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“The Green Mile.” //Crazy 4 Cinema//. Crazy 4 Cinema. n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013 The author of this review starts of by saying that he is not a fan of long, dramatic movies because they do not always serve a purpose. As in most of the reviews that I read, the author makes reference to // The Shawshank Redemption //, another prison-set movie that was released around the same time. After explaining that he or she is not a fan of long movies, the author goes on to summarize the plot of the movie and explain that there are many different subplots within the movie. After that, the author talks about how good the acting in the movie was. He or she talks about the four main characters, two good and two bad, who ultimately balance each other out and make this film such a great piece of work. // The Green Mile // is originally a novel by Stephen King and the author of this review talks about how he or she read the book after watching the movie and they say that the movie did as good of a job as possible in bringing to life all of the details in the book. The author is a fan of this movie and calls it “heartfelt.”

Puccio, John J. “Green Mile – The Blu Ray Review.” //Movie Met//. Movie Metropolis. 6 Dec. 2009. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Puccio first makes reference to //The Shawshank Redemption// which is another prison-set movie by Stephen King. He talks about the similarities between the two movies and how the same director directed both movies. After that, Puccio summarizes //The Green Mile//. The author then talks about the credibility of one of the main characters, John Coffey. He talks about how Coffey seems to come out of nowhere and no one knows a single thing about him or his mysterious powers. He also says that the movie seems to make Coffey almost Christ-like. Puccio says that the movie is not very realistically based which is very important in a fantasy type movie. Puccio then talks about the weak racism in the movie and how the movie is too long and seems to drag on. Puccio then talks about how the actor who played John Coffey was nominated for Best Actor because of his spectacular role in //The Green Mile//. This review also includes a review of the DVD set of The Green Mile which is the last thing that Puccio talks about.

“The Green Mile.” //The movie scene//. The movie scene. n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. In the review the author compares //The Green Mile// to the //Shawshank Redemption// another movie directed by Frank Darabont, followed by a summary of the movie. The author then goes on to explain why the movie was such a success and why the author enjoyed it. Because the movie was so long in the first half of the movie the author explains how it was a buildup of the characters so you would get to understand them and figure out what they were all about. The author also stated that with the movie being that long it did a great job flowing together and was able to keep the audience attention. He or she then explains that the scenes where Paul Edgecomb as an old man living in a retirement home didn’t have a big effect and cause the movie to be much longer than it needed to be. The author then explains how well the actors where especially Tom Hanks and David Morse who played Paul and Brutus. Over all the author thought the movie could have been cut down a little but it was great movie.