy. It was an interesting time, starting with the innocence before the war, World War II, and then the optimism as the soldiers came home and the country embarked on a path of prosperity.
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Date: 2009-04-01 01:51 pm (UTC)But the '60s were the pinnacle of the witty repartee, don't deny it.
I also voted for the last two decades, probably because I've just seen more recent movies than not, but also because Lord of the Rings, Braveheart and especially Pan's Labyrinth mark the greatest heights of cinema.
(Side note: the '80s were totally the golden age of Broadway. Yes, Wicked, but Wicked's only one show in a sea of Mamma Mias and the music isn't as good as in Phantom or Les Mis anyway. :p)