Could have been great

Rating: 1/10 (13 January 2001)

I read the book-I love Shawshank when I saw it in the Theater (yes, I'm one of the 10 people who saw it.) This movie had promise.
I walked out-of the room where it was playing. A third of the way through I was really getting tired of them going over every point twice (in case I missed it). By the time the (unneeded) execution scene appeared I had enough. This scene was simply too graphic and tasteless, was not needed for any plot or character development and reinforced every idea that had been covered in the prior 'practice' scene.
Before you think I'm a prude -I've also seen Henry and Natural Born Killers without any problems.