FINALLY! A reactor recognizes the BRILLIANCE of the Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper scene! Way to go Dawn! It's one of moviedom's greatest scenes, with two of its greatest actors.
yeah, but in most reactor's defense, the subject matter is touchy enough that I think it effects their ability to understand how utterly fantastic that scene is. It is absolutely one of the greatest scenes ever filmed. I watched the movie around the time of release and you could enjoy it without feeling like it made you some type of way if you enjoyed it.
@@randallwilliamson3838 If a reactor doesn't react honestly, I'm not very interested in their reaction. It is after all, just fiction. And I've seen several people just have no reaction at all to that scene because they were scared of what others might say about them. That's disingenuous. We can love a movie or a scene even though it has bad words, bad actions or bad people in it.
@@DawnMarieX Weird thing is, after watching the scene with Walken and Hopper I recently ran into a buddy of mine ( who coincidentally is Italian ) and I called him Eggplant. He didn't laugh though. Not even a little bit..
That scene with Walken and Hopper is epic. Two masters of the craft delivering the best scene in the movie. He knew he was going to die even if he talked, so decided to go out like a boss, giving them a huge middle finger on the way out. Props to him and RIP Mr. Hopper.
@@DawnMarieX There's a story that shortly after the film's release, Al Pacino and Fisher Stevens were at dinner, and they had both seen the film and loved it, and they began doing the Hopper/Walken scene to each other. It's quite special when other actors geek out over dialogue they love.
I like to think Hopper won the match by getting Walken so angry he killed him instead of torturing him more. Ask an Italian what's the worst thing to say, and what Hopper said was it.
I was at a Christopher Walken press conference once, and he mentioned that they shot the scene in no time at all, and that he doesn't really remember much about it, other than this was when he met Dennis Hopper and they went onto have lunch together now and again.
It did my dad, he finally came home from work one night and it just came on cable, he watched & loved it, after bitchin about how he wasn't gonna watch "that fuckin horse shit"!!! LMAO
I’ve been dying for a good upload, and what do you know! One of my favorite movies by one of my favorite reactors! On my birthday no less! Thanks for the upload 🙏
Dawn Marie watching a romantic movie: "Hold it, hold it! What's this?" "Are you trying to trick me?" "Is this a kissing movie?" "When does it get good?"
Whenever you wonder if a character in a movie is played by Gary Oldman you need to ask yourself one question: "Does it *look* like Gary Oldman?" If the answer is "No" then it is.
Most films today are shot digitally. While stuff in the 80's and 90's and early 2000's were almost exclusively shot on physical film. And film has a particular look you don't get with digital.
Best. Reaction. EVer!🤘 Just like your "perfect movie for the perfect day" analogy, this is my "perfect reaction to one of my all time favorite movies" day. 😊
Tony Scott spotted Slater didn’t have the character down early in the shooting so he sent him down an Elvis rabbit hole and Slater came back absolutely lasersharp and focused. It’s really one of his finest performances. The film in the movie theater is one of the Sonny Chiba Street Fighter films. Forget if first or second.
It's the finale of the first Street Fighter with the fight between Tsurugi and the guy he rescued from the beginning. They really are some of the best martial arts movies of all time, well the first two, Sister Street Fighter is OK.
Loved this reaction. True Romance is one of my all-time faves... and the Dennis Hopper/Walken scene is truly epic.. I think Christopher Walken took less than his usual fee for this movie because of that scene.
🎉GREATEST REACTION EVER!! And to the greatest scene ever! The right movie and the right girl meet on the right night, true Romance❤ your real reaction to this particular movie Hit all the right places and is why we love watching reactors react to the things we love 💗
@DawnMarieX one favorite movie of mine after another wow. Last night i was wondering who would react to this movie next. I seriously thought it would be a long while till anyone got to True Romance. Great reaction as always.
"Why am I getting so emotional?" Most people get like that after they see the king. The reason Clarence pulled the gun on Elliot was because he knew that if the meeting was arranged by him, he'd be the most likely to know if there was a setup. Elliot was also a colossal weenie, and would be easy to pressure with the threat of violence.
Dawn, your reaction to this classic is absolutely the "Best Reaction, EVER." You are a truly beautiful, twisted and deranged kindred soul. A big, BIG thank you.
Has always been one of my top favorite films. And yeah, the Hopper/Walken scene is perfection. The mood, acting, pacing and that insane moment when the music kicks in, is the second Hopper knows he's about to die and decides to go out his way.
@@DawnMarieX Haha! I get it! He's a little before my time too, but he's an incredible actor. Check out his credits sometime. He may have the most imitated voice, too.
Which is also a great watch, and also features a very unconventional romance. Of sorts. One of my fave films in fact - Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek. Undoubtably an influence on True Romance.
I can hardly wait to watch you go down the Tarantino rabbit hole. Don't forget about the movie Four Rooms. One of the rooms was written and directed by Quinton Tarantino. Very good movie.
Hey Dawn... now you know who Christopher Walken is ! The Deer Hunter - his first showing with Robert de Nero The King of New York - grimy New York crime drama with Laurence Fishburne, Steve Buscemi, Wesley Snipes and David Caruso Christian Slater ... 90s action Broken Arrow with John Travolta & Pump Up The Volume - cult 80s about a pirate radio DJ
All movies before 2000 used FILM. thats that AMAZING 80s and 90s look back then. Todaybits shot digital 4k. It looks cheap. All movies today look TOO clean. Ive been saying it for years. Hollywood needs to use a panavision 35mm cameras again
This was written by Quentin Tarantino, but it was directed by Tony Scott and it feels more like a Tony Scott movie than Tarantino. The point being, since you loved this movie so much, you should definitely watch more Tony Scott movies as you might really enjoy them also.
I don't see that you've done Léon: The Professional (1994), and in that case you should. You will get more Gary Oldman. For mote Christian Slater, watch Heathers (1986). I think both will be just right up ypur alley.
Great movie. If you liked the Sicilian mob boss (Christopher Walken), you must try "King of New York" (1990). He is absolutely incredible in that movie, and it's a very similar character, but as a semi-Good Guy. (Not really a Good Guy, but better than all of the other scumbags in the movie.)
I was excited to see the movie that you selected. Great reaction, as always. A great movie with Gary Oldham is "Romeo is Bleeding". It's a helluva flick.
DAWN: (reading opening credits) "... who's next? Christopher Walken? I don't know who he is..." ME: (spits drink all over screen) WHAT?! 15 MINUTES LATER DAWN: (after watching The Sicilian Scene) "... that may have been the best scene I have ever seen in my life!" ME: (still wiping up my drink) "THAT'S CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, BABY!"
@CaptainRetroStation It's a definite spit-take moment !! 😆 The Sicilian scene is most definitely a masterclass in acting DAWN should watch Pulp Fiction next as she's getting into the TARANTINO -verse where she can see Walken in another one of the all time great cameos in the GOLDEN WATCH monologue [for those in the know 😉] Dawn is just awesome she always livens up my day 😄 CHEERS .
@@harveylee51 Well, lucky Dawn! THIS was her introduction to Christopher Walken! From here… she can pick any movie of his. “King of New York”, “The Deer Hunter”, “The Dead Zone”… doesn’t matter. Dude is a LEGEND. After she’s seen all of his intense performances, then she needs to find out how much cowbell she’s missing in life. 😁
@@CaptainRetroStation Good one mate !😆 He is a legend you listed a few of my faves Brainstorm is another great one that needs more attention , just as surely as we all need more cowbell !! 😂
Can’t believe she hasn’t done Pulp Fiction yet! Walken’s long pause in the middle of his gold watch dialogue before he says, “……………This watch……was on your father’s wrist…” might be the greatest bit of silence in film history.
I'm assuming you haven't driven an older car. The reason you see people mimic drving like that in older movie is because in older cars the steering was much different than in more recently made cars. I have a 1969 Oldsmobile , & it takes just over 6 full turns to go from all the way right to all the way left, and vice versa. Newer cars do the same in about half that. So what that means is that driving an older car down the road, you have to constantly adjust it back and forth to keep it going in a straight line. For another example, to make a turn in an older car, you might have to turn the wheel almost 3 full turns, where with a newer car it might only take one turn to do the same thing. Drive for awhile in an older car and then switch right away to a newer one you'll see the difference very quickly. If you're not careful you could easily get in an accident. I hope that clears up for you why they do that.
I think you're the first reaction that got the Sicilian scene immediately. What can i say to get killed quickly? You'll get filled in on other nuances of the film by the comments. Great reaction, thank you.
I don't know much about the pain from a bullet, so aside from the penetration of ones skin, or even the shrapnel dispersing inside oneself (if that is the type of bullet used vs it stays intact), what did make me understand a bit about what actors are portraying in that moment that did convince me to not look into it any more than I could have, lol, is this... the temperature of a fired bullet can be up to 500°F. So it's not so much a hot potato that bounces between your hands before you throw it away that you feel, it's a hot nugget lodged inside of you that you can't get rid of and is searing the flesh it's in contact with.
Wee bit of trivia: In the original script (also filmed), Clarence dies in the shootout, and Alabama takes up crime. In the original script for Reservoir Dogs, Mr. White reveals, in his flashback scene, that he is partnered up with her. I've seen a lot of reactors ask if Walken is Blue Lou. Nope. Blue Lou is Samuel L Jackson. Walken played Vincenzo Coccotti. Anyway, pure brill as always, Dawn, cheers!
@@richardrobbins387 True, and of course Vic and Vincent Vega being brothers (and, aoccording to Vincent in the script, cousins of Suzanne Vega, but "not that Suzanne Vega"). And the relationship between Jack Scagnetti in Natural Born Killers and Mr. Blonde's parole officer, Seymour Scagnetti.
the Sicilian scene in true romance (where Denis Hopper is shot). Is taught to film students as an example of a perfect scene in many a film school....its a classic and in my opinion near perfect.
Just two days ago, I saw someone reacting to True Romance, and I thought I'd love for Dawn Marie to watch this one. One day later, there it is. Lol. True Romance is one of my personal favorites. I own a couple thousand movies, and the Arrow Video release with a book, poster, cards, and tons of special features is one of my favorite movies in my collection.
I also own a couple thousand movies and I also saw a very disappointing reaction of this movie two days ago...and as soon as I saw that Dawn had just done True Romance, I knew this would be a great match. So yeah, totally know where you are coming from, man. It has been one of my favorites for about 20 years now.
@@Chillguy99 Dawn also seemed to enjoy Dennis Hopper. I just got the DVD of The Last Days of Frankie the Fly. It's been a long time since I've seen it, and I only saw it once. I'm getting ready to watch it again. I remember loving it in the 90s. I don't know if it's one Dawn might like, but after watching bits of that scene with him and Walken, I thought now would be a good time to have another look at it.
Best distillation of Tarantino's sensibilities. Tony Scott did a better job than Tarantino would've....more linear, less pretentious and self-indulgent.
Tarantino wrote the original script as a fragmented non linear narrative like Dogs and Fiction. Tarantino’s writing partner on Pulp Fiction, Roger Avery, was actually brought in to straighten out the script into a linear narrative.
Christopher Walken - I don't know who that is! HOLY SHITBALLS ON A STICK!!! Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, The Dead Zone, The Deer Hunter, Suicide Kings, Seven Psycopaths, Click (Adam Sandler movie, you know who he is, don't you?), Pulp Fiction, The King of New York (a must=see, Dawn, a must-see!) and a shitton of others. I don't know who he is. AAAAAAUUUUUUUUGH! The man who beat the living crap out of Alabama was 'Tony Soprano' the great James Gandolfini. Another series you should definitely watch. The Sopranos.
The soundtrack is a reference to the 70s film Badlands. It has some similar themes and an almost identical soundtrack. Terence Malick is arguably the genius who put that music to images that seem disconnected but actually work beautifully.
Finally, we've been waiting forever for this movie to be on your channel because we knew you would be blown away by it. I know you like to know some interesting things about these movies, so here's a few fun facts for you. 1. The director is Tony Scott, the brother of the legendary director Ridley Scott. 2. The part of Alabama was originally supposed to be played by Joan Cusack ( John Cusack's sister ), and then bounced over to Drew Barrymore, but eventually was given to Patricia Arquette. ( Sister in law of Countney Cox from FRIENDS ) 3. The opening scene in the theater finished with a theater usher walking down the aisle with a guard dog yelling at the customers to leave. The usher was played by Jack Black. But in the final edit the scene was left out of the movie because of time constraints. 4. The mere mention of Elvis Presley was the only concession allowed by the Presley family estate. The producers were served a cease and desist order by Presley attorneys, not to use any of his actual music or his likeness. This is why you never actually see Elvis's face in any of the scenes where Christian Slater is talking to Val Kilmer in the bathroom. The idea that he's talking to Elvis's ghost is simply implied there. 5. Some of the props that Gary Oldman used to bring Drexel's look together were actually the props he used on Brahm Stoker's Dracula. Namely, the fake colored contacts in his eye. The dreadlocks were created by the same costume designer who made his wigs that he used on Dracula too. 6. Originally, he wrote True Romance in 1984, and filmed it and starred in the role of Clarence. The original version was titled " My Best Friend's Birthday". 7. True Romance was supposed to be Tarantino s directorial debut movie, but he sold the script to Tony Scott and he focused on Reservoir Dogs instead. 8. The idea you spoke about on this video reaction about how you thought maybe the whole story was a dream that Clarence had or a hallucination was actually a real idea that Tarantino had for this movie. But he felt the script was much too long to fit in one movie. So he split it in two parts ( kinda like how split Kill Bill in two parts ) and instead he used the crazy violent dream concept for another script he wrote, and sold it to Oliver Stone. You might have seen that movie, it's called Natural Born Killers. Tarantino absolutely hated the changes that Stone made to the script, so he completely disowned any connections to that movie. Seriously, to this day, interviewers are prewarmed NOT to ask him about it. , 9. Val Kilmer desperately tried to get Tony Scott to cast him in the lead role of Clarence. But rumors have it that he had issues with Kilmer when they worked together on Top Gun, and he was turned away from the lead and it was given to Slater instead. 10. The movie is a cult favorite movie lovers and critics despite it being a massive failure financially. After costing $12.6 million to make, it barely earned $12.5 million globally, so in the end it turned a profit of less than a hundred grand. 11. The role of Clarence was originally supposed to be played by the star of Revenge of the Nerds, Robert Caradine. He turned it down. ( Whatta dumbass 😂 ) 12. The original ending had a tragic ending, Clarence died in the shootout and Alabama flees to Cancun, Mexico by herself and is pregnant with Clarence s baby and has to raise him as a widow. I have many more facts, but that's all I have time for right now. Have a good day! ☺️
Your excitement watching this brought me right back to 1993, seeing this after class with a buddy on opening day. We all immediately agreed that Hopper/walked secede was the greatest thing ever. Still amazing 31 years later.
Dawn watching you watch one of the greatest films of all time & appreciate the best parts of it was the best part of my YEAR so far!!!!!!! Christopher Walken's "You're a cantaloupe" line was improvised!!! That scene was genius & Gary Oldman was absolutely NEXT LEVEL GOD LIKE!!!!!!! I'm so stoked you loved this, oh & Val Kilmer was Elvis!!!
I gotta wonder how many of us - just plain youtubers who've been subscribed for so long a time - have been recommending/ requesting that you see this forever. Anyway, 'really glad you got to see and enjoy it.
Catch Gary Oldman with Sean Penn STATE OF GRACE (1990) Oldman's a favorite actor of mine: Drexl, Winston Churchill, Rosencrantz (from Hamlet), Beethoven, Count Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald, Harry S. Truman, Jack Grimaldi (definately see ROMEO IS BLEEDING (1994) with Lena Olin. Yeah, Gary Oldman has mad chops.
I just gained a lot of respect for you. That scene where Christopher Walken kills Dennis Hopper is so great, one of the greatest. You picked up on the subtext immediately and properly appreciated it. Kudos to you Dawn Marie.
If you want to see some of the best of these two amazing actors: "The Deer Hunter" for Christopher Walken "Blue Velvet" for Dennis Hopper. Both are disturbing movies though.
13:12 Actually Dawn, it hurts a hell of a lot to punch someone lol. Alot of people dont realize, but boxers wear boxing gloves, not to make the punches softer on your opponent, but to soften the pain on your hand, so you can punch harder and and not injure yourself.
I love this movie and took my dad to see it back in 1993. Can't believe it's been 31 years ago. Excellent performances by the entire cast. Thanks for your reaction. :)
This script was Tarantino's baby. He worked on it and polished it for years, and then had to sell it to pay the bills. I've always thought it was his best writing.
I think that, in Reservoir Dogs, from the "ear scene" to the Coconut song is the best writing ever...in movies, in literature, in anything. I watched it with my dad on vhs back in the nineties. Neither of us said a word until Orange shot Blonde. My dad actually cheered like a sporting event. Anyways...
Im gonna petition the writer to share the 17 secrets of lying to dawn. The way she sat forward when he said it had me rolling. Dawn one way is when someone looks you directly in the eye because they eyes move up to seek true information. When the eyes move down is when they want to be creative.
Cool little bit of trivia for you: those are Sonny Chiba movies that they're watching near the beginning of the film. Tarantino is a huge fan of Sonny Chiba, and the man himself appeared in a supporting role years later in Tarantino's Kill Bill. He has, sadly, since passed. Rest in peace, Sonny.
Natural Born Killers will be out on Patreon next week for all you Quentin Tarantino fans: www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson
I cannot tell you how psyched I am for your to watch
Natural Born Killers!!!!
@DawnMarieX
"Suicide Kings" (1997) for a good Christopher Walken film.
You'll get to play "Investigator Dawn"
@@KrazyKat007buzzing!!
"You're so cool!"
You look nothing like your profile pic. Please update it
FINALLY! A reactor recognizes the BRILLIANCE of the Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper scene! Way to go Dawn! It's one of moviedom's greatest scenes, with two of its greatest actors.
yeah, but in most reactor's defense, the subject matter is touchy enough that I think it effects their ability to understand how utterly fantastic that scene is. It is absolutely one of the greatest scenes ever filmed. I watched the movie around the time of release and you could enjoy it without feeling like it made you some type of way if you enjoyed it.
@@randallwilliamson3838Oh people are such woke pussies these days!!!!!!!
So glad you said that! Enjoyed your reaction to her reaction 🎉
@@randallwilliamson3838 If a reactor doesn't react honestly, I'm not very interested in their reaction. It is after all, just fiction. And I've seen several people just have no reaction at all to that scene because they were scared of what others might say about them. That's disingenuous. We can love a movie or a scene even though it has bad words, bad actions or bad people in it.
Yeah, and fully appreciating Gary O as Drexel. And laughing at all the sick humor. Amazing.
You nailed the reasons for the Walken/Hopper scene. And it really is one of the best scenes in film history.
I’ve been thinking about that scene every day since 😅
A masterclass in acting by two giants!
Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper absolutely EAT the scene! Been saying it for years - best example of top-tier acting ever recorded!
What's also awesome is mr tony soprano was watching on and loving it.
@@DawnMarieX Weird thing is, after watching the scene with Walken and Hopper I recently ran into a buddy of mine ( who coincidentally is Italian ) and I called him Eggplant. He didn't laugh though. Not even a little bit..
That scene with Walken and Hopper is epic. Two masters of the craft delivering the best scene in the movie. He knew he was going to die even if he talked, so decided to go out like a boss, giving them a huge middle finger on the way out. Props to him and RIP Mr. Hopper.
Bloody loved it! ❤
@@DawnMarieX There's a story that shortly after the film's release, Al Pacino and Fisher Stevens were at dinner, and they had both seen the film and loved it, and they began doing the Hopper/Walken scene to each other. It's quite special when other actors geek out over dialogue they love.
I like to think Hopper won the match by getting Walken so angry he killed him instead of torturing him more. Ask an Italian what's the worst thing to say, and what Hopper said was it.
That was my takeaway too@@GWNorth-db8vn
I was at a Christopher Walken press conference once, and he mentioned that they shot the scene in no time at all, and that he doesn't really remember much about it, other than this was when he met Dennis Hopper and they went onto have lunch together now and again.
This movie's title probably prevented people that would love it to skip it, and probably shocked people that should not have watched it.
Yes!
albertsmith9315 You truly hit the nail on the head with that assessment ! 👌
Of course it's the same type of title as "Pulp Fiction," but--- well--- "PULP FICTION."
End of comment. :D
It did my dad, he finally came home from work one night and it just came on cable, he watched & loved it, after bitchin about how he wasn't gonna watch "that fuckin horse shit"!!! LMAO
Yep. Only reason I saw it on the big screen was because the local club would play a free movie to members every week. So glad I saw it
I’ve been dying for a good upload, and what do you know! One of my favorite movies by one of my favorite reactors! On my birthday no less! Thanks for the upload 🙏
Oh boost!! Happy Birthday to yoooooou ❤
@@DawnMarieX ❤️❤️❤️
@Smoothjazzsundays Happy Birthday! Today my son turns 28, also!
@@nittyblahblah8939 no way! Thank you, Hope he has a good birthday, funny enough it’s my 28th birthday today too.
@JohnDoeMidnight-jq2me happy early birthday!
Dawn Marie watching a romantic movie:
"Hold it, hold it! What's this?"
"Are you trying to trick me?"
"Is this a kissing movie?"
"When does it get good?"
"As you wish"
@@dubbleplusgood Aaaw!
“Keep your pants on…..”
"Hello. My name is Clarence Worley. You killed my father! Prepare to die!"
😂😂😂
The chap who the wife killed near the end of the movie was James Gandolfini who plays the mob boss in the series The Sopranos.
Whenever you wonder if a character in a movie is played by Gary Oldman you need to ask yourself one question: "Does it *look* like Gary Oldman?"
If the answer is "No" then it is.
LOL, I ABSOLUTELY CONCUR!!! 👍
You are the real I AM LEGEND for that instantly iconic line. Recognize. Please write a screenplay stat.
@@pablosonic892 I COULDN'T POSSIBLY AGREE WITH YOU MORE SIR!!!!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!
Man this chick catches all the foreshadowing. Smart girl
“What happened? Why’s she crying? Did he finish too soon?”
Dawn knows what makes ladies sad ;)
Would they really cry, though? lol
Most films today are shot digitally. While stuff in the 80's and 90's and early 2000's were almost exclusively shot on physical film. And film has a particular look you don't get with digital.
Best. Reaction. EVer!🤘
Just like your "perfect movie for the perfect day" analogy, this is my "perfect reaction to one of my all time favorite movies" day. 😊
This is why we all love Dawn. One of the best scenes of all time, and she nailed it. Spot on girl!
Drexel and DEA Agent Stansfield from Leon the Professional are two of the best movie villuans of all time. 👏
Noted 😏
@@DawnMarieX”Leon The Professional”
A classic!
Go with the longer international cut. It’s even better!
Those are my 2nd & 3rd favourite Gary Oldham roles.
My favourite is Jackie Flannery in State of Grace.
This may be the greatest cast ever assembled for one movie
"I LIKE THIS CLARENCE KID!! HAHAHAHAHA"
I've never seen Dawn so happy. I think this movie and you are a match.
Tony Scott spotted Slater didn’t have the character down early in the shooting so he sent him down an Elvis rabbit hole and Slater came back absolutely lasersharp and focused. It’s really one of his finest performances.
The film in the movie theater is one of the Sonny Chiba Street Fighter films. Forget if first or second.
It's the finale of the first Street Fighter with the fight between Tsurugi and the guy he rescued from the beginning. They really are some of the best martial arts movies of all time, well the first two, Sister Street Fighter is OK.
Here's an interesting tidbit, Sonny Chiba is the father of the guy that plays Zorro in the one piece live action
Loved this reaction. True Romance is one of my all-time faves... and the Dennis Hopper/Walken scene is truly epic.. I think Christopher Walken took less than his usual fee for this movie because of that scene.
This was Tarantinos homage to Terence Malicks film 'Bad Lands' starring Sissey Spacek and Martin Sheen, a stunning piece of film making!
Best Brad Pitt performance in his entire career.
If it wasn't for Micky from Snatch I might agree with you.
Amen.
Inspiration for Pineapple Express, according to David Gordon Green.
Almost, he was brilliant in "Kalifornia" (imo)!
I don't know if it is his best, but it is my favorite.
🎉GREATEST REACTION EVER!! And to the greatest scene ever! The right movie and the right girl meet on the right night, true Romance❤ your real reaction to this particular movie Hit all the right places and is why we love watching reactors react to the things we love 💗
Christian Slater is a legend. 'Heathers' was ok, but 'Gleaming the Cube' was awesome... when skateboarding was in its prime.
You would love Point Break with Keanu Reeves & Patrick Swayze as well if you not a big lovey dovey woman.
@DawnMarieX one favorite movie of mine after another wow. Last night i was wondering who would react to this movie next. I seriously thought it would be a long while till anyone got to True Romance. Great reaction as always.
"Why am I getting so emotional?" Most people get like that after they see the king.
The reason Clarence pulled the gun on Elliot was because he knew that if the meeting was arranged by him, he'd be the most likely to know if there was a setup. Elliot was also a colossal weenie, and would be easy to pressure with the threat of violence.
Great reaction Dawn 👍Way better than Popcorn in Bed's reaction to this movie
Yeah I saw she PIB reacted to this too but was apprehensive about watching it.
She’s not exactly a “hep” cat
Dawn, your reaction to this classic is absolutely the "Best Reaction, EVER." You are a truly beautiful, twisted and deranged kindred soul. A big, BIG thank you.
Dawn, I like you.
I always have.
I always will. 👉
I F'ing loved Dawn's breakdown of where to put the corkscrew!!!
I’m so glad you liked the Dennis Hopper’s finest hour scene. Thank you for reacting to this.
This scene and the one in Blue Velvet.
Has always been one of my top favorite films. And yeah, the Hopper/Walken scene is perfection. The mood, acting, pacing and that insane moment when the music kicks in, is the second Hopper knows he's about to die and decides to go out his way.
It hurts my heart t hear someone say they don't know who Christopher Walken is.
Oh let’s remedy that 🥹
@@DawnMarieX Haha! I get it! He's a little before my time too, but he's an incredible actor. Check out his credits sometime. He may have the most imitated voice, too.
Dawn, if you're interested in seeing a completely different side of Mr. Walken, check out the Fatboy Slim music video "Weapon of Choice".
@@DawnMarieX DOGS OF WAR
Click
You should watch "Heathers" from 1988
Quentin is in the house--- even when he's not in the director's chair.
THAT song, throughout this film, is from Badlands (1973) with Martin Sheen.
Which is also a great watch, and also features a very unconventional romance. Of sorts. One of my fave films in fact - Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek. Undoubtably an influence on True Romance.
I can hardly wait to watch you go down the Tarantino rabbit hole. Don't forget about the movie Four Rooms. One of the rooms was written and directed by Quinton Tarantino. Very good movie.
JACKIE BROWN is the best Tarantino film ever 👏👏👏
Christian Slater was great in Pump Up the Volume, and Young Guns 2. For Patricia Arquette, check out Lost Highway, a David Lynch movie.
And Gleaming The Cube
Definitely a yes for Lost Highway.
Hey Dawn... now you know who Christopher Walken is !
The Deer Hunter - his first showing with Robert de Nero
The King of New York - grimy New York crime drama with Laurence Fishburne, Steve Buscemi, Wesley Snipes and David Caruso
Christian Slater ... 90s action Broken Arrow with John Travolta & Pump Up The Volume - cult 80s about a pirate radio DJ
One of my all time favourite movie, in my top five
Yay!!
@@DawnMarieX same
All movies before 2000 used FILM. thats that AMAZING 80s and 90s look back then. Todaybits shot digital 4k. It looks cheap. All movies today look TOO clean. Ive been saying it for years. Hollywood needs to use a panavision 35mm cameras again
This was written by Quentin Tarantino, but it was directed by Tony Scott and it feels more like a Tony Scott movie than Tarantino. The point being, since you loved this movie so much, you should definitely watch more Tony Scott movies as you might really enjoy them also.
Or she should see more Tarantino scripts directed by other director.
Come on
“Natural Born Killers”!!!
I don't see that you've done Léon: The Professional (1994), and in that case you should. You will get more Gary Oldman. For mote Christian Slater, watch Heathers (1986). I think both will be just right up ypur alley.
Great movie. If you liked the Sicilian mob boss (Christopher Walken), you must try "King of New York" (1990). He is absolutely incredible in that movie, and it's a very similar character, but as a semi-Good Guy. (Not really a Good Guy, but better than all of the other scumbags in the movie.)
You just made best reacter ever
Watch Gary Oldman in Dracula! Best Dracula ever!
Blood pouring out of his eye "Where did you get shot?" Lord
Whenever a RUclipsr reacts to this movie, I feel like they should then have to react to "the Street Fighter" (1974) starring Sonny Chiba.
I was excited to see the movie that you selected. Great reaction, as always. A great movie with Gary Oldham is "Romeo is Bleeding". It's a helluva flick.
DAWN: (reading opening credits) "... who's next? Christopher Walken? I don't know who he is..."
ME: (spits drink all over screen) WHAT?!
15 MINUTES LATER
DAWN: (after watching The Sicilian Scene) "... that may have been the best scene I have ever seen in my life!"
ME: (still wiping up my drink) "THAT'S CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, BABY!"
@CaptainRetroStation It's a definite spit-take moment !! 😆
The Sicilian scene is most definitely a masterclass in acting DAWN should watch Pulp Fiction next as she's getting into the TARANTINO -verse
where she can see Walken in another one of the all time great cameos in the GOLDEN WATCH monologue [for those in the know 😉]
Dawn is just awesome she always livens up my day 😄
CHEERS .
@@harveylee51 Well, lucky Dawn! THIS was her introduction to Christopher Walken! From here… she can pick any movie of his. “King of New York”, “The Deer Hunter”, “The Dead Zone”… doesn’t matter. Dude is a LEGEND. After she’s seen all of his intense performances, then she needs to find out how much cowbell she’s missing in life. 😁
@@CaptainRetroStation Good one mate !😆
He is a legend you listed a few of my faves
Brainstorm is another great one that needs more attention , just as surely as we all need more cowbell !! 😂
Can’t believe she hasn’t done Pulp Fiction yet! Walken’s long pause in the middle of his gold watch dialogue before he says, “……………This watch……was on your father’s wrist…” might be the greatest bit of silence in film history.
I'm assuming you haven't driven an older car. The reason you see people mimic drving like that in older movie is because in older cars the steering was much different than in more recently made cars. I have a 1969 Oldsmobile , & it takes just over 6 full turns to go from all the way right to all the way left, and vice versa. Newer cars do the same in about half that. So what that means is that driving an older car down the road, you have to constantly adjust it back and forth to keep it going in a straight line. For another example, to make a turn in an older car, you might have to turn the wheel almost 3 full turns, where with a newer car it might only take one turn to do the same thing.
Drive for awhile in an older car and then switch right away to a newer one you'll see the difference very quickly. If you're not careful you could easily get in an accident. I hope that clears up for you why they do that.
Best reaction to this movie EVER.
I think you're the first reaction that got the Sicilian scene immediately. What can i say to get killed quickly? You'll get filled in on other nuances of the film by the comments. Great reaction, thank you.
I don't know much about the pain from a bullet, so aside from the penetration of ones skin, or even the shrapnel dispersing inside oneself (if that is the type of bullet used vs it stays intact), what did make me understand a bit about what actors are portraying in that moment that did convince me to not look into it any more than I could have, lol, is this... the temperature of a fired bullet can be up to 500°F. So it's not so much a hot potato that bounces between your hands before you throw it away that you feel, it's a hot nugget lodged inside of you that you can't get rid of and is searing the flesh it's in contact with.
Wee bit of trivia:
In the original script (also filmed), Clarence dies in the shootout, and Alabama takes up crime. In the original script for Reservoir Dogs, Mr. White reveals, in his flashback scene, that he is partnered up with her. I've seen a lot of reactors ask if Walken is Blue Lou. Nope. Blue Lou is Samuel L Jackson. Walken played Vincenzo Coccotti. Anyway, pure brill as always, Dawn, cheers!
Also, in the Tarantino-verse, the director Donowitz is the grandson of Donnie "The Bear Jew" Donowitz. (Inglorious Basterds)
@@richardrobbins387 True, and of course Vic and Vincent Vega being brothers (and, aoccording to Vincent in the script, cousins of Suzanne Vega, but "not that Suzanne Vega"). And the relationship between Jack Scagnetti in Natural Born Killers and Mr. Blonde's parole officer, Seymour Scagnetti.
If you like this type of romance you should watch Natural Born Killers.
Your hopes for what type of film this will and will not be are the exact opposite of Popcorn in bed's🎩
Christian Slater's other 2 best films (besides this one) are Heathers and Pump Up the Volume.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time!! so glad you loved it!!!!
Damn, I was hoping you guys do a first time reaction as well. Awesome you enjoy it though.
My Favourite CS movie is Heathers personally which is definitely worth a watch and Interview with the Vampire
Directed by Ridley Scott's brother Tony Scott, who also directed Top Gun.
Yes Dawn….boys actually talk like that 😆 🤦♂️
Shock 😂
For early Christian Slater, check out Gleaming the Cube, a skateboarding drama, with Tony Hawk in a small role.
Might be time for Dawn to watch Blue Velvet
Second that!!
@@KrazyKat007she already got into Alejandro Jodorowsky, she SHOULD get into Lynch!
Adrenaline in a situation can make you not feel you been shot in certain parts of the body.
the Sicilian scene in true romance (where Denis Hopper is shot). Is taught to film students as an example of a perfect scene in many a film school....its a classic and in my opinion near perfect.
Love you, love your channel and this is a great movie
Thank you so much! ❤
Just two days ago, I saw someone reacting to True Romance, and I thought I'd love for Dawn Marie to watch this one. One day later, there it is. Lol. True Romance is one of my personal favorites. I own a couple thousand movies, and the Arrow Video release with a book, poster, cards, and tons of special features is one of my favorite movies in my collection.
I also own a couple thousand movies and I also saw a very disappointing reaction of this movie two days ago...and as soon as I saw that Dawn had just done True Romance, I knew this would be a great match. So yeah, totally know where you are coming from, man. It has been one of my favorites for about 20 years now.
@@Chillguy99 Dawn also seemed to enjoy Dennis Hopper. I just got the DVD of The Last Days of Frankie the Fly. It's been a long time since I've seen it, and I only saw it once. I'm getting ready to watch it again. I remember loving it in the 90s. I don't know if it's one Dawn might like, but after watching bits of that scene with him and Walken, I thought now would be a good time to have another look at it.
I got stabbed, didn't realise till a couple mins later..
Best distillation of Tarantino's sensibilities. Tony Scott did a better job than Tarantino would've....more linear, less pretentious and self-indulgent.
Tarantino wrote the original script as a fragmented non linear narrative like Dogs and Fiction.
Tarantino’s writing partner on Pulp Fiction, Roger Avery, was actually brought in to straighten out the script into a linear narrative.
I loved Gary Oldman in this enough that I called my dog Drexl. I bloody love this movie
That’s a great name for a dog!
Christopher Walken - I don't know who that is! HOLY SHITBALLS ON A STICK!!! Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, The Dead Zone, The Deer Hunter, Suicide Kings, Seven Psycopaths, Click (Adam Sandler movie, you know who he is, don't you?), Pulp Fiction, The King of New York (a must=see, Dawn, a must-see!) and a shitton of others. I don't know who he is. AAAAAAUUUUUUUUGH! The man who beat the living crap out of Alabama was 'Tony Soprano' the great James Gandolfini. Another series you should definitely watch. The Sopranos.
The soundtrack is a reference to the 70s film Badlands. It has some similar themes and an almost identical soundtrack. Terence Malick is arguably the genius who put that music to images that seem disconnected but actually work beautifully.
But the images in True Romance are way more extreme and violent than in Badlands.
But yes, the principle remains true.
Whenever you hear the word love from now on you'll think of that tune. 😂
You're so cool.
You are!
Check out Patricia Arquette in Stigmata.
One of my all time favorite films!!! So happy you’re reacting to it! Couldn’t click on this fast enough!!
Finally, we've been waiting forever for this movie to be on your channel because we knew you would be blown away by it.
I know you like to know some interesting things about these movies, so here's a few fun facts for you.
1. The director is Tony Scott, the brother of the legendary director Ridley Scott.
2. The part of Alabama was originally supposed to be played by Joan Cusack ( John Cusack's sister ), and then bounced over to Drew Barrymore, but eventually was given to Patricia Arquette. ( Sister in law of Countney Cox from FRIENDS )
3. The opening scene in the theater finished with a theater usher walking down the aisle with a guard dog yelling at the customers to leave. The usher was played by Jack Black. But in the final edit the scene was left out of the movie because of time constraints.
4. The mere mention of Elvis Presley was the only concession allowed by the Presley family estate. The producers were served a cease and desist order by Presley attorneys, not to use any of his actual music or his likeness. This is why you never actually see Elvis's face in any of the scenes where Christian Slater is talking to Val Kilmer in the bathroom. The idea that he's talking to Elvis's ghost is simply implied there.
5. Some of the props that Gary Oldman used to bring Drexel's look together were actually the props he used on Brahm Stoker's Dracula. Namely, the fake colored contacts in his eye. The dreadlocks were created by the same costume designer who made his wigs that he used on Dracula too.
6. Originally, he wrote True Romance in 1984, and filmed it and starred in the role of Clarence. The original version was titled " My Best Friend's Birthday".
7. True Romance was supposed to be Tarantino s directorial debut movie, but he sold the script to Tony Scott and he focused on Reservoir Dogs instead.
8. The idea you spoke about on this video reaction about how you thought maybe the whole story was a dream that Clarence had or a hallucination was actually a real idea that Tarantino had for this movie. But he felt the script was much too long to fit in one movie. So he split it in two parts ( kinda like how split Kill Bill in two parts ) and instead he used the crazy violent dream concept for another script he wrote, and sold it to Oliver Stone. You might have seen that movie, it's called Natural Born Killers. Tarantino absolutely hated the changes that Stone made to the script, so he completely disowned any connections to that movie. Seriously, to this day, interviewers are prewarmed NOT to ask him about it. ,
9. Val Kilmer desperately tried to get Tony Scott to cast him in the lead role of Clarence. But rumors have it that he had issues with Kilmer when they worked together on Top Gun, and he was turned away from the lead and it was given to Slater instead.
10. The movie is a cult favorite movie lovers and critics despite it being a massive failure financially. After costing $12.6 million to make, it barely earned $12.5 million globally, so in the end it turned a profit of less than a hundred grand.
11. The role of Clarence was originally supposed to be played by the star of Revenge of the Nerds, Robert Caradine.
He turned it down. ( Whatta dumbass 😂 )
12. The original ending had a tragic ending, Clarence died in the shootout and Alabama flees to Cancun, Mexico by herself and is pregnant with Clarence s baby and has to raise him as a widow.
I have many more facts, but that's all I have time for right now. Have a good day! ☺️
"Can you sell it...safely?" Uh. No. Not safely, no.
Tony Scott directed another masterpiece.
Your excitement watching this brought me right back to 1993, seeing this after class with a buddy on opening day. We all immediately agreed that Hopper/walked secede was the greatest thing ever. Still amazing 31 years later.
Should watch Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy.
Dawn Marie sees Chris Penn: "There's Nice Guy Eddie!" ❤❤❤
Dawn watching you watch one of the greatest films of all time & appreciate the best parts of it was the best part of my YEAR so far!!!!!!! Christopher Walken's "You're a cantaloupe" line was improvised!!! That scene was genius & Gary Oldman was absolutely NEXT LEVEL GOD LIKE!!!!!!! I'm so stoked you loved this, oh & Val Kilmer was Elvis!!!
Brilliant and 100% ditto with every word🎉
@@gnosisevolving RIGHT ON!!! 👍
I gotta wonder how many of us - just plain youtubers who've been subscribed for so long a time - have been recommending/ requesting that you see this forever. Anyway, 'really glad you got to see and enjoy it.
Catch Gary Oldman with Sean Penn STATE OF GRACE (1990)
Oldman's a favorite actor of mine:
Drexl, Winston Churchill, Rosencrantz (from Hamlet), Beethoven, Count Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald, Harry S. Truman, Jack Grimaldi (definately see ROMEO IS BLEEDING (1994) with Lena Olin.
Yeah, Gary Oldman has mad chops.
The audition was for a show called TJ Hooker that starred William Shatner, when he asked about Captain Kirk he meant Shatner.
I just gained a lot of respect for you. That scene where Christopher Walken kills Dennis Hopper is so great, one of the greatest. You picked up on the subtext immediately and properly appreciated it. Kudos to you Dawn Marie.
If you want to see some of the best of these two amazing actors:
"The Deer Hunter" for Christopher Walken
"Blue Velvet" for Dennis Hopper.
Both are disturbing movies though.
13:12 Actually Dawn, it hurts a hell of a lot to punch someone lol. Alot of people dont realize, but boxers wear boxing gloves, not to make the punches softer on your opponent, but to soften the pain on your hand, so you can punch harder and and not injure yourself.
My favorite!!! You will love it I'm sure
You know it 😏
I love this movie and took my dad to see it back in 1993. Can't believe it's been 31 years ago. Excellent performances by the entire cast. Thanks for your reaction. :)
Watch a shorts here, about Gary Oldman figuring out the voice and character for this movie...how he didn't get an Oscar is beyond me!
This script was Tarantino's baby. He worked on it and polished it for years, and then had to sell it to pay the bills. I've always thought it was his best writing.
He sold this script so he could make Reservoir Dogs
what i heard is that he sold it do he could get "Resevoir Dogs" made?
I think that, in Reservoir Dogs, from the "ear scene" to the Coconut song is the best writing ever...in movies, in literature, in anything. I watched it with my dad on vhs back in the nineties. Neither of us said a word until Orange shot Blonde. My dad actually cheered like a sporting event. Anyways...
Brad pitt as the stoner is amazin
Yeah they put it on film in those days.
Im gonna petition the writer to share the 17 secrets of lying to dawn. The way she sat forward when he said it had me rolling. Dawn one way is when someone looks you directly in the eye because they eyes move up to seek true information. When the eyes move down is when they want to be creative.
Cool little bit of trivia for you: those are Sonny Chiba movies that they're watching near the beginning of the film. Tarantino is a huge fan of Sonny Chiba, and the man himself appeared in a supporting role years later in Tarantino's Kill Bill. He has, sadly, since passed. Rest in peace, Sonny.
Great choice, but looking forward for you to get back into Deadwood.
Same!
Best reaction ever 🤣👏🏼👏🏼💕