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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…

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…

Film #86 of Project 90

”Sometimes the green mile seems so long.”

Frank Darabont’s third adaptation from a Stephen King novel starts a bit slowly as the film is gradually building its universe but after the first third it finally picks up the pace and then goes full throttle to the end. The Green Mile is a film of characters, the story of a man with supernatural healing powers who is supposedly a miracle of God could have turned into a terribly manipulative film but Darabont’s ability of creating memorable, humane and dynamic characters enables the film to tell its story in the most touching way, like the other notable Darabont/King collaboration, The Shawshank Redemption, this is a goodhearted film…

I feel like I'm incessantly complaining about movies being over-long, yet I have no problem with the run-time of this. For a 3+ hour movie, it doesn't feel bloated at all.

And I think the main reason for that is this is jammed full of great characters. Tom Hanks is as as good as he always is, and I like hanging out with him and his crew of guards who are like a small army of good men. Michael Clarke Duncan is heartbreaking as a personification of goodness.

I love the prisoners - Del and Arlen are both fun, likable characters. But it's Sam Rockwell as Wild Bill who almost completely steals the movie. It's so much fun watching him…