i address this to the university eleitests who quote wells etc

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2003)

I have read many of the post put to this movie and i became extremely angered by some of the people who would compare this to wells or akira kurasawa. That would be as brain dead as comparing star wars to star trek. This is a movie of hope and freedom and love. Someone pointed out that it not an accurate portral of prison life. It may not be, because it is seen through the eyes of one man red redding. Red sees things as he wants to see them not as they are (except for institutionalized). In the book red is the narrartor as in the movie this means that everything is seen and intrepreted by red. and for the mullet heads who missed this pfffew. another point i would like to make is this movies are not made to be artistic or edgy or make you think. Although this movies does in my opinion does all three very well. A movie is made to entertain to make you feel good or bad etc. And this movie does that from start to finish. The definiton of a great movie is different to every person. I hated titanic and citizen kane and gone with wind. ALl long and boring movies but i acknowledge them as great films becasue it got a large part of the population talking and loving movies. To all of us who loved this movie please let us continue to love it to all of you who did not perhaps forget your over priced education sit back and watch it as just a man imagine your life being taken away in a blink of an eye would you still have hope ????????