The Green Mile (1999) Was An *EMOTIONAL* Rollercoaster MOVIE REACTION!!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!! 

The line when John says " you tell the Lord it was a kindness you did for me" makes me cry.

It's no coincidence that John Coffey has the same initials as Jesus Christ. Per Stephen King

1:01:42 “We each owe a death; there are no exceptions.” Thank you for including the best line in the film (it almost always gets cut). Great film, great reaction.

Fun fact: this is based on a Stephen King novel which was originally published in serial format in six parts being released over time. I read it as it was published and it was a lot of fun to read in that format.

I'm an Agnostic and every time this movie gets to me when it's reacted to. The entire cast was impeccable as was the directing. Good analysis of the movie. Well done. 9.5 out of 10

This movie is such a classic and still a year jerker idc how long it's been out. Most definitely a timeless movie and a great film.

So often the younger generations don’t react or feel the same real excitement we did as younger people seeing these now KING Classics for the time in the Theater. THIS was EXACTLY HOW WE FELT and reacted and it feels genuine! That’s the BEST PART, it doesn’t feel FAKED. ❤ Thank you guys.

I'm 20 years into the book and the film. It took a long time before I could think about the story objectively. First, the JC allegory is very deliberate. Mr King loves him some Christian fables. Second, John Coffey is always obeyed. It's easy to miss because he's so soft spoken. If John ( or the power that works through him ) decides to act, he is not interfered with. The guards often hang back when they start to move forward. They move back when John is transferring the evil effluent to Percy, then when Percy ( in very obviously in distress ) walks away from them down the corridor they stay where they are until AFTER Percy shoots Bill. Those are just two examples. It actually happens several times. In keeping with the Christ allegory, if John had wished for a different outcome he could have made it happen. Lastly, is the question: How old is John? He has scars on his back that suggest he was beaten as a child. But when was he a child? Does he know how things are all over the world because he's been there? Some of these questions are answered in the book but none of the big ones. I definitely recommend reading it.

Its called the "last mile" because its the longest walk of their lives. The "mile" part is just an expression.

The Jesus = Jon thing is 100% intentional. You nailed it.

I've watched 50 reactions to this and Cam is the first one I recall making the JC connection. Often I bring it to their attention. I don't know why I didn't subscribe to your channel before. You have the kind of content I like (great movies). Subscribing.

Umbridge fae potter and Percy have to be two of the most annoying little "insert curse word" in cinema 😂

Never actually seen this movie. Now I get to watch along with you guys! Awesome.

It's funny you picked a 'J' name and I will now and forever be referring to the mouse as Mr. 'Jerry' Jingles

There are few things funnier than Cam trying not to puke. 😅

Funny he said he got vibes from The Shining when SK's universe if all connected and JC's powers are "The Shining." As well as the little girl in Firestarter, Carrie's telepathic abilities, etc. etc.

The scene where John Coffey was watching that movie and the projector light behind his head gave the appearance of an heavenly/angelic look to me anyway! Great reaction you guys!

This movie breaks my heart

The mouse really pooped on Tom that's why he wiped his shoulder. The director liked this and kept it in.

Michael Clarke Duncan was also in the scorpion king... He was Balthazar!!! Sadly he died a few years ago and he is sadly missed.. bitta-buck got into a fight and kinda in a one punch ki**er situation a man lost his life, Dell is a serial killer/ child predator who hurt a little girl and to hide the fact he set a fire which caught an apartment and a few more people lost their lives... John Coffey is amazing.. and billy the kid, well that dude is something... The movie is also a book 📖 and in there it goes into detail about each of the prisoners crimes...

The man they practise with is the janitor not a prison mate. They practise with him while the actual prisoner is seeing family for last time or doing something else

the best movie ever, but a very hard watch... i watch every time

Zay... Zay, I thought you were better than this. Why did you participate in the madness is this intro?! 😆 I had to pause and take a minute. Next you'll be doing dad-level puns.

While they were filming that scene, the mouse on Tom Hanks shoulder actually shit on his uniform. That was the actor wiping the poop off the costume.

1. Most people CRY😭😭😭😭 2. Dabbs Greer/old Paul was ill during production, so his part was done later. He also played Reverend Alden on "Little House on the Prairie". 3. Hammersmith was not a good lawyer. (most likely a racial thing. It was 1935 South.) 4. In the book King briefly covers why the Chief and Del are on death row. 5. This movie was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (MCD)😇 and Best Cast but unfortunately neither won.😭😭 6. Players in other King adaptations: Jeffery DeMunn: Shawshank Redemption, The Mist, Storm of the Century and William Sadler: Shawshank Redemption, The Mist. David Morse: The Langoliers. Patricia Clarkson played Margarat White in King's remake of Carrie". Needless to say, it was a much different part. 7. Goof: Electricity makes the body contract. Del wouldn't be able to scream. I know it' just for the movie because of the length of the execution scene. 8. IRL James Cromwell is a vegan and didn't want to grill meat for the BBQ scene but was told that in 1935 people actually ate meat so he agreed to have some on the grill. 9. RE Percy: Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. KARMA's a Bitch. BTW Kudos to Doug Hutchison for the great job of playing Percy.👌EVERYONE hates him. 10. John also rescues the other patients at Briar Ridge. 11. IRL both David Morse and James Cromwell are about the same height as Michael Clark Duncan (RIP). They used planks, a small bed and smaller chair along with trick photography/angles to make John look taller. 12 The scene where John takes Mr. Jingles for safe keeping before Del's execution, they used a real mouse, and it pooped on Paul's shoulder, and he brushed it off. 13. Now we know what the "day old is fine" dry toast is for. 14 EVERYBODY cries and has to take time to reflect. Congratulations you just experienced. the GREATEST MOVIE EVER. (GOAT) 15. 4 words for you: Stephen King. You're WELCOME!

It's no coincidence that John's initials are the same as Jesus's. That was intentional.

Now this is officially top 3 on my reaction channels. I love y'alls passion. You react the same way I did. I wanna see this channel blow up. Let's get y'all to 100k!!

That was Sam Rockwell lol

Cam’s gonna have a heart attack! Jeez 😂

The Shawshank Redemption... gotta watch!

So, the book lord of the flies is mainly about how privileged little boys behave without adult supervision. And while it does say a lot of things about entitled children, and society in general, it is not about the literal devil. Though you could argue there's a lot of chaos in it. Lord of the flies is one of the names for the devil, and flies are often associated with death and the devil, depending on your culture/background.

Flies DO represent demonic forces, but Lord of the Flies is NOT about that at all. The movie you want to react to and compare with is The Amityville Horror (1979) which uses flies to stand for evil.

Mild UTI's are a burning, stinging pain and the feeling of needing to pee constantly but your bladder is empty. often they go away on their own. The really bad UTI's include fever, body pain, chills, basically like any other sort of infection. Medication is needed to knock it out. The infection can travel from your bladder up into your kidneys and that's very, very bad.

Tom Hanks is incapable of making a bad film. Even when he played a local idiot in Forrest Gump it was absolutely brilliant.

Easily the best Stephen king adaptation to film. Percy definitely has little man syndrome. A must read.

_The Green Mile_ (the movie) started off as a novel with the same title, by Stephen King (interestingly, released in book stores in installments, a marketing effort to build interest). As a film adaptation of the book, a lot of things necessarily had to be left out. Plus, the book is 432 pages, and King is a prolific author with a tight writing style, so a _lot_ of a very cohesive and fully-explained novel is not in the movie. For example, Del's a very sympathetic character in the movie, but in the book there's more to him. His crimes included raping and murdering an underage girl, then setting a fire to cover up his crimes, a fire which spread to the adjoining building and killed six other people, including two children. So yes, funny Cajun accent and personality, target of Percy's bullying, able to make a pet of Mr Jingles, placated by the Mouseville fiction, wished he'd met these good men before all this, horrifically killed by Percy intentionally leaving the sponge dry -- all that's true. But still, not a very nice man. Some good and bad, like everyone. But enough of the bad, more than enough, much more, to have rightly landed him on death row.

such a great reaction! I was hoping you guys would do this one, it's a fantastic movie!

Your the first one that figured that out about hid initials. Loved your reaction to this movie

John Coffy def has ultimate "shine".

That was Moon Pie not shit. LOL

So, I absolutely LOVE, love, love your emotions, Cam! Zay, you're like on a roller coaster with this guy! 😂 I can tell he makes you laugh and you guys have a great time! It's a great movie. The part that Jon Coffee begged them not to put him in the dark before execution broke my heart when I first saw this movie! Like just right into a tissue sobbing. 🤧 It was a crying shame that Jon was innocent all along and he died anyway! And just to add to your conspiracy, Cam ...Paul was one of the disciples that wrote the letter to Romans. So....

I'm glad I found you guys

What a wonderful reaction. Thank you guys.

Great reaction, and I really enjoyed the discussion y’all had at the end.

Every time I see Mr Jingles at the end = Tears

59:33 every time that i see he died with his eyes open after him saying hes afraid of the dark.. breaks my damn heart every time

One of Kings best stories it's so much @ humanity

Yes! It was Sam Rockwell as Wild Bill! Another great performance in this wild gut wrenching Stephen King story! ❤

great reaction fellas's.

They added the moon pie nickel scene because originally as poop it was too gross lol

I was just going to suggest this movie to you guys!!! SO good!

When I read the book I sobbed through most of itm and then 6 months later when I saw the movie, cried from when Del died

Hm. Just playing with numbers, but if Mr Jingles has lived 9.4 times the usual life span for a mouse, and Paul was 44 years old when John infected him with life, and, on average Paul would have lived another 40 years, then John may have added another 380 years to his life.

I don't know if anyone has said it but apparently the mouse crapped on Paul's shoulder when Dale placed him there which prompted him to wipe it off.

Not flies it's the disease, pain, and illnesses he takes and expelled to help take them back

I wanted to hear more of your thoughts about Percy as a character, but great reaction. Love this movie.

The "loud" narrator, my bro

Creators that put up "First Time Watching," yet it is not, is deceptive. Don't even. There is plenty of content out there that I am sure you BOTH have not watched. I automatically don't watch it. And rarely ever return to a channel that does this. So, good luck to y'all.

Y’all should react to the movie: “The Island” AND “American History X”!😊

That was Sam Rockwell, he plays such a good skeeze. And John Coffey’s initials are JC on purpose. I think this cast is excellent. Those aren’t flies it’s ‘darkness’ or ‘evil’ or ‘death’ anything bad. When you watch it again you’ll notice that it dissipates in the light.

As a disabled guy who has had many urine infections or UTIs, I can tell you the pain isn’t just where you think it is. Sure, it’s excruciating and stings, but it’s also the headache, sweating and dizziness, cramping and you feel like you have to go when you don’t. Oh, and you ache everywhere. Everywhere. Not fun. I actually take a preventative medication every day to avoid getting it. I’ve been lucky the last couple of years in that respect.

Hello. I will watch anybody that reacts to the Green Mile if they give it 40 minutes or more reaction time. You did a great job at reacting to it. Back in 1935 there were no antibiotics to give for urinary tract infections. Just sulfur tablets. Also back in 1935 before more women's rights came out the doctors would give the husband's the choice of letting them know if they were going to die or not. I'm happy to say I'm going to subscribe to you because you did such a great job with this movie. 😊

RIP Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 - March 30, 2003), aged 50 And RIP Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957 - September 3, 2012), aged 54 You both will be remembered as legends.

Never thought about this before but the Christian perspective is probably why Tom Hanks' character was named Paul as in the apostle St Paul who died horribly for his faith.

According to the books John is an angel in human form. He is immortal he has been alive at least before the Civil War. He has whip marks all across his back indicating that he was once a slave.

Of all the reactors I have seen watch this movie, Cam is the only one that has figured out who John is. Now that you know, you will get a bunch of the clues. Another parallel...there were 3 executed like there were 3 crucified on crosses. I loved your reaction & commentary.

I think I remember the actor who played Percy Whitmore did an interview many years after this movie was released, and he said that he hated the character Percy and he took the role just to see if he could play a person like Percy that the whole world would ABSOLUTELY HATE.

The book this is based on actually revealed everyone's crime on Death Row, including Del- he assaulted and killed a girl, then set fire to her body to cover it up. The fire spread to an apartment complex and killed several other people.

The single greatest monologue in my opinion came from this movie. Paul’s speech about how we all walk our own Green Mile is still so prolific and just gives me chills every time. This was my first time seeing your channel and i absolutely loved it! Thank you for reacting to such a classic! That reaction was awesome

This is why Stephen King is unmatched in writing horror, drama, and fantasy. His ability to tell stories is remarkable. This is the only book I've ever read that made me cry as much as when I watched the movie. I enjoyed y'alls reactions and commentary as always.

Percy being at a metal hospital would be a thousand times worst. Think how many people he would hurt an no one would believe them.

Tom Hanks had to wipe his shoulder in the scene just before Del’s execution, because the mouse had left a little parting gift. They decided to keep it in.

16:34 The guy doing the execution re-enactment isn't on death row. He wont actually have to go through with that. Hes a orison trustee, a prisoner with good behavior whos been given a specific job in the prison. I believe he's a janitor but trustees do a ton of stuff. Prison librarians are often trustees. Cooks, ect.

Great reaction you two adorable dorks 😂😂!! .. I love this movie its a tough one to get through and also shows that Stephen King is one of the best authors of all time. I always need tissues when this movie is on 😢

The description I the story of the UTI is brutal and it also explains that a doctor couldn’t give you much for it back then because the antibiotic for it wasn’t available yet. His option was to wait it out or take sulfa tablets and puke for a week. He thought it cleared up on its own but then it returned stronger. The text describing the pain, burning, fever, and helplessness is very vivid. One of the top reactions to Percy stomping on Mr. Jingles I’ve seen. I’m right there with you.

I love how Cam kept losing his mind during this movie. I've never seen him do that before. I love Zay too! ❤😂

Frank Darabont put three of Stephen King's stories on film, and all three are cinematic masterpieces. You've seen The Green Mile, now that leaves The Shawshank Redemption and The Mist. Darabont actually modified the ending of The Mist, and it's so incredible that King himself said it was far better than any ending that he could have written. Both films are your channel's time.

He actually did need to wipe his shoulder because the actor playing Mr. Jingles pooped on him, lol.

Yeah, the reason it took Del so long to die even after flames spewed out of his face was because John was absorbing the pain for him

This is an emotional crazy movie the part where he says we each owe a death hit me every time knowing you’ll die one day just makes life worth living

Dude i swear the moment when percy steps on the mouse that would make helen keller scream

I can't begin to tell you how much I love this reaction. This movie is at the top of 1 of my all-time favorite films, so watching people react to it for the 1st time always makes me happy and smile big. So, so, so, many fantastic reactions on RU-vid to this BUT . . . . . BUUUT for me this is hands down the absolute winner. CAM! What have you done!?! I never thought I'd see myself laughing as hard and long as I did while watching someone react to this. The first pause came at 12:47. That "HEY" felt and looked like you were in the room with them and were ready to commit murder. That's when I knew this was gonna take me more than an hour & 20 to watch. Kudos to you Zay for being so chill and not giving anything away. All that's left is for you 2 to watch Top Hat. It's the black & white movie John was watching (also at the top of my favorites/must watch). Keep up the amazing work you're both doing. It's always a treat watching your reactions ~ 💕

How can you play a villain so good that you are really hated by everyone who watch this movie. He did a amazing job!

Wild Bill was Sam Rockwell, you were right.

Seeing you hate for Percy throughout the movie, you probably think the actor did a really good job portraying the character, right? Wrong 😅 The man is a real piece of sheet in real life. Doug Hutchison (aka Percy) married a 16 years old girl when he was 51 years old. If you want to see how much of a predator he is, see their interviews together and see how he looks at her and touches her. It'll make your stomach turn

I don't know why, but that line where John Coffey says "Don't put me in the dark. I's afraid of the dark" made me cry more than anything else

😂😂😂 Can't seem to get the visual of Cam on Campus, minding his own business before getting mobbed by a pack of overstimulated and over fed slightly unintentionally domesticated squirrels.. 😂😂😂

They didn’t pretend to have people there to see Mr Jingles’ tricks to pass the time. They did it to get Del out so they could do the rehearsal for his execution. And of course Mouseville real. They’re just very good people and wanted to ease Del’s mind about his mouse being cared for after he’s executed

Fun Fact: When I was younger, between 16 & 20; Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey) used to be the guy from the Gas Company to come check the gas meters at the Apartment Complex I lived in. He was always SO CHARMING & NICE whenever I would see him; and everytime I watch this movie, I think about how THIS ROLE truly "personified him".... HE WAS AN ANGEL onscreen & off !!!

This is one of my favorite movies of all time, thanks for doing the reaction❤❤❤❤ Btw Cam, cannot believe you didn’t cry.

JC Jesus Christ. A Godsend. The Heaven song . The projector lights over John’s head like a crown. His delight smelling the earth and talking about the stars as if he really did know them, because he did. Like the lawyer said they couldn’t find out anything on him like he fell from the sky. John was dog tired had been wandering the roads endlessly. I can go on and on. Check out the book has backgrounds on these characters like only Stephen King can tell…🔥Thanks guys love ur movie reactions ❤(yes that was Sam Rockwell)

I think the story was a "what if?" What if an angel came to earth in the form of a giant black man in the deep south Jim crow Louisiana they toned down the racism and made wild Bill and the lawyer the sole representatives of it . Seemed like death row represented the world themes of love and hate good and evil. Great film Great review

Oh… I was wondering when you were going to react to this. I already know you guys are going to love it even before I watch a single second. Love your reactions and I’m glad you’re reacting to this absolutely sad but beautiful film. Excuse me while I grab a tissue 😢.

Love this movie and y'all's reaction. For the record, it wasn't puke at 29:57. Or maybe Zay was saying "Don't look and puke." 😆Anyway, it was just chewed up to a paste Moon Pie. Still disgusting. The first time I saw this movie, I thought it was 💩 for half a heartbeat before I realized what he'd done. Wild Bill and Percy were just made for each other. Oh--if this one does well and y'all haven't seen it before, definitely check out Shawshank Redemption. 🍿

Cam's excessive screaming when Percy stepped on Mr. Jingles had me dying! 😂

36:50 The mouse actually pooped on Tom Hanks' shoulder irl. That's why he was wiping it, and they kept it in 😅😁

I definitely recommend the book if you’re interested. I read it before the movie came out and it’s wonderful. The movie was probably the best King adaptation since Carrie. The casting was insanely accurate, especially John Coffey and Percy. Oh and that WAS Sam Rockwell playing Wild Bill.

The A-hole guy plays creepy well. He also plays Eugene Victor Tooms in the X-files.

Cam nailed it. He's the first reactor I've seen who picked up on the parallel to the account of Jesus. I haven't found anything to say that SK intended it. Devout religious folks are all about it. Anyway, it's a great adaptation whether intentional or coincidental.

You're right to compare this with The Shining. John has a very strong version of "The Shine" which is why he can predict what is going to happen and why he is so empathetic. Percy is such an evil man and is a prime example of how Stephen King shows that the real monsters are sometimes regular humans