One Great Movie

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2002)

To say that "The Shawshnak Redemption" is a truly great film doesn't do it justice. Having read a lot of the comments already on here about this film, there really isn't much more I could add to it. *SPOILERS* However there are two things that might not have been said about his film. Regardless of how much I love this film and rank it very high. I have one problem with it & that is that it is too long. Mainly I say this because there are parts where this film could have ended and I would have been just as satisfied. My personal point for this film to end would have probably been when we see Andy Dufrense driving on the highway beside the Pacific. Either that or when Red narrates about how he hopes he can make it across the boarder and how he hopes to see his friend. The other comment I have about this film is that they tell you what is going to happen...in a way. The scene in which we hear of Andy's desire to "get busy living or get busy dying" The scene in which he wants to go to Mexico & open a hotel on the beach and fix up a boat & take his guests charter fishing. In that scene Red listens to Andy & then tells him "You shouldn't do this to yourself. This is just Sh!*ty pipe dreams." Hearing that after having seen the movie as many times as I have I thought it was amusing for that to be said. Still I would rank Shawshank in my Top Ten easily. Far and away the best movie of 1994 and was snubbed for Best Picture. Not to mention Morgan Freeman. But almost as bad was the fact that neither Tim Robbins nor Frank Darabont were even nominated. 9 1/2 out of 10