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post #1 of 32
1/2/13 at 5:55pm
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A guy on a radio station I listen to has verbed "The Shawshank Redemption." It works like this: You're skimming over the TV, when you come across a movie. It doesn't matter where in the movie it is, it doesn't matter what else you're watching, it doesn't matter what time it is...you HAVE to watch it the rest of the way. Shawshank is that movie for many, many people...so whenever this happens to him, he says, "(Title of movie) Shawshanked me last night!!"

What movie(s) Shawshanks you?

The first one that comes to mind for me is "Oceans 11" with Clooney et al.
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post #2 of 32
1/2/13 at 6:21pm
Terminator
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post #3 of 32
1/2/13 at 6:26pm
usually Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski or Caddy Shack are consistent shawshankers with me.
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post #4 of 32
1/2/13 at 7:46pm
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The Godfather I or II
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post #5 of 32
1/2/13 at 7:54pm
Can't watch anything twice.
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post #6 of 32
1/2/13 at 8:27pm
A Single Man, GodFather 1 & 2, Gladiator, The Odd Couple.
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post #7 of 32
1/3/13 at 6:20am
Most Scharzenegger, Carrey, Alien, Lord of the Rings
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post #8 of 32
1/3/13 at 6:53am
Most of the films from my favorite movies lists- from previous posts, on the rare occasions when they being aired on any channel.
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post #9 of 32
1/3/13 at 7:50am
Other than Shawshank, which Shawshanked me the other week actually, many of the Star Wars movies, Cliffhanger, Predator, Total Recall, you get the idea. I do appreciate more, uh, respectable films...just can't watch them on TV with commercials. You can semi-pay attention to cheesy movies and still enjoy them.
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post #10 of 32
1/3/13 at 9:32am
Bladerunner
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post #11 of 32
1/3/13 at 9:41am
Godfather Trilogy
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
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post #12 of 32
1/3/13 at 9:42am
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usually Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski or Caddy Shack are consistent shawshankers with me.


+1 for Pulp Fiction!! A masterpiece!!
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post #13 of 32
1/3/13 at 9:51am
Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.
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post #14 of 32
1/3/13 at 10:18am
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There's nothing wrong with watching a movie more than once or twice.... in response to the topic, Back to the Future, Pleasantville, LOTR are just some of the movies that come to mind. Excellent movies, IMO.



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post #15 of 32
1/3/13 at 10:33am
Agree with the Back to the Future & Star Wars (original) trilogies. Absolute classics! Also love the Diehard movies.
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post #16 of 32
1/3/13 at 10:53am
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Thought of another one: The Bourne Identity.
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post #17 of 32
1/13/13 at 7:49am
Might television shows qualify? Whenever I run across Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns I am totally sucked in, even if it's my least favorite episode/season/story arc. And even though I own the entire 7 seasons on DVD and have watched them all the way through 3x. *sheepish grin*

ETA: For that matter, anything by Joss Whedon seems to have that effect on me.

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Oh, also LOTR & Pulp Fiction, for sure.

And Kevin Costner baseball movies: Bull Durham, Field of Dreams...
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post #18 of 32
1/13/13 at 8:07am
Got Shawshanked by Shawshank a couple of days ago!
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post #19 of 32
1/13/13 at 11:16am
There are so many! But the few that come to mind:

Wedding Crashers - I'm just living the dream
Anchorman - Sex Panther by Odion
The Hangover - Leslie Chow!
Oceans 11 - Don't think I have ever seen this from the start
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post #20 of 32
1/13/13 at 11:21am
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Shawshanked by Back to the Future (I actually DVR'ed since it was shown past midnight while I was sleeping... it still counts right?)




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post #21 of 32
1/13/13 at 5:31pm
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Shawshanked by Back to the Future (I actually DVR'ed since it was shown past midnight while I was sleeping... it still counts right?)2722

Nah. Now if you had decided to stay up and watch it even though you had planned on going to bed, it would've been. As it stands, you just recorded a movie to watch at a more convenient time. Shawshanking throws your timetable and convenience under the bus.
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post #22 of 32
1/13/13 at 9:14pm
Erin Brochovich and Miss Congeniality.
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post #23 of 32
1/19/13 at 9:38am
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Nah. Now if you had decided to stay up and watch it even though you had planned on going to bed, it would've been. As it stands, you just recorded a movie to watch at a more convenient time. Shawshanking throws your timetable and convenience under the bus.


Agreed I've been Shawshanked by the Shawshank STORY. Grabbed a Stephen King book to read before bed...it has four novellas in it. The first? Shawshank. Didn't know that when I grabbed it
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post #24 of 32
1/19/13 at 8:32pm
Field of Dreams
Last of the Mohicans
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Several Will Ferrell flicks...
Talladega Nights
Step Brothers
Anchorman
etc.
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post #25 of 32
1/20/13 at 9:45pm
Offhand these are the ones that come to mind. The ones I must avoid even catching a glimpse of if I want to hit the sack by midnight!

Westerns:

The Quick and The Dead---Great popcorn flick
Tombstone--Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, Kurt Russel as Wyatt Earp

War Flicks:

Gettysburg---Great ensemble cast
Patton---George C Scott
Downfall--Bruno Ganz
300---Sparta, steroids, Frank Miller, and more popcorn


Historical Dramas

The Miracle Worker---Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke
A Man for All Seasons--Paul Scofield
Becket----Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole
The Lion in Winter----Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn--THE BEST!

Film Noir:

Rounders----Matt Damon
Sexy Beast----Ghandi
The Hit--John Hurt
Sunset Blvd---Billy Wilder
The Third Man--Orson Welles
Kill Bill 1&2---Terentino


Mystery/Suspense:

Strangers on a Train--Hitchcock
North by Northwest---Hitch again
The Name of The Rose--Sean Connery
The Hunt for Red October--Sean Connery
Murder on The Orient Express--Albert Finney
Witness for The Prosecution----Charles Laughton
Dr. Strangelove----Kubrick.

Sci-Fi:

The Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek (2009)


Comedies:

The Producers--Gene Wilder
Young Frankenstein--Gene Wilder
Mad Wednesday---Harold Lloyd
Some Like it Hot---Well, nobody's perfect.


Cheers,

Mario
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post #26 of 32
1/23/13 at 6:24pm
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^^Wow!!

I think I have to add another: Iron Man. I'm not totally there yet, but it's ALWAYS on FX, and I find myself stopping there more and more.
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post #27 of 32
1/23/13 at 7:23pm
This Is Spinal Tap
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post #28 of 32
1/23/13 at 8:29pm
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Shawshanked by U.S. Marshals (Action/Crime/Thriller, 1998) - Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr.




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post #29 of 32
1/30/13 at 12:59pm
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Had to laugh...was Shawshanked by Shawshank last week. Only 30 minutes left in the movie, but I had to watch it. Then--and this is the point of the thread--was Shawshanked by Shawshank again the NEXT NIGHT. Caught it about 30 minutes into it this time.
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post #30 of 32
1/30/13 at 4:28pm
Shawshanked by Lethal Weapon 3
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post #31 of 32
2/5/13 at 10:38am
I'm a sucker for The Lord of The Rings trilogy.
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post #32 of 32
2/5/13 at 4:05pm
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Shawshanked by The Guardian (Action/Adventure/Drama, 2006) - Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward




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