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post #46 of 53
3/2/09 at 3:00pm
Shawshank redemption is a good movie but nothing great about it. i dont know what all the hoopla is about it.
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post #47 of 53
3/2/09 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by Reggs View Post
If I had an IMDB list, Dark City would be my No. 1.

I thought it was a very pretty movie. However it never really makes a point on the theme of whether we are more then the sum of our memories. I thought it was a bit intellectually shallow.
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post #48 of 53
3/2/09 at 3:36pm
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I agree, great post. I suppose some of our movies during this time will be considered on the top 100 list in about 50 years...

Well contemprary art is entering "canon" (as in $$$, museum expos, hell even contemprary art auctions are ballin') quicker than ever but I don't think cinema criticism has followed suit yet. Maybe in 15-20 yrs they'll have super quick cultural re-evaluation like the pure arts.
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post #49 of 53
3/2/09 at 3:47pm
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Originally Posted by cpmac7 View Post
i thought forrest gump was a better movie

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post #50 of 53
3/2/09 at 6:33pm
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Originally Posted by hammer07 View Post
I just watched Shankshank again the other night because I couldn't really remember it properly. For those who don't know, it's the #1 movie on imdb. It's one of the better movies I've seen but #1?

Just want to see what others think.

Is it just me, but why do I always confuse it with The Green Mile?
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post #51 of 53
3/3/09 at 12:22am
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Originally Posted by Dashaansafin View Post
The top 50 films are either black and white or before 1990....ok.

I just saw 12 Angry Men and I have to agree with imdb to some degree, it's very good and still holds relevance today.
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post #52 of 53
3/3/09 at 12:25am
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Originally Posted by rach2jlc View Post
User generated lists are always skewed. For example, I think that "Atlas Shrugged" is still considered teh "greatest" novel of all time according to some "reader" lists and that book is a hilarious stinking pile of garbage that I thought was cool up until about 7th grade.

In any case, I like watching Shawshank when I stumble across it on a boring rainy saturday, but that's about it.

+1000 for your Ayn Rand hatred.
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post #53 of 53
3/3/09 at 12:31am
Shawshank is an overrated piece of shmaltzy, sentimental tripe. Any redeeming value it once had was totally killed by TNT's incessant reruns.
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