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Gummy_yumyum t1_iud1m1g wrote

Reply to comment by SavingsService2138 in Why can't Terminator 2 be considered one of the greatest movie of all time ? by SavingsService2138

So much more than acclaim from fans and critics? So much more than billions of dollars?

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SavingsService2138 OP t1_iud1wan wrote

Acclaim from movie institutions. It deserve a spot with the likes of Lawrence of Arabia and The Godfather

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Gummy_yumyum t1_iud1yg1 wrote

Movie institutions?

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SavingsService2138 OP t1_iud2546 wrote

Like the AFI and uptights critics that can't see past Citizen Kane

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Gummy_yumyum t1_iud27zi wrote

Citizen Kane is a better film. I don’t think Jim Cameron is losing sleep at night.

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SavingsService2138 OP t1_iud2v9l wrote

Is it? I was bored out of my mind watching it

I think King Kong is better and should have the 1st spot. But oh no it got a giant gorilla, film critics can't snort while drinking red wine and see movie like that. It has to be talkie, nothing happens and bore you to death to be worth something

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Gummy_yumyum t1_iud3229 wrote

King Kong is a great film that is also universally praised by critics.

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SavingsService2138 OP t1_iud36jq wrote

Its never brought up like Citizen Kane and the likes

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Gummy_yumyum t1_iud390m wrote

It absolutely is. Always has been.

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SavingsService2138 OP t1_iud3jcm wrote

Never heard it then

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Gummy_yumyum t1_iud3nm3 wrote

You mentioned the AFI. They listed it as the 41st best movie of all time.

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HexinMS t1_iud5ww7 wrote

Citizen Kane is one of the greats for filmmaking. It did amazing things with the camera that is still being used to this day. It's not something everyone can appreciate. Once I looked into why citizen Kane was good I was able to appreciate it more.

With that being said I would rather watch T2 but there is more to a movie froma critic standpoint then just your general feeling of enjoyment.

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fuckswithqwerty t1_iug9kcd wrote

Really not sure what you're talking about. AFI literally recognized it as great.https://www.afi.com/news/terminator-2-judgment-day-afi-movie-club/

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an inversion of his iconic role from the first film, the Terminator was ranked by AFI among cinema’s greatest screen heroes – its previous incarnation from the earlier film having also landed on the Institute’s list of “heroes & villains,” albeit on the other side. The inexorable machine – taught the nuances of human behavior by Edward Furlong’s teenaged John Connor in the film – also earned a place on AFI’s greatest movie quotes with his climactic “Hasta la vista, baby.” Cameron’s science-fiction masterpiece was executive produced by AFI Trustee Emeritus Gale Anne Hurd.

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