{"id":151,"date":"2009-06-11T07:27:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T12:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rantingjamaican.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2009-06-11T07:27:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T12:27:19","slug":"rj-has-the-shawshank-redemption-on-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rantingjamaican.com\/blog\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"RJ has The Shawshank Redemption on the Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two hours constant meaningless repetition, trying to memorize Chinese characters, I had two things on my brain. First was a headache. The second was Movies. Since I had a headache the first thing I did was pop an Excedrin. The next thing, of course, was to go to the Internet Movie Database and wander around the site. I saw pictures of Mickey Rourke from Iron Man 2, and found out about Jada Pinkett\u2019s new show on TNT. But then, I found myself looking at the IMDB top 250 list, located here<\/a>. And boy did I get a positive surprise!<\/p>\n

FINALLY! the Godfather is not number one on the list anymore. I am sorry but the Godfather and Godfather part II were the most boring movies I have ever watched. I would rather watch \u201cIn the Mix\u201d with Usher and Emmanuelle Chirqi than those long, boring, and dry films. I don\u2019t know how long ago the change happened but whenever it occurred it was long overdue. Sheez! The Shawshank Redemption is a MASTERPIECE, it is the Mona Lisa of films. I don\u2019t know if there will ever be a better film. If any of you reading this have not seen The Shawshank Redemption I urge you, no I COMMAND YOU, to go rent it and see it immediately. You will be much better after the experience. It will probably be the best 2 hours of your life.<\/p>\n

If you clicked on the link to IMDB\u2019s top 250 movie\u2019s you would find that not only does it have a 9.1 rating, it also has the most votes out of all the movies on the list! that\u2019s saying something. More people had a strong reaction to The Shawshank Redemption than any of the other films.<\/p>\n

You may be wondering why this is such a wonderful film, and I can\u2019t really tell you because i don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t review movies for a living. But i will tell you these two things about it.<\/p>\n

First the music is amazing, it is the most beautiful soundtrack I have EVER heard. Thomas Newman is one of the most amazing composers on the PLANET (he\u2019s not Mozart or anything but lets face it, Mozart is dead). Remember the amazing music in WALL-E? That\u2019s right, Thomas Newman! When you watch the movie listen in for \u201cBrooks Was Here\u201d you\u2019ll know when you hear it.<\/p>\n

Second the acting and storyline are top notch. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are amazing in this movie and the other actors are great too. They have that one guy from the highlander movie and the other guy that was the Sherriff on Roswell. But anyways think about this. Even though all of the main characters are criminals, somehow you are able to really sympathize and understand their points of view.<\/p>\n

I know this blog post is 15 years late (Shawshank Redemption came out in 1994). But this is for those weirdo\u2019s who have not yet seen the movie. You are the ones who are 15 years late! I beg you, please go see it. Maybe they will have it on Blu-ray and you can see every wrinkle on Morgan Freeman\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t heed my advice and see this movie the loss is yours! peace out ya\u2019ll!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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