100 best movie

100 Best / Favorite Movies of All Time: Halfway through writeups on my Top 100 movies. At this rate, I should be done around 20041.Godfather 2. Pacino was never better. The First Godfather is a great story. Godfather 2 is a great film. By bookending the first Godfather, we get 2 great actors, Pacino and Deniro, telling the story of America in the 20th century. Young,ruthless and honorable, Vito Corleone is every immingrant who has had to fight in the land of opportunity. Older, ruthless, jaded and contemplative, Micheal Corleone is every son. Greater opportunities, greater challenges and tougher choices. The scene with Fredo is the greatest scene ever put on film. It still haunts me to this day.
2.Casablanca You should pick up the DVD on this one. Nice print and some real extra goodies that explain what a wonderful accident this classic film is. Certainly the people who made this film had no idea they were making a classic. It was just another studio release that needed to be put together quickly. Bogart was not Bogey yet. Bergman was a slight risk. The wonderful supporting cast were just studio regulars and hanger-ons. "As Time Goes By" was a minor hit. But put them all together and movie history is born. There is not a bad moment in this film, there is not a bad performance. Honor, sacrifice, love and the balance of power in the whole world are just some of the themes that run throughout this movie. So many scenes from this movie resonate in my memory. Rick on the train track, Sam and Rick in the bar late at night, Victor Lazlo leading the singing that drowns out the Germans and of course the classic ending with Bogey, Bergman and Rains. Simply a wonderful film.
3.Citizen Kane I have been in the video bussiness for the past eleven years, so I appreciate all the camera techniques that came from this movie. And yes it did change many things about how movies are made. (On a side note you should check out some of the Camera work Greg Toland used on John Ford's