NOT I repeat NOT the best film ever, but a fantastic experience.

Rating: 10/10 (19 September 2010)

This is not the best film ever. Films like "The Godfather", "Casablanca", or "Gone With the Wind" are much more worthy of the title, but does that mean I don't like it? Of course not! The camera angles are beautifully shot, the story is interesting, the acting is great, and the ending is genius. It did change filmmaking in many ways with the creativity it has. All I'm saying it just doesn't do that as much as many other movies that made it to "AFI's 100 Greatest Movies". What about "Gone With the Wind", and its game changing use of color filmmaking? What about the brilliant portrayal of crime life that "The Godfather" gave us? What about the amazing cinematography in "Lawrence of Arabia"? There are so many other great films to pick from when naming the greatest film of all time. Why is this the one? Why is this chosen over all the rest? I don't know, but despite it being overrated in my mind it still is brilliant.
4 stars out of 4