I certainly have quibbles about the list and the biases behind it, but all in all I thought it was fine.

But I loved the parade of third, fourth and fifth tier actors and actresses who served as commentators. There were a few exceptions, of course. But the bulk of the “expert” commentators were such noted and respected cinephiles as D.L. Hughely, Cheryl Hines and Jennifer Grey.

William Goldman, abso-frick’n-lutely. But he had like one clip while Chris Sarandon — AKA Prince Humperdink — seemed like their go-to commentator.

Heaven forfend I ascribe duplicity or cynicism to the cineasts of the AFI, but one finds it hard to fight the suspicion that maybe, just maybe, the informed commentary about Greto Garbo and the like from Ms. Hines & Co might have been, uh, prepared — for them.