3 famous "prison" movies
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Topic: 3 famous "prison" movies
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Subject: 3 famous "prison" movies
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 14:04
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A Clockwork Orange (10/10) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (9/10) The Shawshank Redemption (7/10)
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 14:26
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Shawshank is a classic.... ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 14:42
| A Clockwork Orange, although it's not exactly a prison movie. How about Papillon or Birdman of Alcatraz? Cuckoo and Shawshank are both decent, but killed by being overly simplistic. The two villains in Shawshank are obnoxiously one-dimensional, almost as much as the antagonist from The Green Mile. I'm don't think Darabont trusts his audience to understand conflict if there isn't an obvious villain waved in ones face. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 14:45
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Not really a prison movie, per se, but Cookoo is tops as was Nicholson. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 15:26
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I was expecting Midnight Express. Irregardless of prison movie labels, it's not that easy for me to choose between A Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Both of those films had a huge impact on me (enjoyed the books too). The Shawshank Redemption didn't affect me much. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 16:10
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Kiss of the Spider Woman and maybe Escape from Alcatraz ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 17:06
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The Green Mile Stir Crazy
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 17:22
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A Clockwork Orange (though not a "prison" movie). Timely and timeless! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 17:44
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I used the term "prison movie" just to ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: Kepler62
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 18:51
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Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 19:34
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is my pick. Shawshank is average at best. A Clockwork Orange is a disaster. How many books has Kubrick ruined? The Shining, 2001, A Clockwork Orange...I'm pretty sure Kubrick didn't understand the novel at all. It's so bad in fact that the message is actually the complete opposite of the book. Go read the novel, it's quite good. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 20:07
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^ This is the point. Kubrick was a true artist. He did not simply adapt novels for the big screen, he appropriated the source material to himself with his own perception of it and made something completely different out of it. ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 19 2017 at 20:25
I don't think that A Clockwork Orange was an easy one to translate to screen, and he did have his own vision for it. I've read the books/ stories that those Kubrick films were based on and I don't think he ruined any of them. With 2001 he collaborated with Clarke and based it on the short story The Sentinel. Later on Clarke wrote the novel of the same name which explained things more. I prefer the film version. The Sentinel is a fine short story, though not my favourite Clarke work. As for the Shining, yes King didn't like it for moving away from the supernatural elements and making lots of changes to the story, but I prefer the film version (and I love lots of Stephen King books). Stephen King had a miniseries made (wrote the teleplay) that was truer to his vision and I thought it poor. King has called Kubrick's The Shining the worst adaptation of any of his books, but it's by far the best that I've seen. It's not that faithful, but I don't see that as a negative. As for A Clockwork Orange, it is terrific novel, and I understand why Burgess didn't like the adaptation thinking that it glorified sexual violence. I don't see it like that. In all of those I like that Kubrick put his own slant on things, and one can both enjoy the books and the movies. Sometimes I don't get the furor that people make when adaptions are not very faithful as often I like to read the books and watch and enjoy that they are different. A good example for me would be Truffaut's version of Fahrenheit 451. Sometimes I don't like the changes they make.... As for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, of which I've also read the book, plenty of changes though the message did remain the same. Midnight Express, my prison pick not on the list was still a good film despite the liberties it took with the source material (which in itself was not that accurate). ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 20 2017 at 19:34
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Shaw ------------- |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 21 2017 at 01:10
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I don't consider Clockwork to be a prison movie... Neither is Cuckoo's Nest (it's an asylum) Midnight Express and Concrete Jungle are prison movies But Shawshank Redemption is one of the top Hollywood movie ever |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 21 2017 at 01:48
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Shawshank Redemption! Excellent film, although I've probably seen it enough now. The other two aren't prison films. My fave of the three overall though is Clockwork Orange. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 21 2017 at 09:37
Papillon...the best ever! -------------   
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: April 24 2017 at 05:00
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 24 2017 at 10:01
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Cuckoo's Nest out of these ones. A Man Escaped out of other ones.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 24 2017 at 10:31
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Clockwork ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 30 2017 at 00:17
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Cuckoo's Nest is horrible compared to the book & I never liked Shawshank so.. |
Posted By: Greys0n
Date Posted: May 09 2017 at 07:08
| don't know about prison movie but I know on awesome tv show Prison Break |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: July 27 2017 at 19:42
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I voted for clockwork orange, mostly because my recollections
of the other 2 aren't that fresh. I remember being impressed by Shawshank as it is much superior to S. King's novella of the same name on which it is loosely
based. |
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Date Posted: July 27 2017 at 20:39
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 28 2017 at 12:15
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Cuckoos Nest.....simply for Nicholson...., Clockwork is ok and Shawshank was a bit boring to me. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 28 2017 at 16:35
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