The Shawshank Redemption By Steven King

The Shawshank redemption is based on a novella by Steven King and it is one of the most underrated movies of all time. I believe it should have won an Oscar. The protagonist, Andy Dufresne was convicted of first degree murder for killing both his wife and her lover after he supposedly caught them in the act. Andy was sent to the Shawshank prison to serve his life sentence charge. Even in prison, he maintained that he was innocent of the crime. Andy Dufresne was an educated man, a banker by profession before he was charged with murder and sent to Shawshank. In prison, his skills became very useful and he was "promoted' to financial advisor/tax filer for the warden and prison officers, and librarian/tutor for high school certificate exam for
From an audience perspective, I knew Andy Dufresne was innocent. Somehow, I identified with Andy and I agreed to his ways in prison. He became a fraudster and yet, I sympathised with him. I was excited when I saw that he could chip the wall to his freedom. I found myself saying a silent prayer for his safe escape.I felt that it would have been terrible if he got caught. When I watched the Shawshank redemption for the first time, I was hooked. From Andy Dufresne's arrival on the prison bus to the end of the film. I have watched it repeatedly since and it gives me a new feeling each time. In fact, it is one of my favorite movies of the 20th century. A friend of mine once rated the movie as a depressing movie and I strongly disagree because I feel it is a refreshing and reliving movie. The satisfaction one gains from seeing that the wrongly punished is liberated is indescribable. I agree that the length of the movie is a drag but it is worth the watch. Unlike some movies that ends with a tragic tone, this one ends with the birth of a new life and a fresh start. I wish I had seen it when it was released, I was only seven then, and I doubt my little mind would have grasped the intensity of the