Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2005)

This particular movie is the absolute best ever and should be rated #1 of all times.
With all the pages of comments that have been posted on this site; I will not even attempt to add to the eloquence of the previous comments.
I have noticed that many people have posted that they did not see this movie in the theaters. I would not even watch the movie on VHS as my wife and children begged me to take a look at the film.
The title did not appeal to me and I did not understand the title. I don't particularly like any prison movies. I just would not watch the film and I was probably watching ten movies per week at that time.
I finally watched when one night; I could find nothing appealing in the video store. From that moment in 1997; I've probably watched the movie about 20 times per year for the last eight years.
People refer to all the "classics" as being such masterpieces; but, I disagree. "Citizen Kane", "Some Like It Hot", "African Queen", Casablanca", "Godfather" and all the others can not compete with anything about this movie.