A masterpiece which words cannot define...

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2006)

This is THE greatest movie of all time, bar none. It should be #1, I don't care if you love Star Wars or if you love The Godfather. I don't like them, don't get me wrong, they maybe great movies in somebody else's eye, but how the whole world cannot relate to the Shawshank Redemption is incredible.
It just shows the difference between some people. I am probably being a bit shallow here, but I believe all the evil, racist and bad people have not seen the Shawshank Redemption, and if they have seen, haven't really understood it. They're too narrow minded. If you understand this movie, it will change your life, make no mistake about it.
After I saw this, I just knew...you in life, there are some things you just KNOW, with gut instinct...eg, when your in love or something? I just knew, no matter how old I got, how mature I became...I would never see anything like this. I am only 19 and god knows how many movies I may see in the future, if I live long enough but I can honestly say, I will not ever see anything better.
This just sums life up. If I don't watch this like every now and again, my life seems incomplete. If I don't visit the IMDb page I feel incomplete. If I don't participate with the fellow Shawshankers on IMDb...I feel INCOMPLETE.
This brings happiness to my soul deep inside. Brings a smile to my face. People can say what they want about clichés, and cheesy moments but I don't care. This movie stirs the soul and if somebody can actually HATE something like this...then your not human.
This movie shows....in every circumstance, that GOOD always prevails over evil. I don't want to spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it, but Redemption is a great thing.
We have all been through pain in our lives, and if you haven't...you will. This movie gives you tremendous hope. You will get far in life, if you stick by that word...HOPE.
"When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high. At the end of the storm there's a golden sky.
Walk on through the wind. Walk on through the rain. Though your dreams be tossed & blown. Walk on, Walk on. With 'HOPE' in your heart...and you'll NEVER walk alone" No matter what you've been through, you can get through it and become a stronger person. You can literally have feces all over you but you will STILL be clean. Watch it and you will know what i'm talking about.
If you haven't seen this, then you don't and will never understand life truly.
Just watch it, and watch out for the memorable acting from Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
They don't make movies like this anymore......