THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2004)

Shaw shank Redemption,is the best movie I have ever seen,which is different from common Hollywood story .The story is not complex , lacking of moving scenes which could be seen in many Hollywood stories .The director devotes to carefully picture the figures.It is the curiousness of the fate of Andy and Red that causes my interests. Andy if under a very awful situation.He is educated and thin , falling into a environment full of into violence ,if no painfulness and ill-treatment,it would be quite usual .Upon being put into prison,he firstly is a violence-taker.As an audience,at the very beginning,I could not tell Andy is not a murder,and hard to judge whether the adversities he gets are deserved.It is not a good element for recognition of a figure.The director solved this problem through Red¡¯voice incredibly.Voice out of the scene is to help narrator to complete the content which the pictures could not delivery.Especially,this movie is such long-lasting and large-contented one that needs voice out of movie so as to help us set up the recognition of Andy.Though the story by the time does not show how much good Andy has,we have liked him.When Andy helping the bad prison policeman,I did not blame the deed he did morally,but glad to see his situation turning well. With the emotional narration of Red,we could see more and more good form the inside of Andy.He relies on his knowledge and persistence, even regardless of the punish of being throw into a locked room, bringing knowledge ,music,not just spiritual change, but the hope of life .We also know that Andy is virtually innocent, when being informed that the president of prison letting the unjustic case of Andy alone instead of killing Tommy who is only one could proof Andy innocent. By the time, the audience tend to stand at the side of Andy and be angry with the innocent prison life of Andy. Andy finally escapes from the prison and takes away all the money from the president of the prison with illegal method.But no one is unhappy.This movie has a classical Hollywood end,but I do not think it is common, because I am fascinated by the story and hope to see such ending .It is the charm of Hollywood.