The Shawshank Redemption

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Escape from Alcatraz is my other favorite prison break movie.

Check out Papillon, if you haven't already. Another awesome prison break style movie.
 

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Doesn't make it less true. I think many people who watched the movie were aware that henri carriere was a real person
 

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Would you say it's the best of all time? One of the best? Overrated?

In my opinion, it is probably the best film I have seen and it gets better every time you watch it. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman and Bob Gunton are fabulous in their roles as Andy Dufresne, Red, and Warden Norton respectively. Not a wasted moment on screen. No film has moved me more than Shawshank has.

So much better than most of the crap that comes out today.

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

Was one of my favorites when I was young. It has some good messages. Its a bit more than what Ommy makes it out to be but sa sa.
 

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and what is that?

A bit more than bad guys = good guys and good guys = bad guys. Not to mention Red was a bad guy who did a bad thing, the movie was more about redemption then it was about the latter. I think the reason so many people like it is it shows the daily struggle we all go through dealing with situations in our lives. It shows it in a much more dramatic sense but it is there nonetheless.

As Andy says "Get busy living or get busy dying"

But my favorite quote is: "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
 
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Damn. Been a while since I've seen it. Going to have to watch is sometime this weekend. Thanks! Top ten of sho.
 

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I love the movie. Dunno where it ranks, but it's great regardless.
 

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Ummm...he was.

"I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but prison is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - prison life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh bruises. The Sisters kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not." -Red (narrating)

Sure, it wasn't American History X style vivid and explicit, but I thought they made it pretty clear.

Lol I know he was raped. I took my post from "Puff,puff, pass" Its a stoner movie. The guy loves Shawshank but never figured out Andy was raped. It was funny.
 

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Jerry Maguire is for betas bro.

Not true. It's the ultimate man movie.

It's got football, man conflicted with his life, a cute kid, a cute wife, making drastic decisions, great music oh and..

Bruce.
 

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Not true. It's the ultimate man movie.

It's got football, man conflicted with his life, a cute kid, a cute wife, making drastic decisions, great music oh and..

Bruce.

It's a chick flick disguised as a football movie...only betas can't pick up on that
 

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It's a chick flick disguised as a football movie...only betas can't pick up on that
That's just like, your really dumbass opinion, man.

Oh and btw Cameron Crowe is great, so your opinion is invalid.

Although I heard his new movie sucked.
 

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That's just like, your really dumbass opinion, man.

Oh and btw Cameron Crowe is great, so your opinion is invalid.

Although I heard his new movie sucked.

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