Shawshank Redemption

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    thetykester Well-Known Member

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    On BBC i player if you haven't seen it. You'll not be disappointed. 10/10.
     
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    Bizarre that it was a flop at the Cinema, yet to speak to anyone who has watched that and not enjoyed it.
     
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    One of the best and one I could watch many times
     
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    Watched ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ last week. As weird as it gets. Still can't work out whether I liked it or not.
     
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    Me too very odd to say the least
     
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    Great film is Shawshank. Also The Green Mile.
     
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    I don't get Shawshank. I find it trite, mawkish garbage but I realise I'm in a very small minority.
     
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    It is odd. The acting is brilliant and the scenery breathtaking though. Mostly filmed on Achill Island off County Mayo in the west of Ireland. Well worth a visit.
     
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    I enjoyed it but see where you are coming from.
    I would be interested to know your opinion of The Handmaid's Tale.
    My own personal view is it is uncomfortable viewing but a modern day equivalent of Schindler's list in that it should mandatory viewing for each generation as a salutory lesson in what can go wrong if Govts are taken over by zealots driven by ideology and/or religion. Schindler's list did get a little too sentimental at the end, something which THT does not and at times, given many of the things depicted are actually happening in the real World in places like Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan Russia, is very harrowing and disturbing.
     
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    I really like the Handmaid's Tale, not an easy watch though...
     
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    I agree. Designer middle brow tosh. Flawed plot.. :eek:
     
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