{"id":15629,"date":"2011-08-26T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15629"},"modified":"2011-08-25T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:50:20","slug":"the-best-films-ever-made-according-to-a-moviefanfare-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15629","title":{"rendered":"The Best Films Ever Made (According to a MovieFanFare Reader)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a>What are the best films ever made? It’s a difficult question to answer, but a number of you readers did just that when we asked for reader submissions a few weeks back. Here’s what Mike Frank had to say about what movies he loves most of all:<\/p>\n

The best movie ever made was A Man For All Seasons<\/a>.\u00a0 It was not\u00a0well made,\u00a0but it also deals with themes that\u00a0are profound.\u00a0 One sees\u00a0the film\u00a0and is actually nurtured by it.\u00a0\u00a0This is especially true of the theme of glory– on so\u00a0many different levels –that is woven so skillfully through the movie. It drives\u00a0the plot and makes the movie work.<\/p>\n

One of the most important movies ever made was Broken Arrow <\/a>with Jimmy Stewart<\/a>.\u00a0 There is a sense in which it may have helped to influence the whole civil rights movement.\u00a0 It galvanized a whole generation’s notions on the matter of racism. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In my opinion, the Star Wars <\/a>movies saved Hollywood. They had so imbibed the zeitgeist of the day that nothing else in the films\u00a0of the time seemed\u00a0to matter. Going to a movie, then,\u00a0was a bit like sitting through music written by John Cage.\u00a0\u00a0It’s pretty hard to tell a good story given those parameters.\u00a0\u00a0God bless Star Wars.\u00a0 (And I say that even though I have some reservations, as did Alec Guinness<\/a>, on the notion of the Force).<\/p>\n

We will be back to our regular guest posts next week, but if you’d still like to submit a post of your\u00a0own,\u00a0here’s how you can do so<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are the best films ever made? It’s a difficult question to answer, but a number of you readers did just that when we asked for reader submissions a few weeks back. Here’s what Mike Frank had to say about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":15630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Best Films Ever Made: According to a MovieFanFare Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Best Films Ever Made: A guest reader and movie lover talks about his favorite movies. 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