First Time Watching *THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION* Got Me Sobbing

[@HelloMellowXVI]

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[@frybelcher]

I know this is selfish as fuck, but please do a comedy review soon. I love all the reviews. I just had the worst 2 weeks of my life. I get on here every single day to see if you have a new upload. Love them all. But the comedy ones have been keeping me going. Thank you for all of these reviews on great flicks. Thank you for helping me with every single day Edit... And not just a comedy... But where you get to be funny. I still die laughing Everytime I see the Dora celebration!

[@cesarhernandez6861]

I wish you could give "the Raid 1&2" a shot. Great fighting movie! But I know your busy and I'm too broke to donate to you.....

[@peteyn.y.7960]

This is in my TOP 5 Of All Time!!! 💯✊

[@DPYROAXIS]

It is a pretty good film. A film I would love you to see is The Game.

[@b1mw93]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jrobwoo688]

Stephen King liked this movie so much that he worked with the director again on The Green Mile. It was Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, that King really hated.

[@derrickowen8162]

Shelley Duvall's performance on that ruined it more than anything else in my opinion.

[@ImSlipped]

@@derrickowen8162 Damn, I couldn't disagree more. I actually really liked her performance. I think she did a great job at being a timid, sort of "pushover" wife, who gets more and more frantic and horrified at the hotel. Granted, that performance has always been a controversial one. Some like like it, some hate it, so I get where people are coming from.

[@Rusaarules]

@@derrickowen8162 She did fine. Too bad she was basically fucking tortured by Kubrick the whole time.

[@thelovepoacher]

@@derrickowen8162 i agree, her performance takes me out of it in almost every scene she's in besides the baseball bat scene.

[@zenarcher9633]

I agree with King.

[@crapstirrer]

This movie is why a significant percentage of the world wants Morgan Freeman to narrate their life's story.

[@catewright1575]

Idk ron howard does a pretty amazing job too. Where my arrested development fans at??

[@quwykxz]

Man I want Mr. Freeman to narrate EVERYONE's life story... Better yet, just have him narrate EVERYHING. 😄

[@mgeek1]

Him and Keith David.

[@TheArbiterOfTruth]

I’d have a combination of Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman and Keith David.

[@JohnnyGingy]

My life isn’t worthy of a Morgan Freeman narration 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@JoeSebGriff]

The Warden is one of the most hateable characters in film. I don't know if I hate him or Percy in The Green Mile more.

[@Sam-bf2fl]

This is really weird but I found out that I’m somehow related to Doug Hutchison this morning. Like very very distant cousin or something 😂

[@BHSRugby1999]

Stephen King can create such asshole characters, and both the films captured and cast them perfectly. I can’t decide either.

[@cometogether999]

That's a real tough call. They're both despicable.

[@lunacouer]

Personally, it's Percy for me. But it's because Doug Hutchison groomed and married a 16 year-old, at the age of 51, so I can't look at his character without that bit of douche-baggery in my head.

[@tommcewan7936]

Maybe the book makes it clearer but, in the film, one interesting question is just how morally bankrupt was the warden he before Andy met him? To what extent did Andy's presence just enable him to pursue tendencies he always had, and to what extent did the man's efforts to keep himself sane and human in prison, which blurred the boundaries between guards and inmates, actually have a tempting, corrupting influence on Norton? We do know prison definitely corrupted Andy to some extent; there's a scene where he flat-out admits it - and, really, one can easily be tempted to sympathise with him. Not that I necessarily agree with this statement, but it's very easy to imagine oneself, in Andy's position, seriously asking the question: if following all society's rules got him treated as a criminal anyway, why bother to keep following them? It reminds me of Les Miserables - the two key protagonists in that, Javert and ValJean, were warder and prisoner, respectively, but at the end of the day they were *both* victims of what the prison system does to those who have contact with it - on either side of the bars. The infamous Stanford Prison Experiment was a brutal confirmation of this.

[@philmccracken2351]

"Im not supposed to be here" "Me neither, they run this place like a fucking prison!" I always feel bad for laughing at that

[@TheSchaef47]

Throwaway lines are the best lines. See also: Cosmo: "Why are you yelling at me? You always yell at me! Why don't you yell at her for a change?" Poole: "Sam?" Gerard: "WHAT?!" Cosmo, off-screen: "There you go!" - or - "Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!"

[@kds5895]

@@TheSchaef47 the fugitive!

[@anitam7547]

Phil McCracken - I imagine the crying man as some kind of serious pervert. He expected to be placed in a segregated area for his ilk. "I'm not supposed to be here". The guards knew what he had done, and he had been placed with the others in order to- you know the rest. Works for me anyway.

[@kds5895]

@@anitam7547 that’s an interesting take. Pretty plausible

[@realSimoneCherie]

It’s dark and true but I agree it’s funny because everyone thinks that. Idc what you’ve done, the first time someone walks in a jail or prison and they see it…they swear they don’t belong there! It sucks more than they could’ve imagined.

[@michaelaustin6623]

I love the fact that he hid the rock hammer in the book of Exodus the book in The Bible wherever Moses freed the slaves.

[@robertvenegas6113]

That part wasn't even planned. The prop master did it on his own. All his idea.

[@trentbobo4171]

I never even made that connection.

[@FallingGalaxy]

You can find anything to mean anything in a book like the bible. Freed slaves, but not all slaves freed and never once, in any part of the bible, does the god of the bible tell people it's wrong to own other people. In fact, he tells them how to own them, what they can do with them, who they can own, etc (Women pretty much always can be slaves, sex slaves, that is.). Not a good book.

[@fadumomohammed2251]

@@FallingGalaxy I couldn't agree more with you sir/madam

[@fadumomohammed2251]

@@FallingGalaxy brilliant summary

[@TheMrsmartass13]

"I guess I just miss my friend" is still one of the most hard hitting lines in the film.

[@cesarhernandez6861]

No bullshit.....THIS is one of best movies I've ever seen. Just my opinion, but a good opinion.

[@LilGRaven]

not just your opinion man.... it is literally rated the best movie of all time on IMDB its a masterpiece

[@jeffking887]

“Just you opinion “ like a bottle of suds while working outside?😉

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@jeffking887 Like taring the roof of your own house.

[@robertn800]

“ Love that shit she does with her hair “ 🤗

[@Orion-yd4dy]

Never won an Oscar… only because it was competing against Forest Gump… so unfair.

[@augustandjune]

Stephen King loved this movie. He didn’t like The Shining.

[@PeterDivine]

My literature teacher told me once that Stephen King said he wrote a book about a sane man who goes crazy, and Nicholson played a crazy man who went utterly batshit.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I read in one of his forewords, or afterwords, he said that he just didn't find it at all scary. and couldn't understand why anyone else would.

[@Th3Downz]

I left the video to look up whether sai King said that he didn't like this movie.. I remember him saying he really liked it. I could have just scrolled down to this comment instead

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

@@PeterDivine in the book, he's starts off decent and while he and his wife are having issues, he means we'll before being driven crazy. In the movie he starts as an unlikable ass

[@omegagilgamesh]

I mean, who wouldn't have problems with a film where, half due to incessant perfectionism and half in order to get Shelley Duvall more into character, Stanley Kubrick made her do this one scene 127 times, often yelling at her, berating her, and humiliating her in front of the staff.

[@Kim-hc5si]

Most people think the story is about Andy. But the redemption was Red’s. ❤️

[@johnnyc4738]

It was both. Andy was innocent; Red wasn't. Redemption came to both, but moreso, in the whole set of characters.

[@mikewilder6390]

How do you figure?

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

@@johnnyc4738 Since Andy was innocent, there was nothing to redeem himself for.

[@dacsus]

@@johnnyc4738 No, the second plan is about how, because he was wrongly convicted, he lived a possibly more valuable life than if he had lived outside.

[@SimoExMachina2]

I think Andy's case was a little unsure, whether he truly did it or not. Tommy may have told the truth or lied in order to return the favor for Andy, who had believed in him and helped him to finish High School. The movie never really comes clean about the truth. It just lets you make your own judgement.

[@lethaldose2000]

FYI. Red went to prison for murdering his wife. He cut her car's brake line and wanted her to die in an accident so he could get away with it. However she picked up a few of her friends to hang out with and the 4 of them died in the car accident. So he was charged with multiple homicide. And sentenced to Shawshank for life. Like Red said, "It's for life at least the best part of what we call life."

[@wowplayer160]

Terrible they paroled a mass murderer.

[@mchouseboat3405]

@@wowplayer160 in the movie he isn’t🤷. Plus they portray him how he is like 20 years later, 20 years changes you a lot, especially in prison I imagine.

[@SusanaCanales1]

@@wowplayer160he’s not a mass murderer…a mass murder goes in with the intention to commit mass murder. I don’t think 4 people count. It would be a multiple homicide or manslaughter for the friends. But mass murder is not it.

[@SusanaCanales1]

@@wowplayer160and to me, it would only be terrible if he never learned his lesson. But he did.

[@danh8804]

One beat that is unappreciated - before they reveal the escape, when Andy is going back to his cell, you see him take one long look at Red. He doesn't know if he's ever going to see his friend again, and he's just appreciating him for a moment, even if he can't tip off why or say anything.

[@TheSchaef47]

And it adds even more tension because Red also thinks he might not see his friend again, but in a different way. And they take their time revealing that; there's no indication of it until the shoes.

[@michaelwardle7633]

“Dear Red, You remember the name of that town, don’t you?” “….. OH SON OF A B-“

[@azazello1784]

Red is for communism

[@darthken815]

Family Guy!

[@notmee2388]

That would be me

[@phousefilms]

"If you let me out, I'm gonna kill a whole lotta people." *Approved*

[@TheSchaef47]

... San Juan de Gallo?

[@bryanbenn4018]

It didn't occur to me until recently that Red may have been giving the same speech at his parole hearings because he didn't want to get out. It took someone like Andy to finally give him some hope.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

🤯🤯

[@ericmarley7060]

"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know. Some things are better left unsaid. I’d like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can’t expressed in words, and it makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a grey place dares to dream. It was as if some beautiful bird had flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free."

[@tommcewan7936]

He's probably better off not knowing, ironically enough - Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" (which is what the music is from) sounds beautiful, but the plot is actually pretty bawdy!

[@reneedennis2011]

☺

[@trentbobo4171]

What a great reaction bro. Earned a subscriber. True story : last may, me and my wife was celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary and we just started driving with no destination in mind. We ended up in Clarksdale Mississippi. While we were eating at Hookers restaurant we heard live music around the block. We googled and found out it was a Blues Club that was coowned by Morgan Freeman. We decided to bite the $50 cover to check it out. I swear to God, I'm not lying, Morgan Freeman was there. Turns out they were celebrating their anniversary themselves. The house band was absolutely unbelievable. There was white people and black people hanging out, laughing, dancing. It was freaking surreal. A day I'll never forget. I didn't get to speak to Morgan but hey, I was in the same room with him for an hour or so.

[@reneedennis2011]

Cool 😎 story!

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

I’d love to have that happen to m

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

Great movie. Tim Robbins is an underrated actor, but I think a lot of that is because he chooses to stay out of the spotlight.

[@mike79p]

Stephen King considers this one of the best adaptations. He's loved it since it first came out, as I remember seeing an interview with him shortly before the movie came out.

[@corvus4350]

Stephen King actually really likes this movie and the director Frank Darabont went on to direct two more Stephen King films the first being The Green Mile and the second being The Mist (a couple of the same actors appear across the 3 films). I think you might be mixing this up with The Shining which King is on record for disliking immensely. King's least favorite adaptation is The Lawnmower Man which King successfully sued to have his name removed completely.

[@JHulse29]

This is def Kings favorite director for his adaptions. He liked this one, he loved Green Mile, he even said the ending to Mist was better then his lol

[@phousefilms]

Lol, still love Kubricks little fuck you to Stephen King in "the Shining"(which is still one of the greatest movie adaptations of Kings work, even if its not word for word(King demanded that Jacks car be a specific type, so Kubrick had a car wreck with that vehicle when Dick is heading back to the Overlook.)

[@EzioHanitore]

Fun fact: In the book, Red was, in fact, a ginger, irish white dude lol

[@sebastianemond5313]

No kidding. Sounds similar to how they changed Candyman from the book to film adaptation.

[@HurricaneHawk]

This has always been my favourite film of all time. And the fact that it was Frank Darabont's first ever feature film is still so shocking to me. Imagine if your first ever attempt at something went down in history as the greatest of that thing ever. The break-out scene always gives me chills every time I watch it too.

[@zachharris3040]

I believe Stephen King does like this movie and Stand By Me, both adaptations of his stories. It's The Shining I believe you're thinking of that he doesn't like.

[@RavenTheTrickster]

Just checked this and it is The Shining that King dislikes.

[@prp2]

Exactly. That's also why he let Darabont direct The Green Mile, too, because of the fantastic job he did with this one.

[@nicholaslindsey7087]

@@prp2 as well as The Mist!

[@gaaraofthefunk2011]

He also doesn't like the first version of It

[@unluckytourist]

"During the making of the movie, Stanley Kubrick would occasionally call Stephen King at 3:00 a.m. and ask him questions like 'Do you believe in God?'"

[@TimotheeReacts]

YESSS FINALLY WATCHING THIS!! Can’t wait to see what you think of it

[@spddracer]

When you boys gonna do a collaboration?

[@TimotheeReacts]

@@spddracer this Saturday :)

[@limelightraver5690]

This film had a fantastic tagline for it’s movie poster “FEAR CAN HOLD YOU PRISONER... HOPE CAN SET YOU FREE.”

[@mgeek1]

I have that poster framed on my wall.

[@LA_HA]

So easy to understand. So difficult to live

[@peteyn.y.7960]

- *FARGO (1996)* - *NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN* BOTH COEN BROTHERS GEMS! 🔥✌️

[@SmileyAdventures]

LOVE No Country for Old Men

[@The3rdGunman]

@@SmileyAdventures No Country... and Hell or high Water are both badass Texas movies

[@ActualKaktus]

Both are masterpieces

[@KCohere33]

I never heard that Stephen King didn’t like this movie. I believe he liked it quite a lot, so much that he was eager to have Frank Darabont direct his other prison film adaptation, The Green Mile. The only one of his movie adaptations I know he really hated was The Shining.

[@alexandrem798]

King dislikes the adaptations that stray too far from his books. I don't think The Shawshank Redemption is one of them. It's very much faithful to the written words.

[@shercahn]

I think he has noted that he hates Lawn Mower Man also to the point that he sued them to remove his name because it is nothing like the story.

[@seppuku-]

@@alexandrem798Yeah they took dialogue off the pages of the Novella. King is an understated writer cause he’s called the king of horror but for good reason. “I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.” - S.K.

[@SirPaladin]

In the book this is based on, Red WAS Irish- the name came from his hair.

[@thomasbrantley5667]

Absolutely no one gives a shit.

[@hollyodell4012]

I'm just glad they had the inspiration to have Morgan Freeman play the character rather than someone who would've fit the description in the book more closely.

[@ckobo84]

Carrot Top would have been so much better than Freeman 😂

[@superbooster2636]

@@thomasbrantley5667 you don't because you're a racist thanks to the media. take a shower sweaty.

[@thomasbrantley5667]

@@superbooster2636 try just a little harder next time.

[@caseymathis9184]

Love to see/ hear your reactions. Please get into older films, such as "12 Angry Men", "To Kill a Mockingbird." And, if I'm not mistaken, you have not done the "Godfather" trilogy have you?

[@bhowe8696]

To see a reaction on "To Kill a Mockingbird" would be dope! I would like to see the like/dislike ratio. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@ImSlipped]

Still the most perfect ending I've ever seen for a film, in my fucking life. It totally earns that feel good moment and it's almost impossible not to smile at that last scene.

[@TheSchaef47]

A college roommate of mine likened the ending to the old Encyclopedia Brown stories, where you see the prestige first, and then go back and walk through everything so you can see the master plan unfolding.

[@Simona.2323]

​@@TheSchaef47 brown stories 🤨

[@maxxfisher1936]

This is a perfect movie, and Stephen King loves this movie. So much so that he and the writer director teamed up again on The Green Mile

[@adamsgrad93]

Another perfect movie

[@JamesWVanFleet]

It was "The Shining" he's always taken issue with. He's been a public cheerleader for the flicks by Reiner, Darabont, Garris, and Flanagan.

[@drakeloki4214]

if you think about it we went from barley being able to glide a few feet to going to flying into outer space in less than 60 years so if it is only a decade less imagine how much the world must seem alien to a newly released prisoner after 50 years. I always felt bad for Brooks but understood his wanting to leave that world.

[@LA_HA]

It's a lifetime, especially since people back then typically died in their 50s, 60s

[@TheSchaef47]

17:08 "You'd like it, it's about a prison break." "Maybe we oughta file that under "educational", too!"

[@tsnophaljakarax9963]

I love that line XD

[@MikeHunt-uz1qw]

Actually "The Shining" is the movie adaptation Stephen King is not fond of.

[@billyboblillybob344]

I recently saw a video about The Shining that makes me believe Stephen King doesn't understand Kubrick's retelling of a modestly different story. In my opinion, Kubrick should have called it something a bit different maybe. Anyhow, look up "The Wendy Theory" which addresses quite a few things regarding the movie. It blew me away by not using supposition or feelings or implication. It uses footage of the film and discusses very specific details that are nothing short of fascinating.

[@MikeHunt-uz1qw]

@@billyboblillybob344 I love the film, though the novel is better. I get why Stephen King doesn't appreciate it but it is an adaptation after all. Thanks, I'll definitely check out "The Wendy Theory."

[@ClarkPaytonCrozer]

Sir! You should do Jaws before the summer’s over!

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Was Thinking of doing it in October

[@DPYROAXIS]

@@HelloMellowXVI I can see why you picked October but it is kinda a summer film.

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Appreciate yall telling me I guess August it is then

[@ClarkPaytonCrozer]

@@HelloMellowXVI Swap it to August, then in October I’ve totally got you sir. Bride of Chucky.

[@maxis5650]

@@HelloMellowXVI good call, it was the FIRST summer block buster, the summer movie season we are used to now didn´t exist before Jaws.

[@johntumahab323]

I think the white powder was de-lousing. Considering the time period, you might come into prison with all sorts of critters living on you. Fun Fact: That brutal prison guard is Mr. Krabs on "Spongebob Squarepants". :)

[@TheSchaef47]

And the Kurgan. And Lex Luthor. And Lt. Anderson. And Surtur. And Sgt. Zim. And Damien Darkblood. And the devil-looking guy in The Mandalorian. And Savage Opress. Clancy Brown is awesome.

[@chrisinfiesto835]

Played a young convict w/ Sean Penn in “Bad Boys” back in the ‘80s. 🤙🏽😎

[@bhowe8696]

Dont forget BURG in "The Mandalorian"! But for me, he will forever be The Kurgan!

[@bhowe8696]

@@chrisinfiesto835 is that the one where they whoop that guy with a pillowcase full of pop cans?

[@chrisinfiesto835]

@@bhowe8696 -That’s the 1! 🤙🏽😎

[@quwykxz]

I can barely express how much I love this movie, easily my favorite movie of all time. 😃

[@tapoemt3995]

To keep Andy, the Warden didn't have a choice. When Tommy got out, he could tell all the right people to get Andy out and the Warden would be powerless to stop him on the outside.

[@barbara832001]

In the book they just transfer Tommy to another prison.

[@JJKnapich]

When Andy asked Red why do they call him Red and he says "Maybe it's because I'm Irish" is a nod to his character from the novel/short story.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

If you like this you should watch "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" this is sort of the 90's equivalent and The Green Mile (same team).

[@downhomesunset]

God that's a hard movie to watch. I have mental health issues and had shock treatment. The movie is based in the 1960's so it's done differently now; they put you under and give you muscle relaxants, but it's still scary.....

[@sallyh5413]

My favorite cinematographer shot this, Sir Roger Deakins. He also shot Fargo, highly recommend.

[@williamcurry4868]

If you like how Morgan Freeman narrates the film, I hope you might consider watching the March of the Penguins someday.

[@80Jay71]

I've never heard that King disapproved of this movie. Kubrick's The Shining he didn't like though. This, IMHO, is a masterpiece. Just like The Green Mile!

[@AutoPilate]

As far as I know Stephen King did like this adaptation. All of Darabont's adaptations were favorably received by King.

[@jakecleveland1051]

I think the only movie he doesn't like is The Shinning

[@nightwingjosh8491]

And rob reiner films. Check out stand by me and misery

[@flibber123]

Yeah, I think he got this one confused with The Shining. This movie is as good an adaptation of the original story as any writer could hope to see.

[@mgeek1]

That's because Frank Darabont is an amazing writer. This screenplay is like poetry.

[@FrancoisDressler]

@@mgeek1 You said it perfectly. It's so good I had no problem forking out on the special edition signed published version that included The Green Mile screenplay. Worth every penny. The only other screenplay I'd do that for is Chinatown.

[@scroopynoopers248]

“Supposed to be a christian.” Have you read the bible? Petty, vindictive, power hungry. Sounds godly to me.

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

The New Testament isn't a thing, I guess? I love it when atheists take Old Testament verses and just assume that's how Christians were/are/etc. It's almost like you want to find reasons to continue to live in depravity.

[@sigmasquadleader]

You feel attacked because of your religion being mentioned?

[@rpg7287]

You know what’s really petty and vindictive? Taking the opportunity in commenting on a movie to mock someone’s religious beliefs.

[@scroopynoopers248]

I love when christians ignore the old testament because it’s… well.. you’ll know if you’ve read it. I’m pretty sure the character of Jesus said in Mathew 5:17-18 that he wasn’t there to abolish any of the laws from the old testament. So what then? Did a maximally omniscient and powerful deity just make a bunch of mistakes in the early days but then specifically neglect to correct them when given the opportunity? If you would like to focus on the new testament, no problem. That’s where it says slaves obey your masters, even the cruel ones and introduces thought crime. Additionally, it has the most ‘vindictive’ thing in the whole story. The idea that someone could be punished infinitely for committing a finite crime. As to depravity, I find it hilarious that would be the first assumption attributed to a complete stranger who simply questions the beliefs of themselves and others. If this feels like an attack or that your being mocked, then I recommend more questions in your day to day life. Oh and by depravity, if you mean homosexuality, thinking all genders should have equal protections under the law, eating shellfish, wearing mixed fabrics, and utilizing the pull out method? Then yes, I am a firm supporter of depravity as defined in the stories of the bible. The movie The Shawshank Redemption has the best use for the bible that I’ve yet come across. Cut a hole in the pages and use it to hide your rock hammer.

[@cameroncaws5959]

@@a-a-rondavis9438 First of all, the new testament us still packed full of sexism, homophobia, threatening people with eternal torment, God sacrificing his son to save us from himself its horrific. Secondly, The God of the Old Testament is still the same God you choose to worship. The New Testament isn't some kind of retcon, God at one point considered a lot of that crap acceptable, including rape, genocide, killing of babies, pillaging, slavery, punishing kids for their Father's actions, sexism, racism, need I go on. Does that sound like a loving God to you? Also I thought God didn't change, all I see is more contradictions. Jesus himself taught from the Old Testament, are you suggesting that Jesus was wrong?. I was a Christian for years, you either accept the depravity of the Old Testament as morally acceptable, or go what I did and get the fuck away from that bs.

[@spideylibrarian]

This movie's message of enduring hope during even the darkest times is beautiful. I love watching people's responses to it. It's one of my favorite films, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your reaction.

[@omegagilgamesh]

For me, the true message of this amazing film is that freedom is in the mind. Andy, a prisoner in body, refused to ever be a prisoner in his mind, while Brooks and Red, when they got out they were free in body, but still prisoners in their minds.

[@OnTheRocks71]

That short musical cue when Morgan Freeman is walking along the rock fence...with the wide angle shot...Just perfect. I mean it's probably one the best few seconds of music I've heard in a movie. I'm sure the entirety of the film that came before it also helped.

[@jdee8243]

Goat movie. Haven't seen a better in 34 years on earth.

[@TheSchaef47]

Skipped the best line in the movie: "You tell me, fuckstick, they're all addressed to you!"

[@martinbraun1211]

You have to watch "THE GREEN MILE"!

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

Bob Gunton deserves more accolades for his performance as the warden. He does a great job at portraying a character that so easy to despise

[@TheSchaef47]

He frequently does. See also: Glory, Demolition Man, Patch Adams, even Star Trek TNG

[@FrancoisDressler]

Stephen King actually hates The Shining, this one is probably his favourite of his adapted works.

[@FrancoisDressler]

@Sean H Yeah, both. Great set of movies.

[@bobp1016]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The actors did a superb job.

[@DylanMadd]

Morgan Freeman IS a one-of-a-kind. Great in everything. Esp this. Usually I’m not a fan of Tim Robbins acting. But he’s perfect for this part. Timeless movie with a great ending. I LOVE movies that end well. They’re not common.

[@deano2506]

Another great reaction dude. Like many I adore this film and they will rightly highlight the outstanding script, performances, direction, cinematography, score and source material which are all worthy of every praise they get. I love all the symbolism in this film, two good examples are: The grass is always green on the other side whenever you see outside the wall's which isn't subtle but often missed. One of the more subtle ones is the lighting when Andy is talking to Red just before he escapes, it shows Andy in the light and Red still in the shadow which symbolises Andy's impending freedom and Red having to remain incarcerated.

[@reneedennis2011]

Good poi ts!

[@abbyabbybobabby3117]

Just watched this movie for the first time a couple days ago...and I can easily say it's one of my favorite moves now. Also just started reading the book.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

The Greatest Movie Ever Made.

[@Elessarion30]

This is probably one of my favourite adaptations from book to screen. They didn't change a whole lot but it's condensed; there's different wardens over Andy's time in Shawshank instead of just one for example. I think the only 2 big changes are what happens to Tommy & the ending which is more ambiguous than the movie.

[@indiatastic]

What happens to tommy in the book?

[@Elessarion30]

@@indiatastic In the novella the warden offers Tommy a deal; basically if he keeps his mouth shut about what he knows then he'll be moved to a minimum security prison with privileges like being able to see his wife & child. So while Andy is in solitary confinement, Tommy takes the deal and gets moved away. The warden also implies that he used his connections to get the real killer released on parole so Andy won't be able to track him down easily.

[@Gmrl33120]

Follow you from france. My favourite movie ever. So emotionnal. Keep going bro

[@mckenzie.latham91]

The film has two great scenes of misdirection the first is the night before Andy escapes, Red thinks Andy might commit suicide and the film sets that up like we’re going to find that Andy lost the will for the fight only to find he’s escaped and the second moment is with Red contemplating going back to the prison, by thinking he will buy one of the guns from the pawnshop, then he goes into the store and we’re meant to think he’ll do what brooks wanted to do Then he buys a compass instead, and uses it to find Andy’s note and his way back to him. great directing.

[@alfonzohoward185]

Every prison is different every system is different it depends on the state you are in

[@TheSchaef47]

and also, fictional.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

I like how when “Red” is released the guards look upon him with a great deal of reverence.

[@TheSchaef47]

I graduated from high school and rolled over into college in 1994, right as this movie was coming out. So six months later it was on the movie channels, so one of my memories of this movie is seeing it in my dorm room, being blown away by that ending, and then watching it like 50 more times because it was always freaking on.

[@limelightraver5690]

This movie reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Winston Churchill “If you’re going through Hell... keep going.” and he would speak from experience.

[@MrRezRising]

Mel, this movie was AFI's #1 movie of the 20th century. Everything you love about this movie comes down to one man: Stephen King. Darabont stuck to the original novella almost word for word, right down to the last line: I hope.

[@JMac7395]

Actually Stephen King does like Shawshank Redemption. He stated that the film would have been perfection if it weren't for the perfectly circular hole that Andy dug in the wall. The perfectly circular hole didn't seem realistic

[@Heegaherger]

Given Andy's meticulous nature and infinite patience, it seems fitting.

[@reneedennis2011]

Good points from both of you!

[@ryangilligan40]

Your editing is great. I judge reactors whether or not they include , “Get busy or get busy dying”. It is one of favorite, if not my favorite quotes, I have ever heard. I’m getting it tattooed on me at one point. 👍

[@aceldamia9114]

King loved the Shawshank adaptation. He hated The Shining.

[@rxtsec1]

The movie actually had a great reception from the ones who watched it & critics however it was a box office bomb. In fact it got nominated for best picture with forest gump and pulp fiction. Morgan Freeman was also nominated

[@filmnut79]

You should do The Green Mile next!! Same writer and director and also from Stephen King

[@TheSchaef47]

3:30 Clancy Brown and Bob Gunton: the best jerkwad combination in cinema.

[@ThePartisan13]

Ironically the warden seems like most Christians I've seen

[@joshritz7067]

I always took Red's parole being declined as they were looking to see if he was broken. Back when he was telling them what they should've needed to hear, he was still in high spirit.

[@Sam-bf2fl]

It’s so crazy to think a movie was filmed here and people actually travel to see it cause of this movie and ghost stuff. It’s always been that prison me and my friends visit for fun sometimes since it’s only a 20 minute drive away. 😅

[@omegagilgamesh]

I think one of the reasons they (or Steven King) settled on the name Shawshank is because of the shank part. One, it can mean a thin cut of meat, and that's how a lot will treat you in prison, and two, to be shanked is to be stabbed with an improvised knife, aka: a shiv, another thing that happens in prisons.

[@FeaturingRob]

Stephen King actually loved 'Shawshank' and 'Stand By Me'...he DIDN'T like 'The Shining'. Because King liked 'Shawshank' so much, he practically gave the rights of 'The Green Mile' to Frank Darabont to adapt and direct, since Darabont did such an amazing job on 'Shawshank'.

[@justsmashing4628]

Thanks, a great movie. Please watch The Green Mile or No Country for Old Men Cheers!

[@MsMorri]

I think you should make that movie about your Grandmother book.

[@cartersmom0629]

It's hard for some people to sit through a movie like this there is nothing blowing up every 3 minutes or nobody making you laugh. This movie is so special and love that you watched it. And love that you like the soundtrack. The scene where Red is walking up the rock wall and the music swells, it's the most beautiful thing I think I've ever heard.

[@biguy617]

Probably the best Stephen King adaptions ever made.

[@jamesm654]

The role was written for Tom Hanks but he was already filming Forrest Gump.

[@mgeek1]

To be fair, everything in those days was written for Tom Hanks. While he was shooting Apollo 13 in 1994, he was sent the script for Twister. He didn't think he was right for the lead but felt that his Apollo co-star, Bill Paxton was. He passed it along to Bill. Paxton got the part.

[@augiemesa9429]

That part with Brooks when he gets out makes me tear up every time. Even when I watch reactions.

[@montist1]

Hey man, great video! I hope you make your great grandfather’s story

[@derrickowen8162]

The Green Mile is another absolute must.

[@codesent2125]

Your grandmother's book, and your film idea sounds like it would be cool. Id love to hear more about it.

[@joannwoodworth8920]

Great commentary, Mell. May I suggest you review “The Green Mile.”

[@Ademar440]

I'd recommend "remember the titans" if you haven't seen it.

[@notoriousedits751]

“Damn They Whoop His Ass That Bad” 😭😭😭🙌🏿

[@MegaReacts]

One if my top 5 movies.

[@blackcated5755]

The prison where this was shot, Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio is is historical site that's available for tours. In October, they host a haunted house called Escape From Blood Prison. And September is the Ink-arceration Music and Tattoo Festival. This year, Slipknot and Rob Zombie are performing, and I got tickets!

[@-C.S.R]

You’re right warden Salvation does lie within 📖 🔨

[@governmentcheese8023]

A beautiful movie about hope.

[@mod850]

My favorite "A-ha!" moment was the time I realized that the last time he went to a parole hearing, it was the first time anyone said "Please sit down." to Red.

[@christhornycroft3686]

Tim Robbins was also good in “IQ” with Meg Ryan and Walter Matthau (as Albert Einstein). And Morgan Freeman is one of the best actors on the planet. Lean On Me, Invictus, the Christopher Nolan Batman’s and Driving Miss Daisy are real highlights. And the guy proved here and in some commercials that he has an incredible voice. As a guy who aspires to be a voice actor, he’s an inspiration. I actually picked some of his narration from this movie to use during a voice acting course I took. That and Sean Connery’s intro to Highlander. LOL.

[@lathspell87]

Other great Stephen King adaptations are Stand By Me and Misery.

[@bronzewand]

"Stand By Me" is another great adaptation from the same collection of short stories by Stephen King

[@darkjedi447]

I've seen this film so many times and I still have to fight back the tears at the end. So glad they chose this cast for the movie. Thanks for the review. Keep smiling🙂👍

[@brandonford5993]

Red was Irish in the books, Morgan Freeman mentions this in the movie as a joke. Brooks was truly heartbreaking , I keep thinking about the car almost hitting him. Brooks was released from prison 11 years before Andy escaped, meaning he was released in 1955 after serving 50 years. The first commercial car was released in 1886 but wasn't widely available to the public until 1908, 3 years after he'd already been in prison. Brooks never saw a car in person before. Morgan Freeman is the man, while it's not stated in what year Red went to jail or why in the movie. In the books he's a bit darker, his wife has a large life insurance policy, so he cuts the brakes of her car. On this day, she happened to be riding with a friend that bought her child In terms of when Red's age, he said he spent 40 years there, if we make this age relative to how old Morgan Freeman was when the film came out (57) he was around 17.

[@JojosCrazyChannel]

I may have comment you on this month’s ago on your other video, but you should definitely do “The Green Mile” next! Again, it’s based on another book by Stephen King and made by the same director who did this movie, as well as the same composer! It’s an emotional rollercoaster 🎥❤️

[@OddBallPerformance]

One of the most believable friendships in film.