REFLECTION – RANDOM THOUGHTS
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Typically, when comes to film adaptations, we got two categories:
“Oh my god that was horrible! The book is so much better!”
“Can you believe they did that? That’s not in the book!”
The majority of the film adaptation I’ve seen into these categories. I’m a huge Shawshank Redemption fan. I was a fan of the movie, before I knew it was an adaptation. I found it was based on a Stephen King novella, immediately I was turned off. Have you seen some of film adaptations of Stephen King’s stuff? I’m not talking about the recent adaptations or reboots. There were horrible. I’ve read several King books before seeing this film and enjoyed them. However, for some reason, King fell out of favor with me until I read his book about writing. Single malt scotch rained from the heavens, and all was right in the world again. I was back to being a fan.
So, I read Rita Haywood and the Shawshank Redemption, one of four novellas in Different Seasons collection. I fell in love with the movie even more. They did an amazing job with this adaptation. The casting of Morgan Freeman was a stroke of genius. I saw the picture above online somewhere and had to write something about what I could describe as my favorite movie. 30 years can you believe it!
Good story. Great movie. It’s been years since I read it and years since I watched it.
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I watch at least annually … don’t judge me ..hehe
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I couldn’t agree more. [Rita Hayward and] The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile (which was actually a serialized novel at first) both rank very high on my lists of outstanding literature and stellar films. 🥳
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Yes, indeed
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I’ve seen the movie but I’ve not read the book.
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It’s a quick read and you won’t be disappointed.
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