Top Ten Film Lists

I was on a friend’s blog and he had posted some of his all time favorite films, for that minute. His tastes change depending on mood, time of day, weather… I was going to post some ridiculous comment, but decided to ask myself why do people always ask what is your favorite film/ films? Is there some extrinsic value we place on these opinions, that we can derive if you’re educated or a date rapist? Or maybe we are so pretentious that we think Steven Segal films are less art then an Agnès Varda film. The point is we are, conditioned with these stereo types and they tell us Dogs Playing Poker is low brow and Michelangelo is fine art. I say screw that if Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is your cup of tea then, “Party on dudes” and “Be excellent to each other”. I shouldn’t be ashamed that Eliminators is in my “top ten of all time”. I have my reasons why it should be there and that is all that matters, but when I tell people about this piece of American Cinema they laugh and ask what the hell that is. Of course, it could be the fact I call it American Cinema.