Shawshank Redemption
again.
Clearly still the greatest film ever made.
( Stoopiduk is the waterboatman., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:46, archived)

Get out.

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:47, archived)

Get bent.

( Stoopiduk is the waterboatman., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:47, archived)

You are wrong.

( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:49, archived)

Mykey doesn't like films that aren't all "BANG WHOOSH".
I think he particularly likes the muscular Austrian male lead.
( Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:50, archived)

I'm sure you don't think that 'The Shawshank Redemption' is the best film ever made though.

( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:52, archived)

No.
But it is a good film. It just doesn't stand up to repeated watching.
( Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:53, archived)

What is your choice oh great one?
and it stands up to repeated watching just fine I'll have you know. But then I suppose that depends on whether you like it in the first place.
( Stoopiduk is the waterboatman., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:57, archived)

It's a good story, well executed.
I've only seen it a couple of times and I wouldn't mind seeing it again, but I get what Bud's saying here. It just doesn't have the same raw entertainment factor of technically much worse films like Raiders of the Lost Ark or Ghostbusters. I could watch those every year.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:09, archived)

I thought it was quite sickly sweet
Must confess I didn't like it much at all.
( Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:23, archived)

It is a bit sentimental,
but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's hardly a chick flick.

Films that are both good, AND I could watch over and over include:
Brazil
Goodfellas
The Shining
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:28, archived)

The Shining, yes.
The other two, no.

Brazil is silly. The first time I saw it I thought it was really good. The second time I saw it, I sat cringing throughout it.

This is the difference made by ten years between viewings.
( Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:31, archived)

It has a certain BBC productions look to it,
and yes, it is a bit silly. Well that's Terry Gilliam for you, Monty Python's darker side. I was torn between that and Twelve Monkeys, which is certainly more professionally produced but lacks the quirky visualisation element that I quite enjoy.

What's wrong with Goodfellas?
(I was reminded of it by a picture in a charity shop window the other day - one dog looks one way, the other dog looks the other way)
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:35, archived)

It is a sub-standard pizza
However still better than Chicago Town
( Malaka omdz, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:38, archived)

The only thing wrong with Goodfellas is that I've seen it about 10 times.
And the woman has seen it way more than that, due to some sort of essay written about it at some point. So neither of us feel the need to see it again any time soon.
( Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:39, archived)

yeah ok,
10 times is quite a lot. I've seen Star Wars more than that, mind you, and that never gets dull, but then that doesn't try to be clever in any way, it's all ZAP! and massive spaceships.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:42, archived)

Try watching that and Million Dollar Baby back to back.
I think it might kill you.
( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:48, archived)

haha
stools.
( Stoopiduk is the waterboatman., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:56, archived)

bullshit
black rights and all that

the only redemption they should get is in the fires of white man HELL

starship troopers is clearly supreme
( Barry Chuckle III - the troll with a soul., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:19, archived)