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The Green Mile - Full Patreon Length (Patreon)

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2021-07-23 12:28:22
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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/vNSoZ5LkI0 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

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The Green Mile - Patreon Version

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Odd Thomas

There are a handful of movies that are perfect. The Green Mile is one of them.

Lana Gorgeous

1) I've seen the movie like three times now. I think a few things. In 1935 during the heat of Jim Crow, a black man found with two dead white girls would have never made it to trial, he would have been lynched. They lynched 14 year black old children like Emmitt Till just for "speaking" to a woman, no way a black man found with two dead little white kids would ever make it to trial. 2) If he was found to have the power to heal or the power of life and death as long as he could get to the person in time and if the government found out that such a person existed, they would have found a way to get to him and used that power for their own good and if he would have refused then he would have been executed. 3) Lastly I wish they would have explored more of his life. He can be characterized as a Magic Negro, just placed on earth to serve white people (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/magical-negro-meme-makes-comeback-two-new-movies-n641296). This film could have avoided this perception if the film just explored a little more about his life if even in flashbacks. We know nothing about his life, and the narrative is he saved a white women, took vengeance on two evil white men, made another white man almost immortal and as happened a lot back then, a innocent black man was executed!

Angela D. Mitchell

Lovely reaction -- and one of the reasons I joined your Patreon, since I love this movie so much I wanted to see the full reaction! George, just to clarify -- Percy did not see the evil Bill did and then "punish" Bill. John Coffey used his powers to turn Percy into his instrument of vengeance -- that's why Percy goes completely blank and goes over and shoots Bill. I believe Coffey putting the "sickness" into Percy completely wipes Percy's mind (essentially killing him) permanently. John feels no guilt about either Percy or Bill because of his ability to see into people's souls -- he has already touched them and seen how deeply evil they are, and that their evil is irredeemable. It's very Old-Testament vengeance, and is interesting in a movie about execution. My favorite thing about this film is that it is filled with so many genuinely good people from beginning to end. John, Paul, Jan, Brutal (I love that such a sweet guy has such an ironic name), all the guards except Percy, the Warden and Melinda -- they are all good people. Even in the old folks' home, Paul is treated with decency and kindness and vice versa (it is different in the book -- Paul is treated cruelly by an orderly at the home in the book, so I was so glad the movie omitted that). The inmates are seen as complex and repentant of their actions. And the only two openly evil people are Percy and Bill, who get their comeuppances. So there is something sort of weirdly soothing about this movie that way to me. I also think the final 15 minutes are just stunning -- Paul's revelations about his age and what he has suffered, the realization that sweet little Mr. Jingles is still alive (I wish they would let Paul keep him in his room, darn it! Surely Mr. Jingles deserves a little cage, but then again, the home probably doesn't allow pets.) Paul's final line always moves me so deeply: "We each owe a death. There are no exceptions. But sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long." And just that final shot of sweet tiny old Mr. Jingles lying in his ancient cigar box alone, his little heart beating so fast... just a beautiful and melancholy ending.

Drew Acheson

I'm pretty sure this is hands down the best movie I've ever seen. I don't watch everything you guys post because I know some of it will wreck me but this is the most emotional I've seen you George. I was really happy to be able to watch it with you guys.

Amelie W

John Coffey is something like an angel, yes. The clues are in his initials.

R.BGames37

Same director and Writer as "Shawshank Redemtion". Frank Terrabont & Steven King.. This, is one of the best Tear-jerkering movies out there. Its number two in the Tear Jerker Movies list. 1: Schindler List. 2: The Green Mile. 3: Saving Private Ryan. 4: Shawshank Redemtion. 5: Jojo Rabbit. Greetings Raymond.

Mario

You guys are amazing. I love your emotions and expressions all the way....You have good hearts...

Amy Silknitter

I love you guys and your reactions, but you talked over the most poignant part of the movie. I was literally yelling, "stop talking!" LOL. I think that is the only frustrating part of movie reactors. I think what you all do is so fun and I'm clearly a big fan of you two in particular, but I wanted you guys to hear what Paul and Jan were saying so badly and you talked over it. I hope at some point you're able to go back and hear the parts you missed. You guys are awesome though. Keep on doing what you do. :)

Ana Fox

Help, I'm crying again! Your guesses and appreciation of the characters (good and bad) were lovely to watch - I loved the reaction.

Raven Dark

I wish I could have left this comment closer to the time this was posted. I feel like answering your questions or offering the trivia I put here would have a better impact if the movie was still fresh in your minds, but here we are. Hope my comments are welcome. Warning: It's a long one, because there is a lot to say on this film. At the beginning, you guys were asking why Percy was yelling "Dead man walking," while he was bringing John Coffey in. Doing that was kind of like a tradition they did back then in prisons. It isn't a rule, exactly, but rather something people just sometimes did. It's a measure of how compassionate Paul and the other guards are that they don't do that, and it's also a measure of how cruel Percy is that he does it. I don't believe they still do that in prisons today. Paul's urinary tract infection is not uncommonly bad or of a specific type that is worse than normal. Regular UTIs can be horrible. Back then, when treatment wasn't as good or as easy to come by, and when it was a lot harder to stand, UTIs could kill you. They still can, technically, but these days they are so easy to treat, deaths from a UTI are almost non-existant in this part of the world. The black hood that goes over the face of a person who is executed is to keep those watching from having to see the horrific look of agony on the person's face. George mentioned that people used to watch executions way back when, and that's true, but do you know why? Dating back to Medieval day, that used to be a thing because authorities wanted the public to see for themselves that justice was being done. It offered closure, and the reassurance that truly bad people were dead and couldn't hurt anyone anymore. It was also as a way of keeping others in line, scaring them into compliance. In the time in which this movie is set, it was usually the family of the person who was wronged or killed who watched, and sometimes the detective on the case or others involved with catching the criminal. In more modern times, they would also sometimes allow a reporter or the media to watch so it could be recorded for news. I'm not sure if they still allow that or not today. About the man who was standing in for the people who were being executed. His name in the movie and book was Toot (a nickname, which is common in prisons). Paul refers to him as a trustee. A trustee is a person within the prison who is given special privileges or jobs in return for good behavior. Jobs could include cleaning the prison, filing things away for the guards, or, in this case, doing the rehearsals for executions. It sounds like shitty jobs, but prisoners would take them because it was better than sitting in their cells doing nothing. It broke up the monotony. I always got the feeling Toot liked to have fun with it, which is why he acted so off the wall and made everyone laugh. Gorge mentioned when he saw Mr. Jingles (the mouse) that there would have been a mouse wrangler who trained the mouse. There was. In fact, 15 mice were on hand, trained to play the part of Mr. Jingles. They are real mice. There is no CGI. The tricks the mice do in the movie are real. The flies that come out of John's mouth when he heals others is a representation of the pain or evil that he takes out of them. It's clever that it's represented similarly to a plague. The lights went nuts when he did it because his empathic powers are connected to electricity, not an uncommon thing with magic when it's represented in the media. It makes sense, because magic is often seen as presenting its own kind of electrical field or energy. It makes sense that when it's used, the electrical field would fuck with other forms of electricity in the area. I'm sure there are other things to address, but I'm commenting as I watch, so when they come up, I'll add comments for them. I hope the length is not annoying.

Raven Dark

All the other things I could think of while watching this. In the scene right before Del is executed, Paul has Mr. Jngles on his shoulder, and then John asks to hold on to him for Del. When Paul gives the mouse to John, Mr. Jingles runs from Paul's shoulder into John's hand, and Paul wipes his shoulder off. During that scene, it's just supposed to look like he's wiping his uniform off because a mouse was on it, but the mouse actually crapped on Tom Hanks's shoulder for real. Which means that when he wiped his shoulder off, it likely wasn't an act. In real life, Micheal Clark Duncan was 6'5, so he was a big boy, but they used a lot of movie magic to make him look much larger, including specialized camera shots and angles, and casting shorter actors. But they also had him walk on a thick plank of wood to add a few extra inches. In these shots, they only shot him from the chest up, or did a head shot. You'll notice that they rarely ever do a full body shot when he's in frame with another actor. This is to hide the plank. Later in the movie, closer to John's execution, Goerge mentioned the idea of getting a judge to overturn the conviction or help get him off. This would not have worked, but the reasons are complex and hard to unpack. I'll try to cover it as best I can. Well, on the surface, it's easy to understand why they couldn't do this. When I was in school, we had a criminologist come to classes and talk to students about taking courses. They told us a lot about how certain things work, including executions, and if I remember correctly, only the governer of a state, and they alone have the power to stop an execution. He can delay it, in the cases when they're trying to test for DNA to prove innocence or gather other evidence that might get the person off, or he can overturn it in cases when the person is proven innocent. When it's delayed, it's called a stay of execution. When it's stopped altogether, I think it's overturned. In both cases, cops or other authorities have to call the governer and ask him or her to do it. They can refuse at any time. A judge does not have this power, and neither would Hal, as the warden. This is why when Paul's wife asked if Hal could help John, Paul said no. Hal calling a judge or like person would have done nothing. He could have called the governer, but that's where the complicated part comes in. You have to remember two things. One, as you, George, pointed out, this is the deep south in the 1940s, John is a Person of Color. One who, moreover, has been convicted of rape and murder. Of children. Very few people, especially white people, would help him. Most people would assume he was guilty based on his color, and those who thought he was innocent would be afraid of looking like a sympathizer. People still got in trouble for that. Even if a judge had the power, very few judges in that time, in that place, would have done so. And the second thing is, remember who the governer is. The governer is the same person to whom Percy is a nephew. The same person who put Percy there, and who, because of him, they have to put up with Percy or risk losing their jobs. A man like that isn't going to stick his neck out for a man like John. Paul knew this, and that's why he didn't suggest that Hal call the governer. It would not have done any good. I know there were other things, but that's all I can think of right now. Anyway, I have to say, this is one of the best reactions I've seen to this movie. It's so heartbreaking, but such a powerful story. Thanks for sharing this one with us, guys.