Count of Monte Cristo, The - DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version
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IMDB rating: 7.40 Plot: ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes’ girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d’If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge. |
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a question about these two movies: the Shawshank Redemption and the Count of Monte Cristo?
What is a good conclusion about the comparison between the prisons in these two movies: The Shawshank Redemption and the Count of Monte Cristo?
How did the prisoners (Andy Dufresne and Edmund Duntes) felt after and before getting rescued?
i can only speak for shawshank redemption. andy dufresne felt helpless because all the evidence was pointing towards him. obviously he knew himself was innocent but the law and jury weren’t on his side. there was nothing he can do.
once he discovered the type of rock that composed the prison walls, he suddenly had hope. he knew he could eventually break out if he had patience, determination and careful planning. it’s this hope that carried him through all those years in prison. in the end, we get a piece of his life philosophy in the letter he wrote to red. "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. and good things never die."
so, from helpless frustration to hopeful endeavor, making the best of the worst situation.
one of my favorite movies of all time.
sorajima | Nov 01, 2008
Both prisons were fairly primitive: made of stone, bars, and the treatment of prisoners, such as the food they ate (remember when Andy got his first plate it had a huge maggot in it and Duntes was eating basically slop. The stone and mortar was so old that it was easy, relatively speaking, for the two men to escape (compared to modern jails/prisons). The guards were more or less the same (huge jerks), etc.
Both characters were wrongly imprisoned, and after having years to reflect on the fact of their misery at being wrongly incarcerated, they used their experiences (both positive and negative) as hope in order to set a course for liberation. And once they, by their own methods, escaped, they both used their newly won freedom to their advantage, but in different ways: Dufresne escaped to a place that would help him to try and forget about the confinement and the cold of the prison, hence the open beach and the expanse of the Pacific, but also got revenge at the injustices that befell him by the warden and the guards (exposing their money laundering and murder) and then washing his hands of it, whereas Duntes kept his confinement close to him, and used it as "fuel" to transform himself so that he could plan/get perfect revenge. Dufresne humbled himself, but kept his pride within himself, inside, and Duntes created an external persona of pride and wealth to help him achieve his goal. Not sure where his humble aspect is, as it’s been a long time since i have seen it.
Of course, if i know some of the points upon which you are concluding, i might could offer more accurate package of tied-together points for an appropriate conclusion. This is the first thing that came to me, though. If i think of anything else significant, i’ll post again.
Hope this helps.
Oh yeah, and Shawshank references Monte Cristo.
Zeus00 | Nov 01, 2008
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