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Chippy
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 HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey 1. Gone With The Wind 2. Star Wars 3. Casablanca 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. The Sound of Music 6. The Wizard of Oz 7. The Notebook 8. Forrest Gump T-9. The Princess Bride T-9. The Godfather Quote: War epic tops all-time favorite film survey
Friday February 22 9:52 AM ET
They may be largely missing from this year's roster of best-film Oscar contenders, but a new U.S. survey shows war and sci-fi epics top the list of all-time favorite movies.
Nearly 70 years after it was made, the Civil War classic "Gone with the Wind" ranked No. 1, just ahead of science-fiction space adventure "Star Wars," in the Harris poll of people's favorite films that stand the test of time.
Coming in third was the sweeping Oscar-winning World War II romance "Casablanca," followed by fantasy film "The Lord of the Rings" in the online January poll of 2,279 U.S. adults.
Harris noted the gender and generational differences among the results with men and younger people such as Generation X favoring "Star Wars" and women and older baby boomers preferring "Gone With the Wind."
"Gone With The Wind" won eight Oscars in 1939, including best picture and best actress for Vivien Leigh. In 1977 "Star Wars" failed to win a best picture Oscar, losing out to Woody Allen's "Annie Hall."
Rounding out the top ten in the survey were musicals "The Sound of Music" and "The Wizard of Oz" at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, followed by "The Notebook" at No. 7 and "Forrest Gump" in eighth place. Tied for No. 9 was "The Princess Bride" and "The Godfather" starring Al Pacino.
One wartime epic film, "Atonement," did make it into the nominees circle of this year's Oscar race for best picture. It will be competing with the gritty chase movie "No Country For Old Men," teen pregnancy comedy "Juno," the period oil drama "There Will Be Blood" and legal thriller "Michael Clayton."
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey The Notebook #7? Are you fucking kidding me??
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Timayd
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey The Notebook, what the hell? 
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jujubee
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Ha, no Citizen Kane. I knew no one actually likes it.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Obviously, the majority of surveyed people was female.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey trixster wrote: The Notebook #7? Are you fucking kidding me?? I hear ya!
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Jedi Master Carr
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey The Notebook being on that list is just crazy.
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Spidey
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Why the fuck is The Notebook on this list?
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Chippy
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Obviously people love The Notebook.
I love it... I'm not saying I agree with it being on the list...
But...
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Allow me to echo sentiments already expressed....The Notebook?
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey I find GWTW's and Forrest Gump's rankings far more upsetting than The Notebook's.
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Chippy
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Box wrote: I find GWTW's and Forrest Gump's rankings far more upsetting than The Notebook's. That's because you hate the cinema. _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey But Gone With the Wind and Lord of the Rings are sssooo boring. 
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Box wrote: I find GWTW's and Forrest Gump's rankings far more upsetting than The Notebook's. I don't think it's like a matter of what's really deserving or not so much as it is a matter of explicability. GWTW (which I am a fan of) is pretty explainable. It's viewed as a mega-classic, biggest film ever adjusted, etc. Same for the rest of the list - even The Princess Bride is constantly quoted and has a firm place in at least 80's cinematic history. But....The Notebook? It's just, random.
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A. G.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey That's one of the few lists I've seen that seems somewhat in synch with how people really feel. It's not my taste, my personal list would be very different but it looks accurate about how the movies are viewed in general.
As to The Notebook - god if I had a dime for every guy who has told me his girlfriend made him watch the notebook, I could pay Hillary's Dunkin Donuts tab.
But I don't think you can say that most of the responders were women, or else star wars, the godfather and lord of the rings wouldn't be there. What most likely is the case is this: women are more similar in what they like whereas men's answers probably varied more. That would explain it.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey trixster wrote: The Notebook #7? Are you fucking kidding me?? Oh they are not kidding. I have several freinds who love the notebook. It is considered a classic romance movie. Old couples love it too.
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Jonathan
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey In terms of catching the most mainstream general opinion, this is a pretty good list. The Notebook is very much a modern day classic romance, as much as we would love to deny it (I haven't seen it yet, so I can't really offer a personal opinion). Hell, in its third full year of release on DVD it sold 2.1 million copies, the second most of any non-2007 DVD after only POTC2. THAT is longevity.
The other choices make sense, though I'm not sure how many people under the age of 40 would rank GWTW that high.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Positive* Jon wrote: The other choices make sense, though I'm not sure how many people under the age of 40 would rank GWTW that high. Yeah, I mean, I only ranked it 16.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey The Notebook being on the list is very accurate, whereas most critics', awards groups, and online lists are made by like 80+% males.
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MadGez
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey Well this is a survey of "favourite" films - so Notebook being on there is perfectly ok. Its a film that women love and guys like aswell.
Im more surprised that Shawshank didnt make it.
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jujubee
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey So am I really the only female who HATED The Notebook? I thought it was pure sappy dreck.
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey jujubee wrote: So am I really the only female who HATED The Notebook? I thought it was pure sappy dreck. No, but then again, I hate all of Nicholas Sparks's stories. _________________
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey minneapple wrote: jujubee wrote: So am I really the only female who HATED The Notebook? I thought it was pure sappy dreck. No, but then again, I hate all of Nicholas Sparks's stories. Oh, god, yes. What is wrong with that man?
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey jujubee wrote: minneapple wrote: jujubee wrote: So am I really the only female who HATED The Notebook? I thought it was pure sappy dreck. No, but then again, I hate all of Nicholas Sparks's stories. Oh, god, yes. What is wrong with that man? No creativity at all. I read a few of his books in succession and started feeling like I had read them before. He just repackages his stories. _________________
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Re: HarrisPoll Unveils "Favorite Movie" Survey i'm more pissed no shawshank then the addition of the notebook
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