Happy about Pan's, Alien, North by Northwest, and Inglourious Basterds.
Not happy about being accused of not having seen enough old films. I have way more old films on my list this year than I did last year and Inglourious Basterds still sits at 22. Should we submit a verified licence that ensures we have seen enough films before we give our lists?
I've seen a lot of old films too, they just aren't any good.
This is one of the most divisive issues on the forum I think; it makes people react quite sharply if you are accused of not being educated enough in some type of film or another. I don't think it has anything to do with that.
What I think may be going on, as far as old vs newer films may have its roots in people's ages. If you took the 25 top 100 lists made by the oldest 25 people and compared it to those by the other younger contributors I would expect two very different top 100s to appear. That may sound like stating the obvious. [I am also not asking anyone to do anything as insane as that!]
I am not trying to be a spokesman for a generation here, I just think that if you grew up watching some of those 30s to 50s films as I did on the BBC and then you returned to them now with a FSpotters head on you will have a different perspective than if you come to them for the first time now. Also as has been said best by Ferris about Close Encounters, those films you see in your formative years will lead to you having a completely different perspective on them, so everyone has a set of films like that. My kids find both Alien and Blade Runner to be too slow, this saddened me but made me realise how different their POV is.
So I don't think it is down to not watching enough films (new or old) but HOW you have watched those films.