An extremely negative view of life!

Rating: 1/10 (23 January 2002)

A short time before seeing this film, I had seen "La Vita È Bella". Naturally I compared these two films. I can't say that they are similar, but I found terms to compare them. I need to state that I loved "La Vita È Bella" and hated "The Green Mile". The first film teaches us to enjoy all the little pleasures of life, to try to always find the positive part of ones life (even if we are locked in a concentration camp). It is a difficult idea to accomplish but if we have that in mind we will probably have a much happier life. The second film "alerts" us to the awfulness of life, all it's tortures and injustices... It makes us really feel sick about ourselves and, for instances, you can only wish to die and be freed of this terrible life. If life is so painful and hard, the only thing you can do to make it better is to try to live it the best way possible, loving every moment of its short duration! We can't spoil life by feeling miserable every instant, that would be a waist of time and nothing would ever change. The negative message I found on this film made me dislike it and be thankful for other films which still make us view life the best way there is!