The great movie

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2016)

Perhaps Shawshank didn't take off in popularity until it hit the video market because it is a very intimate and quiet film. The story was too "personal" to be viewed in a large theater but best viewed in your pajamas in the privacy of your own home, a place where you could allow yourself to sink completely into the story without being distracted by the nearby sounds of strangers. Stephen King's stories and novels are written with a great deal of inner dialogue and make for difficult adaptation to the screen. This is a beautiful story of struggling in a hopeless and oppresive world, while being unsure of deserving to hope. The scene where Andy played the aria, watching the effect of the soaring music on the faces of even the hardest of the prisoners in the yard, is awe inspiring.