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Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:26 pm
by Jorge
VinylGuy wrote:theplatypus wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Carrie is pretty great.
No. No, it's not.
You dont like Carrie?? Its one of the best movies from De Palma...Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie are so great in it.
I don't, I pretty much hate that movie. But Brian De Palma is a director I actively dislike. The only movie of his that I really love is Phantom of the Paradise.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:28 pm
by Birds in Hell
Carrie is in no way terrible. I think De Palma's made some awesome films, though I haven't seen anything he's made in about 30 years.
(Also, I've never seen Shawshank Redemption. I doubt I will.)
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:29 pm
by Mecca
Birds in Hell wrote:Carrie is in no way terrible. I think De Palma's made some awesome films.
(Also, I've never seen Shawshank Redemption. I doubt I will.)
That's just ignorant
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:30 pm
by Birds in Hell
Mecca wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:Carrie is in no way terrible. I think De Palma's made some awesome films.
(Also, I've never seen Shawshank Redemption. I doubt I will.)
That's just ignorant
Is it? It doesn't look like the kind of thing I'd enjoy.
Maybe if it's on TV one day and I'm home. With a broken leg. And I can't reach the remote.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:36 pm
by Harry Lime
Birds in Hell wrote:Mecca wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:Carrie is in no way terrible. I think De Palma's made some awesome films.
(Also, I've never seen Shawshank Redemption. I doubt I will.)
That's just ignorant
Is it? It doesn't look like the kind of thing I'd enjoy.
Maybe if it's on TV one day and I'm home. With a broken leg. And I can't reach the remote.
If you'd like me to break your leg, turn on TNT, and leave the remote on the roof of your house, I can do that for you.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:37 pm
by Jorge
"Shawshank Redemption" is a good story, and a fine film, but massively overrated. Number 1 film of all time? Not in my book. Not even close.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:38 pm
by Harry Lime
It's not in my Top 10, but I can understand the profound love for it.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:40 pm
by Mecca
It's a very human movie in the sense that even the most hardened person is moved by the story and climax.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:40 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah its not a top ten movie at all, but is a hell of a story and a great movie.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:43 pm
by Birds in Hell
Mecca wrote:It's a very human movie in the sense that even the most hardened person is moved by the story and climax.
Oh, that doesn't sound like my kind of thing at all.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:44 pm
by Mecca
Birds in Hell wrote:Mecca wrote:It's a very human movie in the sense that even the most hardened person is moved by the story and climax.
Oh, that doesn't sound like my kind of thing at all.
Yeah, I don't like feeling feelings either.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:46 pm
by Jorge
I'll tell you one thing. It's sure better than "Gilmore Girls".
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:48 pm
by Birds in Hell
theplatypus wrote:I'll tell you one thing. It's sure better than "Gilmore Girls".
Now, that I find hard to believe.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 10:52 pm
by Harry Lime
The Green Mile
Thoughts?
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 11:02 pm
by nyquillyn
Harry Lime wrote:The Green Mile
Thoughts?
It's "good." David Morse is in it and I like him a lot. Very underrated actor.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 11:05 pm
by Birds in Hell
Birds in Hell wrote:It doesn't look like the kind of thing I'd enjoy.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 11:07 pm
by epilogue
theplatypus wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Carrie is pretty great.
No. No, it's not.
Oh, absolutely, it is.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 11:13 pm
by @SkitchP
turned2black wrote:Harry Lime wrote:The Green Mile
Thoughts?
It's "good." David Morse is in it and I like him a lot. Very underrated actor.
Then I would strongly recommend the Homicide episode entitled "Colors."
It is an eye opening look at the subtle racism in america. A very heavy Pembleton/Bayliss episode.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 11:26 pm
by epilogue
Harry Lime wrote:The Green Mile
Thoughts?
Good, not great. Hasn't aged as well as Shawshank.
Re: The Shawshank Redemption
Posted: Sat January 12, 2013 11:34 pm
by @SkitchP
Watched a couple minutes of this earlier.
It's good and IS overrated. It's a nice enough movie, and rewatchable, but I would take Quiz Show over it any day of the week.