"Just about everyone I've spoken to regarding the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American movies--presented on a stultifyingly vacuous three-hour CBS special last week--has been depressed about it, in a hang-dog sort of fashion."

"In 1999, the editorial board of the Modern Library came up with their list of the "Top 100 best English language novels of the 20th century." It turns out the list was derived pretty idiotically. A bit of web-research will reveal exactly how the list was derived. When the list came out, I turned to my friend, John Hall, and said, "I think I'll read them all." Hence this site."

Looks like some good ones on here.