Forcing People To Watch Films You Like..

So since being at uni, I think that everyone has been shown films that they wouldn't normally watch.
I tend to force Stacey (My halls flatmate) to watch films she'd normally think are rubbish and then we talk about them..
Recently I've forced her to watch Sweetest Thing..I don't think she liked that one very much..! Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back which to my surprise..she liked and was laughing throughout! Hook which I love and I think she liked... And last night I made her watch one of my favourite films from my childhood...Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)!


Now I love that film so much...some of it because it's amazing...some of it because it reminds me of my childhood!
Even the opening credits scene with the epic music and tapestry makes me excited! I had to hold back from quoting the film and saying things like "Oh I love this bit!" or "OOohhh...this bit is scary!"...some of you might wonder what part of Robin Hood is scary but the scene with the Celts really scares me!
Another thing is that Stacey doesn't like Kevin Costner so that always put her off the film...but she loves Morgan Freeman so it balanced it out for her I think.


Now it's safe to say that she definitely wasn't as excited about it as I was but I do think she liked some of it.. She said she expected it to be more Hollywood style...I suppose when I first watched it I was too young to think of anything like that..I was 1 when it came out and can't remember how old I was when I actually watched it. I think that it uses the setting of the forest really well and how Little John's men are poor is obviously a big part of the film and is done well, I think this is possibly what she thought would have been more Hollywood and although they were amazing when they happened - there wasn't that many explosions and big fight scenes!


I'm not even going to bother with the Russel Crowe one because I have no reason to doubt Kevin Costner's Robin Hood and I don't think that anyone could do a better job..!
People get annoyed that he has an American accent...I put it down to when he was travelling during the Crusades for 6 years..he would of picked up all sorts of accents..probably not an American one but it doesn't matter! And I've also been told that Russel Crowe's attempt at a Northern accent is so terrible that he might as well have not even tried..?


Now last night it was Stacey's turn to "force me" to watch a film...I put it in the bunny ears as although I hadn't seen the film before (much to all of my fellow Film Studies students and teacher's dismay..) I have never been against watching it..I've just never had the opportunity to watch it...So last night, after Robin Hood, we put on The Shawshank Redemption.
We only got halfway through as we were very tired but I did enjoy what I saw of it and will definitely watch the rest this evening and I may even blog about it...