Saturday, March 26, 2011

Shawshank Redemption - making OJ from lemons

Somebody posted this quote on facebook: "When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave the world wondering how the hell you did it" (Anonymous, I guess)

This is such an important art in life as how to turn the tides. Thousands of pages can be written on this and like all humans I have been in those situations too. But what always remained stuck to my brain and this quote reminded me, one of the all time Hollywood classic: "The Shawshank Redemption" (here). I don't have to write review of this movie as so much written on it. I never met a single soul who has not liked this movie. Theme of the movie is very simple that: "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." or as better described by someone as - "how characters can be free, even in prison, or unfree, even in freedom, based on one's outlook in life" Or as 'Red' says in the movie: "some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright"!

Tim Robbins will always be remembered for playing "Andy", a professional banker who gets falsely convicted of murdering his wife and her lover but with keeping hope alive, f***ing guards and warden brains, patience and good friendships finds his way out from one of the most notorious prison of country with 370,000 dollars in pocket! (and revenge too).

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