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@@ColetteCherry Most Wardens today are 100% the same mentality, they just use more subtle methods. All about the status, money and the title. Politics! I am a guard at a prison.
"I swear, if they don't show us them together on a beach in Mexico, I'm gonna be very disappointed." Funny thing, you aren't the only one who thought that. Audiences actually did not get to see them on the beach together in the original version (I believe it ended with Red on the bus), but test audiences were all upset and wanted to see the two friends reunited at the end. So, the filmmakers went back and filmed that last scene after-the-fact, and we all got that satisfying ending.
The brilliance of this movie is in how they take you from a happy moment to sadness then to being inspired and then to being horrified….. back & forth, back & forth … it’s an emotional roller coaster.
Fun fact: In the novel version, Red is physically portrayed as a middle-aged white Irishman with grayish red hair. The director wanted Morgan Freeman for the role due to his deep voice and appearance.
The biggest mindfuck of this movie is that the actor who plays the hard-ass guard Hadley is the same guy who voiced Mr. Krabbs in Spongebob. Let that sink in.
Clancy Brown. He was the voice of Savage Oppress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He was the drill instructor in Starship Troopers.
James Whitmore (Brooks) was a HIGHLY respected actor for decades. His most recent fame came from his one-man Broadway play about Mark Twain. His IMDB history goes back to 1949 (!) and he was a "guest star" in many, many TV shows while I was growing up. A wonderful and consistent dramatic actor.
43:36 The hammer was placed in Exodus because Andy ecaped from being a slave to the warden just like the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt and onto their journey to Canaan
I read this "short novel" by Steven King in the mid-80's, same book where the movies adapt "Stand by Me" came from. I went to see this film in the cinema, just knowing the two lead actors,....and I realized I read this story. I am from south Ohio, They filmed at an old prison in central Ohio. I lived on the cast of Maine, a few months, where King is from, and this prison is set,. like many books by King. Living in Maine, helped me understand some of King's books. I showed this movie to my Dad, about four years before he died. Dad cried several times, and at the end -he was so happy the two men met, away from Prison.
Almost everyone is mistaken about this movie in their first watching. This isn't Andy's story, it's Red's. Andy remains the same throughout the film, it is Red who changes. Red spends almost his whole life without hope. Andy leads Red on a journey to find himself...and hope. Beautiful movie.
Andy is so well-written! He starts out a blank slate who is only revealed through his actions, since we don’t get an internal monologue like we do from Red. He is a very smart man who plans ahead and takes advantage of unexpected events like Hadley’s windfall and the name carving revealing weak concrete, but his instinct to take care of others is developed during his time in prison. You keep thinking that he is building the library to get insight into how to escape, but he’s just looking out for his fellow inmates. I just love to think that Tommy’s wife and baby daughter got an unexpected envelope of cash delivered to them after Andy escaped.
The most important line in the film are the final two words of King's short story: "I hope." The redemption was red's all along. He is the main character, which is why he narrates.
I live 30 mins from the old prison they shot this movie at. The tours are so much fun. Every year there is a haunted house there during the season as well as a massive music/tattoo festival in the summer. Mansfield prison is an amazing place.
Either this woman is like the most intuitive movie watcher ever or she knows the stories of these movies beforehand cuz she picks up on like EVERY detail correctly.
It's my job to analyze films and I do take it very seriously. I analyze the details. head over to patreon.com/colettecherry for all the uncuts where you can see how i better breakdown the scenes
@@turbots. It’s probably snippets here or there. This movie, like a lot of others, are always on tv. Eventually seeing the whole movie without actually watching the movie. I feel bad for reactors like this not watching these growing up, before off hand conversations overheard, pop culture, and other sources subliminally “ruin” a movie for them. There’s plenty of movies I’ve never watched, but I know all the key points to them because of those reasons I pointed out above. I’m a cinephile also. Plus I have an excellent memory. Anyone had a question about a movie, who was in it, plot, etc…., they’d call me. Pre-Internet-in-your-pocket, of course.
One of the things that I love about Stephen King's universe is that there is almost always a connection between stories. Shawshank State Prison is one of those things mentioned in several books, TV shows, and movies. It gives girth to the world and makes everything seem bigger. I know at the same time Andy Dufresne was locked up, there was an abandoned cell block with one prisoner in a cage. The cage was under the ground. The prisoner was a child who the warden thought was the devil.
one plot hole could be the pipe he crawled out of. Solid pipe for a long distance and full of sewage would probably have too little oxygen for him to make it all the way to the end before passing out and expiring.
@@darrellyounyvski591 Nah, as long as air could get in both ends, he'd be okay. The problem is the spout of sewage when he breaks it. It was clearly full, so why would it drain at all? The end was wide open, so for it to be full, there would have to be a LOT of sewage constantly entering, so it would never drain. The other thing I don't like is the sound it makes when he hits it. That's not the sound of something that's going to break. One day I'm going to overlay a bunch of pre-made scores so it would break with one hit, change the sound, and remove the scene where the sewage sprays up. I might also remove the line "Including her" and cut some of the delay, so he throws the chess piece far sooner. And I don't like the reaction of the guard who checks Andy's cell. If he was hangin there, the guy would see it immediately. Why's he gotta slowly scan the whole cell before saying "Oh my holy God"? It's weird how all the sketchy bits are centered around that one moment
@@ashscott6068 for it to spout up it had to be under pressure so the upstream end was not open to the air plus like you said, it had to be fairly full. That low oxygen environment would not be something he'd make it slowly through for 500 yards crawling.
@@darrellyounyvski591 But it also wasn't under pressure, because after that spout, it was just a dribble. That's the problem: It's gotta be one thing or the other. Removing the spout makes it make sense. And with it emptying into a nearby stream, there's no reason for the whole system to be anything other than entirely powered by gravity.
A couple of cool details I realised recently: you hear a harmonica play in the OST when Red is approaching the tree at the end. Also, when Brooks leaves prison the camera is in front of him looking at the prison, but when Red leaves, it is facing out to freedom :)
May I say thank you for making my day better, with your digressions and observations. I've watched many reactions to this film now and you certainly brought new things to the table. I saw this movie when it 1st came out and it was reviewed not merely on BBC's Film show but also BBC 2's weekly culture programme 'The Late Show'. The 'Sull Aria' scene was the snippet chosen both times (I'll hang my head in shame for despite watching The Marriage of Figaro half a dozen times on Sundays with my parents, I didn't identify it). It got me thinking what piece I'd choose if Fortuna lent a hand. Lastly, may I wish you and yours all future fortune, including whomever made this film more personal for you.
Wow. You’re getting in on so many key points right now!!!! Just got to you breaking down “hope” super early in the reaction. Also thanks for sharing you have your own experiences concerning the prison system. You never know someone is going through. Awesome reaction so far
I too noticed that this story was by Stephen King, one of few non-horror stories. He also wrote "The Green Mile" which is also a great story and film. He really is a talented writer especially when it isn't horror.
@@5353Jumper Technically, it's a novella, as was "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," both being in the book "Different Seasons." I just found out why it was called that, because each of the four stories in it had different themes that had a season in it. For instance, this story was under "Hope Springs Eternal," and "Stand by Me" (The Body) was "Fall from Innocence." "Apt Pupil" was another story in there that was turned into a good movie, but I've only seen that one once. That theme was "Summer of Corruption."
The subtleties in this film are wonderful. Brooks gets out and looks back to the prison, Red Looks outward, Red rides on the back of the pick up. He sits in the back of the bus. The rock hammer is hidden in Exodus...etc etc Great film and good reaction.
It’s a wonderful film that I keep watching. I too love all of the themes in it. The acting is excellent and the locations were soo good. I love your reactions as you dissect them so well
I didn't know you haven't watched this movie. I'm happy to watch your reaction to this as well. as someone who lives alone and doesn't have anyone to watch movies with, watching people's reaction to movies feels kinda like watching it with them, and this brings me joy. thank you for doing this. btw, if you haven't watched 'The Green Mile' watch and react to that too. that's another decades-old fantastic prison movie, by the same writer, and the same director.
I am an actor and writer, working on two scripts, been on film sets in LA all this last year. This is my job. Taking acting classes and film classes. I’m good at my job! And I take pride in it. I am sitting down to analyze scene by scene, I am not just passively watching a movie.
@@ColetteCherry Wow, really well said. I think some people come to your channel and see a pretty blonde woman and don't recognize your obvious qualities in terms of insight and analysis. From one cinephile to another, I hope you know you're appreciated.
I think this film is a metaphor of the human mind and how it can either be a great gift of invention and visioning or keep one mentally imprisoned and hopeless. The message... we can all change our thinking.
She's an actress and a screen writer who works in L.A. It's hardly out of the realm of possibility that she is just good at analyzing and prediciting plot points.
Great film. Thanks for your thoughts. I must say you are sharp. One of the smartest reactors to this, or any other Hollywood motion picture. Liking your style a lot. Thanks, Love. See ya on the next. Peace. Later.
@@rickymoranjr9609The movie makes you feel sympathy for him because it doesn't detail his horrific crime. If the movie showed Brooks killing his family with an axe, I hope you would feel differently about him. Otherwise, you're a psychopath.
New sub just now. I've watched two movies with you so far and it's easy to see the warmth in your heart. God bless you, and stay strong. You can do it. I balled my eyes out again, last night watching Saving Private Ryan with you - . about the 50th time watching and crying when Wade dies trying to take that radio tower. "Mama, mama. I wanna go home, I wanna go home" 😭😭
Regarding Richmond, Virginia: My 8th maternal great-grandfather, Major William Mayo, laid out the first street grid for Richmond, VA, in 1738. The 14th St Bridge in Richmond was initially named Mayo's Bridge. General Lee's retreating army burned it down in the Civil War after the fall of Petersburg in 1865. A decade earlier, Mayo surveyed & mapped the boundary between NC & VA. The expedition traveled 237 miles west from the cedar post on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean to the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. The map is preserved at UNC Chapel Hill.
Love your reaction to one of my favourite all time films. It's crazy how watching something you love through someone else's eyes can improve your own experience. React to Chernobyl, 5 part series. Congratulations on almost 100k subscribers. You've earned everyone of them.
In the original script at the very end when they meet again, Andy says something to the effect that says to Red "So I've heard you're a man who know how to get things." for a full circle of their friendship.
You know she’s an actress, right? She has her own IMDB page with film and television credits. When someone works within an industry, it’s possible to just be actually good at your job.
@@tfpp1 LOL!😂 She is obviously a really bad actress, when she can’t convince anyone that this is her first watch. If she could foresee every plot twist in one of the best movies of all time just before they happened, I can’t wait to see the magical scripts she’s writing. You know that you’re really doing her a disservice now right? Best thing she could do is probably to delete this “first time reaction” and focus on her career instead.
@ Being able to see something coming has “absolutely nothing” with the quality of her scripts. I predicted the plot twists in Seven and predicted The Sixth Sense from the beginning. And I have nothing to do with the film industry. It’s not that hard bro. What you’ve really done is broadcast to everyone just how dumb you are when watching movies. 🤣
I've read through some of the comments below, but could not find any reply that addressed your shower scene question. That white powder they threw on the new inmates, after spraying them down with water, is "Delousing Powder." It kills lice. The word "Louse" is the singular form of the plural word "Lice."
The more reactions of your's I watch, the more I find myself hoping you'll guess things wrong and get more surprises. But you're pretty on point all the time. Have a great day.
I thought there were FIVE actors that were "10's" in their roles - Robbins as Andy, Freeman as Red, Clancy Brown as Captain Hadley, James Whitmore as Brooks, and lastly - one of my most reviled cinema villains of all-time - Bob Gunton as Warden Norton. Amazing cast.
Brooks (the old man), is played by James Whitmore, 160 acting credits over 7 decades, 2 Academy Award nominations, Emmy Award winner, Grammy Award winner, Golden Glove Award winner.
The novella's called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. I understand why they changed it, but I always loved the original title. Mainly coz I was obsessed with Gilda growing up.
The full title for the story is "Hope Springs Eternal: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" which immediately points to several plot points and themes before they make sense. Great story and a great movie.
I highly, HIGHLY recommend The 2002 movie, The Count Of Monte Cristo. The book the movie is biased on is over 150 years old and still one of the best stories of revenge ever written.
46:30 Colette: "I swear if they don't show us them together on a beach in Mexico..." Funny story, the film originally ended with Red on the bus. Sample audiences shown the movie in pre release... felt the same way so the added the beach scene in - I believe they needed to shoot it after the movie was "almost" ready to release.
"I hope..." Beautiful. Stephen King short story but the real credit (in my opinion) goes to Frank Darabont for writing the screenplay and directing the movie.
The best movie of them all - no cheesy love stories, no political correctness, no gay propaganda, no bad Russians, just pure basic human emotions and experiences and the cherry on top, the main motive - friendship and hope!
You can tell right at the beginning of the film that Andy was innocent. Because of his mannerisms and also it sets things up for this to be a great movie.That's the first thing i noticed the first time i saw this. This was an intelligent reaction.😊
20:45 "It's interesting that I automatically took Andy's side." Everybody does it. We always take the hero's side. The hero is usually the most famous actor or if nothing else, the central person a movie or TV show is about. So when the hero is just nobody, or even when the hero is a bad person, we're always on their side and we even get mad when good people don't treat our hero right. Like the way we get mad at all the other characters who don't listen to Ripley even though none of them should. To them, she's nobody, but to us she's the "hero". Or the way we cheer for Walter White even when he's causing people, even innocent people, to become addicted to his drugs and, some of them, die. Not to mention 3 whole movies where we take Anakin's side even when we know exactly what's going to happen to him. Etc. It's hero-syndrome. If the actor is the hero, or anti-hero, of the story, we take their side, even if they're bad people.
Colette back in 2005-2006 I worked security for the tv show Prison Break where the first season was filmed. Filmed at Joliet Prison Illinois. I got to talk to all the actors. I have proof of everything. I have some day scripts, a parking think from Chicago to park in the city for free. I also have a dvd from Wade Williams he made filming one word or less. I had a lot of fun working security for the show because I met all the actors. A couple actors remember me on social media. The Joliet Prison was shut down in Illinois back in 2002. It is one of the oldest prisons in Illinois. When meeting Dominic Percel I said hi to him. He gave me dirty looks. I tried to say hi again. Gave me another dirty look. I never said anything to him throughout half the season. I accidentally said hi to him. Dom said hi back which i wasn’t expecting. He became a cool person after that. The coolest actors I met on set was Peter Storemare, Muse Watson, Marshall Allman, Stacey Keech, I made a joke to Frank Grillo and a few days later he made a joke back to me and got back at me for the joke. Amazing person. Other actors I met were amazing too but too much stories to tell lol
What always got me about Tim Robbins is the incredible contrast between his role as Nuke LaLoosh, a talented but not-too-bright baseball player in Bull Durham (1988), a light-hearted look at minor-league baseball; and as Andy Dufresne -- and he played them equally well. I don't know if you ever review comedy movies, but Bull Durham would be good.
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42:36 Did you scream like that, when you have orgasm ?😉 I love you, but be little more careful 😁
@ColetteCherry why doesn't anyone watch the original superman 1, 2 and 3. They are the classics and best
Do tryna watch parasite movie once you're done with all the great movies try to move onto bollywood movies
I know The Green Mile is in that top five.
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“The warden seems like a good guy.”~Collette Cherry, 2024
lol and that man was indeed the villain
@@ColetteCherry Most Wardens today are 100% the same mentality, they just use more subtle methods. All about the status, money and the title. Politics! I am a guard at a prison.
@@ColetteCherry LOL yeah that was funny. You're so clever in general, so it's only healthy for you to have a little clown moment like that.
“I guess I just miss my friend “. Gets me every time. Every single time!
Same here!
"I swear, if they don't show us them together on a beach in Mexico, I'm gonna be very disappointed." Funny thing, you aren't the only one who thought that. Audiences actually did not get to see them on the beach together in the original version (I believe it ended with Red on the bus), but test audiences were all upset and wanted to see the two friends reunited at the end. So, the filmmakers went back and filmed that last scene after-the-fact, and we all got that satisfying ending.
They tried not showing that scene. But they were being obtuse!
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In the novel they do not reunite on the beach in Mexico.....In ends with Red leaving Maine in search of Andy....with hope.
The brilliance of this movie is in how they take you from a happy moment to sadness then to being inspired and then to being horrified….. back & forth, back & forth … it’s an emotional roller coaster.
Fun fact: In the novel version, Red is physically portrayed as a middle-aged white Irishman with grayish red hair. The director wanted Morgan Freeman for the role due to his deep voice and appearance.
you mean for the token value? yes, that was why. hence the Red joke.
The biggest mindfuck of this movie is that the actor who plays the hard-ass guard Hadley is the same guy who voiced Mr. Krabbs in Spongebob. Let that sink in.
😂😂😂😂
Clancy Brown. He was the voice of Savage Oppress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He was the drill instructor in Starship Troopers.
He also, on film, killed the same actor, twice. Once here and the other I believe in ER.
He's The Kurgan in the original Highlander movie
He is also Drill Sargent Zim from "Starship Troopers".
"Who here thinks they got what it takes to knock me out?"
Man this movie really goes all out in what they want to put. All the quotes on their hopes and dreams, that hits so deep
Either she's the most intuitive person in the world or she watches the movies beforehand and fakes the reactions very well, almost like a psychopath
I think you’re onto something …
Well, someone has to be the most intuitive person in the world.
Zihuatanejo was a sleepy little fishing village.... until this film came out. People got curious. It's now the 3rd most visited destination in Mexico.
LOL That’s great! I guess people really into charter fishing?
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Colette Cherry: "that's a small hammer"
Greg from Scary Movie: " It's not the size of the hammer, it's the nail you're throwing it at!"
James Whitmore (Brooks) was a HIGHLY respected actor for decades. His most recent fame came from his one-man Broadway play about Mark Twain. His IMDB history goes back to 1949 (!) and he was a "guest star" in many, many TV shows while I was growing up. A wonderful and consistent dramatic actor.
Mark Twain Tonight was Hal Holbrook's show. Whitmore played President Truman in Give 'Em Hell, Harry.
43:36 The hammer was placed in Exodus because Andy ecaped from being a slave to the warden just like the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt and onto their journey to Canaan
I read this "short novel" by Steven King in the mid-80's, same book where the movies adapt "Stand by Me" came from. I went to see this film in the cinema, just knowing the two lead actors,....and I realized I read this story.
I am from south Ohio, They filmed at an old prison in central Ohio. I lived on the cast of Maine, a few months, where King is from, and this prison is set,. like many books by King. Living in Maine, helped me understand some of King's books.
I showed this movie to my Dad, about four years before he died. Dad cried several times, and at the end -he was so happy the two men met, away from Prison.
Almost everyone is mistaken about this movie in their first watching. This isn't Andy's story, it's Red's. Andy remains the same throughout the film, it is Red who changes. Red spends almost his whole life without hope. Andy leads Red on a journey to find himself...and hope. Beautiful movie.
Andy is so well-written! He starts out a blank slate who is only revealed through his actions, since we don’t get an internal monologue like we do from Red. He is a very smart man who plans ahead and takes advantage of unexpected events like Hadley’s windfall and the name carving revealing weak concrete, but his instinct to take care of others is developed during his time in prison. You keep thinking that he is building the library to get insight into how to escape, but he’s just looking out for his fellow inmates. I just love to think that Tommy’s wife and baby daughter got an unexpected envelope of cash delivered to them after Andy escaped.
The most important line in the film are the final two words of King's short story: "I hope." The redemption was red's all along. He is the main character, which is why he narrates.
I live 30 mins from the old prison they shot this movie at. The tours are so much fun. Every year there is a haunted house there during the season as well as a massive music/tattoo festival in the summer.
Mansfield prison is an amazing place.
“Get Busy Living, Or Get Busy Dying’.”-Andy
Either this woman is like the most intuitive movie watcher ever or she knows the stories of these movies beforehand cuz she picks up on like EVERY detail correctly.
It's my job to analyze films and I do take it very seriously. I analyze the details. head over to patreon.com/colettecherry for all the uncuts where you can see how i better breakdown the scenes
Love the reaction, but impossible she hasn't seen it before, I agree 🙂
@@turbots. It’s probably snippets here or there. This movie, like a lot of others, are always on tv. Eventually seeing the whole movie without actually watching the movie. I feel bad for reactors like this not watching these growing up, before off hand conversations overheard, pop culture, and other sources subliminally “ruin” a movie for them. There’s plenty of movies I’ve never watched, but I know all the key points to them because of those reasons I pointed out above. I’m a cinephile also. Plus I have an excellent memory. Anyone had a question about a movie, who was in it, plot, etc…., they’d call me. Pre-Internet-in-your-pocket, of course.
Lots of these reactors have seen these famous movies before, but they need the views.
Yeah I get the same feeling some of her guesses of the plot would be simply impossible for someone not knowing anything about the movie...
You're a very intuitive person.
One of the things that I love about Stephen King's universe is that there is almost always a connection between stories. Shawshank State Prison is one of those things mentioned in several books, TV shows, and movies. It gives girth to the world and makes everything seem bigger. I know at the same time Andy Dufresne was locked up, there was an abandoned cell block with one prisoner in a cage. The cage was under the ground. The prisoner was a child who the warden thought was the devil.
Pure perfection. No real plot holes, amazing acting, perfectly acted. This is a FILM, not a movie!
one plot hole could be the pipe he crawled out of. Solid pipe for a long distance and full of sewage would probably have too little oxygen for him to make it all the way to the end before passing out and expiring.
@@darrellyounyvski591 Nah, as long as air could get in both ends, he'd be okay. The problem is the spout of sewage when he breaks it. It was clearly full, so why would it drain at all? The end was wide open, so for it to be full, there would have to be a LOT of sewage constantly entering, so it would never drain. The other thing I don't like is the sound it makes when he hits it. That's not the sound of something that's going to break. One day I'm going to overlay a bunch of pre-made scores so it would break with one hit, change the sound, and remove the scene where the sewage sprays up. I might also remove the line "Including her" and cut some of the delay, so he throws the chess piece far sooner. And I don't like the reaction of the guard who checks Andy's cell. If he was hangin there, the guy would see it immediately. Why's he gotta slowly scan the whole cell before saying "Oh my holy God"? It's weird how all the sketchy bits are centered around that one moment
@@ashscott6068 for it to spout up it had to be under pressure so the upstream end was not open to the air plus like you said, it had to be fairly full. That low oxygen environment would not be something he'd make it slowly through for 500 yards crawling.
@@darrellyounyvski591 But it also wasn't under pressure, because after that spout, it was just a dribble. That's the problem: It's gotta be one thing or the other. Removing the spout makes it make sense. And with it emptying into a nearby stream, there's no reason for the whole system to be anything other than entirely powered by gravity.
@@ashscott6068 and the mephane gas would have killed him before he got out in that small of a space
Man, you've been catching some of the best classics. Most of these are on my top list. 👍
This is my favorite film of all time. I know I’m seven days late, but I just recently subscribed and girl did great. Keep up the good content.
A couple of cool details I realised recently: you hear a harmonica play in the OST when Red is approaching the tree at the end. Also, when Brooks leaves prison the camera is in front of him looking at the prison, but when Red leaves, it is facing out to freedom :)
I love this movie it will always have a special place in my heart I watched it twice this month and I'm so happy you are reacting to it
May I say thank you for making my day better, with your digressions and observations. I've watched many reactions to this film now and you certainly brought new things to the table. I saw this movie when it 1st came out and it was reviewed not merely on BBC's Film show but also BBC 2's weekly culture programme 'The Late Show'. The 'Sull Aria' scene was the snippet chosen both times (I'll hang my head in shame for despite watching The Marriage of Figaro half a dozen times on Sundays with my parents, I didn't identify it). It got me thinking what piece I'd choose if Fortuna lent a hand. Lastly, may I wish you and yours all future fortune, including whomever made this film more personal for you.
Love how Red said Andy's Zehuantenejo plan is a "shitty pipe dream," and Andy crawls to freedom through a sewer pipe.
haha i never thought of that. a shitty sewer pipe at that
the lack of oxygen in that 500 yards of sewer pipe probably would've killed Andy
Wow. You’re getting in on so many key points right now!!!! Just got to you breaking down “hope” super early in the reaction. Also thanks for sharing you have your own experiences concerning the prison system. You never know someone is going through. Awesome reaction so far
Im glad I waited until I was older to watch movies like this one. You can appreciate so much more of the storytelling and acting
I’m so glad you saw this movie ! I just found your channel, and I’m loving your content.
You should check out 12 angry men next !
I too noticed that this story was by Stephen King, one of few non-horror stories. He also wrote "The Green Mile" which is also a great story and film. He really is a talented writer especially when it isn't horror.
He also wrote the novel that "Stand by Me" was based on.
And the short story inside "The Tale of Lard'ass Hogan"
@@5353Jumper Technically, it's a novella, as was "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," both being in the book "Different Seasons." I just found out why it was called that, because each of the four stories in it had different themes that had a season in it. For instance, this story was under "Hope Springs Eternal," and "Stand by Me" (The Body) was "Fall from Innocence." "Apt Pupil" was another story in there that was turned into a good movie, but I've only seen that one once. That theme was "Summer of Corruption."
The subtleties in this film are wonderful. Brooks gets out and looks back to the prison, Red Looks outward, Red rides on the back of the pick up. He sits in the back of the bus. The rock hammer is hidden in Exodus...etc etc Great film and good reaction.
I'm glad you watch my favorite film of them all. Nice to see your tears on this one. See ya next time.
Has one of the saddest scenes with Brooks, and one of the most joyful with Andy and Reds reunion
This movie is something else and a pure masterpiece 🤌
It’s a wonderful film that I keep watching. I too love all of the themes in it. The acting is excellent and the locations were soo good.
I love your reactions as you dissect them so well
The original ending stopped with him on the bus. They had to go back and get that final scene. You nailed it!!
I didn't know you haven't watched this movie. I'm happy to watch your reaction to this as well. as someone who lives alone and doesn't have anyone to watch movies with, watching people's reaction to movies feels kinda like watching it with them, and this brings me joy. thank you for doing this.
btw, if you haven't watched 'The Green Mile' watch and react to that too. that's another decades-old fantastic prison movie, by the same writer, and the same director.
Thank you for sharing your reaction
Great, Thank you Colette.
Andy & Red Brothers for life.
Hi Colette, The place looks nice😮. Love your reaction to this movie your reactions are always the best❤
Me, having seen this movie 763,295 times, every time you read a scene or make a prediction: "Are you sure this is your first time seeing this?"
I am an actor and writer, working on two scripts, been on film sets in LA all this last year. This is my job. Taking acting classes and film classes. I’m good at my job! And I take pride in it. I am sitting down to analyze scene by scene, I am not just passively watching a movie.
@@ColetteCherry Wow, really well said. I think some people come to your channel and see a pretty blonde woman and don't recognize your obvious qualities in terms of insight and analysis. From one cinephile to another, I hope you know you're appreciated.
I usually never simp, but holy s*, u are a vision, watching my all time favorite movie! Keep it up.
Simply beautiful commentary, thank you.
What a great movie! Sad but an awesome jaw dropping story! I’m glad you chose this next film !
I think this film is a metaphor of the human mind and how it can either be a great gift of invention and visioning or keep one mentally imprisoned and hopeless. The message... we can all change our thinking.
You definetely watched the movie before but i loved it anyways
She's an actress and a screen writer who works in L.A. It's hardly out of the realm of possibility that she is just good at analyzing and prediciting plot points.
Great film. Thanks for your thoughts. I must say you are sharp. One of the smartest reactors to this, or any other Hollywood motion picture. Liking your style a lot. Thanks, Love. See ya on the next. Peace. Later.
I love how the warden’s morality deteriorates over time.
*"Hot dog! you're goin to jail, Babycakes!”*
*"This movie was bleautiful.”*
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32:56: did you just snap and point?!?! lol! Hilarious. Great reaction!!!
Best reaction channel
Brooks' death was the saddest death in this entire movie, the poor old man deserved better in the world outside the prison
You know he was in jail for murdering his wife and daughter after a bad night at the poker table right?
@@yew2oob954 yes I do, that still makes me feel sorry for him when he gets out of prison but wants to stay
@@rickymoranjr9609The movie makes you feel sympathy for him because it doesn't detail his horrific crime. If the movie showed Brooks killing his family with an axe, I hope you would feel differently about him. Otherwise, you're a psychopath.
New sub just now. I've watched two movies with you so far and it's easy to see the warmth in your heart. God bless you, and stay strong. You can do it. I balled my eyes out again, last night watching Saving Private Ryan with you - . about the 50th time watching and crying when Wade dies trying to take that radio tower. "Mama, mama. I wanna go home, I wanna go home" 😭😭
Regarding Richmond, Virginia: My 8th maternal great-grandfather, Major William Mayo, laid out the first street grid for Richmond, VA, in 1738. The 14th St Bridge in Richmond was initially named Mayo's Bridge. General Lee's retreating army burned it down in the Civil War after the fall of Petersburg in 1865. A decade earlier, Mayo surveyed & mapped the boundary between NC & VA. The expedition traveled 237 miles west from the cedar post on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean to the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. The map is preserved at UNC Chapel Hill.
Love your reaction to one of my favourite all time films. It's crazy how watching something you love through someone else's eyes can improve your own experience. React to Chernobyl, 5 part series. Congratulations on almost 100k subscribers. You've earned everyone of them.
In the original script at the very end when they meet again, Andy says something to the effect that says to Red "So I've heard you're a man who know how to get things." for a full circle of their friendship.
awesome review- you are fabulous!
This is a truly great film.
Thanks… 💙🥂
You should try watching the green mile as well. If you're going to, bring a lot of tissues.
Based on a Stephen King story, and directed by Frank Darabont, just like The Shawshank Redemption.
For years I’ve sought the answer to that timeless question, “What say you, fuzzy britches?”
"Hot dog!!!!!" I haven't heard that saying since the 90's 🤣❤
Thanks for the laugh & the reaction!
It’s kind of obvious that this isn’t your first watch of this movie. You called every major event out just before it happened.
You know she’s an actress, right? She has her own IMDB page with film and television credits. When someone works within an industry, it’s possible to just be actually good at your job.
Being an actress has absolutely nothing to do with writing scripts or come up with plots. Occhams razor says she’s seen it before.
@@jonasmandersson "Absolutely nothing"? . . . sure it does. But fine, she's also a screenwriter, "Dumas"
@@tfpp1 LOL!😂 She is obviously a really bad actress, when she can’t convince anyone that this is her first watch. If she could foresee every plot twist in one of the best movies of all time just before they happened, I can’t wait to see the magical scripts she’s writing. You know that you’re really doing her a disservice now right? Best thing she could do is probably to delete this “first time reaction” and focus on her career instead.
@ Being able to see something coming has “absolutely nothing” with the quality of her scripts. I predicted the plot twists in Seven and predicted The Sixth Sense from the beginning. And I have nothing to do with the film industry. It’s not that hard bro. What you’ve really done is broadcast to everyone just how dumb you are when watching movies. 🤣
I've read through some of the comments below, but could not find any reply that addressed your shower scene question. That white powder they threw on the new inmates, after spraying them down with water, is "Delousing Powder." It kills lice. The word "Louse" is the singular form of the plural word "Lice."
The Green Mile - also a Stephen King novel adaptation by the same director, Frank Darabont. Another masterpiece!
What a great reaction. Thanks. 😃👍🏾
What a great movie! Great narration
The more reactions of your's I watch, the more I find myself hoping you'll guess things wrong and get more surprises. But you're pretty on point all the time. Have a great day.
This may show that there is a major flaw in the movie industry. Too predictable.
19:47 It wasn't about revenge. He wanted to protect his 'accountant'.
I thought there were FIVE actors that were "10's" in their roles - Robbins as Andy, Freeman as Red, Clancy Brown as Captain Hadley, James Whitmore as Brooks, and lastly - one of my most reviled cinema villains of all-time - Bob Gunton as Warden Norton. Amazing cast.
Brooks (the old man), is played by James Whitmore, 160 acting credits over 7 decades, 2 Academy Award nominations, Emmy Award winner, Grammy Award winner, Golden Glove Award winner.
The novella's called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. I understand why they changed it, but I always loved the original title. Mainly coz I was obsessed with Gilda growing up.
When the warden opens Andy"s bible revealing the outline of the rock hammer. it opens to the Book of Exodus. Small detail, but a good one.
The full title for the story is "Hope Springs Eternal: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" which immediately points to several plot points and themes before they make sense. Great story and a great movie.
The Shawshank is my favorite movie but what really makes me sad is Brook’s death 😢
Except when you learn that Brooks massacred his family.
I recommend "The Great Escape" 1963, "Cool Hand Luke" 1967, "The Count of Monte Christo" 2002.
What we have here is, failure to communicate.
I love the soundtrack for this film.
I highly, HIGHLY recommend The 2002 movie, The Count Of Monte Cristo. The book the movie is biased on is over 150 years old and still one of the best stories of revenge ever written.
You definitely are very perceptive..love the reaction…and I’m from VA Beach, VA! Richmond VA represent!!
Oh so cool! Hi!!
I'm loving the new hues ❤
46:30 Colette: "I swear if they don't show us them together on a beach in Mexico..."
Funny story, the film originally ended with Red on the bus. Sample audiences shown the movie in pre release... felt the same way so the added the beach scene in - I believe they needed to shoot it after the movie was "almost" ready to release.
"I hope..." Beautiful.
Stephen King short story but the real credit (in my opinion) goes to Frank Darabont for writing the screenplay and directing the movie.
Unforgiven - Oscar winning film with Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman - directed by Clint Eastwood - Fantastic work of cinematic art!
The best movie of them all - no cheesy love stories, no political correctness, no gay propaganda, no bad Russians, just pure basic human emotions and experiences and the cherry on top, the main motive - friendship and hope!
You can tell right at the beginning of the film that Andy was innocent. Because of his mannerisms and also it sets things up for this to be a great movie.That's the first thing i noticed the first time i saw this. This was an intelligent reaction.😊
You have to watch another prison movie called "The Green Mile"😢 Same director(who did shawshank), same writer(Stephen king) And it has Tom Hanks
Both The Shawshank Redemtion and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are in my top five movies. Both are excellent in every respect.
Good film, but never understood how it gets to people's top.
Tim Robbins is an AMAZING and UNDERRATED actor. PLEASE watch the Hudsucker Proxy!
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is a classic from the 1800's and a great movie aswell. I think it was incidental not specifically ordered.
Andy taking 370K of Norton’s money in 1966 would be like taking 3.7 million today.
You want a tear-jerker movie? Steel Magnolias. And it's based on a true story. Sally Fields won Best Actress for her performance in it.
20:45 "It's interesting that I automatically took Andy's side."
Everybody does it.
We always take the hero's side.
The hero is usually the most famous actor or if nothing else, the central person a movie or TV show is about.
So when the hero is just nobody, or even when the hero is a bad person, we're always on their side and we even get mad when good people don't treat our hero right.
Like the way we get mad at all the other characters who don't listen to Ripley even though none of them should. To them, she's nobody, but to us she's the "hero".
Or the way we cheer for Walter White even when he's causing people, even innocent people, to become addicted to his drugs and, some of them, die.
Not to mention 3 whole movies where we take Anakin's side even when we know exactly what's going to happen to him.
Etc.
It's hero-syndrome.
If the actor is the hero, or anti-hero, of the story, we take their side, even if they're bad people.
You’ve seen this before. I know 😂
Great movie!
In this movie, they mentioned the count of monte crisco book. Excellent movie to react to, the 90's version with Jim Caviezel in it! Great movie!!
Colette back in 2005-2006 I worked security for the tv show Prison Break where the first season was filmed. Filmed at Joliet Prison Illinois. I got to talk to all the actors. I have proof of everything. I have some day scripts, a parking think from Chicago to park in the city for free. I also have a dvd from Wade Williams he made filming one word or less. I had a lot of fun working security for the show because I met all the actors. A couple actors remember me on social media. The Joliet Prison was shut down in Illinois back in 2002. It is one of the oldest prisons in Illinois. When meeting Dominic Percel I said hi to him. He gave me dirty looks. I tried to say hi again. Gave me another dirty look. I never said anything to him throughout half the season. I accidentally said hi to him. Dom said hi back which i wasn’t expecting. He became a cool person after that. The coolest actors I met on set was Peter Storemare, Muse Watson, Marshall Allman, Stacey Keech, I made a joke to Frank Grillo and a few days later he made a joke back to me and got back at me for the joke. Amazing person. Other actors I met were amazing too but too much stories to tell lol
What always got me about Tim Robbins is the incredible contrast between his role as Nuke LaLoosh, a talented but not-too-bright baseball player in Bull Durham (1988), a light-hearted look at minor-league baseball; and as Andy Dufresne -- and he played them equally well.
I don't know if you ever review comedy movies, but Bull Durham would be good.