I'm watching "The Green Mile" for the first time

[CatWoman]

what a wonderful, deep and moving movie.

What took me so long????

[WheelWalker]

1. Agree. Been a while since I last saw it,

but I totally agrees. Very moving.

[nolabear]

2. It's so good. SO good.

I miss both Michael Jeter and Michael Clarke Duncan (even if he was married to Omarosa) and it’s one of Tom Hanks’ best underrated roles.

“He kills them with they love” haunts me in this mad age.

[Beartracks]

3. "Watching" as in still watching it? Did you pause to come post at DU??

Get back in there and watch the movie!!

It's really good.






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[CatWoman]

4. LOL!!!!

there are commercial breaks, you know

It's on BBC (130 on Comcast)

[captain queeg]

5. Great movie

I think I’ve seen it 4 times and would watch again.

[montanacowboy]

6. It's so sad

I find it hard to watch

[CatWoman]

9. the movie ended 10 minutes ago

and I'm still crying

[ismnotwasm]

7. The book is fabulous as well

So moving

[CatWoman]

8. I recently subscribed to Audible

i have to get the audio book!!!

[alphafemale]

16. It was first published as a Serial in thin paperbacks.

Every month or so another 75 pages or so.

The Green Mile is one of the best film adaptations of a Stephen King work.

My other two favorites are The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me

[nolabear]

19. At grocery checkout stands!

Great sales gimmick. I looked forward to it.

[alphafemale]

22. It really kept me guessing and thinking.

I remember being so anxious for the next issue.

All the roles were perfectly cast in the movie.

Even the minor ones.

There was much love that went into the making of that movie.

[Sunriser13]

24. Yes, I think eight in total

I absolutely refused to crack the cover on the first one until I had all of them! Damn, that was hard!

Oh, to have the pleasure of the first time seeing that movie again...

[Wounded Bear]

10. Great movie, and a sad commentary on our society...

Even though it was set in the 30's you know things aren't much better overall.

[SamKnause]

11. Stephen King kicks ass.

He is a great story teller.

It was a great movie.

[genxlib]

12. When I tell people that King is one of my favorites

I often get that shriveled up face look that people get when they disapprove. How can a "horror" author be my favorite.

I have to point out to them that he is responsible for some of the most beloved movies of all time... Shawshank Redemtion, Stand by Me, Green Mile. It isn't an accident. He is just a great story teller.

[SamKnause]

13. Exactly, but he is great at writing horror stories and I love them.

[nolabear]

20. Writers know. His book on writing is one of the best,

even if you aren’t a writer. It combines craft with his own life and work, and is a great, great read. Honestly, he’s a fine literary writer in a genre that has the ability to be metaphorical and political in the right hands.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. Stephen King is a first-rate storyteller. You get drawn right in.

I think I've read all of his books. Some of the movies weren't true to the books (I read that he didn't like what was done to The Shining), but the three you mention were excellent. Carrie - the book, not the movie - scared the bejeebers out of me. I think it was much more effective than the movie.

[Jade Fox]

27. He's an excellent craftsman as well.....

I'm always surprised at how good King's writing is, expecting it to be only so so for some reason.

[DFW]

14. Two King novels have made two of my favorite movies

The Green Mile and the Shawshank Redemption

Brilliant, both of them.

[lillypaddle]

17. Stephen King

is a fucking genius! That's all.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. AND he's a Democrat!

He and his wife are big time philanthropists.

[Totally Tunsie]

15. Great movie! This along with

Misery are my top two King favorites.

[Major Nikon]

18. Easy to miss. It only comes on TV every other 2 hours

You must have been watching Shawshank Redemption all this time.

[Kablooie]

21. It was knocked a lot when it won best picture.

[Bayard]

26. Exceptional movie,

Excellent book.

Tom Hanks and the rest of the movie cast were just awesome. One of the first movies I saw Sam Rockwell in, and been impressed with every role since.