"Better" is being used way too loose by you here. To me Shawshank pierced farther than any "artistic" merits it might hold and simply resonated into what it means to be human in a more profound way than Oscars might be criticizing for. Pulp Fiction was badass and love it as well, and Forrest Gump was also a class A human experience film that crammed a lot more than you could swallow so it didn't let you dwell on the emotions presented to you quite like Shawshank did.
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"Better" is being used way too loose by you here. To me Shawshank pierced farther than any "artistic" merits it might hold and simply resonated into what it means to be human in a more profound way than Oscars might be criticizing for. Pulp Fiction was badass and love it as well, and Forrest Gump was also a class A human experience film that crammed a lot more than you could swallow so it didn't let you dwell on the emotions presented to you quite like Shawshank did.