The Green Mile - Just imagine living that long  

Hi ddhawkins63

This was a great movie.. but I wouldn't want to live that long either, as you say, it's hard enough to lose loved ones without having to go through it again and again. I thought maybe he passed it on so that he could be free from it himself!

Alice :)

Living that long could be good and bad. Seeing the way things in the world would be great. Everyone has dreams of being around for things in the future that they probobly wont live long enough to see. Everything from technologies to even little but big things like a cure for the common cold. The possibilities of the mind are endless. At the same time who would want to live that long. The way this world is I'm not sure i want to see to far into the future. I'm kind of scared of some of the things that will happen and how much will change. I'm 20 and i cant even keep up with half of the things happening. Outliving everyone I ever cared about though would not be so great. That alone could drive a person cynical. It's just that way of life that we live long enough to live a full life and pass away. Or even go very early in our lives. I know that one day i will be ready to die, It's probably better than being able to live on an early retierment haha. Like I said the possibilities are endless it would just depend on who you are and how you use your immagination. I could go on and on about it but ill just leave you to your immagination about it. :-)

No I wouldn't want to live that long I couldn't bare to watch my children pass away :-(

I love the book and I love the movie! I cried for John Coffey, and no I would not want to live that long. I hope that God gives me many good years to live but not forever, not in this life. In the next life we do live forever so what do you think about that?

oh i so loved that movie. watch it again every once in a while. it really hit home because when i was in the penecostal church years back the preacher told me i had been given the gift of healing. not trying to brag here if it sounds like that. he said everyone when they get saved is given a gift. some just dont know what their gift is. Anyway it surprised me that a movie came out with this theme and that obviously Stephen King believes in these things. tho i dont think anyone could ever live forever in this world. no, i wouldnt want to either. because im not sure how many more people i would grieve over as i have my late hubby and dad. im in great fear of my little dog going before me and its likely i'll have to face that if i dont go soon.

90 years old is not enough for me. I rather live till 150 years old.
Since I'm not the richest person, not the most intelligent person, not the most beautiful person, the only way I can be famous is to live the longest.
Once live beyond a hundred years old, even better beyond 120 years old, making money is easy. Just go around and tell people what to eat, how to think, how to be healthy and the money will just flow into the pocket.
After that, find a ghost writer and commission a book teaching people how to live a healthy long life.

This movie is a real gem. It is hard to find fault with it. Hanks is excellent in a role that clearly calls for him to suppress his natural slant toward humor. He is Paul Edgecomb; Tom Hanks is nowhere to be found. Yet he gives Edgecomb just the right flavor. One cannot find a single weak cast member! Michael Jeter should have got an Oscar. Michael Clark Duncan put just the right shading on his huge character to make him vulnerable and sympathetic.

Flawlessly shot on perfect period sets, the whole production binds together to bring the extraordinary story into the realm of a believable and compelling study of human injustice and charity.

source : imdb.com