Boy did Amy get it wrong this time. I was so excited to listen to this episode, and was sorely disappointed. They didn't even discuss some of the best scenes or Morgan Freeman's great performance.
They missed the point entirely when it came to Andy's breathy, out-of-it voice after he left solitary confinement. That was the moment when he knew that he would succeed in escaping, that he would one day be free. Yes, he had already started digging the hole in his cell. But before that point, he had also been working to build a life within the prison, by making friends, surviving his attackers, building the library. After his second release from solitary, he was 100% focused on his escape and 100% determined to succeed. His demeanor being so different from Red's signifies that in a way, Andy is already free, whereas Red is still imprisoned.
They said they weren't going to nitpick, but this was very nitpicky. Filmmakers make choices to tell their stories in a dramatic way, so let them do it.
Also, I wish Paul and Amy would stop spending so much time talking about the films from the previous episodes! A comparison here or there is fine, but I wanted to hear them discuss Shawshank, not Ben Hur and Platoon all over again.
