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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 3107608, member: 1026"] Its not that complicated, The Godfather gets to represent itself and II and III both for the nominating committee and somewhat general perception. Having them in this particular poll within the same vote somewhat mitigates that, but generally if you are naming favorite movies its duplicative and not interesting to list both Godfathers. Rocky is more nuanced in that the franchise definitely lowers the quality, credibility and love for the original. In a world with no Rocky sequels, the original movie is revered - probably more than Shawshank. Nonetheless, GII is a better movie, everything is essential, acting superb whereas Rocky is kinda great for how unpolished it is. Of course both Goodfellas and Animal House are dated - they are old movies. Nonetheless, I don't think we need to litigate the sexual scenes in a comedy vs a mob movie. To me that vote comes down to the classic nature of each. The Godfather I & II are head and shoulders groundbreaking films setting up for Goodfellas & its red-headed cousin Casino. Likewise Animal House is a groundbreaking, standard bearing comedy that defines college frat life just as the Godfather defines mob-life. And it is nearly flawless, whereas when I re-watch Goodfellas I always find the last 20 minutes to be a separate movie hastily tacked on. [/QUOTE]