I just saw the Shawshank reddemption again, and boy is it GOOD! Everything from the story to the acting to the dialogue is supreme. The details such as the lighting, music, composition, editing, and even general color themes in shots are great too. Damn...

I know, it is a good movie, I was flipping through the channels one day and came across it on TBS and I just couldn't flip one more channel, because I was instantly hooked. But would you believe it's been voted the second greatest movie of all time, according to the Internet Movie Database? I mean, it's a good movie and all, but I don't know about that...

http://us.imdb.com/top_250_films

what was first?

The Godfather

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The Shawshank Redemption is a movie that people who don't know anything about movies think is the best movie in the world.

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Originally posted by Cyos:
The Shawshank Redemption is a movie that people who don't know anything about movies think is the best movie in the world.

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Ehhh, that's a pretty lame statement.

I know a lot about movies; sure, I don't know as much as you, Cyos, but to say that I we don't know anything because we think it's good?

I love the movie. I can watch it over and over, and the story still amazes me. I'm not saying you have to like it, I just wonder why you say that...Ah well...to each his own.

"Don't breathe or I'll kill you!"

what makes you say that, cyos?

I'm just saying that alot of people think it's the greatest movie EVER because they haven't seen many REALLY GOOD movies. I'm not trying to talk down to anyone, it's fine to like the movie. It's just that the general population leeches on to certain films, and "The Shawshank Redemption" is one of them.

Also, I'm not implying that by liking it, one has no knowledge of cinema, but rather that people with no knowledge of cinema like it.

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To be is to do - Socrates
To do is to be - Jean-Paul Sartre
Do be do be do - Frank Sinatra
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