Needs an extra mile (The Green Mile (DVD))

Member Name: charlieuk

Product:	The Green Mile (DVD)
Date:	26/02/02 (47 review reads)
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Advantages: Performances, Story

Disadvantages: Single disc release

So another Stephen King script makes it to the silver screen. Sadly, with many of King's works, the story is in the mind's eye of the reader, hence a transfer to film destroys the novel. Examples of this include The Running Man, The Stand, and Needful Things. But this falls firmly into the 'Shawshank Redemption' category of King screen classics.

The film itself follows the novel closely, and is similar in many ways to themes pursued in Shawshank. But I will not spoil the film further by discussing the plot - I will leave you to enjoy by yourself.

The picture transfer to dvd is good, although in truth the disc is not under a great deal of pressure to produce anything fantastic. At least we get an anamorphic transfer. Similarly, sound quality is good, yet your subwoofer or rear speakers will not be tested to the limit.

Extras on the disc are limited, although this is more likely to be due to space than anything else - a three hour film and a single disc release is inevitably going to curtail any plans to include a whole host of extras. A featurette, a trailer, plus animated menus and the usual scene selections are all that the disc has to offer.

To conclude - a fabulous film that really did deserve a two disc release.

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