The Green Mile/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

* Just before Delacroix's execution, Paul notices that Percy has applied the sponge without dipping it in brine first; the movie is very deliberate in showing us the look of panic that crosses his face. Surely a man of Paul's experience would know that that's a very bad idea; hell, the guy who operates the switch flat-out tells us how catastrophic it would be. So why in the name of hell does Paul let the execution go on without stopping it if he knows what's about to happen? Surely he can't be so worried about maintaining protocol that he would stand by and watch a roomful of innocent people get traumatized as the prisoner burns alive in front of their very eyes?

** I got the feeling that he subconciously knew something was wrong when he noticed the floor was dry but he couldn't quite put his finger on it until it was too late. If you meant why didn't he stop it when he DID notice, it was too late, Delacroix was already as good as dead and stopping the execution to apply the sponge would just draw things out and make his death even MORE gruesome.