It was last decade when the number of critics was lower. One could argue if Godfathers were split a decade ago, it'd be lower too.

I absolutely would put Singin In The Rain about a hundred miles above Taxi Driver, I'd put it ahead of Rashomon, and I'd even likely put it above the Godfathers and Psycho, though I understand the reasoning for the arguments to put them above.

>* The drop of the "general five" (CK, 7S, 400B, 8.5, BP) as
>well as the other "generally accepted best films of all time"
>really needs to be noted here. Note how much better SINGIN' IN
>THE RAIN fared. Note just the contemporary classics that are
>behind it: GODFATHER, GD2, TAXI DRIVER, PSYCHO. Take a second
>to think about what that means in regards to film study. S&S
>stated they "reach out to a much wider international group
>of commentators...among them many critics who had established
>their careers online." 1, A more populist poll isn't always a
>good thing. 2, Unless I'm just unaware of who they are, I
>don't know of any web-critics who are really worth a vote. I'm
>not saying SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is a bad movie. I'm saying
>something's wrong with RASHOMON being considered less of a
>film than SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.

>* I'm not being misanthropic, but I really do feel like people
>watch fewer classics, and I think this list is a testament to
>that. There's questionable flicks on this list, and S&S' lists
>are supposed to be void of questionable flicks.

I actually think that this list doesn't have ENOUGH from the past 30/40 years. Lots of old shit that people like from a historical perspective but they wouldn't pop into their DVD player.