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[nkarafo]

1993 had Schindler's List and Jurassic Park.

So no.

 

[Sosokrates]

There must be one year that is objectively the best. Just like there must be one movie that is objectively the best.

How can one possibly tell? Probably impossible, but that doesn't mean there's no answer. But hypothetically if there was some simulation machine that allowed us to expose every movie ever made to every person and that machine could analyze the person's brain while watching to determine the emotional reaction and long term impact and rank every movie accordingly to which made the largest impression. And then we average everyone's lists and an answer would pop out of the greatest movie ever made.

The answer would probably be something kind of lame like Avatar or some Pixar movie because of it's wide appeal.
Maybe you could argue that most people aren't educated enough to appreciate the finer details of more sophisticated movies so then you could add to the simulation a parameter that makes it so everyone learns everything about movies and film criticism like how neo learns kung fu, and then you run the program again.

Finally you would get the correct answer.

Spoiler

2001: A Space Odyssey

There cant be an objectively best movie or year because art is subjective.

 

[mansoor1980]

yes it was the best year and those who dont agree deserve the following fate

 

[jason10mm]

Threads like this are why I'm so close to just kissing off modern films and just reliving my past forever

The TV wasn't great, but the music and films of the 80's were just unstoppable.

 

[bitbydeath]

I see that someone with actual good taste in films has entered the thread

I’ve been here the whole time!

Threads like this are why I'm so close to just kissing off modern films and just reliving my past forever

The TV wasn't great, but the music and films of the 80's were just unstoppable.

A time when action movies were made to be fun instead of agenderised.

1993 had Schindler's List and Jurassic Park.

So no.

Men in Tights came out in 1993, not much else though.

 

[pramod]

Dang totally forgot about Robocop. Prob the best movie of the 80s.

OP wins.

 

[Labolas]

It's between Robocop and Predator.

 

[Razorback]

There cant be an objectively best movie or year because art is subjective.

You said that already and I gave my reasons why I don't agree.

 

[Sosokrates]

You said that already and I gave my reasons why I don't agree.

No i didnt, I said theres multiple.
And its not a case of agreeing or disagreeing because what im saying is a fact.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Pegasus Actual]

^No idea what that's all about but in '87 you could be popping in your brand new Appetite for Destruction cassette tape to rock out to on the way to the theater for all those banger films:

 

[Razorback]

No i didnt, I said theres multiple.
And its not a case of agreeing or disagreeing because what im saying is a fact.

I disagree : )

 

[Sosokrates]

I disagree : )

Your disagree with facts, ok...

 

[Razorback]

Your disagree with facts, ok...

My disagree with you about that being a fact.

 

[Sosokrates]

My disagree with you about that being a fact.

Ok prove that there is an objectively best movie?

 

[Razorback]

Ok prove that there is an objectively best movie?

This is a philosophical debate. Depending on how one defines the word best it can be done. For example if best means some measurable amount of positive emotion that can be detected in the brain, then the hypothetical thought experiment I described to you in a previous post shows how that can be objectively determined. Just because it's not possible to currently run that experiment does not mean there isn't an objective answer. If god existed, and he knew all things, he would know what movie is best.