as to what they did to be executed, Arlen Bitterbuck (first execution) unintentionally killed a man in a drunken bar fight over a pair of shoes. Del's reason is worse as he raped and murdered a girl behind an apartment block. To cover up his crime he set her body on fire which spread to the building and burnt it down killing several other people.
I saw this movie back in 2000. I had school the next day but for some reason it caught my attention I was 11 years old. When the death of John Coffey came on I couldn't hold it. I cried my heart out. My dad came in the room looking for something going on and he saw me sitting on the carpet and saw what I was watching and he just sat close to me.. till this day when John Coffey death scene comes on I still get that crying like I did back then.
Idk if anyone had mentioned this yet, but a mouse only lives for about 3 years, and that's quite an old mouse. John Coffey walks the Mile in the 1930s, and old Paul (Tom Hanks) is 108 in 1999. Meaning that Mr Jingles, when we seen him in the shed, is over 70 years old. Now think abt how much longer humans live than mice.
Honestly, it’s Brutus that gets me. He’s portrayed as such a hard, stoic kind of man but he’s not bereft of any humanity. He steps up when John hesitates and whispers “John. You have to say it. You have to give the order”. He and Coffey give John the strength to do what, unfortunately, had to be done. Then the next time you see Brutus is after the switch has been flipped and he’s trying his absolute hardest to not break and completely fall apart because he knows it’s wrong but he’s powerless to stop it.
Michael Jeter, played Edward Delacroix, played that scene where Percy stomped Mr. Jingles with such anguish. Every time I see that, it tears my heart out. And Percy Whitmore, played by Doug Hutchison, was an incredible villain. Such hatred he was able to invoke. All directed by Frank Darabont. This movie is as perfect as Shawshank Redemption.
"We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long." Fun Fact: Originally set in 1932, the timeframe was bumped to 1935 so that the movie Top Hat (1935) could be featured. Jock Strap Incident Fact: Michael Clarke Duncan was uncomfortable with having to grab Tom Hanks' crotch for the scene where John cures Paul's urinary infection. Hanks left the set and came back to do the scene; Duncan grabbed Hanks' crotch and was shocked to discover that he had put an empty water bottle in his trousers. After that, Duncan felt more comfortable with the scene. Measuring Up Fact: In reality, Michael Clarke Duncan was of a similar height to his co-star David Morse, and was a couple of inches shorter than James Cromwell. Amongst other things, creative camera angles were used to create the illusion that Duncan, as John Coffey, towered over the prison staff, even "Brutal" Howell and Warden Moores. For one scene where Paul, Coffey and Brutal were in the same shot, Michael Clark Duncan was standing on a plank, David Morse stood on the ground, and Tom Hanks was standing in a trench dug into the ground just for that purpose.
If you closely watch the "flies" that John expells after a healing, you'll see that they're more like flakes of ash, they crumble into nothing and disappear. It's evil converted, pain neutralized, sickness abolished. John seems to be a "child of nature"; he revels in the smell of leaves and green grass, is awed by the sight of the stars and heaven, and enjoys Mr. Jingles' antics.
If you want an older movie, you will get a whole bunch of people suggesting 12 Angry Men. It is a legitimate top 5 movie of all time. On everyone’s list. Most definitely worth it.
In the old days, husbands were told about medical conditions because women didn't have the right to privacy. They generally didn't inform women about their own medical conditions but relied on the husband/male family to tell the wife/woman The reason the UTI is bad is that the standard prescription was "sulfur tablets" (sulphonamides), which were known to not be that effective and had horrible side effects. So most didn't even bother going to a doctor. Penicillin wasn't widely used for UTI until 1941.
It was so hot people slept on porches all the time back in those times, even in the city’s, even on fire escapes. No air conditioning or even electric fans back then.
There might have been electric fans but most people probably didn't have them yet. There was definitely no air conditioning yet, however. Summers must have been brutal down there.
Michael Clarke Duncan was 6'5" and David Morse (Brutus/Brutal) is 6'4". For the movie, they scaled everything and everyone down a little to make John Coffey seem like a giant. Stephen King has said that out of all the actors who've played one of his characters, Michael Clarke Duncan was his favorite.
John Coffey represents Jesus Christ..same initials. That’s the reason he emphasizes his name all the time. His cell mates represent the others on the cross, the repentant sinner Dell, the non repentant Wild Bill. John was like Jesus in that he was ready to die and go to heaven. There are more biblical references in the movie..the halo around John’s head when he watched the movie,the way he rides his body of the others illness…Stephen King has said that The Green Mile represents what we would do to Jesus if he returned. If you think back to the beginning of the movie…those men would have killed John Coffey when they found him with the girls bodies…but they didn’t because John still had “ work” to do
One thing that I think most people miss that makes this a true horror story is this. John may get the vision of what happens but more importantly he feels what they do, all that hate and misery, that it is too much. When he takes Paul's hand and gives him what wild Bill had done he is giving him not just the vision but what a psychopath feels as he commits rape on those two little girls and then the twisted joy of the murders. Brutal's warning of "No!" is serious and heartfelt. For the rest of his life he will feel what those rapes felt like and the savagery of the murders. That is the horror buried in Paul's story. I have never seen anybody comment on this and it is inherent in what John's abilities are.
When it comes to Horror writing, Stephen King is THE King. Not just horror, but great story telling in general. Very humane, very captivating, great understanding of human nature
No problem tynia 😚….. your so easy on the eyes 👀 and have a really nice voice too haha 😌…. what are you gona react to next tynia I hope it’s another dope film !!!!!
I so wish Dabs Greer had been nominated for a supporting actor Oscar - he was Rev. Alden on Little House, he married Mike and Carol Brady, and he did about a thousand other roles over his career. It's brief, but in his role he is the moral center of this center. And of course Michael Clarke Duncan left us far too early - no one but him could have played John Coffey
I see lightening bugs every summer in Atlanta, because my house backs up to an old railroad right-of-way that’s overgrown with weeds and shrubs. Lightning bugs need a big area that isn’t mowed or sprayed, and when they have that, they still put on the show that fascinated us as children.
That movie they were watching is the 1934 movie "The Gay Divorcee" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. At that time, gay meant happy. Michael Clark Duncan was 6' 5". He died in 2012 at the age of 54. Back in that era, the doctor always told the husband of any diagnosis because he was the head of the household. Remember, this was adapted from a Stephen King novel.
25:35 Percy did it to make Del suffer even more, for laughing at him most likely. But as you can see, he himself couldn't even watch it because he had no idea how horrific it was going to be.
In 1935 a doctor would have told a husband about his wife’s health before telling the woman. My uncle died in 1975 and never had an indoor toilet. I hated that outhouse. Spiders and wasps. I had to be really desperate to use it. In the book, there was a deputy I believe who suspected Wharton had killed the girls but the sheriff had caught John and wanted the people of his county to believe that the crime was solved quickly.
This, The Shawshank Redemption, & The Mist were written by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont (the executive producer and director of several episodes of the first season of The Walking Dead). Several of the original cast of TWD are also in The Mist. In my opinion these 3 movies are amongst the best Stephen King adaptations
This is a film about penance. The world needs saving, so John Coffey was sent,who has the initials J.C. Same as a former J.C., the world did not acknowledge that emissary. Del committed a very heinous crime but paid his penance in the electric chair, saving him from eternal damnation. Wild Bill did not pay his penance and will spend eternity in hell. Paul pays his penance with a long life of watching everyone die before him. John Coffey had no debt to pay, so his reward will be returning to heaven, where he certainly came from.
Back then women were only told what their father or brother or husband decided to tell them. Females were expected to do ALL of the cooking and cleaning. Almost every wife was expected to stay home and take care of the house and children. That is why they were first and still called Housewife! Even the marriage vows for the man was Love honor and cherish BUT for the woman was Love honor and OBEY! 👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
@@DeadPiixxel I agree! I will only be with a man that demands me to be subserviant to him as well as to his male friends and family! And if I do get married I will insist to have and say OBEY in just my vows. I also expect to continue to do all the cooking and cleaning like I have since I was 9 years old when my mother passed leaving me as the only female to take care of my Daddy and 4 brothers! And after I got my own house, I still cook and clean for every man and boy that comes to my house. My brothers and nephews and my Daddy really love being waited on all the time. As a child I felt it was my duty to care for them but as a Woman I actually get excited feeling like a slave to males. There are times when I know there will be men at my house that I put on one of my service uniforms. I actually have 3 different French maid uniforms in different materials in my huge collection of service uniforms. I usually ask one or more of the men coming which uniform they want me to wear! By the way, are you by chance a DOMINANT because I am looking for more of them. I can handle more than I have? And it doesn't matter what gender as I am submissive to both men and women! 👍👍😉😉👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
Ms. Tonia, my favorite Classic Movies are Bette Davis • Dead Ringer, All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Dark Victory. Alfred Hitchcock • The Birds, Psycho & Rear View Window. Actor • Michael Clarke Duncan is 6’5”. He past away from a heart attack July 13, 2012.
Hello Tynia Jenn from York, Pennsylvania here. I am really glad you watched this movie its truly a classic. John Coffey was played by Michael Clarke Duncan. Such an excellent actor. Unfortunately he passed away on Sept. 3, 2012 due to a heart attack. He was a true treasure. May I suggest some movies for you. 1. Glory starring Morgan Freeman Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick 2. Schindlers List starring Liam Neeson and Ralph Finnes. Be warned it's very brutal but it's a movie everyone should watch. 3. American History X starring Edward Norton Edward Furlong Avery Brooks. Another warning is needed for this movie be prepared it's also very brutal however another movie I feel everyone should watch. 4. Philadelphia Tom Hanks Denzel Washington. You may want to have some tissues for this one 5 Ghost Patrick Swazye Demi Moore 6 Young Guns 1 and 2 Emilio Estavez Kiefer Sutherland Lou Diamond Phillips 7 Sleepers Brad Pitt Jason Patric Robert DE Niro Brad Renfro 8 Lean on Me Morgan Freeman 9. Lost Boys Corey Haim Corey Feldman Jason Patric Diane West Kiefer Sutherland 9. Whats Love Got to do With it Angela Basset Laurence Fishbourne 10 Crooklyn Isiah Washingtpn Alfre Woodard 11. Why did I Get Married and why did I I married too Tyler Perry Janet Jackson ( the 2nd one Janet was filming when she found out Michael passed away. She really uses the emotions from finding that out in some of the scenes. Sorry I gave you a whole list but I couldn't pick just one. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you have a good day.
I believe that the prison is located in the state of Louisiana. The warden has a map of the state on his office wall in one of the scenes (13:37). Also, Eduard "Del" Delacroix is a Louisiana Cajun (Same as my ancestors). You can tell by his thick Cajun accent.
@@WhatsTeeWatchinEver wonder how people said, ah this grows in the ground let's eat it. There's gotta be a million stories of early people trying the wrong stuff
Michael Clarke Duncan (RIP) was HUGE, but I read somewhere that they cinematically exaggerated his size for dramatic effect. But I sure wouldn’t wanna mess with him!
Hey Tynia, this was my first time watching one of your reactions and I really enjoyed it. Sam Rockwell (Billy the Kid-Wild Billy) is a great actor. You oughta check him out in Jojo Rabbit or Mr. Right. Another great movie that everyone overlooks is Only The Brave with Josh Brolin and Miles Teller. All those movies are great and you'll really enjoy them. Check them out if you haven't seen them.
Great reaction. Only 1 critic. When you saw John watch the flicker show and didn't realize why Paul had to leave when they played it in the retirement hm. Awesome though
1. YOU WILL CRY😭😭😭😭 2. Dabbs Greer/old Paul was ill during production, so his part was done later. He also played Reverend Alden on "Little House on the Prairie". 3. Hammersmith was not a good lawyer. (most likely a racial thing. It was 1935 South.) 4. In the book King briefly covers why the Chief and Del are on death row. 5. This movie was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (MCD)😇 and Best Cast but unfortunately neither won.😭😭 6. Players in other King adaptations: Jeffery DeMunn: Shawshank Redemption, The Mist, Storm of the Century and William Sadler: Shawshank Redemption, The Mist. David Morse: The Langoliers. Patricia Clarkson played Margarat White in King's remake of Carrie". Needless to say, it was a much different part. 7. Goof: Electricity makes the body contract. Del wouldn't be able to scream. I know it' just for the movie because of the length of the execution scene. 8. IRL James Cromwell is a vegan and didn't want to grill meat for the BBQ scene but was told that in 1935 people actually ate meat so he agreed to have some on the grill. 9. RE Percy: Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. KARMA's a Bitch. BTW Kudos to Doug Hutchison for the great job of playing Percy.👌EVERYONE hates him. 10. John also rescues the other patients at Briar Ridge. 11. IRL both David Morse and James Cromwell are about the same height as Michael Clark Duncan (RIP). They used planks, a small bed and smaller chair along with trick photography/angles to make John look taller. 12 The scene where John takes Mr. Jingles for safe keeping before Del's execution, they used a real mouse, and it pooped on Paul's shoulder, and he brushed it off. 13. Now we know what the "day old is fine" dry toast is for. 14 EVERYBODY cries and has to take time to reflect. Congratulations you just experienced. the GREATEST MOVIE EVER. (GOAT) 15. 4 words for you: Stephen King. You're WELCOME!
I’m a new subbie ❤ Two quick things: 2:59 an old movie suggestion, the oldest GOOD movie I know of is 1933 King Kong. I’ve watched at least once a year since the 1970s. 💯And 29:10 I Googled lightning bugs/Fire Flys last month, they are going extinct in North America 😢
I read this book first and even in the beginning when old Paul is telling the story but then its back in the 40s when he worked at the prison i ha to go back and forth like “what time is it supposed to be now and how old is he??” I grew up watching Dabs Greer on Little House reruns and was old then so seeing he was still alive to make this movie i just sat back and said to myself “perfect casting”
"Bringing up baby"(comedy) is an awesome black and white movie that i grew up with. I'm only 35, but my parents introduced me to some great classics that i appreciate a lot more now that I'm older. One that makes you cry is "to kill a mocking bird"(based on the book) and another "the biscuit eater"(not the 70's version i believe it was the late 30s or early 40s)
"They don't have a bathroom in the house?" Indoor plumbing existed during rhe Great Depression, but only the rich could afford it. Working-class folks like Paul were more likely to have an outhouse instead.
Can't have a good meal without potatoes as an Italian lasagna a must. My uncle be pissed I ain't say that to lol and u can enjoy the drink slow stretch it out with a hot cup of coffee
Now you MUST watch another Frank Darabont adaptation of a Stephen King story - The Shawshank Redemption. Another prison movie but very different from The Green Mile.
Mice typically live for about 1 to 4 years max so for Mr. jingles to be alive nearly 60 years later man said he has lived multiple lifetimes for hey mouse.
Just so you know David Morse is a tall man who works as the white haired guard on the block named brutal. Once David was offered a role to do a steamy sex scene with an actress but considering his views he decided to give up the movie because he really loves his wife and did not want to do the scene he felt a sex scene was something he just didn't want to do. I appreciate his views and personal morality. David Morse has been in a lot of movies usually playing the bad guys or heavies. He is a very good actor. I respect his personal views.
Women couldn't even get a credit card in their own name without their husband's permission until the 70s. And I'm surprised that you didn't know that back in those days women for their husbands property. Women did not have bodily autonomy until the 70s
Watch another Stephen King adaptation set in a prison, said to be one of the greatest movies ever made, the Shawshank Redemption; it has Morgan Freeman alongside Tim Robbins as the main character
Same writers directors producers and many actors also in Shawshank! U have to admit, the best actors in this were the ones u hated most! And Del....did he torment Percy and bring that on himself? Would Percy have cooked him, if Del didn't make fun of him? U said Catch 22...That happens to be a genius surreal melodrama comedy set during ww2, with a ton of great up and coming actors for the day!
😮😮😮...I've watched this movie dozens of times, Ive watched dozens of reactions to it but it NEVER came up that they should have taken her to him..😮😮😂..wow.
35:30 my last meal would 100% be goat meat pepper soup to start, okra soup with semolina, and some jollof rice (Nigerian, of course) and then a big side of tuna and yellow tail sashimi with wasabi and ginger, and hot sake. Done, satisfied - hook me up and cook me.
I'm 60! I still get Misty watching this! You can be WEEPY, BOO HOO Over this one! It's Ok! No Judgment! Everyone WEEPS at this!! Just Like Everyone HATES PERCY! & That Piece of 💩 Wild Billy! Great Movie 🎥!!
John Coffey and Jesus Christ are correlated. He performed miracles and died for their sins, plus he has the same initials. The whole movie is an allegory for Jesus. Tom Hanks is literally the Roman Solider that pierced Jesus but became a devout believer afterwards
The point of doing a rehearsal, is that this is a very serious event, and it your humane duty to make sue that the executions goes of as smoothly and painlessly as possible, even back then. If you don’t practice, you increase the of risk screw ups. And nobody wants that.
Watch ANY Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies and Gene Kelly movies, specially Singing in the Rain! I'll also throw in Jerry Lewis. He was a huge comedy talent! But he also wrote produced directed and acted everything he did plus his own choreography! Watch a few shorts of him here. Type in Jerry Lewis typewriter, Jerry Lewis coming down the stairs, Jerry Lewis yelling in the bosses office, Jerry Lewis music instruments in the kitchen! I personally think Eddie Murphy was a huge fan of his, and copied him as much as possible. Eddie's fat professor movie, was based on Jerry Lewis movie, the Nutty Professor!
So you understand in the 1930s not everybody had access to indoor plumbing yet specially, in rural areas as for the tumor thing well his wife was a woman so therefore doctors won’t tell her anything they’ll tell her husband because back then the husband controlled everything You have to remember that back then women didn’t really have as many rights as they do now
Yes It was a bar fight over a pair of boots. Eduard Delacroix had raped and murdered a teenage girl and set her body on fire to hide the crime. The fire spread to an apartment complex and 6 more (I believe) people including 2 children died. John Koffe was the only truly nice person on death row.
Old movies, black and white movies, are great. The biggest challenge for a modern audience, aside from the old time technology, is the lack of diversity. It's almost entirely white guys. That said, they managed to tell some good stories.
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as to what they did to be executed, Arlen Bitterbuck (first execution) unintentionally killed a man in a drunken bar fight over a pair of shoes. Del's reason is worse as he raped and murdered a girl behind an apartment block. To cover up his crime he set her body on fire which spread to the building and burnt it down killing several other people.
When I found out the screenwriter hid the crimes intentionally, I was furious. I felt robbed.
I saw this movie back in 2000. I had school the next day but for some reason it caught my attention I was 11 years old. When the death of John Coffey came on I couldn't hold it. I cried my heart out. My dad came in the room looking for something going on and he saw me sitting on the carpet and saw what I was watching and he just sat close to me.. till this day when John Coffey death scene comes on I still get that crying like I did back then.
Idk if anyone had mentioned this yet, but a mouse only lives for about 3 years, and that's quite an old mouse.
John Coffey walks the Mile in the 1930s, and old Paul (Tom Hanks) is 108 in 1999.
Meaning that Mr Jingles, when we seen him in the shed, is over 70 years old.
Now think abt how much longer humans live than mice.
Honestly, it’s Brutus that gets me. He’s portrayed as such a hard, stoic kind of man but he’s not bereft of any humanity. He steps up when John hesitates and whispers “John. You have to say it. You have to give the order”. He and Coffey give John the strength to do what, unfortunately, had to be done. Then the next time you see Brutus is after the switch has been flipped and he’s trying his absolute hardest to not break and completely fall apart because he knows it’s wrong but he’s powerless to stop it.
Michael Jeter, played Edward Delacroix, played that scene where Percy stomped Mr. Jingles with such anguish. Every time I see that, it tears my heart out. And Percy Whitmore, played by Doug Hutchison, was an incredible villain. Such hatred he was able to invoke. All directed by Frank Darabont. This movie is as perfect as Shawshank Redemption.
"We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long."
Fun Fact: Originally set in 1932, the timeframe was bumped to 1935 so that the movie Top Hat (1935) could be featured.
Jock Strap Incident Fact: Michael Clarke Duncan was uncomfortable with having to grab Tom Hanks' crotch for the scene where John cures Paul's urinary infection. Hanks left the set and came back to do the scene; Duncan grabbed Hanks' crotch and was shocked to discover that he had put an empty water bottle in his trousers. After that, Duncan felt more comfortable with the scene.
Measuring Up Fact: In reality, Michael Clarke Duncan was of a similar height to his co-star David Morse, and was a couple of inches shorter than James Cromwell. Amongst other things, creative camera angles were used to create the illusion that Duncan, as John Coffey, towered over the prison staff, even "Brutal" Howell and Warden Moores. For one scene where Paul, Coffey and Brutal were in the same shot, Michael Clark Duncan was standing on a plank, David Morse stood on the ground, and Tom Hanks was standing in a trench dug into the ground just for that purpose.
I am a grown ass man and this is one of the few movies that hits me in the feels -- hard.
If you closely watch the "flies" that John expells after a healing, you'll see that they're more like flakes of ash, they crumble into nothing and disappear. It's evil converted, pain neutralized, sickness abolished. John seems to be a "child of nature"; he revels in the smell of leaves and green grass, is awed by the sight of the stars and heaven, and enjoys Mr. Jingles' antics.
If you want an older movie, you will get a whole bunch of people suggesting 12 Angry Men. It is a legitimate top 5 movie of all time. On everyone’s list. Most definitely worth it.
12 angry men is in my top ten and its full of big time stars. You will not regret watching it.
YES! And so many shows/movies use that jury trope
Go for the original there was a couple of remakes
In the old days, husbands were told about medical conditions because women didn't have the right to privacy. They generally didn't inform women about their own medical conditions but relied on the husband/male family to tell the wife/woman
The reason the UTI is bad is that the standard prescription was "sulfur tablets" (sulphonamides), which were known to not be that effective and had horrible side effects. So most didn't even bother going to a doctor. Penicillin wasn't widely used for UTI until 1941.
It was so hot people slept on porches all the time back in those times, even in the city’s, even on fire escapes. No air conditioning or even electric fans back then.
There might have been electric fans but most people probably didn't have them yet. There was definitely no air conditioning yet, however. Summers must have been brutal down there.
Michael Clarke Duncan was 6'5" and David Morse (Brutus/Brutal) is 6'4". For the movie, they scaled everything and everyone down a little to make John Coffey seem like a giant. Stephen King has said that out of all the actors who've played one of his characters, Michael Clarke Duncan was his favorite.
John Coffey represents Jesus Christ..same initials. That’s the reason he emphasizes his name all the time. His cell mates represent the others on the cross, the repentant sinner Dell, the non repentant Wild Bill. John was like Jesus in that he was ready to die and go to heaven. There are more biblical references in the movie..the halo around John’s head when he watched the movie,the way he rides his body of the others illness…Stephen King has said that The Green Mile represents what we would do to Jesus if he returned. If you think back to the beginning of the movie…those men would have killed John Coffey when they found him with the girls bodies…but they didn’t because John still had “ work” to do
imo the strongest scene in the movie is Brutus wet eyes during Coffey execution
One thing that I think most people miss that makes this a true horror story is this. John may get the vision of what happens but more importantly he feels what they do, all that hate and misery, that it is too much. When he takes Paul's hand and gives him what wild Bill had done he is giving him not just the vision but what a psychopath feels as he commits rape on those two little girls and then the twisted joy of the murders. Brutal's warning of "No!" is serious and heartfelt. For the rest of his life he will feel what those rapes felt like and the savagery of the murders. That is the horror buried in Paul's story. I have never seen anybody comment on this and it is inherent in what John's abilities are.
That is deep and terrifying!
When it comes to Horror writing, Stephen King is THE King. Not just horror, but great story telling in general. Very humane, very captivating, great understanding of human nature
Good reaction tynia 🤩 green mile is a classic film even here in the uk 🇬🇧 much love !!
Thanks Amir!!
No problem tynia 😚….. your so easy on the eyes 👀 and have a really nice voice too haha 😌…. what are you gona react to next tynia I hope it’s another dope film !!!!!
I so wish Dabs Greer had been nominated for a supporting actor Oscar - he was Rev. Alden on Little House, he married Mike and Carol Brady, and he did about a thousand other roles over his career. It's brief, but in his role he is the moral center of this center. And of course Michael Clarke Duncan left us far too early - no one but him could have played John Coffey
It always stuck with me that John's last words were not "I'm sorry for what I did",..they were "I'm sorry for who I am",...powerful stuff.
Arlen said sorry for what I did, Del said sorry for what I do, John said sorry for what I am.
I see lightening bugs every summer in Atlanta, because my house backs up to an old railroad right-of-way that’s overgrown with weeds and shrubs. Lightning bugs need a big area that isn’t mowed or sprayed, and when they have that, they still put on the show that fascinated us as children.
Still fascinates at 67 years old. Enjoy it while you still can.
Their called fireflies. Not lighting bugs LMAO
That movie they were watching is the 1934 movie "The Gay Divorcee" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. At that time, gay meant happy. Michael Clark Duncan was 6' 5". He died in 2012 at the age of 54. Back in that era, the doctor always told the husband of any diagnosis because he was the head of the household. Remember, this was adapted from a Stephen King novel.
No, actually it's "Top Hat" from 1935. The song is called "Cheek To Cheek."
25:35 Percy did it to make Del suffer even more, for laughing at him most likely. But as you can see, he himself couldn't even watch it because he had no idea how horrific it was going to be.
Micheal Clarke Duncan is really tall but the exaggereated his size for this movie
In 1935 a doctor would have told a husband about his wife’s health before telling the woman.
My uncle died in 1975 and never had an indoor toilet. I hated that outhouse. Spiders and wasps. I had to be really desperate to use it.
In the book, there was a deputy I believe who suspected Wharton had killed the girls but the sheriff had caught John and wanted the people of his county to believe that the crime was solved quickly.
This, The Shawshank Redemption, & The Mist were written by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont (the executive producer and director of several episodes of the first season of The Walking Dead). Several of the original cast of TWD are also in The Mist. In my opinion these 3 movies are amongst the best Stephen King adaptations
This is a film about penance. The world needs saving, so John Coffey was sent,who has the initials J.C. Same as a former J.C., the world did not acknowledge that emissary. Del committed a very heinous crime but paid his penance in the electric chair, saving him from eternal damnation. Wild Bill did not pay his penance and will spend eternity in hell. Paul pays his penance with a long life of watching everyone die before him. John Coffey had no debt to pay, so his reward will be returning to heaven, where he certainly came from.
John is every good and moral black man in America. P.S. An if John lawer wasn't so immoral John might have healed his son. PRAISE!!!!!!!
Crazy I just realized I haven't seen a lightning bug in 23 years give or take
For another film based in the south I would recommend Fried Green Tomatoes starring Cathy Bates and A Time To Kill starring Samuel L Jackson
It's not a rat, it's a mouse!
What are John's initials?
Stephen King said in an interview that wasn’t an accident.
its a mouse, not a rat
Back then women were only told what their father or brother or husband decided to tell them. Females were expected to do ALL of the cooking and cleaning. Almost every wife was expected to stay home and take care of the house and children. That is why they were first and still called Housewife! Even the marriage vows for the man was Love honor and cherish BUT for the woman was Love honor and OBEY! 👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
As it should be, That's what the Bible says too, but people love Americans way over God's laws.
@@DeadPiixxel I agree! I will only be with a man that demands me to be subserviant to him as well as to his male friends and family! And if I do get married I will insist to have and say OBEY in just my vows. I also expect to continue to do all the cooking and cleaning like I have since I was 9 years old when my mother passed leaving me as the only female to take care of my Daddy and 4 brothers! And after I got my own house, I still cook and clean for every man and boy that comes to my house. My brothers and nephews and my Daddy really love being waited on all the time. As a child I felt it was my duty to care for them but as a Woman I actually get excited feeling like a slave to males. There are times when I know there will be men at my house that I put on one of my service uniforms. I actually have 3 different French maid uniforms in different materials in my huge collection of service uniforms. I usually ask one or more of the men coming which uniform they want me to wear! By the way, are you by chance a DOMINANT because I am looking for more of them. I can handle more than I have? And it doesn't matter what gender as I am submissive to both men and women! 👍👍😉😉👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
The Bible is a book of toilet paper full of patriarchy bedtime stories. I don’t want some male knowing more about my health than I do.
4:59 David Morse is his name.
Lmao ! So I was loud and wrong
@@WhatsTeeWatchin He was on the hospital drama "St. Elsewhere" many years ago and was also in the films "The Rock" and "Disturbia."
Ms. Tonia, my favorite Classic Movies are Bette Davis • Dead Ringer, All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Dark Victory. Alfred Hitchcock • The Birds, Psycho & Rear View Window. Actor • Michael Clarke Duncan is 6’5”. He past away from a heart attack July 13, 2012.
Hello Tynia Jenn from York, Pennsylvania here. I am really glad you watched this movie its truly a classic. John Coffey was played by Michael Clarke Duncan. Such an excellent actor. Unfortunately he passed away on Sept. 3, 2012 due to a heart attack. He was a true treasure.
May I suggest some movies for you.
1. Glory starring Morgan Freeman Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick
2. Schindlers List starring Liam Neeson and Ralph Finnes. Be warned it's very brutal but it's a movie everyone should watch.
3. American History X starring Edward Norton Edward Furlong Avery Brooks. Another warning is needed for this movie be prepared it's also very brutal however another movie I feel everyone should watch.
4. Philadelphia Tom Hanks Denzel Washington. You may want to have some tissues for this one
5 Ghost Patrick Swazye Demi Moore
6 Young Guns 1 and 2 Emilio Estavez Kiefer Sutherland Lou Diamond Phillips
7 Sleepers Brad Pitt Jason Patric Robert DE Niro Brad Renfro
8 Lean on Me Morgan Freeman
9. Lost Boys Corey Haim Corey Feldman Jason Patric Diane West Kiefer Sutherland
9. Whats Love Got to do With it Angela Basset Laurence Fishbourne
10 Crooklyn Isiah Washingtpn Alfre Woodard
11. Why did I Get Married and why did I I married too Tyler Perry Janet Jackson ( the 2nd one Janet was filming when she found out Michael passed away. She really uses the emotions from finding that out in some of the scenes.
Sorry I gave you a whole list but I couldn't pick just one.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you have a good day.
Tired of being on the road lonely like a sparrow in the rain 🥲🥲🥲
First time watching your channel. It was a real pleasure. Keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
I believe that the prison is located in the state of Louisiana. The warden has a map of the state on his office wall in one of the scenes (13:37). Also, Eduard "Del" Delacroix is a Louisiana Cajun (Same as my ancestors). You can tell by his thick Cajun accent.
Lobster, steak, and baked potatoe for me
Never go wrong with some form of a potato!! 🤣
@@WhatsTeeWatchinEver wonder how people said, ah this grows in the ground let's eat it. There's gotta be a million stories of early people trying the wrong stuff
Yes definitely a classic.
Michael Clarke Duncan (RIP) was HUGE, but I read somewhere that they cinematically exaggerated his size for dramatic effect. But I sure wouldn’t wanna mess with him!
The film they are watching is called Top Hat and stars Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. You should see at least one of their films.
Tynia, you finally cried. You do have pulse! Please react to "Shawshank Redemption" Thank me later.
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Hey Tynia, this was my first time watching one of your reactions and I really enjoyed it. Sam Rockwell (Billy the Kid-Wild Billy) is a great actor. You oughta check him out in Jojo Rabbit or Mr. Right.
Another great movie that everyone overlooks is Only The Brave with Josh Brolin and Miles Teller. All those movies are great and you'll really enjoy them. Check them out if you haven't seen them.
Thank you Dave!! I’ll def look into it , hope you check out some others :)
Great reaction. Only 1 critic. When you saw John watch the flicker show and didn't realize why Paul had to leave when they played it in the retirement hm. Awesome though
1. YOU WILL CRY😭😭😭😭
2. Dabbs Greer/old Paul was ill during production, so his part was done later. He also played Reverend Alden on "Little House on the Prairie".
3. Hammersmith was not a good lawyer. (most likely a racial thing. It was 1935 South.)
4. In the book King briefly covers why the Chief and Del are on death row.
5. This movie was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (MCD)😇 and Best Cast but unfortunately neither won.😭😭
6. Players in other King adaptations: Jeffery DeMunn: Shawshank Redemption, The Mist,
Storm of the Century and William Sadler: Shawshank Redemption, The Mist. David Morse: The Langoliers. Patricia Clarkson played Margarat White in King's remake of Carrie". Needless to say, it was a much different part.
7. Goof: Electricity makes the body contract. Del wouldn't be able to scream. I know it' just for the movie because of the length of the execution scene.
8. IRL James Cromwell is a vegan and didn't want to grill meat for the BBQ scene but
was told that in 1935 people actually ate meat so he agreed to have some on the grill.
9. RE Percy: Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. KARMA's a Bitch. BTW Kudos to Doug Hutchison for the great job of playing Percy.👌EVERYONE hates him.
10. John also rescues the other patients at Briar Ridge.
11. IRL both David Morse and James Cromwell are about the same height as Michael Clark Duncan (RIP). They used planks, a small bed and smaller chair along with trick photography/angles to make John look taller.
12 The scene where John takes Mr. Jingles for safe keeping before Del's execution, they used a real mouse, and it pooped on Paul's shoulder, and he brushed it off.
13. Now we know what the "day old is fine" dry toast is for.
14 EVERYBODY cries and has to take time to reflect. Congratulations you just experienced.
the GREATEST MOVIE EVER. (GOAT)
15. 4 words for you: Stephen King. You're WELCOME!
I’m a new subbie ❤ Two quick things: 2:59 an old movie suggestion, the oldest GOOD movie I know of is 1933 King Kong. I’ve watched at least once a year since the 1970s. 💯And 29:10 I Googled lightning bugs/Fire Flys last month, they are going extinct in North America 😢
OMGG!!! I know I wasn’t losing my mind. I didn’t even think to google 😂
Jesus also died for something he didn't do. Deep tie in there. Stephen King!
Great reaction ❤️
Please consider watching "The Shawshank Redemption" - the best Stephen King adaptation and perhaps the best prison movie
One of the best films, together with Titanic it becomes very sad
As someone that has been involuntarily committed on a 72 hour hold for psychiatric reasons, I give you my blessing to say loony bin.
I read this book first and even in the beginning when old Paul is telling the story but then its back in the 40s when he worked at the prison i ha to go back and forth like “what time is it supposed to be now and how old is he??” I grew up watching Dabs Greer on Little House reruns and was old then so seeing he was still alive to make this movie i just sat back and said to myself “perfect casting”
"Bringing up baby"(comedy) is an awesome black and white movie that i grew up with. I'm only 35, but my parents introduced me to some great classics that i appreciate a lot more now that I'm older. One that makes you cry is "to kill a mocking bird"(based on the book) and another "the biscuit eater"(not the 70's version i believe it was the late 30s or early 40s)
I just found you today and wow, you are a gem reactor! Also absolutely gorgeous! Greetings from Finland.
Wow, thank you so much! Hope you come back for more 💜✨
I just watched your reaction and enjoyed it....I hope things go well for you...good luck
Thank you for supporting !
"They don't have a bathroom in the house?"
Indoor plumbing existed during rhe Great Depression, but only the rich could afford it. Working-class folks like Paul were more likely to have an outhouse instead.
Can you review Shawshank Redemption. You will love it. Same director. Another Steven Spielberg movie.
Stephen King movie…
Last meal an all meat lasagna some good cheese bread and soda pop or coffee to drink. Potatoes wedges deep fried on the side.
That’s a gooooooddddd one !!! I didn’t even think about a drink 😂 I love how everyone picked some form of potato on the side too
Just gotta salt and cracked pepper all that shit tho. You a real one keep fuckin up this game Hun. Always a joy to watch
Can't have a good meal without potatoes as an Italian lasagna a must. My uncle be pissed I ain't say that to lol and u can enjoy the drink slow stretch it out with a hot cup of coffee
A very good film to watch, based on a true story, is hacksaw ridge, you should consider reacting to that, no spoiler, but you will need tissues again
life span for mice is 5 to 7 years
I thought it was only two.
Now you should watch Shawshank Redemption.
Amazing!!
I think I would choose Jamaican food as my last meal: curry goat, rice and peas, cabbage, and a beef patty. Also, a slice of cheesecake for dessert
Very good reaction!!! keep at it!
I would suggest Saving Private Ryan. It's another really good movie with Tom Hanks
Its on my list for sure !
John and Wild Bill BOTH feeli Del’s execution, but their responses are the polar opposites of good and evil.
Hold up, madam. To be fair, Mr. Jingles is a mouse, not a rat! 😆
I apologize! LOL BTW you were the nicest person to translate that too me in the comments everyone else is yelling at me 😂
Now you MUST watch another Frank Darabont adaptation of a Stephen King story - The Shawshank Redemption. Another prison movie but very different from The Green Mile.
Mice typically live for about 1 to 4 years max so for Mr. jingles to be alive nearly 60 years later man said he has lived multiple lifetimes for hey mouse.
Just so you know David Morse is a tall man who works as the white haired guard on the block named brutal. Once David was offered a role to do a steamy sex scene with an actress but considering his views he decided to give up the movie because he really loves his wife and did not want to do the scene he felt a sex scene was something he just didn't want to do. I appreciate his views and personal morality. David Morse has been in a lot of movies usually playing the bad guys or heavies. He is a very good actor. I respect his personal views.
title - 'first time watching'
video - 'ive seen this before'
Good Catch. Stay away from Me.
Women couldn't even get a credit card in their own name without their husband's permission until the 70s. And I'm surprised that you didn't know that back in those days women for their husbands property. Women did not have bodily autonomy until the 70s
Since you liked that one if you haven't heard of it yet check out the movie called Powder.
Yes Tynia, he's feeding a very tiny horse 😂😂😂😂
She looks brand spankin new! Hahah this reaction was awesome
lol thank you!!!!😊
Queen you are gorgeous. Easy beauty and awe inspiring. I love your height, by the way. Positive vibes and blessings
Timeline, 1930’s, no penicillin, most homes had no bathrooms yet. Drs only talked to men, husbands owned thier wives.
Watch another Stephen King adaptation set in a prison, said to be one of the greatest movies ever made, the Shawshank Redemption; it has Morgan Freeman alongside Tim Robbins as the main character
Same writers directors producers and many actors also in Shawshank! U have to admit, the best actors in this were the ones u hated most! And Del....did he torment Percy and bring that on himself? Would Percy have cooked him, if Del didn't make fun of him? U said Catch 22...That happens to be a genius surreal melodrama comedy set during ww2, with a ton of great up and coming actors for the day!
what is that opening beat you use anyways? relaxin
MUST SEE ‘GARDENS OF STONE’ ace movies 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
My last meal fish and chips lol. I am a British girl I love fish and chips.
😮😮😮...I've watched this movie dozens of times, Ive watched dozens of reactions to it but it NEVER came up that they should have taken her to him..😮😮😂..wow.
Fried catfish, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, cole slaw, hot water cornbread.
Nowwww that is a meal!!!!!! Love it
At that time there was nothing a doctor could do. It was before antibiotics were invented.
Ohhhhhhhhh
35:30 my last meal would 100% be goat meat pepper soup to start, okra soup with semolina, and some jollof rice (Nigerian, of course) and then a big side of tuna and yellow tail sashimi with wasabi and ginger, and hot sake. Done, satisfied - hook me up and cook me.
I'm 60! I still get Misty watching this! You can be WEEPY, BOO HOO Over this one! It's Ok! No Judgment! Everyone WEEPS at this!! Just Like Everyone HATES PERCY! & That Piece of 💩 Wild Billy! Great Movie 🎥!!
John Coffey and Jesus Christ are correlated. He performed miracles and died for their sins, plus he has the same initials. The whole movie is an allegory for Jesus. Tom Hanks is literally the Roman Solider that pierced Jesus but became a devout believer afterwards
The point of doing a rehearsal, is that this is a very serious event, and it your humane duty to make sue that the executions goes of as smoothly and painlessly as possible, even back then. If you don’t practice, you increase the of risk screw ups. And nobody wants that.
Well, nobody except Percy.
Watch ANY Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies and Gene Kelly movies, specially Singing in the Rain! I'll also throw in Jerry Lewis. He was a huge comedy talent! But he also wrote produced directed and acted everything he did plus his own choreography! Watch a few shorts of him here. Type in Jerry Lewis typewriter, Jerry Lewis coming down the stairs, Jerry Lewis yelling in the bosses office, Jerry Lewis music instruments in the kitchen! I personally think Eddie Murphy was a huge fan of his, and copied him as much as possible. Eddie's fat professor movie, was based on Jerry Lewis movie, the Nutty Professor!
@user-us5pv8zw3z true, I was kinda focused on movies with lots of dance.
Mosquito spray trucks killed them off
I THINK IT'S CALLED 'Casablanca' FRO 1942. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II.
Cuz back then they didn't have penicillin etc like that
Please watch and react to john wick 2014 especially the baba yaga segment it explains whom john wick is
So you understand in the 1930s not everybody had access to indoor plumbing yet specially, in rural areas as for the tumor thing well his wife was a woman so therefore doctors won’t tell her anything they’ll tell her husband because back then the husband controlled everything You have to remember that back then women didn’t really have as many rights as they do now
I Read yhat Bitter Buck killed someone in a bar over a pair of boots..not sure of the full details
Yes It was a bar fight over a pair of boots. Eduard Delacroix had raped and murdered a teenage girl and set her body on fire to hide the crime. The fire spread to an apartment complex and 6 more (I believe) people including 2 children died. John Koffe was the only truly nice person on death row.
Old movies, black and white movies, are great. The biggest challenge for a modern audience, aside from the old time technology, is the lack of diversity. It's almost entirely white guys. That said, they managed to tell some good stories.
Oh, and the movie was called Top Hat
I can make some recs if you would like
He’s a mouse. Not a rat!!!!!!
Don't yell.. yessss he is a mouse (sorry)