Morgan Freeman!

Hello!

               So yesterday I had some friends over to my place, where we screwed around for a bit. As it got a bit later we decided to pop a movie into the DVD player, and “Shawshank Redemption” got picked. As a fan of Morgan Freeman, I’ve seen the movie before, but not for a long time. So watching it for the second time, I really paid close attention to the smaller details, and found it to be really good. There were a lot of jokes that I understood this time around that made the movie that much more enjoyable.

               Firstly, though, is Morgan Freeman. It was really interesting seeing Morgan Freeman as a younger actor playing an older person, instead of what you usually see now – Morgan Freeman as an older actor playing an older person. It was cool seeing how his acting style has changed over the years. But hands down, he’s the best actor in the movie. I really enjoy Morgan Freeman’s acting in any movie, and he didn’t disappoint in this one. He both plays a character as well as narrates, which is a bonus. I’d listen to Morgan Freeman narrate paint dry, if such a thing was sold.

               On to the actual movie, though. The main character is a banker who’s falsely accused of murdering his wife and is thrown into Shawshank prison, where he meets a variety of people who are both helpful and hurtful to him. He meets “Red,” who’s played by Morgan Freeman (Aw Yeah!), who helps him learn the ropes of the prison, and can get him anything from a rock hammer to a poster of Marilyn Monroe.  To counteract the wonderful voice of Morgan Freeman, though, is the Warden. He runs the prison, and helps and hurts our main character depending on what mood he’s in. I love this character because if you think about it, you can probably relate the Warden to someone you know. Makes the movie that much more enjoyable. I also really thought that the plot twist that happens at the end was pretty good, and I didn’t see it coming. This movie was really nice overall because it doesn’t conform to the standard mold of most movies, which we’ve all seen. You know, “boy meets girl, boy falls in love, etc.” I’ve seen that kind of thing too many times to get any enjoyment out of it. So this movie was a refreshing breath of air, as it were.

Thanks for reading,

Matt Finley