MISERY (1990) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2020
  • Hope you all enjoy my reaction as I watch Misery for the first time.
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    Original Movie: Misery (1990)
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  • @bmcorrier
    @bmcorrier 3 года назад +701

    “This man’s getting the Royal treatment, better than he would at a hospital.”
    Oh Brandon, you sweet innocent, child

    • @leonisserlis5978
      @leonisserlis5978 3 года назад +9

      Hahaha, oh so true.....

    • @tastaturensohn
      @tastaturensohn 3 года назад +7

      He mean he is ... If were talking 1790's France xD

    • @MFBloosh
      @MFBloosh 3 года назад +8

      @@Gnossiene369 I think he meant sweet summer child.

    • @patronsttroll5712
      @patronsttroll5712 3 года назад

      @@MFBloosh then say that then. That'd actually be funny.

    • @Joy-qw3wm
      @Joy-qw3wm 2 года назад +1

      LOL And everyone under 45 who hasn`t seen this brilliant movie...

  • @Klipse11
    @Klipse11 3 года назад +885

    “I expect there to be twist and turns....”
    Mostly ankles.

    • @Grimfaxe
      @Grimfaxe 3 года назад +7

      Good one!!

    • @BrokenGodEnt
      @BrokenGodEnt 3 года назад +7

      ba dum tss

    • @DeeDerry
      @DeeDerry 3 года назад +3

      OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @stefanconradsson
      @stefanconradsson 3 года назад +2

      Excuse me for laughing out loud. Golden 🍺

    • @belpop
      @belpop 3 года назад +1

      Oh my god you win

  • @weirdguy1495
    @weirdguy1495 3 года назад +851

    Behold, the one Oscar a Stephen King movie has ever gotten: the Best Actress win for Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes.

    • @velcroapple6813
      @velcroapple6813 3 года назад +105

      Shawshank should have won 9!

    • @harrisonmckenzie4905
      @harrisonmckenzie4905 3 года назад +48

      She was superb in this film, well deserved.

    • @LA-fz5qw
      @LA-fz5qw 3 года назад +18

      At least she’s friendly so far...........lol

    • @Vertigotheatre1
      @Vertigotheatre1 3 года назад +48

      Sissy Spacek should have won for Carrie as well.

    • @LA-fz5qw
      @LA-fz5qw 3 года назад +27

      @@Vertigotheatre1And I’ll standby Dee Wallace Stone and Cujo being one of the best performances in a Stephen King movie and it doesn’t get talked about enough

  • @carlosmejido3244
    @carlosmejido3244 3 года назад +103

    I love Kathy Bates’ acceptance speech of her Oscar for the best actress: “I would like to thank the Academy and publicly apologize to Jimmy Caan for the ankles”

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion 3 года назад +128

    Brandon: "He is one lucky guy, getting picked up by her."
    Me: 😐

  • @marennicholson5444
    @marennicholson5444 3 года назад +354

    King wrote this to translate his feelings about his own rabid fans and feeling trapped by a fandom that is impossible to please

    • @nessu1385
      @nessu1385 3 года назад +27

      also addiction (wich he struggled with). She feeds him pills.

    • @lusciousloxx6112
      @lusciousloxx6112 3 года назад +20

      I thought it was about King's struggles with Coca-cola addiction (not the soda). Looking at Annie as a metaphor for addiction and how it won't let you go made a lot of sense to me. All that impassible snow added to the concept

    • @marennicholson5444
      @marennicholson5444 3 года назад +21

      @@nessu1385 it’s a bit of both but King has said that the inspiration came from his fan base’s rejection to his fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon

    • @marennicholson5444
      @marennicholson5444 3 года назад +8

      @@lusciousloxx6112 his struggles with addiction is a metaphor in almost all of his books, however, Misery was also inspired by his fan base’s rejection of his fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon

    • @tynao2029
      @tynao2029 3 года назад +4

      yeh Annie Wilkes was one of the best and original renditions of the "crazy fanboy" or in this case fanwoman

  • @Grimfaxe
    @Grimfaxe 3 года назад +100

    The book is even more gruesome! Also Annie is on to him getting better after she blows him a kiss "catch this" and his reflexes are fast enough to catch it, the whole book is a battle of the minds

    • @tuesdae666
      @tuesdae666 3 года назад +7

      I was seriously sweating when I read it years ago.

    • @Grimfaxe
      @Grimfaxe 3 года назад +6

      @@tuesdae666 for sure! The suspension is unreal

  • @Gildedowlmedia338
    @Gildedowlmedia338 3 года назад +219

    I’ve read the book and in it she’s talking to the author about how there was a hotel nearby that burned down because I guy tried killing his family there . Dropping a not so subtle shining reference

    • @Needler13
      @Needler13 3 года назад +33

      Yup, all of Steven kings books are in the same universe.

    • @Gildedowlmedia338
      @Gildedowlmedia338 3 года назад +12

      @@Needler13 yep did it before it was cool

    • @teresas8173
      @teresas8173 3 года назад +4

      Although was this suppose to have take place in Maine (where SK lives), I think and the Shining was at the Overlook in Colorado?

    • @Gildedowlmedia338
      @Gildedowlmedia338 3 года назад +11

      @@teresas8173 page 211 in my copy “When I told him I had a place in Sidewinder, he said that was a real coincidence. He said HE was going to Sidewinder. He said he’d gotten an assignment from a magazine in New York. He was going to go up to the old hotel and sketch ruins. His pictures were going to be with an article they were doing. It was a famous old hotel called the Overlook. It burned down ten years ago. The caretaker burned it down. He was crazy. Everyone in town said so. But never mind; he’s dead.”

    • @stroud9208
      @stroud9208 3 года назад +5

      Well all things do serve the Beam, so...

  • @hippychikforever
    @hippychikforever 3 года назад +78

    When Kathy Bates won the Oscar for this, she apologized to James Caan for what she did to his legs during her acceptance speech. Love her!

    • @agsmith43
      @agsmith43 3 года назад +4

      A nobody into a star in a year. What a crazy year it must have been for her.

    • @Ivy94F
      @Ivy94F 3 года назад +6

      @@agsmith43 She came out of NOWHERE and everyone adored her instantly. It was like Adele or something, for real. She became one of my favs right off the bat.

    • @agsmith43
      @agsmith43 3 года назад

      @@Ivy94F out of nowhere?? Miss Kathy is asking how you make fried green tomatoes!!

    • @neivebroughton4723
      @neivebroughton4723 3 года назад +1

      @@agsmith43 Fried Green Tomatoes came out after Misery though

    • @iaincowell9747
      @iaincowell9747 Год назад

      @@Ivy94F Isn't that the same for every actor though? Every actor has a breakthrough role.

  • @lloydtxw
    @lloydtxw 3 года назад +233

    Surprisingly, the hobbling scene has been dialed down for the movie. In Stephen Kings novel Annie uses an axe to chop off one of his feet and then cauterizes the stump with a blow torch. It’s pretty gruesome.

    • @hulkslayer626
      @hulkslayer626 3 года назад +23

      ...and don't forget how she dispatched the sheriff 😱

    • @Qshafe
      @Qshafe 3 года назад +56

      Honestly though, I think that what she did is more gruesome for a film. We've seen a thousand films were a limb gets cut off violently. It's rare to see a scene were they break a bone like that. The novelty makes it more visceral.

    • @hulkslayer626
      @hulkslayer626 3 года назад +34

      @@Qshafe yeah... I gotta agree with that. Even though it was the blow torch in the book that was the most brutal part, I gotta admit, seeing her take out his ankles with the sledge made my ankles feel funny in a way I didn't like lmao

    • @Qshafe
      @Qshafe 3 года назад +2

      @@hulkslayer626 It's part of the difference between books and film.

    • @ComandoPadentro
      @ComandoPadentro 3 года назад +2

      @@hulkslayer626 Oh dear lord... THAT scene... *shivers*

  • @victoriamartinez1211
    @victoriamartinez1211 3 года назад +86

    King himself was hit by a van in June of 1999. Broken bones in his right leg and hip, broken ribs, a punctured lung and a head injury... it was severe. Luckily he was not picked up by Annie Wilkes.

    • @van8ryan
      @van8ryan 3 года назад +11

      The guy who hit King also died on King's birthday (largely from drug abuse)

    • @flubbajubb4958
      @flubbajubb4958 3 года назад +3

      Man the fact that King was also addicted to like 8 different drugs in the 90s is the biggest coupled with the other one you just mentioned is the biggest coincidence I’ve ever seen

    • @daffodil852
      @daffodil852 3 года назад

      @@van8ryan I thought he was never found? What’s his name?

    • @marybethgoeggel4658
      @marybethgoeggel4658 3 года назад +1

      Best post-script - Kathy Bates sent him flowers from ‘his number one fan’.

  • @independenceltd.
    @independenceltd. 3 года назад +274

    Another Stephen King adaption starring Kathy Bates is "Dolores Claiborne". Great movie.

    • @nicholaslindsey7087
      @nicholaslindsey7087 3 года назад +16

      Fun fact about that amazing movie. Kathy Bates has stated playing Dolores was her all time favorite performance.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 3 года назад +10

      Save that one for January. Not scary, so October's not really a good fit. November's also pretty festive, as of course is December and Dolores Claiborne is too bittersweet for the Holly Jolly season. January is fresh into the new year, cold and raw, in temperature and attitude. It's perfect for a gray and gold drama like that.

    • @nicholaslindsey7087
      @nicholaslindsey7087 3 года назад +6

      @@joshuagross3151 definitely agree. The subject matter discussed in that movie has too much melancholy attached for a Halloween or happy holiday

    • @paulelroy6650
      @paulelroy6650 3 года назад +14

      I love misery and kathy bates is great but her performance in Dolores Claiborne is next level.

    • @racafritz
      @racafritz 3 года назад +4

      I agree on saving Delores Claiborne for after the holiday season. It’s amazing but, super depressing.

  • @brendanfoehr5086
    @brendanfoehr5086 3 года назад +66

    Paul's literary agent is played by Lauren Bacall, 1940s movie star, sex symbol, and widow of Humphrey Bogart.

  • @kimshapka3558
    @kimshapka3558 3 года назад +145

    Misery came out before Titanic.
    Kathy Bates is an acting goddess.

    • @miloandot
      @miloandot 3 года назад +11

      She was fantastic in The Waterboy

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 3 года назад +8

      @@miloandot lol foozball

    • @Grasfh
      @Grasfh 3 года назад +4

      @@miloandot Foozball? why would you want to play foozball?

    • @aaronshouting588
      @aaronshouting588 2 года назад +1

      Watch Dolores Claiborne… that movie is Bates’ best role to date!!

    • @iaincowell9747
      @iaincowell9747 Год назад

      @@Grasfh Because it's fun, duh.

  • @Sub2GigaChad
    @Sub2GigaChad 3 года назад +46

    The hobbling scene is an iconic part of movie history. Terrifying portrayal by Cathy Bates. So believable, it can only be achieved by a world class actor.

    • @oakraidergrl4lif
      @oakraidergrl4lif 3 года назад

      I still look away at that scene. 😳

    • @flubbajubb4958
      @flubbajubb4958 3 года назад +6

      You think that’s bad? In the book she just cuts off his foot and then cauterizes it with a blowtorch and then she cuts off his thumb later

  • @K5to9X
    @K5to9X 3 года назад +173

    This movie horrified me as a kid and still totally does. This could happen to anyone and that terrifies me, moreso than any ghost or paranormal story. I highly recommend the book, as well. It is much more graphic than I anticipated xD

    • @Gildedowlmedia338
      @Gildedowlmedia338 3 года назад +8

      Same. Ghosts and zombies can’t get my scared but a psychotic person that can kidnap someone scares me to death

    • @CoutureThug
      @CoutureThug 3 года назад +1

      @@Gildedowlmedia338 exactly bro, I laugh during most scary movies but this one and silence of the lambs put me on edge when I first saw them

    • @Gildedowlmedia338
      @Gildedowlmedia338 3 года назад +1

      @@CoutureThug yeah a good example of this for me would be The Strangers. In that the reason the killers give for what they did was “ just because you were home” and that scares the hell out of me.

    • @WisteriaDrake
      @WisteriaDrake 2 года назад

      Stephen King has a lot of spooky supernatural stories, but his most intense and terrifying are the ones that have a grim basis in reality. Misery and Cujo are about a rabid fan and a rabid dog, either of which can strike at any time.
      As a kid, I would reassure myself that monsters didn't exist. I didn't have to worry about Freddy Krueger haunting my dreams because I didn't like on Elm Street. Dracula only stalked London and Transylvania. Annie Wilkes and Cujo were just a seemingly normal nurse and a formerly happy dog. The thought that a rabid bat could turn a household pet into a killing machine made my blood chill every time I saw a dog for at least a week.

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 Год назад

      This a celebrity’s worst nightmare

  • @katwebbxo
    @katwebbxo 3 года назад +14

    Kathy Bates is a queen. My first experiences seeing her act were in Titanic, Misery, and Annie. So that already showed me how much range she had. Everything I've seen her in since only proves it further. 💖

  • @cheddarbrown
    @cheddarbrown 3 года назад +48

    Not sure if you’ve said but James Caan also plays Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.

  • @davidmeir9348
    @davidmeir9348 3 года назад +31

    She won the best actress oscar in 1991 for this role.
    A year later Anthony Hopkins won the best actor oscar for the 1991 movie The silence of the lambs.
    The person who gave him the award was Kathy Bates.
    So you had on the same stage, Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter.
    It was pretty awesome.

    • @gregall2178
      @gregall2178 3 года назад

      *edit*
      oops... wrong actor :-D ....nevermind :-p

  • @debbieaguilar5498
    @debbieaguilar5498 3 года назад +40

    “She’s friendly...” and my eyes opened huge and took a side 😂

  • @itubeutubewealltube1
    @itubeutubewealltube1 3 года назад +55

    Kathy Bates was also in Steven Kings' "Delores Claiborn" Great underrated movie that came out after Shawshank . She did a great job in that one as well.

    • @jimwoodman8158
      @jimwoodman8158 3 года назад +4

      100% right. She carried that movie

    • @1nelsondj
      @1nelsondj 3 года назад

      And it has Jennifer Jason Leigh, one of my favorite actresses. Playing her character as a girl is Ellen Muth who went on to star in the great Showtime series "Dead Like Me".

    • @lornemalvo1661
      @lornemalvo1661 3 года назад

      Delores claiborn ? i lord hard at that typo

  • @Wolf21973
    @Wolf21973 3 года назад +89

    Kathy Bates - Fried Green Tomatoes. That movie rips my heart out in a good way. It's also a movie I have yet to see anyone on RUclips react to. ;)

    • @Grimfaxe
      @Grimfaxe 3 года назад +9

      That is one excellent movie! Love Idgie so much

    • @nicholaslindsey7087
      @nicholaslindsey7087 3 года назад +14

      Dude Fried Green Tomatoes is a forgotten gem of a movie!!!

    • @b.victoradams9346
      @b.victoradams9346 3 года назад +5

      I can visualize a certain parking lot scene and giggle my behind off.

    • @GiveMeYourNachosButthead
      @GiveMeYourNachosButthead 3 года назад

      "Budddyyyyyyy!"

    • @EiriUesugiKun
      @EiriUesugiKun 3 года назад +1

      I had totally forgot about Fried Green Tomatoes! Thank you! That is such a great movie. I still have it on a VHS somewhere.. xD

  • @DreamfactoryZero
    @DreamfactoryZero 3 года назад +83

    Fun Fact: Stephen King said that Annie Wilkes represents drug addiction. Drugs were his number one fan and had control over him.

    • @insomniacspillowfortarmy5776
      @insomniacspillowfortarmy5776 3 года назад +3

      So her personality like drugs can be really bad and nasty like a bad trip or really great and mellow. Or is how people can be when on drugs being nice and such or horrible and cruel even to loved ones and own kids especially when they are bad wanting their next fix

    • @johnnyjohnny6174
      @johnnyjohnny6174 3 года назад +4

      Wow. That fact was so much fun.

    • @DreamfactoryZero
      @DreamfactoryZero 3 года назад

      @@johnnyjohnny6174 Never stop learning my friend!

    • @BrokenGodEnt
      @BrokenGodEnt 3 года назад +2

      @@johnnyjohnny6174 So much fun that I see no point in continuing to live anymore! Nothing can be as fun as that fact! Why continue to go on in this world!

    • @johnnyjohnny6174
      @johnnyjohnny6174 3 года назад

      @@DreamfactoryZero Oh ok, I won't.

  • @chevand8
    @chevand8 3 года назад +92

    I feel like this is a movie that has only grown in relevance in the three decades since it was released. The core theme of the story, after all, is toxic fandom-- which wasn't even really a phrase that people used yet in 1990. It's always sort of existed in one form or another-- those fans of particular artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, or intellectual properties who are so rabid and zealous in their interest that it pushes them into sociopathic behavior patterns. Patterns that include possessiveness, and insisting that you know a franchise better than the artists who created it, and demanding that those creators should only take their work in directions that make *you* happy. This movie is *all* about the tension between creatives who are driven to experiment and broaden their own horizons, and those consumers who get a sense of entitlement about what the artists "owe" them and expect the same things over and over again.

    • @joseacevedo8314
      @joseacevedo8314 3 года назад +2

      I think you have that backwards, it's not rabid fandom that causes the behavior, it's mental illness that allows rabid fandom to become much more dangerous in those particular people.

    • @rabid_si
      @rabid_si 3 года назад +6

      @@joseacevedo8314 That's not it at all.
      On the level that someone might do something as crazy as this movie, yes. It takes a pretty sick individual to literally maim and/or murder someone.
      But on more contained levels, the people who think they have some share of ownership lie much more in the realm of being selfish and/or just assholes, not mentally ill. If they actually stopped to think, they know what they are doing is wrong, they just care more about themselves than others.

    • @criticalhit69
      @criticalhit69 3 года назад +3

      I mean, Steven King admitted to years later that this book was about his addictions. Annie represented what drugs and alcohol did to his body. I think you're somewhat right and your interpretation is fine, but that's at least what Steven King had to say about why he wrote the book.

    • @darcyauguste281
      @darcyauguste281 3 года назад

      *Obssession*

    • @jadeandjesse5908
      @jadeandjesse5908 3 года назад

      @@criticalhit69 well he has also noted it was the novel published right after "Eyes of The Dragon", a fantasy novel he wrote, and got a lot of backlash from fans for it not being a horror novel. Both those concepts were likely the birth of Misery.

  • @Overlord0011
    @Overlord0011 3 года назад +85

    "It doesn't look like he'll be able to walk for ages"
    Well, he's not wrong.

  • @TR-cy5fg
    @TR-cy5fg 3 года назад +111

    Stand by Me should be your next Stephen King movie.

    • @KabukiKid
      @KabukiKid 3 года назад +5

      Excellent adaptation... also directed by Rob Reiner.

    • @randall-king
      @randall-king 3 года назад

      Yes!!

    • @stefanconradsson
      @stefanconradsson 3 года назад +3

      Such a beautiful movie .. I adore it.

    • @Annie-sq4hg
      @Annie-sq4hg 3 года назад +3

      Yes! One of my favorite movies and books

    • @sprayarm
      @sprayarm 3 года назад

      YES!!!!

  • @ludovicofabris5819
    @ludovicofabris5819 3 года назад +9

    The book editor is Laureen Bacall, arguably one of the most beautiful and talented actresses ever

  • @rogerfurlong1535
    @rogerfurlong1535 3 года назад +36

    Kathy Bates is one hell of a talented actress.

  • @van8ryan
    @van8ryan 3 года назад +4

    The sheriff was played by Richard Farnsworth, whom also earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in David Lynch's THE STRAIGHT STORY (although he sadly took his own life the next year as he was literally dying of terminal cancer)

    • @gregall2178
      @gregall2178 3 года назад

      He was great in "The Natural"... also enjoyed him in "Into The Night".

  • @Edninety
    @Edninety 3 года назад +32

    Bruh, I smiled through the whole video because I'd never would've imagined you to react to this, what a welcome surprise. I watched it on TV a couple (well atleast 10) years ago thinking "oh well it's just another Stephen King movie", damn was I wrong, what a great movie and astonishing acting from Kathy Bates. Your (patreon) followers know what's good!

  • @traceyreid4585
    @traceyreid4585 3 года назад +8

    As crazy as Annie Wilkes is... Kathy Bates voice is so beautiful when she is playing the nice side of the Annie character. Great first time reaction to a Stephen King classic. Also I think James Caan's acting here is kinda underrated

  • @bonnieashwill1455
    @bonnieashwill1455 3 года назад +9

    I love Richard Farnsworth (the sheriff). He was a stuntman in his younger years.

  • @roddo1955
    @roddo1955 3 года назад +3

    I love when Kathy Bates' right eye starts wandering. She does it on purpose to look crazier.
    And the way Annie says 'Dom Perignon'. It shows how Annie knows everything in theory about Paul Sheldon, but nothing about real life.

  • @chelseat177
    @chelseat177 3 года назад +15

    At 15:14 when the bobby-pin is on the floor, “What’s the significance of that? Is he gonna pick it up and do something with it? It’s not like he’s handcuffed or anything that he needs to pick.....” *shocked pikachu face* 😲😂 love your reactions! And the shot where the camera pans real weird when the sheriff is on the side of the road “What’s that camera angle? What’s that....😯” Lmao love how so many of these things are unexpected, I love seeing people figure things out, I wish I could watch this movie for the first time all over again. Love your channel!

  • @ladaddy19
    @ladaddy19 3 года назад +49

    Stephen King's Silver Bullet is a classic 80's Halloween flick.

    • @reedharrington6954
      @reedharrington6954 3 года назад +3

      Im surprised I haven’t heard more ppl talk abt it I saw it around 5 years ago and enjoyed it

    • @zparkplug2788
      @zparkplug2788 3 года назад +3

      yesss! lol i still tease my husband bc he looks like the priest in that movie

    • @k.delpino1124
      @k.delpino1124 3 года назад +2

      It just turned 35 years old.
      RIP Corey Haim🕯

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 3 года назад +2

      I was just a kid when I saw this. I remember my parents warning us. Thry were going to watch it and we wanted in. They gave us a choice: not watch it and go to our rooms but get to stay up late or, watching it and then straight to bed and lights out when the movie ends. We chose the latter. Worth it.

    • @royhill9298
      @royhill9298 2 года назад

      Love that movie

  • @___withAJ
    @___withAJ 3 года назад +10

    The realization on his face with the bobby-pin.

  • @envowedsyntropist2555
    @envowedsyntropist2555 3 года назад +24

    Writers are often the protagonists or at least major characters in King’s work. In his book “On Writing,” he advises that one stick to writing about what they know to keep the characters and stories realistic. He knows writers 😁.

    • @broadsword6650
      @broadsword6650 3 года назад

      Given that King’s work often pivots around events that are totally unrealistic, it’s a good job he didn’t take his own advice as gospel.

    • @envowedsyntropist2555
      @envowedsyntropist2555 3 года назад +1

      @@broadsword6650 I would argue that he does. If you are going to write stories of a fantastic nature, its seems imperative to put realistic characters in those situations to retain some degree of relatability for the reader.

    • @broadsword6650
      @broadsword6650 3 года назад

      Sure, but he doesn’t “stick to writing about what he knows”. He has often used it as a base, but then so do most authors.

    • @envowedsyntropist2555
      @envowedsyntropist2555 3 года назад

      @@broadsword6650 Sure dude. That would be the original point made. I’m not then gonna go outta my way to articulate every way in which he deviates in a simple RUclips comment. The comment was strictly to reveal why he uses writers most of the time. Thanks for your additional contributions to that point. 👍

    • @broadsword6650
      @broadsword6650 3 года назад

      @@envowedsyntropist2555 I agree with your point, but the advice for writers to “stick to what you know” (which is hardly original to King) is pretty useless, in my opinion. People don’t go to his books to read about the daily lives of writers, or any other “normal” concepts. That is the least interesting aspect of his writing. Maybe he uses writers because that’s a lifestyle he understands, but no one has ever read a King story and thought “the one thing I didn’t believe was that professional life of the main character”. 😄

  • @Adamgarv
    @Adamgarv 3 года назад +10

    I knew you were going to love this movie. Kathey Bates 100% deserves the Oscar for this movie.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 3 года назад +49

    William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, and Warren Beatty were considered for the lead before James Caan was cast.

    • @leslie2149
      @leslie2149 3 года назад +2

      Most of them didn't want the role because of spending most of the time in bed.

    • @ligmaballz3584
      @ligmaballz3584 3 года назад

      Pacino or Hoffman would have been good

    • @schnubbel76
      @schnubbel76 3 года назад +7

      Glad James Caan got it, he is amazing in this role

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 3 года назад

      @@leslie2149 lol what?

    • @newspooiechannel
      @newspooiechannel 3 года назад +7

      @@el34glo59 They turned it down because they were insecure about a male actor spending the majority of the film in a bed and being at the mercy of a female actor for the entire film. Warren Beatty was the only other actor they asked that was legitimately interested in making it, but was caught up with production of 'Dick Tracy' at the time.

  • @King-Omega-
    @King-Omega- 3 года назад +13

    This is a really interesting one. I watched this on VHS back in the year 2000 when I was 12 years old, and I thought Cathy Bates was absolutely terrifying lol.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 3 года назад +12

    Kathy Bates deserved the Oscar for her role in this movie. She would later star in the hit anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY.

    • @johnfriday5169
      @johnfriday5169 3 года назад +3

      Love her in AHS, especially Coven.

  • @jessbelen1492
    @jessbelen1492 3 года назад +34

    I love this movie, Im a big Stephen King fan but Kathy made this movie for me.
    Edit: another SK amazing adaptation is Carrie directed by Brian De Palma

    • @007wars6
      @007wars6 3 года назад +1

      Carrie is FANTASTIC

    • @KabukiKid
      @KabukiKid 3 года назад

      Don't leave out The Dead Zone. That is one of my favorite adaptions of a King novel. Plus... I always adore Christopher Walken. :-)

    • @jessbelen1492
      @jessbelen1492 3 года назад

      @@KabukiKid yes, I love Christopher Walken too. Im just biased because Carrie was my first SK book and I find it the prom scene amazingly done, when I think of fear that scene comes in my mind immediately.

    • @tuesdae666
      @tuesdae666 3 года назад

      Also firestarter.

  • @Kotten84
    @Kotten84 3 года назад +8

    That "ankle" scene man, jesus effing christ. I've seen so many movies with gore, gruesome deaths etc. but that scene left a scar.

    • @flubbajubb4958
      @flubbajubb4958 3 года назад +1

      You think that’s bad? In the book, she cuts off his thumb, then cuts off his ankle and cauterized it with a blowtorch

  • @MrZomBie775
    @MrZomBie775 3 года назад +10

    Even though alot of Stephen King's work seems tailored specifically to his worst fears, his stories still hit a nerve that is incredibly relatable and horrific. You can easily imagine yourself stuck in the exact same position as his main characters.

  • @nickmattio3397
    @nickmattio3397 3 года назад +5

    (Moonlight Sonata Starts Playing) “I Know You’ve Been Out Of Your Room Paul

  • @shaunbailey9272
    @shaunbailey9272 3 года назад +15

    Kathy Bates is awesome. she starred in another Stephen king adaptation called Dolores Claiborne. its one of my fav movies, i think you'll love it.

  • @jadeandjesse5908
    @jadeandjesse5908 3 года назад +4

    I love that Annie intentionally opens the door before Buster can knock so she can pretend to be startled, that way he wouldn't question why she was out of breath.

  • @KBH27
    @KBH27 3 года назад +9

    Rob Reiner also directed Stand By Me, which is another Stephen King adaptation. A great classic!

  • @clairefutrell5089
    @clairefutrell5089 3 года назад +4

    Your eyes when Annie said, “God, I love you” after hobbling him O.O

  • @carlosfro9770
    @carlosfro9770 Год назад +2

    Kathy Bates is insane as Annie Wilkes. Absolutely total legend of an Actress

  • @benbooth2783
    @benbooth2783 3 года назад +7

    "This is one lucky guy to be picked up by her.."
    Yeah, about that.

  • @johnnyjohnny6174
    @johnnyjohnny6174 3 года назад +10

    Stand By Me is a great King adaption.

  • @wwfix3224
    @wwfix3224 3 года назад +40

    Please watch The Departed and Casino, both Martin Scorsese movies.
    Also, if you like reading, the book is ten times better. More gruesome and more crazy.
    Also, King wrote this book after getting crazy hate mail about writing fantasy instead of horror.

  • @Kronical69420
    @Kronical69420 3 года назад +11

    Brandon - "This man is gonna be the hero"
    Me - Laughs in shotgun

  • @SuperShayan4
    @SuperShayan4 3 года назад +3

    Slams ream of paper on lap
    Brandon - "Geez Annie is brutal!".
    Aww man 😂

  • @JJDBaca
    @JJDBaca 3 года назад +5

    11:04: It's at this point where young Brandon dipped his little toes in the freezing waters of the 'Oh Just You Wait and Sea'.

  • @filegrabber1
    @filegrabber1 3 года назад +5

    Another great Stephen King adaptation: Christine by John Carpenter. Very 80's and just great :)

  • @poeslanding
    @poeslanding 2 года назад +1

    That groan you made when she broke his ankle was the same groan that everyone in the theater made at the same time when I went to see it in the theater. Great movie

  • @m.s.5370
    @m.s.5370 3 года назад +1

    What gets me about this movie is the crushing, suffocating hopelessness. He tries time and time again to get away from her and until the end his plans always fail or come back to bite him later. That, combined with the acting and writing make for an absolutely unforgettable masterpiece.

  • @danielallen3454
    @danielallen3454 3 года назад +3

    I love James Caan's delivery on that last line. You can tell that he's trying to be polite, but he really just wants to puke at hearing that phrase again.

  • @wubranch1
    @wubranch1 3 года назад +4

    “You murdered my misery!” Haunting

  • @BMetcalf82
    @BMetcalf82 2 года назад +1

    He also scuffed the door jamb with his wheelchair. Annie noticed every detail of his attempted escape from that room.

  • @ElectroTherapyFTSoul
    @ElectroTherapyFTSoul 3 года назад +1

    I just found your channel a few days ago. What I love is how your attention to and appreciation for acting, cinematography, music, and overall filmmaking is more than just "that was good." You look for intentions behind the angles, movements, cuts, and sound choices, and I really like that.

  • @haleydubas2119
    @haleydubas2119 3 года назад +15

    Not spooky, but watch Fried Green Tomatoes for more amazing Kathy Bates!

  • @thefatman2780
    @thefatman2780 3 года назад +4

    THE HOBBLING SCENE IS ICONIC. STRAIGHT UP CLASSIC HERE. BRAVO

  • @LucaDGropius
    @LucaDGropius 3 года назад +1

    When Annie drops the wine, the scene before seems to imply that she saw by the lock when Paul putted the medicine in the wine

  • @RandomClips1337
    @RandomClips1337 3 года назад +1

    Been binging a lot of your videos lately. I love the reactions as they seem genuine and it gives me a reason to watch the films/series again. Keep up the good work!

  • @jerrievans6919
    @jerrievans6919 3 года назад +3

    Just popped up and I hit it immediately!! Can’t wait to see your reaction!!

  • @cayanne3420
    @cayanne3420 3 года назад +6

    This is my favorite Stephen King adaptation.

  • @wyattjohnson3714
    @wyattjohnson3714 3 года назад +1

    YESSS OMG YOURE WATCHING MISERY?!?! I love this movie so so so so so so much. It’s so underrated and amazing I love this, thank you for reacting to this!!

  • @taylorcoley6329
    @taylorcoley6329 3 года назад +2

    I feel like Kathy Bates' full acting power was on display in The Waterboy. Truly a captivating performance by her.

  • @AdrianFabrizio
    @AdrianFabrizio 3 года назад +7

    Hello, Brandon. I've been enjoying revisiting some of my favorite classics with you this month. Really like your reactions and commentary.
    Since it's the spooky season of the year I recommend you to add to your watchlist the "Apocalypse Trilogy," made up of by three horror classics:
    - "The Thing,"
    - "Prince of Darkness" and
    - "In the Mouth of Madness."
    Anyhow, I'm really excited of whats coming. Keep on the good content, my man.

  • @Flip4910
    @Flip4910 3 года назад +3

    That leg breaking scene is so insane I couldn't imagine how fricking painful that would be!!!!!! Yeah this is a great movie, I knew you'd like this one for sure. Stephen King books that get made into movies that are good which is almost all of them are just so great. Kathy Bates was absolutely amazing, say what you want about her she is a brilliant actress there's no doubting that.

  • @Trademarc1977
    @Trademarc1977 3 года назад +2

    Great reaction video, Brandon! I always wondered what would have happened if Paul had responded to Annie's meltdown with something along the lines of, "Misery sales went down a notch, so my publisher asked me to end this book on a fake-out. I already finished the next installment -- as soon as I've approved of the editor's polish, it will get a release date."

  • @captaincell
    @captaincell 3 года назад +1

    The way S.K writes makes it very easy to picture the story in your head. Stephen Kings words are like a thousand pictures.

  • @msmrsro
    @msmrsro 3 года назад +3

    If I remember correctly, this was Kathy Bates’ first starring movie role. She was mostly a Broadway actress prior.

  • @Andrew_Thannen
    @Andrew_Thannen 3 года назад +67

    The book is a lot more horrifying and gruesome. Instead of just breaking his ankles, she cuts off one of his feet with an ax. Also, Stephen King's original idea for the ending had Annie eventually killing Paul and feeding him to her pig.

    • @diamonddarrell100
      @diamonddarrell100 3 года назад +2

      @iostboy yea thats a big spoiler haha

    • @cullenbohannon1408
      @cullenbohannon1408 3 года назад +12

      Its been out for years this spoiler thing is ridiculous calm down weirdos! We cant talk about it or we'll hurt someone's feelings. Screw you!

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer 3 года назад +9

      @@cullenbohannon1408 What kind of excuse is that? Count of Monte Cristo has been out for years as well, is that an excuse to tell others who haven't read it story details?

    • @diamonddarrell100
      @diamonddarrell100 3 года назад

      ​@@cullenbohannon1408 dude its a book if you want to know about it, read it, there's a lot good twists different from the movie and casually they always choose that specific moment to comment on lol

    • @BrokenGodEnt
      @BrokenGodEnt 3 года назад +6

      @@cullenbohannon1408 Spoiling 20 year old movies is fine imo, but books are a different story. It takes 2 hours to watch most movies. It takes me a little over an hour to read 100 pages. If a book is 500 pages it'll probably take me 6 1/2 hours to read in total. And that's if I'm reading pretty fast. If I'm invested in a book and taking it slow it'll probably take me at least 10 hours to read a 500 page book. And idk about you, but I don't have 6 1/2 free hours in a day let alone 10 hours to just sit down and read. So I think it's somewhat reasonable to at least give a spoiler warning for books.

  • @alijohnson
    @alijohnson 3 года назад +1

    Funniest line .. ohh she saved him. He such a lucky guy . Lmao ... ohhh everything after that is just down hill for that dude . This is one of Steven kings greatest stories

  • @TheHighSorcerer
    @TheHighSorcerer 3 года назад +1

    Kathy Bates has such spectacular range. She does a wonderful job in this movie, but she kills it in The Waterboy, too, in a completely comedy role. Even her bit parts, like in Rat Race and Around the World in 80 Days, she gives it the full effort and she's great.

  • @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman
    @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman 3 года назад +8

    Annie is even more messed up in the book if I remember correctly... The hobbling isn't actually in the book... Here she cuts of his thumb and puts it in a cake as kind of a candle and she also saws or hacks off one of his feet instead of breaking his ankles with that hammer... I don't know what I would choose... Broken ankles or one healthy foot and one missing foot

    • @EmilyDickmesome
      @EmilyDickmesome 3 года назад

      It also depends on the injury I guess, but broken bones are right there with giving birth on the pain level, so basically one of the most excrutiating pains one can experience. Although wound cauterization by fire sounds horrible, I think at the moment your foot is hacked you get at the point where you can't even feel any more pain. Honestly any pain that would make you lose consciousness is bad, lol.

    • @flubbajubb4958
      @flubbajubb4958 3 года назад

      I’d go with broken ankles

  • @YODAJJ
    @YODAJJ 3 года назад +6

    Believe it or not my high school teacher played this for us in class back in the late 90s 🤘

    • @Grnademaster
      @Grnademaster 3 года назад

      We watched "The Rock" on the final two days of Algebra 2 class - sophomore year in high school, 1998. When we were about 3/4ths through the movie, our algebra teacher said, "I don't remember THAT much language in this movie." The whole class laughed in unison. Oh yeah, we knew.

  • @tonyl6520
    @tonyl6520 3 года назад +1

    I don't think there has been a video i haven't hit the thumbs up button for on this channel.. great content Brandon!!!

  • @drjekyll82
    @drjekyll82 3 года назад

    I saw the thumbnail of your video and gasped and never clicked so fast. I knew you were in for a ride with this film.

  • @ploppill34
    @ploppill34 3 года назад +7

    Richard Farnsworth played the police officer. His last film was called the straight story directed by David lynch a G rated Disney film. If you react to that I will become a patron

    • @jessikat56
      @jessikat56 3 года назад +3

      Ive always loved him, because I was obsessed with the Green Gables movies :)

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 3 года назад +1

      We had the Straight Story on at the little one screen cinema I used to work at for many months. I watched it many times.

  • @iergosum
    @iergosum 3 года назад +9

    Brandon, you’re not wrong about Stephen King and author main characters. There’s a ton. Another movie that was made with one is Secret Window- also a good movie

  • @claudettesmith8328
    @claudettesmith8328 3 года назад +1

    This performance is why Kathy Bates won an Oscar for this movie.

  • @leslie2149
    @leslie2149 3 года назад +1

    Oh God, such a good movie! Kathy Bates is amazing in this role. I don't think anyone could hear the phrase, "I'm your number one fan" after this and not flinch just a little bit. I can't watch the hobbling scene without turning away to this day. And the way she says she loves him after she does this...Ugh! Totally creeps me out!
    I was sad when she killed the sheriff. I really liked that character. Great movie and great reaction!

  • @Kap00rwith2os
    @Kap00rwith2os 3 года назад +3

    Kathy Bates won Best Actress at the Academy Awards for this role, and deservedly so. This was definitely one of the best Stephen King adaptations out there (there were quite a few bad ones too lol).
    What's scarier is my ex was just like Annie Wilkes, what with the sudden outbursts of rage out of nowhere... At the time I had flashbacks of this movie and EVENTUALLY got out of that relationship before she hobbled my legs too 😂 😂 😱

  • @LennyCash777
    @LennyCash777 3 года назад +18

    Good one.
    Brandon, have you ever seen any of *George A. Romero's* zombie films? As a huge zombie horror fan, I would thoroughly enjoy seeing your reactions and commentary to his work. As well as the 1990 remake to his very first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead, which I think is one of the greatest remakes ever made. 👍

    • @BrandonLikesMovies
      @BrandonLikesMovies  3 года назад +9

      I havent but I'd like to!

    • @theassclown5438
      @theassclown5438 3 года назад +4

      The 90s remake of night of the living dead was the best zombie movie I have ever seen.

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 3 года назад +1

      @@BrandonLikesMovies
      If you are gonna react to them do these:
      Night of the Living Dead (1968)
      Dawn of the Dead (1978)
      Day of the Dead (1985)
      Night of the Living Dead (1990)
      And ignore all of the other sequels and remakes.

    • @rdramos13
      @rdramos13 3 года назад +1

      Not to mention he created the zombie genre. A fun fact, as a way to make money for his films, he filmed documentaries for the NFL during the 70's. He even had several Pittsburg Steelers players play zombies in his movies.

    • @rustincohle2135
      @rustincohle2135 3 года назад +1

      @@BrandonLikesMovies Did you not recognize James Caan, i.e. Sonny Corleone?

  • @MoviesWithMia
    @MoviesWithMia 3 года назад +1

    Loving your reaction to this film! I haven’t seen Misery in a while! Very great film! It was so much fun to watch with you!! I subscribed and liked this video 😊

  • @MichelleseaChelle
    @MichelleseaChelle 3 года назад

    Brandon’s coming in clutch with these reactions. I LOVE IT!

  • @jerrievans6919
    @jerrievans6919 3 года назад +4

    Deloris Clairborne is another great one with her.

  • @lukacalov1988
    @lukacalov1988 3 года назад +5

    Book is slightly different expecially the ending after he leaves the house also
    There is a lot of action at the house that is left out but great acting
    No cap

  • @melvinperry9393
    @melvinperry9393 3 года назад

    Great reaction man. After perusing through movie reactors, only you, and one other guy are excellent in commenting without yelling and screaming and overreacting. I enjoy the way you simply comment when you're surprised or your comments on cinematography and acting. It's enjoyable watching you react honestly to great movies. Thanks for the excellent job on this one friend! Peace!

  • @TheIronDuke9
    @TheIronDuke9 3 года назад

    Heyyyy! I suggested this one on your Patreon! Awesome, I can't wait to watch you watch it!

  • @michaeltoss8204
    @michaeltoss8204 3 года назад +55

    As an aspiring writer, this movie scares me more than anything else.

    • @TheSpoonman00
      @TheSpoonman00 3 года назад +2

      That's exactly the inspiration Stephen King had when writing this book. The horror was personal for him

    • @chevand8
      @chevand8 3 года назад +2

      I'm a visual artist, and I feel the exact same way about this movie. The idea of someone forcibly hijacking my creative autonomy by threat of death or torture makes my skin crawl.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 3 года назад +3

      @@TheSpoonman00 To be fair, just about everything he writes has had a personal meaning to him, especially the earlier stuff.

    • @swamianandtesla2347
      @swamianandtesla2347 3 года назад +7

      I'm your fan ;)

    • @joseacevedo8314
      @joseacevedo8314 3 года назад +3

      Don't worry what are the odds that you'll ever be that popular.

  • @miscmeme
    @miscmeme 3 года назад +8

    A good comedy that hit me by surprise was "The Guard" with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

    • @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman
      @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman 3 года назад +2

      It's actually written and directed by the brother of Martin McDonagh who made "In Bruges" "7 Psychopaths" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri"... Three movies I would also totally recommend Brandon to watch... Especially "In Bruges" and "Three Billboards"... They are fantastic movies

    • @miscmeme
      @miscmeme 3 года назад

      @@MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman I might beat him to it. Thanks for the suggestions!

    • @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman
      @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman 3 года назад

      @@miscmeme my pleasure 😉

    • @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman
      @MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman 3 года назад +1

      I think he would love "In Bruges" it has a lot of amazing scenes and clever developments in it

  • @johnwilliamson6187
    @johnwilliamson6187 3 года назад

    Bro I love your narration to the movies you watch looking forward to seeing what you watch next

  • @christopherholt7225
    @christopherholt7225 3 года назад

    Thanks for posting these fab reactions, from" your no 1 Fan". In all seriousness your posts do make me smile and lift my spirits. I hope you get as much enjoyment out of creating your content as I do to watch it.

  • @hippiechic6772
    @hippiechic6772 3 года назад +4

    This movie is frightening , a little funny , and thrilling at different moments . I enjoyed your reactions to the movie very much.... priceless . My favorite movie with Kathy Bates is Delores Clarborne.... some might like Annie's character more but my preference is Delores . Thank you Brandon for your reaction here .