"Escape from New York": The Greatest Movie Ever?

Movies today are far too serious. Scripts and screenplays are written with the utmost attention to detail, leaving out any possible plot holes, character flaws or conundrums. These are bad movies, and they can be very entertaining without being good. Movies like "The Terminator", "Phantoms" or "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Movies that are inspiring and imaginative, in spite of obvious flaws, that add an element of cultic humour. One of my favourite film makers to this …

…President). The President, who is about to go the air, impatiently responds "this country appreciates their sacrifice." Snake walks away dissatisfied with the President's answer as the President plays the tape containing the important speech on air. The theme from "American Bandstand" is played instead. Snake had switched the tape earlier. Will there be a world war because the speech was not delivered? No answer is given. The viewer can only wonder what happens next.