I prefer European and Asian cinema generally, i find it contains a bit more subtlety in it's exploration of the human condition. Why's that hard for you to understand?

I'd rate both Citizen Kane and The Godfather amongst the greatest USA-ian films of all time. That doesn't really mean i dislike them does it?

I'd say i'm probably in the minority amongst Western English speaking cineastes yes, but what does that mean? That my opinion is wrong?

It's got nothing to do with anything being popular, that's a really misguided and quite naive view to take. I rate of lot of highly regarded (popular?) films amongst the greatest. If i made a list of the 250 strongest films i've seen, i imagine both of the ones in question would be on that list. I just don't love them as much as you, it's all subjective WP, there is no fact of opinion.