Great movie!

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2010)

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about two best friends finding hope in their condemned lives. Andy is a banker who was wrongly convicted of killing his wife. His wife was cheating on him and murdered during her affair. Andy befriends Red a fellow inmate. During their time in prison together they become best of friends. They work through their hardships together. Throughout their story this group of inmates lives an unordinary prison life. This is shown from drinking beer while tarring the roof to doing the officers taxes. This is a remarkable story of the ups and downs of prison life and the new people they become. Andy states that in his free life he was a law abiding man, but he had to come to jail to become a criminal. This is commented on when he begins laundering money for the warden. Towards the end the camera shows Andy slumped on the ground leaning up against the prison, which is very neat. This view is from far away up above and gives the feeling of Andy being rather small. This is an amazing angle as it helps show how he is confused about escaping because he will miss his friends. The lighting throughout this movie allows us to see everything appropriately, but helps to set the mood of each scene. This can be seen when Andy is in the movie room about to be attacked the lighting is very dark. This is just one example of the many great lighting choices. This has been my favorite movie for a long time. This movie allows the viewer to look into the men's hearts and minds. Perhaps one of the classic themes to this movie is the narration throughout the movie that is performed by Morgan Freeman. I believe it is clear how great this movie is as it is ranked #1 on IMDb for all time movies. This movie will always be one of the greats, and will withstand the test of time.