THE GREEN MILE (1999) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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If you want a movie that is HARD to decode as you are watching it? "Lucky Number Slevin"
Like you, I like to put together the plot before the movie is over. and "Lucky Number Slevin" Completely blindsided me. A truly proper twist.
@@scar445 one of my FAVE movies of all time.
Such a great movie, omg. With the theme of a healer wrongly sentenced to death, it's not an accident that John Coffey's initials are "JC". The movie definitely makes you think, and Tom Hanks' line about "what am I suppossed to tell him, it was my job?" - that line still sticks with me 20 years later.
@MRLBoyd thought if I was ever going to see you cry in a reaction THIS would be the film :). Came close but sadly for me no lol. Excellent breakdown as usual.
I'm a huge Stephen King fan. This movie and Shawshank Redemption are two of my favorite movies of all time. To answer your questions about John Coffey, he is an empath who can feel the pain, good, and evil in others. That's how he knows things before they happen and before he is told about them. That's why he reacts when bad things are happening. John Coffey can also heal the living from any sickness including death if it's fresh enough. I think you're on the right track about who John Coffey is supposed to represent: His initials are J. C., they say he fell from the sky seemingly out of nowhere, he walked the land healing the sick and raising the dead, and was arrested and sacrificed. I think those are enough clues to decipher who John Coffey is meant to be.
He has the shining, to put it in King universe. Love when he intermingles his books.
He can't raise the dead. That's why he couldn't save the girls.he kept saying that he tried to take it back but he couldn't. He was too late. He tried but he couldn't. Mr Jingles hadn't died yet so John was able to save him.
@@soldierx345 have you read the Dark Tower series? You must, if not. It is the keystone to unlocking King's metaverse. All things serve the beam. So much of his work all ties in to the Dark Tower.
@@Ottawajames I have, and I agree. Also, the part in the later books that I won't spoil, but you know what I mean. One hell of a reason to smoke a cigarette
...and this is the gospel, according to Paul (Hanks' character)
Have you seen Forrest Gump? The way you described this movie as 'a man sitting down and telling his life's story and it being the most interesting story ever' applies literally for Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks is also amazing in that role as well.
"I just felt like running."
You ain’t got no legs Lt.Dan
Ugghh. Most overrated piece of crap ever made. Cast was great. But total crap
The director for Di Vinci code said that he is so good at acting that he makes it entertaining to just watch him "think"
"Hi Bubba" D: "Hi Forrest" D:
The fact that these men didn’t beat Percy shows, precisely, the reason why they are in charge. Good men used to gravitate to these jobs because they could actually make a difference. Those times are fewer and further between.
Prisons were not a privatized money making business back then.
@@Haimgard agreed.
The sad reality of the situation is that The Green Mile is a fictional depiction of fictional events. These "good men" never actually existed. The mere concept of a police force was put in place to capture and return human beings as property to their owners. It's nice to watch a movie featuring "good cops," or a tv show with "good cops." But, in the real world, the world you and I both inhabit, law enforcement on all fronts in inherently racist, classist, xenophobic, and exploitative.
@@MyBrainDontWork920 Agreed. I have seen police do a lot of good, AND a lot of bad, so my thought on it all is that good people can be cops, but there are no good cops. I don't think they're necessarily mutually exclusive 100% of the time...though sadly, they often are. :/
@@MyBrainDontWork920 thats just factually untrue, and is spoken like someone who has a real problem with authority.
To say that "good men" and women never wanted to be cops is just patently ridiculous, unless you have a naive childs view of police & citizens. Many, many people go into policing to help people-to solve murders, stop robberies, find lost children, arrest rapists and spouse & animal abusers. They go into it ONLY wanting to help.
When I was in high school, this movie was shown in class for all 3rd year students. My best friend at the time, who was one year older than me, warned me that this would be emotional. He said it was the first movie to make him cry. I laughed it off. It turned out to be the first movie to make me cry as well.
I read the book Long before I saw the movie, and this is one of the few examples of an adaptation which was done Really well. All the same, I HIGHLY recommend reading the book. I recall, at one point, being so filled with the irrational urge to throw the book against the wall because I wanted to hurt Percy Wetmore. Amazing book, amazing movie.
Frank derabont
Has done 3 adaptations of Steve King books
Green mile
Mist
Shawshank redemption
All 3 are brilliant
As a man and a father, you said something that struck a chord with me. I think you hit the nail on the head with a point you made. The greatest compliment you can be given is not that “Oh you’re so successful”, or “Oh you’re so good looking”, but that you are kind and a good man. Keep up the good work my friend.
"I feel like I've missed something by not seeing this movie." For me you could say that about just about everything Tom Hanks has done.
This is a very special movie. Timeless if you ask me. I love Michael Clark, he is very much missed. Rest in peace legend.
Listening to one of the most logical, even keeled reactors start screaming for HANDS on Percy... I could not stop laughing.
That was one of the best reactions to this film ever. It's definitely one of the films most likely to make me cry.
Frank Darabont made this movie and directed another one which is even higher regarded The Shawshank Redemption. Both were adapted from Stephen King's works. Darabont also directed a third movie, based on King's horror novella, The Mist, which had a mixed reception. He later went on be the showrunner for the first season of The Walking dead. If you haven't already seen it, I highly recomend The Shawshank Redemption, one of my all time favorite films.
That got my appreciation sir, not that you didn't have it already; identified John Coffee off the bat, by the name of the actor, Michael Clark Duncan. An underrated actor for sure and known for a few roles including this film as probably his most well known and most beloved. Well done sir, well done.
Stephen Kings mind is beautiful and spiritual. Most think they are horror, but as you read you realize how spiritual he is and the characters are normal people in extraordinary circumstances. Making choices they never dreamed they’d have to make. I love his work.
I remember finding out that my favorite movies and characters were written by Stephen King, realizing how amazing he is!
I like to go back and read through either 'Salem's Lot or The Stand at least once a year. So good.
He's almost as good as that scifi writer Richard Bachman.
@@WolfHreda If you haven't, you should read "Swan Song" by Robert McCammon. Compared to "The Stand" all the time but almost everyone says it's better.
I've read both multiple times and "Swan Song" wins because the hand of God was such a stupid ending.
@@WolfHreda Salem’s Lot was so good. Worth the time.
One of the greatest films ever made. Brilliant and really pulls out emotions in you and makes you think whilst still being entertaining.
One of my favorite lines in the book this is based on is (paraphrased): "...a terrible man named Hammersmith. And the most terrible thing about him was that he hadn't known he was terrible."
Hammersmith was the guy with the kid who was attacked by the dog.
I'd like to believe that John Coffey wasn't an angel, but quite possibly Jesus Crist. Same initials, had special healing powers, knew about the suffering in the world, pretty much dropped out of the sky, used the term God - the father - when he was about the die, and sacrificed himself. Just sayin'.
This movie is one of my, most, favorite movies ever. I liked your reaction to this, you paid a lot of attention to what was happening and being said. More than I did the first time I saw it.
It is, deeply, painful to watch, everyone in this film gave a top tier performance. And I have to say, that the actor who played Percy, did a superb job with the role. It is difficult to play a character that is so, fundamentally, rotten that he has no redeeming traits at all, AND make the character believable.
When Tom Hanks, near the end says "Roll on two." The look on his face and the tremor in his voice is heartbreaking. It's the sound of someone who, already, regrets what he has to say, and knows how much it will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Michael Clark Duncan gave a performance that should have gotten him multiple awards at the Oscars. His fear as he is being strapped into the chair is crushing to see.
As for what John Coffey, he is. You were very close with the angel idea. He was a, deliberate, play on Jesus. His initials were JC. There were a couple lines that alluded to it too. When Paul asks him what to say to God, he say, "You tell God, the Father, it was a mercy". And while watching the movie he said the actors were, "Angels, like in heaven". Dale and Wild Bill were analogies of the two sinners that Jesus was crucified between. One of them was repentant for his sins, the other wasn't. Paul could be an analogy for Longinus, the Roman guard who stabbed Jesus in the side with his spear, an was cursed to walk the earth forever for his crime.
P.S. One of the other reasons for the mask was because the condemned's eyes could could pop and bleed.
The lawyer says, it was like he fell from the sky.
He performs multiple miracles.
When he's watching the flickershow, you are looking straight at John with light rays streaming from behind and says, they angels, angels like in heaven.
This is a story about an Angel.
The most unbelievable part of this movie is that in that era, in that part of America, a black man wasn't executed right on the spot, given the way things looked when John was found.
Hell, even a _white_ man would have been lucky not to be shot right then and there, what with the father being armed and all.
Yeah. If those were my kids, he wouldn't have made it to court. I'm guessing that because the sheriff was there, they couldn't outright kill him, but that doesn't always match up with history's accounts.
"You can't hide what's in your heart." Best movie quote ever.
It was more than just a book. It was a set of serial novels, each about 150-200 pages. He would come out with one about every month or so. It was so so so good, and the wait for the next book was painful. I would read each book the day it came out, and then I would re-read it the week before the next one. Completely brilliant, one of Stephen King's best. Great reaction!
Also, you MUST watch The Shawshank Redemption, another brilliant adaptation of a Stephen King novel...
Thanks for your comment this was one of my favorite movies and I didn't realize it was a book series like that I'm definitely checking out
If possible, find the individual chapter books. When they were put together as a novel, I believe small things were changed.
Going to the grocery store is a relatively good time to begin with, but knowing there was going to be a new installment every month, made it just that much better. There were always bookstores in the area, but for whatever reason, I got em there. Still have em. I was SO excited when the movie came out. Definitely one of my top 10 Stephen King stories.
"I'm tired, boss." Just thinking about that line delivered that way in that film brings a tear to my eye.
"Dog Tired" D: Funny how his defense attorney compared him to his own dog who attacked his own son and also thought he somewhat dropped from the sky.... This s*it has so many layers, its crazy
As much as I love that line, the part that gets me is: "I can see you're hurtin' and worryin', I can feel it on ya. But you oughta quit on it now."
The acting my all of the cast was phenomenal imo. They made you love or hate the characters even more.
Your affinity for the compliment, "You're a good man" brings to mind the ending of "Saving Private Ryan." In lining up the clues, remember what John Coffey's initials are. And in watching his "flicker show," John gives another clue as to more spiritual awareness. John's method of dispensing justice to Percy, and thus to Wild Bill, proves he is no imbecile! Like you, LMR, I'm enthralled and humbled at John's statement while in the chair: "I'm sorry for what I am," a permutation of the usual (like Dell's) "I'm sorry for what I did."
"I'm sorry for WHAT I am." - The most imprtant Line.
I cry everytime i watch this movie, even the reactions to it. John Coffey was an empathic healer. RIP Michael Clark Duncan 2012 is when he died. Stephen King wrote the novel The Green Mile
Sir that was an excellent presentation. You were absolutely right about it being a novel and it was written by Stephen King. When you read the book you will notice in the story flow, that originally this was published as a series of books. King was giving a homage to Dickens who published many of his books the same way. You can spot the transitions because you will find cliff hangers at the end of chapters , for the same reason a TV show would use them -- make you ready to snap up the next installment as soon as it drops. Again Excellent.
A lot of wonderful actors. RIP Michael Clark Duncan and Michael Jeter.
This movie is usually reacted to as part of a "Darabont does King" trilogy. The other two are also great watches. Not as good as The Green Mile, but, honestly, not many movies can boast THAT. Shawshank Redemption is another prison one and the third usually watched with them is another exploration of human character piece called The Mist. Have fun, if you decide to do the usual thing. They are both well worth a watch.
As a side note, there is only one movie that, in my mind, reaches the level of Green Mile that I can think of right now and that's Stranger Than Fiction. A gem with some really powerful acting and writing from people you wouldn't expect it from.
You're the first reactor I've watched that actually caught the significance of "I'm sorry for what I am". I've been waiting for someone to catch that.
It always tickles me when people discover something great, from the mind of Stephen King. Gotta get into Shawshank Redemption.
You were absolutely right about Percy, he's a horrible and despicable person, that's why John did what he did to him, he could
not allow him to go torturing and do whatever he wanted to those people in the mental hospital
I would love for you to react to one of my favorite Tom Hank's movie, Forrest Gump, his performance in this movie was phenomenal and I know you'll love all the American History put into this film and how Forrest was so instrumental in them
R.I.P. MCD... one of the few celebrities that actually made me cry when he died.
19:52 a very charismatic chair. Don’t sell yourself short!
I think I was 19 when I saw this. Seen it a few dozen times since then. Most people see it once and say they never want to see it again. Not because its bad. But because of how emotional it is. This movie is number 27 in best movies all time. I think it could be way higher honestly. At the top though you have Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Dark Knight, Godfather II, 12 Angry men and Schindlers List.
Schildlers List is another amazing movie is you haven't seen it yet.
1:55 Well, the actor that played Percy is a chilly mo in real life. Your instincts are valid
Duncan is a bit over 6'5 and his usual weight is 275. The producer wanted him even more jacked and massive, so he trained and bulked up to a full 360lbs for the movie!
Damn. 😮
If I remember right, they had Michael Clarke Duncan walking on a small platform for many of the shots.
I love how you had the "Percy gonna get these hands now" talk before the rest of the scene played! Lol he definitely messed up
Like most people i associated Stephen King with Horror stories untill i saw Shawshank and the Green mile. Unexpectedly i met him when i visited the US in spring of '22. I was staying at a friends house and he mentionned Mr.King ( or his wife) owned an orchard in Sweden ( town in Maine) , really close to Harrison where i was staying. So i visited it coz i was frankly pretty bored during the day when my friend was working. So i drove over, asked permission to walk around and met some others doing the same. One of them who struck up a brief conversation, coz he heard me talking on the phone in Dutch and he was curious. He introduced himself as the "owners husband" , it took me 5 seconds before the penny dropped coz i had no idea what the man looked like. I had never read any of his books, but i did see the movies based on them. Strange but wonderfull memory . Kind of sad to hear the orchard has been closed recently, without much explenation why. 🤘❤️🇧🇪🇺🇲
Your right about the size of MCD, he walked along a raised platform to increase the height difference between him and the other actors. The furniture in his cell was built about 3/4 size to add to the illusion
In my and many others opinion this and Shawshank Redemption are the two greatest movies ever made.
I knew you would love this movie because it makes you think about it long after you’ve watched it.
It's already been 10 years since Duncan passed. 3Sept12.
I've probably watched 20 reactions to this movie, you did an incredible job! Thank you for your insights and commentary!
Definitely in my top 5! Shawshank, Gran Torino, Good Will Hunting, this, Stranger Than Fiction....
Michael Clarke Duncan walked on apple boxes to make him taller and this is one my favorite movies and one of my favorite Stephen King's .
I used to watch this on VHS with my grandma probably five times a year.
Never doesn't make me cry and more so since she's passed away.
it felt good when he urinated because his severe urinary tract infection was now gone! I am a woman I have had several urinary tract infections over my 75 years, and they are PAINFUL and it DOES feel like you are trying to pass razor blades. When it is finally gone away and you can urinate normally it is SUCH a relief and it does feel good.
Galaxy Quest, starship troopers, the rock, ace Ventura, con air, true lies, my cousin Vinny, a Bronx tale, Hit me w sum more 90s era movies❤
Small tribal peoples in our ancient history used to do human sacrifices, not just to 'appease a deity', but to heap all of the tribe's sin upon them to be free of it. This was also a way a tiny community could rid itself of dissonants. Evolve this concept just one step and you arrive at 'voluntary sacrifices', someone who would volunteer *to eat the sin of the tribe.* John Coffey is a *sin-eater.* Similar to the concept underpinning the christ figure, but slightly different too.
When you said the people should have to stay and watch the execution, I agree totally and also reminded me a quote from GOT, and I know you have been watching it. Ned Stark “He who passes the sentence should swing the sword.”
My mother had me and my siblings write an essay about this move, the mummy, and shrek.
The man playing Toot, the trusty, is Harry Dean Stanton. Stephen King named two of the characters HARRY Terwilliger and DEAN STANTON.
I enjoyed experiencing this movie with you. I’ve read the serial and watched this adaptation countless times. It is difficult every single time.
Your reaction was perfect. You picked up on the social commentary, the emotional wringer, the beauty.
I do recommend reading King’s serial novellas.
I can almost last through this movie, until John says he's sorry for what he is. That breaks me every single time.
Your reaction, insight, and analysis of this movie is the best I've ever seen. Keep doing what you're doing dude. You got a new sub.
You may not see this, but I’ve been subbed to your main channel for well over a year at this stage. I’d love if you reacted to “joker”
i see everything, is that a Movie?
@@MRLBOYDMOVIEREVIEWS yes. With Joaquin Phoenix
The joker is a great film
@@MRLBOYDMOVIEREVIEWS it’s a movie which focuses a lot on mental health! Absolutely brilliant performance by Joaquin Phoenix in the movie.
A lot of shamans do this to heal people. They take the negative energy into their own body and depending on the illness it can take them some time to recover and process it
initials J.C., healing, raisng the Dead. Innocent but dies for the crimes of another? Kudos to Doug Hutchison for playing Percy, one of the most detestable characters in movie history.
Also, yes this was a book.
*_Written by Stephen King._*
Great Movie..RIP Michael Clark Duncan.
I watched this movie for the first time when it came out, I was 22 yo. It was a mesmerizing experience and was instantly at my favorite movies list.
But it's not one I watch often. Well, one of the reasons if of course its length, but it's not only that. It's hard to watch, for me, knowing how real it actually is.
As a reaction video fan, I've come across it a few times, but I usually skip it. I would most likely get mad at the reactor, probably, because this is not something everyone can actually get the scale of. I've watched probably only a couple of reactions to it, before this one.
When I noticed you watched this, I simply couldn't help but to watch it. I knew you, of all people, wouldn't let me down.
And you didn't.
Thank you for the great reaction, and making it possible for me to re-watch this with you.
Like most people, I absolutely DETEST Percy! Though that makes me only admire & respect the writing & the actor who played him, more.
To successfully portray such a REVILED character (like Joffrey in Game of Thrones) requires REAL talent IMO.
Tom Hanks' performance when he asks, "What do I tell God when he asks me WHY did I kill one of his true miracles?" totally chokes me up!
Been catching quite a few of your reactions as of late and you have quite a bit of insight to a lot of the characters in putting the pieces together rather quickly. They used a platform anytime Michael Clarke Duncan in between anyone it was about a foot higher than everybody else. And a lot of up angle to give depth of the height difference. Stephen King's stories are always just phenomenal on film. Agree you should read the book
Brubaker and Papillion are two masterful Prison-Movies as well ;)
They had Duncan walking on milk crates to make him seem taller.
A man who appeared from nowhere with the gift of healing who feels the pain of others condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit with the initials "J.C." Stephen King is a lot of things but he aint subtle.
The “flicker show” was the 1935 movie “Top Hat” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. A classic. I hope you watch it sometime. Your reactions are addictive. Love your style!
Lonely as a sparrow in the rain.
This is the first time watching anything on this channel. I'm subscribed on your main one but i could possibly pass on this. Definitely one of the greatest movies of all time.
Thank you for your take on this movie, sir LBoyd
“He had to be there” you goin on a journey friend.
4:10 “I don’t even know if I would allow him to go to jail, bro.”
Just wait.
*John heals Toms pecker and coughs up flies.
Me: "Ah.....oooook.....NOW its a Stephen King story."
Lboyd: "Hes going to regret mak8ng fun of Percy pissing himself."
Me: "Oh boy.........is he ever."
4:30 I think when they call him "boy" it means that he works for them. It was a custom in my generation to do things elders told you to do, to bring them something, to buy something for them, etc.
in the US is was common place to call NON White Men of all ages BOYS.
around this time period
@@MRLBOYDMOVIEREVIEWS it makes more sense
This movie is by far one of the best movies ever written and it is very hard to watch it's all your emotions you wind up getting pissed off you wind up getting really sad you get attached to the people you shouldn't get attached to and you want the ones to get punished this wearing the badge like Percy is the crazy movie but it's an amazing movie the stuff coughing out was like a plague it was the sickness and death he was trading part of his life to heal them like a angel of Mercy he didn't need a preacher because he was already right with God he was sent by God to do good work and prove that miracles are real some people need visual you're reaction channel is amazing your reaction to this movie is awesome and I can tell you're a real good guy definitely you'd be one to hang out with you're very smart man and I think you're a very giving man
11:26 comment series 11:33 good read.-Ernie Moore Jr.
This is my second favorite movie of all time (first is The Hateful 8). So happy you checked it out. Great commentary as well fella. Keep these going
"Vengeance is Mine" said the Lord... so if John (initials JC like Jesus Christ lol) was sent by him, then he is totally justified in passing the "sickness" onto Percy, who in turn, passes it again and shoots Wild Bill ⚡️
Mr Boyd you are a good man, and you have a great speaking voice mate...Cheers from Tasmania 😀 ps this film is epic!
He doesn't need a preacher he's an angel he Is much More proclaimed then that
"He has the ability to heal yet he's being put to death." Hmmm and his initials are J.C.
Dude you are so good at picking apart movies! 👏
The "shine" it's a running trope in Stephen king books.
I have never made it through this movie without any tears, it just wrecks me every time. I can't even get through reactions completely dry lol. Maybe I'm getting softer as I age.
i thought about the insects/winged creatures that came from opening pandoras box....pain, suffering, sickness etc....john coffey sucks those insects/curses out. But of course, there is another one - old age....that gets sucked out too.
Nearest I can tell, the bugs seem to be a representation of affliction.
"He is not comic relief" - within seconds you laugh at him getting the hose, getting locked up etc....
@39:34 In the book John Coffey is supposed to be 6'8"
Amazing movie (I watch every time I see it on tv) & a great reaction! Ty for doing that movie reaction.
Love when the giards say feel how we feel @ you
I love the fact that you brought up Frank Sinatra. I've always thought of him as one of the best male singers to exist.
Steven King is a genius with story telling.
Great reaction my guy. I love the intelligent approach you take to your reviews. For a movie that is a lot of fun and has an amazing soundtrack please check out the original "Blues Brothers". Also another wonderfully written movie is "The Sixth Sense". Much love and keep on keepin on J.
Definitely read the book! It came out a chapter at a time when I was 18 and I waited for each one! They did a good job adapting it to a movie.
this is also the same writer/director combo for The Shawshank Redemption
There are pictures of him and the Rock side by side just to show you how big he is
I’m 4months late to commenting here but I’m glad you got to see this movie
If memory serves, in the book a preacher called for his death. Thats why he didnt want a preacher.