I watched it yesterday as a ****ty youtube upload. Nice to refresh my memory on it. The first 2/3's are very entertaining, but everything from when the new kid comes to prison drags a little bit. The ending is corny. It also goes to great lengths to show the inmates as these super cuddly-wuddly, colourful, loveable, quirky, huggable underdogs, while the prison guards are basically dehumanized and portrayed as monstrous. There's a few exceptions, but basically, I think the movie is quite lazy and dishonest about the fact that the main characters are supposed to be hardened criminals! Still, good movie, but no where near the best ever. According to me. Tim Robbins rules in the movie, though.

I think it's a phenomenal example of good filmmaking and think that anyone interested in film should definitely see it, but I agree that it's nowhere near the greatest. It used to be my favourite though.

My favourite Tim Robbons movie is The Player.

Great Morgan Freeman porn.

Watching Mystic River right now. Another amazing Robbins performance but Penn steals the show. The extras that played the cops trying to hold him down during "that scene", said afterwards that it really took every once of strength they had to do it because Penn was seriously losing his mind in the moment.

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I thought they tried to drown robbins. Not penn.

Oh. Ok.

Damn! I cliked the spoiler. Now why did I do that? I haven't even seen the movie. Probably should.

Forgot how ridiculously great this movie is. Next to Unforgiven, easily Eastwood's best. Penn won the Oscar for best actor and Robbins for best supporting actor. First movie to achieve that feat since Ben Hur in 1959.

Can't imagine any other actor nailing the intensity of Penn's performance in this. Runs the gamut of emotions and you empathize with him the entire way.

I don't remember this movie being good at all. Surprised it gets so much love.