The Shawshank Redemption

 

                              Like the Godfather Part II this is one of these movies I haven't got around to watching until my brother got me into a corner and, well let’s just say he told me I need to watch this great classic. Now I question the nature of my reality mainly because this is another movie, I also question the Oscars methods of picking a winner. I used to think that Tim Robbins best movie was Bull Durham I was completely wrong, The Shawshank Redemption is his best movie ever period. It’s also Morgan Freeman's best movie as well, but to be fair I would watch Morgan Freeman in almost everything well, almost everything if you catch my meaning. As of right now I don't feel like 

                             Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality in prison life, adapts, helps the warden etc. All in 19 years.

                              I remember my early childhood watching Forrest Gump at my late Grandfathers house every time we visit him furthermore my aunt would have a VHS tape of the movie and we either watched the movie or it may have been on TV, I'm not sure so, I might be wrong its either one of those memories that I'm not quite sure. Now watching The Shawshank Redemption and learning that this film didn't win Best Picture, but Forrest Gump did moreover learn that it was also 0 out of 7 in terms of Awards won. I have to say that now, The Shawshank Redemption is a zillion times better than Forrest Gump, I'm sorry but I just can't accept Forrest Gump being better than The Shawshank Redemption I mean this film has all of the elements of hellish life in prison getting use to how insanely ruthless wardens and prison guards are when it comes to the toughest prisons and one man keeping hope that he'd one day leave the confines of prison when others wouldn't believe they would accept society living. This is one of those great films that has it all moreover I would go so far and say that this would be a great Christian movie to watch in a way, also I would go so far and say that this is a perfect movie to have the juvenile delinquents watch especially some of the High School bullies for example moreover if it were me I would head teacher of detention or summer school I would defiantly pull this movie out for all of the screw ups and say "gather around kids, its lesson learning time about prison life" just to scare all of the students off, in order for them to make good choices in life. Hell, now just thinking about it I might have to pick a day to have my nephew watch this movie. I will have a confession to make, the only good quality movie I've seen besides this film of Tim Robbins was Bull Durham that's it and granted I don't think that's a huge deal but now after watching this great film I now declare this to one of his finest performances moreover his best movie, and to be honest I really don't need to see any other movie besides Bull Durham and The Shawshank Redemption. I honestly don't know what to say on behalf of Morgan Freeman because in all fairness there not a bad movie I can think of besides the Now You See Me films and the non-Batman films he did with Michael Caine but in truthfulness that's really because he's old now, though I will say that this film, is defiantly one of his greatest performances of all time. Now after watching this amazing film, I now have a pure hatred for Forrest Gump, mainly because it beat out The Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture and that film holds a 70 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes while Shawshank Redemption holds a 91 percent rating. So as of right now Forrest Gump I declare is the worst movie ever, but on a serious not this film alone I would highly recommend watching for everyone. Furthermore, I would even go so far and consider this in the top five best films to watch on Easter Sunday.