> > Speaking of movies, my wife rented "The Green Mile" and I watched at least a half-hour of it before giving up. It had a couple of good actors in it, but the plot, if it ever developed one, was stupid. Other words like gross, silly, corny, and unoriginal come to mind. Tom Hanks deserved better. I kept watching for Bud Abbott and Lou Coustello to pop in. Yeah, I know. I didn't watch much of it, but I have standards.
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> You might wanna give it a second chance. At first it looks like a normal prison movie, then interesting things start to happen. It was really quite excellent. So good, in fact, that I actually bought a Stephen King book (he wrote the book that the movie is based on). It marks only the 5th King book that I like.
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> As a tangent, anyone else notice that there are two Stephen Kings? The one who writes garbage (Cujo, Carrie, Firestarter) and the one who writes incredibly good stories (Eyes of the Dragon, Dark Tower series, Green Mile). Wonder why that is.

I don't think there are two Stephen Kings. I liked Carrie, Firestarter, Eyes of the Dragon and the Dark Tower series but I didn't like Green Mile, Cujo or a couple other of his "good" books. I think it's all in your opinion.

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