choosing between children

Rating: 10/10 (1 March 2005)

I was compelled to read the Forrest Gump thread entitled "worst movie ever to win the best picture", it broke my heart with the same impact that the year 1994 did when it released Shawshank and Forrest in the same year. I went to the movies 3 times to see Forrest Gump during the summer after I graduated High School. I couldn't have identified with a movie any more during this phase of limbo and floating through life both laughing and crying. Unfortunately, I was so enraptured with this film and my innocence of being 18 that I did not see Shawshank until it was released on video and I viewed this movie 3 times with 3 different groups of people in 24 hours, running around my South Jersey area looking for worthy disciples that had also missed out on one of the best movies I had ever seen as well. Shawshank was a victim of circumstance not only in my little world but in the real world as well. I wish it could have somehow won a co-Acadamy Award, like a rare-MVP award in sports, but it would take away from its infamous underdog/goat status like the Boston Red Sox. (who knows maybe they will wait 86 years and finally give it the praise it is due?)