It really hits home for me since this is kind of the way my dad died . I understand it and then again a part of me does not. I Love him still no matter what.
I was a resident at Mansfield Reformatory. 1989 through 1990, in Mansfield Ohio. Mansfield Reformatory would be shut down a short time later, and later this film would become the setting for one of the greatest prison movies ever made, The Shawshank Redemption. I was a kid when I was at Mansfield Reformatory, sentenced to three months for stealing a car. A lot of people, when I tell them about this little bit of my history, find it hard to believe. I have my prison records to prove it. Of course, being in prison isn't exactly the kind of thing one brags about, but my checkered past doesn't change the fact of my having been part of cinematic history. A few little interesting facts: The perspective of Andy, looking up at the windows while walking into Shawshank the first time, is the exact same perspective I had when walking into that door. The cells in the film are not the cells of Mansfield, that is, represented in Shawshank. They actually built a set for that part of the film because by the time the movie was made, the cells were in complete disrepair. In reality, they were tiny, claustrophobic. You had a metal footlocker that you shared with your roommate; there was a tiny sink and above it was a polished piece of steel for a mirror. The toilet was porcelain, stained brown with rust and age, looking like a small stool in the corner of the room. The shower room wasn't as it was portrayed in the movie. In reality, the Mansfield showers was nothing more than a single pipe hanging from the ceiling and running the length of the tiled room, and along the length of the pipe were shower nozzles that all came on at the same time. The water was always cold, there was no hot water. In fact, in order to get hot water in your cell, like for making the instant coffee you got from the inmate commissary (store), you had to wait for the delivery of hot water by inmate trustees. When Andy and the other inmates are lined up for orientation, that is, the little pep talk from the warden, that was not inmate intake at Mansfield. That is actually one of the many dayrooms at Mansfield that served many functions, including religious services. The chow hall where Andy finds the meal worm in his oatmeal looks to be the same dining area of Mansfield's Reformatory. The bus coming into the prison through that single gated entrance is the entrance prisoners came through at Mansfield, exactly the same thing. The same route. It was pretty much the way it was depicted in the Shawshank Redemption. Since the cell block depicted in the movie isn't the actual cell blocks of Mansfield, the image of the inmates marching single file down to the dining area isn't how it was at Mansfield. In fact, the walk to the chow hall was very cramped, the walkway in front of the cells barely as wide as a man, and contained from floor to ceiling with bars. And when you got to the end of the walkway you walked down these stairs in a zigzag pattern. The stairs had brass rails that is was my job to polish. Huge brass rails the size of one's arm. I didn't get paid for it, I volunteered so I could get out of my cell every day. Shawshank was a dark and depressing place. The film has a peculiar -- and dare I say -- special meaning to me. It represents one of the darkest periods of my life, for a number of reasons of which, none the least of which is my time at Shawshank prison. I was in a section of the prison where they kept lower security prisoners. After all, I was in for stealing a car {technically, receiving stolen property, plea bargain). I got 90 days and then I would have to be extradited back to Michigan to be charged for actually stealing the car. So they kept me and kids of my security level on a separate tier. I still had to fight, though, since I was surrounded by equally young kids who had something to prove -- gladiators, those with light sentences with nothing to lose and something to prove. And when we went to chow, we all had to parade by the old timers who were lounging around the tiers (we called them "rocks"), kind of like thugs hanging around the street corners. The very first time someone tapped my backside as I walked by, I went right at him, no questions, no conversation. That put me in the "hole", segregation, and probably increased my chances of being left alone when I was released from segregation, and I was never bothered again. Each tier was so tall, completely enclosed by bars and mesh. We called them birdcages. The only thing that compares in my mind is Jackson Penitentiary, or Michigan State Prison, also a historical landmark, in Michigan, only open for tours. I was extradited from Mansfield to Jackson, where I stayed waiting for orientation, where the powers that be decided my security level. Then I went to the Michigan Training Unit, Security Level Three, Camp Cupcake in some ways but brutal in others, since all the young thugs on their first sentences went there too. Don't let anyone tell you that a lower level is easier when doing time than a Level Four or Five. Ironically, higher security prisons are in many ways much safer, since you are locked down 23 hours a day, while in lower levels you are out and about all day, at least when I was inside. I will say that being inside has made me much more aware and more streetwise than if I hadn't been inside. I can talk to people and immediately recognize those who have done time to those who haven't. There is a way about them, an edge to their character, and there are the turns of phrase, the lingo, the rhetoric, their philosophy on life and friends and law enforcement. They have an appreciation for the little guy, and you can count on many of them to have your back, no matter the circumstances. I haven't committed a crime since then, but the self-awareness, the lessons and the perspective I have garnered having been inside have stayed with me. I'm a writer, and I have written often about my times inside. It will never leave me, those experiences. Just as the system will never allow me to forget, having denied me the right to vote, having made getting work difficult as a convicted felon, no matter how much time goes by, still, you know something? I myself will never forget either. It's as much a part of me as anything from my childhood. It is who I am. There is a saying: Ignorance is bliss. I wish I could go back to being ignorant about that life, but that isn't reality. It is what it is. But I also walk more confidently in my own skin. Living free isn't the same as living inside, surrounded by those who would take any advantage, would take everything from you without a moment's notice and without any thought. So I've been tried, tested, and so in some ways being inside has made me stronger. I wish I hadn't gone to prison, but I have, and I am stronger for it.
Thank you, for sharing this and going out your way to do it. You're no nonsense prose gets to the point, direct, straight ahead, matter of fact and with total, unapologetic, zero F's given, your voice establishes a life spent having to deal in absolutes and bottom lines. A middle ground between no grey areas or silver linings, where you trapped in a neverending loop running round in circles while crashing into nothing but blind alleys and dead-ends, the roadblocks and quicksand a non stop vicious cycle at every turn. When you writing off the cuff from the gut, you got no time for pretense or metaphor. This style, the expression, your prose fit the subject matter, while communicating an eloquence and sense of lyricism throughout within its tough, uncompromising world viewpoint. It reads like the concerto by a cell block Beethoven. The mad hatter opera of no hope, zero tolerance and bad luck. An artist residency program with no possibility of parole. Every line you write is a brass knuckles symphony. You make beautiful music where your true spirit sours like a Phoenix, but with the quiet power less a resurrection than it is a reckoning of one man's personal rapture whose had to hide one's true nature, very lifeforce and blood spirit behind a value system not his own and code of conduct forged by concrete and asphalt, that still can't conquer the undeniable cosmic potency and authority you yield with paper and pen, prose and text you will into existence with the thunderclap, raw otherworldly mushroom cloud impact of your shared active volcanic life experiences that clearly've erupted from someone with the heart of a lion, uniqueness of a mythical beast of sound and fury and soul of a poet. I hope you keep writing, I wish you peace, I pray you find the salvation that you, if not seek, don't feel deserve, then at least definitely earned and find you despite all else and you get anyway regardless. Your story really got to me.
I randomly stumbled across this movie as a 14 year old kid. I was mesmerized by the gripping story and well written characters, not to mention some of the best acting I've ever laid eyes on. When it ended, I instantly knew that I had just witnessed the greatest movie ever. A belief I still firmly hold to this day 20-something years later.
I could listen to Morgan Freemen read a phone book, this film is a masterpiece. The most heartbreaking scene, is Brookes waiting alone for Jake in the park. And he never comes. That's a never ending pain. -Brookes was here
Oh my gosh, for me too. Him taking his life devastates me, but when I see him sitting on that park bench all alone, hoping that Jake will come and visit, that just wrecks my soul and leaves me in ugly tears.
I LOVE that the hollowed out section of Andy's bible that hid the rock hammer began in the book of Exodus. And when the warden had cells tossed to 'size Andy up' he held it in his hand.
@@freyasheart9527 to me it is a cinematic choice to represent the fact that Brooks wouldn't have an easy time letting go the prison, while Red is the opposite, he's glad to be out
The cool thing about this movie is that the book (which I FINALLY got around to reading late last year when I taught it to HS seniors) is also very good, but it ends with Red on the bus. The story goes that test audiences HATED that ending and the filmmakers added the scene with him and Andy reuniting on the beach. That extra minute or so makes a HUGE difference in the ending as a viewer.
I know sometimes movies end with endings that intentionally leave you wondering what happened, but I agree with the test audience. To see Andy's face as Red arrives, along with Red's, is priceless. Friends finally together again.
When are you going to post the rest of the LOTR reactions? I understand you have already watched them all for a while now. I just watched the long form ones myself right after your first reaction so I'd like to see your thoughts on them.
The fact this movie didn't get an Oscar is one of the biggest robberies in film.... although, there were some real heavy hitters during that time, some of the most iconic movies in film history.
Fun fact. When they arrest the head guard Handley, the detective is reading him his rights from a booklet. This is because the actual law of miranda rights were less than a year old when this movie takes place. So, logically, detectives wouldn't have the moranda rights memorized yet.
One of my fave reactions to this movie - and ive seen a lot! Also i love that you left in the "hope is a dangerous thin, you better get used to that idea" "...like Brooks did?" Scene bc its one of the best in the movie & underrated - a lot of reactors cut it out. Great job, your reactions just keep getting better :)
My personal theory is that the Warden had the parole board in his pocket so he could hang on to the inmates and justify more government funding for his job and use them as slaves - that's why Red and the other inmates kept getting their parole appeals rejected, until right after the Warden's removal. Without the Warden's bribes (and probably a shakeup of the parole board during the ensuing investigation), the obstacle to their paroles was finally removed.
Agreed! Though, I can’t remember if this is heavily implied or some Mandela Effect because modern prison systems outsource labor to cities/counties paying literal pennies per hour for an inmate to weed whack a median. The Pennies would go to the inmates account, but the difference up to federal minimum wage would be given to the jail or prison.
@@DevinGtv901Different time. Racism was an even bigger factor back then. Even tho they dont focus on that in this movie. But segregation was still a thing.
Nah, Red was rejected I think because he wasn't being honest with what he did, saying what he thought the Parole Board wanted to hear. The Board detected that. The third time he was honest and what he said was heart felt. Plus it was the 1960s and there was a feeling of prison reform; and he did serve 40 years so the Board, IMHO, thought he was honest and served enough time.
A statistical analysis of parole board decisions has determined that your odds of receiving parole depend the most on the hunger of the board. Having your hearing immediately after breakfast or lunch tremendously improves those odds. Sounds very likely to me.
There’s 2 shots I really love. I love the shot of Brooks leaving prison. It’s from the street (freedom) looking into the prison. When Red leaves, it’s looking from inside the prison out into freedom
The 1995 Oscars was a great year. Lion King, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction: Shawshank went 0-for-7 with its nominations. It’s almost like the other great films of that year which won awards greatly overshadowed this film. Cheers man, always a pleasure rewatching movies with you :)
This is a tale of the redemption of Red, a convicted murderer who eventually thinks of hope as dangerous. After he's paid his debt to society, he begins to hope again and has his hope justified. Beautiful. There is no need for redemption for Andy, he's innocent and always had hope.
Clancy Brown (Hadley, the bull guard) tells the story of how his character beat up and killed that new prisoner and then he, Clancy, played a doctor on one of those hospital TV shows who killed a surgery patient ... who was played by the same actor he killed in Shawshank. Clancy got to kill the same actor twice.
The more I watch this movie (and reactions to it), the more it actually hits me in the feels because I know what's coming. Brooks' release and suicide is heartbreaking, Tommy's murder just pisses me off, and the ending on the shores of the Pacific and the way that Andy and Red smile at each other just hits me every time. Watch it again...I bet a tear drops.
BTW wonderful hidden clue. The Opera Aria on the record player was Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" a duet between two ladies plotting against The Count
Without doubt the best movie ever. A masterpiece of filmmaking, excellent story, cinematography, superb acting, emotional rollercoaster with a satisfying ending. I saw this 30 years ago in the cinema. Never forget the silence at the end, grown men weeping and then the clapping started.
The actor who plays captain Hadley is the voice of Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob. Morgan Freeman’s son posed for the pictures for Red’s mugshots. Definitely watch The Count of Monte Cristo from 2002. Great redemption movie as well.
This movie has been my favorite ever since I saw it the first time. It's one of the few movies that I am always happy to watch again, no matter how recently I saw it last.
This is pretty much the most perfect movie. I think it’s the highest rated of all time on IMDB. Great reaction! Thumbs up all! Btw, I love your funny ass intros.
The ending was going to be with Red on the bus talking about Andy, but pressure added to Director wanting a scene to show Red and Andy reunited won in the end.
You've done The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. Frank Darabont directed both movies, both Stephen King adaptations. Next up, he directed Stephen King's, The Mist. Very different movie. Great watch, with something very infamous about it (until you've seen it, then it's just famous). But you are warned...
I love that story Stephen King tells about a lady who refused to believe he wrote Shawshank, because it was extremely “good” and wholesome compared to his reputation and novels otherwise.
LMFAO.. 2 seconds into the movie "This reminds me of The Green Mile" haha... Well.. Both are Stephen King Stories... and both are Directed by Frank Darabont :)
I don't think Red was Paroled at his previous hearings because they felt that he was just telling them what they wanted to hear. In his final Parole hearing Red gave them an honest response. The reason that this film had "Green Mile" vibes is both had the same Author (Steven King) and Director (Frank Darabont).
@@DevinGtv901 It's Quentin Tarantino and Samuel Jackson at their best of the BEST!!! If you watch it it will hands-down be one of your favorite movies ever, no question!
The book ends with Red on the bus on his way to meet Andy and that's where Frank Darabont the director was going to end the movie, but the studio felt that the build up was so great that there had to be a scene, however small, of Andy and Red reuniting again. Frank agreed and they put it in the movie. This is one of the rare situations where the studio's suggestion was right!
Yes indeed! That scene devoid of any dialogue, nothing to water it down, nothing to taint it! It's just pure perfection, and the most rewarding ending ever realized on the silver screen
I hope all generations can have art worthy of living centuries into the future. We have paintings, architecture, music, books that have existed hundreds, even thousands of years. I doubt Film will but, heck, look at fables and myths... I think SHAWSHANK and a handful of other great films will be our generation's contribution.
Awesome movie. I've seen people end up like Brooks. Its sad. And,, as a two time escapee, who planned a successful escape for someone else.. Andy is a genius.
This is one of my Favorite movies of All Time! I watched it every day when I was going through a really tough time. I felt much like Andy when he got out once things got better in my life. Great reaction keep up the good work!
Nice Reaction man, its normal to tear up, it's a wonderful movie. This is my favorite film of them all, the greatest to me since back then. It's a perfect film.
"Hope ain't nothing but a shitty pipe dream". Indeed it is. Your face during the Boggs getting his turn scene is priceless, and Red's reaction being questioned by the warden when Andy goes missing is so genuine. Great acting, superb writing and directing, just a brilliant masterpiece all around. Haven't came across your channel in a while, glad to see you're still doing great things. Edit: Notice Red was up for parole at 40 years. Brooks did 50. Mr. Redding is on the verge of become institutionalized in the same way.
I've seen this movie dozens of times and always liked it ok, but only this year did I realize it might actually my #1 movie of all time. Hope is the most important thing a person can have, and this movie nails what that means, why, and the power it can wield
GREAT Reaction. I loved to see how happy you were at the end. I also loved your reactions at each of the points, from Andy's disappearance to the warden getting burned and so on. So fun!!!
AWESOME reaction!! Glad you liked it- def a top 5 for anyone who sees it. Loved how you sniffed the warden out with Tommy, the poor kid didn't have a chance.
Thunder hits moments after the lightening, supposedly 0.2 seconds per mile away from you that the lightning is. Andy was looking at the lightning, then waiting for the thunder to come so that it covered up the sound of his hitting the pipe with the rock.
One of the most magnificent movies ever made and in my opinion the greatest ending ever in a movie... Crazy thing about this movie. It bombed in the theater
@Devin G Insane that this and Green Mile were ALSO written from Stephen King......"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies" A quote I have always loved but it hits even harder trying to live 0out the rest of my life without my wife, and do so to try an make her proud even or especially when 75% of the time I no longer wish to be here...... As always continue to seek out greatness Devin. The best films from the 1930's til now always touch the soul..... have a lovely week Sir :) and yes hopefully this summer or fall you seek out Xmen 97.
The beach scene was shot later after the original production has ended. Someone decided they needed for people see Red and Andy reunite. The bus scene just before the end where you hear the final words " I hope" is where it originally ended. There is a trail you can follow to a marker where Red and Andy reunited, Sandy Point Beach, St Croix, US Virgin Islands
Very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing. My first time here looks like you've got a lot of great ones for me to catch up on. Really good job editing also. Thanks again
Devin, you are damn funny. I laughed my ass off at your comment and reactions. This masterpiece always leaves me with intense feelings of optimism: I hope, I hope, I hope.
When they filmed red exiting the prison the camera shot was of red facing towards the exit. For brook the camera is facing towards the prison. Red with purpose ready to leave, the other tethered to that place. Pretty cool directing imo 😊
This was filmed in my hometown and there is a 3-day metal festival at the prison every year now. I lived right on Park Avenue for a long time, downtown and the park looks exactly the same. The tree that Red goes to got struck by lightning and they had to cut it down. I took the tour of the prison a few years ago, there are still records strewn across the library.
Red talking about Mexico : “That’s a shitty pipe dream…”
Then Andy escaped through a shitty pipe to realize the dream.
There's a cut scene of brookz laughing its on UA-cam
I like that added touch as well as the theme of Mozarts Aria.
Damnnn!!! 😳. I didn’t think about that..
@@DevinGtv901 As much as I've seen this movie, I never put that together!
Good thing that pipe didn't have bars at the end LOL
The slow reveal of Andy's plan coming together is one of the most satisfying things ever put to film.
The Brooks scene is heartbreaking EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
That scene was definitely a tear jerker
Nah, he killed his wife and kids, it's in the novel
Every time you see it the second time. Heartbreaking 💔
It really hits home for me since this is kind of the way my dad died . I understand it and then again a part of me does not. I Love him still no matter what.
Indeed!😢
Did you catch when the warden opened up the bible where the rock hammer was stored, it was on the chapter / book of "Exodus" LOL
I was a resident at Mansfield Reformatory. 1989 through 1990, in Mansfield Ohio. Mansfield Reformatory would be shut down a short time later, and later this film would become the setting for one of the greatest prison movies ever made, The Shawshank Redemption.
I was a kid when I was at Mansfield Reformatory, sentenced to three months for stealing a car. A lot of people, when I tell them about this little bit of my history, find it hard to believe. I have my prison records to prove it. Of course, being in prison isn't exactly the kind of thing one brags about, but my checkered past doesn't change the fact of my having been part of cinematic history.
A few little interesting facts: The perspective of Andy, looking up at the windows while walking into Shawshank the first time, is the exact same perspective I had when walking into that door.
The cells in the film are not the cells of Mansfield, that is, represented in Shawshank. They actually built a set for that part of the film because by the time the movie was made, the cells were in complete disrepair. In reality, they were tiny, claustrophobic. You had a metal footlocker that you shared with your roommate; there was a tiny sink and above it was a polished piece of steel for a mirror. The toilet was porcelain, stained brown with rust and age, looking like a small stool in the corner of the room.
The shower room wasn't as it was portrayed in the movie. In reality, the Mansfield showers was nothing more than a single pipe hanging from the ceiling and running the length of the tiled room, and along the length of the pipe were shower nozzles that all came on at the same time. The water was always cold, there was no hot water. In fact, in order to get hot water in your cell, like for making the instant coffee you got from the inmate commissary (store), you had to wait for the delivery of hot water by inmate trustees.
When Andy and the other inmates are lined up for orientation, that is, the little pep talk from the warden, that was not inmate intake at Mansfield. That is actually one of the many dayrooms at Mansfield that served many functions, including religious services. The chow hall where Andy finds the meal worm in his oatmeal looks to be the same dining area of Mansfield's Reformatory.
The bus coming into the prison through that single gated entrance is the entrance prisoners came through at Mansfield, exactly the same thing. The same route. It was pretty much the way it was depicted in the Shawshank Redemption.
Since the cell block depicted in the movie isn't the actual cell blocks of Mansfield, the image of the inmates marching single file down to the dining area isn't how it was at Mansfield. In fact, the walk to the chow hall was very cramped, the walkway in front of the cells barely as wide as a man, and contained from floor to ceiling with bars. And when you got to the end of the walkway you walked down these stairs in a zigzag pattern. The stairs had brass rails that is was my job to polish. Huge brass rails the size of one's arm. I didn't get paid for it, I volunteered so I could get out of my cell every day.
Shawshank was a dark and depressing place.
The film has a peculiar -- and dare I say -- special meaning to me. It represents one of the darkest periods of my life, for a number of reasons of which, none the least of which is my time at Shawshank prison.
I was in a section of the prison where they kept lower security prisoners. After all, I was in for stealing a car {technically, receiving stolen property, plea bargain). I got 90 days and then I would have to be extradited back to Michigan to be charged for actually stealing the car. So they kept me and kids of my security level on a separate tier. I still had to fight, though, since I was surrounded by equally young kids who had something to prove -- gladiators, those with light sentences with nothing to lose and something to prove. And when we went to chow, we all had to parade by the old timers who were lounging around the tiers (we called them "rocks"), kind of like thugs hanging around the street corners. The very first time someone tapped my backside as I walked by, I went right at him, no questions, no conversation. That put me in the "hole", segregation, and probably increased my chances of being left alone when I was released from segregation, and I was never bothered again.
Each tier was so tall, completely enclosed by bars and mesh. We called them birdcages. The only thing that compares in my mind is Jackson Penitentiary, or Michigan State Prison, also a historical landmark, in Michigan, only open for tours. I was extradited from Mansfield to Jackson, where I stayed waiting for orientation, where the powers that be decided my security level. Then I went to the Michigan Training Unit, Security Level Three, Camp Cupcake in some ways but brutal in others, since all the young thugs on their first sentences went there too. Don't let anyone tell you that a lower level is easier when doing time than a Level Four or Five. Ironically, higher security prisons are in many ways much safer, since you are locked down 23 hours a day, while in lower levels you are out and about all day, at least when I was inside.
I will say that being inside has made me much more aware and more streetwise than if I hadn't been inside. I can talk to people and immediately recognize those who have done time to those who haven't. There is a way about them, an edge to their character, and there are the turns of phrase, the lingo, the rhetoric, their philosophy on life and friends and law enforcement. They have an appreciation for the little guy, and you can count on many of them to have your back, no matter the circumstances.
I haven't committed a crime since then, but the self-awareness, the lessons and the perspective I have garnered having been inside have stayed with me. I'm a writer, and I have written often about my times inside. It will never leave me, those experiences. Just as the system will never allow me to forget, having denied me the right to vote, having made getting work difficult as a convicted felon, no matter how much time goes by, still, you know something? I myself will never forget either. It's as much a part of me as anything from my childhood. It is who I am. There is a saying: Ignorance is bliss. I wish I could go back to being ignorant about that life, but that isn't reality.
It is what it is. But I also walk more confidently in my own skin. Living free isn't the same as living inside, surrounded by those who would take any advantage, would take everything from you without a moment's notice and without any thought. So I've been tried, tested, and so in some ways being inside has made me stronger. I wish I hadn't gone to prison, but I have, and I am stronger for it.
Thank you, for sharing this and going out your way to do it. You're no nonsense prose gets to the point, direct, straight ahead, matter of fact and with total, unapologetic, zero F's given, your voice establishes a life spent having to deal in absolutes and bottom lines. A middle ground between no grey areas or silver linings, where you trapped in a neverending loop running round in circles while crashing into nothing but blind alleys and dead-ends, the roadblocks and quicksand a non stop vicious cycle at every turn. When you writing off the cuff from the gut, you got no time for pretense or metaphor. This style, the expression, your prose fit the subject matter, while communicating an eloquence and sense of lyricism throughout within its tough, uncompromising world viewpoint. It reads like the concerto by a cell block Beethoven. The mad hatter opera of no hope, zero tolerance and bad luck. An artist residency program with no possibility of parole. Every line you write is a brass knuckles symphony. You make beautiful music where your true spirit sours like a Phoenix, but with the quiet power less a resurrection than it is a reckoning of one man's personal rapture whose had to hide one's true nature, very lifeforce and blood spirit behind a value system not his own and code of conduct forged by concrete and asphalt, that still can't conquer the undeniable cosmic potency and authority you yield with paper and pen, prose and text you will into existence with the thunderclap, raw otherworldly mushroom cloud impact of your shared active volcanic life experiences that clearly've erupted from someone with the heart of a lion, uniqueness of a mythical beast of sound and fury and soul of a poet.
I hope you keep writing, I wish you peace, I pray you find the salvation that you, if not seek, don't feel deserve, then at least definitely earned and find you despite all else and you get anyway regardless. Your story really got to me.
That was very insightful. Thanks for sharing!
@@captbunnykiller1.0 absolutely
Reading your entire comment so effortlessly one would think you are in fact a writer of sorts. Atleast could/should be.
"I'm not a writer..." Yes. Yes you are.
I'm almost 70 years old and I've seen millions of movies in my life, but this is my favorite 😊
I randomly stumbled across this movie as a 14 year old kid. I was mesmerized by the gripping story and well written characters, not to mention some of the best acting I've ever laid eyes on.
When it ended, I instantly knew that I had just witnessed the greatest movie ever. A belief I still firmly hold to this day 20-something years later.
This is one of those movies I can watch anytime it comes on TV or cable
The is now one of my favorites
I could listen to Morgan Freemen read a phone book, this film is a masterpiece. The most heartbreaking scene, is Brookes waiting alone for Jake in the park. And he never comes. That's a never ending pain. -Brookes was here
That scene is so gut wrenching!
In the book, the topic of Jake doesn't end when he doesn't see him again. Saying goodbye to Brooks also costs Jake his life in a different way.
Oh my gosh, for me too. Him taking his life devastates me, but when I see him sitting on that park bench all alone, hoping that Jake will come and visit, that just wrecks my soul and leaves me in ugly tears.
I LOVE that the hollowed out section of Andy's bible that hid the rock hammer began in the book of Exodus. And when the warden had cells tossed to 'size Andy up' he held it in his hand.
This movie is perfection, and the realization on your face at 34:50 of exactly who Andy was going to be in the bank is awesome!
When Brooks got out, the camera was outside facing into the prison. When Red got out, it was inside facing out to the street.
What do you think that means?
@@freyasheart9527 to me it is a cinematic choice to represent the fact that Brooks wouldn't have an easy time letting go the prison, while Red is the opposite, he's glad to be out
We all got some tears watching this movie, which is completely normal. I've probably watched this movie a dozen times. It's an A+ classic.
The cool thing about this movie is that the book (which I FINALLY got around to reading late last year when I taught it to HS seniors) is also very good, but it ends with Red on the bus. The story goes that test audiences HATED that ending and the filmmakers added the scene with him and Andy reuniting on the beach. That extra minute or so makes a HUGE difference in the ending as a viewer.
Definitely
I know sometimes movies end with endings that intentionally leave you wondering what happened, but I agree with the test audience. To see Andy's face as Red arrives, along with Red's, is priceless. Friends finally together again.
It's a much deserved payoff, for the audience and for the characters
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I got a good next movie for you """The Time Machine (2002) with Guy Pearce""" also, when are you continuing Lord of The Rings?
When are you going to post the rest of the LOTR reactions? I understand you have already watched them all for a while now. I just watched the long form ones myself right after your first reaction so I'd like to see your thoughts on them.
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The fact this movie didn't get an Oscar is one of the biggest robberies in film.... although, there were some real heavy hitters during that time, some of the most iconic movies in film history.
My dad and me watched this everytime we happened upon it. Miss my dad, he passed three years ago. I still stop and watch this everytime.
For Brooks, fear was a bigger prison than the actual prison. Even though no longer in prison, he really was not really free. Wild.
It really is as close as you can get to a perfect movie. It’s a masterpiece.
Fun fact. When they arrest the head guard Handley, the detective is reading him his rights from a booklet. This is because the actual law of miranda rights were less than a year old when this movie takes place. So, logically, detectives wouldn't have the moranda rights memorized yet.
One of my fave reactions to this movie - and ive seen a lot!
Also i love that you left in the "hope is a dangerous thin, you better get used to that idea"
"...like Brooks did?"
Scene bc its one of the best in the movie & underrated - a lot of reactors cut it out.
Great job, your reactions just keep getting better :)
My personal theory is that the Warden had the parole board in his pocket so he could hang on to the inmates and justify more government funding for his job and use them as slaves - that's why Red and the other inmates kept getting their parole appeals rejected, until right after the Warden's removal. Without the Warden's bribes (and probably a shakeup of the parole board during the ensuing investigation), the obstacle to their paroles was finally removed.
Agreed! Though, I can’t remember if this is heavily implied or some Mandela Effect because modern prison systems outsource labor to cities/counties paying literal pennies per hour for an inmate to weed whack a median.
The Pennies would go to the inmates account, but the difference up to federal minimum wage would be given to the jail or prison.
That’s a damn good theory because after serving 20+years on good behavior, there’s no way he should be been denied
@@DevinGtv901Different time. Racism was an even bigger factor back then. Even tho they dont focus on that in this movie. But segregation was still a thing.
Nah, Red was rejected I think because he wasn't being honest with what he did, saying what he thought the Parole Board wanted to hear. The Board detected that.
The third time he was honest and what he said was heart felt. Plus it was the 1960s and there was a feeling of prison reform; and he did serve 40 years so the Board, IMHO, thought he was honest and served enough time.
A statistical analysis of parole board decisions has determined that your odds of receiving parole depend the most on the hunger of the board. Having your hearing immediately after breakfast or lunch tremendously improves those odds. Sounds very likely to me.
What I liked was the brotherhood that developed when men suffer together and how they try to protect each other. God bless you
There’s 2 shots I really love. I love the shot of Brooks leaving prison. It’s from the street (freedom) looking into the prison.
When Red leaves, it’s looking from inside the prison out into freedom
Great observation!!
33:50 He was timing him hitting the pipe with the thunder so no one can hear him
Whenever Captain Hadley is on screen, i just see him yelling "MEDIC!"
Put your hand on that wall!
"Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?"
"Arg arg arg arg arg arg!"
Holy ground, Highlander. There can be only One!
@@darkglass1 damn good catch how could I forget? Lol
The 1995 Oscars was a great year. Lion King, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction: Shawshank went 0-for-7 with its nominations.
It’s almost like the other great films of that year which won awards greatly overshadowed this film.
Cheers man, always a pleasure rewatching movies with you :)
I get goosebumps every time Red reads that letter
"It was truly a Shawshank Redemption..."
This is a tale of the redemption of Red, a convicted murderer who eventually thinks of hope as dangerous. After he's paid his debt to society, he begins to hope again and has his hope justified. Beautiful.
There is no need for redemption for Andy, he's innocent and always had hope.
Almost got you? 😂😅 Looked like a tear to me. Nice your heart is true!
I was trying to hold them in lol. You caught me 😅
@@DevinGtv901 love ya man!
Clancy Brown (Hadley, the bull guard) tells the story of how his character beat up and killed that new prisoner and then he, Clancy, played a doctor on one of those hospital TV shows who killed a surgery patient ... who was played by the same actor he killed in Shawshank. Clancy got to kill the same actor twice.
Mr. Krabs ain't one to mess with...
Mr Krabs
@@DBZNation1992 How cool is it that a badass actor played Mr. Krabs? I never knew. Cool beans! 😎
@@maximillianosabenHe killed James Bond in Highlander too. Plankton has no chance, poor sucker. 🤣
The more I watch this movie (and reactions to it), the more it actually hits me in the feels because I know what's coming. Brooks' release and suicide is heartbreaking, Tommy's murder just pisses me off, and the ending on the shores of the Pacific and the way that Andy and Red smile at each other just hits me every time. Watch it again...I bet a tear drops.
"Hope is a good thing...maybe the best of things...and no good thing ever dies..."
THE. BEST. MOVIE. EVER.
He was right . Fear and hope are thé 2 greatest human emotions .
"the pick axe thingy thing!" LMFAO
Whoever is your editor has elevated your channel. Good work sir
Thanks so much fam! I truly appreciate it
BTW wonderful hidden clue. The Opera Aria on the record player was Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" a duet between two ladies plotting against The Count
Hahaha I never knew that. What a great gem .. lolol
This is a masterpiece and a beautiful story of never giving up hope 🦋 As always Devin it’s a pleasure watching your reactions 👍🏾🍿🥤🎬😁
Without doubt the best movie ever. A masterpiece of filmmaking, excellent story, cinematography, superb acting, emotional rollercoaster with a satisfying ending.
I saw this 30 years ago in the cinema. Never forget the silence at the end, grown men weeping and then the clapping started.
I think this is a 100-year-movie. I think that in 2124, audiences will still watching this film.
The actor who plays captain Hadley is the voice of Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob.
Morgan Freeman’s son posed for the pictures for Red’s mugshots.
Definitely watch The Count of Monte Cristo from 2002. Great redemption movie as well.
This movie has been my favorite ever since I saw it the first time. It's one of the few movies that I am always happy to watch again, no matter how recently I saw it last.
This is pretty much the most perfect movie. I think it’s the highest rated of all time on IMDB. Great reaction! Thumbs up all! Btw, I love your funny ass intros.
Thanks bro! I always try to be creative
My favorite movie of all time
The great thing about this movie is that people think this movie is about Andy. It’s not. It’s about Red and him finding hope.
And the "Redemption" in the title is Red's. Andy was innocent, he didn't need to be redeemed, but Red did.
It doesnt matter. Who is pulp fiction about ? But since Morgan Freeman tells the story , i think most people do understand he is the lead.
For what it's worth I feel if Red didn't have Andy's task and the hope it inspired in him to take on when he got out, he would've gone Brooks route.
@@youteo3596 I agree
@@jculver1674 so true
The ending was going to be with Red on the bus talking about Andy, but pressure added to Director wanting a scene to show Red and Andy reunited won in the end.
you are gonna love this movie, i have never met anyone who hates this movie.
You've done The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. Frank Darabont directed both movies, both Stephen King adaptations. Next up, he directed Stephen King's, The Mist. Very different movie. Great watch, with something very infamous about it (until you've seen it, then it's just famous). But you are warned...
I love that story Stephen King tells about a lady who refused to believe he wrote Shawshank, because it was extremely “good” and wholesome compared to his reputation and novels otherwise.
Thank you for the recommendation!! I’ll definitely be checking that out soon
LMFAO.. 2 seconds into the movie "This reminds me of The Green Mile" haha... Well.. Both are Stephen King Stories... and both are Directed by Frank Darabont :)
Not sure there’s a more satisfying and heartwarming ending to a movie out there.
You just made my day 1,000,000x better within the first two seconds of this video. 🙂
The catharsis at the end of this film is absolutely overwhelming.
I don't think Red was Paroled at his previous hearings because they felt that he was just telling them what they wanted to hear. In his final Parole hearing Red gave them an honest response. The reason that this film had "Green Mile" vibes is both had the same Author (Steven King) and Director (Frank Darabont).
I always go back and forth with pulp fiction and this movie as my favorite all-time!
I’ve never seen pulp fiction
@@DevinGtv901
It's Quentin Tarantino and
Samuel Jackson at their best of the BEST!!!
If you watch it it will hands-down be one of your favorite movies ever, no question!
The book ends with Red on the bus on his way to meet Andy and that's where Frank Darabont the director was going to end the movie, but the studio felt that the build up was so great that there had to be a scene, however small, of Andy and Red reuniting again. Frank agreed and they put it in the movie. This is one of the rare situations where the studio's suggestion was right!
Yes indeed! That scene devoid of any dialogue, nothing to water it down, nothing to taint it!
It's just pure perfection, and the most rewarding ending ever realized on the silver screen
@@Lasse3 Stephen King even admitted that Frank's ending was better than his own, and I agree.
Love the piano when Red is looking for what Andy Left him in Buxton
I hope all generations can have art worthy of living centuries into the future. We have paintings, architecture, music, books that have existed hundreds, even thousands of years. I doubt Film will but, heck, look at fables and myths... I think SHAWSHANK and a handful of other great films will be our generation's contribution.
You can tell who came from a rough area when they know as soon as the guard says to Tommy to meet outside that it's a setup.
HOPE IS A GOOD THING, MAYBE THE BEST OF THINGS, AND NO GOOD THING EVER DIES.
Thanks!
No! Thank so much for the support and love 🙌🏾
You my man gave positively the best reaction that I have witnessed. Hope that I
see more of you in the future. God's Peace my brother!!!
Yup, I nearly tear up every time too. It's ok, you wont have your man card pulled for that.
How awesome was it Andy’s means of escape was hidden in Exodus. Plus, $370k in 1966 is $3.6 million in 2024.
Awesome movie.
I've seen people end up like Brooks.
Its sad.
And,, as a two time escapee, who planned a successful escape for someone else.. Andy is a genius.
I must have watched this movie a dozen times. Still brings tears every time.
This is one of my Favorite movies of All Time! I watched it every day when I was going through a really tough time. I felt much like Andy when he got out once things got better in my life. Great reaction keep up the good work!
Nice Reaction man, its normal to tear up, it's a wonderful movie.
This is my favorite film of them all, the greatest to me since back then. It's a perfect film.
oh shit I think I found my new favorite reaction channel
"Hope ain't nothing but a shitty pipe dream". Indeed it is. Your face during the Boggs getting his turn scene is priceless, and Red's reaction being questioned by the warden when Andy goes missing is so genuine. Great acting, superb writing and directing, just a brilliant masterpiece all around. Haven't came across your channel in a while, glad to see you're still doing great things.
Edit: Notice Red was up for parole at 40 years. Brooks did 50. Mr. Redding is on the verge of become institutionalized in the same way.
Killing it bro. Keep it up !
Andy's lawyer in the beginning also played a guard in The Green Mile later on.
The best film soundtrack in history. Thomas Newman made some exquisite music for this. I also listen to it while I walk my dog
I've seen this movie dozens of times and always liked it ok, but only this year did I realize it might actually my #1 movie of all time. Hope is the most important thing a person can have, and this movie nails what that means, why, and the power it can wield
GREAT Reaction. I loved to see how happy you were at the end. I also loved your reactions at each of the points, from Andy's disappearance to the warden getting burned and so on. So fun!!!
You are correct, my friend, it is the perfect movie. I shed a few tears every time, and I've seen it at least 30 times.
Love your reaction so much! I still have tears in my eyes at the end whenever I watch it.
AWESOME reaction!!
Glad you liked it- def a top 5 for anyone who sees it. Loved how you sniffed the warden out with Tommy, the poor kid didn't have a chance.
This is my favorite movie of all time, and as always Devin, you didn't disappoint. I especially loved your "forget" scene.
The best movie about real friendship that’s ever been filmed.
Love your energy, man! Glad you got to see and enjoy this classic.
You see through every single plot twist! 😂
Thunder hits moments after the lightening, supposedly 0.2 seconds per mile away from you that the lightning is. Andy was looking at the lightning, then waiting for the thunder to come so that it covered up the sound of his hitting the pipe with the rock.
this is in my top 10 favorite films of all probably top 5, great film
I rank this movie as high as The Green Mile. One of the best movies of all time.
So glad they showed them meeting at the end instead of just leaving it for the imagination.
Goddamn, I've been watching since your original channel, that intro cracked me the hell up lmao
My favourite part is when they see each other at the end🥲
Great movie. Thank tou for your reactions. Always a treat.
One of the most magnificent movies ever made and in my opinion the greatest ending ever in a movie... Crazy thing about this movie. It bombed in the theater
Andy was the most dangerous prisoner in Shawshank, and nobody realised it due to his demeanour.
Enjoyed reading-watching this with you. It’s really a story about a beautiful friendship, isn’t it? Andy and Redd were BOTH true blue friends.
@Devin G Insane that this and Green Mile were ALSO written from Stephen King......"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies" A quote I have always loved but it hits even harder trying to live 0out the rest of my life without my wife, and do so to try an make her proud even or especially when 75% of the time I no longer wish to be here...... As always continue to seek out greatness Devin. The best films from the 1930's til now always touch the soul..... have a lovely week Sir :) and yes hopefully this summer or fall you seek out Xmen 97.
My favourite film, so pleased you finally watched it and enjoyed it. Great reaction :)
intro had me dying😂
The beach scene was shot later after the original production has ended. Someone decided they needed for people see Red and Andy reunite. The bus scene just before the end where you hear the final words " I hope" is where it originally ended. There is a trail you can follow to a marker where Red and Andy reunited, Sandy Point Beach, St Croix, US Virgin Islands
Great reaction, Devin! This movie will always be a classic!
Very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing. My first time here looks like you've got a lot of great ones for me to catch up on. Really good job editing also. Thanks again
"You just messed with the wrong one! You just ... Ok..... OK!!" 😂😂🇬🇧
Devin, you are damn funny. I laughed my ass off at your comment and reactions. This masterpiece always leaves me with intense feelings of optimism: I hope, I hope, I hope.
When they filmed red exiting the prison the camera shot was of red facing towards the exit. For brook the camera is facing towards the prison. Red with purpose ready to leave, the other tethered to that place. Pretty cool directing imo 😊
This was filmed in my hometown and there is a 3-day metal festival at the prison every year now. I lived right on Park Avenue for a long time, downtown and the park looks exactly the same. The tree that Red goes to got struck by lightning and they had to cut it down. I took the tour of the prison a few years ago, there are still records strewn across the library.
Love this movie! Love all your reactions! Peaceful day!!!
Thanks so much!