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Summary: WHAT A FILM
Review: This is an absolutely PERFECT translation of the (half-way) decent Stephen King book to a great and Beautiful movie. Tom Hanks does a fabulous job, and so does the actor playing the Giant John Coffey. This movie will make you cry. What a film!
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Summary: The most important film ever.
Review: When I saw the Shawshank Redemption, I knew that it was the best film I ever seen, and I believed that since then. Now, the same author, Stephen King, and the same director, Frank Darabont did it again with an even better way. I believe that The Green Mile is the most important film, the movie industry gave us. And I say this because, as a friend of mine perfectly put it: "Anyone who sees Green Mile becames a better man".
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Summary: The Green Mile
Review: Throw together a master of suspense in Stephen King, a proven and acclaimed veteran actor Tom Hanks, and one of the largest and fastest rising stars name Michael Duncan, and you have a work of art.The Green Mile tells the tale of a giant man with a giant heart and a gift from above. Splendidly written, acted, and portrayed. Hit the restroom (its three hours and some change in length), grab some popcorn and kleenex, and enjoy what all movies should aspire too. This is one for the men and the women.
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Summary: A Glimpse of the Divine in Man
Review: This is an adaptation of a Stephen King serialized novel, andis extremely well done. The setting is death row in a prison in theSouth, in the 1930's. I have never enjoyed settings like this in movies -- they're just too depressing. But what is striking about this movie, right from the beginning, is that the prison guards are people you want to get to know -- good people who care about their job, about the inmates, about their families, and about each other. This fact is so subtly portrayed, you almost don't notice it at first. It becomes more apparent when we first meet the Governor's son, who is a recent addition to the prison guard staff, and whose hatred of all that is good and decent comes as a shocking contrast to the atmosphere of fairness and warmth that is generated by the rest of the staff. The fact that you get to know the characters -- even the undesirable ones -- so well, so intimately, is an extraordinary feature of this movie. But what really did it for me was to watch the manner and workings of the extraordinary inmate John Coffey, a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of nine-year-old sisters. I don't want to give anything away, but in John Coffey, you have the opportunity to glimpse what it would be like for a truly highly evolved man to live in our world. The inspiration and the tragedy run deep.
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Summary: Not bad, but not as good as I expected
Review: Before seeing this movie I was treated to some great reviews, not only by critics, but by my friends. I had never read the book, but I really wanted to see the movie. I must say that the movie did not live up to my expectations. I found myself looking at my watch throughout the movie and actually hoping it would end. Then when it finally did end, they went and ruined what was good about the movie by going into a big scientific explanation of what happened afterwards. The acting was good, the story was good, but the movie just wasn't what it coulda been. Too long, and a little too weird. I mean after all, this is Steven King's story here. If your looking for a really long movie with some decent tear-jerking scenes pick it up! Just don't expect to be entertained for the full 3 hours.
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Summary: Hanks' worst yet
Review: Maudlin, overlong, and offensively insincere story about a death-row prison guard (Hanks) and his relationship with a gifted inmate (Duncan). The deck is stacked all the way through; the movie recycles hoary cinematic cliches about black men without even trying to mock or subvert them. Egregious.
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Summary: The best movie of the Summer
Review: The Green Mile was the absolute best movie for the 1999 season. Tom Hanks was, of course, spectacular, but his supporting cast even outshined him in this one-of-a-kind movie. If you buy, rent, or goto a theatre for any movie, this is a must see. I would advise you to leave the kids home, though, but you will surely enjoy it. By the way, make sure there's a bathroom close by because it is long.
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Summary: 1999's best
Review: American Beauty was dog crap conpaired to The Green Mile, it is the best film since Braveheart! If you love movies you will love The Green Mile. Unmistakably the best film of 1999!
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Summary: The Best of the Best
Review: This has to be one of the best films I have ever seen. Its an incredable story of a Death Row prison guard's experiences one year on the Green Mile, a name they dubed the green floor on which the inmates walk on before their deaths. This was an increadable adaption of the Stephon King novel. The acting and Frank Darabont's direction was simply breath taking. This so great i cried at the end, and i dont cry over movies like that. This is truly a great film.
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Summary: Collaborators King and Darabont do it again!
Review: In 1994, Stephen King and Frank Darabont teamed up to bring the movie The Shawshank Redemption to the screen; an amazingly well done film about a man (played by Tim Robbins) who is found guilty of a crime he didn't commit and who desperatly searches for a way to escape from jail. Not only was the movie a great sucess, it also was a great adaptation of Kings novel and was also supurbly directed by Darabont. Now, in 2000 (although the film was released in '99) the two have teamed up to do it again with The Green Mile, based on the novel of the same name, which is also by King. The Green Mile is a touching story about hope and redemption in a place where all things end in death. The main story rotates around two men: Paul Edgecomb (played by Tom Hanks; Saving Private Ryan) and John Coffey (Played by Michael Clarke Duncan: The Whole Nine Yards). As the story starts we find that Paul has come down with a terrible bladder infection. That infection has been slowly effecting everything he does including his job as overseer of the inmates on Death Row, or the Green Mile as it is nicknamed due to its green-grassy colored floor. Although he knows that everyone at the Mile can see he is in real pain, Paul tries as hard as he can to keep the inmates from seeing him in a weakened state...although his efforts are to no avail. Then, one day, this tall black man named John Coffey is brought to the row for the murder of two little girls. (this happens in the opening of the movie). Aside from being as big as a bus, most of the other men on the Mile don't see him as being any different from the other inmates. However, Paul does. And when Coffey magically heals him of his bladder infection, he truely realizes that there is more to John Coffey than meets the eye. Having seen this movie twice already, I must say that with a truely amazing blend of wonderful acting, amazing photography and directing, a supurb plot and almost perfect adaptation of the book, the green mile goes right up there on my list of movies for 1999-2000 and should definatly been on everyone's bookshelf...especially if you are a Stephen King fan. Also stars an extensive list of great actors including David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, and a cameo by Gary Sinise. The Highs: This is how a book is made into a film...everything about it, right down to the detail of the sets, is really poweful and amazing to see. The lows: "A Three Hour Tour..." need I say more. (still a great movie though) The Lowdown: If you want to rent something you're sure to love and watch again and again, pick The Green Mile. Revuman: So long...and thanks for all the fish...whoops, wrong book!
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