Saddest Moment In This Film?
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alblmfld-1 — 10 years ago(October 01, 2015 11:52 AM)
The part that always gets me is after Andy escapes and Red is narrating the part about how much they mis him. How happy they are he's free, a bird that shouldn't be caged. He pauses and just says ,"I just mis my friend."
I think Andy made the day to day life in prison an adventure. After he was gone it was very depressing for his friends that were left behind. -
drakeyequation — 10 years ago(November 05, 2015 08:23 AM)
Nobody spares a thought for Tommy? I guess that's because Brooks was old and his death was a poignant one, whereas Tommy's death was more dramatic. At least Brooks got to die on his own terms in his old age. Tommy had a young family and was rehabilitating himself until his life was taken for wanting to do the honourable thing.
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iheartushiaandsamw — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 05:50 PM)
Brooks's remaining scenes up till he hung himself. Just the thought of him in his twilight years with no one left in the world except the ones he left back in prison and that pathetic bagging job made me wail like I was at a funeral. Haven't cried like that for a movie in a long long time.
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themidgarzolom — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 09:22 AM)
The voiceover said straight up that he was raped the first time he was sent to the backroom during his laundry shifts. This was way before the scene where they beat him within an inch of his life. They clarify in that scene he was not raped at that time, however it was a common occurrence in his first 2 years in the prison.
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jackiefoxybrown — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 10:08 AM)
Migarzolom, for a moment there I thought I imagined the whole scene all together. The sistersere infamously known for sexually assaulting men; why would they just physically assault Andy and not rape him when he's most vulnerable?
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coryboy345 — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 04:55 PM)
You may need to rewatch the film. Morgan Freeman's voice over NEVER said that once He did say "I wish I could tell you Andy fought the good fight" implying the beating they gave him then. All they did in that scene too was kick his ass. Then they came at him again later in the movie, and almost killed him.
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ParnoldP — 10 years ago(March 25, 2016 06:26 PM)
The first time, they are clearly seen trying to rape him. Later on they attempt to rape him again, so it is likely they would've raped him more times that were not shown.
"Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?" -
anikkane — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 02:04 PM)
Also, in that later scene where Andy got beaten, he said "Let's get this over with" and turned around. Like it was a common occurence for them.
Of course, he said it just to lure the guy closer to him, but the way he said it implied it wasn't the first time. -
themidgarzolom — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 09:24 AM)
In many cases, but I think it was less selfish in this one because the only people left to care about him were still in the prison and likely would not see him again before he died of natural causes. It would appear not only did he "feel alone and unloved" as many who commit suicide do, but he actually "was alone."