I am reviewing this
review of the Shawshank Redemption critiqued by Roger Ebert. I watched Shawshank Redemption for the first time this previous summer and fell in love with it immediately. I have since watched it several more times and enjoy it just as much each time. I believe Roger did well in hitting the main points on why this is such a popular movie, but i strongly disagree in his statement that it is slow at times, and possibly depressing. In my viewing, I thought it showed the life of a man falsely in prison who instead of dwelling on the injustice showed that you are who you make yourself to be no matter what the circumstances. Though, Robert can't help but agree with me a little bit.
"The
Shawshank Redemption" is not a depressing story, although I may have made it
sound that way. There is a lot of life and humor in it, and warmth in the
friendship that builds up between Andy and Red. There is even excitement and
suspense, although not when we expect it.
One reason I enjoyed this film so much is the great friendship shown between the two main characters - Andy and Red. It is rare to find a movie that is not any way romantically involved but rather pure loyal friendship. In this same regard why I enjoyed it so much, I believe Roger Ebert hit the nail on the head when he said:
"The
Shawshank Redemption" is a movie about time, patience and loyalty -- not
sexy qualities, perhaps, but they grow on you during the subterranean progress
of this story, which is about how two men serving life sentences in prison
become friends and find a way to fight off despair.
In summary, I believe Roger Ebert did a more than adequate job in setting up what you could expect from the movie, and possibly even more than you wanted in information regarding to the plot. He correctly gave credit to the director who did a brilliant job of making us feel like we were acutally in the prison with the guys. Roger says,
The director, Frank
Darabont, paints the prison in drab grays and shadows, so that when key
events do occur, they seem to have a life of their own.
Last, I believe Ebert could have even painted The Shawshank Redemption to be even more inspiring that he says. It isn't another "good feel" movie, it is a genuine movie that motivates and teaches us strong life lessons.
3 comments:
danny thats interesting. I have never seen this movie, and i've heard really good things. This review and critique of the review kind of makes me want to go rent it
Hello Danny. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post about Shawshank. I also really love this movie and I'm really glad we have that in common. I forgot about this movie and I think next time I go through the new releases a hundred times at blockbuster and can't find anything that looks good I will rent this movie. So, thank you Danny.
Danny: This is one of those movies that really earns its happy ending because of all the depressing stuff that you (and Ebert) mentioned that happens before it. I thought maybe you could've said more about specifically why you liked the film so much, but nice job overall.
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