Why is this movie NEVER #1?

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2003)

On about every single list of the greatest movies of all time, Lawrence of Arabia always comes in second to Citizen Kane, or The Godfather, or Casablanca. All of them terrific movies, but none quite match up to this masterpiece. When taken into account the time period in which this movie was made, it's easy to see that Lawrence is far, far ahead of its time. Also, It warms my heart to see that Peter O'Toole has finally received an honorary oscar for this film (in case you're not familiar, he lost his 1962 Best Actor Oscar to Gregory Peck for "To Kill a Mockingbird"). It's also amazing to me that this is O'Toole's first starring role, in which he did such a smashing job. I think that this is a greatly underappreciated flick, and we should see it on the list as #1 once in a while.