Great story

Rating: 10/10 (21 September 2008)

Very true story about human nature. We think when we hear all that Jesus suffered through out of love for others that we believe we would somehow be different than those that condemned him. We feel we would see him as the gift from god he was and we would stand at his side against the voices of others that did not understand.
John Coffey was a gift to this world but human nature, distrust, doubt and fear caused most of the characters in the film to miss out on him, to condemn him and ultimately put him to death. Here was a man filled with so much love for people that god had elevated him to be able to feel the pain of others,understand their pain enough to take it on within his body and ultimately release them from it by healing them. Most people today cannot think enough of their brothers and sisters to extend the common courtesies of respect to each other let alone so love others enough to heal. Most see so many reasons to condemn,fear and offer excuses not to understand as a result to experience such compassion for others would be impossible.
What if god did send amongst us those that were healers, those that could see beyond time and space those that could heal? Is it so impossible to think that truly loving souls, lights were given to this world? There is only one son of god, but surely god as a loving creator would send others throughout time just as was done in biblical days to bring light,love and that is part of the point of this film."Miracles do happen." John Coffey was a light. He was a good one and yet his actions were twisted by others to become something completely different than what they were in truth. Time and time again John's heart showed through and miracles came to life through him.Over and over again the characters in the film were shown he was different.
Great movie a must see and afterward try to take from it its lessons. Keep an open mind, open heart to see and maybe you might get lucky enough to see a miracle just like John Coffey.