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re: Is Shawshank the best-aging movie of all time?

Posted on 10/5/18 at 6:18 pm to
Posted by Pectus
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 6:18 pm to
TNT doesn't exist anymore
Posted by Overbrook
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 6:18 pm to
It drags in the middle.
Posted by Rep520
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 6:31 pm to
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To be fair, it is a fantastic period piece made with modern cinematography - so those are always going to age well. 


This is a big factor. Raiders of the Lost Ark is similar. Period pieces are always simpler because they're designed to be anchored in the past and don't have to age.

I'm a homer because I love the movie, but I'd put Jurassic Park up as a movie that has aged very well for its period. Its CGI looks better than most CGI from 10-12 years later. It has some dated early 90's technology, but the production quality makes some of the dinosaur sequences look better than Jurassic World, which is insane when you think about the time and tech gap.
Posted by LSUlefty
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 6:37 pm to
I can watch Casablanca over and over
Posted by gthog61
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 7:53 pm to
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I can watch Casablanca over and over



So you play it again?
Posted by S
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 7:59 pm to
River Runs Through it
Posted by dallastiger55
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 8:11 pm to
movies i watch no matter when they are TV

Shawshank
Goodfellas
No Country for Old Men
Posted by airfernando
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 10:11 pm to
Tombstone ages better for me, but westerns age well seemingly
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 10:23 pm to
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quote:

Bogey was the 40's star
This was his only cowboy role
He also did one w/Errol Flynn, and some consider TOTSM a western
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 10:31 pm to
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And a Shirley Temple movie.

Those movies look like they were filmed by the Lumière brothers compared to Wizard of Oz
The Blue Bird w/Temple, while kind of boring, has some superb photography. In no way does it look primitive.

Posted by BoostAddict
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 10:54 pm to
Love Shawshank. Only thing that gets me is how Andy didn't go crazy wondering why his cell wall was so gotdamn thick. Thing must have been like 6ft thick and took nearly 20 years to get through!
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 10:59 pm to
Honestly...

Why didn't Andy get a more conservative poster?

His bible-thumping Warden, Andy was just asking to be searched.

Put up a poster of Jesus, Warden ain't throwing stones at that.
Posted by ruzil
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 12:04 am to
Goodfella's baw.
Posted by VinegarStrokes
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 12:35 am to
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Is Shawshank the best-aging movie of all time?


That's goddamned right

Posted by dbbuilder79
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 1:05 pm to
Would Kevin Costner have made the movie more, less, or the same of a classic?


Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 1:34 pm to
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I kind of think The Sandlot has aged well.


Hell yea it has.
Posted by Peazey
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 2:30 pm to
Can't really imagine anyone other than Tim Robbins playing Andy. Don't think Costner would have been as good.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 3:06 pm to
Hard to beat the Wizard of Oz.
Posted by VinegarStrokes
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 6:17 pm to
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Hard to beat the Wizard of Oz.


It's actually very easy to beat Wizard of Oz
Posted by Hope Seternal
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Posted on 10/6/18 at 6:35 pm to
Big Lebowski.
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