I went to see a great movie this weekend, it really got to me and since then I can't stop thinking about it.
I might go see it. What did you like about it?
It was a great thinking movie, it sort of reminded me of the Shawshank Redemption.
I have never seen the Shawshank Redemption, but I love movies that make you think. Have you seen any of the recent comic movies, I was thinking to see Joker, Suicide Squad, and maybe rent some of the Iron Man movies.
I haven't spent much time watching comic style movies, I don't tend to like the extended fight scenes in them. I have noticed that the fight scenes seem to drag on like those in Transformer movies.
I agree, but I love Comics so I think I'll go check them out, tell me about Shawshank Redemption though, I have never heard of it.
It's great! It's about a man who was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and it shows his struggles as he learns to live in prison.
That doesn't sound like a thinking movie, doesn't sound very deep at all.
Acutally it is, it's based on him getting to know a group of the inmates and growing a friendship with them.
Are the inmates all gangsters and killers too?
No, actually they are a variety of petty criminals, and some that have been in the jail so long from some crimes they committed when they were young.
So what sort of troubles does he have in prison?
He tries to make the lives of the inmates better, he spends time and effort finding ways to get a library in the prison so they can get their GED, and he gets to know the warden pretty well, even though the warden is sort of a jerk.
What was the best part?
To me, I loved watching the main character's humanity show through despite the trouble and the lack of freedom he has. He used his intelligence to gain access to the warden's books and eventually that leads to the warden's downfall.
That sounds great
It was, I won't tell you the end but I definitely felt good when I saw how it ended.
I'll have to go check it out, maybe I'll rent it this weekend.