Movies

The Matrx trilogy is one of the best movie serie I have watched. But I'm sure it is so complex that it's worth watching again and again. Not just the action scenes but those philosophical/social themes, which appeared in movie, make your mind think about them.

One of these is the "cause and effect" by the Merovingian (or The Frenchman). He tells that everyting occurs due to cause and effect, there is no such thing as choice.

At firt when I listened his monologe I was sure he is wrong. In real life we choose something because we have the will to do it. But this is really our will?

Let me explain with an example. I want to be a teacher to teach mathematics and IT. Is it my choice or just an effect of fact that my mother is a teacher and I like who she does her job ad I'd like to be like her (this is the cause)?

I'm waiting for your opinion. This example is very simple and not sure good explaining and does not spread out all part of this theme but I hope it's understandable.

Last weekend I had a few hours to rest and I decided to watch a movie. I asked my brother to offer me a good one. He said me to watch the movie "The Shawshank Redemption". Although I'm up-to-date about movies, I've never heard about that. He told me because it had been made in 1994.

So I looked for it on imdb and I was happy when I read name of Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in cast overview. In this fact, it was unavoidable to choose this one.

About the story: It's based on Stephen Kings' book. Andy the banker (Tim Robbins) was arrested with suspicion of killing his wife and her lover. He was impriosoned in Shawshank. Here he met Red (Morgan Freeman) and became friends early. It's all about the story without spoiler.

This movie is not that kind when an innocent gets in jail and try to break out. It shows us the charecters' different views about life, freedome and hope in prison. A freshman believes to have a second chance and start a new life after his punishment's over. But an elderly, who have spent more than half of his life between that walls, can't imagine himself living outside and he rather chooses prison as his coffin.

The characters are great. The positives are loveable but the negatives would be killed with a spoon. Robbins and Freeman were nominated for Oscar-award, and Freeman got it.

If I have a list of top 10 movies, this would be there. I can suggest everybody to watch it.

Imdb rating: 9,3/10

My rating: 9/10