Reacting to my FAVORITE Movie of ALL Time

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https://youtu.be/ Jct5Hq6JvTw

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Editor's Note: To see my pictures from my visit to Shawshank, see 2022-08-09-Trip to Mansfield, OH, to see The Shawshank Redemption Prison

18 Things You Somehow Missed In The Shawshank Redemption

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https://youtu.be/ tHQEimbxdRE

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20220831-Backlog of 69 Emails-36-Shawshank Redemption Reaction

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https://youtu.be/ Jct5Hq6JvTw

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Movies and Music and Youtube Videos

I have audio and video that I like to watch multiple times.

There's movies:

• Rudy
• The Shawshank Redemption
• A Few Good Men
• My Cousin Vinny
• The Star Wars movies
• The Lethal Weapon movies
• The Die Hard movies
• The MCU movies (not The Incredible Hulk, not Thor, not The Dark World, not Captain Marvel, but most others
• Any movie I've mentioned on another post on this blog, but not in this list

There's music:

• The Bayside albums
• The Metallica albums (including St. Anger, excluding Lulu)
• Count the Stars' Never be Taken Alive
• The Shinedown albums
• Dream Theater's A View from the Top of the World - probably the newest album on my list of repeatable albums

And now, I'm adding videos on YouTube

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Today, I'm adding these videos to the above list

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Gushing about TSS

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Best parts of the movie follow (SPOILER WARNING if you have not seen my all-time favorite movie)

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Warning! The Shawshank Redemption is rated R and, because of that, there are some adult words.

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Inkcarceration Looks AWESOME!

This looks SO awesome!

Want to know the sad thing about it? I don't know who would go with me to see this concert, other than Alex. It'd be a day-long drive to get to the concert. Also, I noticed that Cleveland, OH, which is where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is located, is under 2 hours away from this concert. Thus, to me, if I am that close to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it would make sense to go see that as well. Thus, if the concert is on a Friday - Saturday - Sunday, it would make sense to go through the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame prior to the concert. It'd be a neat plan to drive out to OH on Tuesday, July 9, going through the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday, July 10, and then driving to Mansfield, OH, on Thursday, July 11. Since it's a short drive between Cleveland and Mansfield, the rest of Thursday, July 11, could be a cushion to relax and rest up prior to the next 3 days. Part of the concert seems to be to tour the prison that the Shawshank Redemption movie was filmed, which is my favorite movie of all time.

Sounds like a great plan!

Featuring Shinedown, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, +Live+, Taking Back Sunday, Seether, Skillet and Many More

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Great SR Quote

My all-time favorite movie is "The Shawshank Redemption" - I cannot say for certain, but it's possible I've watched at least a part of this movie over 100 times.

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Context for above with one of my other favorite quotes - "I'll thump your skull for you."

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I'm not overstating my love affair with this movie.

Morgan Freeman

Not a War Movie Fan but...

I don't like the "great war movie" genre. For example, while I realize movies like "Platoon" and "Saving Private Ryan" - the movies that popped into my head after writing "great war movie" - are considered "great movies," war is just not a subject I want to watch in a movie. I'm not unpatriotic; I'm not delusional about what "war" is in the "real world." I just choose to not immerse myself in that specific genre. I'd rather watch a "Lethal Weapon" or a "Die Hard" or a "Indy Jones" or a "Star Wars" or "The Shawshank Redemption" before I watch a movie about war. And if the "war movie" is rated R, there's a less than zero chance I will be willing to go. That all said, I like the trailer for this movie - which is about war - and if I read the reviews and they're not describing gory battlefield scenes, I might consider going to see "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk."

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Best Movie EVER!

The other night, there was nothing on television so when I came across the best movie ever made, in my opinion, I watched it again. I have the movie on DVD and I know the majority of the dialog by heart. I don't care, though. This movie is my favorite.

Top 10 Movies I Do Not Envision EVER Getting Tired of Watching

And yes, as hard as it is to say, these are in order.

1. Any of the Star Wars movies (yes, including Episodes I-III)
2. Any of the Lethal Weapon (yes, even IV)
3. Any of the Indiana Jones movies (yes, including Kingdom Skull)
4. Any of the Die Hard movies
5. Breakfast Club
6. Rudy
7. Hoosiers
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
10. National Lampoon's Vacation (original)