This is the ending scene from the movie, The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks. Hope you enjoy ! I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS. PROPERTY OF WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT!!!
Yeah, it wasn't a punishment. John simply overloaded him by accident, just like Mr. Jingles. He couldn't but control it only so much. With Mr. Jingles, it happened during Delecroix' execution, and with Paul Edgecomb it happened when he showed him how the twin girls were really killed. It's a similar effect to how Ted Brautigan's (Hearts In Atlantis) psychic gifts would transfer temporarily to people he touched, except John Coffey's gift was giving life force, or taking away the corruption of death, depending on how you see it. The God of King's universe would have been rather impassive about John's death, only seeing it as a single event in a much greater scheme of things.
I don't think it was punishment, more like a side effect. I mean, Mr Jingles was healed from his injury from Percy. And John liked Paul and said he wanted to die
@@kalebhunter7994 It means we all going to die sometime, and we are all walking the green mile. The green mile is a metaphor for life, as the prisoners walk the green mile to be executed - dead, we all walk the green mile to die.
Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, both prison stories set in the past, both written as novels by Stephen King, both directed by Frank Darabont, both had Jeffrey Demunn in them, both had scores by the great Thomas Newman, both made in the 90's, and both are INCREDIBLE films.
Seeing an old Mr. Jingles sleeping in that old cigar box looking like he's struggling to breathe and that last line, "Sometimes The Green Mile seems so long." Gets me every time.
Scary thing is he's not really even laboring. That's fairly normal breathing for a mouse. Sure, in the book it dies, but we're offered no such comfort in the film adaptation. For all we know, he has to live forever with a mouse as his only consistent companion.
I remember this 3:20 just remembering it makes me cry my heart out even right now my heart hurts just seeing how Mr jingles is sleeping I'm losing my mind crying about it it fucking hurts
justinjacques766 Gone Girl's a really great movie and it was released just a few months ago. But I get your point. I watched Fast & Furious 7 today. That movie was utter shit.
I was there. Still have the ticket stub. I was 10. I went with my Dad and couldn't look at him during Eduard's scene. Not after the bond he made with Mr. Jingles. I watched and appreciated all 3 hours of the movie in a United Artist I think it was. Fuck you Percy.
Absolutely incredible movie. My late aunt once told me, "getting old is not for the light of heart", I remember once sitting with my 85 year old father (he lived to be 96) and asking him why his friends didn't visit him or call him any more. He simply replied. "they're all dead". It hit me that he had simply outlived them. "We all owe a death, there are no exceptions. I think of us all walking our own green mile".
Frank Darabont, the most underrated director in movie history. He should have won the oscars for best films including The Shawshank Redemption.....The Green Mile of course. Shame on you Hollywood.
+Johan Lebbing American Beauty was better in 1999, and arguably has the better soundtrack (both Green Mile and AB soundtracks composed by Thomas Newman). Totally agree with 1995's Oscars though, Shawshank and Pulp Fiction are far superior to Forrest Gump (as much as I love Hanks).
leonthesleepy Yes, i know, the oscar commitee rather has a feelgood movie like Forrest Gump then a real good story like The Shawshank Redemption. But, it`s only my humble opinion that The Shawshank Redemption should win, and most of the people who saw this movie couldn`t pronounce the title. Such a movie as The Shawshank Redemption is so amazing. Now it stands lonely at the top at the IMDB top250 greatest movies of all time.
The power of music combined with cinema is perfectly shown in this scene, as the camera sweeps along the floor and up and into the cigar box to revel an old Mr. Jingels along with that haunting music, incredible!
@@kaladbolg not everything maybe it was a coincidence maybe not you never know it's like paintings. People today interpret A shit ton in a painting but infact maybe A painter painted A bowl In a specific place just cause he wanted to who knows?
JanetFunkYeah Hey, after so many years, you and I were watching at about the same time. More than that I came across your comment imside another comment.... What a coincidence!
"You will die too. And my curse is knowing that I'll be there to see it. It's my torment, you see. It's my punishment." The price of living too long is watching others die. This is one of the few works that ever touches on that theme.
Okay, so here's a little bit of horror for you all. In the book Mr Jingles dies at the end, confirming that John doesn't make people immortal, just extremely long-lived. However, keep in mind that Mr Jingles died 64 years after John died. The average life expectancy of a mouse is around 2 years, meaning that John extended his lifespan by around 30. Now then, consider that the life expectancy of an adult male around the time John Coffey died was (apparently, I'm not certain) about 61. Now, if we do the math, 61 multiplied by 30 is 1830. This means that, if Paul has had his life extended by the same amount as Mr Jingles, he's not going to die for almost another 2 millennia. Sometimes the Green Mile seems so long...
Yeah, thats true, but you have to remember that the mouse was bring back from the dead, so John's essence is stronger in the mouse then in Paul, so mabe the math wont apply in Paul's case, mabe half of that...i dont know, even so he will still have a few hundred years to go, around 900. Now thats a hell of a long green mile !
@@edwinfcapidos Same thought had crossed my mind - he would have to deal with am improperly functional body at some time, imagine the horrors of being forced to live while having to endure crippling pain and decay of your physical self.
my great grandmother lived to be 105. my mother told me she was tired of being alive her last few years. her husband and all her friends had died over the years. then her kids started getting old and dying.
When he speaks the words, WE ALL OWE A DEATH, THERE'S NO EXCEPTIONS, man that hits home hard!!.. I can remember seeing the film for the first time, it just broke me, into pieces!..
yeah i remember that too and when i was a kid i couldn't help but thinking about those words all the time. Fortunately, now i know death is not the ending of life.
Why does it hurt so much when he says "My Boy" ?...I don't have any kids, but I can imagine how painful it must be to lose your son, my father loves me so much, he is the best dad ever....so maybe that is why this scene affects me....that love is so powerful.
The love of a parent to a child i imagine is similar to how TMHG loves mankind. Unconditionally. All other love (romantic or friendship) is based on reciprocal conditions.
4 years late but I think it’s great acting and empathy by the reader. I think the way it’s said conveys humility and wisdom. Edit: I think the way it is said shows he loved his boy, and he has chosen to cherish the good memory of his relationship with him and had to go through a lot of acceptance. Paul appears to have become a far more tender and loving soul through all of his years of wear and tear. He seems to have gained a great respect for nature and the power of the unknown. He handles Mr. Jingles with so much care, bringing him a piece of toast carefully wrapped in some parchment paper. I think Paul gained that empathy working with people that were far less fortunate in life (Arlen Bitterbuck and his talk with him, Eduard and his relationship with Mr. Jingles, his boss’s wife battling cancer and seeing that nature can be forgiving). I think Paul just conveys a lot of humility.
"It's my torment, you see. It's my punishment. For lettin' John Coffey ride the lightnin'... for killin' a miracle of God." "Oh, I'll die eventually... of that I'm sure. I have no illusions of immortality, but I will have wished for Death, long before Death finds me... in truth, I wish for it already."
One of the all time great classic movie endings. Powerful refection on life, death and attonement. That last shot of Mr. Jangles makes me cry every time. Supernaturally scary, and great, is the film about the long green mile, each of us will walk one day.
Soo if Mr. Jingles lived for 64 years which is 32 times longer than the average mouse, Paul (average human male life span 75 years for ex.) could have atleast another 2336 years assuming Mr. Jingles passed away at the end of the movie and if John's power prolonged life proportionally. Scary if you think that each 2 years would mean another 75 years for Paul.
Paul is subject to the ravages of age, however. I highly doubt he'd last 2336 years past the age of 108. Keep in mind Melinda Moores was also touched by John's power and is mentioned in passing to Elaine as being deceased. John just adds years, he doesn't put a stopper in the aging process or prevent disease or sickness.
C Pegg In the book, Coffey just used his hands to cure Paul and bring Mr. Jingles back to life. He only sucked the illness from Melinda, the warden's wife. Paul and Mr. Jingles have the extraordinary long life but Melinda died about 11 years later.
This was an incredible story written by a gifted writer (Stephen King). One of the few times a movie does a book true justice. I think most people should watch this (especially the ending). You don't feel it on an intellectual level but rather a spiritual level. I cried not at the sadness of the ending but of the miracle that "John" was. "A miracle of G-d"
Marc Abramsky I prefer one part of the book a bit more than the movie. SPOILERS . . . . . . In the book, Paul was quiet about John, and at 64 years old, Mr. Jingles made the journey from Cold Mountain to Georgia Pines. I would have loved to see that incorporated in the movie
Can’t believe this was filmed in 1999, still fresh in my mind, thought provoking, great actors, superbly produced and filmed, still brings tears to my eyes and heart.
The fact that we all die - that is, our close ones - and not all at once of course, but one after another until there is eventually no one left who you once knew... making you closer to those who you knew but never talked to much, making you more grateful for everyone.... but by then it's too late. this scene makes me reflect on the people I love, and why I should be grateful now for the times I may one day miss (or sadly not out-live) them.
You are right Larry. The movies I listed are not ones made yesterday. As to whether people are still talking about movies like "The Shape of Water" in 20 years, well, time will tell. It also depends on a person's likes and dislikes and their personal point of view. There are people out there who have not seen "Green Mile", "Shawshank Redemption", "Secondhand Lions" or even "Casablanca".
Profound and heart-breaking. One of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. The script and acting are so superb as is the music. Bravo Mr. Darabont!
What about Coffy? Or Melinda? Or Percy? Or Delacroix? Or his wife and son? Or anyone in this movie? It shows god punishes everyone at one point to test your faith. We all walk the green mile whether we know it or not.
This film deserve a very special Oscar for Dabbs Greer (Old Paul Edgecomb). What a heartbreak scene. I watch many film in my life but i dont see many scenes like that. He always make me cry. I don't think he lives all his "green mile" because a curse of god. I think he has that punishment because he think he deserve.
The ending has always reminded me of Titanic. That one last flashback where he spots Mr. Jingles is a bit like when Rose finds the diamond in her pocket, and then him going to bed with old photos beside him. It's probably just coincidence, but the similarities are uncanny.
And both were nominated at the oscars ; the only tiny difference is that one got pretty much all of them, while the other one was robbed of pretty much all of them.
He would of lived for 1,045 years had Mr. Jingles died at the end of the film, being as a mouse lives for 5 years which is 6.5% of the average US life span of 78 years of age. Mr. Jingles being 65 years old, is 2.5% of 1,000.
"We each owe a death, there are no exceptions. But oh God... sometimes... the green mile seems so long'' This line made me cry and reflect on my own mortality, the first time I read the book and then watched the movie
I dread the day I have to let go of my parents, and I sometimes wish I died before... Even had it planned, but I have a nephew now and I cant do that to him, so I will have to bear that pain and be a rock for him to lean on.
I don’t fear being the last one to die. There are always new people to come along that you can get to know. Besides, I won’t be dying alone, whenever it happens. God will be with me and then I’ll be with Him.
when you're young and the more you get older and realize things, you wish that we'd live forever to see the future. But its greatest cost is seeing all your friends and family die in front of your eyes.
I doubt theres many people like this anymore because this movie shows and displays the absolute beauty of people and how each and one of us has a soft side that we try to hide from the world. How often do people sit and talk about life and past experiences
i got so used to tom hanks as forrest gump that i cant see him acting in other movies. green mile is good film still, but which one would you pick out of titanic, green mile, shawshank redemption, forrest gump, pulp fiction, lord of the rings, schindlers list, terminator 2 ?
Not one week after I had read the book, I saw the movie. I can't explain accurately to anyone just how vivid the story became for me. And to this day, it's one of my favorite movies. Very well written and the acting was so powerful,. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan
Unquestionably one of the all-time great movies. It belongs in the same category as "It's A Wonderful Life", "The Natural" and only a few others. Dabbs Greer is marvelous. Great post!
Green Mile and Shawshank are both beautiful masterpieces, John Coffey is a character that will never leave me. I genuinely wonder if Michael Clarke Duncan was an angel
+Lukasz Szkutak I miss the Tom Hanks of long ago. You know back when he did comedies. I wish he'd go back to that The Toy Story movies don't really count since it's just his voice and he's not on screen.
Lukasz Szkutak Do you think Dabbs Greer was an odd choice for "Old Paul" I liked Dabbs but He didn't look ANYTHING like an old Tom Hanks. But then again Hanks was original supposed to play his old self but attempts at making look old were cheesy
I'm not a Hindu, or even a believer of any traditional sort, but I still follow the Hindu idea of ahimsa - non-violence. Non-violence to one, to all, to every one and every thing - human or non-human equally and likewise. Don't hurt the mice - they're every bit as much a miracle of God as you are. As Tennyson said, let them have their little lives. They too have their own little stories and happiness and pleasures. They live such little lives; let them have that at least.
when i first saw the movie i thought that the mr jingles was taking his last breathes and was about to die. If mr jingles had died that night then same could happen with Paul.... maybe Paul died in same night with jingles #fanfiction
You got to keep in mind that a Mouse has a life span of around 2 years. While a Humans life span is around on average 78. So even if Mr Jingles were to die, Pauls life would still keep going.
I felt sorry for him. :( Being all alone when all of your friends dies away from you while you're living on forever. And your only company is a mouse....
Without a doubt, my absolute favorite movie of ALL TIME. With the passing of Michael Clarke Duncan, it makes the movie so much more profound. And in my opinion Tom Hanks is the greatest actor of our generation. He can literally play anything and make us believe he is a different person each time. And the supporting cast was also amazing. I can’t imagine anything ever topping this movie for me.
