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Shawshank was on tonight
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:00 am
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:00 am
I've stated my disdain for it before, decided to give it another chance. Still don't like it. Glacial pace, characters were not believable.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:12 am to Jim Rockford
It's a free country. I thought it should have won the Oscar over Forrest Gump.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:19 am to Jim Rockford
Arent you that guy that doesnt like Lebowski either?
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:22 am to GregMaddux
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Arent you that guy that doesnt like Lebowski either?
No, big fan of Lebowski.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:26 am to Jim Rockford
Okay. If there was a person who didnt like shawshank or Lebowski, they shouldnt be allowed to post here
Posted on 1/25/12 at 1:35 am to Jim Rockford
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Shawshank
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Still don't like it
Posted on 1/25/12 at 2:26 am to spearmint
my personal favorite movie of all time.... but to each there own
Posted on 1/25/12 at 4:55 am to Jim Rockford
I understand your comments about the pace...but not being able to make a connection with the actors is extremely hard to understand. All of them or mainly just Dufresne? Because there are times I think Tim Robbins is a little "fakey" but not in this one.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 5:15 am to StormTiger
They just didn't sell me on being hardened convicts, even Morgan Freeman, whom I like in just about everything else he's done. I should also admit here that I just don't like Stephen King's storytelling. He seems a decent guy and I'd probably like to have a beer with him. But I don't care for his style or the way it translates to the screen.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 6:29 am to Jim Rockford
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I've stated my disdain for it before, decided to give it another chance. Still don't like it. Glacial pace, characters were not believable.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 7:30 am to Jim Rockford
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They just didn't sell me on being hardened convicts, even Morgan Freeman, whom I like in just about everything else he's done. I should also admit here that I just don't like Stephen King's storytelling. He seems a decent guy and I'd probably like to have a beer with him. But I don't care for his style or the way it translates to the screen.
This wasn't fricking Oz. This was a prison back in the 40s. Of course these guys seem tame compared to what we see regarding prisons today.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 7:36 am to ocelot4ark
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This wasn't fricking Oz. This was a prison back in the 40s. Of course these guys seem tame compared to what we see regarding prisons today.
A big part of Mark Carleton's LA history course at LSU was the Louisiana prison system. Things were much, much worse then than now. Granted, Shawshank is in Maine, but still..
Posted on 1/25/12 at 8:26 am to Jim Rockford
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Still don't like it.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 8:31 am to Jim Rockford
quote:LOL WUT?
I've stated my disdain for it before, decided to give it another chance. Still don't like it. Glacial pace, characters were not believable.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 8:34 am to Jim Rockford
My favorite movie of all time and one of the first movies I've ever purchased.
I understand that some movies aren't for everyone, but I still can't see how someone just flat out dislikes SR.
I understand that some movies aren't for everyone, but I still can't see how someone just flat out dislikes SR.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 8:37 am to Jim Rockford
it's one of those movies that i can't understand someone not liking. i hate that for you
Posted on 1/25/12 at 8:39 am to Jim Rockford
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Louisiana
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Maine
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but still..
No, not really. Maine, I would imagine, is the polar opposite of Louisiana.
Posted on 1/25/12 at 8:40 am to Flair Chops
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it's one of those movies that i can't understand someone not liking.
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