The best movie I have ever seen!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2003)

I saw 5 minutes of this movie once when it was on TV and didn't really think much of it. When it was on again and there was nothing else on i decided to sit down and watch it. I was absolutely astounded. I have never been so touched by a movie in my life. The script, directing, acting, effects. absolutely everything in this movie was perfect.Firstly the story was terrific and not complicated and Frank Darabont produced a terrific script that should have won an Oscar along with his terrific direction. The acting was utterly superb. every single actor and actress in this movie were terrific. These included Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael Jeter, David Morse, Bonnie hunt and many more. However out of them all the 2 actors that touched me the most were Jeter and Duncan. I heard never seen Michael Clarke Duncan in another movie before until i saw this and he produced the best performance i have ever seen an actor give! How he did not win the Oscar for it, i will never know but i can assure you he gave the best performance an actor could give. Michael Jeter also came over my predictability as Del. i had only seen him in JP3 in a smaller part but he was excellent and made his character touching and had a heart even though he had comitted a murder. I believe his character was designed for a much smaller part but Jeter made him so much better and gave him the heart he had.I am very sad to hear about his death very recently i will greatly miss him as he had a terrific talent and although he was not very well known his performance in this movie will never be forgotten ( at least by me anyway!). Tom Hanks and David Morse are also excellent as the security guards and are brilliant throughout the movie.
Overall this movie showed me that all these smaller actors like David Morse, Michael Jeter and especially Michael Clarke Duncan can act brilliantly even though they are not as famous or well known as Hanks and others. However he heart of this movie comes from believing miracles can happen. I didn't really but after seeing this movie i was always believe in miracles.
Frank Darabont has produced a wonderful classic that should never be forgotten and should be watched by every person with a heart and who has some beliefs. Or someone who doesn't it doesn't matter! After watching this movie i can assure you that you will have second thoughts.
Not to be missed. 10/10