First of all, let’s talk about the box office. Xiao’s shooting cost was 25 million US dollars, which was considered a big investment in 1994, but in the end he only received about 28 million in box office, excluding the division of theaters. Undoubtedly a huge loss. Why the loss? Maybe it has something to do with the name. The English name of the film is "The Shawshank Redemption", which is difficult to pronounce and pronounce, so it has a funny Chinese translation of "1995", or "Dark Moon and High Wind". In fact, this is a good name and fits the occasion. of.
Secondly, the Oscars said no. The film that seems to have such a good reputation now was a one-day trip to the Oscars in 1994, losing to "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction" . However, it is also possible that this kind of empathy has caused many netizens to support it with high scores on IMDB. In fact, "Shawshank Redemption" ranks first in film history, thanks to Nolan's strong fans. Originally "The Godfather" has always dominated the championship, but since the release of Nolan's "The Dark Knight", enthusiastic fans In order to let the Dark Knight reach the top, we did not hesitate to give "The Godfather" a lot of low scores on IMDB. See if this scene is very familiar. Fans around the world are so enthusiastic. As a result, everyone has seen it, and the snipe and the clam are fighting. .
Then, the original author also criticized the adaptation of this movie. As everyone knows, "The Shawshank Redemption" was adapted from Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption". "Redemption", who is Rita Hayworth? Many friends may not know, but I will mention one thing. There is a black and white movie shown every week in Shawshank. Whenever the heroine in it is crazy, watch the movie. The prisoners will have a climax. This woman is Hayworth, a grandmother born in 1918. Her movie is called "Gilda", also called "Gilda the Slut", so according to Stephen King's original intention , Hayworth represents the free life outside High Bridge, while Shawshank is the cage that imprisons people. Stephen King was very dissatisfied with the changes in the movie. For example, the warden was not so heinous in the novel. In the movie, changes were made to intensify the conflict, and the warden's final suicide was even more disturbing to the audience. Has impact. The protagonist Andy is not a tall man in the novel, and the old man Bruce, who was released from prison first, did not hang himself to death, but died in depression. Although hanging is more cruel, it better reflects the misery of being abandoned by the world. Even Stephen King complained that the hole Andy dug in the film was too round and divorced from reality.
"The Shawshank Redemption" has been the number one rated film for a long time, which is more or less due to the right time, place and people. First, let’s talk about the right time and place, which can also be said to be luck. In 2008, Noshin’s "Batman - The Dark Knight" turned out. Its profound connotation and analysis of human nature completely established the DC comics and even the Batman series. peak. Before that period of time, Marvel's hero movies had always been inferior to DC's. It was this movie that made his fans crazy. In order to make the movie's ratings advance, many fans organized spontaneously to donate to the movie that occupied the top spot. "The Godfather" was rated low in an attempt to bring down the rating of "The Godfather". Unexpectedly, this caused dissatisfaction among some "Godfather" fans, and the two sides broke up with each other. The clams in the river fight, and the fisherman wins. The stalemate between the two parties caused "The Shawshank Redemption" to reverse and occupy the top spot, and it has firmly locked this position since then. It can be said that its position will remain firm for a long time to come.
After talking about the right time and place, let’s talk about people and people. It is undeniable that the film "The Shawshank Redemption" itself is of excellent quality, and the dark hopefulness it conveys is like a pot of fine wine. The longer it ages, the more fragrant it becomes. The film was originally titled "1995". If it had not encountered a series of classic films such as "Forrest Gump" under special circumstances at the time, there would have been no problem for it to win the award. But unfortunately, after the Vietnam War, anti-war sentiment was on the rise, and it was inevitable that a film with the main theme that could perfectly present the American spirit would win the award. The failure of the Oscars and the unsatisfactory box office have added extra sympathy points to this film. Let later movie fans calm down and appreciate him more.
It can be said irresponsibly that everyone who likes this movie has watched it at least three times. I am no exception. This movie gives you a different feeling every time you watch it, especially when your life experience becomes richer. Regarding its too much movie-like feel, I will just elaborate on two points of my opinion. That is, in the atmosphere of darkness, it gives people hope for the infinite future, and it is institutionalized that gives people infinite despair.
First of all, let’s talk about the institutionalization that makes people despair. This representative is Lao Bu. After decades of prison life, he has become accustomed to everything here and is unwilling to leave or contact the outside world. He once thought he might die here of old age, but unexpectedly, the time to serve his sentence was up. He didn't want to leave, and even wanted to kill someone in prison just because he didn't want to leave here. Those who had just come in wanted to go out, but when they really wanted to go out, everyone was confused and scared. He has been in prison for too long and has become obsolete.
Isn’t it the same in real life? When people reach middle age, they hold a stable job in enterprises and institutions and live a stable life.
Not willing to see more things, do we think this is ordinary? No, this is institutionalization, this is shackles! We locked ourselves up with our own hands! Reality is crueler than ideals. Why you see so many units lifeless and lifeless is because the environment and self have created a Shawshank.
After talking about despair, let’s talk about hope. There is a kind of bird that can never be shut down, because every one of its wings is covered with the glory of freedom. This is what Rhett said about Andy. Andy himself said that hope is a beautiful thing, and beautiful things will never disappear. Yes, in middle age, everyone has experienced daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. Can they still stay true to their original aspirations and achieve success? Can you still hold on to your dream? Therefore, people like Andy are rare, and there are three friends who benefit from it. I hope that each of us can meet a person full of positive energy like Andy, who can infect us and give us the real courage to leave the system and leave the prison. To find a place of inner peace.
The movie Shawshank Redemption is currently the No. 1 movie critic on Douban and is also a rare good movie in the history of electronic movies. It tells the story of Andy, a young banker who was framed and killed. His wife and his lover were imprisoned in a prison called Shawshank. Andy, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, finally escaped from the prison and lived a free life after years of planning. There are many in the movie, Classic sentence, you know some birds are not destined to be locked in a cage, every one of their feathers shines with the light of freedom, yes, the theme of The Shawshank Redemption throughout the entire movie is freedom. Even a heavily guarded prison cannot stop a heart yearning for freedom. Andy spent 20 years digging a way out. Today's passage is only a small hammer. Freedom is always priceless.
Shawshank's redemption is not only the protagonist's, Andy's own, but the road to redemption is an epitome of the redemption of power and freedom. No one in this world is a truly good person, but this is the truest story. Since no one can be perfect, there are always people who have done something wrong to some extent. This is also one of the messages that the film wants to convey. First, through the story of the protagonist Andy, the film tells the audience that even if they are in a desperate situation, never give up the hope for freedom. Yin Pingyong also said that the heart is like a cage, and there are cages everywhere. Freedom is not outside, but inside. A good movie always enlightens people deeply in their souls. Often, just one sentence can give people the deepest enlightenment. This is also the charm of the movie The Shawshank Redemption
Redemption, what is redemption? , only by rekindling the hope in people's hearts can salvation be achieved. Only with hope can we have everything. Even if the environment is harsh, the protagonist, Andy, has not given up. Her unremitting efforts have brought her various hopes of rebirth. There are some in the movie In this section, even though Andy doesn't like being beaten by the prison guards, he still sings songs and drinks beer to officially ignite everyone's hope. The protagonist wants to tell his fellow inmates and the audience that no matter how bad the living environment is, no matter how bad it is, There must be hope even in pain. Whenever reality makes people lose hope, pull out this movie and watch it again, and you will regain strength.
First of all, the original work of the movie is also very famous, a work by the horror novel master Stephen King. The film style is simple and unpretentious, and the narrative is eloquent, just like an old man slowly telling a story. It is not at all as deliberately eye-catching as today's commercial films. The climax of the story is also the prison escape, and the unexpected ending gives the audience a huge impact and aftertaste.
Regarding faith, the movie does not place too much emphasis on the role of God, but firmly believes in the ultimate criterion of good or justice. Based on this, eternal hope arose, so even though Andy was in prison, he did not surrender to darkness or surrender to darkness. Instead, he always stayed true to his heart, and freedom is the natural result of hope.
Whether you are a teenager or an adult, you all have or have had various dreams or hopes in your heart. The moment when Andy successfully escaped from prison and regained his freedom after going through all kinds of difficulties, it left a touching moment in the hearts of the audience and caused a scream!
Perhaps, when you were hit or lost hope, you opened and watched this movie more than once.
I don’t know why I am writing this answer. I am not sure. It seems that many things have already been answered. I want to say that I was really impressed by the description of hope, friendship and redemption in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption". Deeply moved. This is a movie that has a great influence on me. Whenever I feel depressed and lost, I will watch this movie. I feel very good after watching it. I have experienced a lot of hardships in life. I watch this movie over and over again. Every time I watch the movie, I try to find the beautiful things in life. There are no big scenes, no special effects, just a group of men in prison talking to each other and living with each other, but the impact on my heart is unmatched by other movies. In my heart, it is the best movie, it touched my heart. My heart, and more than once, a movie like this that can touch one's heart and soul is certainly the best movie.
Of all things, hope is the most beautiful, and the most beautiful things will never fade. This sentence from "The Shawshank Redemption" can probably sum up why "The Shawshank Redemption" can dominate both IMDB and Douban.
As for the aesthetics of movies, everyone has always had their own opinions, and it is difficult to adjust the opinions. To be recognized as the number one "Shawshank Redemption" is undoubtedly an epic work, and the special effects will become outdated. Narrative routines can be imitated, and even if the director is obsessed with details, it is very possible to create a meticulous work, but it is difficult to create a true masterpiece.
The reason is the spirit of the movie Whether the core can move people and touch human nature, and "The Shawshank Redemption" has exactly done this. In another fifty years, the next generation of people watching "Avengers 3" may feel that the special effects are backward and no longer shocking. feeling, but when they watch "The Shawshank Redemption" again, they may burst into tears again.
Why do people admire "Shawshank" so much? Its current evaluation has surpassed "Forrest Gump" by a large margin. (Although the difference in ratings is not big, the difference can still be seen in the evaluation structure. The proportion of five stars in "Forrest Gump" is much lower than that in "Shawshank".) First: the redemption, or salvation, expressed in the movie, this is the movie The most common large kernel in . Whether it is fighting aliens to save the earth, or Dragon Quest rescuing a princess, it can be said to be salvation, but the salvation of "Shawshank" is the hope that people in prison have lost.
Andy wrote in a letter to Rhett:
Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies. Just as Lu Xun said that studying medicine cannot save Chinese people, to save people, we must first save their hope, not a useless body.
In addition, my favorite is the tizhi and anti-tizhi in "Shawshank". Everyone in the prison is tortured by tizhi, except Andy. For example, Lao Bu spent half his life in prison and became a part of Tizhi. When he was released from prison, he could no longer find the meaning of his existence and finally chose to end it. In fact, when he melted into tizhi, he was already "dead", or in other words, he could only live in tizhi. Does his character represent the future of many people in reality?
The most important thing is that the movie gives ways to fight against tizhi, to always have hope in life and not to give up easily. Andy's encounters in the early part of the movie included confinement, rape, and severe beatings, but Andy persisted and never succumbed or became a pawn of the system. The reason why he did not sink was probably because of the perseverance in his heart. Of course, success cannot be achieved by shouting.
While dealing with the warden in the prison, Andy redeemed his friends around him. But he dug out an "escape" tunnel with a small hammer. This is the tenacity of human nature. Maybe you are not in prison, but everywhere you are trapped is a prison. Are you also a prisoner?
Finally, let me talk about why there was no "Shawshank" in the Oscars that year. 1. The box office was too low. In the early Oscar selections, box office was still very important. "Shawshank", which had only more than 20 million, naturally could not compete with "Shawshank". "Forrest Gump", 2. The competition that year was really fierce. It was a serious Oscar year, "Pulp Fiction", "Forrest Gump", "Four Weddings"... 3. Influenced by social sentiment and public sentiment, the people and judges at that time preferred fast movies.
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a great work. The reason why a movie can be called great must not only be the plot or the special effects of the actors. It must be the meaning behind it.
This movie has too much meaning. The system can regulate your behavior, but it cannot imprison your thoughts. When you first go to prison, you hate the walls around you; slowly, you get used to living within them; eventually you find that you have to rely on them to survive. This is the society you live in. And what makes it great is the connection it creates between the story and every ordinary viewer. Let everyone who watches the movie feel like themselves, and then it can trigger a series of thoughts in the movie. This movie has influenced too many people. Because of it, people have become yearning for freedom, become better, and become better people.
When I finished reading "The Shawshank Redemption", I realized all this. Life in prison is absolutely no fun, let alone hope. It is even more difficult to find hope in despair. People always say not to fight fate, but when Andy defeated fate, we can also say that this victory is precisely part of fate. "The Shawshank Redemption" is a classic filmed in 1994. The story took place in 1947. It tells the story of a banker named Andy who was drunk and mistakenly accused his wife of having an extramarital affair and killed her and her lover with a gun. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, which meant he would spend the rest of his life in Shawshank Prison. The film uses the special background of prison, which forces people to lose their freedom and places a high emphasis on discipline, to show an individual's fear of the passage of time and the transformation of the environment.
Because it inspires people too much and has too many evocative places. We all admire Andy's intelligence and character.
I think it is Andy's character of not surrendering to fate and persisting in struggle that makes the audience yearn for and convince them. Unknowingly, I wanted to be someone with his personality.
Andy in the film can give people a sense of strength and a belief that if you persist, you will win.
I think this is also the characteristic that a film should have when it is called a classic. It is very suitable to be appreciated every few months or every few years to replenish energy.
There are many classic movies in film history. The reason why "The Shawshank Redemption" has been at the top of the film review list for a long time is because of its quality. The story and the ideas are perfectly integrated.
"The Shawshank Redemption" is adapted from the original novel by Stephen King. The novel itself is very classic, and the editor is very capable. He removed the plots in the novel that were not suitable for the screen and merged them where they should. A two-hour movie with a plot that is watertight.
When making a movie, telling the story well is the foundation. The foundation of "The Shawshank Redemption" is solid and solid. This determines the quality of the movie. If the story is told well, even if other aspects are not done well, the movie will not be too bad.
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a better movie than the average. What's better is that not only is the story well told, but it also has connotation. This makes the movie ideological. There are many golden sentences and plots about life, humanity and hope in the movie. It both advances the story and sublimates it.
In such a movie, those who like excitement can watch the plot, and those who like thinking can see the connotation. Who wouldn't like it? If you like it, you will naturally give it a high score. It doesn't matter if you get first place.