Not just the other prison movie Stephen King wrote

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2002)

Not long ago, maybe a year or two I was sitting watching the tube when I heard that that "The Shawshank Redemption" was on that evening. The first thing that comes to mind is, (and which I regret very much) "It's the other prison movie Stephen King wrote". I had never seen The Green Mile, but here in Canada it got loads of publicity, I had mildly heard of The Shawshank Redemption, but I didn't know it's story, so I tuned in...I was blown away! Alot of people on imbd are saying every minute is worth watching you will love every second and want more and more-that's not true, sometimes you see so much that you just can't handle another person dying, or being raped, we're only human. If you think the whole movie is amazing, you are very patient. Sure, the first time you see it you get that impression but the second time you long to see the ending. If you only had time to watch a half an hour or so, the beginning or the ending is the part to tune into. The beginning (the first night in jail) is outstanding! When the man nobody knows wails the first night he's in the slammer and dies the next day you are blown away with impressions of the guards and prisoners.
And the ending, (when Red is explaining Andy's escape) is outstanding how smart Andy truely is! I won't spoil the ending for you if you've seen it you can assume and recall how amazing and thought provoking it is, and if you haven't seen it, this leaves an element of surprise. If The Green Mile was this good it maybe about time I look in to it.