The Green Mile captivated me from start to finish. I read this book and was very impressed by the movie. I've never read a Stephen King book before this. It's not the typical book I read. There wasn't a lot of action or anything like that, but something just kept me going and I loved it.
I've never seen a movie be as close to the book as Green Mile. Every detail was in there. Tom Hanks was great as Edgecomb. Duncan was the perfect and only actor who could have played John Coffey. If the Academy members all read this book, Duncan would have won an Oscar. Also the actor (I forget his name, which is driving me nuts because he's one of my favorite) who played Brutal did a terrific job of bringing the Brutal character from the book to life. Also, the actor who played Percy was incredible. He really made you hate Mr. Wetmore.
I can't say that I would have liked this movie if I didn't read the book since I didn't, but I'm sure I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much. There was one piece of the book that the movie changed. (aside from all the Georgia Pines antics by the 104 year old Edgecomb)
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The movie went around Paul's realization that John Coffey didn't kill the twins. Yes, in the movie he found out, but he realized it from John, who gave him a vision of Wharton killing them. Actually what happened was Paul doing a bit of Sherlock Holmes to figure out John did not kill the girls. Paul had a hard time believing John Coffey murdered the Detterick twins. John was not an educated man, he didn't know much of anything. When John was found with the bodies, the sheriff found John's lunch wrapped up and tied in a paper. The initial reports said that the killer used sausages to keep the dog quiet and the killer crept up on the dog and killed it. Paul, remembering this, gave John his shoe to tie. John just sat there dumbfounded. He didn't know how to tie it at all. If John had taken sausages out of his lunch to throw at the dog, how did he tie his lunch back up? One other thing about book/movie relations: if you thought Del's execution was bad in the movie, read how it happened in the book, and the movie's version will seem like nothing.
All in all the Green Mile was an excellent movie. For those of you who haven't seen it, I suggest you read the book first. I've made a lot of comparisons to the book in this review I know. That's because I'm very impressed with both. Read it, then see it. You won't be disappointed
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