All-time. Greatest. Movie. Ever. End. Of. Discussion!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2016)

The perfect movie. Stephen King is a genius and Darabont adapted him brilliantly. Truly the masterpiece of all masterpieces. The quintessential piece of American cinema. The classic story of redemption executed perfectly. Recipe for a perfect movie=Stephen King writes source material + Morgan Freeman narrates + Tim Robbins stars, and Frank Darabont adapts and directs. This is my favorite film hands down. The scene where Andy takes over the PA and puts on Mozart is possibly the greatest scene in film history. The sequencing is truly breathtaking. The roller-coaster ride of emotion that this film takes one on is something that can only truly be experienced once, and yet with each consecutive viewing one finds new elements that enrich the viewing experience time and time again. Thank you to the artists involved. Thank you for bringing such brilliance and perfection into the world so that those that have and will come after will have a standard that one knows is unacheivable and yet one also knows that it is ones duty and that in order to call oneself 'artist', one must constantly strive for such greatness.