Just great, Simply great

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2009)

I am sorry to say that one who hasn’t seen ‘Shawshank Redemption’ hasn’t had experienced any good English films yet. But I was wondering how such an awesome film could be deprived of an Oscar and to add a pinch of salt to injuries, I was zapped to find that ‘Forest Gump’ was considered as best pictures, Robert Zemeckis as best director and Tom Hanks for best actor. No offence, I am a die hard fan of Tom Hanks. Not to mention his performance in ‘Philadelphia’, Oscar was written all over it. But in ‘Forest Gump’!!!!! He could have got it in ‘Cast Away’ had ‘Russell Crowe not been there in ‘Gladiator’. But in ‘Forest Gump’ in comparison to ‘Morgan Freeman’ in ‘Shawshank Redemption’, I personally don’t buy the idea. As far as ‘Best Picture’ is concerned, again how in the world could ‘Forest Gump’ earn the best picture award when ‘Pulp Fiction’ & ‘Shaw shank Redemption’ were there in the proximity? One of the prime features of ‘Shawshank Redemption’ is its dialogues, so heart rending. The cinematography, acting of Tim Robbins, (Andy Dufresne) an innocent banker, sentenced 30years back to back is so brilliantly executed and ‘Morgan Freeman’ my man, my ‘Red’ is simply outstanding. It is his best performance till date (Don’t know about ‘Invictus’ though (2010)) and to me it is undoubtedly better than ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (in which he finally got the Oscar). I personally feel sorry for Frank Darabont, ‘Shawshank’ is probably the best film of his life. A rare gem did not get its true worth. No wonder it is no. 1 out of the top 250 films on IMDb, (9.2 out of 10). I give it 10.