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Film #17 of the "Scavenger Hunt" Challenge!
Task #13 : A film with a color in the title!
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Director Frank Darabont does justice to Stephen King's novel! Unfortunately I can't say justice was served when it comes to the men on death row in this film! We soon learn there are both good and bad men on both sides of the prison bars!

A character driven story that very much succeeds due in part to the roles being given to actors with well deserved acting pedigrees such as Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Barry Pepper, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Sam Rockwell, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Harry Dean Stanton just to name a few! I…

We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long.

This is one of my all time favorite movies and I hadn’t seen it in a couple of years but it was still a great experience. 
The movie has a great story and a great pacing, which makes the more than three hours pass by in no time. The movie is very emotional and it just hits me harder than almost any other movie ever did. 
The characters are great too and we both have one of the most evil and selfish characters ever in the guard Percy Wetmore, while we also have one of the kindest but also…

From the director of The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile is yet another poignant, touching & thoroughly gratifying prison drama that's patiently crafted, skilfully narrated & brilliantly performed and even though it's no match to Frank Darabont's 1994 masterpiece, it does carry an emotional weight that makes it one of cinema's finest tearjerkers.

Based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, the story of The Green Mile is set during the 1930s and concerns a prison officer in charge of death row inmates at a penitentiary. The plot covers his & others guards lives' which is greatly affected when they find out that their newly arrived prisoner, a giant African-American man, is gifted with supernatural powers.

Written & directed by Frank Darabont, the…

Now that I’m older I can appreciate this even more. I’m only 30 years young but I have been to more than enough funerals I would like. As a kid and as all the other 90’s babies I grew up with, we loved just the sight of Tom Hanks in a film. He has that glow, that calm and gentle voice, that contagious smile and that all-around likable presence. It’s no different with him walking that Green Mile. A film that is just as gloomy as it is bright but the film has not only an actor who can brighten up a dark room by just standing in it but the film also has two powerhouse performances from Sam Rockwell…

"The Green Mile" ging mir so durch Mark und Bein wie nur wenige andere Filme.

Bevor ich "The Green Mile" schaute, hatte ich nur den Vergleich zu "Die Verurteilten" gehört; sonst bin ich komplett vorurteilsfrei in den Film gegangen. Und ich kann jetzt schon sagen, dass meine Erwartungen übertroffen wurden.

Das liegt primär an der Intensität, die der Film an den Tag legt. In jeder Szene spürt man die Anspannung aber vor allem den Schmerz.
(Achtung Spoiler) In der Szene wo die Hinrichtung sabotiert wird und der Verurteilte minutenlang grillt, schoss mir der Schmerz so durch mein Mark, dass ich fast schon gelähmt war.

Dieser Schmerz war so nah an mir dran und so realistisch. Allgemein ist der Film super…