DAY 8 – A Movie that Makes You Sad
“The Green Mile” takes an
innocent man, falsely accused of murdering two girls when he was trying to save
them, and places him on death row. Tom
Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, a corrections officer who believes in John Coffey’s
(played by Michael Clark Duncan) innocence.
The inmates are all uniquely
quirky, adding intrigue to the general atmosphere of Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Mr. Jingles, the mouse that Del (one of the
inmates) kept as a pet, provided a light relief from the long days at the
Penitentiary.
There was not much to do there
but wait to die and that waiting feeling pervaded the movie from start to
finish. The climactic moment (I won’t
spoil it; although It is amazing how far some people will go for a little bit of revenge - Percy Wetmore, a new guard with a strong temper plays a key role in this part) releases the viewer from waiting, only to watch the ending scene
where we learn that Paul is still biding his time until he dies, making him essentially
on death row himself.
“The Green Mile” is an incredibly
tragic story, but worth the watch.
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