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Mo0n5tar
01-03-2009, 09:42 PM
....the esoteric undertones in the film The Shawshank Redemption, regarding Freeman theory, the Strawman and the Matrix prison system we are all living in, even the name strikes a chord wouldn't you agree, plus the name of the actor narrating the film.
Trust me watch this thoroughly enjoyable film with these subjects in mind, you will not be disappointed and it may give you a few insights;)
Peace, lets feel the rain on our faces.
http://www2.bc.edu/~yanno/Shawshank%20Redemption.jpg
adzboarder
02-03-2009, 02:15 AM
One of the best films ever made. :)
ghostdogg
02-03-2009, 02:00 PM
indeed ... a movie to absorb completely !!! Peace :D:D:D
merlincove
02-03-2009, 03:25 PM
A brilliant film, one of freeman's best imo, and freeman is noted for being in a few films that go deeper than most.
Shawshank has a lot of powerful moments, and indeed is one of the best films ever made.
:D
amethyst
02-03-2009, 03:26 PM
Loved that film.
wakeupworld
02-03-2009, 04:54 PM
It was repeated in England just a few days ago, and it was my 3rd viewing of the film but 1st since learning about freeman on this site.
Enjoyed it even more and the overwhelming feeling watching this great film was even corrupt people and corrupt systems can be defeated.
It also showed as in the so called real world people that seek positions of power
for their use are really weak and cowardly bullies.
belial
02-03-2009, 05:04 PM
May I also recommend another film written by Stephen King which is as equally as powerful and reduced me to tears at the end?
The Green Mile.
dusthead
02-03-2009, 05:33 PM
May I also recommend another film written by Stephen King which is as equally as powerful and reduced me to tears at the end?
The Green Mile.
Has good moments. A little bloated and overlong with occasional schmaltz, but like I say... some VERY good moments.
On the same note, I always thought Pulp Fiction had a spiritual subtext, but I seem to be alone in that thought.
drgreenbud
02-03-2009, 05:41 PM
Was marcelus wallace's soul in the briefcase. So I'm with you.
Mo0n5tar
02-03-2009, 11:48 PM
Tim Robbins character plays the scam I believe the elite are playing, there is a very telling part when he tells Red about the laundering he is doing for the warden, he has created a fictitious entity/Strawman and Red proclaims, "you can't just create a man out of thin air", Robbins' character replies by telling him how he used a driving license, birth certificate and other ID making his Strawman into a PERSON able to act in commerce, it is this identity Robbins' character uses after his escape.
Romans 8:24-25
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
gu3rr1lla
03-03-2009, 12:13 AM
never saw the movie! kinda bored now think i will! :D
merlincove
03-03-2009, 02:09 AM
Has good moments. A little bloated and overlong with occasional schmaltz, but like I say... some VERY good moments.
On the same note, I always thought Pulp Fiction had a spiritual subtext, but I seem to be alone in that thought.
dusthead, brilliant. You're far from on your own there my friend :-) i've been saying the same thing for years, but some people just miss the sub-text and see the film, brilliant thou it is, and ask how come John Travolta was killed half way through and was still in it at the end? More than a few people have asked me that....
Pulp Fiction, what a brilliant film, the great architypical battle between light and dark, good and evil and what hapens when one treads the path of darkness (Vincent) as apposed to the path toward enlightenment (Jules). A great, THE great spiritual message that is continually overlooked.
And yet Tarantino manages to pile other sub texts in there carrying many messages of illumed thought - Pulp fiction is a great film with a very spiritual message mascerading as a cult hit of blood, vilence and gore - an excellent cover up. PF is def in my top five films. And i still cringe every time the needle scene come on, and i'm on the edge of the seat every time Jules gives his speechg to Brad.... it stil gets me even now all these years on!
Kill Bill, for my money is more watchable and every bit as good a film, minus the inherant coolness and message though :-)
And i just love the line 'i drive fast, very fucking fast, so try to keep up.'
Respect
adzboarder
03-03-2009, 01:27 PM
And i just love the line 'i drive fast, very fucking fast, so try to keep up.'
I prefer "You got to appreciate what an explosive element this Bonnie situation is. If she comes home from a hard day's work and finds a bunch of gangsters doin' a bunch of gangsta' shit in her kitchen, ain't no tellin' what she's apt to do."
...and of course the Chris Walken scene with the watch - LOL
bowtiedaddy
03-03-2009, 04:02 PM
Well, Stephen King seems to be aware of this stuff from what I can see in general. I don't know if he is a freemason or anything, but it would be VERY surprising if he wasn't as aware of the New World Order and all of their tricks as any of us.
He's definitely not asleep, at any rate. It's not the first writing of his that would lend me to believe that he is wide awake.