You may have felt hopeless at several points in your life. We give many excuses to tread down the hopeless road because the other road — the one filled with hope — looks uncertain or difficult. So, whenever you’re in the dilemma of being hopeful or not, always choose hope. Because as Andy Dufresne quotes, “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

This single line pretty much summarizes the film The Shawshank Redemption, but it holds much more than that.

The plot begins with a bleak situation charged against our protagonist, Andy Dufresne. For many, it would seem like the end — but Andy hopes against it.

Released in 1994, the film didn’t perform well at the box office. Slowly, through the years, it gained cult status and has been ranked No. 1 (9.3/10) on IMDb’s highest-rated films list since 2008. My sincere salutations to filmmaker Frank Darabont for crafting this masterpiece, adapted from the short novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by the legendary author Stephen King.

As each scene unfolds, we are drawn deeper into the film. The Shawshank Redemption indulges us in various emotions and inclinations. We are tempted to feel that things might go haywire — but you know what? Find out for yourself, lazy bums.

I could leech on talking about The Shawshank Redemption at any point, on any day. It’s just a thought, but if I had to pick one last film to watch before I die — give me two hours and twenty-two minutes of time and a fine print of this film. Enough.

I hope you’ll watch it ASAP. No, stop whatever you’re doing and watch it now. Trust me, you won’t regret it, guys. And for those awesome people who have already watched it, I hope you watch it again. There’s nothing wrong in watching a good thing — as no good thing ever ______.
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And finally, “It comes down to a simple choice, really: get busy living or get busy dying.” Period.