Hope is a good thing :)

Rating: 10/10 (29 February 2008)

Hope is a good thing - this is the best quote for me from the movie. When I am depressed, I watch this movie, and there is not a single time I have not felt good.
From the very first scene, with a drunk and disturbed Andy, to the last scene, with a free and relieved Andy - I enjoy all the moments. You don't watch some movies, but you start feeling them, and believe me, it is one of them. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are exceedingly good in this movies and so is the storyline. Some of the best moments of the movie are - Andy winning beer for his co-workers (yes, Andy refers to his prison mates as co-workers), Andy resisting the violent advancements from the homosexual prisoners and getting beaten up each time but still never giving up, Andy playing the music record without giving an ear to the warden, Brooks struggling to live his post-prison life and finally committing suicide, the warden madly asking the poster about Andy and finally discovering the tunnel, Red getting the parole approved, Red finding the stone and Andy's stuffs and above all, Morgan Freeman's narration. The script of the narration is brilliant and Morgan Freeman's baritone gives it the needed effect.
If you love true cinema, this is a movie for you. If you have not watched it, do it now!!! If you have watched it, I am sure you must have done it more than once. The movie deserves it...