"I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...every day. There's too much of it."
I'm right here, now, too. I'm really tired of the cruelty and ugliness that has infected us. I miss the days of my youth, when you could trust, respect and admire people. When you wanted the best for people, not try to find a weakness to exploit them. Very good quote.
I can confidently say stephen king is up there with some of the best writers in history for this 😭 done a great job of putting him self in the mind of that character and his mental state, to make it sound like it was him talking. Well done 👏🏼
David Morse is such a criminally unknown actor; he played Brutal perfectly. The character had a calm confidence, not feeling the need to prove anything to anyone. He could've run that block himself, but he respected Paul's authority and was a perfect right hand man. Such a great character that could've gotten lost with the wrong actor.
Will Fly if you’re a fan of David Morse, you should check out The Negotiator, also Hack and season 3 of House M.D, I happen to think David Morse is a very good actor myself
For a guy named "Brutal," he sure loves to jump to the defense of anybody he holds regard for, including the prisoners on his watch. I love him, but his name has always felt very ironic to me.
It is ironic. Paul Edgecomb discusses it in the book, how good natured and gentle he was considering his name and that he was probably the best of all the guards.
I love how EVERYONE who watches this movie, within 30 seconds of meeting Percy, they dislike him. Two minutes later, they hate him. And two minutes after that, they are willing to personally dig his grave and stuff him in it.
He was a despicable character, but that’s a great job by the actor (name?) to get the audience manifest those feelings. He walked the fine line between not unlikeable enough and being viewed like a cartoon character. Well done!
@@robertlee6373 Doug Hutchinson. Reminded me of Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in GoT. You've got to be that convincing, or the writing the good (likely both), to make the audience want to jump through the screen and strangle you.
Yeah, when Natalie said she'd be ok if he just left the job, I was thinking the same thing. It wouldn't fix the problem...it's just pawning the problem off on someone else.
Those early century mental hospitals were the worst kinds of hell. Understaffed and full to the brim with the sick and disturbed. Percy would have blended right in and abused the patients without any repocussions.
Honestly, if you think about it, he's the nephew of the governor, but he's working in a prison. Granted, he's a sociopath, so he enjoys attacking prisoners, but the fact that he isn't in a minor political office is probably because his own family pawned him off on the prison to keep him out of trouble.
As someone who gets kidney stones, I can attest that the scene where Hanks urinates after his UTI is cured is dead on accurate. There is no better feeling.
I’d argue the movie is just slightly better due to the inclusion of the “I’m in heaven” addition. The book includes a bit more about Coffeys inability to untie the lunch to get the sausage to kill the dog. I LOVE the novel but this film is near perfect.
There were parts either changed or removed that really add to the story. I don't know how much Natalie likes to read but I'd urge her to read this or listen to the audio book(unabridged).
@@rousrouslan4023 The end is when the movie makes me cry, most of the film i can handle with something fell to my eye etc. but the end too much. But its a nice scene a not that bad end.
@@tadpoleaxe using the initials JC to signify a Christ character is almost a trope... until you remember it’s Stephen King and he probably was among the first to do so. 😂 And yes. RIP Michael. He was a gentle giant in life too.
I have never ugly cried the way I did when I first watched John Coffey's death. I literally had to pause the movie and bawl my eyes out on my fiancée's lap for a good minute.
Crazy, this scene was so well built up. Add the cinematography and music score, and we have no choice but to cry ugly. Funny how no one ever comments on Harry Dean Stanton's performance as the convict doing Arlen's execution rehearsal, "Cause I'm one horny MF". Please react to "Repoman" (1984). This is one hilarious, oddball film, showcasing Harry Dean at is finest! You'll love it!
So I have, officially, fallen down the rabbit hole of watching The Green Mile reactions because I LOVE all the comments the reactors make about Percy! 😂
Similar comments could be made about the actor who played Percy. He married a 17 year old model he’d been grooming for a few years when he was in his 50s.
What makes The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption the best two adaptations of King's works comes down to six main reasons: 1. Writer/Director Frank Darabont 2. Exceptional casting and acting 3. Impeccable period art direction 4. Gorgeous cinematography 5. Awesome score and sound design and most importantly... 6. An incredibly faithful adaptation of King's narrative to the script.
I'm a big King fan, but I have to say that in this case, the film is better than the books. Granted, the books were kind of an experiment, and King even says in the author's notes that there are problems with the serial that he might've changed had the story been published originally as a novel.
I stand by the statement that the more I hate a character, the better the actor is that is portraying them. Sam and the actor playing Percy did amazing work in this movie.
“Tough” doesn’t matter. It’s completely healthy to react to artwork that invokes sadness. We gotta make it normal to have a good cry when a movie is SO WELL ACTED that it brings you to tears. That shit matters, and it doesn’t make you or any other “TOUGH” man any less because of it. Feel things while you can. That’s my opinion:)
Old Toot Toot (the guy who stood in for the prisoner on execution rehearsals) was a prisoner but he was a trustee which was a prisoner usually in for a lesser sentence who performed various tasks for the prison to gain privileges not allowed for the other inmates.
"I'm just gonna be crying, this whole movie." Yep, you're right Natalie. I've watched this film at least a dozen times and I still can't make it through several scenes without choking up. You'd never think that a film based on a Stephen King novel could evoke this kind of emotion.
Me (at the start): "Cool! Natalie's chosen 'The Green Mile' to react to? Excellent. This time I'm not going to cry!" Me (at the end, cleaning my glasses, and blowing my nose): "Dammit!!" Thanks Natalie!!
When Michael Clarke Duncan went to the Academy Awards, I started crying all over again when they interviewed him on the red carpet and he was so excited and happy to be there. Then I cried again when he won. Great actor, great man.
@@miketrujillo3677 if you remember when he grabbed Tom Hanks hand it showed that Billy was the one that killed the girls after he kidnapped them while he worked there where they lived
If memory serves, in the book Del set a fire to cover a robbery and several people died in the fire including a child. One of the great things about this movie is despite what he's done to earn his place on death row they get people to like Del and pull for him.
As a 30-year-old man, I haven't laughed and teared up by myself in a while. Kind of a good release. Thanks, Natalie, for the joy you bring your audience.
It's a beautiful line but imagine if they had actually met him somewhere else.. They would probably just have seen him as everyone else did. A giant black guy with some mental difficulties and wouldn't have cared one bit about him.. It took the forced aspect for them to see him how he truly was
Every person in this movie is unreal. Every performance perfect. Michael Clarke Duncan gave a performance for the ages, and from all I've heard he was an absolute gift to the world, RIP. Everybody cries with this one, doesn't matter WHO you are.
Yup. Great casting, fantastic directing and flawless acting throughout. Even Harry Dean Stanton has his moment in the tiny role he had. RIP Harry. One of the greatest supporting actors ever. (Even though he was said to be impossible to work with.)
@Gadgetman Indeed. But then, that's the point. Coffey needed the connection more directly, because the issues on earth were overwhelming. He couldn't be healed the way he healed others.
It is amusing that Nat says Jesus Christ so many times watching these movies, but didn't make the jump to "J"ohn "C"offey, as King has confirmed he was to represent the second coming.
Yes! I was thinking about commenting this but was looking for someone who had maybe done it first It's been so interesting watching her reaction to back to back Christ figure characters
When this book was originally released it was broken down into a serial with 6 novellas. That explains the meandering type story arcs. This was also one of the first books that brought tears to my eyes when they put the sack over John's head. Even tho I was aware of that scene just to see it on the screen was like a experiencing it for the first time.
While Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan & Sam Rockwell are rightfully highlighted for their performances in this movie I think every actor on screen deserves credit for their part in grounding in reality what is, in essence, a fantasy story. I can't help but get fully engrossed whenever I watch this movie, no matter my usual cynical tendencies.
David Morse as "Brutal"; his character reminded me a lot of Russel Crowe's character in LA Confidential, a person who does the right thing almost all the time.
Michael Jeter deserves so much praise as well! I know Del is over the top in everything, but it's just so perfectly over the top, just like his role in Fisher King.
It's interesting to have Green Mile and Shawshank as companion pieces. Both are very emotional films; The Green Mile has a lot of fun and heart but leaves you with a bit of sadness at the end while Shawshank is laced with mental and physical brutality throughout but at the end it's full of hope.
Leading up to the infamous "no spong" scene, I was extremely worried for Natalie :X that is not an easy scene to watch for just about anybody, let alone her lol bless you, Nat
There’s a theme that comes up in multiple Stephen King stories about people who have a special gift, the gift to Shine. John Coffey used that gift for good. There’s also a very popular story about the dark side of it and hopefully you’ll react to The Shining soon.
It's funny how many reactors to 'The Green Mile' start out saying that they know it's adapted from Stephen King, but then they are surprised when it turns supernatural.
I wanna say Coffey is mentioned in the Dark Tower series but I can't remember for sure. A popular theory is that Coffey has a form of the Shining, but again I can't remember if that's confirmed in King's work.
Because they're not expecting the curve ball. King took a simple story and turned it on it's head. And that's what we want as an audience, we want to be surprised, to not know what's going to happen next, and because of that our minds are open and alert, because it's different, but keeping things real and within the possible. Even in the ending it's mirrored, John Coffey sentenced to death, and the guard sentenced to life, to outlive everyone in his own special jail, his own body. A two-sided kindness. A little horror, snuck in at the end, subtly.
@@ghostofyourmom I never saw it as the Shining, but that John Coffey, initials JC, is a re-incarnation of Jesus Christ. To me, it is a: "If God came back how would we treat him" story. The scars on his back are implied that he was born a slave and therefore long lived. He was persecuted for existing. He performed miracles. He sought to punish "the bad men" like God. He willingly dies And since I believe in "The Curse of the Roman Centurion" who speared Jesus in the side... Paul fits in too.
I haven't even started it yet, and I already know this is going to hit her hard. She gets into a good emotional movie and feels it. Love that she can appreciate the emotional rollercoaster a movie puts you through, when the movie is well made.
'The Green mile' and 'The Shawshank redemption' both have the same epic author & director team, Steven King & Frank Darabont. They did three films together that are incredible the last one being 'The Mist'. A truly unforgettable experience.
I first watched this film at 9 years old, and Del’s execution scene literally traumatized me. it still makes me violently sob to this day at almost 18 years old. it’s absolutely tragic and vile and sickening and breaks my heart. I was so concerned for you when i saw this pop up in my recommended LOL because i know how horrible something like that can be to watch, and i know how kindhearted you are. but i’m glad you got to experience this film, it’s truly a great one :)
I feel a strange sort of commraderie with you because while all the other kids were traumatized by chucky or Jason or Freddie etc; this movie TRAUMATIZED me as a child. I'm still terrified of getting electroctocuted.
It's traumatizing regardless of age. The guy literally fried and suffered long through the whole experience. Even Percy was too frightened to behold his handiwork. Rewatched it today and it still gives me the shivers.
His horror fiction unfortunately suffers from mediocre endings in many cases. Even King has admitted to this, and famously noted that he preferred the theatrical ending of The Mist versus the original novel's.
@@trumphatesyou The Stand is probably my biggest gripe for King's story endings. Such a fantastic tapestry of storytelling and multiple character developments to only end with a literal "Deus ex Machina".
The director, Frank Darabont, who also directed "Shawshank" once joked he has a monopoly on Stephen King prison movies. He directed another Stephen King story "The Mist," an intense horror movie which will leave you in a state of shock by the time it ends. King, himself, said Darabont's re-write of a certain scene was better than his own.
As much as I love Darabont's adaptations of King, including The Mist, I almost hope she doesn't watch it. Saw it in the theater and have never been able to watch it again because it just left me emotionally spent.
Sam Rockwell always brings the A game wherever he's cast. Speaking of, if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend "Seven Psychopaths," wherein Sam also appears.
Just remember that when John Coffey was found wailing holding those two dead girls he was feeling their collective pain from what they'd been through, like when he absorbed Dale's pain during the spongeless execution. He had absorbed it but not enough to save them.
Stephen King is just an amazing writer and having reading this book i can say it's one of the best adaptations of his work. I hope you can do more of him in the future! There's so many to choose from but I would recommend Misery to start with, it's an old film but so worth it
I've watched a fair few reactions to this movie recently and yours affected me most of all. I always enjoy your personality and how much you laugh and joke during your reactions so the whole middle part of this video and especially 18:33 "there's no water in the sponge" was just heartbreaking. It's a great movie and one of my favorite of your reactions so far, really excellent work.
If I have a cold or am stuffed up, I will literally just watch the last 40 minutes or so of this movie, starting with the "danger of hell" scene, and that gets me crying every single time.
When this was posted, I postponed watching the reaction until I had taken time to see the movie. I bawled my eyes out.😭 Then I came here immediately to watch the reaction and bawl my eyes out again.😩 One of my new all time favorite movies.
Natalie, I'm pretty sure back in those days doctors would tell the husband bad news like that so they could be the one to deliver the bad news to their wife.
That time is basically where the phrase "give it to me straight, doc" comes from. Nowadays doctors _have_ to tell a patient if there's something seriously wrong with you.
Yeah, even in the 80's the doctors left it up to the family whether they wanted the dying to know or not, because there is a chance they might stop fighting if they know.
I'm Brazilian, and I don't know much about English, but I love her channel, she's very charismatic, for the first time I saw her, I thought she was Brazilian, her smile is wonderful, and it infects anyone!!!
Interesting thing: John Coffey's intial being JC for a reason, and the end of his journey involved being persecuted for crimes he didn't commit, being loved by only a few who knew him best, and the ability to heal. Kinda mirrors someone else's story.....a very popular story from another "good book." (wink nudge)
Also it's barely showed in the movie through John's scars on his back, but in the book it's actually explicit that John is pretty much... 500 years old at least. Just like Paul's life lasts longer by the end of the movie, John's life was very long, which kinda explains his tiredness at the end of the movie better.
Now you just need to see Stand By Me to complete the Stephen King non-horror amazing films trifecta (starring Richard Dryfus and a young Keifer Sutherland).
EFF! I can't even watch people react to this movie without tearing up myself. I take pride in the fact that I'm a no nonsense burly blacksmith, but I have to watch this reaction in the dark after bedtime so nobody will catch me crying lol.
John's death will go down in history as the most emotionally impact full deaths captured on screen. When he saw his first movie made me cry uncontrollably
The book is absolutely amazing. I remember reading it on a bus on my way to college and audibly gasping at a certain part and people looking at me like I was strange
Except for a few parts when Paul was an old man, the movie is SO accurate to the book. Not to mention that it literally seems as though the characters were written specifically for the cast. This, Shawshank and Misery are definitely King’s best movies in my opinion ✨
Tom Hanks seems to pee in a lot of his movies: 1) Green Mile - during and after his UTI 2) Apollo 13 - demonstrating the urination mechanism in the Apollo space capsule 3) League of their Own - the long pee in the team's change room 4) Forrest Gump - at the White House after drinking so many Dr Peppers 5) Castaway
Back when Cracked was good, they did an After Hours where they point out Tom Hanks likes making people watch him pee for some reason. It's a whole thing.
My friend and I both cried watching this movie and my friend's girlfriend laughed at us. She later explained it was a nervous laughter though. Her way of coping.
Women tend to be very emotionally effected when they see men crying so they will say or do dumb shit to cope with it. Also, never trust a woman who says she's OK with men crying.
You wanted to know if the movie followed the book, and I can tell you with confidence that it's almost scene-for-scene faithful to the book. It's very VERY accurate. Stephen King is a genius.
Natalie... I have seen many of your reviews & you are amazingly intuitive. The 1st time I saw this movie it freaked me out too; but once it's brought to light that John Coffey has/had empathic abilities, the story becomes all the more tragic. 😢😢😢 Such incredible storytelling.
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I honestly don’t know anyone who didn’t cry during this movie. Michael Clarke Duncan was simply incredible
I concur
I’ve watched the movie 10+ times over the years and I tear’d up watching her reaction.
i did not. it liked the movie but no tears.
@@frost1977 well I dont know u so the original comment is still valid, for me anyways
I didn't.
I did enjoy it, and I don't know why.
"I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...every day. There's too much of it."
I'm right here, now, too. I'm really tired of the cruelty and ugliness that has infected us. I miss the days of my youth, when you could trust, respect and admire people. When you wanted the best for people, not try to find a weakness to exploit them. Very good quote.
One of my favorite quotes ever.
I felt that when he said this. Always feel it💯👊🏽
I can confidently say stephen king is up there with some of the best writers in history for this 😭 done a great job of putting him self in the mind of that character and his mental state, to make it sound like it was him talking. Well done 👏🏼
John Coffey - It's like pieces of glass in my head , can't you understand boss?
Paul Edgecomb- I understand John.
David Morse is such a criminally unknown actor; he played Brutal perfectly. The character had a calm confidence, not feeling the need to prove anything to anyone. He could've run that block himself, but he respected Paul's authority and was a perfect right hand man. Such a great character that could've gotten lost with the wrong actor.
He’s been great in every single thing I’ve ever seen him in.
Will Fly if you’re a fan of David Morse, you should check out The Negotiator, also Hack and season 3 of House M.D, I happen to think David Morse is a very good actor myself
David Morse started out on the amazing TV series St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988.
Also as George Washington in John Adams.
Hw as also good in The Rock.
"I sure wish I couldve met you guys somewhere else" always makes me tear up no matter how many times I watch this film, so amazing
Brutal is such a favourite. He’s just had Paul’s back on everything, never questioned
Brutal is the homie every good man deserves
For a guy named "Brutal," he sure loves to jump to the defense of anybody he holds regard for, including the prisoners on his watch. I love him, but his name has always felt very ironic to me.
It is ironic. Paul Edgecomb discusses it in the book, how good natured and gentle he was considering his name and that he was probably the best of all the guards.
I love how EVERYONE who watches this movie, within 30 seconds of meeting Percy, they dislike him. Two minutes later, they hate him. And two minutes after that, they are willing to personally dig his grave and stuff him in it.
You couldn’t describe it better. Although I would first give him a well deserved right hook before stuffing him in his grave
Even the most non-violent conscientious objector types end up saying "You go murder him, and I'll swear in court we were at my place eating pizza...".
He was a despicable character, but that’s a great job by the actor (name?) to get the audience manifest those feelings. He walked the fine line between not unlikeable enough and being viewed like a cartoon character. Well done!
@@robertlee6373 Doug Hutchinson. Reminded me of Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in GoT. You've got to be that convincing, or the writing the good (likely both), to make the audience want to jump through the screen and strangle you.
We shouldn't forget to hate Wild Bill as well.
Much like John Coffey, Michael Clark Duncan was a gift the world didn't deserve, and we were lucky to have him to entertain us for the time we did.
Amen
Don't you put that Evil on me, Ricky Bobby!!
..Sorry thought I'd lighten the mood a little.
"You must dominate the Swordfish, only then can you saute it." -MCD.
He should have won the Oscar.
John Coffey = J.C kinda like Jesus Christ
Honestly Percy had to be stopped. Can you imagine how he would have tortured the patients in the mental hospital?
Having worked at a mental institution... I agree with you 100%
Yeah, when Natalie said she'd be ok if he just left the job, I was thinking the same thing. It wouldn't fix the problem...it's just pawning the problem off on someone else.
Those early century mental hospitals were the worst kinds of hell. Understaffed and full to the brim with the sick and disturbed. Percy would have blended right in and abused the patients without any repocussions.
Honestly, if you think about it, he's the nephew of the governor, but he's working in a prison. Granted, he's a sociopath, so he enjoys attacking prisoners, but the fact that he isn't in a minor political office is probably because his own family pawned him off on the prison to keep him out of trouble.
These kind of men are better off dead than alive.
As someone who gets kidney stones, I can attest that the scene where Hanks urinates after his UTI is cured is dead on accurate. There is no better feeling.
This movie is one of the most faithful adaptations of a novel that I've ever seen. I'd say this movie is about 90% of what's in the book.
Game of thrones season 1 is page for page if you ever feel like looking at another adaptation
I’d argue the movie is just slightly better due to the inclusion of the “I’m in heaven” addition. The book includes a bit more about Coffeys inability to untie the lunch to get the sausage to kill the dog. I LOVE the novel but this film is near perfect.
There were parts either changed or removed that really add to the story. I don't know how much Natalie likes to read but I'd urge her to read this or listen to the audio book(unabridged).
One of the most emotionally exhausting movies ever made.
@@luis4722 Hachi: A Dog's Tale when i most cried
@@rousrouslan4023 don't mention that movie. I can't keep myself from tears
@@rousrouslan4023 I've never cried so much in my entire life.
@@luis4722 yes she needs to watch that as well
@@rousrouslan4023 The end is when the movie makes me cry, most of the film i can handle with something fell to my eye etc. but the end too much. But its a nice scene a not that bad end.
"John Coffey. Like the drink, only not spelt the same" - R.I.P Michael Clarke Duncan 💛
No, not spelled the same at all.
@@KS-xk2so Interesting initials for someone with magical powers though.
@@tadpoleaxe using the initials JC to signify a Christ character is almost a trope... until you remember it’s Stephen King and he probably was among the first to do so. 😂
And yes. RIP Michael. He was a gentle giant in life too.
Natalie: "I think this will be a much more grounded movie.."
Stephen King: "...and I took that personally."
Haha! I read that in Morgan Freeman's voice.
A grounded movie! Was that a coffee joke?!
@@TheLadyLuck523 ROTFLMAO!
I have never ugly cried the way I did when I first watched John Coffey's death. I literally had to pause the movie and bawl my eyes out on my fiancée's lap for a good minute.
Crazy, this scene was so well built up. Add the cinematography and music score, and we have no choice but to cry ugly. Funny how no one ever comments on Harry Dean Stanton's performance as the convict doing Arlen's execution rehearsal, "Cause I'm one horny MF". Please react to "Repoman" (1984). This is one hilarious, oddball film, showcasing Harry Dean at is finest! You'll love it!
So I have, officially, fallen down the rabbit hole of watching The Green Mile reactions because I LOVE all the comments the reactors make about Percy! 😂
Similar comments could be made about the actor who played Percy. He married a 17 year old model he’d been grooming for a few years when he was in his 50s.
What makes The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption the best two adaptations of King's works comes down to six main reasons:
1. Writer/Director Frank Darabont
2. Exceptional casting and acting
3. Impeccable period art direction
4. Gorgeous cinematography
5. Awesome score and sound design
and most importantly...
6. An incredibly faithful adaptation of King's narrative to the script.
I'm a big King fan, but I have to say that in this case, the film is better than the books. Granted, the books were kind of an experiment, and King even says in the author's notes that there are problems with the serial that he might've changed had the story been published originally as a novel.
"I also see that Sam Rockwell is in the movie, and I love him"
Wellllllll, you won't love him in this, which adds to how great of an actor he is
saw him for the first time ever as Justin hammer
He is an underrated actor
Sam Rockwell is a top-notch creepy greaseball in every performance.
I stand by the statement that the more I hate a character, the better the actor is that is portraying them. Sam and the actor playing Percy did amazing work in this movie.
@@christopherlundgren1700 Not in Galaxy Quest. He was a nice guy in that.
@@aaronembry9692 He is hysterical in that film.
"IS THERE AIR?! YOU DON'T KNOW!"
This one brings the toughest to tears, Natalie should bring a bucket
TRUE!
Absolutely. I almost never cry, but this movie makes me a blubbering mess sometimes.
“Tough” doesn’t matter. It’s completely healthy to react to artwork that invokes sadness. We gotta make it normal to have a good cry when a movie is SO WELL ACTED that it brings you to tears.
That shit matters, and it doesn’t make you or any other “TOUGH” man any less because of it.
Feel things while you can. That’s my opinion:)
Yup everytime
And some all over the little mouse
Old Toot Toot (the guy who stood in for the prisoner on execution rehearsals) was a prisoner but he was a trustee which was a prisoner usually in for a lesser sentence who performed various tasks for the prison to gain privileges not allowed for the other inmates.
"I'm just gonna be crying, this whole movie." Yep, you're right Natalie. I've watched this film at least a dozen times and I still can't make it through several scenes without choking up. You'd never think that a film based on a Stephen King novel could evoke this kind of emotion.
I've. Watched. It. Dozens. Of..times.. Still. Makes. Me. Cry.
I choked up watching this review
what? have you read a stephen king novel?
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan. His acting in this movie was amazing and was truly worth a watch to appreciate.
He in hebben now.
"Catch me if you can" is another Tom Hanks movie I love.
Great movie. I also love Road to Perdition.
I love: cast away, spr, Forrest gump ,Apollo 13
@@rohanalias9053 All great movies. Apollo 13 is an all time classic. I hope we get a reaction for that.
@@Do0msday yeah I want cast away the most tho...yes I'll be still extremely happy with Apollo 13
I'm ok with any Tom Hanks movie. I'll even be good with The Burbs haha. I love him as an actor.
"sometimes the green mile seems so long." 21 years ago i saw this movie, and time has not dulled it's effect.
Natalie: I was expecting a straight forward realistic story!
Rest of us: Have you never read a Stephen King book?!
shawshank was also written by stephen king
@@zevo9314 Even Shawshank, which is grounded in reality (I mean it has no supernatural elements), is unrealistic...
@@lionlyons not supernaturally unrealistic though.
Misery is another realistic(ish) King story.
What movie is realistic? I’m not sure I have ever seen one.
@@lionlyons , unrealistic? You do realize people have escaped prison before you know…..
Me (at the start): "Cool! Natalie's chosen 'The Green Mile' to react to? Excellent. This time I'm not going to cry!"
Me (at the end, cleaning my glasses, and blowing my nose): "Dammit!!"
Thanks Natalie!!
I've never seen Natalie hate someone as much as she hated Percy in this movie.
And I totally understand why.
Joffrey bro, Joffrey
@@weswesyall2827 ohhh I hated him with a passion. Jack Gleeson did a fantastic job playing the role
@@amandacogger3075 where you from??
@@weswesyall2827 I'm from England
Boss Percy a bad man.
"I've mostly seen Tom Hanks in more light hearted films"
Philadelphia sighs and walks away holding it's Oscar
When Michael Clarke Duncan went to the Academy Awards, I started crying all over again when they interviewed him on the red carpet and he was so excited and happy to be there. Then I cried again when he won. Great actor, great man.
Michael Caine won best supporting actor that year.
He lost his bid for his first Oscar
It says he wong guys idk what ur talking about
@@miketrujillo3677 if you remember when he grabbed Tom Hanks hand it showed that Billy was the one that killed the girls after he kidnapped them while he worked there where they lived
If memory serves, in the book Del set a fire to cover a robbery and several people died in the fire including a child. One of the great things about this movie is despite what he's done to earn his place on death row they get people to like Del and pull for him.
You are so sensitive and honest with what happens to you. it's a beautiful thing to see.
Keep shining
As a 30-year-old man, I haven't laughed and teared up by myself in a while. Kind of a good release. Thanks, Natalie, for the joy you bring your audience.
That's what He Said!
"I sure wish I could've met you guys somewheres else."
Goddammit, that line gets me every time.
It's a beautiful line but imagine if they had actually met him somewhere else.. They would probably just have seen him as everyone else did. A giant black guy with some mental difficulties and wouldn't have cared one bit about him.. It took the forced aspect for them to see him how he truly was
@@danishprince2760 Possibly. But that line came from Del, not John.
@@robpegler6545 You're absolutely right, I completely misremembered :D
Every person in this movie is unreal. Every performance perfect. Michael Clarke Duncan gave a performance for the ages, and from all I've heard he was an absolute gift to the world, RIP. Everybody cries with this one, doesn't matter WHO you are.
Yup. Great casting, fantastic directing and flawless acting throughout. Even Harry Dean Stanton has his moment in the tiny role he had.
RIP Harry. One of the greatest supporting actors ever. (Even though he was said to be impossible to work with.)
MCD deserved on Oscar for his portrayal of this character. Rest in power King.
U. Moved. A
Lot. Of. People. Mcd. Thank. U. For. Been. An. Outstanding. Actor.. And.. Entertertain. The.. Angels. R. I. P.
Yes he did!!!!!!
As Anne McCaffrey said.
"Who heals the healer?"
Of course John Coffey wanted it all to end.
@Gadgetman Indeed. But then, that's the point. Coffey needed the connection more directly, because the issues on earth were overwhelming. He couldn't be healed the way he healed others.
"We each owe a death; there are no exceptions.'' 😭 Beautiful reaction, Natalie.
It is amusing that Nat says Jesus Christ so many times watching these movies, but didn't make the jump to "J"ohn "C"offey, as King has confirmed he was to represent the second coming.
Oh snap I never realized. Now I'm more sad 🙂
Yes! I was thinking about commenting this but was looking for someone who had maybe done it first
It's been so interesting watching her reaction to back to back Christ figure characters
Oh damn! I've always thought he was an angel
This movie gets me everytime! Your heart is so sincere! God Bless you!
She's usually really quick at finding these details.i am surprised
"DID HE JUST SUCK HIS UTI OUT AND TURNEM INTO FLIES?!?!?"
might be one of my favorite reaction quotes of all time
When this book was originally released it was broken down into a serial with 6 novellas. That explains the meandering type story arcs. This was also one of the first books that brought tears to my eyes when they put the sack over John's head. Even tho I was aware of that scene just to see it on the screen was like a experiencing it for the first time.
This is one of the movies where I tear up every time. Doesn't matter how many times I've seen it.
While Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan & Sam Rockwell are rightfully highlighted for their performances in this movie I think every actor on screen deserves credit for their part in grounding in reality what is, in essence, a fantasy story. I can't help but get fully engrossed whenever I watch this movie, no matter my usual cynical tendencies.
That's what casting veteran and respected character actors buys you.
David Morse as "Brutal"; his character reminded me a lot of Russel Crowe's character in LA Confidential, a person who does the right thing almost all the time.
Graham Greene is a legend.
Doug Hutchison was amazing as Percy Wetmore. I think he managed to make EVERYONE'S blood BOIL.
Michael Jeter deserves so much praise as well! I know Del is over the top in everything, but it's just so perfectly over the top, just like his role in Fisher King.
I firmly believe that when Paul says, "May God have mercy on your soul," at John's execution... he was talking to himself.
It's interesting to have Green Mile and Shawshank as companion pieces. Both are very emotional films; The Green Mile has a lot of fun and heart but leaves you with a bit of sadness at the end while Shawshank is laced with mental and physical brutality throughout but at the end it's full of hope.
The green mile will forever be one of my favorite movies. John Coffey's character was perfect.
Dean's tear streaked face always kills my heart.
The only thing that keep me from crying this time, was the edit, everytime she swears, Mr Jingles is there to save the day.
I love your reactions Nat!
"He killed them with their love"... this haunts me forever.
Leading up to the infamous "no spong" scene, I was extremely worried for Natalie :X that is not an easy scene to watch for just about anybody, let alone her lol bless you, Nat
Ive seen a lot of horror films and gruesome stuff. But this is still probably the most horrific scene Ive ever seen.
@@GU5S it’s even worse in the book the eyes melted like jello and it’s in detail
She went from "Is it the same mouse?"😢 to "How long do mice live?"🤯 so fast i nearly spat out my drink trying not to laugh
roughly 4 years, so if the mouse is still kicking at about 70, then a human should live to be around 1,750 years old.
Natalie: “I’m gonna kill this guy. I wanna kill him.”
Also Natalie: “I would’ve been ok with him just losing his job.”
There’s a theme that comes up in multiple Stephen King stories about people who have a special gift, the gift to Shine. John Coffey used that gift for good. There’s also a very popular story about the dark side of it and hopefully you’ll react to The Shining soon.
YES
And Dr Sleep
She's already seen The Shining (off camera).
It all comes back to the Dark Tower.
Or, if you're a Tower junkie, you know it as the touch.
It's funny how many reactors to 'The Green Mile' start out saying that they know it's adapted from Stephen King, but then they are surprised when it turns supernatural.
I wanna say Coffey is mentioned in the Dark Tower series but I can't remember for sure.
A popular theory is that Coffey has a form of the Shining, but again I can't remember if that's confirmed in King's work.
Because they're not expecting the curve ball. King took a simple story and turned it on it's head. And that's what we want as an audience, we want to be surprised, to not know what's going to happen next, and because of that our minds are open and alert, because it's different, but keeping things real and within the possible. Even in the ending it's mirrored, John Coffey sentenced to death, and the guard sentenced to life, to outlive everyone in his own special jail, his own body. A two-sided kindness. A little horror, snuck in at the end, subtly.
@@ghostofyourmom I never saw it as the Shining, but that John Coffey, initials JC, is a re-incarnation of Jesus Christ. To me, it is a: "If God came back how would we treat him" story.
The scars on his back are implied that he was born a slave and therefore long lived.
He was persecuted for existing.
He performed miracles.
He sought to punish "the bad men" like God.
He willingly dies
And since I believe in "The Curse of the Roman Centurion" who speared Jesus in the side... Paul fits in too.
I haven't even started it yet, and I already know this is going to hit her hard. She gets into a good emotional movie and feels it.
Love that she can appreciate the emotional rollercoaster a movie puts you through, when the movie is well made.
'The Green mile' and 'The Shawshank redemption' both have the same epic author & director team, Steven King & Frank Darabont. They did three films together that are incredible the last one being 'The Mist'. A truly unforgettable experience.
I first watched this film at 9 years old, and Del’s execution scene literally traumatized me. it still makes me violently sob to this day at almost 18 years old. it’s absolutely tragic and vile and sickening and breaks my heart. I was so concerned for you when i saw this pop up in my recommended LOL because i know how horrible something like that can be to watch, and i know how kindhearted you are. but i’m glad you got to experience this film, it’s truly a great one :)
I feel a strange sort of commraderie with you because while all the other kids were traumatized by chucky or Jason or Freddie etc; this movie TRAUMATIZED me as a child. I'm still terrified of getting electroctocuted.
It's traumatizing regardless of age. The guy literally fried and suffered long through the whole experience. Even Percy was too frightened to behold his handiwork. Rewatched it today and it still gives me the shivers.
As good as King's horror is, his dramatic works are just... amazing.
Has anyone read "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams" and if so is it worth the time?
King writes great characters and vivid settings...when that is accomplished, it doesn't matter what genre the work falls into.
His horror fiction unfortunately suffers from mediocre endings in many cases. Even King has admitted to this, and famously noted that he preferred the theatrical ending of The Mist versus the original novel's.
@@ronin7997 IT and Under the Dome's endings were awful. But the books were great.
@@trumphatesyou The Stand is probably my biggest gripe for King's story endings. Such a fantastic tapestry of storytelling and multiple character developments to only end with a literal "Deus ex Machina".
Knowing how much Natalie likes Sam Rockwell, I literally got the chills during the intro.
There is no scale in existence that can truly explain how magnificent this movie truly is. Never seen it once where I did not cry my eyes out
I truly love your reaction to this film. You are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much.
The director, Frank Darabont, who also directed "Shawshank" once joked he has a monopoly on Stephen King prison movies.
He directed another Stephen King story "The Mist," an intense horror movie which will leave you in a state of shock by the time it ends. King, himself, said Darabont's re-write of a certain scene was better than his own.
The ending of The Mist... Is one I will never forget watching for the first time. 100% worth it.
And he co created the walking dead tv show.
As much as I love Darabont's adaptations of King, including The Mist, I almost hope she doesn't watch it. Saw it in the theater and have never been able to watch it again because it just left me emotionally spent.
When John said he killed them with their love for each other that really broke my heart. exceptional acting by Michael Clarke Duncan Rip💔
I am so glad you decided to watch this one, Natalie. One of the greatest stories film has brought to our lives :)
Sam Rockwell always brings the A game wherever he's cast. Speaking of, if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend "Seven Psychopaths," wherein Sam also appears.
Moon
TMNT the first movie.
I can recommend 'Welcome to Collingwood', where Sam Rockwell appears again with the sublime Michael Jeter, in an hilarious 'heist' movie!
Since she does TV shows as well, Fosse/Verdon is also amazing
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
This is a movie I can only ever watch alone because I sob through the whole thing. Such a great film!
Just remember that when John Coffey was found wailing holding those two dead girls he was feeling their collective pain from what they'd been through, like when he absorbed Dale's pain during the spongeless execution. He had absorbed it but not enough to save them.
Is it bad that buy the time Nat say's _"Grab a drink and grab a snack"_ I have already finished my snacks?
I think the intros are getting longer. :\
@@SovKnight I thought it was shorter than usual
It just means you're prepared for the ride :D
Wait, y’all don’t skip those parts?
I just figure that she means, "Grab another drink and grab another snack".
I'm recommending: The Color Purple (Directed by Spielberg). Makes me cry buckets every time.
There isn't much content that could make me pause binging every Owl House reaction being uploaded today, but this will do it!
This is one of those rare masterpiece of a movie that i fully recommend, but cant make myself ever watch again...
It makes my heart bleed.
Only seen it once myself too
This is a must watch film
One of the best films I will ever watch
Stephen King is just an amazing writer and having reading this book i can say it's one of the best adaptations of his work. I hope you can do more of him in the future! There's so many to choose from but I would recommend Misery to start with, it's an old film but so worth it
I've watched a fair few reactions to this movie recently and yours affected me most of all. I always enjoy your personality and how much you laugh and joke during your reactions so the whole middle part of this video and especially 18:33 "there's no water in the sponge" was just heartbreaking. It's a great movie and one of my favorite of your reactions so far, really excellent work.
i know people are saying do the mist next however I think you should do the 3rd best king adaption Stand By Me
I agree with the ranking, but The Mist does complete the Darabont King trilogy.
I think she should save The Mist for October.
If I have a cold or am stuffed up, I will literally just watch the last 40 minutes or so of this movie, starting with the "danger of hell" scene, and that gets me crying every single time.
When this was posted, I postponed watching the reaction until I had taken time to see the movie.
I bawled my eyes out.😭
Then I came here immediately to watch the reaction and bawl my eyes out again.😩
One of my new all time favorite movies.
wOw! This film has such a wonderful story . Nice reaction. Thanks, Natalie.
Natalie, I'm pretty sure back in those days doctors would tell the husband bad news like that so they could be the one to deliver the bad news to their wife.
That time is basically where the phrase "give it to me straight, doc" comes from. Nowadays doctors _have_ to tell a patient if there's something seriously wrong with you.
Yeah, even in the 80's the doctors left it up to the family whether they wanted the dying to know or not, because there is a chance they might stop fighting if they know.
"I didn't know this was going to be freaky!" It's Stephen King for crying out loud, lol
Man I was hoping you would show your reaction to the "I'm tired boss" scene. That part kills me.
Thanks!
“He had to suck it out!”
That earlier Tom Hanks healing scene could have gone in a WAY different direction 😱😱😱😂😜
I'm Brazilian, and I don't know much about English, but I love her channel, she's very charismatic, for the first time I saw her, I thought she was Brazilian, her smile is wonderful, and it infects anyone!!!
Can't wait for her to react to some Brazilian movies, maybe one day.
@@Khomuna she would definitely love city of god, one of the best movies ever
@@bencraig9479 one of my favorites
@@Khomuna Yes, maybe one day
You thought a pale white Jewish woman with the last name Gold and a East Coast English accent was Brazilian???
Nat’s physical reaction to John taking Paul’s UTI is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen!
I love Tom Hanks because the variety of characters he plays not only that but makes them all so great.
Even historical figures like Walt Disney, astronaut Jim Lovell, and Mister Fred Rogers
This is the movie I cried the most for … EVER!!! I saw it in a theatre by myself in 1999. I balled my eyes out!! I was a mess. Amazing movie.
Shout out to Doug Hutchison “Percy”. His performance got everyone on the planet to hate his character.
And in RL too.
RIP Michael Clark Duncan. Legend and this is one of his best. Side note this is one of the most loyal Adaptions I've ever seen
He in hebben now.
Interesting thing: John Coffey's intial being JC for a reason, and the end of his journey involved being persecuted for crimes he didn't commit, being loved by only a few who knew him best, and the ability to heal. Kinda mirrors someone else's story.....a very popular story from another "good book." (wink nudge)
Also it's barely showed in the movie through John's scars on his back, but in the book it's actually explicit that John is pretty much... 500 years old at least. Just like Paul's life lasts longer by the end of the movie, John's life was very long, which kinda explains his tiredness at the end of the movie better.
was gonna comment how often she called out the name of someone else initialed JC.. just hinting at what it all COULD mean.
Add to that, Tom Hanks' character is the Wandering Jew, sentenced to walk the earth for eternity for taunting JC on his way to the cross
Now you just need to see Stand By Me to complete the Stephen King non-horror amazing films trifecta (starring Richard Dryfus and a young Keifer Sutherland).
I'm able to hold it together through the whole movie but for some reason at the end when he says "Sometimes.. The Green Mile seems so long." I well up
EFF! I can't even watch people react to this movie without tearing up myself. I take pride in the fact that I'm a no nonsense burly blacksmith, but I have to watch this reaction in the dark after bedtime so nobody will catch me crying lol.
It would be cool if we could cry without shame or fear.
If you don't cry at this film
You have no soul
I cried like a baby while watching John's execution 😢
Same
John's death will go down in history as the most emotionally impact full deaths captured on screen. When he saw his first movie made me cry uncontrollably
The book is absolutely amazing. I remember reading it on a bus on my way to college and audibly gasping at a certain part and people looking at me like I was strange
(While teary eyed and voice quivering) “HOW LONG DO MICE LIVE!?” Both sweet and hilarious!
Except for a few parts when Paul was an old man, the movie is SO accurate to the book. Not to mention that it literally seems as though the characters were written specifically for the cast. This, Shawshank and Misery are definitely King’s best movies in my opinion ✨
Tom Hanks seems to pee in a lot of his movies:
1) Green Mile - during and after his UTI
2) Apollo 13 - demonstrating the urination mechanism in the Apollo space capsule
3) League of their Own - the long pee in the team's change room
4) Forrest Gump - at the White House after drinking so many Dr Peppers
5) Castaway
Tom Hanks and Peeing, Tom Cruise and running, Brad Pitt and eating, Owen Wilson and Wowing
A League of Their Own was the first thing that came to mind when Nat commented at that scene.
Pissing all the way to the bank. lol
@@onedudeJG Christopher Walken dancing and Natalie Portman crying.
Back when Cracked was good, they did an After Hours where they point out Tom Hanks likes making people watch him pee for some reason. It's a whole thing.
My friend and I both cried watching this movie and my friend's girlfriend laughed at us. She later explained it was a nervous laughter though. Her way of coping.
Women tend to be very emotionally effected when they see men crying so they will say or do dumb shit to cope with it. Also, never trust a woman who says she's OK with men crying.
You wanted to know if the movie followed the book, and I can tell you with confidence that it's almost scene-for-scene faithful to the book. It's very VERY accurate. Stephen King is a genius.
Yep, it's pretty faithful to the book. As was Cycle of the Werewolf, aka "Silver Bullet" on the silver screen.
No it isn't. I have read it and there are differences aplenty. All movies change details of books.
Dang girl, you almost made me cry three times just by watching you react to this great movie!! And I have seen this like 10 times since it came out!!
Natalie... I have seen many of your reviews & you are amazingly intuitive. The 1st time I saw this movie it freaked me out too; but once it's brought to light that John Coffey has/had empathic abilities, the story becomes all the more tragic. 😢😢😢 Such incredible storytelling.