Hoop Dreams was also outstanding
1994 Best Picture Poll
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Would love this comment if i could. My single favorite performance ever. EVVVVEEEERYONNNNNE!
Lots of times the best actor and actress nominations/wins are about honoring a career not a particular performance. He simply got squeezed out.
His performances from True Romance to Leon... awesome. Two of my favorite characters ever
Loved him in True Romance. The Darkest Hour which he was good in reality was to honor his career. Oscar's are very elitist. I know shocking and view things as if u need to wait your turn.
I remember from his autobiography, that Red was Malcolm X’s nickname, due to the reddish tint to his hair.
I have never sat down to watch Shawshank start to finish.
My favorite from that list is Pulp. However, i can see how Shawshank would objectively be seen as a better film.
Sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks.
I'm partial to Shawshank. Everything from the escape through the shit pipe during the storm to Red & Andy's reunion on the Mexican beach at the end was magical.
To me, Shawshank gets better each time I see it, just like Wayne/Ford's "The Searchers".
Gary Oldman was perfect as Beethoven in 'Immortal Beloved' and the music was beyond compare.
I weep when I compare these 1994 movies to what is put out there in recent years.
Well Dumb and Dumber it was really strange when they killed Jim Carey 5 minutes into the movie.
I picked Pulp. Ground-breaking, great movie. But if both were on at the same time, I'm watching Shawshank without a moment's hesitation.
I voted Pulp Fiction, but Shawshank was close. I first went to Pulp Fiction by myself as the fiancé (no pic) didn't want to see it. After enjoying it immensely, I made it my personal crusade to get others to go so I could witness their reactions during various scenes. I saw it in the theater eight times.
I will respectfully disagree. I wanted to blow my brains out after that movie. Awful.
I just do not understand the infatuation with "Shawshank." Decent movie. Period.
I voted Pulp Fiction but Shawshank was very close.
The real question is how could my wife and I take our then 12 year old daughter to see Pulp Fiction. I don't follow the movies but my wife does and whatever made her think that was good we'll never know.
Several times I looked at my wife and daughter to see if they had any reaction, but there was none. Later in the car, I ask my daughter if she had any thing she wanted to talk about. She did, on the top of her mind was putting the movie scenes into the correct order. I knew then and there that she could handle a lot more than what I had given her credit for.
The real question is how could my wife and I take our then 12 year old daughter to see Pulp Fiction. I don't follow the movies but my wife does and whatever made her think that was good we'll never know.
Several times I looked at my wife and daughter to see if they had any reaction, but there was none. Later in the car, I ask my daughter if she had any thing she wanted to talk about. She did, on the top of her mind was putting the movie scenes into the correct order. I knew then and there that she could handle a lot more than what I had given her credit for.
You could just hire my neighbor across the street. He apparently has skills.
Is that on the standard 0 to 30 movie rating scale or are using some weird rating that nobody else uses?
I really, really liked Shawshank Redemption but when I walked out of the theater after Forrest Gump, I thought to myself; that is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I grew up in that same time era and the sound track really connected with me, so that may have something to do with it.
I also saw Pulp Fiction and can't say I was all that impressed with it.
What was the other one again?
