tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160760791365972729.post1758762155392203555..comments2010-05-13T07:33:08.170-07:00Comments on Reel Podcast: A Written Review: The Green MileReelPodcasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03653324497426929406noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160760791365972729.post-39410029133118959042010-02-07T13:55:58.892-08:002010-02-07T13:55:58.892-08:00I didn't like it, sorry.
It's not that I ...I didn't like it, sorry.<br /><br />It's not that I don't like Stephen King, he's one of my favorite authors. And it's not that I don't like adaptations of King's books, I loved The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Misery, Apt Pupil, Carrie, Stand by Me, The Dead Zone and a lot more I'm sure I'm forgetting about. I love the actors and they all did a great job (speaking of, have you seen Sam Rockwell's other Oscar worthy performance in Moon yet?).<br /><br />So why didn't I like it? Well, being ten minutes shy of The Return of the King's running time didn't help. So if nothing else, the length and editing definitely killed it for me. The art direction was fantastic but the direction was not. Frank Darabon always shoots scenes on the nose, no subtext nothing underneath and King's works are all about subtext (The Dark Tower Series is told almost entirely with subtextual allusions). Now if the actors added the subtext (ala Shawshank) it might be a different story (pun intended) but the story is presented in a boring and plain manner.<br /><br />Of Mice and Men does the emotion better. To Kill a Mocking Bird did the message better and Shawshank did the wrongfully imprisoned story better. All in all I felt like I was watching lesser versions of great movies.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11065031099129322470noreply@blogger.com