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Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Green Mile


My rating: 5 stars

starring: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan

it is based on a book written by stephen king in the same name. the movie is about a police officer named paul edgecomb incharge of prisoners due for death row. during his career, he comes across an inmate named john coffey who has a power to make miracles happen but he was charged with rape and murder of two small girls. anyway, as the police officers spend their time with him, they learn many things about him and all were good. he has the power to cure people of their illness and he can punish people for bad deeds. there is a small element of suspence in the movie and i am not going to be a spoiler for those who havent watched it yet.

the movie does not suffer from the silent pauses and the holes in the story which most book adaptations do. it is by far one of the best movies i have ever seen. every minute of the three hour movie had me raptured and sitting at the edge of my chair. the movie has humour, suspense, drama, you name it. it was an utter perfection. my the end of the movie, my face hurt by the effort to not cry.

2 comments:

  1. Movie is gud to shower accolades on direction and brilliant casting of guys in varied roles.Deserves 3/5...One time watch for sure !!!
    Last but not least gud effort by sum1 who isnt movie buff (*^__^*)

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  2. the movie is definitely a one time watch but i found that it remains on the conscience of a person. it certainly hit me hard.
    also, thank you :). i am a movie buff just a non technical one. i dont get what cinematography, direction, production, etc is all about

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