Review of The Green Mile (1999) by Mark B — 09 Aug 2014
Until just this afternoon, I had never seen this in it's entirety. No idea why. Partially, perhaps, that I have yet to read it and prison stuff turns me off. But this...this is Frank Darabont working his magic and visual poetry with close friend Stephen King's verbal mojo (again).
An impressive cast (big shout-out to the late Michael Clarke Duncan, Tom Hanks and Harry Dean Stanton especially) aim for the rafters on this one and succeed. Nevermind the religious under/overtones and trumpeting the evils of capitol punishment - to focus on these items alone would belittle the bigger message on hand.
And to find that, you need to watch. At this point I formally ask Mr. Darabont to do ALL Stephen King films from this point forward. And if he could go back and fix "It", "The Stand", "Pet Semetary", "Christine", "Firestarter", "'Salem's Lot" and "Tommyknockers" I'd take it as a personal favor.
And artistic justice realised at last.
This review of The Green Mile (1999) was written by Mark B on 09 Aug 2014.
The Green Mile has generally received very positive reviews.
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