Michael Clarke Duncan said that Tom Hanks was such a big help during the shoot, Michael was a fairly inexperienced actor for this type of role and he said Tom had no ego and would run lines with him and offer any support or advice he could. When he died Tom even spoke at his memorial service to honor him
Might be one of the only nice things I've heard someone say about Tom Hanks haha. Never met him myself, but I know numerous people who work in that circle, and any of them who have met him have all universally agreed he was an absolute dick and was not nice in any way on set. Maybe he was a lot nicer in the 90s?
@Gnomeman101 not sure what you're talking about. Even in The Simpsons Movie they made a joke on the fact that Tom Hanks has more dignity than the U.S government because of his stellar reputation for being a nice guy.. Nobody's perfect but what exactly are you referring to?
@Xervello are you implying I do, or do not, believe that Epstein was a chomo and had a disgusting island? And as for pizzagate, well if you put stock into those kind of crazy theories then there isn't much reasoning with you haha And my stories of Mr. Hanks come from far more direct sources than a Simpsons movie, but it is fine if you don't believe me--I merely state the truth as I heard it said to me from people with direct experience. But it's not verified fact or anything of course
@@KrazzeeKane you may need to step out of your echo chamber once in a while. Tom Hanks has literally had a reputation as one of the nicest and kindest people in the industry for years.
@@samhain1894 agreed! His earliest horror books like Carrie and Salem's lot were great but as time progressed his drama/mystery/suspense books are better.
He's inspired me to write. It would be amazing to write like him. I have a few ideas 💡 and have already started a story. It's called Merudas curse and it has some of the thrill aspect and realism that's similar to his works, without plagiarizing.
Michael Clark Duncan was nominated but didn't win for best actor in a supporting role if im not mistaken. He was robbed of most awards he deserved honestly.
I believe Kevin Spacey won for 'American Beauty' Ewwwww . . . Also, another creepy side note,, the actor that played 'Percy' in real life .... married a 16 y.o. - he was 51 y.o. - so, still pretty unlikeable
@kevin stephens No, Michael Caine won Best Supporting Actor that year for his role in The Cider House Rules -- but American Beauty did win Best Picture.
As someone who gets kidney stones so often I’ve had a few surgeries for them, I can say Tom Hanks face and look of relief while peeing is so perfectly relatable 😂
some people just get those, because of their physiology.. or maybe your habits in certain situations, don't know, but I am sorry for you, It is a shitty situation.
"I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head...all the time. Can you understand? ..." Stephen King, The Green Mile My favorite line in the book and movie and all these years later, still appropriate
Sounds to me like a quote, Jesus could have said, too. (JC/Jesus Christ/John Coffey) Stephen King is such a great writer. I´m very jealous of his talent. My head is so full of amazing stories, too. But I could never bring them to paper, because I lack the needed writing talent.....
Oft-forgotten fact about the novel: King wrote it as a serial with no advance plan. He released each chapter without having the rest of the book. He had tried it before with a novel he called The Plant, and failed, but this time he hit it out of the park. I believe GM is one of the best books he's written since the early days (pretty much ending with It) partly because of this experimental methodology.
@@localroger i thought he wrote it like that because he wanted people to read it all the way through to keep them from flipping to the last chapter and ruining the twist
Exactly, because it ties back to when he was speaking to John and said what am I going to say, John Coffey, when I have to stand before God and explain why I killed one of his miracles?
Three times this movie nearly killed me emotionally. "I'm tired, boss" speech, when we figure out why the "old man" broke down at the beginning and when John begged not to be put in the dark. RIP Mr. Duncan
This is a wonderfully crafted film where you completely invest in the characters good and evil. Thus, it hits you in the feels 100% because of the story telling. The performances are phenomenal and a great selection to react to.
Percy is one of the few villains in movies that I genuinely despise. He wasn't acting out of greed or out of lust for power. He did it because he was sadistic.
Unfortunately Del wasn’t near as sympathetic of a character as the movie made him out to be. I don’t want to spoil it, but in the novel the crime he’s convicted for is pretty horrific and vile, but I can sort of understand why it was glossed over in the film…but obviously that’s not to say he deserved what happened by any means. Even the worst human beings that have ever lived don’t deserve THAT😬
@Gregorio Sainato it's the same with the Shawshank Redemption, if people knew what Red was in for, he wouldn't be nearly as sympathetic lol. Red is in for triple homicide. He literally planned the murder of his wife by cutting the brakes on her car, but she picked up her neighbor and neighbor's young child first that day she went for a drive, so he ended up responsible for the triple murder of his wife, their neighbor and the neighbor's child. Brooks is another one who is super sympathetic in the movie, but they never said his crime. Brooks had a bad night playing poker, and then he went home and he straight up murdered his own wife and child. Kind of makes sense why they downplayed it in the movie, these crimes are appropriately horrific and would make it a lot harder to be sympathetic to the inmates
"Is this a Jekyll and Hyde thing?" "Does he turn into a monster after dark?" "So, he probably turns into a monster. Oh, god." It was crazy watching you two trying so hard to see how the horror would manifest and getting it SO wrong. Stephen King may have made his name in horror....but he's written quite a variety of stories. For instance, Shawshank Redemption - another kind of King prison story adapted into a movie also directed by Frank Darabont.
It's just bad PR/messaging that he only does horror - partially because of what was and wasn't adapted onto film, and how well those were adapted. Plenty of his earlier stuff is all over the place. Firestarter is not horror, it's actually almost pure science fiction and very good SF at that - it's almost like Carrie minus a psychotic break with government involvement. Sadly despite the involvement of the very popular young Drew Barrymore at the time, and 2 great experienced actors in Martin Sheen and George C Scott, the rest of the film production is somewhat lacking on the story elements and cuts far too much of the novel to get the meat of its heart on the screen - the relationship of Scott's Rainbird character with Drew's Charlie is key in the book and barely explored in the film, certainly not enough to justify the far deeper themes it goes over.
You’ll learn that some of Stephen King’s best work is his dramas. Where there’s no horror in sight. The green mile, Shawshank redemption, and stand by me are all standout King dramas.
Having read the book and watched the movie more than 20 times my take on John Coffey is this. He is an actual angel sent from heaven to heal the terrible things that happen on earth. The attorney that Paul meets with says he just appears with no real back round. He is afraid of "the dark" (side)? When he tells Paul he wants to die he talks about always being on his own. When he watches the "flicker show" he has a halo and says "they just like angels up in heaven" as if he knows. And as he waits to die he sings "Heaven I'm in Heaven" He also makes a reference to The Lady Cassie (Cassiopeia) the constellation when they first bring him outside as if he is familiar with the stars.
I cant really go into The Lady Cassiopeia as it would be a long long story. But she is referenced in many of Steven Kings books. Including the Stand, Children of the Corn, the shinning, the Dark tower novels and many more. I could be totally wrong but he seems to use her as a tool or in-between with the moral realm and the supernatural.
I like that it's so open for interpretation, everyone can have a favourite one. Someone said, that according to Stephen King himself his initials aren't J C by coincidence, obviously referring to Jesus Christ. My favourite take is John Coffey is an alien life form. Not with highly developed technology or intelligence, but still sentient and capable to live/endure in outer space. This life form came to Earth maybe by accident or curiosity but not with malicious intent and found a host in John Coffey before slavery was abolished. You can see scars on John that may have come from a whip and he makes a reference that he's been around for longer than a regular human life. Taking King's comment into account, maybe this life form was even the same one that gave Jesus Christ his powers. Or going even further maybe it was Jesus himself, hence the miracle of the virgin birth and all the others. After the crucifixion and resurrection it went into different humans or took human forms but preferred to stay more incognito until as John Coffey it eventually grew tired of its existence.
It's not hard to appear out of nowhere with no real background in the rural south in the 1930s. Middle of the Great Depression, people moved all over the country looking for work, for a new start. No computer databases, no identification, no social security cards. Pretty easy to get lost in America.
@@jthomann71 I would tend to agree with you. But being from the south. And being that there was not that many people back then. Someone of his size would have been noticed.
Hey everyone, just a heads up! theres about 38 seconds of footage missing in the middle around 12:38 . It is the scene where John heals the Wardens wife, as both of us begin to tear up. This is due to the fact that we got a copyright notification warning from YT detection bots and were forced to trim out that segment. The same also applies for about 12 seconds of footage for the scene where Percy purposely didn't wet the sponge. around 10:40 . :(
*Great job with the revised edits Simone and George!* Your first job is to avoid the arbitrary YT police. I'm very surprised due to the years TGM has been in the public domain. I loved your summation, but you guys looked like TGM was one of the best and worst movie you've ever seen.
There are certain movies that bring you to tears when you watch them. I don't care _how_ tough you are. If you don't cry when you watch them, especially the _first_ time, something's seriously _wrong_ with you. This is one such movie.
This is a great reaction because you go from being as wrong as you possibly can be about what the movie is about to getting it 100%. John Coffey...the initials are intentional and references Jesus Chist. Essentially, John was an empath.
@@samcolton943 Doesn't need to be accepted theory from anyone. It's quite literally laid out for everyone to see. It's the mythology that the audience for this movie would understand.
@chasingbirds3073 You're mistaken. Stephen King confirmed that this choice of initials was a deliberate reference to Jesus in his nonfiction book "On Writing."
Horror was merely a "gateway drug" for Mr King. It was his love of horror that ignited his imagination & as his horror writing skills became evident, people began to notice that King's STORYTELLING transcended the genre and it's a shame more people aren't aware of it. King is a next level storyteller who's depth is so great, it won't be fully realized until long after he is gone. The Stand, is one of his most brilliant horror tales, but it's sooo character driven & skilled in the telling. You're emotionally connected & invested in all of his characters. It's like some people have a kind of magic...even tho u know it's not magic, but it's grace & soul stirring perfection make it seem like it is...and Stephen King's gifts do feel like magic, when you're in their presence. His stories, change your spiritual DNA. Just like this beautiful tragic hopeful & bittersweet tale of how ugliness kills the heart of angels of God who's last words were apologizing for who he is....my soul broke.
People aren't aware...it won't be fully realized till long after he's gone? He's the most successful writer in the history of mankind! Literally the most successful. Every single novel he wrote for decades went straight to number 1. It's people buying those books, so yeah, we recognize his genius.
This movie had my eyes going like faucets in the last half. I've seen grown men the size of linebackers watch this movie and by the end, its ugly cry time. It's that effective. Whew!
You guys had me laughing my head off, as you tried to figure out the 'monster'. Hahaha! Stepehen King also wrote, Eyes of the Dragon (a young adult fairy tale), The Shawshank Redemption (a prison movie), and this! And this is the only one that has a supernatural element to it! So much fun watching you discover this film. Also, the 'monsters' in this movie are Percy and Wild Bill. I've watched this movie dozens of times, and I still can't get through the end without crying! I think the 'witnesses' to the executions are mainly the victim's family, (possibly the inmate's family), and press to cover the story.
This is one of my favorite movies, but it's still impossible for me to watch without sobbing. Your reactions were so sensitive and perfect, you got a new subscriber here. :) Loved the hilarity of your predictions as well; can't blame you for thinking monsters as soon as you knew Stephen King was the author, but actually his writing entails so much more than that. The horror is just incidental in most of the stories; a plot device that helps illuminate something about human nature. My young pompous self wouldn't believe I'm saying this, but he's one of my favorite modern authors.
I don’t know why I’m so late to this viewing, but at the beginning, I knew this breaks just about everyone who sees it. Hearing Simone and George talk about a “monster” at the beginning, I kept thinking to myself that “this IS a monster movie, but not in the traditional sense, or the way you’d expect from Stephen King. In this movie, the real monsters are people.”
That's actually a pretty common theme for King, that people are the real monsters. Even when there's a proper monster, like Pennywise in It, there's still human baddies in the form of bullies and abusive parents. But, he also showcases the goodness people are capable of in a lot of his work too.
As soon as John Coffee said he was ok to die because he didn’t have friends and was tired of feeling the pain in the world I lost it. I cried straight though the end. I went through a whole packet of Kleenex. I had such a headache after but loved the movie.
Speaking of a Tom Hanks marathon - make sure to include 1988 Big (a really nice and happy movie) ❤ Completely different sort of suggestion - movies which cover living for too long and having all friends die on you: Highlander.
I’m so jealous. I wish I could go back and watch these great movies for the first time again. Great reactions guys. You’re both so friendly and have great chemistry.
John Coffee is what is called a breaker. People like him, Carrie , Charlie from the fire starter are all breakers. Being with incredible powers that if you have ever read the dark tower series you know exactly what they are.
Stephen King wrote Shawshank too. And the Green Mile has the same director. Frank Darabond. He also was a writer on the Walking Dead for 11 years. I guess him and King have a good connection.
I going back to your older stuff and I see why you are including more of the reaction to the footage nowadays, but I actually enjoyed quite a lot your discussion after. You should include more of that, even if it makes the videos longer, i would enjoy it.
Happened upon this reaction today. I think I realized that what keeps me coming back to this channel is what kind people you both seem to be. Thanks for being out there!
A superlative film in every aspect - if I'm not mistaken this was King's fave adaptation of his works. When King wrote it the novel was released in installment paperbacks - like pulp fiction dime store novels back in the day -you'd have to wait a month or so in between. Solid choice & reactions.
Love your reactions guys Tom Hanks as a bad guy is tough, Road to Perdition. Amazing movie and he plays a gangster so certainly not his usual role. Well worth checking.
Tom Hanks played a villain in the 2004 film The Ladykillers. It was a remake of a 1955 film of the same name. It’s not a popular film, but it’s weirdly hilarious and you should definitely watch it.
Tom Hanks has played a villain twice in my recollection... He played a con man in The Ladykillers remake and he played a sort of gangster/mob boss in Cloud Atlas... He played a kind of anti-hero in Road to Perdition, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say a villain... There may be more villain roles in his filmography, but they are the only ones that come to mind at present.
@ 2:30 Yes! Tom Hanks played a villain, the only such role I know of. It's called "Cloud Atlas" (2012) where plays a half a dozen characters at least, and at least one is a villain. He plays a good villain too! @ 18:40 In Star Trek lore he would be a "pure empath". One who absorbs diseases and injuries, taking them on momentarily then quickly healing themselves and needing rest after. There's an alien visitor with similar abilities in the X-Files series, so it's a theme used in sci-fi stories going way back. @ 23:00 I did some basic mathematical interpolation on this when it came out and figured Mr. Jingles being about 65 years old at the end there would mean Paul could live to 610 years. But if Mr. Jingles lived on more years, Paul go live to over 1000! There's another awesome Stephen King story made into one of the best films ever made, "The Shawshank Redemption", definitely one you guys must do!! And another excellent Tom Hanks movie not in your video library and based on the true story, "Apollo 13" (1995). ✌️😎
George, I appreciate your candor particularly in that moment where you looked up at your camera while you did what I did when I watched the scene where Michael Clarke Duncan's character is being executed, I appreciate your reaction overall, both of your reactions, but your comments throughout and in conclusion are really appreciated...your revealing your sensitivity and allowing yourself to become engulfed in the story/film. Thank you so very much, thank you both.
I have seen this movie many times. Along with several other movies, I cry EVERY timeI see it. John Coffey had "The Shining" basically. In the book, John even hears and feels previous inmates who have gone to the chair. There is a lot in the book that makes the story even deeper. Wow, is all I can say. He and a few other characters from the Stephen King universe share similar qualities and were even sough as "breakers" in the Dark Tower series. He doesn't know what or why he is the way he is, but he just is. There is so much to say or ponder, but most of Stephen King's stories are connected and there is a thin veil between the worlds...
Your honesty, your lack of pride showing emotion.....earned you at least one more subscriber. Thank you for this reaction, and for being compelling enough for me to want to see more of you. My compliments.
To answer your question at 2:40 I believe he played a villain in Cloud Atlas. That movie was a tinsy bit chaotic to follow as the actors played more than one character in different timelines so it was hard to be sure. Check that movie out when you can
ive watched so much of your guys content, but havent watched this until now, Love, how pure the reaction was and honestly this movie makes everyone sob and if it doesnt, then wow lol, but loved youre reactions to it and that you didnt look into it, makes for such a genuine first reaction of how we all felt. :)
Apparently Tom Hanks is playing a villain in an upcoming Elvis biographical movie, explicitly to prove that he can, and to answer the question of why he never does.
He's a villain in Ladykillers, although I didn't find anyone particularly likeable in that movie. And Road to Perdition depending on how generous you want to be with the concept of redemption.
Road to Perdition was a really good movie. Lady Killers not so much, LoL. Tom Hanks is a great actor and I believe he absolutely could play a great villain if he wanted to but he hasn't done it much.
Ladykillers is kind of an underrated film if you ask me, although I haven't seen it in years. I remember being fully entertained throughout that whole movie
Stephen King kind of gives a nugget when he said he named the character John Coffey (J C)! The lawyer even implies "He just seemed to drop out of the sky!" So you can take it as: John Coffey was an angel who took away pain and sacrificed himself in the end! This is one of the greatest movie and story telling ever!
Of course, now comes the obligatory comment to watch The Shawshank Redemption if you haven't already. It's another fantastic non-horror Stephen King story by the same director/screenwriter.
Great reaction to one of most underrated films ever. I have never heard of anyone who doesn't "like" this film. Tom Hanks does play a dark, unrepentant character, in Sam Mendes's Road To Perdition, although not a bad guy per se, which might be the role that you are thinking of. Which is another wonderful and massively underrated T.H. film. The obvious next rec from this film is that little prior Frank Darabont/Stephen King collaboration, The Shawshank Redemption, if you happen to not have seen it. After a palate cleansing comedy, maybe. Airplane, Office Space, Young Frankenstein, or Monty Python and The Holy Grail, might do.
Super enjoyed watching this reaction. This one ALWAYS hits me in the feels and gets me crying. Even this, your reaction brought on tears. This movie/story is beautifully tragic. Thank you for making this one! :)
Yes, this is quite the tear-jerker. Even just watching your reactions requires my tissue box next to me. John Coffey is an angel, however one envisions an angel on Earth.
2:30 "Has he _ever_ played a villain? I wonder." Ah. A _perfectly_ fair question. Tom Hanks filmography _is_ quite extensive, but you look at _one_ role after _another_ in which he has performed, and role after role has been either a hero or a supporting character. I'm only aware of _one_ movie in which he played _six_ parts _(Cloud Atlas)_ and _one_ of them was a villain. Let me tell you, though, he took to _that_ performance like a fish takes to water. He was _so_ at home it was almost scary.
No reason to apologize about the last half hour. We would all be in tears again if we had to see it all again. Happens everytime you watch it. It is just that good.
A lot of people don't know that it was because of the role he played in THIS movie that Sam Rockwell asked to take on the part of GUY in "Galaxy Quest" ... a comedic role that MADE several of the scenes in that movie ... especially the two lines "Did you guys ever WATCH the show?" and "Oh that's not right!".
Stephen King just doesn't write Horror novels/movies! Watch "The Shawshank Redemption" Another Stephen King masterpiece, (Should be next on your list!) if you haven't already seen it!
Now you gotta see The Shawshank Redemption, same author and same director. A few more Suggestions: Fargo Sling Blade O Brother Where Art Thou? The Fugitive THe Book of Eli
I love how in the horrid part where he doesn't wet the sponge... George can't take his eyes off it... glued in horror and disbelief... yet Simone... can't look keeps turning away going OMG CAN'T and then peeks back ACK! No still going turns away again and again...
Great job guys, I really enjoy your channel. So, Tom Hanks has played a quite few characters that are morally complex, or morally questionable. Definitely at odds with his generally perceived persona of being a "good guy." Kinda reminds me of Jimmy Stewart, always remembered as the stalwart decent man from "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," going against type by playing a narcissistic professor in "Rope," or an obsessed misogynist in "Vertigo." Yeah, not what we usually think about when when we remember good ol' Jimmy Stewart. But he was excellent in those roles, as is Tom Hanks in the following: "A League of Their Own" - Hanks takes a supporting part here, and he is pretty likeable and fun for the audience, not so much for the female baseball team he coaches. "That Thing You Do" - Hanks also directed this one. Supporting role here as well. He's a dubious A and R record exec, possibly taking advantage of a rock n roll band in the 60s. "Road To Perdition" - Hanks is a straight up killer. But, for most of the film he's trying to protect someone. Every second of moral compromise this character has marked through his life is weaved into Hanks's performance. For me, it's one of his all time best performances. "Catch Me If You Can" - Okay, not exactly a bad guy in this Spielberg/Hanks team up. But he is sorta the de facto antagonist of the film. This one is just a great romp, with some well nuanced cut-ya-to-the-bone heartache tossed in. Would love to see you guys take a shot at any or all of those flicks.
How could Michael Clarke Duncan not win the Oscar is one of the most ridiculous things in the history of the Oscars. Every time I watch the movie, I've watched it plenty of times and also reactions to it, I can't help but cry or weep at his amazing performance. Even the 'villains", Percy n Wild Bill did incredibly, every single actor played their role wonderfully. Great reaction guys
Stephen King writes amazing characters, people you can relate to, love, hate. They have flaws and dreams. He is known for horror, but it isn't all he writes and what ever genre it is his characters that fill his stories that is so great.
First time I saw this in the theatre, right at the moment John leaned down towards the woman with cancer, a white light appeared in the middle of the movie screen. It grew quickly until the screen went full white. Everyone in the theatre just sat in silence thinking it was part of the movie. After a few seconds we started to realize something was wrong. Turns out the film had broken. The theatre employee came in and said they could get it running, but we would miss a few minutes of the movie. We all started yelling because it happened right at such a climactic moment. They gave us vouchers to come see another movie for free. My friends and I walked into another theatre showing the same movie that started 30 minutes later than the one we were in. We got there a few minutes before the moment the film broke and watched it through to the end. Killed our emotional momentum, but at lease we got to see what happened. Crazy moment.
Wonderful movie, and the book is even better (I highly recommend to read it), expecially in the finale, which is different from the movie. Speaking about Tom Hanks: the fact he dresses every suit and uniform flawlessly it's something to be studied in a lab to be. Anyway, I laughed very much on your "where is the monster?" mood at the beginning. 🤣
"Tom Hanks sides with the tree-huggers at the end of the movie cause he is goooood" :D Some of the things you say just make me laugh so har. Thanks for that!
I absolutely love when John was watching the only movie he had ever seen and they pan down slightly and you can see he actually is an angel….at least I think he was 😇😇😇
Interesting the number of actors in this movie who were also in other Tom Hanks movies. Dean Stanton was in Saving Private Ryan, Gary Sinise was in Forrest Gump, Michael Jeter was in Polar Express (although that’s voice acting, so they might not have actually been working at the same time). There’s probably others.
Barry Pepper was Dean Stanton... which leads into my favorite bit of trivia... Jeffery DeMunn played Harry Terwilliger Toot (the trustee in the rehearsals) was played by Harry Dean Stanton :-D
a fun fact: after this movie and after "the sixth sense", during an Oscar ceremony, the host (probably Bill Crystal), was trying to "guess" what people in the audience were thinking. So the camera did close-ups and the host said something funny... when the camera was on Michael Clarke Duncan, his thought was "I see White people" (as an homage to the "I see dead people") ... Michael exploded in laughter like everybody else in the audience. It took The Green Mile to see George sobbing like Simone does :) Simone with long hair!!!! so pretty.
Michael Jeter, the fellow with the mouse, was from my hometown. If you have watched Saving Private Ryan you'll see the younger thin guard in it as the sniper. If the mouse lived that long how old could John Coffey possibly be? RIP both Michaels in this film.
This movie always tends to make me tear up at the end, no matter how often I see it. Michael Clarke Duncan was nominated for an Oscar, and should have won, in my opinion. Great reaction. Thank you. RIP Mr. Duncan.
Michael Clarke Duncan said that Tom Hanks was such a big help during the shoot, Michael was a fairly inexperienced actor for this type of role and he said Tom had no ego and would run lines with him and offer any support or advice he could. When he died Tom even spoke at his memorial service to honor him
Might be one of the only nice things I've heard someone say about Tom Hanks haha. Never met him myself, but I know numerous people who work in that circle, and any of them who have met him have all universally agreed he was an absolute dick and was not nice in any way on set. Maybe he was a lot nicer in the 90s?
@Gnomeman101 not sure what you're talking about. Even in The Simpsons Movie they made a joke on the fact that Tom Hanks has more dignity than the U.S government because of his stellar reputation for being a nice guy..
Nobody's perfect but what exactly are you referring to?
@@KrazzeeKane You're a pizza gate/Epstein Island person, aren't you.
@Xervello are you implying I do, or do not, believe that Epstein was a chomo and had a disgusting island? And as for pizzagate, well if you put stock into those kind of crazy theories then there isn't much reasoning with you haha
And my stories of Mr. Hanks come from far more direct sources than a Simpsons movie, but it is fine if you don't believe me--I merely state the truth as I heard it said to me from people with direct experience. But it's not verified fact or anything of course
@@KrazzeeKane you may need to step out of your echo chamber once in a while. Tom Hanks has literally had a reputation as one of the nicest and kindest people in the industry for years.
Stephen King actually writes a lot of books that aren't horror.
Yes and those are his best books!
@@samhain1894 agreed! His earliest horror books like Carrie and Salem's lot were great but as time progressed his drama/mystery/suspense books are better.
He's inspired me to write. It would be amazing to write like him. I have a few ideas 💡 and have already started a story. It's called Merudas curse and it has some of the thrill aspect and realism that's similar to his works, without plagiarizing.
@@jessicacaleno1998 best of luck!😊
In fact, a lot of his books, including ones categorized as horror, are actually more sci-fi or fantasy.
Michael Clark Duncan was nominated but didn't win for best actor in a supporting role if im not mistaken. He was robbed of most awards he deserved honestly.
Those Award shows are a joke. Corrupt to the core
I believe it was up for Best Picture too
By far the biggest Oscar rob in history
I believe Kevin Spacey won for 'American Beauty'
Ewwwww . . .
Also, another creepy side note,, the actor that played 'Percy' in real life .... married a 16 y.o. - he was 51 y.o. - so, still pretty unlikeable
@kevin stephens No, Michael Caine won Best Supporting Actor that year for his role in The Cider House Rules -- but American Beauty did win Best Picture.
As someone who gets kidney stones so often I’ve had a few surgeries for them, I can say Tom Hanks face and look of relief while peeing is so perfectly relatable 😂
some people just get those, because of their physiology.. or maybe your habits in certain situations, don't know, but I am sorry for you, It is a shitty situation.
"I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head...all the time. Can you understand? ..."
Stephen King, The Green Mile
My favorite line in the book and movie and all these years later, still appropriate
Oh i want to read it now
Sounds to me like a quote, Jesus could have said, too. (JC/Jesus Christ/John Coffey)
Stephen King is such a great writer. I´m very jealous of his talent. My head is so full of amazing stories, too. But I could never bring them to paper, because I lack the needed writing talent.....
Oft-forgotten fact about the novel: King wrote it as a serial with no advance plan. He released each chapter without having the rest of the book. He had tried it before with a novel he called The Plant, and failed, but this time he hit it out of the park. I believe GM is one of the best books he's written since the early days (pretty much ending with It) partly because of this experimental methodology.
@@localroger i thought he wrote it like that because he wanted people to read it all the way through to keep them from flipping to the last chapter and ruining the twist
@@chanceneck8072 Only that "Jesus" isnt his name. Its YESHUA. Hebrew
“He grabbed his crouch, and then the light exploded, and then bugs came out of his mouth…”
Well okay, when you say it like that 😂
I'm pretty sure that when Paul says "May god have mercy on your soul" at the end during Coffey's execution... he was speaking to himself.
Yes, I believe you could be right.
Exactly, because it ties back to when he was speaking to John and said what am I going to say, John Coffey, when I have to stand before God and explain why I killed one of his miracles?
I half expected him to say "May god have mercy on my soul" instead.
@@neil2444 right or “…and mine too”
I wanted Paul to say "May God have mercy on MY soul
If you haven't seen "Shawshank Redemption" yet, would love to see a reaction video of that movie!
Absolutely
Three times this movie nearly killed me emotionally. "I'm tired, boss" speech, when we figure out why the "old man" broke down at the beginning and when John begged not to be put in the dark. RIP Mr. Duncan
"Road to Perdition" Tom Hanks as a hit man.
Still the protagonist though. I don't think Hanks has ever been the villain.
The Ladykillers
Hanks in "Cloud Atlas"
This is a wonderfully crafted film where you completely invest in the characters good and evil. Thus, it hits you in the feels 100% because of the story telling. The performances are phenomenal and a great selection to react to.
Thanks guys, Simone's angry face after Percy said he didn't know the sponge was supposed to be wet scared me!!!... Wonderful reaction😀😀😀
I agree. She looked like she could bite nails. I was afraid.
Percy is one of the few villains in movies that I genuinely despise. He wasn't acting out of greed or out of lust for power. He did it because he was sadistic.
@@neil2444 Unfortunately, the actor playing him is also a terrible person.
Unfortunately Del wasn’t near as sympathetic of a character as the movie made him out to be. I don’t want to spoil it, but in the novel the crime he’s convicted for is pretty horrific and vile, but I can sort of understand why it was glossed over in the film…but obviously that’s not to say he deserved what happened by any means. Even the worst human beings that have ever lived don’t deserve THAT😬
@Gregorio Sainato it's the same with the Shawshank Redemption, if people knew what Red was in for, he wouldn't be nearly as sympathetic lol.
Red is in for triple homicide. He literally planned the murder of his wife by cutting the brakes on her car, but she picked up her neighbor and neighbor's young child first that day she went for a drive, so he ended up responsible for the triple murder of his wife, their neighbor and the neighbor's child.
Brooks is another one who is super sympathetic in the movie, but they never said his crime. Brooks had a bad night playing poker, and then he went home and he straight up murdered his own wife and child. Kind of makes sense why they downplayed it in the movie, these crimes are appropriately horrific and would make it a lot harder to be sympathetic to the inmates
"Is this a Jekyll and Hyde thing?"
"Does he turn into a monster after dark?"
"So, he probably turns into a monster. Oh, god."
It was crazy watching you two trying so hard to see how the horror would manifest and getting it SO wrong. Stephen King may have made his name in horror....but he's written quite a variety of stories. For instance, Shawshank Redemption - another kind of King prison story adapted into a movie also directed by Frank Darabont.
King wrote many suspense novels that had supernatural overtones. This was one of those.
What's great is that it isn't until the very end that the horror element comes out; the curse of a long life.
It's just bad PR/messaging that he only does horror - partially because of what was and wasn't adapted onto film, and how well those were adapted.
Plenty of his earlier stuff is all over the place.
Firestarter is not horror, it's actually almost pure science fiction and very good SF at that - it's almost like Carrie minus a psychotic break with government involvement.
Sadly despite the involvement of the very popular young Drew Barrymore at the time, and 2 great experienced actors in Martin Sheen and George C Scott, the rest of the film production is somewhat lacking on the story elements and cuts far too much of the novel to get the meat of its heart on the screen - the relationship of Scott's Rainbird character with Drew's Charlie is key in the book and barely explored in the film, certainly not enough to justify the far deeper themes it goes over.
I feel like Stephen King's best work is when he examines the internal darkness of mankind instead of an external darkness.
Stand by Me is also a good one
Every single time I watch a reaction to this, seeing old Mr Jingles at the end makes me go hug my big dumb dog. She's not even old.
You’ll learn that some of Stephen King’s best work is his dramas. Where there’s no horror in sight. The green mile, Shawshank redemption, and stand by me are all standout King dramas.
The innocence of what they thought the movie was about is my favorite part of new comers to this film.
Having read the book and watched the movie more than 20 times my take on John Coffey is this. He is an actual angel sent from heaven to heal the terrible things that happen on earth. The attorney that Paul meets with says he just appears with no real back round. He is afraid of "the dark" (side)? When he tells Paul he wants to die he talks about always being on his own. When he watches the "flicker show" he has a halo and says "they just like angels up in heaven" as if he knows. And as he waits to die he sings "Heaven I'm in Heaven" He also makes a reference to The Lady Cassie (Cassiopeia) the constellation when they first bring him outside as if he is familiar with the stars.
I cant really go into The Lady Cassiopeia as it would be a long long story. But she is referenced in many of Steven Kings books. Including the Stand, Children of the Corn, the shinning, the Dark tower novels and many more. I could be totally wrong but he seems to use her as a tool or in-between with the moral realm and the supernatural.
Paul is an apostle of Christ and spreads his message.
I like that it's so open for interpretation, everyone can have a favourite one. Someone said, that according to Stephen King himself his initials aren't J C by coincidence, obviously referring to Jesus Christ. My favourite take is John Coffey is an alien life form. Not with highly developed technology or intelligence, but still sentient and capable to live/endure in outer space. This life form came to Earth maybe by accident or curiosity but not with malicious intent and found a host in John Coffey before slavery was abolished. You can see scars on John that may have come from a whip and he makes a reference that he's been around for longer than a regular human life. Taking King's comment into account, maybe this life form was even the same one that gave Jesus Christ his powers. Or going even further maybe it was Jesus himself, hence the miracle of the virgin birth and all the others. After the crucifixion and resurrection it went into different humans or took human forms but preferred to stay more incognito until as John Coffey it eventually grew tired of its existence.
It's not hard to appear out of nowhere with no real background in the rural south in the 1930s. Middle of the Great Depression, people moved all over the country looking for work, for a new start. No computer databases, no identification, no social security cards. Pretty easy to get lost in America.
@@jthomann71 I would tend to agree with you. But being from the south. And being that there was not that many people back then. Someone of his size would have been noticed.
«I’m sorry for what I am.»
Well, this is my signal to let the tears flow.
Hey everyone, just a heads up! theres about 38 seconds of footage missing in the middle around 12:38 . It is the scene where John heals the Wardens wife, as both of us begin to tear up. This is due to the fact that we got a copyright notification warning from YT detection bots and were forced to trim out that segment. The same also applies for about 12 seconds of footage for the scene where Percy purposely didn't wet the sponge. around 10:40 . :(
*Great job with the revised edits Simone and George!* Your first job is to avoid the arbitrary YT police. I'm very surprised due to the years TGM has been in the public domain. I loved your summation, but you guys looked like TGM was one of the best and worst movie you've ever seen.
There are certain movies that bring you to tears when you watch them. I don't care _how_ tough you are. If you don't cry when you watch them, especially the _first_ time, something's seriously _wrong_ with you. This is one such movie.
This is a great reaction because you go from being as wrong as you possibly can be about what the movie is about to getting it 100%.
John Coffey...the initials are intentional and references Jesus Chist. Essentially, John was an empath.
That is absolute bs.
@@chasingbirds3073 well, no. this is a pretty accepted theory from what I've read.
@@samcolton943 Doesn't need to be accepted theory from anyone. It's quite literally laid out for everyone to see. It's the mythology that the audience for this movie would understand.
@chasingbirds3073 You're mistaken. Stephen King confirmed that this choice of initials was a deliberate reference to Jesus in his nonfiction book "On Writing."
Love how the cat came to comfort when it saw how upset she was
Horror was merely a "gateway drug" for Mr King. It was his love of horror that ignited his imagination & as his horror writing skills became evident, people began to notice that King's STORYTELLING transcended the genre and it's a shame more people aren't aware of it. King is a next level storyteller who's depth is so great, it won't be fully realized until long after he is gone. The Stand, is one of his most brilliant horror tales, but it's sooo character driven & skilled in the telling. You're emotionally connected & invested in all of his characters. It's like some people have a kind of magic...even tho u know it's not magic, but it's grace & soul stirring perfection make it seem like it is...and Stephen King's gifts do feel like magic, when you're in their presence. His stories, change your spiritual DNA. Just like this beautiful tragic hopeful & bittersweet tale of how ugliness kills the heart of angels of God who's last words were apologizing for who he is....my soul broke.
People aren't aware...it won't be fully realized till long after he's gone?
He's the most successful writer in the history of mankind! Literally the most successful. Every single novel he wrote for decades went straight to number 1. It's people buying those books, so yeah, we recognize his genius.
Love the verbosity, @bimmerella - well said!
You should watch “Fried Green Tomatoes” and “A League of Their Own” if you haven’t already!!!
Ooh, Steel Magnolias. We can all weep along together.
This movie had my eyes going like faucets in the last half. I've seen grown men the size of linebackers watch this movie and by the end, its ugly cry time. It's that effective. Whew!
The size of a person has no bearing on whether they are emotional during a movie or not.
@@chasingbirds3073 for real
Can u not control ur faucets?
You guys had me laughing my head off, as you tried to figure out the 'monster'. Hahaha! Stepehen King also wrote, Eyes of the Dragon (a young adult fairy tale), The Shawshank Redemption (a prison movie), and this! And this is the only one that has a supernatural element to it! So much fun watching you discover this film. Also, the 'monsters' in this movie are Percy and Wild Bill. I've watched this movie dozens of times, and I still can't get through the end without crying!
I think the 'witnesses' to the executions are mainly the victim's family, (possibly the inmate's family), and press to cover the story.
The ultimate try not to cry challenge.
A beautiful performance by Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan
This is one of my favorite movies, but it's still impossible for me to watch without sobbing. Your reactions were so sensitive and perfect, you got a new subscriber here. :) Loved the hilarity of your predictions as well; can't blame you for thinking monsters as soon as you knew Stephen King was the author, but actually his writing entails so much more than that. The horror is just incidental in most of the stories; a plot device that helps illuminate something about human nature. My young pompous self wouldn't believe I'm saying this, but he's one of my favorite modern authors.
I don’t know why I’m so late to this viewing, but at the beginning, I knew this breaks just about everyone who sees it. Hearing Simone and George talk about a “monster” at the beginning, I kept thinking to myself that “this IS a monster movie, but not in the traditional sense, or the way you’d expect from Stephen King. In this movie, the real monsters are people.”
That's actually a pretty common theme for King, that people are the real monsters. Even when there's a proper monster, like Pennywise in It, there's still human baddies in the form of bullies and abusive parents. But, he also showcases the goodness people are capable of in a lot of his work too.
As soon as John Coffee said he was ok to die because he didn’t have friends and was tired of feeling the pain in the world I lost it. I cried straight though the end. I went through a whole packet of Kleenex. I had such a headache after but loved the movie.
I wish they had managed to keep a bit of that speech in the edit here, it's definitely MCD's best scene in the movie!
Speaking of a Tom Hanks marathon - make sure to include 1988 Big (a really nice and happy movie) ❤
Completely different sort of suggestion - movies which cover living for too long and having all friends die on you: Highlander.
I’m so jealous. I wish I could go back and watch these great movies for the first time again. Great reactions guys. You’re both so friendly and have great chemistry.
John Coffee is what is called a breaker. People like him, Carrie , Charlie from the fire starter are all breakers. Being with incredible powers that if you have ever read the dark tower series you know exactly what they are.
Coffee is far beyond a breaker. He's quite possibly a miracle. He would be almost like the living embodiment of the Turtle.
Stephen King wrote Shawshank too. And the Green Mile has the same director. Frank Darabond. He also was a writer on the Walking Dead for 11 years. I guess him and King have a good connection.
*Darabont
And they paired up again for The Mist (also a great movie)
I going back to your older stuff and I see why you are including more of the reaction to the footage nowadays, but I actually enjoyed quite a lot your discussion after. You should include more of that, even if it makes the videos longer, i would enjoy it.
Happened upon this reaction today. I think I realized that what keeps me coming back to this channel is what kind people you both seem to be. Thanks for being out there!
A superlative film in every aspect - if I'm not mistaken this was King's fave adaptation of his works. When King wrote it the novel was released in installment paperbacks - like pulp fiction dime store novels back in the day -you'd have to wait a month or so in between. Solid choice & reactions.
Love your reactions guys
Tom Hanks as a bad guy is tough, Road to Perdition. Amazing movie and he plays a gangster so certainly not his usual role. Well worth checking.
Another movie where Tom Hanks plays a not so nice guy is in the movie "The Ladykillers".
Hey guys just wanted to let you know that one of the good guards in this was also in saving private Ryan as the sniper.
Yes - Barry Pepper. He was also good in the 2010 remake of True Grit as an outlaw.
Tom Hanks played a villain in the 2004 film The Ladykillers. It was a remake of a 1955 film of the same name. It’s not a popular film, but it’s weirdly hilarious and you should definitely watch it.
Tom Hanks has played a villain twice in my recollection... He played a con man in The Ladykillers remake and he played a sort of gangster/mob boss in Cloud Atlas... He played a kind of anti-hero in Road to Perdition, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say a villain... There may be more villain roles in his filmography, but they are the only ones that come to mind at present.
@ 2:30 Yes! Tom Hanks played a villain, the only such role I know of. It's called "Cloud Atlas" (2012) where plays a half a dozen characters at least, and at least one is a villain. He plays a good villain too! @ 18:40 In Star Trek lore he would be a "pure empath". One who absorbs diseases and injuries, taking them on momentarily then quickly healing themselves and needing rest after. There's an alien visitor with similar abilities in the X-Files series, so it's a theme used in sci-fi stories going way back. @ 23:00 I did some basic mathematical interpolation on this when it came out and figured Mr. Jingles being about 65 years old at the end there would mean Paul could live to 610 years. But if Mr. Jingles lived on more years, Paul go live to over 1000! There's another awesome Stephen King story made into one of the best films ever made, "The Shawshank Redemption", definitely one you guys must do!! And another excellent Tom Hanks movie not in your video library and based on the true story, "Apollo 13" (1995). ✌️😎
So excited to see a new reaction. Gonna sit outside in perfect weather and watch you watch 'Green Mile'.
George, I appreciate your candor particularly in that moment where you looked up at your camera while you did what I did when I watched the scene where Michael Clarke Duncan's character is being executed, I appreciate your reaction overall, both of your reactions, but your comments throughout and in conclusion are really appreciated...your revealing your sensitivity and allowing yourself to become engulfed in the story/film. Thank you so very much, thank you both.
John Coffey's significance might be guessed from considering his initials.
Jimini Cricket.
Jim Caviezel?
I believe Jesus Christ.
@@Joyfullscroll Good suggestion. I had forgotten about that fictional character
He said he could spell his own name though and he began his last name with "K. O.", not "C.O."
I have seen this movie many times. Along with several other movies, I cry EVERY timeI see it. John Coffey had "The Shining" basically. In the book, John even hears and feels previous inmates who have gone to the chair. There is a lot in the book that makes the story even deeper. Wow, is all I can say. He and a few other characters from the Stephen King universe share similar qualities and were even sough as "breakers" in the Dark Tower series. He doesn't know what or why he is the way he is, but he just is. There is so much to say or ponder, but most of Stephen King's stories are connected and there is a thin veil between the worlds...
BTW, MANY of those actors also star together in The Mist, and Shawshank, and a couple other movies.
Your honesty, your lack of pride showing emotion.....earned you at least one more subscriber. Thank you for this reaction, and for being compelling enough for me to want to see more of you.
My compliments.
You’ve forgotten that King has a wide range in his movie adaptations, i.e. Stand By Me.
To answer your question at 2:40 I believe he played a villain in Cloud Atlas. That movie was a tinsy bit chaotic to follow as the actors played more than one character in different timelines so it was hard to be sure. Check that movie out when you can
ive watched so much of your guys content, but havent watched this until now, Love, how pure the reaction was and honestly this movie makes everyone sob and if it doesnt, then wow lol, but loved youre reactions to it and that you didnt look into it, makes for such a genuine first reaction of how we all felt. :)
Apparently Tom Hanks is playing a villain in an upcoming Elvis biographical movie, explicitly to prove that he can, and to answer the question of why he never does.
Hanks has played a bad guy before. Cloud Atlas, Road to Perdition, The Circle, The Ladykillers.
@@jthomann71 true.
Colonel Tom Parker was not a villain.
@@jcarlovitch He was to a lot of Elvis fans.
@@jcarlovitch Perhaps not, but they might pose him as one for the movie.
He's a villain in Ladykillers, although I didn't find anyone particularly likeable in that movie. And Road to Perdition depending on how generous you want to be with the concept of redemption.
Road to Perdition was a really good movie. Lady Killers not so much, LoL. Tom Hanks is a great actor and I believe he absolutely could play a great villain if he wanted to but he hasn't done it much.
Ladykillers is kind of an underrated film if you ask me, although I haven't seen it in years. I remember being fully entertained throughout that whole movie
Sorry, but the original "Ladykillers" is the REAL one, with Alister Sim and Alec Guinness (Yes, that one)
Hanks is not the villain in “Road to Perdition.” He’s a criminal, but the villain is clearly Daniel Craig.
Simone's pure rage at 7:20 is a whole mood
Stephen King kind of gives a nugget when he said he named the character John Coffey (J C)! The lawyer even implies "He just seemed to drop out of the sky!" So you can take it as: John Coffey was an angel who took away pain and sacrificed himself in the end! This is one of the greatest movie and story telling ever!
I take the Green Mile as being what if Jesus Christ came back to earth as a black man in the 1930s.
Of course, now comes the obligatory comment to watch The Shawshank Redemption if you haven't already. It's another fantastic non-horror Stephen King story by the same director/screenwriter.
I just suggested that myself...lol!
Me too. Best movie of all time. #1 on IMDb's best list for a decade
Great reaction to one of most underrated films ever. I have never heard of anyone who doesn't "like" this film.
Tom Hanks does play a dark, unrepentant character, in Sam Mendes's Road To Perdition, although not a bad guy per se, which might be the role that you are thinking of. Which is another wonderful and massively underrated T.H. film.
The obvious next rec from this film is that little prior Frank Darabont/Stephen King collaboration, The Shawshank Redemption, if you happen to not have seen it. After a palate cleansing comedy, maybe.
Airplane, Office Space, Young Frankenstein, or Monty Python and The Holy Grail, might do.
Love your reactions and commentary guys. Thank you for your channel. I'm grateful the algorithm sent me here.
I watch a lot of react channels but after watching about 4 of y'all's reactions, y'all are now my favorite reactors! Look forward to a lot more!
I'm from Russia, I really like watching your reactions to old movies. Please continue, you are well done!
So was Del...
@@jhschmidMD4 oof
@@B355Y Sorry. Couldn't resist.
OLD?!?!?! Look here kid.
Really enjoyed your dialogue post film. Very thoughtful discussion, really appreciate it. This films hits in a special way.
Super enjoyed watching this reaction. This one ALWAYS hits me in the feels and gets me crying. Even this, your reaction brought on tears. This movie/story is beautifully tragic.
Thank you for making this one! :)
Yes, this is quite the tear-jerker. Even just watching your reactions requires my tissue box next to me.
John Coffey is an angel, however one envisions an angel on Earth.
2:30 "Has he _ever_ played a villain? I wonder."
Ah. A _perfectly_ fair question. Tom Hanks filmography _is_ quite extensive, but you look at _one_ role after _another_ in which he has performed, and role after role has been either a hero or a supporting character. I'm only aware of _one_ movie in which he played _six_ parts _(Cloud Atlas)_ and _one_ of them was a villain.
Let me tell you, though, he took to _that_ performance like a fish takes to water. He was _so_ at home it was almost scary.
No reason to apologize about the last half hour. We would all be in tears again if we had to see it all again.
Happens everytime you watch it. It is just that good.
A lot of people don't know that it was because of the role he played in THIS movie that Sam Rockwell asked to take on the part of GUY in "Galaxy Quest" ... a comedic role that MADE several of the scenes in that movie ... especially the two lines "Did you guys ever WATCH the show?" and "Oh that's not right!".
Stephen King just doesn't write Horror novels/movies! Watch "The Shawshank Redemption" Another Stephen King masterpiece, (Should be next on your list!) if you haven't already seen it!
And Dolores Claiborne, so often overlooked. Kathy Bates once said it was her favorite role.
@@ksattesahn And Stand By Me
I see tearful reactions every time I come across those watching The Green Mile.I get emotional with every reaction.
You two are helping me through the hardest time of my life...thank you so much. x
Now you gotta see The Shawshank Redemption, same author and same director.
A few more Suggestions:
Fargo
Sling Blade
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Fugitive
THe Book of Eli
I love how in the horrid part where he doesn't wet the sponge... George can't take his eyes off it... glued in horror and disbelief... yet Simone... can't look keeps turning away going OMG CAN'T and then peeks back ACK! No still going turns away again and again...
Great job guys, I really enjoy your channel.
So, Tom Hanks has played a quite few characters that are morally complex, or morally questionable. Definitely at odds with his generally perceived persona of being a "good guy." Kinda reminds me of Jimmy Stewart, always remembered as the stalwart decent man from "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," going against type by playing a narcissistic professor in "Rope," or an obsessed misogynist in "Vertigo." Yeah, not what we usually think about when when we remember good ol' Jimmy Stewart. But he was excellent in those roles, as is Tom Hanks in the following:
"A League of Their Own" - Hanks takes a supporting part here, and he is pretty likeable and fun for the audience, not so much for the female baseball team he coaches.
"That Thing You Do" - Hanks also directed this one. Supporting role here as well. He's a dubious A and R record exec, possibly taking advantage of a rock n roll band in the 60s.
"Road To Perdition" - Hanks is a straight up killer. But, for most of the film he's trying to protect someone. Every second of moral compromise this character has marked through his life is weaved into Hanks's performance. For me, it's one of his all time best performances.
"Catch Me If You Can" - Okay, not exactly a bad guy in this Spielberg/Hanks team up. But he is sorta the de facto antagonist of the film. This one is just a great romp, with some well nuanced cut-ya-to-the-bone heartache tossed in.
Would love to see you guys take a shot at any or all of those flicks.
How could Michael Clarke Duncan not win the Oscar is one of the most ridiculous things in the history of the Oscars. Every time I watch the movie, I've watched it plenty of times and also reactions to it, I can't help but cry or weep at his amazing performance. Even the 'villains", Percy n Wild Bill did incredibly, every single actor played their role wonderfully.
Great reaction guys
Stephen King writes amazing characters, people you can relate to, love, hate. They have flaws and dreams. He is known for horror, but it isn't all he writes and what ever genre it is his characters that fill his stories that is so great.
tom hanks played a villain in the remake of "The Ladykillers", and, at times, he played a villain in "Cloud Atlas".
Any reaction to The Green Mile could just be 20 minutes of sobbing and anyone who's seen it would understand.
"The Ladykillers" and "Road to Perdition" were films where Tom Hanks played a swindler and hitman.
I've seen this movie so many times and still cry each time.
First time I saw this in the theatre, right at the moment John leaned down towards the woman with cancer, a white light appeared in the middle of the movie screen. It grew quickly until the screen went full white. Everyone in the theatre just sat in silence thinking it was part of the movie. After a few seconds we started to realize something was wrong. Turns out the film had broken. The theatre employee came in and said they could get it running, but we would miss a few minutes of the movie. We all started yelling because it happened right at such a climactic moment. They gave us vouchers to come see another movie for free. My friends and I walked into another theatre showing the same movie that started 30 minutes later than the one we were in. We got there a few minutes before the moment the film broke and watched it through to the end. Killed our emotional momentum, but at lease we got to see what happened. Crazy moment.
Thomas Newman did the scores for this and Shawshank Redemption. Frankly, he was robbed awards for both.
I was really hoping you guys would do the green mile, and you did, Thanks!!!!!!
'I'm sorry for what I am'.... That line will stay with me gor ever.
Read the novel for Del's backstory.
Yes Tom Hanks played a villain in The Ladykillers (2004) & played it well :)
Simones reaction to the execution where the guy catches fire was really interesting, she looked truly traumatised.
Tom Hanks has an antagonist role in "The Cloud Atlas", among his many roles in that film.
Wonderful movie, and the book is even better (I highly recommend to read it), expecially in the finale, which is different from the movie.
Speaking about Tom Hanks: the fact he dresses every suit and uniform flawlessly it's something to be studied in a lab to be.
Anyway, I laughed very much on your "where is the monster?" mood at the beginning. 🤣
Surprising bit of trivia. James Cromwell who played the warden is actually taller than Michael Duncan was.
"Tom Hanks sides with the tree-huggers at the end of the movie cause he is goooood" :D Some of the things you say just make me laugh so har. Thanks for that!
The old guy was well known to us old folks when we were kids. I remember him from several tv shows
Cloud Atlas (amazing film) stars Tom Hanks et al playing several roles, two of which are villains.
I absolutely love when John was watching the only movie he had ever seen and they pan down slightly and you can see he actually is an angel….at least I think he was 😇😇😇
Interesting the number of actors in this movie who were also in other Tom Hanks movies.
Dean Stanton was in Saving Private Ryan, Gary Sinise was in Forrest Gump, Michael Jeter was in Polar Express (although that’s voice acting, so they might not have actually been working at the same time). There’s probably others.
Barry Pepper was Dean Stanton... which leads into my favorite bit of trivia...
Jeffery DeMunn played Harry Terwilliger
Toot (the trustee in the rehearsals) was played by Harry Dean Stanton :-D
6:15 i think the mouse went into the padded room because it knew they would need it for Wild Bill
Tom Hanks plays a villain in 'Road To Perdition'.. also worth checking out!
Tom Hanks played a villain (several, in fact) in the movie *Cloud Atlas*
"Dead Man Walking" is also the title of a 1995 movie directed by Tim Robbins and starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon.
a fun fact: after this movie and after "the sixth sense", during an Oscar ceremony, the host (probably Bill Crystal), was trying to "guess" what people in the audience were thinking. So the camera did close-ups and the host said something funny... when the camera was on Michael Clarke Duncan, his thought was "I see White people" (as an homage to the "I see dead people") ... Michael exploded in laughter like everybody else in the audience.
It took The Green Mile to see George sobbing like Simone does :)
Simone with long hair!!!! so pretty.
Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey was the spirit of the film ! RIP Michael !
Michael Jeter, the fellow with the mouse, was from my hometown. If you have watched Saving Private Ryan you'll see the younger thin guard in it as the sniper. If the mouse lived that long how old could John Coffey possibly be? RIP both Michaels in this film.
Yup Tom Hanks plays a 1930s mob Hitman in the 2002 film _Road to Perdition_ and of course he, well, kills it.
This movie always tends to make me tear up at the end, no matter how often I see it. Michael Clarke Duncan was nominated for an Oscar, and should have won, in my opinion. Great reaction. Thank you. RIP Mr. Duncan.