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This movie is one that will haunt you. The character of John Coffey is one you'll never forget. Every character is perfectly cast, and the relationship that develops between John and the guards is incredibly touching. If John had not actually wanted to die, his fate would have been unbearable, but, when Paul offers to let him go, John lets him know that he's tired of all the pain and ready to go. It's also the only movie that isn't animated that has a mouse as a main character.
Fun fact. Two best prison movies, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile" were both written by the master of horror Stephen King. I hope you watch the "Shawshank redemption" next
33 yr old man who’s seen this movie an unreasonable amount of times.. I bawl like a baby every single time I watch this. The greatest acting of all time by everyone involved. Thank you both for showing your true emotions!
I don't shed 'em when they kill him. Always the lead up though when they let him know it will be in a couple days and they are struggling with coming to terms with what they have to do while trying to make the best of his last couple days. Makes you at least try to want to be better to people in your own day to day. At the very least.
I agree! As much as I love Michael Caine, he was playing the character he plays in most of his films. Haley Joel Osment also shined in The Sixth Sense.
I always thought that John didn't want the parents to know the truth. For John, it was better that they think a stranger came and murdered their children rather thank know that they invited the evil in themselves.
In my humble opinion, this is one of the best movies ever made. Everyone gave award winning performances. The writing was perfect. I am almost 50 and this movie makes me cry every time I see it or a reaction to it. If this movie doesn't wash you away with emotion then there is something wrong with you.
I often wonder, watching the end of this film, how long did Jon have to suffer and walk this earth, if just a little of his power keeps Paul alive and healthy for so long. When he says he's tired, tired of all the years on the road etc, I always picture hes been roaming for hundreds of years, taking in all the pain around him.
He didn't speak with an African accent but an uneducated Southern accent. The importation of new slaves from Africa was banned in 1808 although there were illegal shipments into the mid 1800s. In the movie it was hinted that he just showed up out of nowhere, but he had mid 1800 slave plantation mannerisms and speech. My guess is he was from that time. I haven't read the book so maybe I'm way off.
Anything is possible. This is fiction. Supernatural fiction at that. John could change and adapt to whichever culture his human form currently exists. But if you wish to make the analogy, “JC” was on earth for 33 years before he was executed.
I turned 40 last month, not only does this movie still get me, but especially the speech between Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan about his judgement day. One of the best cinematic scenes of all time.
Unfortunately the actual actor who played Wetmore, Doug Hutchinson, turned out to be a gross individual. He married his third wife when he was 51 and she was 16 in the year 2011 and it ended his career.
A man with the initials J.C. who is able to perform healing miracles and ends up being wrongly convicted to death. I wonder if this could be an allegory?🤔
In the book Del graped and killed a 15 year old girl in an alley. He tried to cover the crime by setting fire to an old mattress. The fire spread to an apt and a family of five perished in the flames.
" He's Square with the House". Percy didn't torture him because he hated his crimes. He tortured him because he laughed, made the dumb little song, and stood up to him.
The Green Mile is up there with The Shawshank Redemption and Interstellar as 1 of the best movies ever. When a movie can hit you in the feels so hard you know, you know. 😥
Great reaction you two. This can be a tough watch but it’s worth it. It always gets me when Brutal says to John “feel how we feel, we don’t hate ya” 😢😢😢
the part that gets me everytime, is when Paul is asking John what he should do, "when God asks me why i killed one of his true Miricles, what do i say? it was my job" im not religious but that really does sum up the man Paul is, its a sign that he knows what he is doing is truely wrong and in their words job be damned. he knows he will have to live with making the wrong choice for the rest of his life.
Same. I am atheist but have utmost respect for those who believe and im very interested in christian mythology. Paul is like Paul the apostle in the bible. Wild Bill and Lacroix were like the people on the cross next to... Jesus Christ=J.C=John Coffey: a healer who was killed by people who didnt know
@@GullibleTargetexactly, it's that everyone is redeemable if they truly want it. The hate it gets turned into is literally the opposite of what Christ like, became. Yes he stood against the truly wicked, but yes.
@bassnazi4713 I find Jesus Christ to be a most interesting legendary figure. The teachings attributed to him,lay at the core of humanity. Very akin to the Buddhist outlook on life. Most people I know are religeous and when I talk to them about Christian philosophy they get all excited, thinking I have converted. But then I say 'nope." And that angers them a bit.
This film always hits me hard because I got to know Michael Clarke Duncan a bit when he was a doorman in Chicago & I was younger & running around partying, he was a sweet kind man & this film just hits hard being that he really did pass away!!! RIP big man, you were a good man, thanks for the laughs & the memories!!!💔
I like to believe that Mr Jingles dies in the final shot of the movie. It sets a loose timeframe for Paul, it ends the green mile chapter of Paul’s life and in a movie about death it feels like it should end with a death. This movie breaks me almost every time. Great reaction guys
Great reaction like always, love this movie. The late Michael Clark Duncan said this was the hardest role he had to prepare for. For emotional scenes, Michael Clarke Duncan would recall his father leaving him as a child. There are some fun-facts about it. Fifteen mice were used in the movie. Each spent months being trained to do different tricks. Coffey's bed was built shorter in order to make Michael Clarke Duncan look like a giant He also stated that he was genuinely scared when he had that shotgun pointed at him. I missed reading the books when they first came out and kinda wish I would have read them before watching the movie. Not many people realize at firsts that John Coffey is a Christ figure. He appeared out of nowhere, as if he had just “fallen out of the sky.” He had foreknowledge of future events. He can see the good or evil that is in men’s hearts. He can heal illness and afflictions and resurrect the dead (if it’s not too late). He is innocent, with a pure soul, yet he is made to suffer and die because of the sins and wickedness of others. And even his initials are J.C., just like Jesus. (Recall the scene where John is watching his first-ever flicker show, and the light from the movie projector is illuminating his head from behind, just like a halo: The Christian symbolism is unmistakable) Keep up the good work.
Your the 1st one to not cry buddy I'm 61yrs old and seen this movie at least 6times and I can't get pass this movie without tears . It's okay just show you have a heart
Hey Spartan and Pudgey, the journey of John Coffey is a gift and a curse to him. --------- He was just tired of absorbing all the suffering and hate in the world and wanted to end his time on this earth. He passed on a bit of himself to Tom Hanks, so we can see what JC faces. ----------- Such an amazing movie. Such deep concepts, ideas, moral conundrums. Some of the best writing expressed in Literature. Stephen King is a master level storyteller.
King and Darabont together facilitated two of the best movies to be put to film. This and Shawshank. May be equally great movies out there but none surpass. Especially in rewatchability.
Sam Rockwell's voice was at the very beginning talking to the girls . Then it goes into the dog chasing scene. So Pudgy that's what was lingering in your mind while all this summed up at the end. Spartan. I agree interstellar was very emotional but something about an innocent ,sweet , childlike big man going to die after so much good he did daily just rips my heart out. And the guards do a fantastic job of displaying how different people react to his kindness. Some sceptical. Some in wonder but all are truly saddened at how unfair this is
Pudge is like a plot divining rod. Almost subconsciously, she is doing a mental what if with every character, twist and turn in the movie. The fact that it manages not to be annoying is a testament to her charm (and Spartan’s patience). Great job as always guys. Keep it up!
Despite Sparts's mockery, Pudgey was actually spot on when she said we see Billy the Kid at the start of the movie, albeit we only see a close-up of his eyes and hear him threatening the girls.
In my top 5 Movies of all time. The actor playing Coffey did and AMAZING job, such a shame he didn't win an Oscar because it would have been WELL DESERVED!
this movie is just so good. I was 12 when this came out. Had it on the double VHS lol. stuck with me since then. I come back to watch it again every couple of years. "Im tried boss". that whole speech just hit different the older I got. RIP Mr Duncan.
1. I just found yall. 2. Carrying FOMO from childhood is WILD! 3. My guy right here seems cool af. 4. Pudgy, saying “Know” might be my favorite word ever.
Spartan's right! John's death, although tragic, is not something I won't be able to watch again (and I've seen this movie many times), because John did as much as he could, I'm sure. Not just what we saw on the Green Mile, but throughout his lifetime. He was tired, as he said, and ready to leave. That makes a huge difference. I always mention this, but Paul said about Mr. Jingles living so long, how much longer he had to live. Well, can you imagine how long John's lived? Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, and he's had a bad rap for years, for putting out some bad ones, but the man keeps delivering. Some of them are flops, and some are not, and then you have something like this. Which btw, was written episodically; on the fly. F'king brilliant. Great reaction!
You cant police someone's reactions. And maybe he is perfectly fine with not crying on camera? I could also say: it's sad you want to see him cry eventhough he doesn't cry on camera. There's plenty of people who react on youtube who cry😊
@@GullibleTarget Saying you wish a man didn't feel the need to pretend to not have feelings isn't the same as "policing" them. There's a big difference between not being emotional and trying to suppress your emotions because you think you "have to" due to societal expectations of your gender. The former is fine. The latter is not healthy, or even fair. It's not fair to expect men to be emotionless robots. They're humans. They have a right to feel sad and to cry without fear of judgment.
@@nebulousreactions Stop projecting your own fantasies onto others. How about you let spartan act and live like he want without you commenting on his way of life telling him hes not emotional enough.
@@nebulousreactions that has nothing to do with what i said. Thats your inner turmoil. And i was responding to the OP. But thank you for your reply. It was interesting but i stick to my original post. I also find you are going too deep. You don't know Spartan personally and how he prefers to present himself in front of a camera. Maybe it helps you if you imagine/fantasize that he cries in front of those he feels comfortable with? And hey; Pudgey was crying? I hope you feel better. Its really not that deep.
Not only one of the best movies ever made, but also one of Stephen King's Best stories. The movie was remarkably true to the book, with obviously stellar results. You MUST, now watch The Shawshank Redemption, another King short story, just as beautifully told. It's the law here in the USA.
Not something most people are very familiar with in Australia, same for me. I’ve only ever learnt anything referring to Cajun & Creole culture in American TV shows.
@belle8932 correct. I meant that no one in the comments section brought it up & so I did bc I thought it was such a distinct part of the whole feel of the movie. Wanted to highlight that for S & P
The Green Mile feels like one of those movies that not a lot of people talk about any more but when anyone sees it they remember how amazing it was. I don't cry a lot watching films but this one will end me every single time. Also, can we appreciate what a perfect run Tom Hanks had in the 90's?
I always thought Stephen king was low key making a connection with Coffey and Jesus. The whole both having initials j.c. When he says “you tell god the father”. The way he feels everything. The way he not only can heal and take away but the fact that he punished wild bill and pursey too. The way every time he heals it’s light and he’s afraid the dark. I think the scars on him are from each person he healed. I think this could be even deeper than it already is if you think about all the little things. Definitely one of the top 10 movies of all time.
Loool I was literally coming to the comments to type this... this story to me is basically "what if some of the Romans saw Jesus' miracles" set in modern(ish) times... The two thieves on either side of Jesus on the cross, one being good and one being evil. Clearly Dell & Wild Bill. He's enthically from a small group, living under foreign overlords. He speaks in a way that is difficult for said foreign overlords to understand. Not a different language, but still a clever way to do it. I'd imagine whoever was translating Jesus' Aramaic/Hebrew into Latin for Pilate was also using basic, everyday words & saying simple phrases to speed communication up. He takes illness & pain away specifically through touch, or at least some type of physical contact. He was tempted into avoiding the death that had been planned out for him, but he chose to die anyway
The entire movie is analogous to the road to cavalrey. Delacroix(of the cross) apologised for what he did, took care of an innocent mouse, was kind to his captors and was told that mr.Jingles would have a great life after he passes. In the crucifixion story, J.C. is crucified with two others. One of them asks J.C. he feels remorseful. And J.C tells him that 'god the father' has already forgiven him and is waiting to receive him in heaven. The other person next to J.C. is unrepentant and gets no salvation. Just like Wild Bill. The apostle Paul swore up and down that he would stick up for J.C if anything were to happen. When J.C. was carrying the cross; Paul was asked if he didnt know Jesus. Paul denied that he did. As J.C predicted. In this movie Paul knows John is god's miracle and that he is innocent but he says nothing. Because J.C willed it so. And just like the biblical Paul; he is riddled with guilt. In the bible J.C the resurrected appears before Paul and tells him he did nothing wrong. Without his silence, the crucifixtion would not have happened. And in crucifixtion of J.C human souls were saved. J.C. died to absolve the sins of others. John Coffee absolved everybody when he walked the mile.
Mercy was extended to the parents as well. John took the blame. The parents of the little girls never would have forgiven themselves knowing they unwittingly invited the murderer into their homes.
I always wondered how old John was. Just little of his power kept two beings alive for so long. How long was he wandering this earth to know that there is pain all over the world?
Every once in a while a movie is made that is so close to perfect it goes straight to my 10 Greatest Movies of All Time list. The Green Mile is one of them.
The Green Mile is loosely based on/inspired by the case of George Stinney Jr, a 14 year old African American boy who in 1944 was accused of murdering two little white girls in South Carolina. After torturous interrogation (where he was not allowed to see or speak to his parents or a true lawyer), they literally forced a confession out of him, and within 90 days of that, executed him via electric chair. He was so small that they had to use books to prop him in the device so that it could be used. Now in the 21st century, more than 60 years after that poor little boy's murder (for it was not a true execution, but a murder in cold blood by the state), a judge has vacated his conviction, posthumously, because there was enough evidence then (and of course now) to give reasonable doubt, and he likely did not commit that crime. Poor George Stinney's murder was a truly tragic, and HORRENDOUS crime perpetrated by the government, fueled entirely by racism and bigotry.
and the saga continues. It seems wrongful persucuions never cease to exist even to this day. Now we have video footage to get recourse in some instances.
I hope one day George Stinney's name is as familiar to people as Emmett Till's. That case ate me up inside when I read about it as a kid. To this day, descendants of the two victims' families still think he's guilty. I guess they'd have to believe that or else they'd be eaten up inside too. Such a sick miscarriage of justice.
Its not as simple as racism and bigotry in the story of stinney, that is a long a evil story of corruption and power and the stinney boy was the incident that could bring the entire corrupt house down on top of the men that were involved. The man that gave his death bed confession that he killed those girls and pinned it on stinney is distant family of mine and ive lived in the area my entire life. It is a long deep story of power and corruption from a handful of men.
Don’t leave out *Stand By Me* (1986). Both that film and *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994) were adapted from novellas originally published in a collection of four works that was titled, *Different Seasons* in 1982. The novellas’ titles the films were adapted from are, “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,” and “The Body.” A third novella, “Apt Pupil,” was also adapted to an excellent film of the same title in 1998.
54:45 i honestly believe john also showed Percy what wild bill did as he passed on the flies. I think thats why he was crying as he shot him, he was a mean guy but he had to be made to watch what he did with the dry sponge so i figure he has some sort of boundary.
The ride of emotions from Spartan and Pudgey experienced from watching, " The Green Mile" just touched me so deeply and made me remember he wave of emotions I experienced as a first time watcher. Thanks for such a great reaction.
The actor who played "Brutal" is David Morse, I don't think he's been in anything you've posted on the channel. My best guess for something you may have seen him in is Disturbia with Shia LaBoeuf. He plays the neighbour. One of the other guards, Dean, is played by Barry Pepper who played Private Jackson (the sniper) in Saving Private Ryan. He's also in True Grit (2010) which is a great movie I'm sure will find it's way to the channel at some point.
I honestly expected Pudgey to have a full blown Red Wedding-style meltdown with this one! 🤣 (Like I do every time I see it!) This is one of my favorite books of all time and they did an AMAZING job adapting it into a movie. Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption are extremely well done adaptations too.
@@ladyhotep5189 *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994) was adapted from King’s novella, *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption* that was included in a 1982 collection. That volume also contained, *The Breathing Method* , *Apt Pupil* and *The Body* , and was collectively titled *Different Seasons* when assembled. Those last two titles were also adapted into remarkable films, with *Apt Pupil* (1998), and the latter retitled as *Stand By Me* (1986).
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. Movie magic 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 Clarke Duncan. 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. Four words for you: Stephen King. You're WELCOME!
SINCE YOU ASKED: Bitterbuck killed a guy in a drunken bar fight. Delacroux raped/murdered a little girl, and burned several people to death after setting a fire to cover up the crime.
It's the one thing about the movie that I don't like is they don't tell you the crime by Delacroix or bitter buck. I didn't read the book but my ex did before the movie came out and she told me. So when we went to see it those scenes hit differently. I still love this movie though.
@@John-nr1tu- I don’t think it really matters what their crimes were. Both Arlen Bitterbuck and Edward Delacroix were truly remorseful for their crimes. Wild Bill clearly wasn’t.
@Parallax-3D well I certainly disagree. Somethings are just tough to forgive. Dels crimes are just as horrible (maybe more so) as wild bills. Bitter bucks is pretty sad though.
@@John-nr1tu I definitely feel that's why the movie didn't give Del's background. The movie paints him as a kind and remorseful man. Had it mentioned his reason for being there, the majority of people (especially parents) wouldn't have cared about his death. I know I didn't when I read it. And agreed on Bitterbuck.
You're missing the entire point of the film, Del repented, changed his ways and regretted who he was. He also paid for his crimes, people love to believe they are good and look down on others who fall short of the moral standards of our society. Yet these are usually the same people who push for genocide and discrimination on the basis of religion and allow children to be killed and men to be raped in Palestine, because they believe their religion and race makes them morally superior. All men are evil, to live in this world is evil. @@John-nr1tu
The movie makes you sympathetic to Delacroix's death, because you are missing the context of his crime , the book goes into more detail: He was convicted of first raping and killing a 12 year old girl, then, in a effort to cover his crime, he tried to burn her body, and inadvertantly started a fire that killed 7 more people including a few more kids, that sais, while he deserved to die, no one deserves that kind of death
It's been a long time since I read it, but wasn't he also totally blitzed out of his mind at the time on drugs or alcohol? It doesn't excuse it or make the victim any less dead, of course, but it's further context (if I'm remembering correctly).
Hey Spatan & Pudgey. I have mentioned to you before that I am U.S. Army, and in the Army I am a Correctional Specialist. I have for 7 years dealt with Military Prisoners all all walks of life, and all walks of crime. Normally the staff will always treat Prisoners with respect and dignity. There will always be that one knuckle head that thinks upon others in a way that go against the teaching of Christ. Those guards that do always get what's coming to them, one way or another. One story I can share is a man who treated EVERYONE as if they were beneath him. For this man's protection I will not state his name, but just refer to him as Soldier; He spoke with condensation to everyone, made unwanted incredibly rude jokes (with intention to gain a negative rise out of people), had no regard for others respects and wishes, or their ethnics. The way he treated Prisoners was even more so, and even with several warnings and disciplinary actions Command could not change this man's attitude and demeanor. The ONLY reason why he was kept on schedule was because we NEEDED him due to incredibly low staff counts (the schedule is egregious in corrections). One day, this Soldier went onto the floor (the floor is where Inmates are housed), and he was searching cells with intent to find something. This process is not unusual, but the way this Soldier went about it was unprofessional, as he liked to toss cells and property with attempts to stir emotions from the Prisoners. This was the day that the Prisoners had enough with his attitude and demeanor, and beat him senseless in the Housing Unit for several minutes, just enough to were he wasn't seriously harmed, but just enough to scare him and leave him with bruises and blood. During these several minutes, the recordings taken showed that they had enough to time to aggregiously harm this Soldier, but instead they 'roughed him up' good instead. The Soldier recovered from the attack, and was moved out of the Facility after that encounter and later changed his job to another field... But to this day, one of the biggest kept secrets is why didn't the guard force react to the assault and respond in a proper manner? The main rumor is that the guard force let it happen because of what this Soldier was doing to EVERYONE. The whole point of this story is to "Do unto others what you would do for yourself". The ones that were always the hardest for me were Prisoners that ended up being innocent of crimes but wrongfully committed for a crime. In the Military there is a silent agreement that when you are accused of a crime that "You are Guilty until proven innocent", rather than the Constitutions "Innocent until proven guilty." I have in my time guarded a share of Prisoners that were released from their sentence early due to cases being overturned, dropped, pulled, or dismissed. I loved seeing the joy in their faces but always hated that the system fails and innocent people get caught in the crossfire of lies, politics, or incomitances.
I have no idea how this video ended up being suggested to me. Normally, I skip by "reaction" videos, but it's been so long since I've seen this film, and I felt compelled to watch it... AND I AM SO HAPPY I DID!!! *SUBSCRIBED!!!* This is such an amazing film (and source material by Stephen King) and I love hearing people's reactions to it when I recommend it to friends, so seeing your reactions in real-time was powerful. It brings me so much joy to also know that you found it almost accidentally and knew NOTHING about it before going in. But to answer a repeated question you had toward the beginning, when wondering what Graham Greene's character "did" that made him get the electric chair: murder. Everyone being held on "The Green Mile" was convicted of murder... whether they actually did the crimes or not; a problem facing our American system of justice to this day. Very sad. For more Frank Darabont-adapted/directed Stephen King film adaptations, you should also check out "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994... if you're one of the thirteen people who haven't seen it yet 😂) and "The Mist" (2007). And even for another oft-overlooked Frank Darabont-directed nostalgic and feel-good sentimental drama gem, you really should check out - if you can find it streaming anywhere - "The Majestic" (2001; Jim Carrey). I feel like I make be one of only five people who actually saw that one in theaters and can tell you it's right up there in quality alongside both "Shawshank" and this film.
Side Note: Having seen this film back in the day, whenever one of you would comment about how horrific something was or could be, I felt pangs of sorrow for you all while thinking, "Oh no, you just wait and see how much worse things can be." 😢
9:12 In the Stephen King novel the movie is adapted from, John Coffey is about 6'8", but Michael Clarke Duncan was 6'4", so he wore platform shoes for the closeup shots.
The first guy they executed was on death row because he killed a guy during a bar fight over a pair of boots. The book to my understanding tells you what each prisoner did.
Can you put up a spoiler warning and create some distance between the warning and the information you are giving? That would be a cool thing to do. I would like to be surprised when i read the book. Maybe other people would to?
@@GullibleTarget Mate the movie has been out 25 years, the book has been out 28 years. You're watching a reaction of the movie, you can't ask people to not spoil it for you.
I'm so glad you didn't edit the intro. Watching Pudgey lose her shit laughing was such a good palette cleanser before the movie. I find Coffey so relatable to myself. I am someone who actually suffers from hyper empathy disorder and unfortunately it is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5 and so there isnt a lot of information officially available in terms of how it's defined, its prognosis, and available or effective treatment. Most people who say "im an empath" dont suffer from having hyper empathy. They are just someone who has the normal empathic response, but are simply more intune with recognizing their emotions and the emotional state of others. Hyper empathy, being a real empath, is characterized by the inability to regulate one's emotions as it relates to the presences of emotions from others. Basically what happens is the emotions from someone else essentially merge with your own, so much so that it results in an inability to distinguish what emotions are indeed your own, and what emotions came from someone else. As Coffey is connected to the world in a supernatural way, he understands this better than anyone and i can say, as someone not connected in that way (obviously), the way he describes it is so accurate it's frightening. Without being that connected i can confidently say that it is indeed "like glass in my head." It comes from the awareness of all the pain and suffering of others, regardless of whether or not we are in the presence of that suffering. We know they suffer and this awareness causes and unconscious and uncontrollable empathic response where we involuntarily imagine what it must be like for them to suffer the way they do. It is very difficult to cope with, at least for me personally, and i can attest to the fact that i myself contemplate wanting it to be over, to give my mind some peace away from all the hurt we cause each other, hurt we cause for no damn reason, for the stupidest of reasons, or for the worst of reasons..
I always just automatically like when the video starts because... duh, it's Spartan & Pudgey. This time, I wish I could have an extra few likes for Pudgey's laughing in the intro. I'm sitting in Starbucks watching this just cracking up laughing with Pudgey 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They dont decide the frequency or amount of ads. RUclips does. Depending on your location and time of day and your watch time, you will see more ads than you are used to. The algorithm knows you will keep watching S and P so they bombard you with ads. It could be different tomorrow
@roddo1955 it was just a joke lol. But it was definitely seriously annoying, I got three sets of 2 ads each in ten minutes, all during JC's execution 😭
Hey hey hey, don't you dare tell the parents to shut up, they lost their 2 kids in one of the most horrible ways. We know the truth due to watching this movie but the parents have no way of knowing who actually did it. Was their anger pointed at the wrong person? Yeah, absolutely. But no one is going through it more than the parents right now, how about showing some empathy towards the parents? If we were in their shoes we'd all be saying what they were saying and we'd be feeling the same way they were feeling. Other than that, great reaction guys.
59:55 that 'projector-over-head scene' has been used in many of Frank Darabont's (director) films including 'Shawshank Redemption' (1994), The Majestic (2001). Maybe others too. This particular shot is very close to the one with Jim carey in The Majestic (2001).
Be right back...we are going to curl up in a ball and cry for a while..
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So arcane season 2 huh?
Tom Hanks is on the Epstein list.
This movie is one that will haunt you. The character of John Coffey is one you'll never forget. Every character is perfectly cast, and the relationship that develops between John and the guards is incredibly touching. If John had not actually wanted to die, his fate would have been unbearable, but, when Paul offers to let him go, John lets him know that he's tired of all the pain and ready to go. It's also the only movie that isn't animated that has a mouse as a main character.
Spartan & Pudgey: "Interstellar was so emotional"
The Green Mile: "Hold my John Coffey"
😂😂😂
Now i can say my tears are from laughing. Thanks for that.
😂😂😂😂
gonna need some big hands to hold John Coffey
That's a lot of weight
RIP MICHAEL CLARK DUNCAN
"Come n' get Papa Bear!"
He truly put in a once in a generation performance in this movie.
The WARDOG!
@@michaelminard2524.Pork Rinds this!
He be in hebben.
Yessa boss.
Fun fact. Two best prison movies, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile" were both written by the master of horror Stephen King. I hope you watch the "Shawshank redemption" next
and both directed by Frank Darabont
@@heisenberg6197another master of his craft
Shawshank is a must watch!!!!!!
The adapted screen write and direction was done by Frank Darabont.
@@heisenberg6197 can be same universe tho.
33 yr old man who’s seen this movie an unreasonable amount of times.. I bawl like a baby every single time I watch this. The greatest acting of all time by everyone involved. Thank you both for showing your true emotions!
Whether man or woman... if this movie doesn't bring tears to your eyes at some point, then you have neither a heart nor empathy.
I don't shed 'em when they kill him. Always the lead up though when they let him know it will be in a couple days and they are struggling with coming to terms with what they have to do while trying to make the best of his last couple days. Makes you at least try to want to be better to people in your own day to day. At the very least.
26 yo man. Here which you
1916 music video by Sabaton does the same thing now...
Michael Clarke Duncan was robbed of an Oscar that year, such an amazing performance.
I agree! As much as I love Michael Caine, he was playing the character he plays in most of his films. Haley Joel Osment also shined in The Sixth Sense.
Was a tough year to be in the running to be fair. But I agree, Michael should have won.
Facts.
I always thought that John didn't want the parents to know the truth. For John, it was better that they think a stranger came and murdered their children rather thank know that they invited the evil in themselves.
This is brilliant! I never thought about it this way. He's truly an angel 😇
Exactly! The parents would never have forgiven themselves. Brilliant analysis.❤
Or maybe it's because they're racist 😗
Bull crap
I think that behaviour was foreshadowed in the film with Paul, Brutal and Dale and the Mouseville tale. A lie told to ease the pain.
John Coffey is empathy in human form.
Also I think his initials are no coincidence
@@nephastgweiz1022Exactly. “JC” is redemption & salvation, to extend the analogy.
In my humble opinion, this is one of the best movies ever made. Everyone gave award winning performances. The writing was perfect. I am almost 50 and this movie makes me cry every time I see it or a reaction to it. If this movie doesn't wash you away with emotion then there is something wrong with you.
I often wonder, watching the end of this film, how long did Jon have to suffer and walk this earth, if just a little of his power keeps Paul alive and healthy for so long. When he says he's tired, tired of all the years on the road etc, I always picture hes been roaming for hundreds of years, taking in all the pain around him.
Must have been at least hundreds ✌🏾
Probably been here for a long time
He didn't speak with an African accent but an uneducated Southern accent. The importation of new slaves from Africa was banned in 1808 although there were illegal shipments into the mid 1800s. In the movie it was hinted that he just showed up out of nowhere, but he had mid 1800 slave plantation mannerisms and speech. My guess is he was from that time. I haven't read the book so maybe I'm way off.
Anything is possible. This is fiction. Supernatural fiction at that. John could change and adapt to whichever culture his human form currently exists.
But if you wish to make the analogy, “JC” was on earth for 33 years before he was executed.
@@Ernwaldo This is what I got from his character too
Saw this when released in cinemas. They left the lights down at the end to let everyone "recover" - and by god it was needed :)
Same thing at my theater. I've only ever seen that with this movie and Saving Private Ryan.
I turned 40 last month, not only does this movie still get me, but especially the speech between Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan about his judgement day. One of the best cinematic scenes of all time.
He calls himself Spartan... Kind of a macho persona he's playing.
@@jeffrogers2180Some people dont feel as much. They try , but it isnt in them
3 things were certain with this reaction
1 - Both getting emotional and cry
2 - Both would absolutely HATE percy
3 - falling in love with John
I have to give props to the actor who played Percy. He did a phenomenal job making the character absolutely loathsome.
Micheal Clark Duncan could make you cry or laugh or even just be intimidating. It's truly a great loss.
Stephen King once again proving he’s a literary national treasure. Beautiful storytelling and excellent acting made this movie a real masterpiece.
Before we had Joffery Baratheon in Game of Thrones to despise we had Percy Wetmore to curse at lol.
Unfortunately the actual actor who played Wetmore, Doug Hutchinson, turned out to be a gross individual. He married his third wife when he was 51 and she was 16 in the year 2011 and it ended his career.
@johnwolfe7596 whoa what the hell. I had no idea, that's just sick.
A man with the initials J.C. who is able to perform healing miracles and ends up being wrongly convicted to death.
I wonder if this could be an allegory?🤔
People with those same initials reading this.💀😂
@@jeffreycleijne3079are they being sentenced to death?
@@AL-fl4jk I would hope not haha.
@@isaacruiz3991 yeah jesus ain't white neither
Stephen King claims that the JC initials are a coincidence and that Coffey is a fallen angel. “Like he dropped out of the sky”.
In the book Del graped and killed a 15 year old girl in an alley. He tried to cover the crime by setting fire to an old mattress. The fire spread to an apt and a family of five perished in the flames.
" He's Square with the House". Percy didn't torture him because he hated his crimes. He tortured him because he laughed, made the dumb little song, and stood up to him.
I kinda dislike that they left that out of the movie, because viewers shouldn't be nearly as sympathetic towards him as they tend to be.
Arlen Bitterbuck was there because he killed a man in a drunken brawl.
@@elizabethstrong6057 There's a point being made with that.
John Coffee's lawyer that Tom Hanks went to talk to is Gary Sinise. He and Tom Hanks were in two other great movies - Apollo 13 and Forest Gump.
“Like the drink, only *not* spelled the same.”
Also, Tom Hanks and Barry Pepper were in *Saving Private Ryan* together.
Gary Sinise was also in the tv miniseries The Stand where he played a big main character Stuart Redman, and he was fantastic in it.
The Green Mile is up there with The Shawshank Redemption and Interstellar as 1 of the best movies ever.
When a movie can hit you in the feels so hard you know, you know. 😥
Hey you two its been a while 😊 I love this movie
Edit: Im also here for Pudgy's "NAAAAAURRRRRR" 😂😂
Its so funny. Every time 😅
@@BennyBlancoNLI CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT, I NEVER KNEW NO HAD 3 SYLLABLES!!! BLESS HER!!! ☺️
Great reaction you two.
This can be a tough watch but it’s worth it.
It always gets me when Brutal says to John “feel how we feel, we don’t hate ya” 😢😢😢
the part that gets me everytime, is when Paul is asking John what he should do, "when God asks me why i killed one of his true Miricles, what do i say? it was my job" im not religious but that really does sum up the man Paul is, its a sign that he knows what he is doing is truely wrong and in their words job be damned. he knows he will have to live with making the wrong choice for the rest of his life.
Same. I am atheist but have utmost respect for those who believe and im very interested in christian mythology. Paul is like Paul the apostle in the bible. Wild Bill and Lacroix were like the people on the cross next to...
Jesus Christ=J.C=John Coffey: a healer who was killed by people who didnt know
@@GullibleTarget*Delacroix, Eduard Delacroix.
Portrayed brilliantly by Michael Jeter. R.I.P.
@@GullibleTargetexactly, it's that everyone is redeemable if they truly want it. The hate it gets turned into is literally the opposite of what Christ like, became. Yes he stood against the truly wicked, but yes.
@@Ernwaldo indeed Delacroix...it means 'of the cross'.
@bassnazi4713 I find Jesus Christ to be a most interesting legendary figure. The teachings attributed to him,lay at the core of humanity. Very akin to the Buddhist outlook on life. Most people I know are religeous and when I talk to them about Christian philosophy they get all excited, thinking I have converted. But then I say 'nope." And that angers them a bit.
This film always hits me hard because I got to know Michael Clarke Duncan a bit when he was a doorman in Chicago & I was younger & running around partying, he was a sweet kind man & this film just hits hard being that he really did pass away!!! RIP big man, you were a good man, thanks for the laughs & the memories!!!💔
Lying bout shit like this is so weird "got 2 kno him"? Was he the doorman at ur house😂😂
I like to believe that Mr Jingles dies in the final shot of the movie. It sets a loose timeframe for Paul, it ends the green mile chapter of Paul’s life and in a movie about death it feels like it should end with a death.
This movie breaks me almost every time. Great reaction guys
Jingles does die, u c he not breathing
Great reaction like always, love this movie. The late Michael Clark Duncan said this was the hardest role he had to prepare for. For emotional scenes, Michael Clarke Duncan would recall his father leaving him as a child. There are some fun-facts about it. Fifteen mice were used in the movie. Each spent months being trained to do different tricks.
Coffey's bed was built shorter in order to make Michael Clarke Duncan look like a giant He also stated that he was genuinely scared when he had that shotgun pointed at him. I missed reading the books when they first came out and kinda wish I would have read them before watching the movie.
Not many people realize at firsts that John Coffey is a Christ figure. He appeared out of nowhere, as if he had just “fallen out of the sky.” He had foreknowledge of future events. He can see the good or evil that is in men’s hearts. He can heal illness and afflictions and resurrect the dead (if it’s not too late). He is innocent, with a pure soul, yet he is made to suffer and die because of the sins and wickedness of others. And even his initials are J.C., just like Jesus.
(Recall the scene where John is watching his first-ever flicker show, and the light from the movie projector is illuminating his head from behind, just like a halo: The Christian symbolism is unmistakable) Keep up the good work.
Tear up every time man,
Incredible acting
Pudgey laughing at 3:33 without making any kind of sound is simply hilarious to me. I live for moments like this one.
Your the 1st one to not cry buddy I'm 61yrs old and seen this movie at least 6times and I can't get pass this movie without tears . It's okay just show you have a heart
Hey Spartan and Pudgey, the journey of John Coffey is a gift and a curse to him. --------- He was just tired of absorbing all the suffering and hate in the world and wanted to end his time on this earth. He passed on a bit of himself to Tom Hanks, so we can see what JC faces. ----------- Such an amazing movie. Such deep concepts, ideas, moral conundrums. Some of the best writing expressed in Literature. Stephen King is a master level storyteller.
King and Darabont together facilitated two of the best movies to be put to film. This and Shawshank. May be equally great movies out there but none surpass. Especially in rewatchability.
Sam Rockwell's voice was at the very beginning talking to the girls . Then it goes into the dog chasing scene. So Pudgy that's what was lingering in your mind while all this summed up at the end.
Spartan. I agree interstellar was very emotional but something about an innocent ,sweet , childlike big man going to die after so much good he did daily just rips my heart out. And the guards do a fantastic job of displaying how different people react to his kindness. Some sceptical. Some in wonder but all are truly saddened at how unfair this is
Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great deduction.👍
Pudge is like a plot divining rod. Almost subconsciously, she is doing a mental what if with every character, twist and turn in the movie. The fact that it manages not to be annoying is a testament to her charm (and Spartan’s patience). Great job as always guys. Keep it up!
Despite Sparts's mockery, Pudgey was actually spot on when she said we see Billy the Kid at the start of the movie, albeit we only see a close-up of his eyes and hear him threatening the girls.
Love the reactions, and Pudgey the dialect that adds all the "R's" to what you are saying I love! It always makes me smile!
In my top 5 Movies of all time. The actor playing Coffey did and AMAZING job, such a shame he didn't win an Oscar because it would have been WELL DESERVED!
When Pudgy at the beginning does that silent laughing of hers , she looks just like this emoji
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this movie is just so good. I was 12 when this came out. Had it on the double VHS lol. stuck with me since then. I come back to watch it again every couple of years. "Im tried boss". that whole speech just hit different the older I got. RIP Mr Duncan.
1. I just found yall. 2. Carrying FOMO from childhood is WILD! 3. My guy right here seems cool af. 4. Pudgy, saying “Know” might be my favorite word ever.
Spartan's right! John's death, although tragic, is not something I won't be able to watch again (and I've seen this movie many times), because John did as much as he could, I'm sure. Not just what we saw on the Green Mile, but throughout his lifetime. He was tired, as he said, and ready to leave. That makes a huge difference. I always mention this, but Paul said about Mr. Jingles living so long, how much longer he had to live. Well, can you imagine how long John's lived?
Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, and he's had a bad rap for years, for putting out some bad ones, but the man keeps delivering. Some of them are flops, and some are not, and then you have something like this. Which btw, was written episodically; on the fly. F'king brilliant.
Great reaction!
I wish Spartan would let himself be carried away by his emotions more often and stop pretending that he is too manly to cry 😅 no one is going to judge
You cant police someone's reactions. And maybe he is perfectly fine with not crying on camera? I could also say: it's sad you want to see him cry eventhough he doesn't cry on camera. There's plenty of people who react on youtube who cry😊
@@GullibleTarget Saying you wish a man didn't feel the need to pretend to not have feelings isn't the same as "policing" them. There's a big difference between not being emotional and trying to suppress your emotions because you think you "have to" due to societal expectations of your gender. The former is fine. The latter is not healthy, or even fair. It's not fair to expect men to be emotionless robots. They're humans. They have a right to feel sad and to cry without fear of judgment.
@@nebulousreactions Stop projecting your own fantasies onto others. How about you let spartan act and live like he want without you commenting on his way of life telling him hes not emotional enough.
How do you know he isn't neurodivergent or something?
He gives good commentary I personally think
@@nebulousreactions that has nothing to do with what i said. Thats your inner turmoil. And i was responding to the OP. But thank you for your reply. It was interesting but i stick to my original post. I also find you are going too deep. You don't know Spartan personally and how he prefers to present himself in front of a camera. Maybe it helps you if you imagine/fantasize that he cries in front of those he feels comfortable with? And hey; Pudgey was crying? I hope you feel better. Its really not that deep.
49:59 my mom can't watch this movie for this scene, she went for a cancer treatment and this part of of the movie brought memories at the hospital
This is an excellent film. The plot is brilliant and the acting is top quality. Spartan and Pudgey's reaction, as usual, is genuine and emotional.
Not only one of the best movies ever made, but also one of Stephen King's Best stories. The movie was remarkably true to the book, with obviously stellar results.
You MUST, now watch The Shawshank Redemption, another King short story, just as beautifully told. It's the law here in the USA.
These are the greatest accents on RUclips. That's what I mostly took from this reaction. HAHAHAHA
The Green Mile aka depression: the movie, really glad you decided to give it a shot
My favourite intros are the ones where Pudgy cannot control her giggles 😂
In fact id love to see a whole video of Spartan & Pudgy outtakes
Tough watch... everything in the story is outstanding!... One film that lasts and stays with everyone who have watch it!... Sublime!
So stoked to see you react to this, one of my top 3 favourite films ever
I haven't seen any comments on the accent but Del is Cajun. That's a pretty typical Louisiana Cajun accent
Not something most people are very familiar with in Australia, same for me. I’ve only ever learnt anything referring to Cajun & Creole culture in American TV shows.
@belle8932 correct. I meant that no one in the comments section brought it up & so I did bc I thought it was such a distinct part of the whole feel of the movie. Wanted to highlight that for S & P
The Green Mile feels like one of those movies that not a lot of people talk about any more but when anyone sees it they remember how amazing it was. I don't cry a lot watching films but this one will end me every single time. Also, can we appreciate what a perfect run Tom Hanks had in the 90's?
there was a bit at begining when he was dreaming and you heard wild bill
telling kids to be quiet
When Pudgey says “no” or “know” her accent is so strong. Love it lol
I always thought Stephen king was low key making a connection with Coffey and Jesus. The whole both having initials j.c. When he says “you tell god the father”. The way he feels everything. The way he not only can heal and take away but the fact that he punished wild bill and pursey too. The way every time he heals it’s light and he’s afraid the dark. I think the scars on him are from each person he healed. I think this could be even deeper than it already is if you think about all the little things. Definitely one of the top 10 movies of all time.
I'm not deep into Stephen King lore but I am assuming there are Dark Tower connections. Something like Mother Abigail in The Stand.
@@vooptr yeah he's more the regular Kingverse 'angel' allegory. Lots of examples throughout his work, Mother being a great example
Loool I was literally coming to the comments to type this... this story to me is basically "what if some of the Romans saw Jesus' miracles" set in modern(ish) times...
The two thieves on either side of Jesus on the cross, one being good and one being evil. Clearly Dell & Wild Bill.
He's enthically from a small group, living under foreign overlords.
He speaks in a way that is difficult for said foreign overlords to understand. Not a different language, but still a clever way to do it. I'd imagine whoever was translating Jesus' Aramaic/Hebrew into Latin for Pilate was also using basic, everyday words & saying simple phrases to speed communication up.
He takes illness & pain away specifically through touch, or at least some type of physical contact.
He was tempted into avoiding the death that had been planned out for him, but he chose to die anyway
He also says "Angels just like up in Heaven" as if he has been there
The entire movie is analogous to the road to cavalrey. Delacroix(of the cross) apologised for what he did, took care of an innocent mouse, was kind to his captors and was told that mr.Jingles would have a great life after he passes. In the crucifixion story, J.C. is crucified with two others. One of them asks J.C. he feels remorseful. And J.C tells him that 'god the father' has already forgiven him and is waiting to receive him in heaven. The other person next to J.C. is unrepentant and gets no salvation. Just like Wild Bill. The apostle Paul swore up and down that he would stick up for J.C if anything were to happen. When J.C. was carrying the cross; Paul was asked if he didnt know Jesus. Paul denied that he did. As J.C predicted. In this movie Paul knows John is god's miracle and that he is innocent but he says nothing. Because J.C willed it so. And just like the biblical Paul; he is riddled with guilt. In the bible J.C the resurrected appears before Paul and tells him he did nothing wrong. Without his silence, the crucifixtion would not have happened. And in crucifixtion of J.C human souls were saved. J.C. died to absolve the sins of others. John Coffee absolved everybody when he walked the mile.
Mercy was extended to the parents as well. John took the blame. The parents of the little girls never would have forgiven themselves knowing they unwittingly invited the murderer into their homes.
55:12 - love this editing with Pudgey's eyes darting
I always wondered how old John was. Just little of his power kept two beings alive for so long. How long was he wandering this earth to know that there is pain all over the world?
The faces when Jon helps for the first time.... so worth the watch
Every once in a while a movie is made that is so close to perfect it goes straight to my 10 Greatest Movies of All Time list. The Green Mile is one of them.
The Green Mile is loosely based on/inspired by the case of George Stinney Jr, a 14 year old African American boy who in 1944 was accused of murdering two little white girls in South Carolina. After torturous interrogation (where he was not allowed to see or speak to his parents or a true lawyer), they literally forced a confession out of him, and within 90 days of that, executed him via electric chair. He was so small that they had to use books to prop him in the device so that it could be used. Now in the 21st century, more than 60 years after that poor little boy's murder (for it was not a true execution, but a murder in cold blood by the state), a judge has vacated his conviction, posthumously, because there was enough evidence then (and of course now) to give reasonable doubt, and he likely did not commit that crime. Poor George Stinney's murder was a truly tragic, and HORRENDOUS crime perpetrated by the government, fueled entirely by racism and bigotry.
and the saga continues. It seems wrongful persucuions never cease to exist even to this day. Now we have video footage to get recourse in some instances.
I hope one day George Stinney's name is as familiar to people as Emmett Till's. That case ate me up inside when I read about it as a kid. To this day, descendants of the two victims' families still think he's guilty. I guess they'd have to believe that or else they'd be eaten up inside too. Such a sick miscarriage of justice.
Its not as simple as racism and bigotry in the story of stinney, that is a long a evil story of corruption and power and the stinney boy was the incident that could bring the entire corrupt house down on top of the men that were involved. The man that gave his death bed confession that he killed those girls and pinned it on stinney is distant family of mine and ive lived in the area my entire life. It is a long deep story of power and corruption from a handful of men.
@theredviking1416 whoa, that's intense. Thanks for sharing
John was an angel… he had the innocence of a child too
This and Shawshank Redemption are some of the best Stephen King adaptations! Great reaction!
Don’t leave out *Stand By Me* (1986).
Both that film and *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994) were adapted from novellas originally published in a collection of four works that was titled, *Different Seasons* in 1982.
The novellas’ titles the films were adapted from are, “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,” and “The Body.”
A third novella, “Apt Pupil,” was also adapted to an excellent film of the same title in 1998.
Don't forget Maximum Overdrive! /s
Michael Clarke Duncan was 6’5” the same height as David Morse (Brutal) but was made to look taller with risers, trenches and camera angles.
Pudgey's laugh makes me happy
54:45 i honestly believe john also showed Percy what wild bill did as he passed on the flies. I think thats why he was crying as he shot him, he was a mean guy but he had to be made to watch what he did with the dry sponge so i figure he has some sort of boundary.
The ride of emotions from Spartan and Pudgey experienced from watching, " The Green Mile" just touched me so deeply and made me remember he wave of emotions I experienced as a first time watcher. Thanks for such a great reaction.
Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching 🙏🏼❤️
The actor who played "Brutal" is David Morse, I don't think he's been in anything you've posted on the channel. My best guess for something you may have seen him in is Disturbia with Shia LaBoeuf. He plays the neighbour.
One of the other guards, Dean, is played by Barry Pepper who played Private Jackson (the sniper) in Saving Private Ryan. He's also in True Grit (2010) which is a great movie I'm sure will find it's way to the channel at some point.
I honestly expected Pudgey to have a full blown Red Wedding-style meltdown with this one! 🤣 (Like I do every time I see it!) This is one of my favorite books of all time and they did an AMAZING job adapting it into a movie. Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption are extremely well done adaptations too.
Steven King can really write this engaging stories, The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption are MUST SEE movies!!!
So many people still don't know that this (and Shawshank Redemption) is based on a story by Stephen King.
I didn't know shawshank redemption was. Nice. Hmph.
@@ladyhotep5189 *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994) was adapted from King’s novella, *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption* that was included in a 1982 collection.
That volume also contained, *The Breathing Method* , *Apt Pupil* and *The Body* , and was collectively titled *Different Seasons* when assembled. Those last two titles were also adapted into remarkable films, with *Apt Pupil* (1998), and the latter retitled as *Stand By Me* (1986).
Excellent Reaction Guys! Love to see you guys grow emotionally through these watches. Makes you think about life, those type of movies doesn't it ?
This movie is in the "You're going to cry like a baby" genre.
Pudgey’s spontaneous laughter for no reason is so cute. I bet she brightens up anyone’s day in her orbit ❤❤
"if a man truly regrets what he's done, he might get to go back to the time happiest for him" watch dances with wolves. Love from Wales ✌
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. Movie magic 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 Clarke Duncan. 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. Four words for you: Stephen King. You're WELCOME!
David Morse is also in Hearts in Atlantis
Those parents didn’t know that man would kill their children. They were as innocent as John.
SINCE YOU ASKED:
Bitterbuck killed a guy in a drunken bar fight.
Delacroux raped/murdered a little girl, and burned several people to death after setting a fire to cover up the crime.
It's the one thing about the movie that I don't like is they don't tell you the crime by Delacroix or bitter buck. I didn't read the book but my ex did before the movie came out and she told me. So when we went to see it those scenes hit differently. I still love this movie though.
@@John-nr1tu- I don’t think it really matters what their crimes were. Both Arlen Bitterbuck and Edward Delacroix were truly remorseful for their crimes. Wild Bill clearly wasn’t.
@Parallax-3D well I certainly disagree. Somethings are just tough to forgive. Dels crimes are just as horrible (maybe more so) as wild bills. Bitter bucks is pretty sad though.
@@John-nr1tu I definitely feel that's why the movie didn't give Del's background. The movie paints him as a kind and remorseful man. Had it mentioned his reason for being there, the majority of people (especially parents) wouldn't have cared about his death. I know I didn't when I read it. And agreed on Bitterbuck.
You're missing the entire point of the film, Del repented, changed his ways and regretted who he was. He also paid for his crimes, people love to believe they are good and look down on others who fall short of the moral standards of our society. Yet these are usually the same people who push for genocide and discrimination on the basis of religion and allow children to be killed and men to be raped in Palestine, because they believe their religion and race makes them morally superior. All men are evil, to live in this world is evil. @@John-nr1tu
The actor that played Wild Billy put in one hell of a performance.
The movie makes you sympathetic to Delacroix's death, because you are missing the context of his crime , the book goes into more detail: He was convicted of first raping and killing a 12 year old girl, then, in a effort to cover his crime, he tried to burn her body, and inadvertantly started a fire that killed 7 more people including a few more kids, that sais, while he deserved to die, no one deserves that kind of death
It's been a long time since I read it, but wasn't he also totally blitzed out of his mind at the time on drugs or alcohol? It doesn't excuse it or make the victim any less dead, of course, but it's further context (if I'm remembering correctly).
@@nebulousreactions yea, her was def an addict and alcoholic, but also def a pedophile as well
The way pudgey says her " O's" Is priceless 😂
Got a little sniffle from stone cold spartan
Jeez Spartan I think you absolutely nailed it in your understanding of it normally it's Pudgey who gets the emotional stuff 😮😂
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I really love the beginning! Your laugh Pudgey make my day! Thank you! 😆 And yes, Spartans emotions / feelings were easy to see. Well done!
Next Shawshank Redemption 🖤
I never realized how much pissing is a recurring theme in this film. But it’s okay, this movie will always be “number one” in my heart.
Hey Spatan & Pudgey. I have mentioned to you before that I am U.S. Army, and in the Army I am a Correctional Specialist. I have for 7 years dealt with Military Prisoners all all walks of life, and all walks of crime. Normally the staff will always treat Prisoners with respect and dignity. There will always be that one knuckle head that thinks upon others in a way that go against the teaching of Christ. Those guards that do always get what's coming to them, one way or another.
One story I can share is a man who treated EVERYONE as if they were beneath him. For this man's protection I will not state his name, but just refer to him as Soldier; He spoke with condensation to everyone, made unwanted incredibly rude jokes (with intention to gain a negative rise out of people), had no regard for others respects and wishes, or their ethnics. The way he treated Prisoners was even more so, and even with several warnings and disciplinary actions Command could not change this man's attitude and demeanor. The ONLY reason why he was kept on schedule was because we NEEDED him due to incredibly low staff counts (the schedule is egregious in corrections). One day, this Soldier went onto the floor (the floor is where Inmates are housed), and he was searching cells with intent to find something. This process is not unusual, but the way this Soldier went about it was unprofessional, as he liked to toss cells and property with attempts to stir emotions from the Prisoners. This was the day that the Prisoners had enough with his attitude and demeanor, and beat him senseless in the Housing Unit for several minutes, just enough to were he wasn't seriously harmed, but just enough to scare him and leave him with bruises and blood. During these several minutes, the recordings taken showed that they had enough to time to aggregiously harm this Soldier, but instead they 'roughed him up' good instead. The Soldier recovered from the attack, and was moved out of the Facility after that encounter and later changed his job to another field... But to this day, one of the biggest kept secrets is why didn't the guard force react to the assault and respond in a proper manner? The main rumor is that the guard force let it happen because of what this Soldier was doing to EVERYONE. The whole point of this story is to "Do unto others what you would do for yourself".
The ones that were always the hardest for me were Prisoners that ended up being innocent of crimes but wrongfully committed for a crime. In the Military there is a silent agreement that when you are accused of a crime that "You are Guilty until proven innocent", rather than the Constitutions "Innocent until proven guilty." I have in my time guarded a share of Prisoners that were released from their sentence early due to cases being overturned, dropped, pulled, or dismissed. I loved seeing the joy in their faces but always hated that the system fails and innocent people get caught in the crossfire of lies, politics, or incomitances.
wow thanks for sharing all that! it was an interesting read 🙏🏼
I have no idea how this video ended up being suggested to me. Normally, I skip by "reaction" videos, but it's been so long since I've seen this film, and I felt compelled to watch it... AND I AM SO HAPPY I DID!!! *SUBSCRIBED!!!*
This is such an amazing film (and source material by Stephen King) and I love hearing people's reactions to it when I recommend it to friends, so seeing your reactions in real-time was powerful. It brings me so much joy to also know that you found it almost accidentally and knew NOTHING about it before going in.
But to answer a repeated question you had toward the beginning, when wondering what Graham Greene's character "did" that made him get the electric chair: murder. Everyone being held on "The Green Mile" was convicted of murder... whether they actually did the crimes or not; a problem facing our American system of justice to this day. Very sad.
For more Frank Darabont-adapted/directed Stephen King film adaptations, you should also check out "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994... if you're one of the thirteen people who haven't seen it yet 😂) and "The Mist" (2007). And even for another oft-overlooked Frank Darabont-directed nostalgic and feel-good sentimental drama gem, you really should check out - if you can find it streaming anywhere - "The Majestic" (2001; Jim Carrey). I feel like I make be one of only five people who actually saw that one in theaters and can tell you it's right up there in quality alongside both "Shawshank" and this film.
Side Note: Having seen this film back in the day, whenever one of you would comment about how horrific something was or could be, I felt pangs of sorrow for you all while thinking, "Oh no, you just wait and see how much worse things can be." 😢
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9:12 In the Stephen King novel the movie is adapted from, John Coffey is about 6'8", but Michael Clarke Duncan was 6'4", so he wore platform shoes for the closeup shots.
The first guy they executed was on death row because he killed a guy during a bar fight over a pair of boots. The book to my understanding tells you what each prisoner did.
Also that actor has been in so many things. Most recently he was in Last Of Us when Ellie and Joel end up at his cabin.
Can you put up a spoiler warning and create some distance between the warning and the information you are giving? That would be a cool thing to do. I would like to be surprised when i read the book. Maybe other people would to?
@@GullibleTarget Mate the movie has been out 25 years, the book has been out 28 years. You're watching a reaction of the movie, you can't ask people to not spoil it for you.
@Daniel-t5v4k yes i can. I already have? 🤣 dont be mad, mate! Why is everybody so combative in the comments🤣
@@GullibleTargetnothing they said was combative. If that's your perception, it's coming from within.
I'm so glad you didn't edit the intro. Watching Pudgey lose her shit laughing was such a good palette cleanser before the movie.
I find Coffey so relatable to myself. I am someone who actually suffers from hyper empathy disorder and unfortunately it is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5 and so there isnt a lot of information officially available in terms of how it's defined, its prognosis, and available or effective treatment. Most people who say "im an empath" dont suffer from having hyper empathy. They are just someone who has the normal empathic response, but are simply more intune with recognizing their emotions and the emotional state of others. Hyper empathy, being a real empath, is characterized by the inability to regulate one's emotions as it relates to the presences of emotions from others. Basically what happens is the emotions from someone else essentially merge with your own, so much so that it results in an inability to distinguish what emotions are indeed your own, and what emotions came from someone else. As Coffey is connected to the world in a supernatural way, he understands this better than anyone and i can say, as someone not connected in that way (obviously), the way he describes it is so accurate it's frightening. Without being that connected i can confidently say that it is indeed "like glass in my head." It comes from the awareness of all the pain and suffering of others, regardless of whether or not we are in the presence of that suffering. We know they suffer and this awareness causes and unconscious and uncontrollable empathic response where we involuntarily imagine what it must be like for them to suffer the way they do.
It is very difficult to cope with, at least for me personally, and i can attest to the fact that i myself contemplate wanting it to be over, to give my mind some peace away from all the hurt we cause each other, hurt we cause for no damn reason, for the stupidest of reasons, or for the worst of reasons..
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I always just automatically like when the video starts because... duh, it's Spartan & Pudgey. This time, I wish I could have an extra few likes for Pudgey's laughing in the intro. I'm sitting in Starbucks watching this just cracking up laughing with Pudgey 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't know how u can watch a film with the subtitles out of sync with the audio, that would really annoy me
it did annoy us! we were already started and just put up with it 😅
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@roddo1955 it was just a joke lol. But it was definitely seriously annoying, I got three sets of 2 ads each in ten minutes, all during JC's execution 😭
Hey hey hey, don't you dare tell the parents to shut up, they lost their 2 kids in one of the most horrible ways. We know the truth due to watching this movie but the parents have no way of knowing who actually did it. Was their anger pointed at the wrong person? Yeah, absolutely. But no one is going through it more than the parents right now, how about showing some empathy towards the parents? If we were in their shoes we'd all be saying what they were saying and we'd be feeling the same way they were feeling. Other than that, great reaction guys.
whenever there is a plottwist in anything you guys watch pudgey will always go without fail "I HAD A SMALL FEELING!!!" xD
This is one of the few good Stephen King adaptations. I loved the creative choice to not tell the viewers the prisoner's crimes.
Shawshank is also Stephen King.
It's definitely good but it's no Maximum Overdrive 😅
@rebeccapinto9926 Yeah, that's another great one.
In the book, is it stated early on and therefore known who the killer (of the girls) was?
One of the few? most of the adaptations are top tier, what are you on about?
59:55 that 'projector-over-head scene' has been used in many of Frank Darabont's (director) films including 'Shawshank Redemption' (1994), The Majestic (2001). Maybe others too. This particular shot is very close to the one with Jim carey in The Majestic (2001).
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Same exact spot got me as well. When he asks John about what he’s going to say on the day of his judgement to God…..that just rips me up every time.