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The Green Mile : lots of feelings

Introduction to The Green Mile: Lots of Feelings


The Green Mile is a bright spot in the history of films about heinous crimes, because it delivers an important message to us that sometimes not everything is as it seems, despite the clear picture in front of us.


There are many deceptive appearances, which hide behind them what no one would have expected, and the true essence of characters sometimes disappears behind the appearance for some reason, so we must wait a little before issuing a final judgment on a person, and sometimes we must give our inner feelings the opportunity to touch the hidden truth.


The Green Mile shows us different characters, some of them are pure and compassionate, while others are black and gloomy, and presents us with a unique case of a peaceful person, carrying a strange healing energy, given to him by God, in order to help those who really need it, and despite this gift, we find him resigned to his fate of death, just because he feels guilty for not helping two little girls.


The Green Mile movie has a lot of feelings, a lot of appreciation, a lot of dedication, and a lot of compassionate treatment of people, you can say that it is a bright light that dispels the pitch darkness, but at the same time it is very painful, and very frustrating.


The Green Mile is a film written by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont. Its events take place during the Great Depression in America, and it presents us with very important messages, closely related to our feelings towards others, and our consciences, which suffer greatly if they are violated.


After watching The Green Mile, you will see that the amount of your suffering and pain is very acceptable, then you will know that there are people in the world who are in more pain than you, and you will realize that you are definitely the luckiest.


We will show the most important moving scenes in the movie The Green Mile, which made it one of the brilliant movies.


The Green Mile














Number one


When Percy the Black-Hearted Man went crazy, chasing a mouse and trying to kill it, until the mouse hid inside the solitary confinement room, Percy took out everything inside it, to reach it, but he did not find it at all, and everyone was watching him in astonishment while he was doing that, it seemed like a personal revenge, and despite the humor of the scene, the dialogue that took place between Percy, Paul and the rest of the Green Mile guards was very strong and carried the essence of the place.


So when Percy finished what he was doing, Paul asked him to think about what he was doing, but Percy was reckless and impulsive, and Paul and the other guards tried to convey to him a very important concept, that there can be no panic in this place, because there is enough of it and it is overflowing, among the prisoners and also the guards, and that their mission in this place is to talk to the prisoners who are about to be executed, to create calm between them, because that represents a great pressure on them, so more pressure should not be added, so that they do not reach the stage of explosion, and harm themselves and others as well.


But Percy was hard-hearted, so his view of these prisoners was that they did not deserve pity, or good treatment as if they were small children, but rather as rats that should be drowned, and he also went too far in his speech, to the point that he challenged everyone by saying that he would do what he thought and saw, and that their opinion did not matter to him or concern him, so one of the guards almost smashed his head, when what he said provoked him, so Percy threatened to dismiss him from his position, so Paul stopped his friend, the guard Brutal, from hitting Percy.


Percy was the nephew of the wife of the county sheriff, so he did whatever he wanted and threatened everyone, so Paul's response to him was strong, when he informed him that if he did that again, no one would care about his threat or work, and that they would deal with him severely as a result.


In addition to the strength of the scene in the performance of the actors, especially Percy, the strength of the conversation between the guards and Percy, and the message contained in this conversation, is what gave this scene its strength, especially the wonderful lighting and the accompanying photography, which shows the faces of the actors and their distinctive emotions in this scene.















Number two


The second scene is three consecutive scenes, carrying many turns in the green mile, and they begin from where Paul (Tom Hanks) and his companions in the green mile, took John Coffey on a tour outside the prison, to Mrs. Melinda, Hal's wife, to remove the disease from her and treat her, and he succeeded in that, but he did not expel the disease outside him as he did with Paul and the mouse, for an incomprehensible reason, and when Paul and his companions returned him to the prison, they took Percy out of the solitary confinement cell, in which they were holding him in revenge for what he had previously done to them and the prisoners, and at that time John Coffey grabbed Percy and expelled the disease inside him, in a terrifying and frightening scene, after which Percy was like a lost person and began walking slowly inside the prison corridor, until the prisoner wild Bill threw offensive words to Percy, who committed a stupid act, when he shot Bill with his gun, so Paul and his companions rushed to him trying to save What can be saved, but it is too late.


Paul couldn't comprehend the situation at first, so he turned to John Coffey to ask him why he had done what he had done. He asked John to hold his hand and trust him. He then gave him a vision in which he saw what wild Bill had done to the two little girls, This pained Paul so much that he couldn't bear the vision to last. He pulled his hand away from John, sobbing in horror at what he had seen. John Coffey's words echoed as he continued, saying that wild Bill had exploited their love for each other to kill them, and that this was happening in every corner of the world in the same way.


John Coffey also gave Paul this talent and gift that God had given him, and that was a curse, not a blessing, from Paul's point of view. It gave him a long life, to see the pain of people and what they do to each other, and to always remember what happened on the Green Mile, and what happened to John Coffey of injustice and lack of understanding, which is something very dark and painful.


First, John Coffey's meeting with Melinda, and the brief conversation they had, gives us the idea that a specific destiny, both of which they both felt and knew, was leading them to meet each other. This is what happens to good people in this world. It is a great divine gift. She deserves the opportunity to heal and live, and he deserves her appreciation and compassion. The scene was captivating, brimming with feelings of appreciation and love.


Second, when Paul and his companions take John Coffey to Melinda, and specifically at the moment when wild Bill holds his hand, John sees the darkness and blackness of his heart, and even the crime he committed. He decides, in his heart of hearts, to punish him and Percy, who has the same blackness of heart. Therefore, he withheld the disease he extracted from Melinda and then transferred it to Percy, who suffered a violent shock that led him to kill wild Bill.


But here I am struck by a question about how John managed this. We know his ability to extract disease and heal others, but here he was like someone directing the disease to cause its carrier to perform a specific action. How could this be? However, I realized that, thanks to his vision and his knowledge of the near future, he knew this would happen, and that he was the key to its occurrence. Therefore, he did what he had to do, as this was the inevitable course of divine justice.


Thirdly, when Paul wanted an explanation for what John Coffey had done to the wild Bill, John was willing to tell him what he had seen. He knew this would greatly hurt Paul, so he decided to grant him a portion of the gift God had given him. But it was a curse, not a blessing, and the pain Paul felt was horrific when he learned the truth.


Much of Paul's pain stemmed from his conviction of John Coffey's innocence, the injustice he suffered at the hands of so many, and the fact that he would never be able to undo this injustice. This was extremely frightening, as he knew for certain that this pain would remain with him for the rest of his life, and that the memory would haunt him until the day he died.


Finally, the scenes featured superb performances from the film's cast, intense emotions ranging from hope to pain, and a profound message about the rarity of kind and compassionate people in life and their incredible impact on us. On the other hand, life is full of people with dark hearts and the injustices that life is filled with.


The cinematography and lighting were also superb, and the directing was unique in connecting the scenes together, creating a depth that added so much depth. The dialogues were also profound and inspiring, despite their extreme simplicity.













Number three


Paul and his companions struggled to hold themselves together as they led John Coffey to the gallows. Paul was the most affected, but he hid it tightly, because if he let his emotions run wild, he would lose control and might sabotage or prevent John Coffey's execution. The rest of his companions tried to hold back their emotions and tears, while John Coffey tried to comfort them. He told them about his dream about him and the children laughing at the mouse, and that the two girls who had been killed were there, laughing with them at the mouse.


When they arrived at the execution chamber, John felt a terrible negative energy emanating from people's hatred for him, believing he was guilty of the two girls he had raped and murdered. He was like a child fearing punishment from his teacher, but Brutal gave him a glimpse of mercy when he told him that he and his comrades loved him. As he sat on the chair, tears were about to appear in their eyes, while Paul paused for a long time, staring at John. There was an internal struggle that no one else could see. Then he stepped forward to shake John's hand in front of everyone present, and then ordered the execution to be carried out.


A horrific scene, in the psychological pain it caused to so many who saw it, yet it is the reality of our bitter world, which kills innocence and compassion, simply and indifferently, along with good feelings.


John Coffey longed for relief from this world filled with the murder of love and its exploitation in unimaginable, horrific ways. His execution was the coup de grace for him.


For Paul and his companions, John's execution was the beginning of a curse of remorse, one that would never forgive their silence until the day they died.














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