@uninspiredcup said:
I'm a big fan of positive movies. If I had a complaint, and it's a fairly common one, it's a bit on the long the side.
I'm actually not a fan of positive movies, but it's good if you're into that sort of thing.
Hell...it's good if you're not into that sort of thing. It's just a very well made movie.
Anyway, as far as positive movies go, there's one thing I like about this. Andy Dufresne earned his "happy" ending. When he triumphed, it didn't feel cheap or hokey in the least because holy shit, he earned it. He got wrongly fucked over, but he didn't let that break him. He worked his goddamn ass off trying to succeed. It took him decases to do it, but he did it. But not before being beaten and abused.He didn't come out clean until after he crawled through a river of shit, and it took him decades to even get to that point.
So, as far as positive movies go, I think that's a good freaking message. I see way too many stories where the hero's success seems to be artificially handed down by the writer. As if he was just lucky. The triumph doesn't mean anything because every event in the movie seems to go in his favor. But not in this movie. Sure there's the sappy happy Hollywood ending, but I'll be damned if he didn't suffer like hell before getting there. He had to freaking work for it. And it didn't come fast and it didn't come easy.
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