TOP "Hope is a Good Thing" Reactions! The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Movie Reaction

[@chandlermorgan708]

Still to this day one of the greatest movies of all time

[@eliliquidsnake7124]

Definitely

[@buddystewart2020]

I can't argue with that.

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

And will remain one of the greatest movies ever made!

[@robertfindley921]

Without a great ending, you can't have a great movie. And this has one of the best endings ever.

[@daveallen9958]

I would give anything to watch this perfect movie again for the first time. The end brings tears to grown men.

[@jmo8934]

Your only hope is if Alzheimer’s sets in.

[@patriciaroberts308]

I'm so happy the director put this ending in. He was going to end it without the visual of the Red and Andy reuniting.

[@marcoadan1]

I'm reminded of the scene where Red makes the promise. There was no hesitation. He said, "Sure, Andy... Anything." No man is poor who has friends.😊

[@rhiannasanford6160]

I always loved so much how Red completely ignored his hat flying off and blowing towards the ocean. He was just so glad to see his friend again. So wholesome! 🥰

[@robertmatthews9650]

I feel like the lesson of hope being a good thing is such an important lesson for all of us right now.

[@georgezoeterman4054]

I believe that this movie is as close to perfection as any movie has ever been.

[@artbagley1406]

Red is a friend even to a missing man. As Red carves, "So was Red" next to "Brooks was here," Brooks is remembered, he's no longer alone! The whole movie is one helluva BRO-MANCE!

[@twicket5]

I saw this movie in the theaters and that line hit me and I wrote it down on a desk pad when I got home. 6 years later it was the inspiration for a wonderful daughter Hope.

[@Theomite]

That ending was worth every single penny spent on reshoots.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

I love that there's no dialogue between Red and Andy when they meet again; instead, the last spoken words are Red's narration, which is taken straight from the original story.

[@kas8131]

“You remember the name of the town, don’t you?” “Crap!”

[@JuanMendoza-yb8yr]

Zihuatanejo

[@medalion1390]

Lucky he’s a family guy

[@martinconnors5195]

The pleased smiles when they met again, was so satisfying especially for two friend's.

[@fgrillo29]

Still gets me. Every time. Hope is a good thing.

[@narliehs1648]

Maybe the best of things. 🥰

[@MatthiaGryffine]

Andy and Red has to be the best movie bromance ever and it happened before "bromance" was a thing

[@really2k1]

Shawshank might be the greatest movie of all time.

[@railenherman6482]

This ending had me sobbing and clapping at the same time.

[@m-arky66]

Thomas Newmans score also make a big impact to this movie, very moving. The original Buxton is a town in Derbyshire, England.

[@mikebalzano2108]

Amazing coincidence which I never knew because i used to live in Buxton Maine USA.

[@observermi8796]

Frank Darabont, a man I briefly knew who wrote, directed this and 'The Green Mile', two of my favorite films. Could watch them both over and over.

[@andreaislandgirl720]

"This is so sad I almost shed a tear" --Me sitting here ugly crying.

[@UserAndLoser1985]

2:26 - Ooh. What a movie. I need some time to collect myself. Not sure I’ve ever seen this masterpiece summed up so succinctly and accurately.

[@peterbendoris7327]

How in gods name did this movie bomb at the oscars. And to this very day it is still considered one of if not the greatest movie ever made. When the Godfather is on you watch it, when Goodfellas is on you watch it. When The Shawshank Redemption is on you watch it. It is a masterpiece. You wouldn't thing that the king of the horror books would wright something about Hope in prison.

[@raoulk35]

What an awesome year for film. Best picture nominees in 1995- Forest Gump, Pulp Fiction , Shawshank Redemption , Quiz Show, and Four Weddings and a Funeral .

[@danasixty5402]

You should've been at the Theatre Most of the people stood up and cheered .😢😢😊😊😊

[@jpchan23]

I’ve heard that the original ending was going to be different but after screen tests they changed it to this. Originally Red was just on the bus and he and Andy don’t see each other

[@michaelwilliams3641]

Red and Andy not seeing each other is how the book ends.

[@rhiannasanford6160]

For the movie, them seeing each other at the end was definitely the way to end it. It wouldn't have been the same or had the same impact. Not even close.

[@Zughaman]

I can’t remember who told to change it but the reason was “you can’t drag people through that much heart wrenching and then leave them hanging”

[@emes1845]

HOPE is my favorite word ✨.

[@GabrielCalderon-r4i]

This scene made me cry for the tenth time😢😢😢😢😢

[@johnmason9655]

The most amazing scene and score culminating in the discovery of the tree. Superb.

[@D0nut42]

2:57 It *is* a love story. A deep and true love that just isn't romantic.

[@BuhoPnu]

The love of friends, of brothers.

[@cesar5590]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏳️‍🌈🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@JustaGuy2.0]

Many people don't know but this movie is based on a book written by none other than Stephen King. So was The Green Mile. King is just not horror (mainly, but not only).

[@UserAndLoser1985]

Yep. And this is one of the few instances in which the movie is clearly better than the book. Although the book is really good - it just doesn’t compare to the masterpiece that the film is.

[@محمدیاریآلانق]

Frank darabont's movies are master piece

[@NoOne-jb6lr]

Hope is the only thing that motivates mankind that things can and will be better. Without hope we are lost.

[@Otokichi786]

Hope: Something not to be found in "Star Wars" or "Star Trek" ever since the mythical "modern audiences" became the object of studio obsession.

[@2tone753]

That was what Brooks had been missing. A safety net, set up by Andy without his knowledge, a net of friendship, perspective and hope.

[@mikegrasty5521]

The incredible thing is this movie BOMBED at the Box Office when it was released. It blew up once it went to video release.

[@medalion1390]

People often complain about studios meddling with movies, but if it hadn’t have been for that then we wouldn’t have gotten this ending. Originally it was simply going to fade to black as the bus drives away with Morgan Freeman saying “I hope…” but test audiences didn’t like that and the studio insisted they add the scene where Andy and Red are reunited.

[@lorenzosanchez4269]

0:54 liteweight reacting always makes me so emotional

[@RangerErnsy]

I only recently found her videos and you are SO right. The Band of Brothers reactions right now are especially emotional.

[@lorenzosanchez4269]

@ movies I’ve never been emotional for before. Seeing her cry just shattered me. In a good way, if that’s possible

[@davidlarson9549]

I had read the short story and had some misgivings on seeing this in the theater. I think there was only four other people watching it with me. It's one of the few movies where I teared up at the end.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

My brother and i broke the law too many times that not proud of! But we happened to get our passports and travel to Mexico before the pandemic happened.. the beach scene always makes me tear up because we had the same experience 😊

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

Your best compilation to date. Thanks to these reactors, despite Ashleigh Burton not being included.

[@gordondafoe3516]

FTW, thank you for posting these "moment" reactions! Well done.

[@GrouchyOldBear7]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

[@mxbblife_mu]

I'm not going to lie there's something exhilarating about seeing young people cry watching old ass movies😂😂😂 Yes I'm sick.😂

[@rhiannasanford6160]

No I agree! My son is 19 and I love that he's too the point now where he's starting to appreciate dramas I've loved for years.

[@dannycorbitt2389]

The beach scene was actually shot in St Croix...

[@patm5594]

It's one of the greatest movies ever !!!!

[@TheJoelSwaney]

Don't forget, Forest Gump won the Oscar for picture of the year that year. This was a better movie.

[@arraymac227]

At first watch, for a second, when that boat came into the foreground, I thought: Statue of Liberty.

[@rubroken]

Love does not have to be sexual, it does not have to be a man and a woman.........deep friendship can be love

[@alantanaka6957]

Shawshank and Stand By Me are the best films based on Stephen King's stories. Fight me!

[@Smileybeeblevrox]

What about The Stand, original tv series, granted not a film, but long enough for a few films. Also, I liked Thinner.

[@GabrielCalderon-r4i]

The Green Mile too🎉🎉🎉

[@lisa-l3t2b]

His short stories always transfer better onto screen.

[@brentmiller7127]

Misery

[@adamkhan7736]

"Hope" is a good thing. At the movie ending i just hope that they won't be needing a bigger boat.😮

[@MrRyguy2112]

Best ending ever.

[@tsrgoinc]

This is a love story, it’s the ultimate Bromance! 😊

[@johnligon2368]

My favorite movie of all time

[@otisroseboro5613]

Nice Reactions Everyone 😊

[@carlstawicki1915]

I never would have remembered the name of the town, let alone how to spell to find it on a map. The movie would have ended with me reading the note and doing my best Homer impersonation..."D'OH!"

[@tsrgoinc]

Back in 1995, I was 23 and on a coach/bus of 49 burley middle-aged football supporters on a Wednesday night coming back to London from Birmingham. This film was put on, about a minute in a comment from the back of the bus was “Turn this shit off” but inside of 20 minutes an eerie silence descended over the coach. There was normally taking, snoring and background noise on a midweek game but that night, nothing. I soothed the wild beast until we got to drop off point, The journey was a little over 2 hours and this is a 2h 22m film and so we never got to see the end and there was bedlam. The next night I rented it from Blockbusters and watched on the weekend with my girlfriend, who initially didn’t want to see it but again 20 minutes in she was completely engrossed and we…sorry she, SHE, she was in tears at the end! 🥹

[@myflatlineconstruct]

Written by Stephen King people! He does have some remarkable genius.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Get busy livin or get busy dyin. That's goddamn right.

[@markoconnor995]

This was Dr Nelson Mandela's favorite movie.

[@Katy-sh3ru]

😭❤️

[@ThetrueKidGoku]

I would've never found that stone 😔😔

[@arraymac227]

That's the Titanic on that tin? No one has mentioned that, so I've not seen.

[@robertfindley921]

One of the best movie endings of all time. See also Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Worst of all time? Arachnophobia, Forrest Gump (running sequence), and Titanic (almost meeting their end 44 times). Release the trolls.

[@shannarong3475]

Hope is a Good Thing

[@mikemartin8461]

Oh starting the video off with the beautiful talent LiteWeight Gaming

[@blakelester1776]

A plane ticket? I mean I suppose I can forgive it as a quick guess without thinking… I guess.

[@jimoliver660]

And there are still people who criticize this ending.

[@DinoC543]

I’ve read a lot of Stephen King, enjoy the happy ending… doesn’t happen very often.

[@Kate-c8m3b]

NOT EVERYONE HAS SOMEWHERE OR SOMEONE TO GO TO.... REALITY CHECK!!!!

[@credalemabry185]

A masterpiece

[@Otokichi786]

A song for Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, on his way to Zihuatanejo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2Kvp5-Bq9dmeJY

[@hebber1961]

Still can't believe this lost to Forrest Gump. One of the reasons I stopped watching the Oscars.

[@joeconcepts5552]

The whole point of the movie summed up in its final two words: “I hope.” The movie would’ve been great even if the last image was Red driving off on that bus. Just not AS great.

[@johnkelly1198]

That tree is in ohio i think it died

[@gpink5098]

If someone doesn’t lose it when he’s talking about hoping the Pacific is as blue as his dream, I don’t want to know them.

[@Gusflow01]

💯

[@numberonepun6969]

What a formula. Take popular movies and clip the best scenes and post reaction videos. There is the formula to anyone else who wants to copy it. Let's get EVERYONE to be a content creator!

[@6HauntedDays]

Yea they been around like 10yrs what TF. You in a nursing home & just discovered this?? 🙄😂🤣

[@ravondal1958]

It looks to me your responses to the responses are not real :((( Blah ! So not in sync therefore ...................... You disappoint !

[@acrocks6893]

The girl in the beginning you are so annoying please shut up and watch the movie

[@JoeBuck207]

We need a sequel.

[@shawnjohnson9763]

No. This was perfect as is.

[@torchmark66]

Yeah sure... or maybe a remake!!! By Disney! ... no.

[@timothypolanco8622]

​@@shawnjohnson9763 Agreed

[@jbwade5676]

I hate Shawshank redemption

[@tylerdurden2460]

Your taste in movies immediately comes into question.

[@Theomite]

Well that's just like....your opinion, man.

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

I'm sure they will be making a new transformers film for you soon .

[@grandfresh9196]

U hate living.

[@danielschegh9695]

With hope, determination, and perseverance, you can overcome this.