The dropping of the Dirt through the trousers was something that 'Really' happened during WW-II. You should watch the movie 'The Great Escape', where they highlight how the Prisoners of War (most British, but some from other allied Countries) used to dig, and hide the dirt. for three simultaneous tunnels. That movie was made in 1963.
@@tempsitch5632Did you mean it is 'Top Secret'? If so, that makes sense, since there have been accusations of those prisoners violating the Geneva Convention (a long story).
Yes. Red showed real remorse and talked about what he would say to his younger, stupid self. Also, the parole board changed during his 40 years. The last one was younger and probably with a different outlook.
Thank You.Finally, after all of the reactions I've seen,which is a lot, like over 35 your the first one to NOTICE THAT IT WAS A NEW COMMITTEE to approve Red's release from prison.I kept wondering when someone was going recognize it.👏👏👏
I think he realized that the wall was not solidly built… and that genuinely surprised Andy. Being knowledgeable of rocks, I think he presumed that the walls were made of concrete or some material that would never be penetrated. However, when the chunk came off the wall, this was the moment of realization that it would be done… which is why it was shown when it happened.
Great reactions! I enjoy seeing perspectives from various countries and generations. Keep up the good work! Darabont also directed "The Mist". Stephen King wrote a lot of books that became movies including: "IT", "Misery", "Pet Cemetery", and "This Shining".
Thanks a lot! ☺ I think Stephen King wrote so many books that it would just be impossible to not have so many adaptations xD "The Mist" was so depressing though... 😬
One sad shot was eventually removed from the film (but is in the Stephen King novel). Shortly after Brooks dies, the prisoners find Jake lying dead on the ground in the prison grounds. He had also been institutionalized, and with no one to feed him, he was unable to find food on his own. He died of starvation. This scene was originally supposed to be in the film, but it turns out that the scene with Brooks' pass away is emotional and sad enough, and that there is no need to add more salt to the viewer's wounds.
I think that part of the reason the warden never bothered to open the Bible was that once Andy proved himself of quoting scripture without referring to it; the warden (clearly a man of God) felt himself under pressure to “keep up” and not appear less knowledgeable than a mere prisoner.
Andy's method of distributing the excavated dirt was more likely a nod to the film, THE GREAT ESCAPE, with (Terence) Steve McQeen and James Garner. That was a hugely successful film in which the same method was used.
In my opinion they paroled Red at the end because they thought his spirit was too broken to re-offend. His "I don't give a s**t" was their cue that he didn't have any fight left in him.
The original story and the premiere screening ended with Red on the bus; however, the screening audience thought there needed to be a reunion, so they added that the the final movie.
Thanks for the reaction! If you've come this far, maybe you'd like to try another powerful Stephen King movie adaptation, Dolores Claiborne. A tough watch, great performances, Kathy Bates!
@@ptthatswhatshesaid Hey, thanks for the response y'all! I hope you choose DC at some point, would love to see what ya think, rarely reacted to, but deserves more attention...like To Kill a Mockingbird, wonderful choice!!
Hey, thanks a lot! 😊 That is actually her favourite movie! xD but we will probably do a reaction/review of it as like a "favourite movie rewatch reaction".
If you like Morgan Freeman who finally got parolled at the end of the movie, try watching Glory. It's about the first African American regiment into the US Civil War. If you're more interested in the civil war, try PBS documentary Ken Burns The Civil War. It's several episodes long with famouts actors/actresses reading letters written during that time period. There are no re-enactments just pictures taken at the time.
About Brooks and committing Murder. If we do the math (based on what's said in the movie), he probably went to prison in between 1914 and 1919 during WW-I. At that time there was a LOT of poverty in the U.S., which resulted in a LOT of crime using deadly weapons. Imagine if brooks was a soldier who got out of the Military but could not find a job. Very frequently, armed robberies lead to murder.
Brooks murdered his wife and child (according to the novella). He was sent to Shawshank in 1905. He told Andy this in the Library. He was released in 1955. He was an old man who had no future, no chance of starting a new career or life.
@@Stogie2112 That's terrible. I would have rather heard he was robbing Bank and the manager came at him. That seems more in-line with the character we see in the movie.
@@PE4Doers ... Brooks is a very interesting character. He seemed like a nice old man who wouldn't hurt anyone, but then we saw what he's like when he's really angry. He put a knife to Heywood's throat, and he even thought about shooting his new boss in the grocery store as "an added bonus". We can argue that he wasn't fully rehabilitated.
@@PE4Doers ... We can certainly give James Whitmore a standing ovation for his performance as Brooks. He almost stole the film. The scene of him in the bus, looking terrified, was priceless.
Always blows my mind that Stephen King wrote this film. I pretty much only associate him with horror books/films and he winds up writing one the best drama scripts ever.
I wanted my Father to watch this movie with me. But being my late Father was a Minister I knew that if I told him it was based on a Stephen King book he wouldn't watch it. So I didn't tell him until afterwards, he was surprised and said "Wow, I thought he only wrote demonic horror stories". Later on we watched "Stand By Me" and I didn't tell him King wrote that until afterwards too. He really liked both movies.
I'm sorry, but I find that very hard to believe 😅 I don't imagine that in a country like the US convicts families would be financially punished by his actions 🤷♂🤷♂🤷♂ makes no sense
Indeed, the film was originally intended to end with an open ending, a shot of a bus disappearing over the horizon with Morgan Freeman saying, "I hope." But the test audience rejected that ending and voted that they wanted to see Andy and Red meet. Personally, I think that was a mistake. I don't like open endings either, but there was nothing open about this one - everything was pointing to Red being successfully on his way to Andy and there was no longer any obstacle to their meeting. The shot on the beach is unnecessary. Or rather, redundant. Because the words "I hope" are strong enough in the bus scene. Red has redeemed himself from Shawshank and his crime and found faith in hope.
I agree with what you're saying to a certain point. The scene on the beach was unnecessary in terms of reading the story. When we're reading the novella, that last image of the bus makes perfect sense. When we're reading the novella, the character of Red is dominant; it's his story. However, on the big screen, where the story is mostly a visual experience, audiences wanted to see Andy again. Even though they knew where Red was going, audiences wanted to see Andy and Red meet as free men and as brothers. When we're watching the film, the story is Andy and Red. They are inseparable.
Love your reactions and discussions afterwards. I respectfully request you react to Misery another Stephen King story. If you haven't seen Seven its one of Morgan Freeman's best performances and i think you both would enjoy the genre.
Thank you! ☺ Misery is quite an interesting one yeah, need to check if she has seen it We are both very big fans of Fincher, so Seven would not be a first time watching! 😜
Hey! It's been a long time since we last heard from you! You gave us very good suggestions in the past 😜 I know, I know, we still don't have the rings and are living in sin 😂 we are working on it ok!
@@ptthatswhatshesaid a good catholic Portuguese girl can’t be living in sin…😊 Please watch the Band of Brothers miniseries…you both will especially love it…or the movie Gran Torino, ditto…marry her quickly mate, she’s definitely a keeper :)
2:06 Lucy, it seems like you have the wrong idea how to use the word "cute". In this instance, you could say "he's being nice with him", or "he's being good to him", or "sympathetic to him", or even "respectful to him". To say he was being cute to him makes it sound like you are diminishing his action & its significance, because the word "cute" is usually used to describe something small & appealing in a baby-like way. For example, I moved into a small apartment that has a cute kitchen; she looked so cute when she blushed; my new puppy is so cute, etc. I hope that helps. (For what it's worth, my name is Daniel also 😋) Daniel, I wish you had at least shown the Bible with the pickaxe in it. If I'm not mistaken, Andy made the compartment for it starting at the Book of Exodus, which is the story of the Israelites struggle from slavery to freedom. 😊 Cheers! 🍻
Ahahah I suppose for us cute, nice good all seem the same! 😂 I had never noticed that Andy started to cut the hole for the pickaxe on Exodus, that's such a great detail! thank you for letting us know 😉
The California Innocence Project founded in 1999 and the Northern California Innocence Project founded in 2001 and The Innocence Project of New York founded in 1992 are the original three innocence projects to help get those who were wrongly convicted out of prison. Now today every state in the USA has its own innocence project.
Brooks killed his wife and daughter after a bad night of gambling. (I’m not judging one way or another. I just thought I might provide some background). My father was a psychologist and spent most of his career in the federal prison system. He was always very adamant that people are not sent to prison to BE punished but, rather, being in prison IS the punishment. So, he had a somewhat low opinion (I’m putting it mildly) of people who advocated torture or denying prisoners simple pleasures like television or movies. “Anyone who thinks like that should try living a weekend or just one day in a real prison”!
Excellent post. 👍 In the case of imprisonment, the punishment consists of taking good things away from the convict: his personal freedom, human contact with his friends, family and people in general, his personal belongings, etc. His individuality is stripped away, and he becomes "Prisoner # 3578". Being put in "the Hole" may be the worst, as you are deprived of nearly all sensations. No light, no sound, no conversation, nothing.
Brutal to know about Brooks, but yeah, if he was there for so long I figured it would be something bad... Being in prison is not supposed to be a good experience so yeah, supposedly it IS the punishment. Torture is something quite unnecessary
This was a bad edit. Too many important parts were cut out that I wanted to see a reaction to. I've watched dozens of reactions to this movie and there are much better edits out there, where all the good parts are left in and it feels like you watched the whole movie even though it was cut down to half its time.
Im sorry 🙁 would you please give me 1 or 2 exemples of what you considered a very good part that I left out so that I might be carefull on future reaction edits. I do try to put together a coherent edit for RU-vid, but of course, it still not the same as a full length
@@ptthatswhatshesaid Thank you for listening to my criticism and not getting offended. So many people often do. As for the edit, you cut out most of Brook's part when he leaves prison. We didn't get to see your reaction to Brooks struggling with the outside world which takes away from the impact of his death. You also cut out most of the parts of Red's life after prison, which mirrored Brooks until he made the decision to go find Andy. But the worst one was Andy's escape. You cut out almost the whole bank scene which is one of the best parts of the movie where you find Andy using his false identity with which he takes $300K of the warden's money. There were many other moments but I would have to watch the reaction again to give you a whole rundown. With all that said, I know that RU-vid can be a pain and makes it difficult to upload these reactions. If you leave too much stuff in, they will give you a copyright strike. But I also know that other reactors have been able to do really good edits where it feels like you watched the whole movie with all the good parts even though it's been cut down significantly. Hopefully you found my criticism constructive. Cheers.
@@Inquiringmind0 Hmmm, I do get what you are saying. RU-vid can be a pain yeah, but a lot of times it is also because of a lack of "reaction" from our part in certain parts (being so focused that we are simply observing), which I see now is not exactly a good excuse, some bits do need to be put in despite of it, and it is quite normal to just be quietly observing a scene 😅🤦♂ everyday I try to improve a bit, and will continue to do so. Thank you for the criticism!
Sweetheart..black volcanic rock..interesting idea but..Andy already knew he had buried something there..perhaps a letter chronicling his love for his wife.. already buried there under a black volcanic rock..not seen in Maine hay field.
Andy told Red that he had been to the oak tree. It's where he asked his wife to marry him. We can argue that once Andy escaped and assumed his new identity, he went back the the oak tree and buried the letter and money under the volcanic rock for Red to find. He then sent Red the post card from Fort Hancock, Texas, to let him know he was waiting for him in Mexico.
