I guess if you really wanted to make a "boring" list, you could start by asking a bunch of people what films they felt were most significant landmarks and they'd feel compelled to check off the usual suspects. Even the top vote-getter, " Vertigo," was chosen by less than one quarter of the participants. It's wise to remember that, although the top of the poll may at first glance look relatively conservative or traditional, there's a tremendous diversity in the individual lists. That's why I think perusing at the critics' personal lists, the Top 250 (cited by seven critics or more) and the full list of 2,045 films mentioned is more enjoyable pastime.
I don't disagree with Greg Ferrara at TCM's Movie Morlocks (" Ranking the Greats: Please Make it Stop") when he says that limiting ballots to ten all-time "best" (or "favorite," "significant," "influential" titles is incredibly limiting. I know we're supposed to consider the S&S poll a feature film "canon" - a historically influential decennial event since 1952, but just one of many.
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