"Brilliant" in every meaning of the word

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2017)

Shawshank was a brilliant story that had every right to be retold on the silver screen. Its main theme is corruption, which I often find myself enjoying. Corruption is a slow process, but it's very impactful once you notice it's happening. I love subtle changes like that. The moment of realization for me was Tommy's death. Looking back on it now, there were plenty of tells that the warden was abusing his power, even before this scene. But like I said, power corrupts slowly. So slowly, you don't even notice it happening until something drastic happens, and this movie perfectly captured that concept! Props to Stephen King for creating such a well-thought-out story!