The Longest Film I've Ever Seen

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2006)

This was, put simply, the longest film I've ever seen. I've spent many an hour watching movies. Some of them were good. Some of them were bad. Some of them reached me so deep inside that I spent days afterward thinking about them. But the experience, watching the film itself, always lasted between one to four hours.
With "The Shawshank Redemption," the experience lasted twenty years.
I wasn't bored. At first, I was skeptical about this film. Some movies which ranked high in the IMDb weren't worthy; for example, "Batman Begins." My skepticism was so strong that it prevented me from entering the film with awe. But after a while, I found myself completely immersed in Red's narrative.
It is useless to try and explain the experience of watching this film. But I can say one thing more.
This film was the first film that brought tears of joy to my eyes. I ended up smiling and then chuckling. And then I felt a streak of water run down my cheek. And I realized I just experienced the ultimate movie: the life story of people I wouldn't have known other wise, and as real and as good as it gets.