Movie Review: Shawshank Redemption

This time I am reviewing a great movie. A movie, which was ahead of it’s of time and if it would hit the theaters in this day and age it would perform well. Shawshank flopped in the box office and did not perform well when it first came out in 1994. Once the movie became available on DVD and Netflix, it performed well and sold a lot better than it did in the box office.

The movie is stared by: Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne, Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, Bob Gunton as Warden Samuel Norton and is directed and written by, Frank Darabont.

The movie is about a banker who is wrongfully accused of shooting his unfaithful wife and her lover. He is sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary. While incarcerated he takes advantage of his skills as a banker and helps the guards with their taxes. Its gets to the point where the penitentiary library becomes sort of an office for tax purposes. The warden of the prison notice Andy skills as a banker and decides to make him launder money for him. The story takes a turn when a new inmate joins the penitentiary and reveals some interesting facts about Andy’s case. The warden then takes drastic measures to make sure Andy stays in jail to keep the money laundering business going.

What really attracted me to the movie is that it was so realistic and how Frank shot it in a way that makes you feel you want to do prison time. Tim Robbins excels as Andy and Morgan Freeman as always makes you feel the character from every aspect. It’s evident that the movie was not easy to shoot. As you watch you will notice the great interaction between the characters and how the movie sequence was shot in a way to hook you into the story. The escape scene re-defines the meaning of the word determination. It’s so unexpected yet so realistic. 

I strongly recommended buying this movie on Blu-ray or DVD because you will love it and I am sure you will watch again.

Before I go, I want to share an interesting fact about Shawshank. Tom Cruise turned down the role because he didn’t want to work with Frank Darabont, who was a new director back then.   

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Nedal Atawneh

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Movie Review: The A-Team

OH God. Here we go

I grew up watching the A-team TV series and when I heard back in 2010 that the movie version is coming out, I could not wait to see it. However, now I wish I didn’t. Because when I watched it in the movie theaters I screamed from the top of my lungs from shock and fear of what they did to my memories and to this day, I feel like I should have demanded a refund after the movie was finished. Away from my personal feelings the movie was horrible I mean it really was. What they were thinking when they were in post-production phase of the movie? I wish if I was there to stop this madness.

Like of the series, the movie is about 3 guys: the old wise one, John "Hannibal" Smith (Liam Nesson); the kind handsome playboy, Templeton "Face" Peck (Bradly Cooper) and the black dude, Bosco Albert (Quinton "Rampage" Jackson) who’s all about ass kicking  and fighting with Charissa Sosa (Jessica Biel). In the movie they are in Iraq and are trying to retrieve stolen U.S. Treasury plates with over 1 billion dollars in cash. The mission is a success, but they discover that there is more to those plates than they think and they all end up in jail. Then they try to seek revenge from those who betrayed them and take back the plates once again.

That all what you need to know about the story. It’s short simple over used by a dozen of action movies and it kills me that if someone thought this plot is new or original.

When I 1^st heard that Liam Nesson was in the movie, I knew instantly that someone will be kidnapped even if it was him. I am sure when Liam’s agent brings him scripts to read he makes sure that someone will be kidnapped so Liam can feel he is in the zone. Bradly Cooper, you should be ashamed of yourself for participating in this low commercial movie . We,  the people, expect you to make better life choices and as for Rampage Jackson big mistake when you left the UFC to become an actor. You can’t act you sir are insult to Mr.T you destroyed the legacy of the character and we all pity the fool who decided to cast you in this role. Jessica we love you but you left no choice. I watched you in this movie at your worst behavior and your character was so mundane and forgetful. I wish if I saw Justin Timberlake reaction after witnessing his wife performance in this horrible movie. 

If you decided to watch the movie please don’t schedule and make an effort to watch it. Just watch it like whenever you are free and have nothing to do, so you can appreciate the value of time .

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Nedal Atawneh

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