The Shawshank Redemption

[Yuwipi Woman]

there are plenty of films that benefit from not having steven segal in them. i'm not sure that's a valid assurance of quality though.

I have a rating system that works for me. I call it the Pawn shop score. If you go to a pawn shop and check out how many copies of a movie they have in stock, then subtract that number from 10, you get a reliable rating.

 

[Orang Utan]

i'm 'watching' GI Joe right now on Film 4. It has an insane amount of helicopter explosions in it. A reliable barometer for shitness, I find.

 

[Belushi]

As Hollywood schmaltz goes it isn't bad, but never had the desire to watch it again.

 

[krtek a houby]

Dances With Wolves remade in neon and glitter.

DWW is another bloke film that (for me) tugs at the heartstrings. Something about adventure, the frontier and loss of a way of life. Swingers and Withnail & I also leave me profoundly moved.

 

[Orang Utan]

Swingers? WTF?

 

[Belushi]

Kevin Costner

 

[Belushi]

Swingers? WTF?

I enjoyed it at the time but dont remember being moved

 

[krtek a houby]

I enjoyed it at the time but dont remember being moved

I think I could relate to trying to get back out there after a relationship ended. Certainly that scene where Favreau leaves one too many messages on a would be date's phone had me grimacing and cracking up at the same time!

 

[Orang Utan]

I enjoyed it at the time but dont remember being moved

it's just a bunch of assholes (not arseholes) larking about in las vegas being cads.

 

[krtek a houby]

Kevin Costner

Yeah but I likes The Untouchables, too. Doesn't make me a Costner fan. Does it?

 

[Belushi]

How do you feel about Waterworld?

 

[Orang Utan]

No Way Out is good. I think. I saw it ages ago.

 

[krtek a houby]

How do you feel about Waterworld?

Damp

 

[Orang Utan]

How do you feel about Waterworld?

I quite enjoyed it. I quite enjoyed The Postman too. I'm quite forgiving of post-apocalyptic films though.

 

[Belushi]

No Way Out is good. I think. I saw it ages ago.

Is that the one where it turns out he s the soviet spy? If so its the only one of his I've really enjoyed.

 

[Belushi]

I quite enjoyed it. I quite enjoyed The Postman too. I'm quite forgiving of post-apocalyptic films though.

Oh get a grip, it was fucking dire

 

[krtek a houby]

Actually, come to think of it - I quite like JFK (barmy theories aside) and the baseball movie

 

[Orang Utan]

Is that the one where it turns out he s the soviet spy? If so its the only one of his I've really enjoyed.

yeah, and he bangs sean young in a limo

 

[Orang Utan]

Actually, come to think of it - I quite like JFK (barmy theories aside) and the baseball movie

me too. a perfect world was enjoyable too, if as schmaltzy as shawshank

 

[Belushi]

yeah, and he bangs sean young in a limo

It's got Gene Hackman who is always quality.

 

[krtek a houby]

me too. a perfect world was enjoyable too, if as schmaltzy as shawshank

Vaguely remember it, Eastwood directed iirc

 

[Bakunin]

there are plenty of films that benefit from not having steven segal in them. i'm not sure that's a valid assurance of quality though.

True. It's rather like saying that a nicely cooked Sunday roast is better than it otherwise would be, simply because nobody squatted over the table and dropped their guts into it.