Brief Synopsis (from Netflix)Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden (Bob Gunton). During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman) -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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The first night's the toughest, no doubt about it. They march you in naked as the day you were born, skin burning and half blind from that delousing shit they throw on you, and when they put you in that cell... and those bars slam home... that's when you know it's for real. A whole life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it.
This movie is arguably the greatest movie of all time, but you don't have to take my word for it just checkout the Internet Movie Database's top 100 list. It continually fluctuates between the top 3 spots.
Now I could go on about how good the acting is or how well the screenplay was adapted from the book, but I honestly attribute a lot of what I like about this movie to one thing. Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman in my opinion is on a very short list of actors who can do no wrong. Every movie he is in is elevated to a different level purely from his presence on screen. Plus, the man has a voice like silk. His narrating was very monotone, but not in the boring sense. It was more like a good friend telling you a story. You didn't need it to be all animated and over the top, just the words and the sound of his vioce are enough to keep you enthralled throughout the whole story.
Final Thoughts- I am well aware that this post has been more of a Morgan Freeman love fest then a review of Shawshank, but honestly this movie is awesome, just go watch it then you'll understand.
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