I spent 30 years in Corrections and I love this movie, not just because it's a true masterpiece, but unlike Shawshank, the cops were the good guys - except for one - and the prisoners were the bad guys - except for one. This should have won Best Picture in 1999. This movie will be around forever and thankfully Michael Clark Duncan will always be remembered.
@@StoryMing On the other hand, Stephen King carefully shields us from what they did do to deserve a place on death row, so that we _can_ like them. In our culture these days, we're fed a narrative, often an inaccurate one. It's not surprising we carry that gullibility (because I liked them, too) into our appreciation of fiction.
@@StoryMing Del is likable, I admit. But he did rape a woman, kill her and then burn down a building to cover it up, which promptly killed more people. So, it's perhaps more accurate to say that the prisoners all deserved to be there, except one. And all the guards deserved their position, except one.
At my damn theater it wasn't crying it was bawling....AND my wife read a book a week at minimum...that book she had to pick up and put down for a damn 5 week period. In 20 yrs only other book in well over a 1000 was a Dean Koontz book I can't remember and damn sure ain't asking her in 2021
For those of you who are curious about why they're all on death row: Arlen Bitterbuck, the Native American guy, was on death row for killing a man in a drunken brawl over a pair of boots. Eduard Delacroix, the Cajun guy, was on death row for raping and killing a woman, and then burning the building she was in to hide the body. The fire ended up killing more people. William "Wild Bill" Wharton was a serial murderer who was on death row for killing three people during a robbery, one of which was a pregnant woman. John Coffey was on death row after being wrongly convicted of the murder of two young girls.
Wild Bill Wharton also killed the 2 little girls that Coffey was wrongly blamed for. We see this when Coffey holds hands with Paul (when they came back from healing Melinda) and uses his powers to let him "see" how it all unfolded and thereby proved his innocence.
I saw this on ... must have been dvd at that time, maybe vhs rental, but I remember knowing that he must have had powers from the way he said, “I tried to take it back” when he first came to the mile. I thought, “Oh, that’s a very specific way to say that. He must mean take back the hurt. We are clearly being misled by that wording.” But watching now I can’t believe how far into the movie it is before we really see anything supernatural. That is crazy risky to shift the tone so far in. I love it!
@@83gemm He also said "I couldn't help it" before he said "I tried to help it, but it was too late". Then later after he takes Paul's UTI he says "I helped it, didn't I help it?" before he says "I just took it back is all" - that was when I knew what he had tried to do for the girls before they found him. The part where he says "give him to me, there might still be time" explains the "but it was too late" he opens with at the beginning, because just as with the girls if they had waited too longhe would be trying to work a healing on a corpse rather than a living thing.
I give you great respect for actually being aware of the time period in which this movie took place. I have seen reactors saying that Edgecmb should go get antibiotics for his Uti and that medication wasn’t available until late in WWIII. others ascribed racial issues to the story that were not germane to the story at all. And actually listening to the dialog between Coffey and Edgecomb at the end that told exactly why Coffey not only wanted to die, refusing the offer to turn him free and why he forgave the guards for doing what they had to do.
As a retired sailor, it is great to have a channel where the host talks like a normal person. Fifteen mice were used in the movie. Each spent months being trained to do different tricks.
15?? Imagine having the job “Mouse Trainer” and making money off of it. That sounds like a good time 🤣 But thank you! I’m glad you enjoy my talking haha
Tom Hanks was arguably THE DOMINANT popular award winning actor of the 90’s. You don’t need to make any apologies for watching a lot of Tom Hanks movies.He closed out the 90’s in fine shape with The Green Mile.
You’re astute to notice the humanity of the prison guards. It’s sad to suggest that “it was a different time” back then, but it was. They were good men who had a hard job. And in spite of that they still treated their inmates with dignity.
@@tfpp1 ...not in the US. Our culture is increasingly judgemental, angry, and vindictive. More and more people WANT others to suffer. _Suffer._ Woe to those in positions where others can hurt them and get away with it.
I’ve seen a good amount of emotional flicks, but this one is by far my favorite one... Everytime I choose to rewatch it I just can’t keep myself from crying... Seeing them cry before it happened and just hearing John Coffey say “Don’t put me in the dark” just as he was about to go, it’s just to much for me... R.I.P Michael Clarke Duncan; in my opinion one of the best😢💪🏾
I was already strung out by then - the bit outside Del's cell before they march him to the chair is just too emotional, the talk to the mouse, Paul and the other guards feels completely real.
I think the saddest part of the Green Mile is that it was inspired by the story of George Stinney Jr. the youngest person executed in America. Same set up but he didn’t have magic powers.
You held it together remarkably well through that, most reactors that I have watched were sobbing and shaking at the end of this film, and it's interesting how just about everyone is shocked when John Coffey's supernatural powers are revealed, even when they knew in advance that it's a Steven King story!
I CANNOT express to you how much I loathe Percy. This movie makes you feel so many different emotions, it's truly a masterpiece. A great reaction once again, Sammy!
What I don't like about this movie is they left out the side story that was in the books. The old Paul was bullied in the residence by a modern version of Percy. But in a twist his lady friend was the one with a relative in the state government and she stopped him.
One of these movies... As close to the book as possible. Nothing more than a Masterpiece. Great Story, Great acting from start to the end. Even Stephan King who was on the Set a lot was impressed. One of the best adaptations of his stories ever.
Yeah, Del told Paul and Brute before he went to the chair that they were good men. He recognized that they took care to treat those in the mile as human beings despite their crimes and their death sentence.
I'm throwing TWO of my favorite movies: A League Of Their Own - LADY BASEBALL Mystery Men - regular ppl trying to become super heroes (All Star cast AND THE ORIGINAL MOVIE WHERE THE SONG ALL STAR CAME FROM)
So, a guy named Paul tells a story about a miracle man named J.C. - who is an empath, a seer & has a gift for healing and then dies for someone else's sin after blessing people with LIFE...
there's a line from one of my favorite old tv shows. One of the characters who is immortal says, "one of the biggest parts of living forever is boredom". This is a one-of-a-kind movie for sure.
There’s a movie called “Powder” that came out four years before “The Green Mile” (in 1995). It’s a much less known movie , but has “some” similarities , and is really good. Anyone who’s a fan of this movie , would probably enjoy “Powder”.
two stellar movies for you. "Powder" starring Jeff Goldblum and "Shine" starring Geoffry Rush. both these movies are POWERFUL stories. Shine alone won several awards it was so good
You'll probably tear up upon further viewings when you know what to expect. It gets me every time. The original novel was first published serial-style, in a series of small paperbacks that were published once a month (8-10 in all, I think). We were really in suspense waiting for each new installment to come out. The actor playing Percy, Doug Hutchison, also played Eugene Tooms in two excellent early episodes of "The X-Files." He's a great actor. Old Paul was played by legendary character actor Dabs Greer, who appeared in hundreds of movies and TV shows over the years and finally got a real A-list role here.
I agree Percy was the most hateable character of all. Wild Bill was a murderer, and very unlikeable, but his motivation for the robbery was probably for money and not for fun. Even the girls, as vile as the murder was, were probably a crime of opportunity. In the book, it was a nice night out, so they had asked permission to sleep on the screened in porch instead of in the house. I bet it was an act of impulse. Percy, on the other hand, was a straight up sadist. He couldn't hurt people out in public because he would have gone to prison, and he was too cowardly. He could have had a cushy desk job, but he purposely chose to work with vulnerable people he could hurt with impunity. He knew exactly how to hurt people the most, like telling Del there was no Mouseville. He hit John Coffey and Del with the baton because they couldn't hurt him back, but when he NEEDED to put himself on the line to save his coworkers from Wild Bill, he chickened out.
Whenever I've seen this film, I need to be quiet for a while. This story touches me. A lot. I am an avowed opponent of the death penalty. Always been. Nobody, not even the legislature, should be allowed to exercise the right to end a life. Under no circumstances should revenge and justice end up in the same pot. Ironically, I also work in a prison. A prison in Germany. There we believe in the possibility of rehabilitation. Is this the right way? Is there a right way? It is not up to me to decide. But I feel good doing what I believe to be a meaningful task.
Same, I only watched it that first time as a teen and then wasn't able to re-watch it since. Then TH-cam became a thing. Then reaction videos became a thing and that format made me able to see it again with the "filter" of the reactor absorbing the full frontal effect it had, when I watched in full by myself xP.
What a movie - The Green Mile is. I watched when it first came out at the Movies - The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, and The Elephant Man are just perfect movies. Movies that want to make you be a better person for seeing them. I can not choose which is the better out of those 3 Movies.....All three movies are just perfect. One of the movies that I have mentioned was a true-life movie as well...
Problem for me with Green Mile is how inaccurate it is, I don't mind a little fantasy in a film, but not when it's trying to be a film about real events, it's like they got it wrong on purpose and because of that I can't watch it again, I wasted enough time watching it the first time.
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan who played John Coffey. He was an amazing actor and I think he should have won the Oscar for this one. At least he was nominated. Instead he lost to James Coburns performance in Affliction. Two decades later, which performance is more memorable?
john coffey was an angel, full stop. and now, michael clarke duncan is too :( i know you said you're going to give yourself a break from tom hanks movies, but i want to suggest another one - a little gem that a lot of people don't know about, and that i've very rarely, if ever, seen a reaction to. it's called "that thing you do". hanks wrote and directed it, and he also plays a supporting role. it's absolutely adorable and i'd love to see what you think of it.
Pandora(Korean Movie) is the only movie I've straight up cried during the finale. This movie is clearly in the top 4 of I'm hurting on an emotional level need to watch funny cat videos to cope.
There was a time when I was afraid of death but after losing ones that you love. I am no longer afraid. I won’t get into why but life doesn’t end here. All I can say is have a open mind. Great reaction and I love this movie. More than one interpretation
You remind me so much of my reaction to Percy when I first saw this film! Rarely does a character piss me off so bad. I remember when he finally got shot I had the same response: "..... yep."
I saw this movie when it came out at the cinema - and started -re-watching with reactors. And, after all these years - I didn't catch on to John Coffee's initials...
Do you see John's plan now? The "imbecile" was so far ahead of the jailers it's almost comical. John's statement while sitting in old sparky, "I'm sorry for what I am" is so poignant and sad. Thank you for giving this movie the respect it deserves and an insightful, coherent, lengthy review of its impact on you.
@@OGBReacts I’ve personally seen this myself five or six times, but I must’ve watched at least a dozen TH-cam reactions, too, and ev.er.y. time it gets me. So much truth and beauty… truly a masterpiece.
It's not so much that doctor's in the early 20th century wouldn't tell the wife about a fatal diagnosis. It's that they would tell the family of the patient and let them decide whether to tell the patient or pretend he was getting better. I'm told that my mother's family told her mother that she was getting better when the diagnosis had actually been terminal breast cancer. My mother told me once how painful it had been for her to pretend.
I do believe it was told to the men, because "womenfolk" were often considered too weak and delicate to handle "mature" issues. So the male doctor told the male husband, and left it to him how to handle his family and what to share with them. It's part of the whole mindset that women shouldn't have power, because they "can't handle it" like a man naturally can. Just pure sexism. I think one example of this is how there are still today people who refer to a wife by the full husband's name. Such as "Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith", as if she's just an attachment or accessory, not anything worthy of thinking about in their own right.
@@Aeroldoth3 And, of course, you were alive then and saw this personally. I was alive then and my account above corresponds to what I remember. Sometimes the patient who was going to die, male or female, wasn't told he was going to die.
@@winstonmarlowe5254 I can only speak about things I personally witnessed. I was born in 1953, so my "consciousness" begins in the late 50s. But, from that point on, I can speak with some authority.
If you want give 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) a watch, it shares similarities with this movie. And could start a discussion about who is the most loathful character: Guard Percy or Nurse Ratched!
Another great reaction! Theres no other movie like it. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan. The big man left us way too early. I know you cant just do Tom Hanks movies but you should definitely do Cast Away next (for your next Tom Hanks movie :)
The only thing I've seen the actor who played Percy in was two episodes of The X-Files. Both in season one. He played a character called Eugene Tooms. Well worth checking out. Another over-the-top creepy character.
You know watching this again with you , took me back again to my very same emotions all over again with you. Thanks again. Your have the Oscar for best REACTIONS,!!!
Another amazing reaction and review. My heart! This movie.... This was a lovely, thoughtful way to begin the busiest day of my week--the emotional wake-up to get me in a leveled-out, recalibrated headspace. Thank you for having so much heart and insightfulness in the films you review. I hope your Tuesday is starting off as well as you've helped mine to
Michael Clarke Duncan was a Fire Rooster in the Chinese zodiac. Also a Sagittarius in the western zodiac. Sagittarius is a fire sign. Let's give it up for his Fire! ❤️🔥
4:17 "You know, prison guard is one of those jobs that... I don't know what I would _do_ if I _had_ it." In the US? Oh, I would _quit._ Other countries, maybe not. It depends on the country. But in the US, I would quit.
I haven't seen a Sam Rockwell movie on the channel, I don't think. He's one of my favorite actors. Would love to see you check out some of his films, like Moon, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, even Charlie's Angels.
Enjoyed your reaction. Stephen King doesn't just write horror movies like The Shining, Carrie or Misery. I read that Hanks found out during the filming that Stephen King's birthday was coming up. He wanted him to visit the Green Mile set so he did go and they had a birthday cake for him. He also got to sit in Old Sparky.
I keep punishing myself I swear by watching so many reactors watching this movie. I still cry my eyes out each and every time. I do cry at a lot of movies, but this one and a really old one called “Imitation of Life” (the Lana Turner one) will cause me to ugly cry/sob with full snot and everything lol. Like I know the scenes are coming and they still hit me so hard like a guy punch to my soul. If you ever get a chance to watch “Imitation of Life”, please do! It’s such a beautiful movie.
Great movie choice. Really good reaction video. I always cry when john coffee dies. You should check out the shawshank redemption. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. Its also a prison movie.
“What is happening? What just came out of that mans mouth?!” Stephan King happened. Weird happens wherever that man is involved. Brilliant story though and brilliant movie.
Really loved your reaction, just enough talking to give great input and opinions, but not so much that it took away from the experience. Can't wait to see more of you content
This is my new favorite reaction channel. I've seen a few of ur vids now. Keep up the good wrk! Also Love the name! Pple just don't know about bojangles, the best!
*Cheers!* To you for addressing DEATH directly! Even more for being honest on how you yourself feel/dont feel on the subject!💞 I was 14/15yrs when this came out but didn't see it till my 20's I remembered it being special but only recently can I say I fully appreciate the depth of this film. Maybe it's just old(er) age catching up and now being the month of my birth haha But that couldn't be it since last year I decided for my Birthday present, I was gonna quit having Birthdays. Okay maybe not fully just the whole adding a number part of it. Cake ? Yes please! 😊
I worked for the Michigan prison system for 25 years. Usually it was boring. Sometimes it REALLY wasn't. I wouldn't work someplace that had the death penalty though.
This movie is one of my all time favorites! Whether on Netflix, Amazon Prime movie, Fios or tv I will watch it every time and love it as much as the first. Excellent movie! 💯💖
Awesome reaction!!! I'm completely with you regarding Percy. I can't remember ever despising a character as much as I despised him. And btw, since I was lucky enough to have you react to my top 3 films from my favorite actor, Mr. Hanks, I'll try my luck recommending two of my faves from my second favorite actor, Matt Damon: Good Will Hunting (1997) and The Martian (2015).
I'm so glad the orderly in the film isn't the percy 2.0 orderly from the book. I don't think I could have coped with that on top of all the other emotions lol
Given the difference in the natural life spans between humans and mice and assuming the expanded life given to each was of the same measure...then Paul has got about another 2,000 years to live as an old man before he dies. Always assuming he doesn't kill himself first or have an accident or something else that would end his life by other means.
That issssss BONKERS. Honestly, I think that’s a curse; but at the same time if that happened and you just didn’t age, maybe I’d be more inclined to choose it since it would be really interested to live for so long to see the world changing
@@OGBReacts Even if you didn't age, life would beat you down in not too long...I think. I think it's natural for people to just want rest after a while. Eternal life here in this world seems like it would deplete that rather quickly, relatively speaking. There's an old Greek myth that tackles this subject. Some mortal guy fell in love with some goddess or nymph or other such immortal creature and she gave him a wish and he wished to live forever so he could be with her forever. But because he didn't wish to be young forever as well he eventually shriveled up over time and ended up being nothing more than a cricket/grasshopper in the end. Tithonus I think was the guy in the myth.
17:43 "You. _This_ guy is... _nuts._ Him and Percy should be friends." Oh, Percy can't _be_ friends with Wild Bill. Percy's too much of a chicken shit. He's a sadistic psychopath, but he's also a chicken shit.
You shouldn't be terrified, of death. We only have to do that once. After that, it's all gravy!..What you should be thinking of is how to make the most of your life, while here, since you're going to be dead a long time.
I spent 30 years in Corrections and I love this movie, not just because it's a true masterpiece, but unlike Shawshank, the cops were the good guys - except for one - and the prisoners were the bad guys - except for one. This should have won Best Picture in 1999. This movie will be around forever and thankfully Michael Clark Duncan will always be remembered.
The prisoners were not the bad guys, though, other than Wild Bill. We actually LIKE Del, and Arlen Bitterbuck is at least neutral, if not better.
@@StoryMing On the other hand, Stephen King carefully shields us from what they did do to deserve a place on death row, so that we _can_ like them. In our culture these days, we're fed a narrative, often an inaccurate one. It's not surprising we carry that gullibility (because I liked them, too) into our appreciation of fiction.
@@StoryMing
Del is likable, I admit. But he did rape a woman, kill her and then burn down a building to cover it up, which promptly killed more people.
So, it's perhaps more accurate to say that the prisoners all deserved to be there, except one. And all the guards deserved their position, except one.
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I’m not saying Del was there wrongly, or did nothing to deserve the death sentence.
No, the prisoners were also good guys except for one.
Saw this in the cinema 1999. Imagine the whole audience crying...
At my damn theater it wasn't crying it was bawling....AND my wife read a book a week at minimum...that book she had to pick up and put down for a damn 5 week period. In 20 yrs only other book in well over a 1000 was a Dean Koontz book I can't remember and damn sure ain't asking her in 2021
Ok I’ve always wondered, what was the audience reaction in theaters when Percy stepped on Mr. Jingles?
@@83gemm My audience gasped audibly. some laughed of course!
@@walkingwounded3824 That’s not surprising I guess.
@@walkingwounded3824 I'm sensing a theme there. . . Ugly theme. Not surprising.
For those of you who are curious about why they're all on death row:
Arlen Bitterbuck, the Native American guy, was on death row for killing a man in a drunken brawl over a pair of boots.
Eduard Delacroix, the Cajun guy, was on death row for raping and killing a woman, and then burning the building she was in to hide the body. The fire ended up killing more people.
William "Wild Bill" Wharton was a serial murderer who was on death row for killing three people during a robbery, one of which was a pregnant woman.
John Coffey was on death row after being wrongly convicted of the murder of two young girls.
That's really crazy because Bitterbuck would have gotten manslaughter and been out in a few years, with today's laws!
I wish they would have included some of the other inmates from the book, like Arthur Flanders. Just to make the Mile seem more... populated.
@@cakeeater7750 Well, he probably would've in the 30s too if he was white.
Wild Bill Wharton also killed the 2 little girls that Coffey was wrongly blamed for. We see this when Coffey holds hands with Paul (when they came back from healing Melinda) and uses his powers to let him "see" how it all unfolded and thereby proved his innocence.
@@LittleBlueOwl318 I didn't mention that because it's shown on screen in the movie. The things I mentioned were not.
15:15 - Aaaaand that’s when viewers realize that they forgot this was a Stephen King story 😂👍
I saw this on ... must have been dvd at that time, maybe vhs rental, but I remember knowing that he must have had powers from the way he said, “I tried to take it back” when he first came to the mile. I thought, “Oh, that’s a very specific way to say that. He must mean take back the hurt. We are clearly being misled by that wording.” But watching now I can’t believe how far into the movie it is before we really see anything supernatural. That is crazy risky to shift the tone so far in. I love it!
King is a genius writer, with a phenomenal imagination.
@@83gemm He also said "I couldn't help it" before he said "I tried to help it, but it was too late".
Then later after he takes Paul's UTI he says "I helped it, didn't I help it?" before he says "I just took it back is all" - that was when I knew what he had tried to do for the girls before they found him.
The part where he says "give him to me, there might still be time" explains the "but it was too late" he opens with at the beginning, because just as with the girls if they had waited too longhe would be trying to work a healing on a corpse rather than a living thing.
Every time.
This movie made me shed tears so much. And then when Michael Clark Duncan passed, Tom Hanks’s speech about him made me cry again.
This was truly a great movie; a lot of Tom Hanks' movies are
Great movie with a great Michael Clarke Duncan (R.I.P.) ! Thanks for this reaction ! 👍
The 2 epic Steven King movies that are set in prison ... Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption
And they are both by the same director
Best guy dramas of all time.
Should check out The Mist. Another movie by Frank Darabont, the director, doing a Stephen King story.
2 best films of all time
I give you great respect for actually being aware of the time period in which this movie took place. I have seen reactors saying that Edgecmb should go get antibiotics for his Uti and that medication wasn’t available until late in WWIII. others ascribed racial issues to the story that were not germane to the story at all. And actually listening to the dialog between Coffey and Edgecomb at the end that told exactly why Coffey not only wanted to die, refusing the offer to turn him free and why he forgave the guards for doing what they had to do.
As a retired sailor, it is great to have a channel where the host talks like a normal person.
Fifteen mice were used in the movie. Each spent months being trained to do different tricks.
15?? Imagine having the job “Mouse Trainer” and making money off of it. That sounds like a good time 🤣
But thank you! I’m glad you enjoy my talking haha
If you want another Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise movie, I'd recommend Apollo 13.
Such an interesting thing that 3 different directors (Zemeckis, Howard and Darabont) used them together, even if Darabont only did it for one scene.
Tom Hanks was arguably THE DOMINANT popular award winning actor of the 90’s. You don’t need to make any apologies for watching a lot of Tom Hanks movies.He closed out the 90’s in fine shape with The Green Mile.
You’re astute to notice the humanity of the prison guards. It’s sad to suggest that “it was a different time” back then, but it was. They were good men who had a hard job. And in spite of that they still treated their inmates with dignity.
It was really refreshing to see it to be honest. I'm glad they weren't the stereotypical shitlords haha
In most countries, prisons have become increasingly humane over time, but not in ...
@@arnodobler1096 "not in..." what, Stephen King's world? LOL
@@tfpp1
...not in the US. Our culture is increasingly judgemental, angry, and vindictive. More and more people WANT others to suffer. _Suffer._ Woe to those in positions where others can hurt them and get away with it.
I’ve seen a good amount of emotional flicks, but this one is by far my favorite one...
Everytime I choose to rewatch it I just can’t keep myself from crying...
Seeing them cry before it happened and just hearing John Coffey say “Don’t put me in the dark” just as he was about to go, it’s just to much for me...
R.I.P Michael Clarke Duncan; in my opinion one of the best😢💪🏾
Completely agree! I'm VERY surprised I didn't cry since I cried watching Forrest Gump and Philadelphia
I cry everytime too. Now it's even sadder knowing Michael has really gone 🥺😭
@@sarahfields288 do you know how he died?
I was already strung out by then - the bit outside Del's cell before they march him to the chair is just too emotional, the talk to the mouse, Paul and the other guards feels completely real.
"Was your missus pleased?"
"Several times"
And I've laughed from that exchange several times too xD
I think the saddest part of the Green Mile is that it was inspired by the story of George Stinney Jr. the youngest person executed in America. Same set up but he didn’t have magic powers.
I chuckle every time Percy throws his baton and it ricochets around the room like Daredevil's baton in the comics.
Hearing John crying over those two little girls absolutely broke my heart. I'm glad you cut out the second time we see it from Billy's memories.
I saw this when it came out (and 100 times more) and I sobbed uncontrollably Michael Clark Duncan WAS John Coffey!
You held it together remarkably well through that, most reactors that I have watched were sobbing and shaking at the end of this film, and it's interesting how just about everyone is shocked when John Coffey's supernatural powers are revealed, even when they knew in advance that it's a Steven King story!
I’m honestly surprised that I held it together. It’s weird! 😩
15:59 Tom Hanks is _such_ a good actor. _So_ much significance he can convey just by _urinating_ a certain way.
Stares blankley into the camera, "What a fucking prick, unbelieveable." 😁
I CANNOT express to you how much I loathe Percy. This movie makes you feel so many different emotions, it's truly a masterpiece. A great reaction once again, Sammy!
The fact I can't stand the actor in real life, adds to the hatred. [He was 51 when he married a 16 year old]
@@that.ll_do_pig OH HELL NO
That's so predatory and disgusting
What about Wild Bill?
I love the actor who plays Percy. He nailed it and was perfect for this role
Except the actor is an actual child predator 😂
At the end of the movie, Mr. Jingles was 64 years old. A common field mouse will live 12-18 months in the wild, 2 years in captivity.
What I don't like about this movie is they left out the side story that was in the books.
The old Paul was bullied in the residence by a modern version of Percy. But in a twist his lady friend was the one with a relative in the state government and she stopped him.
One of these movies... As close to the book as possible. Nothing more than a Masterpiece. Great Story, Great acting from start to the end. Even Stephan King who was on the Set a lot was impressed. One of the best adaptations of his stories ever.
Yeah, Del told Paul and Brute before he went to the chair that they were good men. He recognized that they took care to treat those in the mile as human beings despite their crimes and their death sentence.
I'm throwing TWO of my favorite movies:
A League Of Their Own - LADY BASEBALL
Mystery Men - regular ppl trying to become super heroes (All Star cast AND THE ORIGINAL MOVIE WHERE THE SONG ALL STAR CAME FROM)
John Coffey = JC Those initials aren't a coincidence
So, a guy named Paul tells a story about a miracle man named J.C. - who is an empath, a seer & has a gift for healing and then dies for someone else's sin after blessing people with LIFE...
"Yay, the mouse lives."
There something you don't hear every day, Chauncey. Best. Leo.
This is one of the rare few you want the mouse to live! Lol
there's a line from one of my favorite old tv shows. One of the characters who is immortal says, "one of the biggest parts of living forever is boredom". This is a one-of-a-kind movie for sure.
Road to perdition is another fantastic Tom Hanks movie
Kind of a different character for Tom Hank's but he nailed it.
There’s a movie called “Powder” that came out four years before “The Green Mile” (in 1995). It’s a much less known movie , but has “some” similarities , and is really good. Anyone who’s a fan of this movie , would probably enjoy “Powder”.
seen that movie loved it
Powder and Phenomenon are two of my favorites.....
When you were so upset with how bad of a human being Percy was I just kept thinking wait till she meets Wild Bill
Wild Bill really took it to that shitty level 😩
@@OGBReacts omg I know 🤧😪😢 this movie is so incredible. The emotional rollercoaster
two stellar movies for you. "Powder" starring Jeff Goldblum and "Shine" starring Geoffry Rush. both these movies are POWERFUL stories. Shine alone won several awards it was so good
Oooo sounds good!
I was just thinking about Powder last week! Good one!
Just don't EVER Google the director of Powder... Ever.
Shine is so good!
You'll probably tear up upon further viewings when you know what to expect. It gets me every time. The original novel was first published serial-style, in a series of small paperbacks that were published once a month (8-10 in all, I think). We were really in suspense waiting for each new installment to come out. The actor playing Percy, Doug Hutchison, also played Eugene Tooms in two excellent early episodes of "The X-Files." He's a great actor. Old Paul was played by legendary character actor Dabs Greer, who appeared in hundreds of movies and TV shows over the years and finally got a real A-list role here.
I loved your statement about Percy at the end 🤣 (and the whole reaction of course). Good work! 👍👍 ❤️
Coffee was afraid of the dark, but he went into the dark to save a lady.
Love this movie! ❤️❤️
The Percy character has always been one of the top characters I completely loathe 😡🤬
In the book there's an orderly at the old folks home that is the same as Percy. Paul deals with him too
The actor is perfect in the role as irl he is a piece of crap grooming pedo. He and Courtney's parents ruined her.
I agree Percy was the most hateable character of all. Wild Bill was a murderer, and very unlikeable, but his motivation for the robbery was probably for money and not for fun. Even the girls, as vile as the murder was, were probably a crime of opportunity. In the book, it was a nice night out, so they had asked permission to sleep on the screened in porch instead of in the house. I bet it was an act of impulse.
Percy, on the other hand, was a straight up sadist. He couldn't hurt people out in public because he would have gone to prison, and he was too cowardly. He could have had a cushy desk job, but he purposely chose to work with vulnerable people he could hurt with impunity. He knew exactly how to hurt people the most, like telling Del there was no Mouseville. He hit John Coffey and Del with the baton because they couldn't hurt him back, but when he NEEDED to put himself on the line to save his coworkers from Wild Bill, he chickened out.
Whenever I've seen this film, I need to be quiet for a while. This story touches me. A lot. I am an avowed opponent of the death penalty. Always been. Nobody, not even the legislature, should be allowed to exercise the right to end a life. Under no circumstances should revenge and justice end up in the same pot. Ironically, I also work in a prison. A prison in Germany. There we believe in the possibility of rehabilitation. Is this the right way? Is there a right way? It is not up to me to decide. But I feel good doing what I believe to be a meaningful task.
This movie broke me, I watched it once and can never watch it again. It is a masterpiece and has fantastic actors! Your a brave girl watching this 😘
It got recommended to me so many times so I definitely had to check it out! Really well done movie. I'm surprised I didn't cry!
@@OGBReacts me too !
Same, I only watched it that first time as a teen and then wasn't able to re-watch it since. Then TH-cam became a thing. Then reaction videos became a thing and that format made me able to see it again with the "filter" of the reactor absorbing the full frontal effect it had, when I watched in full by myself xP.
Man, I just love your reactions. You are definitely someone I could hang with!
Awww thank you so much! I'm pretty aight haha
What a movie - The Green Mile is. I watched when it first came out at the Movies - The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, and The Elephant Man are just perfect movies. Movies that want to make you be a better person for seeing them. I can not choose which is the better out of those 3 Movies.....All three movies are just perfect. One of the movies that I have mentioned was a true-life movie as well...
Problem for me with Green Mile is how inaccurate it is, I don't mind a little fantasy in a film, but not when it's trying to be a film about real events, it's like they got it wrong on purpose and because of that I can't watch it again, I wasted enough time watching it the first time.
@@peterdemkiw3280 The movie that was the true life that was mentioned in my comments was The Elephant Man...The Green Mile was not.
"#2 GIVE HIM THE FUCKING MOUSE!" 😁
Great reaction and I just subscribed. 😊 And your personality is uplifting and hilarious. I’ll be checking out more of your reactions. 😊☘️
Everyone loves Paul Edgecomb and John Coffey, and they are awesome...but, tbh, my favorite GM character is Brutal - he's a gem!
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan who played John Coffey. He was an amazing actor and I think he should have won the Oscar for this one. At least he was nominated. Instead he lost to James Coburns performance in Affliction. Two decades later, which performance is more memorable?
john coffey was an angel, full stop. and now, michael clarke duncan is too :(
i know you said you're going to give yourself a break from tom hanks movies, but i want to suggest another one - a little gem that a lot of people don't know about, and that i've very rarely, if ever, seen a reaction to. it's called "that thing you do". hanks wrote and directed it, and he also plays a supporting role. it's absolutely adorable and i'd love to see what you think of it.
Pandora(Korean Movie) is the only movie I've straight up cried during the finale. This movie is clearly in the top 4 of I'm hurting on an emotional level need to watch funny cat videos to cope.
There was a time when I was afraid of death but after losing ones that you love. I am no longer afraid. I won’t get into why but life doesn’t end here. All I can say is have a open mind. Great reaction and I love this movie. More than one interpretation
The Green Mile is absolutely awesome. Very sad, but so good!!
you asked how old was.. If I remember correctly, he had been around for about 400 years.
He was 108 years old he said at the end
@@matthewbishop8395 --- John Coffey. It might have been somewhere in the book. But I could have sworn it was about 400 years or older.
You remind me so much of my reaction to Percy when I first saw this film! Rarely does a character piss me off so bad. I remember when he finally got shot I had the same response:
"..... yep."
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I saw this movie when it came out at the cinema - and started -re-watching with reactors. And, after all these years - I didn't catch on to John Coffee's initials...
We miss you Micheal Dunken Clark
John Coffee is played by Michael Clarke Dunkin
Do you see John's plan now? The "imbecile" was so far ahead of the jailers it's almost comical. John's statement while sitting in old sparky, "I'm sorry for what I am" is so poignant and sad. Thank you for giving this movie the respect it deserves and an insightful, coherent, lengthy review of its impact on you.
Thank YOU for watching and leaving this nice comment!
How how HOW does this movie get me EVERY time?😭
Great reaction
It really is a good film 😩
Thank you!
@@OGBReacts I’ve personally seen this myself five or six times, but I must’ve watched at least a dozen TH-cam reactions, too, and ev.er.y. time it gets me. So much truth and beauty… truly a masterpiece.
You’re the first person I’ve seen who noticed that the doctors told Hal and didn’t tell Melly themselves and how totally illegal that is today.
Wow you're hardcore! How anyone doesn't cry to this film is beyond me
I’m genuinely surprised I didn’t cry, I’ll be honest!
It's not so much that doctor's in the early 20th century wouldn't tell the wife about a fatal diagnosis. It's that they would tell the family of the patient and let them decide whether to tell the patient or pretend he was getting better. I'm told that my mother's family told her mother that she was getting better when the diagnosis had actually been terminal breast cancer. My mother told me once how painful it had been for her to pretend.
I do believe it was told to the men, because "womenfolk" were often considered too weak and delicate to handle "mature" issues. So the male doctor told the male husband, and left it to him how to handle his family and what to share with them. It's part of the whole mindset that women shouldn't have power, because they "can't handle it" like a man naturally can. Just pure sexism.
I think one example of this is how there are still today people who refer to a wife by the full husband's name. Such as "Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith", as if she's just an attachment or accessory, not anything worthy of thinking about in their own right.
@@Aeroldoth3 And, of course, you were alive then and saw this personally.
I was alive then and my account above corresponds to what I remember. Sometimes the patient who was going to die, male or female, wasn't told he was going to die.
@@brandonflorida1092 If you were alive in the 1930s then why do you have a profile pic of a middle-aged man?
@@winstonmarlowe5254 I can only speak about things I personally witnessed. I was born in 1953, so my "consciousness" begins in the late 50s. But, from that point on, I can speak with some authority.
If you want give 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) a watch, it shares similarities with this movie.
And could start a discussion about who is the most loathful character: Guard Percy or Nurse Ratched!
Another great reaction! Theres no other movie like it. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan. The big man left us way too early. I know you cant just do Tom Hanks movies but you should definitely do Cast Away next (for your next Tom Hanks movie :)
I do believe Cast Away will be the next Tom Hanks movie lmao thanks for stopping by!
@@OGBReacts woo-hoo! Take care.
The only thing I've seen the actor who played Percy in was two episodes of The X-Files. Both in season one. He played a character called Eugene Tooms. Well worth checking out. Another over-the-top creepy character.
You know watching this again with you , took me back again to my very same emotions all over again with you. Thanks again. Your have the Oscar for best REACTIONS,!!!
"Toodle-oo, PERCY."
LMAO
Another amazing reaction and review. My heart! This movie....
This was a lovely, thoughtful way to begin the busiest day of my week--the emotional wake-up to get me in a leveled-out, recalibrated headspace. Thank you for having so much heart and insightfulness in the films you review. I hope your Tuesday is starting off as well as you've helped mine to
Michael Clarke Duncan was a Fire Rooster in the Chinese zodiac. Also a Sagittarius in the western zodiac. Sagittarius is a fire sign. Let's give it up for his Fire! ❤️🔥
I think he's mad because his mama named him "Percy".
4:17 "You know, prison guard is one of those jobs that... I don't know what I would _do_ if I _had_ it."
In the US? Oh, I would _quit._ Other countries, maybe not. It depends on the country. But in the US, I would quit.
I haven't seen a Sam Rockwell movie on the channel, I don't think. He's one of my favorite actors. Would love to see you check out some of his films, like Moon, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, even Charlie's Angels.
If you want to see a much more funny/happy Tom Hanks, check out the movie Big. It’s a very fun, family friendly film.
Enjoyed your reaction. Stephen King doesn't just write horror movies like The Shining, Carrie or Misery. I read that Hanks found out during the filming that Stephen King's birthday was coming up. He wanted him to visit the Green Mile set so he did go and they had a birthday cake for him. He also got to sit in Old Sparky.
I keep punishing myself I swear by watching so many reactors watching this movie. I still cry my eyes out each and every time. I do cry at a lot of movies, but this one and a really old one called “Imitation of Life” (the Lana Turner one) will cause me to ugly cry/sob with full snot and everything lol. Like I know the scenes are coming and they still hit me so hard like a guy punch to my soul. If you ever get a chance to watch “Imitation of Life”, please do! It’s such a beautiful movie.
You: I don't know if I'm gonna cry.
Me (immediately): Honey, you're gonna sob.
Great movie choice. Really good reaction video. I always cry when john coffee dies. You should check out the shawshank redemption. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. Its also a prison movie.
“What is happening? What just came out of that mans mouth?!”
Stephan King happened. Weird happens wherever that man is involved. Brilliant story though and brilliant movie.
This is the first Stephan King movie I’ve seen!! I also haven’t read any of his books either so- my first Stephan King EXPERIENCE haha
The movie “Monsters Ball” is similar in it shows the humanity in the prison guards working on death row.
Really loved your reaction, just enough talking to give great input and opinions, but not so much that it took away from the experience. Can't wait to see more of you content
Thank you so very much. I really try to only say something that's relevant-- or funny lmao
But I always try to find the moments for it.
"I learned my less-"
No you didn't!
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That was great, Sam!
This is my new favorite reaction channel. I've seen a few of ur vids now. Keep up the good wrk! Also Love the name! Pple just don't know about bojangles, the best!
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoy. Funny enough my name has nothing to do with the restaurant but that’s okay 🤣
*Cheers!* To you for addressing DEATH directly! Even more for being honest on how you yourself feel/dont feel on the subject!💞 I was 14/15yrs when this came out but didn't see it till my 20's I remembered it being special but only recently can I say I fully appreciate the depth of this film. Maybe it's just old(er) age catching up and now being the month of my birth haha But that couldn't be it since last year I decided for my Birthday present, I was gonna quit having Birthdays.
Okay maybe not fully just the whole adding a number part of it.
Cake ? Yes please! 😊
First time I am coming over from Mari to check out your own Channel. I really love your energy! Will definately tune in more :) Keep it up!
Thank you so much!!
I love this films tag line - "Paul Edgecombe didn't believe in miracles, till the day he met one."
I worked for the Michigan prison system for 25 years. Usually it was boring. Sometimes it REALLY wasn't. I wouldn't work someplace that had the death penalty though.
This movie is one of my all time favorites! Whether on Netflix, Amazon Prime movie, Fios or tv I will watch it every time and love it as much as the first. Excellent movie! 💯💖
Michael Clarke Duncan was one of a kind in this film. RIP
Micheal Clark Ducan was an amazing actor and former wrestler, if you want to see him in a role he had lots of fun with watch Daredevil
He also played a gangster in "the whole nine yards"
Percy is the most accurate depiction of the Napoleon complex
Awesome reaction!!! I'm completely with you regarding Percy. I can't remember ever despising a character as much as I despised him. And btw, since I was lucky enough to have you react to my top 3 films from my favorite actor, Mr. Hanks, I'll try my luck recommending two of my faves from my second favorite actor, Matt Damon: Good Will Hunting (1997) and The Martian (2015).
I'm so glad the orderly in the film isn't the percy 2.0 orderly from the book. I don't think I could have coped with that on top of all the other emotions lol
His named is Brad Dolan
Percy Wetmore>>>>>>> Brad Dolan
Great reaction! I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's an amazing movie!
Given the difference in the natural life spans between humans and mice and assuming the expanded life given to each was of the same measure...then Paul has got about another 2,000 years to live as an old man before he dies. Always assuming he doesn't kill himself first or have an accident or something else that would end his life by other means.
That issssss BONKERS. Honestly, I think that’s a curse; but at the same time if that happened and you just didn’t age, maybe I’d be more inclined to choose it since it would be really interested to live for so long to see the world changing
@@OGBReacts Even if you didn't age, life would beat you down in not too long...I think. I think it's natural for people to just want rest after a while. Eternal life here in this world seems like it would deplete that rather quickly, relatively speaking. There's an old Greek myth that tackles this subject. Some mortal guy fell in love with some goddess or nymph or other such immortal creature and she gave him a wish and he wished to live forever so he could be with her forever. But because he didn't wish to be young forever as well he eventually shriveled up over time and ended up being nothing more than a cricket/grasshopper in the end. Tithonus I think was the guy in the myth.
A great movie, but that final scene with old mouse is my favorite part.
17:43 "You. _This_ guy is... _nuts._ Him and Percy should be friends."
Oh, Percy can't _be_ friends with Wild Bill. Percy's too much of a chicken shit. He's a sadistic psychopath, but he's also a chicken shit.
You are the first person I've ever seen, Not cry to this movie. I still cry to reactions to it and I've watched the movie at least 100 times.
You shouldn't be terrified, of death. We only have to do that once. After that, it's all gravy!..What you should be thinking of is how to make the most of your life, while here, since you're going to be dead a long time.
love this reaction, its such an incredible movie! if you've never seen it, you should watch 'the color purple', its amazing.