Electric chair, adieu
Electric chair executions were yesterday suspended in Nebraska, which had been the only state to rely solely on electrocution as its sole method of dispatching the condemned. This doesn't mean the barbaric practice is totally finished in the U.S. since, as the N.Y. Times' Adam Liptak has reported, "seven states allow at least some inmates to choose electrocution instead of lethal injection [and] two others, Illinois and Oklahoma, have designated electrocution as the fallback method should lethal injection be ruled unconstitutional."
I for one would like to say goodbye forever to it. No more DVD rentals, no critical revisionist essays from Scott Foundas or F.X. Feeney, no more watching it on TCM....banish it from the collective unconscious. Am I alone on this?
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 9, 2008 at 1:31 PM
comment #1
qwiggles
says ...
Yes. It's neither good nor bad enough to deserve such an extreme reaction years later, if you ask me. Way to accidentally prolong its life!
Posted by qwiggles
at February 9, 2008 2:37 PM
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p.Vice
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The bottom of the barrel scrapes hard and far, I see.
Posted by p.Vice
at February 9, 2008 2:40 PM
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Noah
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The Green Mile was a period film, so just because there's less electric chair usage now doesn't retroactively eliminate its usage in the past.
Posted by Noah
at February 9, 2008 2:47 PM
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Breedlove
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The movie's mediocre but it's a really good book. Great story. As for movies I prefer 'Mr. Death.'
Posted by Breedlove
at February 9, 2008 2:52 PM
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Larry
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Except for the horrible framing device (taken from the novel) I like the movie a lot. In fact, I predict 50 years from now it'll be remembered more fondly than the outrageously overrated Shawshank Redemption.
Posted by Larry
at February 9, 2008 2:58 PM
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Geoff
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Sorry, I like THE GREEN MILE. I may not be able to watch the whole thing through anymore (some stretches of the film are better than others).
I think Doug Hutchison was such a bastard in that film. He was great in the X-Files, and his opaque eyes are put to good use in THE GREEN MILE.
Maybe Jeff just wanted more of him.
Posted by Geoff
at February 9, 2008 3:02 PM
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Colin
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And "Mr. Death" is hugely relevant now with the Supreme Court about to consider the constitutionality of the three drug method of lethal injection and the procedures used to administer it. Fred Leuchter created lethal injection machines and got states to use potassium cholride, which induces cardiac arrest and is excruciatingly painful, as the third drug in the three drug combo. Also, with all three of the drugs used, he estimated the "lethal" dosage for humans by extrapolating from the information available for pigs. I wonder whether any of the Supreme Court Justices have watched Errol Morris' doc.
Posted by Colin
at February 9, 2008 3:10 PM
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Bart Smith
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Does that mean if print journalism dies, that CITIZEN KANE stops being relevant?
Or that if the United States figures out some kind of green energy source, that people shouldn't watch Daniel Plainview drink milkshakes?
Posted by Bart Smith
at February 9, 2008 3:13 PM
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Balthazar
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The Green Mile is a fairly good movie that could have been great with some editing.
I mean, three hours and eight minutes?! Darabont is not a guy you give final cut to.
Posted by Balthazar
at February 9, 2008 3:21 PM
comment #10
DarthCorleone
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It's the last movie I saw with the heretofore love of my life, so I've always been a little partial to it. I liked the "old and bushy Mr. Jingles" (as I called him) appearance at the end in the frame story, too. But, yeah, this movie definitely drags in spots, and I found the application of "justice" by John Coffey against the bad guy to be tonally inconsistent given the obvious Christ metaphor.
Bring back the guillotine, I guess.
Posted by DarthCorleone
at February 9, 2008 3:28 PM
comment #11
Howlingman
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Nuts to that.
I want to see Thunderdomes in every state. The perfect way of solving all of society's problems/disputes/differences of opinion.
Two men enter. One man leaves.
Democratic race would be over like that.
Posted by Howlingman
at February 9, 2008 4:06 PM
comment #12
arch451
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I hate The Green Mile. It is a bizarre combination of prison brutality, one-dimensional characters, ackward racial undertones, and M. Night Shyamalan-type magic without reason. I left the theater feeling manipulated, confused, and depressed.
I also hate that it is compared to The Shawshank Redemption, which is an excellent, life-affirming drama that takes place on planet earth. The Green Mile will be forgotten in one generation while The Shawshank Redemption will live forever.
Posted by arch451
at February 9, 2008 4:09 PM
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Bilge
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THE GREEN MILE is one of the worst films ever made. It's almost as bad as THE MIST.
That said, SHAWSHANK is still pretty good.
Posted by Bilge
at February 9, 2008 5:38 PM
comment #14
Rosebudsthesled
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THE GREEN MILE would've been a good half hour TWILIGHT ZONE, but half an hour wasn't enough for Darabont. The man is a true sentimentalist; even as brilliant as SHAWSHANK is, there are moments which foreshadow the unabashed sentimentality of this and THE MAJESTIC, which probably could've been a better movie had he not over-directed it.
Posted by Rosebudsthesled
at February 9, 2008 10:12 PM
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geojoil
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Execution is uncivilized.What does executing folk solve? Retorhecal question it does nothing to those who were murdered. To be honest death is the easy way out . When you have life in prison you are tormented everyday with the thought of what you have done. Day in day out. You realize that you took someone's life .
Posted by geojoil
at May 13, 2011 2:49 AM