average movie at best and full of clichés

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2005)

why is this movie considered a classic....someone please make a reasonable argument to explain this.I've seen it several times and my opinion of it remains the same. nothing special about the direction,cinematography is only OK, acting is good, screenplay is inferior to an already average short story (film is nearly 3 hrs long....totally up its own anus) and it contains every prison film cliché in the book. people like it because of its triumph over adversity theme (man winning against impossible odds, human spirit unbroken......zzzzzzzzzzzz) its been done b4 especially in Hollywood and much better (cuckoos nest).this AVERAGE movie has got to be near the top of the list of most overrated films ever made.