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Summary: The Green Mile
Review: Personally, I think the movie was very, very good. It has the emotions in it and that's a special thing in a movie. I like all the variety in the movie. I mean it's not just about the prision and how people get executed. Even my little 14 year old sister was crying throughout the movie. So, i have no idea why someone would hate this movie.
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Summary: An emotional and endearing story ever!!!!
Review: *phew* what a movie!!! THE GREEN MILE surpassed any of my expectations on a screenplay based on Stephen King's novel. Surely after I watched PET SEMETARY I was scared out of my wits to watch ANY movies written by S. King again. But as soon as I heard about the hype regarding T.G.M, I finally gave myself a try. And boy, this was a story I shall never forget.Sure, I'm pretty positive that many of you have already seen the movie, or have at least an idea of the plot. Tom Hanks plays a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the deadliest and pretty much the scariest place of all. But what makes Tom Hanks' character truly shine is that he has a heart of gold. John Coffey (played by Michael Duncan) is the biggest, strongest, but the gentlest prisoner brought in. He was accused of killing two little girls, and in that time period (the 1930's) racism was a strong quandary. So without much investigation, John Coffey was automatically accused. He WAS seen with the two little girls on his lap, but that was for a different reason, that only you have to watch the movie to truly understand. Many events occur, some intense, some happy, and some extremely depressing and/or heartbreaking. In midst of all that, Tom Hank's bladder problem is healed, prisoners are executed, and John Coffey becomes friends with many of the prison guards, and even raises a little mouse. In the end, things are not going as the watcher wants it to, but one of the most endearing quotes is when Tom Hank's speaks, "what I am going to say on my judgment day..." Of course stated in better terms, but I found that to be the part I started bawling out. I am not a movie critic, but a normal teenager who was just fascinated by The Green Mile and had to share some of my thoughts.
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Summary: Walking the Green Mile
Review: This movie felt long, but in retrospect, I couldn't think of anything to cut out of it. Clocking in at just over three hours, it seems to require every minute for something. This movie relates the story of prison guards on death row seeking to better the lives of their inmates in their last few weeks. John Coffey (Michael Clark Duncan of Armaggedon) comes along as the simple minded man accused of the rape/murder of two girls. The guards and prisoners alike soon discover the wonderful gift that this man has and it brings them all to question their beliefs. Sometimes this movie hits the audience over the head a little with its biblical imagery, the main characters initials are JC and there are there executions throughout the course of the movie, which should seem familiar to anyone who knows anything about the new testament. The similarities don't end there either... Still this does not detract too much from the overall enjoyment of this film. The performances are strong (although, I admit to getting tired of Tom Hanks and his good man in a bad world roles)and the storytelling is good. The scenes of electrocucians are powerful, and I imagine at least a bit realistic. Still this is not a movie to see if you are in a bad mood. It does not hug and cuddle you at the end. Expect feelings of bleak despair to set in sometime around the last half hour of the film or so.
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Summary: Viewable but far from exceptional
Review: Can you say Way Too Long? That's the first thought that comes to mind. And although I would not be so harsh in my criticism as some other reviewers I can certainly understand their feelings. There is substance to the film although certainly not in comparison with an absolute classic like the Shawshank Redemption. The most obvious instance being the case for not judging a book by it's cover. And although there are some interesting aspects to the film such as the convict who takes care of the mouse and the interaction with some less than honorable guards the magical element to the film (for me) seemed out of place and effectively served to take away from what I believe could have been an exceptional story. Worth a look just don't expect too much.
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Summary: Mixed bag
Review: If you are a fan of movies of substance, then pass on this one because "The Green Mile" is likely not for you. It's a sappy, cheesy, artificially sentimental movie that opts for a couple of preposterous turns in the story line at the end in order to squeeze a tear or two. If, however, you are the type who like a good cry or you want a date movie to get your chica all weepy eyed so she'll cuddle on up to you, then this movie may do the trick -- just so long as you really don't pay much attention to the story line and how ludicrous and absurd a turn it has to take in order to get the ole tear ducts tapped and aflowing.
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Summary: Just an amazing movie
Review: Great film. I am normally impatient with anything that lasts more than 90 minutes... When I looked at my watch thinking I was about at my limit and realized I had gone almost an hour more, I knew this was a good one. I am one of the few people that usually can't stand Tom Hanks, but he did an incredible job in this one, as well as all of the other actors.
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Summary: Big old bully or a big old softy?
Review: The two main characters is a prision guard(Tom Hanks) and a huge black man who is being killed for killing two little girls. Wail he is at the jail he does not seem very harmful. There are two other prisioners that are there too. A old man who has a pet mouse named Mr.Jingles and a crazy young man who is always doing bad things to the prision guards. There are two other prison guards. One of them is a very tall man but would not hurt a fly and there is ride and mean Percy who will make trouble where ever he can. This movie has some funny parts some suspensiful parts and some very sad parts. I am not a fan of sad movies but I still loved this movie although it was ar some times a tiny bit confusing. This is a have to see movie just remember that it is very long.
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Summary: the best
Review: this is the best movie if i could id give it 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars if I could. Dont listen to anyone who says it isnt good it is REALY REALY good trust me.
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Summary: A masterful tragedy of unique spiritual goodness
Review: I often hear too many people, and I admit that I've even heard myself, say that life just plain sucks. Well, it can from time to time, but there is also so much beauty in the world that is right front of you; all you have to do is open up your eyes and see it. Watching "The Green Mile," I felt my eyes open as wide as they ever had. I left the movie theater with a new appreciation for everything I was given. Sure, I give in to the natural desire to complain once in a while, but not as often as I did. Very few movies can make you feel this way. "The Green Mile" does. Adapted from the six-part serial novel of the same name by one of the great authors, Stephen King, Frank Darabont brought another uncommonly powerful work of King's to the screen with such depth and emotional resonance that by the end of the movie, there isn't a dry eye in the house. Once Tom Hanks, in a terrific performance as Paul Edgecombe, loses it, so do we, and we wear our tears proudly. How could we not, after all, if a seven-foot-something miracle of God such as John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) can? There are many moments in "The Green Mile" that are worthy of a standing ovation, and one in particular that makes your chin slam into the floor harder than I think most everyone's did at the end of "The Sixth Sense," but the soul of the movie lies in the relationship between Hanks and Duncan, whose performance is as much being as it is acting. There is a reason why the Best Supporting Actor race last year was so hectic, and it was because performances like Duncan's were in the running. This movie works in so many ways on so many different levels, and despite its three-hour running time, every minute of which is entertaining, it never falters. The ending of the film could've been trite, but there is one thing that saves it: The inspired monologue that gets us to comtemplate our own lives, and what we have done with them. "Sometimes the Green Mile seems so long," Paul Edgecombe says in his 108-year-old voice. Use your time wisely, watch "The Green Mile," and live.
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Summary: The Magical Giant that Went to Jail
Review: This was like a combination of "Alice in Wonderland" and HBO's "Oz". The storyline brings a giant man named John Coffey whose size doesn't compare with his thoughtfulness(Ah, hon get a kleenex). He possesses powers to help heal others. But, when he attempts to cure two adolescant girls and comes up short, he appears to have murdered them. Coffey is on death row shortly after, in a cell with a bunch of psychos. Poor old prison guard Tom Hanks rolls around screaming and cringing at the pain he faces every time he has to urinate. And a mouse races around, squealing with no sign of slowing down until another inmate stomps on it. For Coffey, those are misfortunes that he was able to cure. Next thing we know, everybody loves the guy and noone wants to see him die. Poor Michael Clarke Duncan was a main character in this and in the tremendously bad "Armageddon". There are a lot of indirectly grisly electrocution scenes featuring Coffey's cellmates. The entire absurd idea is that innocents die and there is no way that it can be avoided. Does it make the matter different by showing a character who goes from feared to admired to dead? No, this movie just repeats an age-old fact that no one cares about. This isn't by any means moving or gripping. It's bizarre and proposterous.
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