The Shawshank Redemption...

[dusken]

Does anyone else love this movie? I have seen it many times and it never gets tiring. There are very few Stephen King movies that I like and this is one of them. As a matter of fact, I think the only other one is "The Shining".

The way the warden abuses his power just because he can is very frustrating.

[loseyourname]

Great movie. Hope springs eternal.

Another King movie I liked is Stand By Me.

[Darorinag]

I've seen it a long time ago, only remember the last bit.

[dusken]

I used to like "The Dead Zone" but I think I was trying to like it because Cronenberg directed it. I saw it again a few months ago and thought it was very mediocre. I like Pennywise in "It" but the rest of it is terrible. I still cannot really think of another King movie I like. "Stand By Me" does not do it for me. I do not like Reiner.

[Hogg]

Damn, I had no idea Stand by Me was written by King. It's in my Netflix queue so I'll see it soon.

Shawshank's great. I didn't know it was King either until I saw it again for the first time in years a couple weeks ago.

[jilbagh]

have you read it? its a bit different

[Anonymouse]

I like the movie The Satanist Diaries played by Arvestaked Dusken, underrated imo.

[sSsflamesSs]

Dusken, I'm curious to know how you got unbanned.

But yea, Shawshank is super duper cool!


Which brings me to my next point...sort of.

I watched an old French film the other day, starring Alain Delon (hot! hot! hot!), in which he's a good guy that accidentally gets unknowingly involved in the mob. He helps out a guy that's been shot by the bad guys, and takes him to the hospital, after which, he becomes a danger to these guys, and needs to be eliminated. The whole movie involves him escaping certain death time and time again, so simply put, his life becomes hell. After he finally feels that things have settled down, and its in the past, and you, the viewer, feel the same way *BAM* he gets shot and come rolling the credits.

I can't remember the last time a saw anything but a happy ending in an American film...so unnatural.

[spiral]

Don't you love sad endings?

it gives the movie so much more impact.

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Speaking of good movies. Two movies I loved were- Gold Rush- the scene where Charlie Chaplin is eating his shoe is just tooo damn good!

and_

The best years of our lives- Very good movie.

[Siggie]

*whispers to dusken* havn't seen this one either... add it to my list.