"Everybody says that we make movies equal to Hollywood standards, But it's not true, we are not even upto 1% of theirs" quoted by Padmashree Kamalhasan during one of his TV interviews on his successful Magnum opus "DASAVATARAM".
It's simply true, not only for the Visual effects and other (far... far...better) technical aspects, it even holds good for a movie of its originality and the way they make you sit through out the movie.
Running a little bit more than 3 hrs(without any Box office ingredients), I (we) got a chance to watch this movie (in our Room's Home Theatre SYS. - doesn't a system and two very good speakers sum it up)"The Green Mile' thru my friend Vijayaraghavan(Thanks a lot da....)
To be noted here is, it was an original Golden edition and not a Pirated one.
Released in 1999 and was nominated and won several awards,including Golden Globe, were all just a news to me, during that time...Watched the clippings of this flick in Star Movies for several times, but have not lingered to watch it.
Coming to the movie, I have got not much to tell about its story, as you can get them from 'N' number of sites, rather I would love to comment about the characters and the impact it made into my mind.
Starting with a Flashback, we move along with the story back towards 1935, where Paul Edgecomb(done brilliantly by Tom Hanks) a chief of a death sentencing centre, they call it as a Green mile, due to it's green pasture over the corridor, where they have to walkover to get their final('the last mile' of their life) settlement.
The Actual (why should I use it..) hero of this movie is Michael Clarke Duncan as mammoth John Coffey.
(see pic.),he has really lived his character. He really made me cry (you really feel more sympathetic, when someone, who seems well built-up & athletic cries like a small baby).
Likewise, I can list up all the characters....Finally It is David Vs Goliath, Good Vs Bad. John Coffey gets to know about the real culprit and gets him punishment thru 'Odd man out' Wetmore.
"tired, dog tired" often used by John has a lot of meaning.
Mr. Jingles is an interesting character.(Do watch the movie, you will love him).
Coffey might have espaced with Paul's help but, he doesn't. He goes to the accept his final execution.
What I see thru this movie is, more and more short stories and novels has to be made as full length commercial movies, without compromising on masala matters (eg. "POO" - Sasi - Tamil)
Note: I'm ready to lend this movie, whoever needs it.
Disclaimer: This is fully my own view about the movie, along with some inputs from Wikipedia. Excuse for any misspellings or grammatical errors.
