25-02-2020, 11:20 AM
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Re: The best film ever made ?
Originally Posted by bakerman
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I found it interesting that warden "Hadley" , is spite of his professed Christianity, was the ultimate evil. Ironically, far more evil than any of the inmates. A half dozen times during the film, warden "Hadley" made reference to his Christianity. two interesting segments of the film were the needle-point sign on his wall; "His judgement cometh and that right soon". This foretold a judgement, but at the time we did not suspect that the judgement was to be warden "Hadley's" judgement.
And when Hadley went rushing to his safe and opened up what he thought was the record of his laundered scheming, it turned out to be The Holy Bible. First, Hadley saw a note from Andy saying, "Warden, You were right. Salvation lay within". He next flipped though The Bible and it opened onto the book, "Exodus"
25-02-2020, 11:46 AM
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Re: The best film ever made ?
"Shawshank" and "The Green Mile" are two of my favourite films and they are certainly the two best adaptations of Steven King's work ever made. I'm not sure whether "Shawshank" is the best movie ever, though. There are so many amazing movies to pick from and it is such a subjective choice. At present, having watched it again over the weekend, I would say that "Casablanca" would be my choice, but tomorrow it might be something completely different.
25-02-2020, 11:47 AM
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I saw it recently for the first time and thought it was a great film. Is it the best ever made?.... not sure about that. I think it is one of those film where once you know the ending (the twist) you don't need to see it again for a long long time.There is a film which I would happily watch once a week for the rest of my life and that is 'Apollo 13'. Ok, so we know the story but the direction (Ron Howard) is superb. A close second is 'Zulu'.
25-02-2020, 12:04 PM
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Shawshank is definitely up there at the top of the best films I've ever seen along with Green Mile.I have to say though as much as I enjoyed Shawshank, Hacksaw Ridge was up there at the top too, true story too. The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds.
I can HIGHLY recommend that movie if you haven't seen it.
25-02-2020, 09:05 PM
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Re: The best film ever made ?
Originally Posted by Lion Queen
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Shawshank is definitely up there at the top of the best films I've ever seen along with Green Mile.I have to say though as much as I enjoyed Shawshank, Hacksaw Ridge was up there at the top too, true story too. The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds.
I can HIGHLY recommend that movie if you haven't seen it.
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