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312 No. 312
Just watched Green Mile. First time. Good movie.

Michael Clarke Duncan's performance was fabulous. He really went balls to the wall with this character. I can see how it was a breakout role for him.

I didn't know David Morse was in this film; I always appreciated his work and he's great in it. Just pleasantly surprised me.

The depth of personality invested in these characters was simply staggering. You feel like you really know these people by the end.

A few things hold it back from being great.

Most obviously, it's too long. The last 20 minutes were particularly superfluous and failed to grab me emotionally. We didn't need to see the execution; we know what happened. He could have walked the green mile and then we see a shot of him dead afterwards.

The opening and ending showing Paul Edgecomb as an old man didn't provide anything to the story. I'm sure it is in the book and possibly they wanted to remain faithful to that, I haven't read it. But it had zero relevance to the rest of the plot and could have been cut.

It's hard to praise the depth of the characters when the film had three hours to reach that depth; other films have done it in half that time.

There was a lot of fat in this picture, not every scene characterized or advanced the narrative. I felt a skilled editor could have cut this from a 3 to a 2 hour movie.

On advancing the narrative, I was never sure what that was. You never knew what would happen next or what the point was of what you were watching. The movie meandered all the way to the credits.

Despite the nitpicks above, it was an enjoyable movie and I would recommend it.
>> No. 313
>> Michael Clarke Duncan
He died.
>> No. 322
I've never seen it all the way through. I'm pretty sure I've seen the whole thing. Or if not the whole thing, then damn close to it, but only in bits and pieces over like a decade. Mainly because it never holds my attention. I've never bothered to rent it, only seen it on TV and whenever it's on TV it's always on for like 5 hours which is just insane. You put it very well when you said it has too much fat and meanders, OP. That's exactly why I always drift away from it and can never just sit and watch. It just feels... aimless and bloated. There are some beautiful moments, for sure, and Michael Clarke Duncan is great in it but I just... yeah.
>> No. 346
>>313
what the fuuuuuuuuck
>> No. 397
The end was needed to show that Paul and the mouse were all immortal and shit.


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