Nerd X

Okay I just wanna talk about the movie The Green Mile. I’m a total movie addict and I can honestly say The Green Mile has become one of my all time favourite movies. I’ve watched it 10 times and I can watch it another 20 times and never get bored. Here is why, The Green Mile not only has great acting but also an amazing storyline. John Coffee speaks to me personally because of his pain, he isn’t afraid for his own life, he isn’t scared about dying, he feels pain for the world that he lives in because of all the pain, the hurt, the violence in the world and it is simply too much for him to bare any longer. He had to witness a horrendous crime committed by the a** whole, “Wild Bill” Wharton, and he couldn’t save those two little girls. The pain in his screams gave me honest chills down my spine. That final speech that John Coffey says to Paul brings me to tears every time because I can understand him, he was able to put into words how I felt “I’m tired of people being ugly to each other. I’m tired of all the pain I feel and hear in world...everyday” because there really is too much of it. John Coffeys words are still connected with this day and age and that is quite a depressing thought but The Green Mile was not only able to put into words the pain of the world but it was also able to show that miracles, kindness and good can be found even in the most unexpected of places, to anyone. I also want to talk about one of my favourite characters in The Green Mile, Brutus “Brutal” Howell. I love him in both the movie and book. Although admittedly the book gives you far more chances to love the guy, the movie and the actor (David Morse) was able to give the character fair amount of justice. I love the character Brutus Howell because he is a paradox of what you might expect. His nickname is Brutul because of his size and strength but like Paul Edgecomb says in the book “the men called him “Brutal,” but it was a joke, he wouldn’t hurt a fly unless he had to, in spite of his size” and I love that! Here is this man who is huge, and a guard at the E Block in a time of hardship and he is still sensitive and thoughtful. His job usually makes him deal with the worst of humanity (rapists, murderers etc) and yet he doesn’t use force unless absolutely necessary. He deals with the worst of humanity, people who have committed horrendous crimes and yet he still manages to show kindness to them. He understands that there is enough going through there heads (being that they know they are going to go to the electric chair) the last thing they need is an abusive guard which is part of the reason why he hates Percy Wetnore, Percy is just a plain old mean bully and that’s why he is hated by the rest of the guards on the Green Mile. Brutus is second in command to Paul and one of Paul’s friends who helps him through some of the toughest times within the story. Anyway all in all The Green Mike is an amazing movie that I think everyone should watch at least once in their life times. It has beauty and pain and amazing characters. It shows that being a human is complicated and life isnt always black and white. Just all in all a masterpiece of a book and a movie.