We're Gonna Walk Our Green Mile Someday

As usual, I've been watching Tom Hanks' movies every night and just watched the movie, The Green Mile. Man, I can't stop myself crying at this movies. The drama on the last part always gets me.

Tom Hanks plays as Paul Edgecomb, in which he works in a cell block called the "Green Mile" by the guards because the condemned prisoners walking to their execution are said to be walking "the last mile" to the electric chair (Old Sparky they call). It is said 'The Green Mile' like that because of faded lime-green linoleum.

For some reasons, he has the worst urinary tract infection of his life and also when John Coffey (played by Michael Clarke Duncan) which was accused of raping and killing two girls. When it turns, he displays as a gentle giant for the men at the cell block.

 

Percy Wetmore (played by Doug Hutchison) who is a sadistic and unpopular guard and makes a living hell out of the prisoners. At one scene, Percy then deliberately sabotages the execution of Eduard "Del" Delacroix's (played by Michael Jeter). Instead of wetting the sponge, used to conduct electricity and make executions quick and effective, he leaves it dry, causing inmate execution to malfunction badly.

The story revolves a lot between the characters but I'll also show them to you guys since the supporting cast is also awesome and  Hanks did a really great job on not overpowering them.

To be continued...

~Derrick

PS. I'm still going to post my opinions on the scores in Forrest Gump. New found love at the scores in The Green Mile.