Redpill me on Shawshank Redemption. Is it really the best

>>79622008
It is because there virtually no female speaking roles.

>>79622024
the one female in it gets shot

how awful! 0/10! sexist film!

>>79622008
>>>>IMDB

>>79622008
No, it's overrated. But it's a safe-choice when a stranger asks you what's your favourite movie is. Pretty much the same with Godfather.

>>79622024
Really makes you think...
Not kidding. If there is a woman in a movie, it's almost always some love story involved. The characters do some rather stupid stuff because of muh loved ones and so on.
In womenless kinos the characters focus on their story and act accordingly, see Das Boot, Apollo 13 and so on.

>>79622093
Sorry dad Godfather is not a safe choice

>>79622144
Oh come on, it's in the same line with Green Mile, Forrest Gump, Shawshank, maybe Odyssey 2001. Movies that you call you favourite when you don't want to get into details why you enjoy Leaving Las Vegas or Irreversible.

>>79622144
It's safe because everyone has at least heard of it and knows something about it. Not even the biggest capeshit loving, RLM watching, Marvel pleb will call you pretentious.

>>79622144
nys

>>79622093
It's not overrated. It's a great movie. I'm tired of people implying actual great movies aren't great for shits and giggles.

>>79622240
And we are tired of you, cats, you boring cunt.

>>79622240
It's not bad, it's definitely in my top 100. But no way any reasonable film-maker or at least person that really enjoys movies and studies them calls it numero uno of all times.

>>79622302
Because those people have a silver spoon up their ass and have to be oh so different and special.

>>79622302
Arguing which great movie is the greatest of all time is pointless anyway.

>>79622008
>Is it really the best movie of all time?
Fuck no.

>>79622024
Good point.

I don't think it is the highest rated movie on imdb because that many people think it is the best movie of all time but rather because it's a movie everybody can agree on. It is not controversial. Almost nobody hates it. I might be wrong but I suspect The Return of the King for example has more 10 star ratings but also significantly more 1 star ratings by people who hate fantasy or fans of the book unhappy with the adaptation etc than Shawshank.

It is a great movie though, not gonna lie.

>taking the IMDB top 250 seriously.

the best movie ever made is La Dolce Vita, it's just a fact.

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>>79622365
Why do you do it every day, all day, then, cats?

Oh that's right. Your entire life is pointless. Wew.

>>79622418
Not even the best Fellini. That would be Nights of Cabiria.

>>79622418
Looks like it was shot on a 240p phone camera. Could Italians not afford good cameras?

>>79622008
It's a just hope movie. If are tired of living but still want to keep moving forward the movie gets you.

I don't understand how you can even possibly argue for it being the best of all time. It does nothing remarkable in terms of cinematography and it's an adaptation of a short story so it's not like the story itself is original or innovative. It's a solid flick and the ending is memorable, but this shouldn't be anywhere near anyone's number 1. Personally I don't even think it's the best Stephen King adaptation, Stand By Me is better.

>>79622008
>>red pill

KYS goes in all fields
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>>79622008
Of course not ya dingus.

It's a great film but I still think Seven Samurai and Blade Runner are the best ever made.

>>79622219
>>79622198
I get what you are saying but i think you underestimate the plebness of the majority of people
Plus what you said doesnt count for women

>>79622302
No because it doesn't exceed in any way other films, technically or writing wise

>>79622548
War and Peace doesn't innovate, yet it's the best book ever written.

>>79622719
meant for >>79622355

>>79622110
Isn't there a woman in Apollo 13? Tom Hanks wife or gf? I haven't seen in years, but I remember her doing that thing where she holds her thumb between her eye and the moon and imagines Tom up there

>>79622548
>It's an adaptation of a short story

Probably one of the worst arguments I've ever heard.

>It's a solid flick and the ending is memorable

Thanks for clearing that up.

>but this shouldn't be anywhere near anyone's number 1.

Please don't try to stipulate people's opinions. Especially when you come off like a tard.

>>79622760

Yeah and I'm pretty sure she drops her wedding ring down the shower drain.

>a fake argument with himself
>wew

>>79622240
It was well done, but you can find flaws if you nitpick. It's good enough to overlook those flaws, though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oPFXWXaDE

pure kino

>>79622024
>201X remake
>cheat wife is shown in a more sympathetic way
>add an extra female character (red's sister, wife, whatever)
>no best bros ending

>>79622110
Dude I friggin hate women! Damn them all to h*CK xD

>>79622008
Overrated as fuck, nothing too special

>>79622902
How would they change the homos?

This movie is really anti-gay desu.

>>79622355
People who are really into a medium are likely to have tastes that are different from more casual people. A person who's really into literature probably won't have Harry Potter is his favorite novel. A guy who's plays shitload video games is unlikely to consider Candy Crush his favorite. I don't think it's just snobbery at work here.

>>79622977
Yeah man, people who love literature are well known for hating Austen, Bronte, Tolkien and Dumas

>>79622922
Replace them with white people jailed for hate speech that beat him up for not voting Trump

>>79623177
Yeah, I doubt many people into actual literature would appreciate genre fiction

>>79623177
But LOTR movies are incredible(books are meh IMO) while Harry Potter franchise sucks dick as books and flicks.

>>79622008
It's the top rated on IMDB, so yes.

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>>79622922
The sisters are now a sympathetic group, the leader of which attempts to seduce Andy through gestures of kindness and listening to stories about the complex emotions he feels about the murder of his wife. He gives Andy the rock hammer, and when he finds out he won't be able to seduce him, he graciously accepts it.

After learning that Andy has escaped, the lead sister closes his eyes and puts his hands behind his head with a smirk on his face, as if to say "He really did it."

>>79623304
Yeah. It's #1 for a reason.

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>>79622008
>>79622024
It is for kinosseurs only

>>79623399
That's fucking adorable

>>79623399
>hee hee!
>Prawn Cocktail Chrisps

my heart....

>>79623399
>prawn cocktail crisps
into the trash it goes. absolutely disgusting

>>79623399
>mel gibson
>double dubs
Only emma confirmed

>>79622008
Did you just freshly immigrate from the shutdown IMDb forums or what? Do you also think Dark Knight and Fight Club are masterpieces?

>>79623177
>Bronte, Tolkien and Dumas
If literature is your main interest, then yes they are unlikely to considers works of these "the best" as per their personal choice.
I don't know why you call it "hating" though. Grow up.

>>79622093
Godfather is not overrated though

Literally the best film of all time.

>>79623399
>the third book is my favorite

First time Ive heard anyone other than myself who thinks this, marry me Emma