I don't want an argument, but here are some points in passing.

I have always favoured Keaton over Chaplin since I was an infant. Personally, I found Keaton a much more sympathetic character on screen, probably because of his face. It may have helped that Chaplin bears a passing resemblance to a certain famous Austrian right-winger (no, not Schwarzenegger).

It is wrong always to use people deliberately shunning fashion as an argument, not that this is what anyone on this site does. It seems an odd concept nowadays, but there are lots of people left who are able to think for themselves. One of the reasons I dislike Spielberg's films may be that I am a cynic, but I don't think you have to be too cynical to believe that E.T., for instance, is just a tiny bit superficial, not to mention manipulative of the viewer, a point I have made several times before. I don't deny that Spielberg has made films which families can watch together; I just think that the best family films are often films made for adults with simple messages. An example of this is perhaps that my family loves to watch The Night of the Hunter or 12 Angry Men together. Or maybe I come from an odd family.

I believe that, generally speaking, grades do reflect a person's intelligence. There are of course exceptions.

Thank you for reminding me that Spielberg didn't make Free Willy. I had genuinely forgotten. I suppose he was busy with the masterpiece that is Jurassic Park.

If you take a look at the IMDB message boards, you will find hundreds of people who think The Matrix Reloaded is a great movie. They are called Americans.

*joke*

sorry.