Shawshank Redemption

I enjoyed the movie because mainly it had a happy ending. I enjoy movies with happy endings where a person has succeeded in triumphing over their goal. In this instance, Andy, who is free man, gets caught for a double murder he did not commit. Andy is then sent to Shawshank prison because he had been accused of being guilty with evidence that was incorrect. The movie started off with a confusing storyline, untold and unexplained. It had been a bit misleading because i thought he would be guilty. It turns out he was not, when the real murderer was in another jail. The falsely accused man (Andy) had heard of this when a young guy had been sent to Shaw shank for more than one crime. Andy sees the warden and tells him what really happened but the warden tries to convince the prisoner that he is being misled. The warden was so scared of what he just heard, that he went outside and got a guard to kill the young guy because of what the young guy said to Andy. The warden didn't want Andy to leave Shawshank because he was arranging the wardens and the guards tax accounts. i thought this was unfair in some cases because Andy was being used so much that he may have never been able to leave Shawshank. The only way he knew, was to break out...

I liked the part where he is shown in his cell, the night he was to escape. It made us think, what is his next move. Then, the next morning, he was to wake up as normal and stand in front of his cell, but he never stepped out. His cell was empty and the commanding officers showed the warden and the warden was speechless. He had to find him because the warden was scared that if he were to escape, then the warden would be framed. The warden brings in the escaped prisoners friend (Red) from prison and asks him where his friend has gone. He said he doesn't know. In frustration and a scared emotion, the warden throws chess pieces from the escaped prisoners room at Red and also at the picture he had hung up on the wall of the cell. It tore through the paper and fell down a hole the prisoner had made to escape. It shows us later on in the movie how he escaped. That was my favourite part of the movie as it shows an awesome climax to the movie.

The character that remained in my mind, even after the movie, was Red because he had served a life sentence in jail for far to long and he was the only black man in jail to escape a free man and feel redeemed from what had happened in his past. He always felt regret for what he had done but inside he was to walk in the footsteps of his past life and make up for his mistakes. By making a new friend, he has found a true place in the real world.