Main Event Reputation

So I watched ***** last night for like the 1000th time in my life. I never get sick of it. I hope everyone likes that movie, I can understand if you don't though. Everyone has different opinions. Anyway, McDermott says "I had this image in my head, Doyle Brunson to my left, Amarillo Slim playing to my right, playing in the World Series of Poker." And I thought, "What happened to the reputation of the main event?" There are two basic arguments: 1) Because everyone plays now, the fields are so much larger that pretty much anyone could win the main event, even if they don't know anything about cards. or 2) What are you talking about? The main event, if anything, has a way better reputation because the tournament is even that much harder to win, thus making it THE MAIN EVENT of the year. I support both, and I'm sure there's other arguments, but I'd like to hear everyone else's opinions. Since 2002, the scales have just exploded in difference with each other. And now with other huge tournaments, with bigger buy-ins, like the 5 diamond bellagio, HORSE event, and the national heads up event, I feel like the Main Event is placed up top purely because of it's age. But I bet most of the pros really do look forward more to the HORSE event than the main event, because it just seems like the fields are getting so impossible to beat. I could be wrong, and I most likely am because I'm still young and have yet to even play in a big money tournament. So, I'd just like to hear everyone else's thoughts. Keep your head in gear at the table. K-Hoff