i like this movie but what I don't get is this I know Coffey is his actor name. But when he heard his co worker say the N word. I swore to god the white douche bag was going to get his face punch in.
@@gabilanplaza you truly need Jesus in your life. If you knew Jesus, you wouldn't say what you said. If you could see through the lies of this world, you wouldn't have said what you did. Sir, I hope you find peace.
All the officers crying broke my heart and he said "I'm afraid of the dark" and "I'm sorry for what I am", and innocent man put to death. Breaks my heart.
Neeraj Tewari guilty leaders and officials to worried about themselves... accidents.. there’s all kinds of reasons for injustice that it almost makes it pointless to weed through. It’s sad. It makes you want to put your heart on your sleeve and save the world. But how long until it becomes self righteous. You can virtue signal all you want, but each step takes you closer and closer to ego god.
As painful as it was to see a sweet soul like John Coffey get condemned, he also wanted to be free from the curses of his gift. He felt the pain of everyone
He carried the burden of all the evil, sickness and sin of everyone else in the world. So much that he feared himself being in that darkness.. Reminds me of a Bible verse, "The Light has come into the world. But men preferred darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil" John was the light in that world, and he feared losing that
What's equally heartbreaking is that while the two girls’ deaths were ultimately avenged, the parents will never know that. They drew their anger to the wrong man till the end.
The fact that Michael Clark Duncan is actually dead just brings a whole new level of sadness to this… Amazing man and actor. He is missed everyday 🥺💔🙏🏻
@@jimmymackinnon8474 Of course, the actor didn't die in this scene. They're just saying that the scene is even sadder now that Michael Clark Duncan is dead in real life.
"On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?"
2:14 Out of all the scenes been mentioned so far, this is the one that always got me crying. The fact the officer can’t hold back his tears even in-front of the victims family, like the rest are, it just shows how respected John was and how innocent he was, he made grown men cry like babies. Best film ever made by far.
When the woman said "I hope it hurts like hell", and I saw his face, I realized that, at this very moment, nothing would hurt more than what he was feeling right there before he died.
@Callum Willis-Hignight Yeah, but remember that he was the only one found in a field with the two dead girls in his arms. Also, he was acting in a very strange manner. Of course, you and I know better because we've watched the movie. But with the information the mother had, her anger was justifiable.
This scene where the Mother cries out "does it hurt yet" and then the scene switches to Paul whom appeared to pause, I actually thought his next words would be, "he's an innocent man wrongfully accused for the crimes of Wild Bill". I saw this film after spending six months in East Timor as a Peace Keeper with the Australian Army. And it brought home to me the injustices portrayed in the film and the very similar treatment the peoples of East Timor suffered under the Indonesians.
@Papaya Tasty It's not that they couldn't save him, John actually wanted to die because he was tired of all the pain and suffering in the world. The guards gave him the choice to escape and he refused
He said “he killed them with they love” as in the reason they died was because the sisters loved each other so much they wouldn’t scream out for help bc Wild bill told them if they said something or made any noise he would kill them
@@jar3987 That's exactly it, as others are able to kill them too through love: their jealousy, too much passion, like what in one way or the other, it is important to make the difference. In friendship or in couple, the individual interest must not strangle the common interest and vice versa ... Common sense and balance
People have commented on how John says "I'm sorry for what I am" so that the families can be content. However I believe that he was being sincere and honest. Like he has come to regret his gift because he was simply too pure for this world. Here is a being so kind, so loving, so incapable of evil, who has been broken so much by humanity's evil to the point where he is truly sorry for being what he is. In the end, he still felt like it was his fault. A true angel.
I watched The Green Mile when I was a kid. Pretty impactful, gave me some things to think about until my teens. What's saddest to me is that not in the film, nor anyone who watches it, imagines a world where John Coffey can live happy with his gift, because there isn't an overwhelming amount of evil and suffering in the world.
@@kakashiMEK Kathy Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990). This remains till this day the only Oscar any Stephen King adaptation has won.
I didn’t cry during this scene, but I definitely started bawling after the film after just thinking about this scene alone, especially the way the “don’t put me in the dark” line was delivered.. It really hit deep.
He talked about how he was lonely as a sparrow and that he just wanted a buddy. In that way it is bittersweet that they were people there that loved him when he left.
It's so heartbreaking that he said 'I'm sorry for what I am' even though he was innocent just so that the victim's family could be satisfied. Easily one of the best films ever made.
I think he meant he was sorry for being able to feel what he felt and do what he does. All he did was try to fix the girls and all it did was cause pain for even more people, not to mention himself.
@@beyondthestars4299 not really. Everyone else thought he was guilty. The guards knew he was a miracle of God, and took what John wanted (to die) and would rather have it be by them in the chair than some random angry cop shooting him
Louisiana Boy i always thought that Paul was saying it to himself as well as John. He had already voiced concern about how God would judge him for killing a miracle, and so he’s praying to God not to judge him for doing it.
Unfortunately, this is what happens to human beings. There are reasons that push a person to commit approved mistakes such as murder, theft and unintentional killing
@@squad-kl3ek it is unfortunate, especially because the evidence shouldn’t have been able to condemn him, so there real killer got to get another kill by killing this guy
When he said he was afraid of the dark, it was the physical world that he endured. His soul went to a better place than the cruel world he had to witness.
When you leave a full cinema, you can hear a pin drop and everyone is in tears you know you’ve just witnessed something very special that has connected with everyone there.
Totally agree.The part where Tom Hanks says roll on 2,it can be heard in his voice that he was trying really hard to hold back his tears,i think Hanks should have won the oscar in 2000 for best actor just for that scene alone.I can't think of another actor that can pull off an acting performance as phenomenal as that.The Green Mile is an absolute masterpiece and imo the greatest Stephen King movie ever.It's a shame they don't make films like this anymore.
I finally watched it and felt like I literally missed a big part of my childhood I love tom hanks and Duncan such a master piece and yes I cried at this scene as did everyone else 😢
"Does it hurt yet? I hope it does." Considering what we know about John, we probably should be angry at her for saying this. But the true tragedy lies within the simple fact that her pain of losing her children is real, but she doesn't know the truth. She doesn't know better than to hate John. I cannot really blame her for the pain a mother like her must have been going through, even if this pain breeds even more pain.
I'm a father and i get it when i first watched the movie as a kid i was angry at her but i watched it again after my son was born and understood her anger. people never really know until they have children themselves...
Underrated comment. People will hate the parents for the comments they made but end of the day they didnt know it was really Wild Bill so you cant begrudge them for it. If anything you feel for the parents cause they dont know the truth 😢😢
Jenson X9 a gentleman named John Coffey was accused of killing this white man’s daughters. Coffey was trying to save them but no one was around to witness him attempting to save the girls. They thought Coffey killed them and their father beat Coffey. He then was sentenced to death. The officers that get emotional know he is innocent but can’t or won’t do anything.
@@BlakeFerret We dont use the electric chair anymore. The last time the electric chair was used was almost 7 years ago. We have pretty much completely converted to lethal injection now.
I was really referring to people being charged with a crime they didnt commit....but yeah some states still use the electric chair although you can choose lethal injection
This might just be the greatest death scene in cinema history. From john apologizing to the family even though he did no wrong, to the guards just barely holding back their tears knowing that an innocent man is about to die, to john singing the song about heaven, to paul holding his hand moments before they turn on the chair, to the fact that john never screamed. Everything about this scene is just perfect and so heart shattering.
@@samanthaclarke45 SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU DO PLAN ON WATCHING IT Only 4 guards in the whole prison are aware that he's innocent, and they're present here. In a scene before this one, John holds onto Paul's (Tom Hanks) hand, showing him the truth of what happened to those two young girls. John himself was able to gather the information after the true perpetrator grabbed onto his arm in a scene even before that. Paul realises that John is completely innocent, and the other three guards are also aware of it because they know that John's abilities are legitimate and that he's too good a soul to lie/make up any evidence. However, it's practically supernatural conviction, and none of the higher-ups or judges could possibly accept John's case. They'd absolutely defend John if they could. Besides, John also has superhuman empathy, and is constantly pained by the amount of hate and ugliness in the world. Having a mind like a child's, he obviously can't cope with it in the slightest. He says it all in a speech to Paul, and although Paul understands that John would be freed of his pains, he would never kill an innocent person-especially someone as benevolent as John-, as that would go against his principles as a warden, and everything he stands for. But he can't change the decision, and goes ahead with it anyway. In this scene, you can still notice how hesitant he is, saying "roll on 2" only so long after the clock has struck 12. He regrets the decision for the rest of his life, and believes that he's being punished for basically killing an angel of god.
I think of it as more of Paul assuring him that he was in fact a good person despite all of the outrage from everyone else in the room at the time. It let him know that not everyone hated him but that there were at least a few men there that loved and respected him.
It was more of a goodbye shake since John wanted this and all Paul could do was helping with the "glasses in his head" to ease this moment as much as he could.
One of the most underrated parts of this is when they say “May God have mercy on your soul” and start to tear up. The same thing that they say to everyone who walked the Green Mile without batting an eye suddenly breaks them because it’s they actually mean it. Amazing job
I think you miss the point. They are all shook up because now the words are being pointed at them. They know they are killing an innocent man and now the question is: "Will God have mercy on their souls" God has no need for mercy on John Coffey because God knows he is innocent. Saint Peter won't wait a second to let this man though the Pearly Gates. But will he let them in?
@Ironeagle 777 Exactly. John needs none of Gods mercy. He is a pure as the driven snow. It is the ones putting what they Know to be an innocent man to death who need Gods mercy.
When he says that line he is actually questioning his morals and whether or not it is the right thing to do but John gives him confirmation and his blessings that he is doing right and that he will vouch to God for them that they aided him to go back to Heaven and end his suffering he felt while living on Earth
@@Heart2HeartBooks I’d argue Paul would probably have gotten into heaven. He really didn’t have a choice and there was no real evidence (in the eyes of the racist 1930s courts) they could have used to have proven John innocent.
This is the first movie that has ever made me cry, i thought it was stupid that people cried during movies, but after i saw Johns face and him saying he is afraid of the dark shatered my soul, i was also crying because i knew the actor passed away making this look even sader. RIP legend 🕊️
@@Nemenis It means that the actual killer (the guy with the arm tattoo I forgot his name) used the 2 kids' love for each other to trick them and kill them both, because in the scene where he enters their bedroom, he tells them "if you love her don't make a sound or I'll kill her" and he says the same thing to the other girl. So basically he tricked the girls and killed them both anyways.
Watched it first time and I couldn't stop the tears. Watched it today with family and managed to hold it together so badly. Had to get my phone out and distract myself. Fantastic movie, brilliant actors every single one of them. He was innocent and didn't deserve to die but it was his choice. They should've at least told the parents he was innocent. Seeing the handshake, the guards cry, I think that just made us cry even more and how he didn't want the mask on because he's afraid of the dark... 😢 He said it in the movie people are ugly to each other and if he was alive today to see how things are, he'd say the same thing. Beautiful movie. Thank you to all. And RIP big man 🙏❤️
Just truly sad, the more was innocent but he wanted to die because he was tired of a the pain and suffering in the world. Even more sad because those people watching the execution will never know the truth...😢
I think Coffey forgives them but I think the real villian is the cop that told a man that "it's a fairy tale" and John Coffey did something to him and made him mentally ill
For those of you who don't know this movie dedicated for a guy named Joe arridy , Joe had less than 50 IQ and convicted for a crime he didn't commit. He spent his day in cell playing with his train wooden toy that wardens gave him , smiling and literally happy. He was well liked by all the guards who guarding that cell blocks even others prisoners liked him too . He couldn't understand the concept of executions ,all he knows he's going to heaven and saying "no... no... Joe ... Won't die" . After his execution , written in his grave "here's lies innocent man" . And he also being known as the happiest person on death row. "Joe Arridy" and "John Coffey" spelled with first "J" all along with "Y" . And different colours shows for all of the world that innocent man can be executed no matter what colors they are. Even if it's not executed.. innocent people can die horrible for something they didn't do.
I can't remember if this was the same guy but there was at least another guy like him who asked for ice cream as his last meal and told the guards as they were taking him to be executed that he was saving the rest for later.
Just a good person trying to do the right thing in a world too wicked and bent to accept him. And a man of color trapped in a system of oppression. Tragedy on so many levels
What makes this scene even sadder and heartbreaking is that the actor who played John Coffey passed away😢😢😢😢 RIP Michael Clarke Duncan you are still missed to this day and may we hope that we’ll meet you in heaven someday
As a grown man, i cried to this scene too. The world is cruel. Im actually happy for him because he doesn't have to endure the suffering this world brings him, and goes to Heaven. its actually the other way round. The world doesn't deserve him.
I enjoyed the very end of Titanic, where the ship comes back to life and Jack is there in the staircase waiting for Rose, with everyone watching. But the end to this movie is even better.
Seeing the guards cry when they're about to kill John breaks my heart because this movie shows he's innocent and the guards didn't want to kill him because they saw he had a power to heal people and it wasn't just any power, he had a gift from God.
Whats so heartbreaking is John Coffee didn't try to explain, hes tired, he cant take it anymore and want to get out of this cruel and ugly world. His last words are "Im sorry for what I am", meaning that he literally admitted his wrongly accused crime to the Detterick family to make them feel better.
This was emotionally painful for the officers. John was special, but above all else he was an innocent man. This was something that they all came to realize. If the family knew that John was trying to save their children, instead of being the one who killed them, then they would not be wishing such a painful death upon him.
he was a good dude with healing powers and only wanted to show kindness, i think the message of this movie is to make him like a modern day jesus because if you think about his life it´s exactly like jesus except for electric chair instead of a cross
@@jonchaney2106 actualy no but dont be angry to me im a muslum so in my faith jesus is not killed god help him and god made the guy who try to kill jesus look like jesus so other guys though he is jesus and killed him now jesus is in heaven(note im just 12 years old so i dont know every thing in my faith)
I always thought of it as it taking alot more than the usual amount of power just due to what he was. To me it felt alot like how long it was said Jesus took on the cross to die and how long he was able to be beaten and tortured and still endured. Just due to both of them being some form of divine-sent person I would think they would have extreme endurance.
I always took this as just like when John is healing others and the lights explode at that moment God was taking that pain for John or somethin of a higher power at least.
my dad and i watched this movie in june of this year. i was bored at first, didn't care for it too much, but then i got more into it about halfway in. and then this scene hit. i ugly sobbed for so long after this. so did my dad. especially when he started singing the song...just heartbreaking.
Just watched it for the first time last night. Was a HUGE fan of Shawshank so when I heard the same director worked on this one I decided to give it a try. It blew away all my expectations and for a rare moment in my life I bursted out crying. Been a long time since I cried over a fictional movie. God Frank is a genius director.
@@redwdsparans9739 you're absolutely right, I was meming in a semi-serious way. I was trying to bring some light into the comment section while addressing and not undermining how sad and moving this scene is. And yes, this thing happens all the time in real life, the worst case I've heard of was a black boy who was like 14 being executed for a crime it was later found he was innocent of. He was crying in the pictures they took before the execution. They electric chaired him. Both stories terrify me to this day.
@@KarmaLeto yeah, I know the basics of this story...George Junius Stinney Jr, the youngest boy to be condemned to death by the electric chair, they thought he was the one who killed those two white girls just because he was black, society at that time was ignorant like hell.
@@simeon669 yeah, but he knew the guy in the chair would go to heaven anyway and that he has to kill an innocent man because there was no proof of it. That's what he meant
When Paul confessed his true age at the end of the movie, he said his punishment was living long enough to watch everybody he loved die. His last companion? Mr Jingles (the mouse)😭
@@JisuChaer well, the last frame is Mr jingles "sleeping" while Tom Hanks character says something like "he is a mouse and lived so long, how much I have to live more" something like that. I was waiting for the death of the mouse in the end, implying that one day he will finally rest too. Thanks for showing me that in the book is like that!
Him not having the blindfold over his face wasn't only because he was afraid of of the dark, but because it was right for the audience to see the face of an innocent man being killed, then they'd truly see how innocent he was.
He wanted Paul and his fellow guards to be the last faces he sees. If I was put be put to death which required a blindfold, I don't want to be blindfolded either, I don't want to die in the dark, I want to die being surrounded by faces. Faces that love me no matter what I did and remember the good things I left behind for them and say to them that I always loved them and apologize for the pain I caused in their lives and that I will watch over them no matter where I end up. Faces that would hate me for what I did to their loved ones and understanding their anger and want to tell them it is ok to hate me and that I don't expect forgiveness but would tell them not to let hate run their lives. Faces from court, the police force, and the prison staff that we're kind to me and thank them for being kind to me, trying to spare my life, and accepting me as a human being even if I was labeled as a monster. John, Del, and Arlen tought me that
"I don't want to live in a world where people are ugly to one another.” This man was robbed of an Oscar, and I will say that until my coffin is lowered into the ground.
From the comments here, we not only live in a world where people are ugly to each other, we also live in a world where people have no idea what quotation marks mean 🤦🏽♂️
The fact that this film didn't receive Best Picture of the Year and "American Beauty" did is a travesty. This movie was snubbed of the most Oscar honors in history. It's a disgrace and I stopped watching the Oscars after this year.
but i thought american beauty was a deserving movie aswell, dont weigh too much in the awards thing and appreciate great movies that have come out bois.
It was still a horror just not jump scares or ghosts or resurrecting the dead it shows the horror of the real world and what black people faced and still face to this day
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. John Coffey, a character that will never be forgotten in Hollywood. RIP MCD
Most important quote from the entire movie* It's up to US*... each of us... to wipe out indifference and ugliness. Let's start with the Children..ALL the children- all over the entire Planet* "Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other*" We can do this*
I honestly thought that this movie would be bad because I mostly like action or violent films but when I watch it I was amazing I didn't cry but I felt heart broken because ending truly amazing movie
@@Kim_Jong_Un_. these words were used to describe the two girls and their bravery before their death but before their death's they had hope that their sacrifice would save everyone else, so basically it would be love to make things right again
It's truly a sad scene but maybe a happy ending for Coffey. He say everyday he is in great pain, he can feel everyone's pain and he wants the Execution.
Coffey tells Paul that he has been through enough psychical experience with humanity’s cruelty and that he is ready to die: bit.ly/2lxh2tQ
Human's cruelty... No good No humanity
@@winterspirit3734 Not all of humanity is cruel.
@@antoniosilvestro2494 I didn't mean humanity is cruel... Humans! If not all Most... Not worth it...
i like this movie but what I don't get is this I know Coffey is his actor name. But when he heard his co worker say the N word. I swore to god the white douche bag was going to get his face punch in.
@@gabilanplaza you truly need Jesus in your life. If you knew Jesus, you wouldn't say what you said. If you could see through the lies of this world, you wouldn't have said what you did. Sir, I hope you find peace.
The fact that innocent man can be put to death...makes my heart hurt.
The justice system is fucked up bro, guilty until proven innocent.
Dalton Hollander in China U get the death penalty for smoking weed
@@baldeagle6113 smoke weed every day
Drsoe08 it’s actually innocent till proven guilty
@@sideswipebasura7503 no not always
All the officers crying broke my heart and he said "I'm afraid of the dark" and "I'm sorry for what I am", and innocent man put to death. Breaks my heart.
Rion King he wanted to die cause of the cruel world
Rion King reminds me off the innocent politician who shot himself on live television because of corruption.
0 dwamn yea I’ve seen that.
Neeraj Tewari guilty leaders and officials to worried about themselves... accidents.. there’s all kinds of reasons for injustice that it almost makes it pointless to weed through. It’s sad. It makes you want to put your heart on your sleeve and save the world. But how long until it becomes self righteous. You can virtue signal all you want, but each step takes you closer and closer to ego god.
In the 1980s and 1990s 12 men were but to death on falsified evidence from the FBI lab...Please see the first FBI whistleblower Frederic Whitehurst.
What makes this even more sad is that the actor who played John died of a heart attack in 2012.
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan.
WHAT? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
R.I.P 😟
What?
The VCR King no. You can’t be serious!?
R.I.P ✊🕊
As painful as it was to see a sweet soul like John Coffey get condemned, he also wanted to be free from the curses of his gift. He felt the pain of everyone
This ending makes me cry every time no matter how hard I try
You made it a little less painful to see. Thank you
I agree with raly, you made it a little bit less painful to think about. It’s still so heartbreaking tho.
guys am I a psychopath because I didn’t even shed a tear whilst watching this
@@BoogiePicker9000 yeah
"please dont but that on me im afraid of the dark" bro i started bawling at that part
jared ertzner I think we all did buddy
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Cuz u soft
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@Lara Claygrove but he did. Michael Clarke Duncan unfortunately passed away a few years ago
“Men don’t cry because they’re weak, they cry because they were strong for far too long”-Takeo Masaki
The best quote I've read this year.
After hearing about the voice actor, this only amplifies the pain
@@ng_davros9967 what happened
@@CRAYON_AE he had a big incident and has like a speech impediment now
Why in Google it says Johnny Depp said it?
“I’m afraid of the dark”...those words made you realize how innocent he was
no reply?
@@chrispycreme9545 Hello can you explain me why coffe put that things inside of Percy ? 😮
@@andrefelipe2643 because Percy is a evil man
It sounds like something he said before he went to bed to his mom now he said that before he’s dead
He carried the burden of all the evil, sickness and sin of everyone else in the world. So much that he feared himself being in that darkness.. Reminds me of a Bible verse, "The Light has come into the world. But men preferred darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil" John was the light in that world, and he feared losing that
What's equally heartbreaking is that while the two girls’ deaths were ultimately avenged, the parents will never know that. They drew their anger to the wrong man till the end.
Who was the real killer I cannot remember
@@Goldtaker23wild bill
@@The_Shape_yup. Sam Rockwells performance was great. Very underrated
@@Randy-Bobandy morally the worst character in the film, and everyone still liked him more than Percy lol
If i recall, it was Percy@@Goldtaker23
I like how the cameras didn’t show john being electricuted, almost as if to show respect to him and not glorify his death
Yeah...
Yea, i liked how this time, it shows the guards' reactions. They all knew he was innocent
I guess that means, Reaction is more important than the fact of execution for Audience
Some kids watch it or not but kids watch him die
Was this movie based on real story
Imagine being the person to flip the switch and you know he’s innocent
They dont have an option, one of them will need to flip the switch.
Yeah would definitely be painful
Executioner: *flip the switch* Just granting what he wished.
@Pixel idk, ask that in a police station or something.
@Pixel no
‘I’m sorry for what I am.’
Hate sees one thing
Peace another
no shit sherlock
No kapp dhey took his life fo nun he tried to save the girls
@@Th3_Real_Sloth did you comment on the sweet tooth video
Why was he exucuted
@@og.marii3x247 why did they execute him
The fact that Michael Clark Duncan is actually dead just brings a whole new level of sadness to this… Amazing man and actor. He is missed everyday 🥺💔🙏🏻
Only the character in the movie died, not the actor himself 🙄 Can’t believe I have to explain this 🤦♂️
@@jimmymackinnon8474 Of course, the actor didn't die in this scene. They're just saying that the scene is even sadder now that Michael Clark Duncan is dead in real life.
@@jimmymackinnon8474Michael Clarke Duncan, the actor, has been dead since 2012 my guy
@@jimmymackinnon8474Can't believe you're dense enough to not understand the author himself died, unless you're a troll
@@jimmymackinnon8474 "Boss come to me, I help it. Please"
“I’m sorry for what I am.”
That is literally the saddest thing I have ever heard in my entire life 😢
I Feel sorry for him.
This was one of the happiest things I have ever seen. :) I wanna see more!
@@horacejohnson1730 :/
@@horacejohnson1730 please play in high speed traffic
@@horacejohnson1730 clap it up everyone we've got an edge lord here
The fact that Michael Clarke Duncan didn't win an Oscar for this is criminal.
Wait, he didn’t?! That is indeed very criminal!!
@@professormadhattgaming583 no
Wth? How?
This movie is way too timeless for the oscars
Everybody in this movie deserved some sort of award. Absolute masterpiece.
"On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?"
Heavy statement , sends chills every time
Very heavy statement
You tell god, the maker that it was a kindness you done.
Deep stuff
But then you can't speak to God only your soul can tell the truth
I feel so bad for him...EVERYBODY DIED
2:14 Out of all the scenes been mentioned so far, this is the one that always got me crying. The fact the officer can’t hold back his tears even in-front of the victims family, like the rest are, it just shows how respected John was and how innocent he was, he made grown men cry like babies. Best film ever made by far.
I’ll definitely check it out then!
Yes, Barry Pepper. He was also great in Saving Private Ryan.
@@geralds.9735 agree yes
It really is
its one of the best, gladiator too is one of the best
When the woman said "I hope it hurts like hell", and I saw his face, I realized that, at this very moment, nothing would hurt more than what he was feeling right there before he died.
this scene begins with a dialogue and shot where he said he could feel all the hate and anger since he entered the room...
That was some brilliant acting wasn't it
Yes, but woman wasn't at fault. She actually believed he had killed both her daughters. She couldn't know the truth.
@Callum Willis-Hignight Yeah, but remember that he was the only one found in a field with the two dead girls in his arms. Also, he was acting in a very strange manner. Of course, you and I know better because we've watched the movie. But with the information the mother had, her anger was justifiable.
@Callum Willis-Hignight Haha turns out I had an youtube tab open and the notification popped up.
The guards in that room knew that John was a pure an innocent giant.. I can't help but get teary eyed on this scene
This scene where the Mother cries out "does it hurt yet" and then the scene switches to Paul whom appeared to pause, I actually thought his next words would be, "he's an innocent man wrongfully accused for the crimes of Wild Bill". I saw this film after spending six months in East Timor as a Peace Keeper with the Australian Army. And it brought home to me the injustices portrayed in the film and the very similar treatment the peoples of East Timor suffered under the Indonesians.
They did know but they had no choice so he had to give order
@Papaya Tasty It's not that they couldn't save him, John actually wanted to die because he was tired of all the pain and suffering in the world. The guards gave him the choice to escape and he refused
maning04 if I was him giving the order I wouldn’t let him be killed despite John wanting to die
@@timorvet1 they made their own choices
“They killin’ what they love,
That’s how it is. All over the world.” - John Coffey
Profoundly true
... 🍿...
He actually said "He killed them with their love"
He said “he killed them with they love” as in the reason they died was because the sisters loved each other so much they wouldn’t scream out for help bc Wild bill told them if they said something or made any noise he would kill them
@@jar3987
That's exactly it, as others are able to kill them too through love: their jealousy, too much passion, like what in one way or the other, it is important to make the difference. In friendship or in couple, the individual interest must not strangle the common interest and vice versa ... Common sense and balance
People have commented on how John says "I'm sorry for what I am" so that the families can be content. However I believe that he was being sincere and honest. Like he has come to regret his gift because he was simply too pure for this world.
Here is a being so kind, so loving, so incapable of evil, who has been broken so much by humanity's evil to the point where he is truly sorry for being what he is.
In the end, he still felt like it was his fault.
A true angel.
I watched The Green Mile when I was a kid. Pretty impactful, gave me some things to think about until my teens. What's saddest to me is that not in the film, nor anyone who watches it, imagines a world where John Coffey can live happy with his gift, because there isn't an overwhelming amount of evil and suffering in the world.
When David Morse stood there, fighting the tears, I felt that. A perfect performance by everyone.
ironfae to me, his moment is what captured the meaning of this scene. You could see the pain in his facial expression
Clay Castleberry
Exactly. He’s a very underrated actor.
ironfae I always loved Jenny
Is that Barry Peppers character?
TheRedvapor
No it’s the name of the actor who was the big grey haired guard, Brutal.
Michael Duncan was robbed of an oscar for this movie smh
Harold H rip
He was robbed of LIFE. I wish great people like him were still with us.
may his soul rest in peace, oscar meant nothing to compare to the appreciation the audiences have on him.
@@kakashiMEK Kathy Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990). This remains till this day the only Oscar any Stephen King adaptation has won.
I never thought of that...but yea you are right!
When he just shakes his hand, you can definitely feel that. This movie always makes me cry.
shoulda held on tll his heart stopped, now that is showing love
Me to
n pppp
Same
@@blahblahjumpswing1504 bro are you dumb??
If this scene didn't make you cry, you're dead inside
I didn’t cry during this scene, but I definitely started bawling after the film after just thinking about this scene alone, especially the way the “don’t put me in the dark” line was delivered.. It really hit deep.
I must be half dead inside because I came close, but not quite there.
My wife is dead, then.
No just means you don't get emotional over a movie
The Officers cried because they knew he was innocent too.
If innocent isent bad enough, a genuine hearted soul who took the fall for a man in a cell ten feet away.
Good hint sherlock
Ulises-MainRakan Rework :B right like no shit.
No shit
Your username tho
There are two types of people in this world:
1. Those who cried during this scene;
2. And liars
And some people who doesn't want green mile to win Oscar !
I didn't cry tbh. I was just sad, frustrated and angry about this tragic ending...
Tbh I'm glad that I didn't lie
@@xiny-chi yeah same
True
The way Paul says “roll on two” reluctantly and holding back the tears. Amazing acting from Tom Hanks
Agreed
"Paul....you have to say it. You have to give the order." THAT gets me!
I’m the 666 like...
As always
It’s the same way he says “oh nooo bubba” in Forrest Gump when bubba is shot, great actor
The “I’s scared of the dark” broke me into a million pieces
He was so child like and innocent which made it worse.
All of the Officers crying made me cry even harder. They all knew he was innocent and at least John died with people that loved him
His Final Wish.......to see a Movie.
All of the officers crying made me cry even harder . They all knew he was innocent and at least John died with people that loved him
All of the Officers crying made me cry even harder. They all knew he was innocent and at least John died with people that loved him
He talked about how he was lonely as a sparrow and that he just wanted a buddy. In that way it is bittersweet that they were people there that loved him when he left.
Every Man Can make mistakes, But that will be forgive it for him 1 give to chance.
It's so heartbreaking that he said 'I'm sorry for what I am' even though he was innocent just so that the victim's family could be satisfied.
Easily one of the best films ever made.
I think he meant he was sorry for being able to feel what he felt and do what he does. All he did was try to fix the girls and all it did was cause pain for even more people, not to mention himself.
@@SEliteGuitarist99 the guards.could have said no
@@beyondthestars4299 not really. Everyone else thought he was guilty. The guards knew he was a miracle of God, and took what John wanted (to die) and would rather have it be by them in the chair than some random angry cop shooting him
@@SEliteGuitarist99 I think Wild Bill was related to that family
@@Dee_Nice89 no he was a farm hand
When Tom Hanks said "May God have mercy on your soul" his face says "may God have mercy on my soul too"
It feels like hes telling himself that more than paul
His name is Paul
May god have mercy on OUR souls...
I think the tonal change in his voice is an indicator he's telling this to himself more than John
Louisiana Boy i always thought that Paul was saying it to himself as well as John. He had already voiced concern about how God would judge him for killing a miracle, and so he’s praying to God not to judge him for doing it.
He was too pure for this cruel world.
Thank you, mr. Stephen King. For this - and for many more
When John said that he’s afraid of the dark, that broke me.
Unfortunately, this is what happens to human beings. There are reasons that push a person to commit approved mistakes such as murder, theft and unintentional killing
😪
@@squad-kl3ek it is unfortunate, especially because the evidence shouldn’t have been able to condemn him, so there real killer got to get another kill by killing this guy
I was real close at that moment, but when he said “He killed them with their love” I couldn’t stop crying.
When he said he was afraid of the dark, it was the physical world that he endured. His soul went to a better place than the cruel world he had to witness.
When you leave a full cinema, you can hear a pin drop and everyone is in tears you know you’ve just witnessed something very special that has connected with everyone there.
And it didn’t even matter the movie was 3+ hours long...
So true 💯💯💯
I'm going to I'll police officers in this world.
@@dominic8680 What does Corrections Officers of the 1930s have to do with the Police Officers of today? 🤡
@@xXSpringXx_ 🤡
How Michael Clarke Duncan never won an Oscar for this, I'll never know.
Utterly heartbreaking. Beautifully acted.
Very true
Racial prejudice
@@Smokebud4life420 yea not really
@@Smokebud4life420 yeah..........NO!!!
trxpstxr I agree with napps
The older I get, the harder it is to watch this scene. Everything about this is just perfect it absolutely destroys my heart.
me watching The Notebook, not a single tear.
me watching The Green Mile, bawling my eyes out.
Same here
not even 1 american's romance movie has ever gotten me to tear but the classic like this touched my soul.
visionary761 same bro, first time I ever cried from a movie. It hurt so bad 😂😭
man when ryan says he wrote her 365 letters you gotta start crying
I cried in Air Bud when he ditched the dog after the ferry ride. So the fuck what homes?
What we all have done during this scene:
1- breathed hard.
2- tried not to cry.
3- cried hard.
everytime i watch this flim i always tear up at the end
Yes
na g
4-Sob like a baby and wiping tears all over face
It's true 😭
This has got to be one of the most magnificently acted scenes ever filmed. Very haunting indeed.
Totally agree.The part where Tom Hanks says roll on 2,it can be heard in his voice that he was trying really hard to hold back his tears,i think Hanks should have won the oscar in 2000 for best actor just for that scene alone.I can't think of another actor that can pull off an acting performance as phenomenal as that.The Green Mile is an absolute masterpiece and imo the greatest Stephen King movie ever.It's a shame they don't make films like this anymore.
@@hoichiman2385 Couldn't have said it better, my friend.
@@hoichiman2385 ikr, they have better Filming equipment, cgi, and everything yet I have yet to see emotionally painful as this one
I finally watched it and felt like I literally missed a big part of my childhood I love tom hanks and Duncan such a master piece and yes I cried at this scene as did everyone else 😢
Oh My God ,I am crying ,
"Does it hurt yet? I hope it does."
Considering what we know about John, we probably should be angry at her for saying this. But the true tragedy lies within the simple fact that her pain of losing her children is real, but she doesn't know the truth. She doesn't know better than to hate John. I cannot really blame her for the pain a mother like her must have been going through, even if this pain breeds even more pain.
I'm a father and i get it when i first watched the movie as a kid i was angry at her but i watched it again after my son was born and understood her anger. people never really know until they have children themselves...
Underrated comment. People will hate the parents for the comments they made but end of the day they didnt know it was really Wild Bill so you cant begrudge them for it. If anything you feel for the parents cause they dont know the truth 😢😢
I'm sure sh hated even before what happened...🤷🏽
But ur daughter is gone still dont bave to make such comment i mean no one is good they show this hate cause he is black too didnt they??...
@@shaquilleedwards8635racist thas why no one is pure good or evil...
What really hits me is that even the actor is gone too.
:(
Yeah it makes me so upset. My dad actually met him and said he was such a kind and wonderful man. R.I.P
Ye and wats the film about idk it’s just emotional and what’s happening rn with blm
Jenson X9 a gentleman named John Coffey was accused of killing this white man’s daughters. Coffey was trying to save them but no one was around to witness him attempting to save the girls. They thought Coffey killed them and their father beat Coffey. He then was sentenced to death. The officers that get emotional know he is innocent but can’t or won’t do anything.
WAIT WHAT!?
It’s sad to think that this once happened in real life to many people.
Shit it still happens today just not as often
Most people deserve it though they didnt get in that chair beeing good..well in real life i mean.
Whiterun Soldier but there has also been a lot of hate crimes, injustice and racial profiling that put some people into those chairs
@@BlakeFerret We dont use the electric chair anymore. The last time the electric chair was used was almost 7 years ago. We have pretty much completely converted to lethal injection now.
I was really referring to people being charged with a crime they didnt commit....but yeah some states still use the electric chair although you can choose lethal injection
Michal Duncan’s acting was so good in this film I can’t even begin to express it he definitely should have won the Oscar
Won*
Absolutely 👍
Agreed
Unfortunately the oscars are mainly won by money. Everything is business, and the best actors don’t always get what they deserve. :(
@@matthewostry9339 true
This might just be the greatest death scene in cinema history. From john apologizing to the family even though he did no wrong, to the guards just barely holding back their tears knowing that an innocent man is about to die, to john singing the song about heaven, to paul holding his hand moments before they turn on the chair, to the fact that john never screamed. Everything about this scene is just perfect and so heart shattering.
can't scream while electrocuted.
I've not seen this film yet, why do they kill him if they know he's innocent?
@@samanthaclarke45 SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU DO PLAN ON WATCHING IT
Only 4 guards in the whole prison are aware that he's innocent, and they're present here. In a scene before this one, John holds onto Paul's (Tom Hanks) hand, showing him the truth of what happened to those two young girls. John himself was able to gather the information after the true perpetrator grabbed onto his arm in a scene even before that.
Paul realises that John is completely innocent, and the other three guards are also aware of it because they know that John's abilities are legitimate and that he's too good a soul to lie/make up any evidence. However, it's practically supernatural conviction, and none of the higher-ups or judges could possibly accept John's case. They'd absolutely defend John if they could.
Besides, John also has superhuman empathy, and is constantly pained by the amount of hate and ugliness in the world. Having a mind like a child's, he obviously can't cope with it in the slightest. He says it all in a speech to Paul, and although Paul understands that John would be freed of his pains, he would never kill an innocent person-especially someone as benevolent as John-, as that would go against his principles as a warden, and everything he stands for. But he can't change the decision, and goes ahead with it anyway. In this scene, you can still notice how hesitant he is, saying "roll on 2" only so long after the clock has struck 12. He regrets the decision for the rest of his life, and believes that he's being punished for basically killing an angel of god.
When Paul goes up to Jon and shakes his hand, to me it was a final begging of forgiveness for what was about to happen. Crushed me.
I think of it as more of Paul assuring him that he was in fact a good person despite all of the outrage from everyone else in the room at the time. It let him know that not everyone hated him but that there were at least a few men there that loved and respected him.
@@alecaquino4306 I like that.. I also see it as Paul saying farewell to John and he's sorry he has to do this
@@masonkemp6251 Absolutely. It was a sincere gesture to bring comfort to one another at he very end.
What is he saying?
It was more of a goodbye shake since John wanted this and all Paul could do was helping with the "glasses in his head" to ease this moment as much as he could.
Michael Duncan was an incredible, one of a kind actor.
He died way too young.
I can imagine voicing Venom
@@rickyrackey7930 I can imagine him being in place if venom
duncan was 54 years old, he lived a good life, and definitely not young.
@@cousindaniel 54 is young in todays world.
@@cousindaniel Youre crazy
One of the most underrated parts of this is when they say “May God have mercy on your soul” and start to tear up. The same thing that they say to everyone who walked the Green Mile without batting an eye suddenly breaks them because it’s they actually mean it. Amazing job
I think you miss the point. They are all shook up because now the words are being pointed at them. They know they are killing an innocent man and now the question is: "Will God have mercy on their souls"
God has no need for mercy on John Coffey because God knows he is innocent. Saint Peter won't wait a second to let this man though the Pearly Gates. But will he let them in?
@Ironeagle 777 Exactly. John needs none of Gods mercy. He is a pure as the driven snow. It is the ones putting what they Know to be an innocent man to death who need Gods mercy.
Thank you for clearing that up for me.
Now...Will god have mercy on them?
When he says that line he is actually questioning his morals and whether or not it is the right thing to do but John gives him confirmation and his blessings that he is doing right and that he will vouch to God for them that they aided him to go back to Heaven and end his suffering he felt while living on Earth
@@Heart2HeartBooks I’d argue Paul would probably have gotten into heaven. He really didn’t have a choice and there was no real evidence (in the eyes of the racist 1930s courts) they could have used to have proven John innocent.
This is the first movie that has ever made me cry, i thought it was stupid that people cried during movies, but after i saw Johns face and him saying he is afraid of the dark shatered my soul, i was also crying because i knew the actor passed away making this look even sader. RIP legend 🕊️
Are you for real? Boyz in the Hood made me cry because Trey’s friends he had growing up all died in the Los Angeles gang war with the Bloods.
Sad yes but made you cry? Compared to the grave of the fireflies its teddy bears and ice cream
It’s a true story aswell except it was a kid who was murdered
“Please don’t put the hood on boss, I’m scared of the dark”
Makes me cry everytime I hear those lines
Chumpy the Anteater that line always makes my heart break 💔😭
This is the only movie I've cried in
Hi
I understand
Chumpy the Anteater I cried during the entire movie. I made the foolish mistake of taking a peek before I saw everything. That line killed me a bit...
"He killed them with they love, thats how it is everyday all over the world"
One of my favorite all time quotes
Roll on 2......
@@phillipwalling7470 *He said with a cracked voice, barely hanging together*
True
when he says "he killed them with they love", what does it mean
@@Nemenis It means that the actual killer (the guy with the arm tattoo I forgot his name) used the 2 kids' love for each other to trick them and kill them both, because in the scene where he enters their bedroom, he tells them "if you love her don't make a sound or I'll kill her" and he says the same thing to the other girl. So basically he tricked the girls and killed them both anyways.
Such an emotional scene. You can see the reluctance of the officers as well as sadness. They know it's wrong
I was crying like a little bitch the hole time. Such a goddam emotional scene.
i’m creeped out, i just liked you comment to 666 likes while John is saying “i’m in heaven”
@@jcl418 oh shoot that's mad. i didn't know my comment blew up like this
Hadouken
But John wanted it
Watched it first time and I couldn't stop the tears. Watched it today with family and managed to hold it together so badly. Had to get my phone out and distract myself. Fantastic movie, brilliant actors every single one of them. He was innocent and didn't deserve to die but it was his choice. They should've at least told the parents he was innocent. Seeing the handshake, the guards cry, I think that just made us cry even more and how he didn't want the mask on because he's afraid of the dark... 😢
He said it in the movie people are ugly to each other and if he was alive today to see how things are, he'd say the same thing.
Beautiful movie. Thank you to all. And RIP big man 🙏❤️
Just truly sad, the more was innocent but he wanted to die because he was tired of a the pain and suffering in the world. Even more sad because those people watching the execution will never know the truth...😢
Shadowreeper213 they go by choice and the whole town can watch it
Shadowreeper213 you are not required to watch death
I think Coffey forgives them but I think the real villian is the cop that told a man that "it's a fairy tale" and John Coffey did something to him and made him mentally ill
@@A2goddess there were actually 2 villains, the power hungry cop and the man they brought from the insane asylum
@@steveboone1498 the guy from insane asylum raped and killed these 2 girls... And main protagonist got killed for it.
For those of you who don't know this movie dedicated for a guy named Joe arridy , Joe had less than 50 IQ and convicted for a crime he didn't commit. He spent his day in cell playing with his train wooden toy that wardens gave him , smiling and literally happy. He was well liked by all the guards who guarding that cell blocks even others prisoners liked him too .
He couldn't understand the concept of executions ,all he knows he's going to heaven and saying "no... no... Joe ... Won't die" . After his execution , written in his grave "here's lies innocent man" . And he also being known as the happiest person on death row.
"Joe Arridy" and "John Coffey" spelled with first "J" all along with "Y" . And different colours shows for all of the world that innocent man can be executed no matter what colors they are. Even if it's not executed.. innocent people can die horrible for something they didn't do.
Its also slightly based on George Stinney. He was the youngest person to ever be on death row, at just the age of 14. Executed in 1944.
Well thats fucking sad
Arridy’s seems even sadder reading about it.
I can't remember if this was the same guy but there was at least another guy like him who asked for ice cream as his last meal and told the guards as they were taking him to be executed that he was saving the rest for later.
@@justamicrowave5297 yes it's Joe arridy too
Do you have anything to say?
*"I'm Sorry for what I am"*
tears started falling down my face 😢
T
@@tommygarrosh2941 who da fuck is that guy?who the fuck are you?
the tol, not some no-mark which is what you are.
@@thetol9254 who are you?
Just a good person trying to do the right thing in a world too wicked and bent to accept him. And a man of color trapped in a system of oppression. Tragedy on so many levels
What makes this scene even sadder and heartbreaking is that the actor who played John Coffey passed away😢😢😢😢
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan you are still missed to this day and may we hope that we’ll meet you in heaven someday
As a grown man, i cried to this scene too. The world is cruel. Im actually happy for him because he doesn't have to endure the suffering this world brings him, and goes to Heaven. its actually the other way round. The world doesn't deserve him.
Indeed...
The sad part of being atheist is that you can’t expect an heaven for you
Only darkness
😪😪
Perfectly said... an angel
@@jessicacollins9946 what’s with the emojis?
Titanic: where boys cry
The green mile: where men cry
@The Thot Slayer it was still sad
@The Thot Slayer I cried during Titanic........mainly when I realized how long I'd have to wait to see the whole fuckin reason I'm watching the movie
just green mile
I enjoyed the very end of Titanic, where the ship comes back to life and Jack is there in the staircase waiting for Rose, with everyone watching. But the end to this movie is even better.
@@theclownservatarian6410 yes
When you think about it. These actors weren’t acting out the crying. They were actually crying.
Not true
Wtf did you just make this up?
@God Obviously they are artificial tears, are you an idiot?
@God I'm obviously being sarcastic man, don't get so serious
@@eltioed5149 excuse if I do say so myself
0:27 "im sorry for what i am" really make me cry
That line hits the feels... When you see yourself as a mistake 😓
Seeing the guards cry when they're about to kill John breaks my heart because this movie shows he's innocent and the guards didn't want to kill him because they saw he had a power to heal people and it wasn't just any power, he had a gift from God.
Only Mole maintain the face. Obviously he leaves the mile with Paul so soon he can
Thank you, cliff notes
“God sent humanity an angel but we killed him because we are blinded by ignorance and hate.”
Yeah because it's a movie, but in real life, none of the police officers cried when they electrocuted Stinney
@@DiggitySlice 😂😂
This movie DESTROYED me. I had seen it, went home to tell my mom about it, and started crying.
What a bitch
Hank R. Hill you have no soul
@@ThatHungryAfricanChild Lol that's fucked up😂
Lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao
@@eddiebrock8002 Truly
“Please boss, please don’t put that thing over my face, don’t put me into dark, I’m afraid of the dark :(“
The words of John Coffey 1999
🥺🥺🥺
@Hari rip micheal clarke😢😢😢😢
@@Bopittwist The movie was released in 1999 but John Coffey died in 1935 so it is more correct to say "The words of John Coffey 1935".
😭😭😭😭😭😭
You can't just watch this part of the film. You have to watch the whole film to understand the pain... One of the best films made
Tom hanks is a masterpiece of acting.
its ok guys, we're all crying
Agree
Yep.
😢😢😢
Me too 😥😥😥
If I said I didn't, would you be angry at me?
Rest in peace Michael Clarke Duncan, the real John Coffey.😥
It’s been over a decade already :( I will never forget my reaction when it happened.
:((( rest in place
The real John coffey was George Stinney, his case inspired this movie
@@Ghostrider-ul7xn thought it was Joe Winney
@@Ghostrider-ul7xn Arridy*
Whats so heartbreaking is John Coffee didn't try to explain, hes tired, he cant take it anymore and want to get out of this cruel and ugly world. His last words are "Im sorry for what I am", meaning that he literally admitted his wrongly accused crime to the Detterick family to make them feel better.
I thought it was meant as a jab, like he was implying he was sorry for being black
@@jimorpia4913 No sane person would think that lol
@@HadynsTVdoc definitely thought that
@@crdy5316 😂🙄
I think they should have had a scene where Paul showed the family what John showed him.
The handshake, the look, the music. Goosebumps.
This was emotionally painful for the officers. John was special, but above all else he was an innocent man. This was something that they all came to realize. If the family knew that John was trying to save their children, instead of being the one who killed them, then they would not be wishing such a painful death upon him.
So True 😭😢😢😢
Even in a time like this they'd refuse to believe it 😔
Why didn't they tell the family about the truth?
@@themerovingian7154 Because they wouldn’t believe it of course.
he was a good dude with healing powers and only wanted to show kindness, i think the message of this movie is to make him like a modern day jesus because if you think about his life it´s exactly like jesus except for electric chair instead of a cross
"God send us his angel, and we kill him" 😭
We killed god too
@@jonchaney2106 uh, what?
@@geassdemon6202 Jesus was god in the flesh. Ya know and we killed him
I think he really wants to die because he thought living in this world is like hell and he want to get out.
@@jonchaney2106 actualy no but dont be angry to me im a muslum so in my faith jesus is not killed god help him and god made the guy who try to kill jesus look like jesus so other guys though he is jesus and killed him now jesus is in heaven(note im just 12 years old so i dont know every thing in my faith)
The lights burning out is a symbol of the moment John Coffey's spirit surged away from the earth, and went towards heaven.
Aww🥺
I always thought of it as it taking alot more than the usual amount of power just due to what he was. To me it felt alot like how long it was said Jesus took on the cross to die and how long he was able to be beaten and tortured and still endured. Just due to both of them being some form of divine-sent person I would think they would have extreme endurance.
I always took this as just like when John is healing others and the lights explode at that moment God was taking that pain for John or somethin of a higher power at least.
@exxodas No bro, someone just sabotage the lights....
I always thought of it as Mr. Jingles tampering with the lights.
my dad and i watched this movie in june of this year. i was bored at first, didn't care for it too much, but then i got more into it about halfway in. and then this scene hit.
i ugly sobbed for so long after this. so did my dad. especially when he started singing the song...just heartbreaking.
Was it both of your first time watching it???
This movie will literally make the manliest of a man cry
And when i say cry
I mean UGLY CRY
I'm a 'man's man'... and I boo HOO cried. Damn. Sometimes humanity SUCKS !!!.
No I'm not. I just have something in my eyes and the air is dry
😭😭😭😭
Didnt make me cry :/
I didn't cry
Just watched it for the first time last night. Was a HUGE fan of Shawshank so when I heard the same director worked on this one I decided to give it a try. It blew away all my expectations and for a rare moment in my life I bursted out crying. Been a long time since I cried over a fictional movie. God Frank is a genius director.
"It's just a movie."
"It's just a movie."
"It's just a movie."
But then why does it hurt so bad?
Because this has happened countless times
His childlike innocence
because most of us have empathy and because this type of event also happens in real life, as far as I know this movie was inspired by real events.
@@redwdsparans9739 you're absolutely right, I was meming in a semi-serious way. I was trying to bring some light into the comment section while addressing and not undermining how sad and moving this scene is.
And yes, this thing happens all the time in real life, the worst case I've heard of was a black boy who was like 14 being executed for a crime it was later found he was innocent of. He was crying in the pictures they took before the execution. They electric chaired him.
Both stories terrify me to this day.
@@KarmaLeto yeah, I know the basics of this story...George Junius Stinney Jr, the youngest boy to be condemned to death by the electric chair, they thought he was the one who killed those two white girls just because he was black, society at that time was ignorant like hell.
2:05
*What he says:* "May God have mercy on your soul."
*What he's thinking:* "May God have mercy on _my_ soul."
Exactly
Nah they where freinds
@@simeon669 yeah, but he knew the guy in the chair would go to heaven anyway and that he has to kill an innocent man because there was no proof of it. That's what he meant
@@oziebozie3411 ok now i get it
@@oziebozie3411 it is a good movie but i saw it a long Time ago
2:08 in that part, i think he’s also saying “May God have mercy on all our souls”. Not only for John, but also for himself and his fellow guards.
What makes this more sad is that Michael Clarke-Duncan, the actor who played John Coffey sadly died of a heart attack, may he Rest in peace
Yeah rip
Ya I miss him
the best moments of our lives cant last for ever....
Michael Clark Duncan looks like he works out only to give the best hugs.
Man I miss him. Rest in peace Legend!
I liked him in Armageddon
"So, what's the heaviest thing you can lift?"
"A mood"
When Paul confessed his true age at the end of the movie, he said his punishment was living long enough to watch everybody he loved die. His last companion? Mr Jingles (the mouse)😭
What's sadder is that in the novel, Mr. Jingles died shortly after Paul showed Mr. Jingles to her friend at the end leaving him basically with no one
@@JisuChaer WOW IDK that!!!! I can’t read the book the movie was sad enough
@@JisuChaer well, the last frame is Mr jingles "sleeping" while Tom Hanks character says something like "he is a mouse and lived so long, how much I have to live more" something like that. I was waiting for the death of the mouse in the end, implying that one day he will finally rest too. Thanks for showing me that in the book is like that!
The way Paul says “may God have mercy on your soul” sounds like he’s actually saying “May God have mercy on OUR souls.”
He says your soul
Never apologise for being you, John. The dark can’t hurt you no more 😭
God's light will guide
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Wanna like but it’s at 500
@@Wolffjaeger amen to that, brother!
Some sad quotes:
“I’m in Heaven, I’m in Heaven...”
“I’m afraid of the dark.”
“I’m sorry for what I am.”
And I’M sad
Thanks for the many likes!
sev! nuggetz I seen it, I’m pretty sure it’s just about not only black but his huge size
This is the saddest part of the film it made a tear in my eye watching this 😥 .
Yeah the point was he did not do it. Hes sorry for who he is though
@@Willtreaty99 very good film but very sad 😥
"he killed them with there love... that's how it is in the world every day"....was a sad one for me.
0:45 got me in tears. I actually started crying because of how powerful that was. He’s innocent and they know it.
You wanna give it try?
Me too. 🥺😭
@@kylorensleftballsack6594 you have no heart
@@kylorensleftballsack6594 these are the words said by a stone heart
Imagine if it was you're mother
@@kylorensleftballsack6594 put yourself in his place, have some empathy towards others.
3:00 that hand shake… it was like a goodbye and thank you 😢
what did he whisper while they were hand shaking? couldnt hear a thing..
@@loyscgodlikeIts something he said earlier in the movie. "He killed 'em with they love. That's how it is, everyday, all over the world."
Him not having the blindfold over his face wasn't only because he was afraid of of the dark, but because it was right for the audience to see the face of an innocent man being killed, then they'd truly see how innocent he was.
You can't see on someone's face whether or not they're innocent. That's a medieval standard of justice.
@@thomasvleminckx and you can’t magically heal beings or prevent them from dying either, u missed the whole point of this comment
@@wolfieenightcore6701 Lol not a good comparison.
He wanted Paul and his fellow guards to be the last faces he sees. If I was put be put to death which required a blindfold, I don't want to be blindfolded either, I don't want to die in the dark, I want to die being surrounded by faces. Faces that love me no matter what I did and remember the good things I left behind for them and say to them that I always loved them and apologize for the pain I caused in their lives and that I will watch over them no matter where I end up. Faces that would hate me for what I did to their loved ones and understanding their anger and want to tell them it is ok to hate me and that I don't expect forgiveness but would tell them not to let hate run their lives. Faces from court, the police force, and the prison staff that we're kind to me and thank them for being kind to me, trying to spare my life, and accepting me as a human being even if I was labeled as a monster. John, Del, and Arlen tought me that
@@meganbateman5634 wow
"I don't want to live in a world where people are ugly to one another.” This man was robbed of an Oscar, and I will say that until my coffin is lowered into the ground.
Ok what do u want?
@@kapoioskapoiou8084 Are you seriously asking that
Hate to break it to ya, but that's the type of world we live in.
KIRA it’s a quote u idiot
From the comments here, we not only live in a world where people are ugly to each other, we also live in a world where people have no idea what quotation marks mean 🤦🏽♂️
The fact that this film didn't receive Best Picture of the Year and "American Beauty" did is a travesty. This movie was snubbed of the most Oscar honors in history. It's a disgrace and I stopped watching the Oscars after this year.
American Beauty is a masterpiece as well. But this is better indeed.
but i thought american beauty was a deserving movie aswell, dont weigh too much in the awards thing and appreciate great movies that have come out bois.
Fight club or matrix should have won. This is second best tho
Who cares about an Oscar?
Did you watch American Beauty?
The definition of a gentle giant 🙁😭
Audiences: Stephen King is only good in horror
King: Get me some new paper for the typewriter
Some of his best stuff has nothing to do with anything supernatural.
The Body was phenomenal
It was still a horror just not jump scares or ghosts or resurrecting the dead it shows the horror of the real world and what black people faced and still face to this day
This is made by stephan King?
Well only dells execution was a horror apart from that just sadnesd and funniness
The serial novels it's based on were writing by King. They're great to.
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.
John Coffey, a character that will never be forgotten in Hollywood.
RIP MCD
R.I.P
I is feeling tired now boss
dog tired
Thank You ma friend
Most important quote from the entire movie* It's up to US*... each of us... to wipe out indifference and ugliness. Let's start with the Children..ALL the children- all over the entire Planet* "Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other*" We can do this*
I honestly thought that this movie would be bad because I mostly like action or violent films but when I watch it I was amazing I didn't cry but I felt heart broken because ending truly amazing movie
This was one of the toughest cinematic scenes to watch. To this day, I wish Stephen King allowed the family to know he didn't do it.
"God is cruel." - Desperation
@@winstonmarlowe5254 what?
@@jorawesummme609 look it up
If we all knew who were the good guys...the world wouldn't be what it is.
And this world is a wicked place😞
So true
Tear-jerking. John Coffey is the definition of Big Friendly Giant. Rest in Peace Michael Clarke Duncan. King Pin.
"heaven, I'm in heaven" those words made me cry even more
That’s the part that seriously gets to me. That and the younger guards reaction.
@@HarleyD1991 Hearing this while learning the actor actually died made it even sadder.
@HarleyD1991 yeah Dean's reaction was just heart wrenching
That’s the lyrics from “cheek to cheek”
It made me tear up because it was from the movie he watched
"They kill them with what they love , that's how it is everday all over the world" Real Talk , the movie meaning is so beautiful💓.
What does this line mean exactly?
@@Kim_Jong_Un_. these words were used to describe the two girls and their bravery before their death but before their death's they had hope that their sacrifice would save everyone else, so basically it would be love to make things right again
@@bearlyalive9669 beautiful, thank you
@@Kim_Jong_Un_. Even putin watch this
Hey
"Please, don't put that thing on me boss. I'm afraid of the dark."
That was the only thing left he feared more then death.
He feared evil and the pain of this world more than death... rightfully so.
That line hits me every time. Not the execution, not him singing, but that line.
this scene always got to me, it’s such a shame how he was killed, even the police knew his innocence :(
It's truly a sad scene but maybe a happy ending for Coffey. He say everyday he is in great pain, he can feel everyone's pain and he wants the Execution.
“Please don’t put that thing on me boss, I’m afraid of the dark”
Makes me cry so bad.
AND the hand shake :'(
I’is
It just a proof that he was innocent.
I'd be like "where you're going, it's gonna be VERY dark"
Then I'd pull the lever with glee
@@booqueefious2230 what?
@@booqueefious2230 I don’t think you’ve watched the movie have you? He’s innocent
This was a tissue moment. I felt like I was in the movie myself. I cried, cried, cried, like a baby.🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭
Me 😢😭😭
Me to 😭😢😭😭
It's just a movie he's still alive in real life
Abel Rios, umm, no he not still living😳🤔🧐🥺🙄
@@abelrios5533 the guy died in 2012 dude. RIP MDC.
“What am I going to tell my creator on the day of my judgement , that I was just doing my job ? “
Heavy statement
U right, damnn..
no he is not
That sounds like something Hans Frank would’ve said.
@@bp6329 Well... he is, it has been confirmed