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mrjeels's avatar

mrjeels

@greenhorg Things that no legitimate film fan would care about: imdb ratings and icheck fav (they are not real list, and the majority users are idiots). Number of top list is highly biased towards included lists, which is questionable at best (certain genre, regions, directors are overly or underlay favored). Your "objective metrics" really aren't. However that really misses the main problem with your argument which is the idea that if the films have not reached cannon they are not of value. If this is true, virtually every country list is illegitimate. This argument along with being jingoistic also underlies the problem in which recognition of film is a highly regional thing in which countries not within the acceptable discussion of film face greater disruption to acclaim. If your goal is infamous and not quality than feel free to complain about the list, but if your goal is to find good films, often missing from the conversation than the list has great value. Stop being a nitwit, and more importantly stop attempting to claim "objective measures" of thing that only show your own ignorance of the issue.
8 years 10 months ago
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Zuma

It is unfortunate a current list of the top Canadian films was not used for this site. Canadian films have really blossomed in the (almost) decade since this list was compiled.

I would think the majority of the following would have a place in the top 100 if a new version was made today;

Away From Her (2006)
Take this Waltz (2011)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Water (2005)
I Killed My Mother (2009)
Heartbeats (2010)
Lawrence Anyways (2012)
Polytechnique (2009)
Incendies (2010)
My Winnipeg (2007)
A History of Violence (2005)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
11 years 4 months ago
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Fergenaprido

Top Ten lists were released in 1984, 1994, and 2004 by the same people, so hopefully now that TIFF 2014 is over we can expect another update to this list.
9 years 6 months ago
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PeacefulAnarchy

Take One magazine is defunct, though, so it's not clear if another poll is being done this year.
9 years 6 months ago
MartCous's avatar

MartCous

I can't believe they included Blinkity Blank (1955) but not L'homme qui plantait des arbres (1988).

And I concur with Zuma that tons of better films have come out since 2004. This needs to be updated.
11 years ago
MM's avatar

MM

Blame Canada!
11 years 7 months ago
greenhorg's avatar

greenhorg

Sorry Canada, but lop off everything that's not Maddin, Egoyan, Cronenberg, and Mclaren and you're not left with much on here that critics or audiences care about (see icheck favs, top list entries, imdb ratings, etc).

Edit: Not sure I understand all these downvotes. Am I wrong? I made a statement based on objective metrics. Don't hate the messenger.
10 years 5 months ago
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