I don't think Life Is Beautiful is bad. I dont think it mocks or treats the Holocaust as something funny either. Just a dad trying to protect his son's innocence. I do understand why some people might hate it though.I think Wall-E is pretty bad. I have no idea how it's rated so highly. It's pretty absurd. Same with Life of Pi,Harry Pooter:Deathly Hallows,etc. There are much better films that should be in the 250 list.Maybe over time those ratings will go down.

Life Is Beautiful. Comedians sometimes wonder when its ok to joke about something. Ive never seen it because the holocaust should never be a backdrop for comedy. Never.

I was disappointed in The Departed but since it was based on true events Ill hold off saying its outright bad. It almost made this list though. I thought the ending came off hokey, but the meat of the film was great.

The Pianist. Another flick "cashing in" on the atrocities of war, but in this flick they were showcasing the horrors and gore (and Adrian Brodys performance was waaaaaay overrated).

Requiem For A Dream. Really? I mean is non-stop suffering just all-that when it comes to depth? Way overrated.

Im scrolling down the IMDb list as Im typing this, just waiting to see that P.O.S. The Thin Red Line. If I do, the spaz will commence. I dont see it, good.

I doubt it... People are changing. More people now prefer modern day crap than classics. Just the other, few of my friends were of the opinion, "Why watch B&W films, when you can watch films in color." I should stick to my time, that was motto from them! Effin' hilarious!

Not seen the Departed yet, but i've heard it's very loosely based on Whitey Bulger and the winter hill gang. Just like Casino is loosely based on Tony Spilotro and Frankie Rosenthal's casino skimming in the 70's and 80's. Goodfellas is pretty much all true though except from some of the names, Iceman is nearly all bs.

Departed is strongly based on Mou Gaan Dou.

@MovieFan31: Well say it to them! I tried convincing them, that these bias opinion will never help them watch great films, but they would have none of it. Its like if you dont have mind blowing CGI and all the stuff packed in a movie, its just not a movie for many these days.

I argued about the color thing, but the years of their release put them off.

If i make them watch Anatomy of Murder, they would puke after 30 mins. No gruesome crime scene, no pulsating action, no high flying hero type action scenes. Just two lawyers fighting it out in court. Its just not the way people look at movies these days!

I know it's a remake of Internal Affairs. I haven't seen it but have heard the characters are based on Whitey Bulger, FBI agent James Connoly and other winter hill gang members lke Steve Flemmi.

Life Is Beautiful. Comedians sometimes wonder when its ok to joke about something. Ive never seen it because the holocaust should never be a backdrop for comedy. Never.

I know it's a remake of Internal Affairs.

I also agree that it's not scary and the film isn't a horror, the only scene I would see belonging in a horror film is the face ripping scene, if they decided to show it in a bit more graphic detail. But apart from that it's more a drama/detective time story, that like you say, could actually be a TV film. That's not to say I don't really like it though. I give it , the same as Manhunter, which I know you love too, Cox's role as Lecter is one of the smaller parts of the film but Mann said he wanted to leave the viewers wanting more, it would have been interesting to see how things would have turned out if he had the part of Silence of the Lambs and whether the film would be held in such high regard as it us now.

I haven't ever seen Life Is Beautiful because I thought it'd be many of the things you mentioned. It's never looked or sounded like a film I'd like.

You need new friends. ;)

I doubt it... People are changing. More people now prefer modern day crap than classics. Just the other, few of my friends were of the opinion, "Why watch B&W films, when you can watch films in color." I should stick to my time, that was motto from them! Effin' hilarious!