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Really? I don't think I know anyone with passionate feelings about Shawshank.
I think it's one of those feel-good classics that people who aren't into movies actually buy. If I know someone who owns just a dozen or so movies, that is usually one of them. It's like Forrest Gump that way.
I love Forrest Gump, though.
I haven't seen Shawshank. I had no interest.
(It's right up there with admitting you thought Bull Durham was a tiresome bore.)
You know, Sports Movies with a Side of Romance are, like, my One True Movie style. My Desert Island Discs would include The Cutting Edge, Dodgeball, A Knight's Tale, and Men With Brooms. I can't help it. They stir something in me.
That said?
Bull Durham bored the crap out of me.
Though I do have a sick fondness for Tin Cup.
Gee, I really love Shawshank! That's one of my can't-click-past-it-on-TV movies, even though I own the anniversary DVD (the one with all the bells and whistles on it). I cry at the end of that movie almost every time, and think that Red's final voiceover monologue ("I hope the Pacific is as blue as it is in my dreams. I hope.") is one of the best last lines ever.
I love Forrest Gump, though.
I lot of people love it. I hate it with the passion of a thousand burning suns, but I actually really like Shawshank so what do I know?
My Desert Island Discs would include The Cutting Edge, Dodgeball, A Knight's Tale, and Men With Brooms. I can't help it. They stir something in me. [snip] Though I do have a sick fondness for Tin Cup.
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I like Shawshank and Bull Durham, but I don't watch them all that often.
I'm with Megan on Forrest Gump. And don't get me started on the accents in that one.
I didn't like Shawshank all that much, either, but it's one of my wife's favorites (along with The Fifth Element, a movie that makes me want to claw out my eyes), so I've seen it more times than I care to admit. I don't much like Bull Durham, either, for the record.
My favorite parts of Bull Durham involve either Susan Sarandon or the other team members (the ones that aren't Nuke or Crash).
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Okay, but leave me some Molly Parker!
The Shawshank Redemption is my second favourite movie on that list, followed reasonably closely by Star Wars and preceded by A Clockwork Orange.
Those are not sacred cows at all, I agree. Put Casablanca on the list, or something. Those are just movies.