A good movie

In fact, I had planned for quite some time to watch the remake in the movie theater but, at the very last moment, Nick, my step-son, chickened out and we went to see something else after all. Instead, I decided to watch this first version and, I must admit it, it really deserves its solid reputation. Indeed, usually, I have a hard time to care about Stephen King's fantastic and horror stories, in fact, I even thought that 'The Green Mile' was rather overrated. However, this was absolutely a great story, easily one of King's best,  and I might even consider reading the book at some point. Unfortunately, even if the story itself was pretty awesome, on the other hand, the directing was only merely adequate, I'm afraid. Basically, it was not really much better than these countless average horror movies they made in the 80's and you can only wonder what such great directors like Stanley Kubrick or Frank Darabont could have done with this material. Concerning the acting, well, it was actually even worse. Indeed, except for Jonathan Brandis and Seth Green who were not bad, all the kids were rather weak but their grown-up versions were actually even worse. Indeed, they were all just so uncharismatic and their performances were all rather wooden and completely forgettable. Of course, it doesn't include Tim Curry who was just downright impressive and he delivered here one of the most unforgettable bad guys ever. Anyway, to conclude, even if  not everything did work in this movie, it was still a fascinating tale and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10