My 2 cents

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2003)

Well.... I finally got to look at the IMDB voters n°1 movie, the almighty Godfather.
Though it's very far from being an average movie, and I admit I was rather immersed in the story, well... I've seen many better movies than this one, whatever angle I choose: story, screenplay, acting, direction, camera, moral points, invention, anything. I don't get its n°1 rating. I suspect many people praise it out of mere conformism.
Most of Kubrick's movies are better than this, a couple of Polanski's ones too, just to name a few. Other great classics like "12 angry men" or "Network" easily surpasses "The Gofdfather" both artistically and technically by a fair margin, not to mention more courageous, independant works like "Brazil" or "Citizen Kane".
Excellent movie, for sure, but best movie? Ouch. Its n°1 rating maybe comes from... consensus?
Just my 2 cents...