Meatshank Redemption

i feel the need to let my fabulous faithful followers out there know a little bit more about me.

i love cooking, my wife, s.l.a.m. (saturday lunch at manglers), music, long walks on the beach, bourbon, the cabaret, and things of that such. i may have said to much. but most important for you to know is that, i, without remorse, love the movie shawshank redemption. there. i've said it. i feel so much better. i stand by it. i love it. any naysayers, bring it. there is a reason it is the movie most searched for on imdb.com (a great site if you've never been) it has everything you need in a movie. 

-love. even if its boggs, the leader of the "bull queers" as red calls them, and his love for andy. its still love. kinda.

-action. there are a few fight scenes, just as there should in a prison movie. actually, they may be more like beat down scenes, since its not a lot of 1-on-1 fighting. (ain't prison rape a bitch?)

-hope. which is the central theme. of the movie and life in general.

-hank williams. need i say more? no. i needn't. but i did. guess i ruined that point.

-sadness. when brooks died, it was the first time i ever cried in a movie. i'm kidding. real men don't cry in movies. but if i weren't a real man, i would have.

-pin-ups. rita hayworth. wow. i'm bias though, i have a thing for red heads. (a nod to you mrs. meat!)

-the phrase "pinch a loaf." the first time i heard it, it was my phrase of the day for like a week. it was a very good week.

-morgan freeman. he's great in everything. even the really bad robin hood that had kevin costner. i never knew robin hood had the same accent as a corn farmer from iowa.

-suspense. the morning that andy doesn't come out of his cell, my heart sank. and then i grinned. i shall tell you no more in case you haven't seen it on one of the 5 billion times its been on tbs, or tnt. thanks mr. turner.

-redemption. i wonder where they got the name for the movie?

i could go on for days about the wonderful qualities of the greatest movie to never get nominated for the best picture oscar, but you could watch it quicker than i could get my thoughts on the proverbial paper. so go get some popcorn, and don't drop the soap. you won't be sorry. especially about dropping the soap. that would be bad. you'll thank me in the morning.