To start.

Honestly, I'm not sure where the idea for this was extracted, but in all likeliness it was the combination of my reading A Short History of Film and of watching Sunset Boulevard. I was struck by how much affect film has had on the course of history, and of how greatly it occupies our time and money. After seeing Sunset Boulevard, I did some research on it, and, long/boring story short, I discovered AFI's list of the 100 Best American Films. On discovering this, I got very excited and spent ten minutes printing of a pretty list of the movie titles. I will now attempt to watch every movie on the list, starting with 100 and working down, after which I will write a short response. Upon reading the list, I saw some movies that I love and have watched again and again, others that I've never heard of, and a few that I have never want to see (not being a fan of horror films...eep!)

That said, all I have left to say is: Unto the breach!

Here is a link to AFI's 1998 list: http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx