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ghostman
Joined: 18 May 2006
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Originally posted by cinemaKid:
... how would you rate this movie? I get the impression that you liked the movie, but ... would you call it a modern classic? Good entertainment? Insightful? Touching?
A movie has to be really great for me to refer to it as a modern classic. On that note, it's probably more like a well-done PBS documentary.
It was insightful to me, because I thought all prisons were running rampant with maniacs. Apparently, that's only in the Los Angeles county prisons. Maybe even New York.
Is it touching? Yes, most of the members from the featured cast have been in prison for almost all their lives. On one hand, they want to leave but on the other hand, they'd rather stay because they've accomplished so much more in prison.
Entertainment-wise, I wasn't hootin' and hollerin'. It's a steadily paced educational documentary. You learn something, but at the same time, it's not one of those overwhelmingly boring history productions.
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Moelman
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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It does indeed sound interesting. If I ever get a chance to watch it, I'll check it out.
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cinemaKid
Joined: 22 Mar 2005
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Originally posted by ghostman:
Is it touching? Yes, most of the members from the featured cast have been in prison for almost all their lives. On one hand, they want to leave but on the other hand, they'd rather stay because they've accomplished so much more in prison.
Entertainment-wise, I wasn't hootin' and hollerin'. It's a steadily paced educational documentary. You learn something, but at the same time, it's not one of those overwhelmingly boring history productions.
Just watched this film, and I find that the film is rather depressing. While these actors committed horrible crimes, it seems that most of them have no future outside of the prison. One guy believed that he was going to get out within months, but ... his parole was denied. A couple of guys went up for parole, but they were denied. From what I heard the story in the film, one guy ended up taking someone's life as a result of self defense, but he has no chance of getting lighter sentence because he can't afford a good lawyer to defend him.
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