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The movie was far better than the book & I never prefer the movie Cannoli Send a noteboard - 28/09/2009 02:24:01 PM
Have you read it? What did you think about it?

I found the movie riveting and rich. Usually the book is better. Is this so in this case?

I watched the movie on the Bravo channel and I suspect they edited out some language and violence which,for me, made it that much more impressive and ...palatable. I think that graphic violence would have detracted from the movie in my case. As it was I was left thinking but without ugly scenes I wanted to scrub out of my mind.

I have only read tiny bits and pieces of Stephen King and don't know what to expect from his books.

Are the GFT or NGFT?

:)
Tash
I read a lot of Stephen King, and almost without exception prefer the books to the movies. The Shawshank Redemption was & is still, IMO, the best film from his works and I still liked the short story better. The Green Mile was written as a serial novel, however, and there are a lot of flaws in the execution of the concept, giving us a bit of a clue why the serial novel thing never caught on, even though IIRC there were a bunch released aroudn that time by different authors, which some people seemed to think might be a new trend. The movie was more coherent, though it glossed over some stuff, and was fairly true to the book.
Cannoli
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I watched the movie "The Green Mile" last night on TV. I am thinking about reading the book. Tashmere - 27/09/2009 11:40:35 PM 928 Views
I loved that movie too. Nate - 28/09/2009 12:04:29 AM 786 Views
I went online to read up on the movie at 2:00AM when it was over and was shocked Tashmere - 28/09/2009 01:03:40 AM 778 Views
Read It. Not to graphic on the violence. Better than the film! *NM* Animosity - 28/09/2009 12:48:34 AM 343 Views
Did you see the movie or read the book first, Monroe? What did you think of the movie? *NM* Tashmere - 28/09/2009 01:04:26 AM 288 Views
I read the story as it came out in novellas. Then I watched the movie. Animosity - 29/09/2009 03:55:38 PM 712 Views
there also might be a few racial slangs fistofpainx - 28/09/2009 03:17:04 AM 609 Views
It's a slightly odd novel Mark - 28/09/2009 10:58:45 AM 646 Views
The movie was far better than the book & I never prefer the movie Cannoli - 28/09/2009 02:24:01 PM 802 Views
I read the books first. nossy - 28/09/2009 03:53:00 PM 670 Views
I absolutely love that film SilverWarder - 28/09/2009 06:14:00 PM 1011 Views
Amazing book, amazing movie. rebelaessedai - 28/09/2009 07:15:05 PM 734 Views
Actually the movie follows the book very, very closely. Tigr - 28/09/2009 07:19:54 PM 826 Views
I didn't enjoy reading the book, but found I couldn't put it down. Cockatiel of Doom - 29/09/2009 06:05:02 AM 671 Views
Funny. I just finished reading Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, yesterday AgentOrange - 30/09/2009 08:53:27 AM 650 Views
I really enjoyed the book. I read it as it came in the serials. M & M Maddy - 01/10/2009 04:48:21 PM 734 Views
I read it as it came out in six serialized parts... TaskmasterJack - 01/10/2009 06:22:08 PM 911 Views
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