Hey folks, Harry here, and it seems that ol Frank Darabont has been sneaking THE GREEN MILE in the land of smog and sunshine. And much to my utter shock, people actually... believe it or not... LOVED the movie. This is shocking (not) to me. Heh heh. I tell ya, I love AMERICAN BEAUTY. But I'm still pulling for this movie to be the one that ropes that dang statuette. However, I have begun to see some folks pulling for THE MESSENGER in Talk Back... and of course there is Tim Robbins' THE CRADLE WILL ROCK has had whispers since February or so, and would have a wonderful sense of Irony if that happened to be nominated alongside Darabont's THE GREEN MILE. So if you saw THE GREEN MILE last night... let's hear from ya... I'm curious to see how the opening and closing segments feel now that Frank has performed a bit of plastic surgery on them. Anyway... here's our johnny on the spot...
I want to be one of the first to report on a film that is so great that it is a shoe in for Best Picture come Oscar time.
The movie is speak of is the new Tom Hanks vehicle "The Green Mile". I had a ticket to a special screening of the film in LA tonight. I new very little of this movie going into it. I am a huge fan of Tom Hanks and I much like so many others enjoyed "The Shawshank Redemption", so that was enough, also including that I don't have a job so really what else am I gonna do?
The movie is about a prison guard in 1935 that discovers something amazing about one of it's new inmates. The movie is perhaps one of the most powerful films I have seen in a long time, and definetly the best film of the year, although "American Beauty" comes in pretty close.
With a running time close to 3 hours this movie does things and addresses issues about the human spirit. I seldom get emotional about films anymore as much of the stuff Hollywood dishes out is often worse than crap. This movie made me, a 27 year old guy cry. Yes ladies a sensitive man not afraid to show his emotion. Tom Hanks can do no wrong and this movie reinforces that. He is so believable in what he does you forgive him for mindless dribble like "You've Got Mail" and still leaves you with hope of doing Bachelor Pary 2.
Everyone in this film is excellent from James Cromwell to several familar film faces, but whose names escape me at the moment. This movie is so powerful, so moving, it makes you wish the wold was truly a better place. On Christmas Day when you are drying your eyes and praying for a better world, be sure to remember I told you so.
-Jabroni
