THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) Completely Broke Me!! - First Time REACTION!!!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- The winner of the poll - one of the greatest, most wonderful tear-jerking movies I've ever seen. Stephen King and Frank Darabont do it again. Featuring - Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, and the musically phenomenal Thomas Newman. Let's go on an emotional roller coaster together!!! FIRST TIME REACTION!!
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Brooks: "I've decided not to stay."
"Where are you going to go?"
Me who has seen this movie so many times: "Oh, boy..."
I've watched 100 reactions to this movie, and never understood the music/Opera songs meaning. That's exactly what they were doing, setting up the bad guy
But it wasn't a 'they' it was a 'him', so if anyone like this gent who knows the music might not be all bought-in to the idea when there is no 2nd
They’ve been in prison so long, hearing a women’s voice was like “Heaven”
It's Mozart's popular opera called the marriage of figaro,The play was banned in france.
It's worth noting that that scene is new to the movie, it wasn't in the short story it was adapted from
For Red's parole hearings, the first-time was 20 years in prison, and the 2nd time was 30 years, so the time between was 10 years! The last time was 40 years!
By the way, love ❤ this movie! Your reaction was spot-on. Thanks for the info about the opera.
I love Andy's story arc, but this is really about Red's arc, from hopeless to hope, and, finally, fulfilled hope. Just beautiful.
When Red tells Andy going to Mexico is "shitty pipe dreams", it foreshadows Andy crawling through a pipe of shit to escape.
Imagine crawling through 500 yards of shit only for there to be a grate at the end and you have to sit in it all night until they come and find you in the morning😭 It makes sense why it took so long for Andy to take the risk
I never made that connection. Thanks
@@claymccoy the scene where Andy breaks the sewer pipe has 2 flaws. 1) why wouldn't he walk all the way to the outside wall before breaking the pipe. It would have saved him 50 yards at least of crawling through the sewage
2) that sewage pipe wasn't under pressure so the sewage would not have spewed out of the hole. I know it's a movie and it makes for a good show, but those two things have always bothered me. I still think it's one of the greatest movies ever made
@@gymschoozHilarious! I thought the same about the pressure and thought I was the only one. I wondered if maybe the pipe had a slope to it or some sort of p-trap that kept some pressure on it. It only has a feet of head so I rationalize something like that. 😂
As for the rock placement, he has to have a good view of the window so he can time his pounding with the thunder so many seconds after the lightning while ensuring he hits it squarely. That’s all I can come up with.
The only reason the guards “avenged” Andy was because Andy was useful to the prison staff. It wasn’t noble or honorable intentions. Pure greed and self interest.
For sure! Andy was smart enough to work all the angles to be well-liked and protected in there. I love that he never used his "sway" to ask anything for himself. He did everything for the betterment of the other inmates. Kept him busy!
The american way.
@@sweetwentworth I mean, I won’t argue that
Messing with the gravy train is not recommended.
I wish I could tell you that's not a sewage pipe. I wish I could tell you that, but sanitation is no fairy tale world.
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Brilliant!
Spoken like a true plumber!
A true masterpiece! And yeah...all our hearts break for poor Brooks.
The actor playing Brooks Hadlin is the wonderful character actor, James Whitmore. He was in lots of movies on the 50's and 60's. A great movie for him was the delightfully cheesy sci-fi movie from the 50's, "Them"! 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜 I think you'll get a kick out of it!
Clancy Brown, who played the mean guard Hadley, was approached by several real life prison guards who offered to help him make his performance more realistic, but he turned them down because he was playing an evil character and he didn't want his performance to reflect negatively on any of them.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!! The number of times I have pointed out that Brooks left surrounded by prison that he could never leave, and Red left the prison with world in front of him!! No one ever seems to catch that!
I’ve seen many comments about that.
“That can’t be legal” lmfaooo yeah that pretty much sums up the whole movie right there.
Reds parole was 20,30 and 40 years. Not 25
You: "hope that's not a sewage pipe.
Me: Wait 3 more seconds
So it took 30 years... but I finally now know what those two Italian ladies were singing about!!!!
It's crazy how they make you cry with Brooks and then quickly make you smile when Andy gets all the books.
Quick note, the first time is 20 years, not 25.
Based on a short book by Stephen King. It was filmed in a real prison. The mug shot they used for Red was Morgan Freeman's son.
James Whitmore (Brooks)was a fine character Actor. for many years. What a way to finish your career. He did 3 more films after this film and passed away in 1999. I saw him live on Broadway in a one man show playing President Harry S. Truman.
He’s so loved the part of Brooks that he came out of retirement to do this role and boy did he nail it
He was the director Frank Darabont's favorite character actor, which is why Darabont gave him the role of Brooks.
You are the first reactor to know the opera amd what the ladies were singing about! I learned something today!
The final beach scene was filmed in St. Croix , US Virgin Islands. Hope everyone who visited Mexico instead weren’t disappointed 😉
It was not actually part of the movie shown to test audiences. They did not like the ambiguity of not knowing if Red would seek out Andy or die the way Brooks had! They wanted to actually see the two meet face to face. So the director reluctantly filmed the beach scene, though from a distance (in protest).
Thing is, Zihuatanejo today doesn't precisely like it looked in the 1960s, so it would have been kinda pointless to shoot there.The tourist resort of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo was only built in the late 1970s. Plus, given it's both a port and a cruise ship destination, the chance of having decidedly un-1960s boats and ships in the background in a beach scene would have been pretty high. On the other hand, the beach of Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge was, perhaps, a little bit empty for being close to a city.
Finally someone that knows some classical music!
The 1st time Red's parole was rejected. I love when he walks up the stairs. He starts out defeated looking and with each step his walk changes. By the time he reaches the top, he has his swagger (armor) back on. Morgan Freeman is a fantastic actor.
There is a reason this is rated by many as the best movie ever. And you are THE ONLY reactor that knew it was Mozart he was playing. (I have a Hemingway cat I named Figaro, because he’s extraordinary….my first Hemingway was named Amadeus…so it was a theme) As well as picking up on some of the other subtleties of the movie. There’s a reason the term “shawshanked” exists. Flipping through channels and coming across a movie that you have to watch, no matter what part you find it on. That’s being “shawshanked”. You just can’t help but finish the movie. It’s just that damn good. New subscriber here. Brilliant reaction.
Red was in for twenty years at the first parole board hearing.
This was a short story/novella called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
People who cry to movies like this have good hearts. I've decided.
"Writer", This is my reaction of yours I've seen, and you are the first to connect with the harmonica in the sound track near the end. Well done Sir, you earned a subscription!
Welcome to the community 🎶
Thank you for the reminder. This is one of the best movies in existence, and this is one of the best reactions to it that I've seen. More than enough reason for a subscription.
Good review and understanding........
Think you would enjoy "The Sting" (1972 I think) Award winning movie.
Just a thought.
Great suggestion! The Sting is a very good story with a bunch of great character actors besides Newman, Redford, and Shaw. Definitely worth a reaction.
Perfect script, perfect actors, perfect director equals the Perfect Film. Great reaction!❤❤❤❤
man that Brooks scene never gets easier...
Stephen King has written so many outstanding books that became movies. The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Misery, Pet Semetary, Cujo, The Shining, Children of the Corn, Stand By Me, The Running Man, and many many more. Such a prolific and wonderful writer.
Your next movie needs to be Hackshaw Ridge!!!!
Another great movie
Thumbs also up on "pinch a loaf" NEVER being ALOUD to be used EVER AGAIN!!!🤩🥰
For the longest time I thought the redemption was Andy saving himself from a wrongful conviction, but now I believe that Andy was Red's redemption. If Andy had not been there I believe Red would have ended up exactly like Brooks.
I'm an opera lover. The only thing that has ever gotten in the way of my loving opera is the story. Carmen drives me as insane as Romeo & Juliet. That said, listening to late night broadcasts of operas on public radio was the first thing that ever helped me sleep as a child. This film hits in a weird way, where I have Red's cynicism, but I want Andy's positivity and determination.
"The Shawshank Redemption" is honestly my favorite film of all time. My second favorite is "October Sky" (1999), and in third is "12 Angry Men" (1957). Have you seen "12 Angry Men"? Because you are a writer, I think you will appreciate the film's Oscar-nominated screenplay. I hope you check it out on your channel.
Please please react to "The Impossible" if you haven't already seen it. Based on a true story and a wholesome, gut wrenching, sad, happy, tearful movie! Would love to see how you'd react to it
These young people really don't have a clue how the real world was really back in the day. The history is there for all to see and research, but they keep thinking and using today's standard to comment on the differences.
I love ❤️ your passion and I’ve made a mental note of your beliefs to put into practice for my life. Prison reform In this country is absolutely necessary. To your point though, it’s tough to get the people to care about someone who’s broken the law. Far too many get caught in the system and for some once you’re in, it’s difficult to get out. It ultimately comes down to who has the political will or enough political capital to spend on making real change. ❤
First - this is one of the best movies ever, second - I love chalkboards and I miss them…. Good luck with your channel!!! :)
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They probably don't have to be on the run. Assumed identiies in a small town in another country in the 1970s. Their is not a lot of chances of them being recoginsed.
Yes. To Brooks Shawshank was like his home since he'd been there most of his life.
I like to think that Brooks was never alone again at The Brewer after Red carved his "So was Red" message next to "Brooks was here."
I just visited the prison a few months ago I'm a photographer and the photos I took are among my favorites
If you are indeed into classic movies, and fancy yourself a writer, I highly encourage you to watch and react to the 1957 legal drama, 12 ANGRY MEN.
Reactor when guy get hit in the stomach "Too much"
Reactor when guy gets beaten to death in the next scene 🤮🤮
There is a downside to watching such a great movie. The bar is now set waaay too high for the other ones. 😂
This didn't do well at cinemas and went to video. Nearly 10 years later it became a classic
I always love the reference to The Count of Monte Cristo being filed under educational. That's the 👌
I was in a mental institution once for attempted suicide. I had dysthymia which is constant low level depression with deep depression. It took me months to be released. Another patient was also released afterwards and visited me. I showed her this movie. She cried and thank me. I haven't heard from her in a while. I hope she's okay. If you want to watch a mini-series. Band of Brothers. It's about WWII starting with training camp, through the invation in WWII. You might recognize some of the stars.
How nice to watch a reaction where many subtle aspects of culture and history are not just recognized but commented on with intellectual understanding. Truly rare online, so Thank You! 🙂✅🎬🎞️⚖️📚🎼
Bob Gunton (the warden) did a great interview that I found on RUclips one day. He really speaks well and is worth a listen to. Great character actor, like James Whitmore.
I make this same comment on all of the Shawshank reactions. I appreciate the camera work because Tim Robbins is 6'5" tall. The only scene that shows his height is after he shines the wardens shoes and is walking back to his cell he ducks under the doorway as the guard follows.
Not entirely true...
"That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass."
Amazing reaction. You are one of the most informed , cultured dudes I've seen on YT .
When Red walks to Andy at their final scene together at the prison, Red kicks a couple rocks before he sits down next to Andy. The rocks look like the gravel that Andy has been leaving in the courtyard.
One of the best reactions I’ve seen to this movie! If you haven’t seen it, another movie that features great narration is Apocalypse Now. 😎👍
Thank you so much!!! I always love a good narration film. I’ll add it to the list 😉
Now you have to do 'The Green Mile'!
That’s why it’s #2….Usual Suspects…GOAT
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I can't believe you haven't seen this amazing movie before. It is amazing. What poll?
Glad you noticed the different shots for Brooks and Red.
The main thing I learned from this movie is that I am not 'obtuse', which is unfortunate, as I seem to be surrounded by people like the warden. I guess I will have to be more angular, or possibly round, from here on out. Thanks Andy!
Being called obtuse is a large factor for me right now in an age discrimination law suit.
Andy may have only gotten from 1963 to 1967 to "take his wall out into the yard"; the movie "The Great Escape" MAY have been shown at Shawshank which gave Andy the idea how to dispose of his diggings. So, WR, where and/or when might the "redemption" occur in the movie? (essay question on an American literature test) JUST KIDDING!!! 😉
I’ve watched this movie no less than 20 times and anytime a reaction channel watches this movie I’m here for it. In ALL my times coming across this movie, never once have I known what those two Italian women were singing until now. Thank you sir, here’s my follow
15:25 $35,000 in 1949 is around $445,000 today.
49:35 $370,000 in 1966 is around $3.6 *million* today.
Now, stop and consider the pair of balls on Andy Dufresne. He's a wanted man, just escaped from prison. He calmly takes the time to clean out the warden, buys a f___ing car, drives up to another town calm as can be, and buries that box with a note to his friend before finally heading south.
Just one single thing bugs me about this masterpiece.... how did the warden's suit and shoes fit Andy so well, when he was like more than a head taller.... but then, that's fiction for you 😉
The thing that always sticks out to me is when Red says "500 yards just under half a mile." Its actually just over a quarter of a mile (1320 feet or 440 yards).
Actually Tim Robbins, who played Andy is only 2 inches taller (6'5") than Bob Gunton, who played the Warden (6'2"). Gunton once commented that there were very few actors who could play the Warden because they would have to be almost as tall as Andy. The part was originally offered to James Cromwell, who the next year would play the Warden in the movie The Green Mile.
FYI, the head guard, Byron Hadley, is played by Clancy Brown, the voice of Mr. Krabs from Spongebob Squarepants 😁
15:27 yeah, 35,000 back then is equivalent to 872,413.89 in 2024. So I'd say it's pretty good. I wouldn't have left him bupkis.
Thanks for the details about the aria and the foreshadowing, I never knew. Nice detail :)
Have you watched the movie Amadeus from 1984? I think you might actually enjoy it if you haven't. It's highly worth the watch, and from you enjoying Andy playing the music from Mozart, I think you might enjoy it.
Ps... 32:12 is every 10 years. The first time we saw Red at his parole hearing was 20 years. The second time was it 30 years.
You should react to LA Confidential. A great movie with one of the biggest, most unexpected reveals in cinematic history!! Russell Crowe, Guy Pierce, David Straithern, Kim Bassinger and James ("Babe") Woods. Awesome flick!
My fav movie of all time. Super glad you reacted to it lol. Mr. Hadley ... what is he doing, going the wrong path.
Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. Ugh what an amazing movie lol
I was 23 when this film came out and had already been through enough where I treasured it immediately. As a film buff, with probably at least 1,000 films under my belt, it immediately shot to my personal Top Ten. However, though I would never have admitted it to anyone, especially myself, when I saw this, I'd already entered the first year of my own 'Prison' sentence.
Now, at 53, I've struggled for 31 years with Chronic Pain due to Inoperable Spinal Damage. I am now almost totally disabled and this Prison has destroyed everything in my life. My Career, my Social Life, my Hobbies, but most painfully, my Marriage. Filled with anger and resentment, that she didn't have the life she felt she deserved, my Wife of 15 years is finally divorcing me. (Though in reality, she checked out of it a decade ago.)
Though I have struggled with 'taking Brook's way out' for nearly all of my life, I refuse to give up. I will keep my Faith, I have not lost Hope and I still strive to live in Love.
Please watch *Arlington Road* starring *Jeff Bridges* and *Tim Robbins*
If you really love the classics how about reacting to "12 Angry Men" from 1957 in B/W, or any movie directed by Alferd Hitchcock. All of hie are classics too. Bill
Somebody earlier mentioned this is Red’s story and not necessarily Andy’s. It makes total sense. After all, Red is the narrator, not Andy. Red goes from a place of hopelessness to redemption and joy-perhaps the real Shawshank Redemption. Through Andy, we see Red’s journey. Yes, Andy is triumphantly and spectacularly redeemed for his wrongful incarceration, but it is Red who is telling his tale of redemption too. Notice Red’s arc is completed with the very last line of the movie: “I hope.”
(That in itself would have been a great ending and it was the original ending of the movie. However, after preview audiences overwhelmingly wanted to see Red reunite with Andy, the studio added the ending scene on the beach.)
Nevertheless, whether you look at it as Andy’s story or Red’s (or both), Shawshank is just a great short story made all the better by spectacular filmmaking.
Great reaction.
Andy doesn't just break the warden & ruin his life. He DESTROYS him on several levels. Takes Everything from him. Ruins his whole world. Makes his legacy of his inside out program into nothing but a crime. But with a Beautiful little twist of the dagger on top. Let me elaborate.
You've seen what a religious zealot the warden is. Yes he has broken the 10 commandments more than a few times. But those sins are things someone can be redeemed from. If the warden had accepted his sins & gone to prison, he could've ended up in heaven after redemption by admitting his sins. But he doesn't. He offs himself. That's something in the bible that sends you straight to Hell. Andy doesn't just tear down the wardens world, he destroys & makes him lose his most treasured "good trait". His faith. Andy breaks him mind, body & soul.
"I don't know if that's foreshadowing"
I never knew what that song was about, but now you tell us, yes, yes it absolutely is.
Nah..Rapists get whatever they get from BOTH prisoners and guards. It’s all part of a special anything goes type of punishment for that crime.
The Geen Mile with Tom Hanks couldn't come close to The Shawshank Redemption. I love Tom Hanks' acting but he was grasping at straws this time.
Good evening. Although the movie was set in Maine, the reformatory with the Ohio State reformatory and Mansfield, Ohio. Street scenes the market and the halfway house. We’re all businesses in Mansfield. I was fortunate enough to be casted as an extra Conn in the yard scenes. The premier was at the Renaissance theater in Mansfield 1929 restored movie palace before it went to New York or LA. The main building in the Cell block one our preserve now as a museum and you can tour, specially advanced, or even spend the night in the cell. Of course people say it’s haunted. I hope you can read this. I am now 75 with Parkinson’s and trying to use voice to text which doesn’t always understand me. So I hope you can read through the grammatical errors. The reformatory was awesome Usedin tango in cash, and with the Russian cell block in Air Force One. I am glad you enjoyed the movie. It was unfortunate that it came out the same year as Forrest Gump and a few others.
Nice reaction! Cool seeing someone recognize what those two Italian ladies were singing about.
Well you get it better than most folks. IE... Brooks looked back to the prison and Red looked outside. Minor touches.... when Red got a ride on the truck to the Buxton field he rode on the back of the truck. Black stuff back then. There are a few "willing suspensions of dis belief" in the film. One the Warden and Capt of the guard would be most likely retired or moved on after 20 plus years. Also the smashing of the clay pipe with a gush of sewage makes little sense. Once the pipe is broken it is only part ways full. Still a masterful film.
It's not a matter of proving that you've repented and feel remorse. Parole boards know when someone is just giving them "lip service" and saying what they want to hear.
Not a box office success....years and "word of mouth" brought this gem to just about everyone's top ten list. Seldom if ever happens that way
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I LOVED your reaction. So much so, I subscribed immediately. Please keep it up ❤. U are smart and thoughtful .
Thanks for the loving words and sub❤️ welcome to the creative community!
He told the truth thats why he got paroled.
They know that Ellis (though bein a smuggler) has become a good guy,
after 40y ofc they would know. Thx to Andy.
Great reaction to a great movie! Love your knowledge, insight and sensitivity.
Such a great movie. Not a true story. A novella written by Stephen King. I remember when it came out I was so excited because I had read the story. Truly a classic.
It's funny how the dumb warden was responsible for Andy getting all those documents
Can't wait for you to react to the Green Mile... another amazing collaboration of Stephen King and Frank Darabont, as well as is the Mist, also.
29:58 95% Of what I know about Mozart is because of the movie Amadeus (1984).
I think you are over analyzing the point of the story when you are talking about lack rehabilitating people from prison and helping them reenter society.
It's about the friendship and close bond between two men. The prison setting is just that; the setting. It's stage in which we see these two interact. Nothing more. And it's Red's redemption, not Andy's. A redemption of a man who has lost all hope being paired with a man who should have given up, but never did.
youre supposed to hate the guard... because he did nothing to make us like him. he was probably rushing the prisoners to finish the beers when he said "drink it whilst its cold ladies." red even says "the colossal prick even managed to sound magnanimous." "souns magnanimous." not "was" magnanimous.
Sucking on the shade straw repeatedly is not couth, man. For future reference, and for good manners' sake, forbear repetition of that sound. A new subscriber, not withstanding. 🙂
This is a wonderful and thought-provoking reaction.
I don’t think murderers should be released back into society. It’s one thing if an alcoholic or drug addict relapses. When a murder relapses…no. Don’t let them out.
I never understood why when they tossed cells ,they never thought about looking behind the poster?Also why didnt Andy, with all his ingenuity, not create some type of mask or helmet, hidden behind the poster, that minimized the sewage going into his face and mouth, as he crawled thru the pipe.
WHen Red explained about him being long gone, and that he wanted to talk to that kid , himself back then, who committed those crimes, and straighten out that stupid kid,, telling him how things are, was powerful in the mind of the parole board that they were convinced he changed and is a normal person..
Watching this movie makes me thankful that the maximum sentence in my country is 21 years. Sending people to the most miserable place on earth for 30+ years and expect them to be functional members of society is not a good system of rehabilitation.
A lot of people don't get why they let Red out on his 3rd Parole. It was because they could tell he truly had reflected on his crime. The first time and even a little in the second time he was just all smiles and agreeing with what they said with a big smile, basically a little kid who got in trouble and is just saying sorry even though they don't mean it or don't understand why they are in trouble.
Oh man! You don't know how much I envy people who are watching this for the first time.
If you want to watch another excellent Stephen King story adaptation, I'd recommend "Stand By Me".
Parole Boards need to save money by releasing prisoners who have served a long long time. 50 years for Brooks, 40 years for Red, old enough to be unlikely to be a danger to society and make room for new prisoners.
The reason they approved his parole after that verbal bitch slap he gave them was because of the verbal bitch slap he gave them. What he said was pretty much irrelevant. How he said it was key. Parole boards hear the same rehearsed boilerplate answers every single day. And as you noticed from the first 2 times, no eye contact, no emotion at all. The final time, he looked the questioner right in the eye and unapologetically said what he said.
Breaking us on the fact that the prisoners are the good ones, and the guards are bad? No, not exactly. Anyone who comes away with this thinking, has some serious issues.