On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 21:58:00 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:49:12 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:24:37 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
>>>TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
>>>me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
>>>was all about the plot.
>>
>> A good movie for sure. The Green Mile could have been too, except that
>> much of story is very similar to Shawshank Redemption. I guess Steve
>> was feeling lazy at the time he wrote that.
>
>Other than they both took place in prisons around the same time
>period, I don't see any similarities between the two movies. Even
>with the same director.

I'd have to watch them again (it's been many years) but I'm sure there
were other similarities.