John Coffey; like the drink...but spelt different

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2008)

I usually don't like drama movies, but for this one I will make an exception. This movie kept me watching the entire time. A lot of movies will become boring and stale at parts, so I will usually tune out at the long boring drawn out parts, but not this film. Every second was entertaining. Stephen King has done a great job once again. Although a lot of the actors weren't big-name actors (except Tom Hanks of course), I still enjoyed their performances (when I name the movies in here it's only the films I had seen them in). Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan, Road to Perdition) was great as Paul Edgecomb, I don't think John Travolta would have pulled it off as well (They were originally going to cast Travolta as Edgecomb instead of Tom Hanks). Michael Clarke Duncan (Armageddon, Daredevil, Sin City) gave probably his best performance as the miracle-making giant, John Coffey. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, 61*, We Were Soldiers) was probably my favorite guard, Dean Stanton. He just seemed to have more depth than some of the others. Michael Jeter (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Jurassic Park III) was cast as Eduard "Del" Delacroix, who was actually probably my favorite character. Some of the scenes in this movie were difficult to watch, and Percy the guard, and Wild Bill Wharton were the most annoying characters I've seen in a while. But, this movie was still great. I'm not a drama fan, but this film was still a classic to me. I give this a 9/10. Great job King.