*THE GREEN MILE* (1999) “I TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK”. 

He was a peaceful man. He had the ability to heal people. He could bring the dead back to life. He was unjustly executed. His initials were ....JC

It is not a disease, but rather symbolic of negative energy that he is dispelling from his mouth

Rats and mice normally live only about 2-3 years. Up until the year depicted in the movie (1999) Mr. Jingles had lived about 64 years. That means that Mr. Jingles had lived about 21 times his normal lifespan. Since most humans can live 80 years or more, it is conceivable that Paul Edgecomb could live to to the age of 1,680 years (Assuming that he also lived 21 times past a normal human's lifespan).

Del (Delecroix) is from the french of Lousiana. Thanks for this. I have watched it several dozen times, many of those being with reactors. Stephen king is not only a master at story-telling, but has got to be the best at writing nefarious characters, such as Percy.

It's ironic that the black man in The Shining had a special gift too. I have read a lot of Stephen King novels, and they don't often have black characters in them, but the black characters I know of, saved people.

Take as much time as you two need as far as upload speed as long as you just keep doing it is all i care about! Ive been watching reaction channels for years and you two are some of the most genuine people I've come across! God bless!

That one line when John looks at the stars “Cassie, the lady in the rocking chair” Is a reference to the Constellation “Cassiopeia” that’s mythology is of a lady in chair. It’s significant because that means John has knowledge of constellations. Ship navigator would use the constellations at night to navigate what direction they’re going. John knowing the constellations could be a hint to how old he is, possibly a slave from an early slave vessel, perhaps even the navigator of a ship.. so by the 1930s he could’ve been hundreds of years old...

The accent is Louisiana Creole. They speak English, French and some Portuguese all mixed up together. Unless you live around them most of your life you will have a real hard time understanding them. John Coffey was a gift from God, born with the gift of Extreme empathy. John was one of Gods true miracles. He took back what was wrong with people he encountered. The mouse was 64 years old and he was 108, so the old man probably has another 100 years to go.

This was a great reaction you two. Thanks for being brave enough to watch this one. I saw it when it first came out and I cried so hard and for so long it pissed me off. I swore I'd never watch it again. Now I just watch the reaction videos once in a while and it doesn't feel like I'm sad all by myself

This is THE saddest movie ever. I’ve cried every time I’ve watched and I cry watching reactions to it too. Love your channel

Stephen King has said that John Coffey’s initials were J.C. for a reason… At one point in the movie a character says of Coffey that there are no records of him anywhere, “It’s like he just dropped down out of the sky.”

Great reaction Dale was a Cajun from Louisiana, those flies represented death, and disease that were inflicting the people he was curing . New subscriber. ATB from 🇨🇦

One thing that I’ve always thought about with this movie … how old was John Coffey? Tom Hanks’ character at the end was 108 yrs old bc John Coffey infected him with life (he said he had to give him a little of himself to show that it was Wild Bill who killed the girls). And how much did he see? If you think of American history from 1700s to 1930 something. That’s a lot of anguish, pain and death especially since it was Louisiana which is the south (civil war, Spanish/American war, Native American displacement across the country). We don’t know where he originated from but if we assume he’s from the American south since it’s based in Louisiana than John Coffey dealt with a lot. Plus going back less than 100 yrs from the time of the movie he would have probably been a slave which tracks bc he mentions the woman in the rocking chair when looking at the stars. ⭐️. Which would be Cassiopeia which is near the North Star. Escaped slaves would look for Cassiopeia in the night sky to follow the North Star along the Underground Railroad to freedom. Even if John Coffey didn’t escape he would have heard of the constellation. Plus 1930s is right before WW2. He would have seen the horrors during reconstruction in the south after the civil war to people coming back from WW1. As an empath who would have lived so long, that had to be a hard time to live through with his abilities.

Imagine how many folks Percy would’ve victimized in that hospital sheeesh

I think the Green Mile is the greatest film ever made.

Miss Cassie, the one John referred to in the stars, is the constellation "Cassiopeia" (Also known as "The Lady of the Chair"). The constellation is named after Cassiopeia, the vain queen of Aethiopia in Greek mythology who boasted about her beauty.

You are one of the very few reactors that didn't cry during this film.

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Paul says he runs E Block (Death Row, Green Mile) like a hospital ward, but it's more like a monastery; the guards treat the prisoners with dignity, restoring their humanity to them. Executions need a practice session so that there are no accidents. It's less for those attending the execution and more to minimize fear and pain for the one executed. Electrocution is supposed to be a quick and humane way to execute. Paul arranges ways to get the condemned individual out of the cellblock (final family visit for Arlen Bitterbuck; Eduard "Del" Delacroix, a Cajun, was taken out under the ruse of having Del's mouse perform for an important political figure), then he has the cellblock's trusty (a trusted prisoner from the regular population who gets small benefits for menial duties) to be the stand-in for the prisoner to next be executed. There are several groups of people invited or allowed to attend executions. -The Prison Staff: This is constituted of the Prison Warden (to oversee the event), the E Block guards (who carry out the execution), and the executioner (who throws the power switch that electrifies the chair). -The Jury: In many states, the jury who voted for the penalty of death are required to attend, to ensure they are certain on agreeing to such a harsh and permanent penalty. -The Victims' Family: Invited but not required to attend, the family of the victim is invited to attend to see with their own eyes that justice is done and to help them find peace. -The Condemned's Family: May request attendance. -The Media: Some crimes have local or national significance, so news media could request attendance to cover the execution, to report details to the public; not all requests are approved. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ John Coffey's existence is wrapped in mystery but there are clues in the story that suggest he is far older than he looks. While Coffey is so rooted in the immediate present that he has difficulty remembering things from one day to the next. Details elude him, including how he got the numerous scars on his back, but he remembers things like 'Cassie, the Lady in the Rockin' Chair'. 'Cassie' is a big clue. It's a reference to Cassiopeia, a constellation adjacent to Polaris (the North Star). Cassiopeia was a queen in ancient Greece myth who angered the gods when she boasted about her daughter's great beauty being greater than that of the goddesses of Olympus. Cassiopeia was chained to her throne, then she and her throne placed in the heavens. During slavery times, those escaping to the northern states traveled mainly at night with the North Star guiding the way. One way to identify the North Star in the sky was to look for Cassiopeia. The North Star is 'positioned' over the north pole, so the night sky revolves around the North Star over the course of a year. Cassiopeia being immediately-adjacent, it also rotates 360-degrees around the North Star. 'Cassiopeia' was shortened to 'Cassie' and her throne (because it circled around the North Star) was reimagined as a rocking chair. For Coffey to know about Cassie, he must have been alive during slavery times, making him at least 70 years old. Being born before the start of the Civil War would explain the scars on his back; whippings received on the plantation. Also, either in the film or the serial novel, Coffey mentions a memory of running through a green African landscape; this means Coffey was not born in American but was brought here on a slave ship. So, he could be a LOT older. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Stephen King has allowed in interviews that John Coffey's initials being 'JC' is no coincidence. Coffey has an amazing empathic ability, having no filter against what others are feeling. This is why he said "Careful" when they were bringing in Wild Billy; Coffey could sense Wild Billy's intentions to attack the guards. This is why Del's execution hit him so hard. And it's why he finally just wanted to go 'home', back to heaven. Coffey's healing powers seems to be based on a belief that God the Father gave us perfect bodies. The problem is that demons corrupt the perfect vessel God has given us, manifesting as disease and death. So long as the body is not too long dead, Coffey can draw the demons out, which leaves the body in its intended pure and healthy state. After drawing them out, Coffey spits the demons out as 'flies', where they each quickly disappear in tiny puffs of smoke to return to Hell. The 'flies' seem to relate to the demon Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies. In this way, Coffey 'takes it back'. If death has occurred, healing has to be done while 'there's still time', before 'it was too late'.

I was 11years old when I first watched this film . I was supposed to go to school the next day but it caught my attention. When johns death came about I cried my heart out. I cry the same way when it comes out again my 11 year old kid comes out . R.IP. Michael Clarke Duncan ❤❤

40:15 “You don’t have time to look at the stars. The dude is on death row. This is the last chance he will ever have the rest of his life, to look at the stars.

17:22 it’s a Cajun accent. They’re in Louisiana

The lady in the rocking chair is a star constellation.

"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?"

Percy is a creep in real life too! Love y’all’s reactions ❤❤

Great reaction!!! Y’all are hilarious as always 🩷

In regards to dels death. I know its only a movie, and it has to have a certain kind of brutallity in it. However, all of those guards had sidearms on during the execution. All it would take is one bullet, and del would be dead without dying like that.

Awesome reaction of my favorite Tom Hanks movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

You guys need to just watch and stop asking questions that the film will reveal eventually and you need to listen, you often have no clue what’s going on because your just talking or uninterested This film needs to be watched in silence to be enjoyed and understood and how you don’t cry is beyond me And the people watching the executions are mainly the family of the victims

Makes me cry every time. He was a good man.

"Powers? FROM PENISES?!?!" That's gold right there.

John Coffey was terrified with every fiber of hid being by the dark. But he walked into the dark to save the wardens life. She said “we found each other in the dark”.

No "playing cards" before you get into the movie. 😂😂 Dale's accent is Cajun from Lousiana.

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IN MY EYES ONE OF THE MOST POWERFULL MUVIES OF ALL TIME, WHIT A GREAT MESAGE. IF SOMEONE ASKS MY IF I WAN LIVE LIKE, LETS SAY 5OO YEARS. I WOULD SAY NO. AND THIS MUVIE SHOWS EXACLEY WHY WE SHUD APRECIATE EVERY MOMEND OF OUR LIFES

Typically, mice live 2-3 years in captivity. Mr Jingles was at least 64 at the end of the movie. It’s pretty clear Johns power kept you healthy and alive, but didn’t stop you from aging. Especially in the book it describes how ancient Mr Jingles seems. Going off that, if Paul has a similar lifespan to Mr Jingles (adjusted for being a human of course) it’s possible that Paul might have a couple millennia of life left in him, which is fucking horrifying.

Lonely as a sparrow in the rain.

John Coffey was an angel.

Not many emotions are ever shed on this channel. Sometimes it feels, like this one, they are just hanging out to get it over with.

"Shawshank Redemption", The Green Mile" and "The Mist" were all written by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont. Darabont is probably best known as the original creator of "The Walking Dead" television series.

Dale has a Cajon accent. Creole. Is a mix of French and Southern. It come from Louisiana, Mostly New Orleans area.

He's Louisiana Cajun. They speak their own version of French. We bought Louisiana FROM France. They were there first. I enjoy you two. I have subscribed.

Nice reaction... I've never watched you two before. There are so many reactors who are so... I don't know... young and imperceptive... I really don't care what they think about a movie. But you two are refreshing. I respect your opinions... it'll be fun seeing you experiencing some of my favorite movies. Try the movie, Empire of the Sun. Directed by Steven Spielberg, with a great performance by John Malkovich and a very young Christian Bale.

Great book and great film adaptation.

His punishment was elongated life, while his job was ending other's early...

I enjoyed watching that with you guys. It does take time to process for sure.

If you watch the "flies," "gnats," or "bugs" very closely, they disappear, much like cinders that fly up from a bonfire -- they turn to fluff and totally disappear. They do represent the negativity of illnesses as many here have opined.

You will never forget this one.

Y’all got me yawning!! 🥱

Cajun is what Dale was. From around the swampy areas around New Orleans, Louisiana

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Nice reaction. I've read lots of Stephen king books and on an interview I saw once he said his horrors are things that happen like the wrongs in life . like this .

John Coffey…Jesus Christ ❤…

The people who sit and watch the executions are usually families of the person/persons who has been likely killed by the one who is being executed. A very powerful movie. Stephen King is a great writer, he wrote The Shawshank Redemption also. Watch that movie if you haven't seen it.

Nat, why do you always assume the worst about people in these movies 🤣. Accusing that sweet old man in the beginning of murdering little girls on his walks. Haha I say that with Love. I'm a big fan of the channel. You guys are a beautiful and genuine couple. And funny!

Del spoke Cajun or Creole, which is a French language often found in Southern Louisiana.

Dell has a cajun accent ! french and southern ! good catch

I'm telling you guys, if you liked this movie, I urge you to read the book. It goes into more detail of everything, including more about the other inmates, along with other differences. It's a very good story - both the movie and the book. ❤

The character Eduard "Del" Delacroix was a Cajun from south Louisiana (the setting of the story). That was the reason for the accent (A French derivative). Being that I'm of Cajun ancestry, I can vouch that the actor (Michael Jeter) did the accent very well. Michael Jeter can also be seen as the character "Mr. Udesky" in the movie "Jurassic Park III."

Stephen King stories are perceived as horror or terror. I’ve never seen them that way. His stories are full of interesting and average folks. Stories about people facing horrible circumstances. King chooses creatures and the supernatural to illustrate his points. But at their core, they are stories about people facing situations they could have never imagined and trying to find their way through them. Your hearts are large. Thank you for the good time. Now go to bed!!!! Hahaha

21:28 “Powers???? 😳 From penises???” Man I haven’t laughed that loud in years 😂😂 who would of thought those 3 words put together could be so damn funny

You are correct, John Coffey was an "Empath" (Among other things ..... Seer, healer, etc). Empath is derived from the word "Empathy" ..... Meaning that he had the ability to share and understand the feelings of others. When Del was electrocuted, John could feel every bit of what Del was going through.

J.C. John Coffey Jesus Christ There are lots of references throughout the movie about John Coffey.

Even if they could prove that John didn't so it, that knowledge would cause immeasurable mental damage to that family. Knowing that they welcomed the killer into their home would completely destroy the parents.

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey)

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Lieutenant Dan and Forrest gump back in another movie

14:59 The rehearsal wasn't for the condemned person but for the guards. They had to make sure it was done Correctly everytime. The rehearsals were done with a trustee not the condemned man.

I think my favorite scene is when Paul asked John "what do you want me to do?". As a religious person, you would have some hard conversations in your head about "right vs wrong" and trying to decide if this was a test from God. Like he said... "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?” That scene always gets me lol.

Hey try The Last Samurai and Field of Dreams

It’s the Hollywood version of a Cajun accent (Louisiana)

The reason john coffey could feel dels pain was because he can feel not just dels death but also the death of other people because the voices in his head cause him to be connected to others and eventually being tormented by sensing the pain of others

55:44. You make an interesting point here that is never really addressed in the book or movie in regards to John Coffey's motivations. Imagine being the girls' parents, and finding out that not only is an innocent man about to be put to death for the crime, but that YOU let their actual murderer into your home and broke bread with him, and gave him access in the first place. John wanted to die anyway, but he would never have wanted the family to know because they never would've been able to live with themselves knowing that, so he took that burden on him as well. At least the family can move on thinking justice was served, never knowing what actually happened.

love this film looking forward to it, been waiting for this reaction!

His name is John Coffee; like the drink only spelled "Jesus Christ". Understand that and you will understand the movie.

I am subbed to you guys, but also I will never pass up a new Green Mile reaction

The reason why they didnt stop the electrocution isnt because of the family's but because it would of just prolonged his suffering.

How long has John Coffey been wandering the world encountering hate? Since WW1? The Civil War? The Last Supper?

The accent is Cajun French comes from the southern Louisiana swamps

When Paul says that his long life is punishment for electrocuting John Coffey, that's just his interpretation and may not be correct. Two other good movies based on King writing are "The Dead Zone" and "Stand by Me."

Why she went to straight being so negative nothing about any of these things say that that old man was going to be anything bad that's so weird to me.... I mean we all knew she was wrong but still Love y'all got into it, it's one of the best movies 😊

Great. Reaction. Well done!! Loved it ❤

Del was a Louisiana Cajun, a group of people that were transplanted from French Canada.

they keep rolling on Del, because its inhumane not to do so. He couldnt be saved either way, it was too late already.

They couldn’t just stop an electrocution once it’s started, as bad as it was. Del would’ve already been too far gone to help him. He would’ve died eventually anyway, but much more slowly, which would’ve been even more cruel. By continuing, at least his suffering would be shorter.

I never took it that John could feel the whole world. I took it that he has walked all over the world because he was hundreds of years old. He had been all over Africa and been a slave and roamed the countryside as a free man. He had seen and forgotten all. BTW, at the time of this setting, antibiotics were only just barely discovered. You have to power through a UTI and pray. They would treat you with sulfa drugs, but they weren't very effective.

Once the Delacroix execution starts with the dry sponge, Officer Edgecomb tells them not to stop because it would be more cruel to stop and restart correctly than to continue.

"Infected you with life" is what I take as a sentence from God from keeping them out of the kingdom for killing one of the gifts to the world.

Percy had it in for Del from Day 1. When the guards brought Del onto the block for the first time (not shown in the movie), Del fell off-balance and unintentionally grabbed Percy's crotch while trying to steady himself. Due to his own insecurity, Percy imagined that Del had deliberately 'copped his joint,' as Paul expressed it in the book. Thus his permanent animosity and the homophobic slurs. People have ALWAYS been drawn to executions - whole towns would turn out for hangings, beheadings, and other public punishments - because of our natural, shared obsession and fascination with death. John 'dropped out of the sky,' and went right back to where he came from. And based on a rough calculation I did, if John extended Paul's life proportionately with Mr Jingles,' Paul could live to be over 2000. I don't think he will, though; he may be aging at a slower rate, but he's still declining quickly enough that his body would just fall away, long before that.

The Shining and Doctor Sleep are the next two in this “trilogy” that isn’t a trilogy.

Del is Cajun southern french✌️❤️

It's nice to see you again! The story is about a lot of things, but the main part of John Coffey who "fell from the sky" is a metaphor for Jesus Christ. Any time a character in a novel has the initials of JC it is usually meant to be a Christ-like figure. I personally believe the story is also about how wrong it is for the "state" to murder people even if they are murderers. One of the things that most people don't catch is that in the film you never know what The Chief or Del did. In the books you do. The director said he wanted the audience to feel each electrocution get progressively worse without the complication of knowing why they were being executed. He also wanted it clear that the men executed were all from the marginalized: a Native American, a Native Cajun, and an African-American. The two white men were the true bad guys because they couldn't learn from their actions (something you pointed out) but they didn't get executed by the state. They were judged by JC and dealt with. In case you were wondering, The Chief, Arlen Bitterbuck, was found guilty of killing another man during an extremely violent bar fight over a pair of boots when he was drunk. Eduard Delacroix was executed for raping and killing a teenage girl, then trying to cover up his crime by burning her body. The fire was near an apartment building that caught on fire and killed six more people, including two children. Stephen King's books are even better than his movies (which are usually based on short stories) and I hope you check them out. My favorites are The Stand and Talisman.

Could you guys check out Black Hawk Down? Amazing movie, i think yall will dig it

any time you have the chance to rehearse, u do it. Minimizes screw ups...

Man i think face sittin' been around since the beginning of time. 😂

Surprised you both did not react to the end when he said…if he could make a mouse live so long...how much longer do i have?

Also, you guys have the best common sense. When you said why would he scream before throwing that at the mouse? That's the kind of stuff I think about too

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John Coffey is a Christ figure. He appeared out of nowhere, as if he had just “fallen out of the sky.” He had foreknowledge of future events. He can see the good or evil that is in men’s hearts. He can heal illness and afflictions and resurrect the dead (if it’s not too late). He is innocent, with a pure soul, yet he is made to suffer and die because of the sins and wickedness of others. And even his initials are J.C., just like Jesus. (Recall the scene where John is watching his first-ever flicker show, and the light from the movie projector is illuminating his head from behind, just like a halo: The Christian symbolism is unmistakable.) John has an acute, highly developed sense of empathy, which is why he can feel Del’s pain from afar. Unfortunately, this also means that Coffey can sense all of the cruelty, suffering, and evil going on in the world around him - an ability that he is unable to control or turn off, by the way - which caused him great distress over the course of his lifetime, eventually prompting him to seek relief through death…