JACOB'S LADDER (1990) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Hope you all enjoy my reaction as I watch Jacob's Ladder for the first time.
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Original Movie: Jacob's Ladder (1990)
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He wasn't dead so much as he was fighting for his life. The doctor character spelled out the plot when he said "If you hang on, you'll see demons but if you let go, you'll see angels" When he finally let go, that's when he went into the light with his son and died.
In short, it's all in the present. He's not jumping in time so much as jumping between states of consciousness.
Vietnam: Physical world (present) where he is dying.
Son Alive (Happy): Glimpses of the Heavenly Path (Jacob's Ladder)
Son Dead (Terrorized): Glimpses of the Fall to Hell (Road to Hell)
In the end, he finds his way home to Heaven.
@@hectorrenesegovia779 well put!
HELL YES, THIS MOVIE IS A TIMELESS CLASSIC
You really need more phycological movies, they make for the best reactions. A lot of films are so predictable
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Apocalypto or vanilla sky👏🏼
Jacobs ladder is the best “silent hill movie that isn’t a silent hill movie”.
Well, considering this movie was one of the prime inspirations for silent hill franchise, then yes.
It doesn't feel like a silent hill film so I completely disagree
@@saltyshapeervessel2.062 The Silent Hill franchise was inspired by this movie, I think thats what he's implying/joking about.
@@mewmew8909 I dont think he was joking.. But it could be a silent hill film but I dont feel the silent hill in it
@@mewmew8909 is not really joke tho . Team silent themselves say so
From my perspective, he was with Sarah and had a son who died. Then he went to nam, his unit was drugged and they massacred each other. He died on the table. Everything else was his inner struggle of not wanting to die. When he came to grips with that, he died.
Yep. The entire movie was basically a hallucination he was having as he slowly bled out and died from being stabbed. The drug he was given may have also intensified that hallucination as well.
@@misterkite Not Agent Orange, BZ (3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate).
I think you're right, except I think the rest was his path through Hell since there are a lot of religious overtones
@@katieoberst490 its the choice between heavena dn hell, hence "Jacob's ladder"
@@Gunnar001 was it a hallucination or him actually fighting between him going to hell or heaven?
SPOILERS:
Yes, the whole movie is playing out in his last moments. He regains consciousness at times, and we see him in Vietnam. There's a correlation between what he's imagining and what is really happening - when it's raining on him in Vietnam, he is in the shower in his imagination.
Also, Jacob's Ladder is the biblical ladder to heaven that Jacob saw. So it makes sense that he's climbing the ladder by accepting his death.
Nicely said. In the Bible, Jacob only went to heaven when he let go the things that kept battling him and his journey through this purgatory or limbo state he was suffering, in the movie case, Vietnam.
And the very end where he sees his son and both climbed that very well lit ladder, he was able to complete let go and died in the field. A metaphor to reach heaven, because through the hole movie he couldn't let go the death of his kid.
6:51, RIP, Danny Aiello, he is always remembered as Saul in the Spike Lee film, Do The Right Thing.
Yes! Also RIP Elizabeth Pena. In the 80s or 90s either name almost guaranteed a good movie.
Plus Leon The Professional and Hudson Hawk
And Madonna's dad in Papa don't preach.
There was always something heartbreaking about Macaulay Culkin’s performance. I’ve always felt haunted by Gabe.
We watched this recently in my Horror and Religion college course. My professor's theory is that the movie is based on the Tibetan Buddhism.
In the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a dead person passes through a state of limbo between death and rebirth (called Bardo). During this state, one’s consciousness is disconnected from their body, and the mind is faced with a variety of situations that may be unsettling or confusing.
The demons/angels are a composite of the dead person’s leftover attachments and yearnings from their previous life. They have the goal of getting Jacob to accept his death and transition to the next life. At first they try to tell him he's dead in a calm/peaceful way, but when he doesn't listen they use more threatening or scary methods.
Jezzie is a wrathful Tibetan deity, who also represents the part of Jacob that wants to hold onto his life. Loui is the part of Jacob that already knows he’d dead and must move one. He's a peaceful Tibetan deity.
In the Tibetan Book of the Dead there are also multiple hells that a dying person can go through. The Burning Hell is the fever Jacob has, the Freezing Hell is the ice bath, and the Cutting Hell is the hospital.
This isn't like confirmed or anything but I think it's fun to think about. It is worth noting though that the screenwriter for this film once lived in a Buddhist monastery in Tibet, so this theory isn't all totally random!
this is one of my all-time favorite movies.
"Jacob's Ladder" was half a reference to the drug name, it also is a story from the bible about a man's tribulations on his way to heaven; so it hits both sides.
every time I watch this movie again, I pick up something new. This movie has ultimate rewatchability
The part when he is with his wife and son and he hears "Dream on", he wakes and realizes it is a dream... is so sad, he tears up and so do I.
That was his life flashing before eyes. As he was dying in Vietnam his mind was quantifying his existence. He was in limbo. I think you got the point of the story.
My interpretation is exactly what Louie tells him. If you fight for your life, you'll see demons and if you except your death, you'll see angels. In the beginning, as he is fighting for his life, he sees demons and he's always going down staircases, as in deeper into hell. Like at the court house and the subway. Thus whenever he's trying to go up a staircase, go to heaven, he gets blocked. Like the psychic at the party and the locked gate at the subway. At the end he's excepting his fate that he's dying, so he sees an angel, his dead son, and thus he can finally go upstairs to heaven. Thanks for the great reaction as always, Bob Ross😂😂😂
A few films I would love to see you react to:
- Memento
- The Deer Hunter
- The Thin Red Line
The Deer Hunter is absolutely amazing.
It's hard to believe he hasn't seen The Deer Hunter before .. if not though, seriously needs to get on that. DeNiro, Walken, Streep? That's one of those rare life changing movies. I can't even rewatch it unless I'm in the right frame of mind. Shit is just too intense.
Deer hunter. How there's a movie that will affect you for a while
Thin Red Line if you want some great longshots. I could be totally wrong but I think it has the same cinematographer as Children of Men?
Ohh! Kyle is my kind of guy! Lol
Jacob's Ladder is one of the scariest movies of all time. Never forget seeing it for the first time on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
To me these type of movies are what TRUE horror is!! I highly recommend *Lake Mungo*
Lake Mungo scared the shit out of me, still does, with 'that' scene
Lake Mungo is absolutely a hidden gem. One of the best and scariest movies I've seen.
Lake Mungo is outrageously good.
I love Lake Mungo. One of my favorite horror films. I love bizarre, otherworldly elements in an otherwise brutally grounded scenario.
Lame Mungo made me seriously paranoid
This is one of my favourite movies ever. Also fun fact: in the scene when the neighbours help to put Jacob in the bath, one of them is Kyle Gass, aka one half (the other being Jack Black), of Tenacious D!
Holy shit haha I saw him for just a second but yeah! That's KG.. Nice!
I never knew he was in this.
I remember seeing this 20 years ago. That party scene with the demon tail stayed with me forever.
[At the beginning when Jacob gets bayoneted]
"That's way too early for him to die!"
Well... kind of.
5:06, RIP, Elizabeth Pena. She played Sofia Vergara's mom in Modern Family.
I loved her for years and years...such a great presence. Lone Star is one of my favorite movies. At least future generations hear her as Mirage in The Incredibles.
@@adamwarlock1 Loved her in Lone Star. Didn't know she passed.
@@adamwarlock1 I am from that future generation (born 1996). I sadly only knew her as Mirage from The Incredibles. But I saw the news years ago that she died and decided to look her up. At that time I didn't even know she even was Mirage, and then I saw she was in Jacob's Ladder. I'm a huge Silent Hill fan and know the devs took a chunk of inspiration from this movie. For me, that's how I connected the dots.
@@mnicole96 Very interesting! Thanks for the story. Silent Hill has such a great look. If you're ever in the mood for something less fantastical (but great), she co-stars in a movie called Lone Star which is a very political film about people of different cultures in a small town in Texas and how they made and broke each other's lives. Also features a quite-young Matthew McConaughey (though her love interest is Chris Cooper).
@@adamwarlock1 Awesome, I'll check it out!
This movie is so so good. The ice bath is so heartbreaking. Going to a good place and then getting dropped back into the nightmare. Poor Jacob. :(
Sarah was his wife. His girlfriend was somebody in his past that he regretted not marrying. Also, the chiropracter IS literally an angel. He defends Jacob, Jacob refers to him as an angel. He's an angel. He's the one who tells Jacob to accept it. As someone who's been near death (anurysm), I know that when I was close to death, I didn't want to die, but I was okay with it at the time. It took 3 weeks in the hospital for me to be able to go home, and I had to drive 1300 miles home from South Carolina to Texas. Still couldn't use my right leg for a while. So, yeah, when you're close to death, endorphines spread your brain, and you feel acceptance.
well yes, possibly. I like that it sinat clear whether his dying brain his imaginging this or whether it's reall. We'll never know and that's a good thing I think. We can make our own decisions.
Wish I could have driven you, while you got some rest.Hope you are in good health.
No one knows what really happens. I believe he couldn't let go. And his soul was traveling between plains.
PTSD is real my father was in Vietnam and still has problems respect our veterans God bless them
America had no business in Vietnam in the first place. Though that isn't to blame on individuals, hope your dad can deal with it.
If America had won in Vietnam, Vietnam would be now like south Korea. If America had won in all Korea, all Korea would be one United country with South Korea way of life. But if America had lost all Korea, today all Korea would be like North Korea. Which one do you prefer? How come America had nothing to do anywhere, but USSR and China had everything to do everywhere?!
@@onclebob2178 There is absolutely no f*cking way to tell what would have happened had America won. In Korea's case, for all we know, having effectively US teritory border China, would've sparked WWIII decades ago.
Vietnam is a completely different country, different people, culture, enviroment. Had America defeated all resistance, it's defintely not as simple as "We'd have another South Korea" there are literally endless of possible outcomes.
@@MaxArceus forget about possible outcomes. Judge by what you see : South Korea, Western Europe… and North Korea , Eastern Europe (under USSR), Cuba… And why America has nothing to do anywhere, but China and USSR could do anything anywhere. And no leftist is complaining about what they did in the world!! Always blaming America.
@@onclebob2178 "Forget about possible outcomes" Ah! How foolish of me! Let's just not think anymore! Turn off our brains and just go with the flow, never look back! Just assume your opinion is correct and screw the rest! Good idea! 10/10.
I don't know what Vietnam would have ended up like had the US stayed away. Perhaps communist and quite shitty, but it ended up like that now too.
Had the US not chosen to interfere, the rest of the world might have been more symapathetic towards them, not needing to 'always blame america'. The attrocious acts of war would there would not have happened.
I am SO glad you are reacting to this, even though it's not an unknown movie I always considered it an underrated classic.
Fun fact, this movie is one of the biggest inspirations for the Silent Hill franchise.
It definitely is underrated. Many don't know about it, which sucks because it's a great movie
This movie is a real classic, it actually inspired parts of the Silent Hill franchise!
You totally got it. He was dying the whole time. Every time you saw a Vietnam shot, that’s real time. That’s him regaining consciousness. Everything else is happening in his mind, but it is his soul not being able to let go. There is a lot of biblical symbolism throughout the film. I love this movie! So glad you enjoyed it
My favorite line was at the end when the doctor said “I’ve never seen someone fight so hard!”
This is one of those films that is even better the second time around. When you see how the writing works afterwards its genius.
The scene with his son is always so touching going into the light and like most movies experienced great actors make it so good and this movie has many in it thanks for another great reaction!
Totally agree! The ending with Gabe and Jacob always makes me cry a River. And part of Jacob’s hell was his guilt about his son’s death. It is implied that Gabe was under Jacob’s supervision and losing a son, specially so young, I wouldn’t wish that even to my worst enemy. In a way, Jacob went to Vietnam to either deal with Gabe’s death or punish himself for letting him die. I’m surprised few have talked about this 😔…
I literally saw Tim Robbins eating pancakes by himself at a diner a couple months ago in Sacramento lol
Guy always seemed like a class act. Then again, he is an actor, so who knows.
Edit: Please do not think I meant in any way that dining on pancakes might make one less than classy. On the contrary!
Why are people always surprised that famous people do mundane shit, like eating pancakes at a diner and I'm not trying to be rude in this comment. I just don't understand why people think famous people don't do the same mundane daily tasks that regular people do.
@@secludedmisanthrope6388 Seeing a celebrity do mundane tasks is not a normal occurrence
@@CapraDemon101 depends how famous you are
One of my favorite movies. It is based on Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". His son Gabe "Gabriel" symbolized an angel freeing him from the trappings of life.
As far as I can tell, his son dies and he goes to Vietnam.
Yeah this feels like a combo of Owl Creek Bridge with Slaughterhouse 5, with a bit of Phillip K. Dick sprinkled on top.
The idea that he had a girlfriend after leaving his wife was a fantasy that he had while back home. Like he had a split second thought of “what if I left Sarah and started dating that cute Spanish chick from work?” And that just happened to be one of the thoughts that was flashing through his mind as he died.
One of the few "it was all fantasy/afterlife/dream" movies that get away with it.
And in case of 'Jacob's Ladder', with excellence; I think it's an absolute cinematographic gem.
Fun Fact: This movie was one of the biggest inspirations for creating the Silent Hill franchise :)
Jacob’s Ladder is that Jacob is dying while his mind traces back to his life and, at the same time, creates new and distorted images. It is a precursor to the Sixth Sense, where the main character had died from the beginning. In the Sixth Sense, Malcolm is a ghost, while here in Jacob’s Ladder, Jacob is trying to make sense of his life, and the one thing that meant anything to him was his son. The last scene with his son was his peace of mind.
Sarah/Gabe was in the past, the rest was a projected future hell, all in his mind in the moments before his flatline.
This inspired the video game series Silent Hill, which is one of the best horror video game series ever!! My favorite!!!
Oh wow! Thats pretty impressive!! I can definitely see some silent hill vibes in this
@@BrandonLikesMovies I heard you say you didnt know anything about the government experiments (with drugs) ....you should read up on MK Ultra, Operation Midnight Climax.... I'm not an extreme conspiracy guy but the US government did some REALLY weird experiments with LSD and all sorts of things. Crazy shit. Really creepy!
@@idhunepijl2398 look up the Tuskegee Syphilis Study too, pretty twisted
This is true! Masahiro Ito, the art director of the Silent Hill series has said that this and Angel Heart were a big influence on the Silent Hill series. I also surprised him with the fact I work with the nephew of the director of Jacob's Ladder, Adrian Lyne. He always calls him "uncle Adrian", which always cracks me up. XD
Cool, I didn't know that. I think Centralia, PA the ghost town that has a burning underbelly is an inspiration, too?
This movie was nightmare fuel for me when I saw it as a child. "Wow what the heck just happened right there" can basically be used to describe every second of this movie.
Love how it transitions to the train when he gets stabbed, kinda like he’s going into limbo. Then even pans to the “HELL” sign on the train
"In Christian lore, a comparison to Jezebel suggested that a person was a pagan or an apostate masquerading as a servant of God."
So is it a common misconception that Jezebel has to do with being a slut? I don't know why but that's what I've always thought.
@@seanrosenau2088 In the Old Testament, Jezebel has less to do with sexual immorality and more with paganism. Only in the New Testament is the name associated with potentially sexual immorality: "But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants *to practice immorality* and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
" (Rev 2:2) The immorality mentioned is presumably sexual immorality, such as sex with prostitutes as a "religious" act.
The general association of Jezebel with sexual sin came later; the modern term does tend to refer to a promiscuous woman.
This has always been one of my favorite movies. I saw it as a kid and have watched it over and over threw the years. So glad you did a video on it!
You should check out The Lighthouse, its an absolute MASTERPIECE! I would say its probably the best film thats come out in decades, and an absolutely insane mind bender.
Interestingly this movies idea about him not "letting go" and embracing death being the cause of the hellish imagery is congruent with actual dying accounts. Wanna see a similar film to Jacob's Ladder? watch Angel Heart.
ahh yes angel heart is very good
I need to watch that one Angel Heart
Perhaps you've heard the phrase "He never knew what hit him."? This movie is the filmmakers' interpretation of what the mind goes through during a sudden, unexpected death. Jacob's mind trying to figure out what's happened the whole movie, and once he has the answer he is able to be at peace. All under the initial guise of a soldier suffering PTSD.
I saw this movie when I was about 7. :( Stuff of nightmares. I assumed the entire movie was about him in his last moments, his brain dying and making sense of what's going on in an allegoric way.
Just as did I.
You are correct it is the 'life flashing before your eyes' Idea. We were watching Jacobs final moments of life.
Back in the day I was fond of going to the theater without knowing what was even playing. The night I went to see this film I had put a little tiny piece of paper on my tongue and snuck in a couple of wine coolers. After the movie ended I sat stunned through the credits and left the theater via the back exit to my car and then sat in my car for hours trying to come down after tripping balls. That was the last time I ever indulged in that particular libation.
As someone who also partook in said dosage of a particular substance back in the day when stuff like this came out ,I would say you are a brave person to have sat through that movie tripping. I tripped through Pink Floyd The Wall and hated my trip because it was such a downer. This movie had to have really messed with your head afterwards. Great movie ,bad choice for tripping .
@@davidbailey6397 I went in knowing nothing about the movie, and it was the last time I dropped.
you're my fav reaction channel, your voice and tbh your whole vibe is very comforting
When I was a kid the COMMERCIAL for this movie terrified me. It still holds up as a great mind trip.
I commented before bonus points if you spot Jason Alexander, and a guy replied that Seinfeld was 'irrelevant' to you because of your age. To that man I say: Suck it hahaha
Jason Alexander is in many known/great movies. Don't have to look further than Pretty Woman 👌
@@chrisfofficial Honestly forgot he was in pretty woman. Duckman was a cult classic in it's own right too
Also Shallow Hal.
I love movies with great dialogue and great scenes and the one in this movie with "If you're frightened of dying..." is moving and brilliant
Jacob's Ladder is also biblical about Jacob and his brother Esau. A ladder that Jacob saw in a dream. After he had obtained his brother Esau's birthright and received his father's blessing, he had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending a ladder that extended from Earth to heaven.
His father was Isaac, whos father was Abraham (aka Abram)
The Lord of the Rings also has some Biblical double-meaning intertwined within, I love when movies do that!
@@chuckmcdaniel5828 I think we called it "Cats Cradle" but I know what you are talking about.
@@chuckmcdaniel5828 : I could only do the cup and saucer. LOL!
Great reaction. It's a fascinating movie and comes together at the end. I think you have to see it a few times to start to understand what you're watching. Very underrated movie I think. Thought provoking for sure.
You pretty much got the jist of it. The biblical Jacob's Ladder was a stairway to Heaven so the staircase at the end was the real ladder the title was referencing whereas the drug that drove the plot was more of a red herring to hide the twist, even though the movie was also representing the message that soldiers were really tested on in the war, hence the text at the end.
7:37, the make-up effects were created by Gordon Smith. Parts of the movie were inspired by H.R Giger and Francis Bacon.
So weird, I JUST heard the phrase like a week ago, then found out there was a movie so I added it to my watchlist about 2 days ago, then Brandon uploads this. What is reality??
A dream.
Algorithms.
You're dying, man; we are all just figments of your imagination
A friend and I saw this at a drive-in and were just as confused, astonished and freaked out by this as you were...which didn't mean we did not like it, we certainly did. Jason Alexander also played a kind of jerky guy in Pretty Woman. One of his friends was Eric La Salle, who was in Coming To America and the tv show ER. I forgot that Danny Aiello was in this as the chiropractor. Definitely a movie you need to watch more than once. Thanks for reacting to this!
Yeaaaaah so excited to see you reacting to this! Such an amazing movie, I watched it with no expectation at all and it left me in awe
I've never seen this before! I'll definitely have to watch this on my own! The back and forth between different realities is reminding me a bit of Mr. Nobody (with Jared Leto)! You should check that out sometime (:
I always enjoy watching your reactions - simply the best comments and guessing I've seen on youtube, shows that you really pay attention to what you're watching! Also, fan fact about the film - the Silent Hill game series (which I'm a fan of) took some creative inspiration from this movie.
A lot of veterans came home from Vietnam with PTSD, tried to cobble a new life together only to realise their humanity and ability to connect had been lost, the life they had was dead.. That was the message I always got. Brandon - I think you would enjoy "Things to do in Denver when youre dead".
You would love “stand by me” such a classic
love all of the reactions as always love how shocked and scared you look at all the random freaky flashes of people and things he's been through love this movie and love your reactions just as much
My favorite horror movie. God this man is amazing for being a great reactor.
I love reactions like this, where I want a summary and I’m too scared to watch the film on my own 😂☺️
Event Horizon is a bit of a cult classic sfi-fi/horror you might enjoy.
Jacob's Ladder is one helluva ride! I mean, how often do you sit through a movie that intense?
Event horizon is also kind of underrated imo.
@@phenomenonk1 I think it's highly overrated, personally. Great and fascinating concept with a terrible execution (in my opinion, obviously).
Thanks for another good, insightful review. It's nice to see a RUclips reviewer who doesn't just sit and say everything sucks.
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. I haven't seen it since, but I often thought about it and it has stayed with me. Looking forward to your reaction and my re watching it later.
Danny Aiello (Louie) once said he would often be stopped by chiropractors that would thank him for his medically accurate portrayal of their profession in this film. His scenes with Jacob are my favorite, not gonna lie. Loved the reaction, Brandon!
Great reaction Review! What I miss about most reviews is Jacob’s guilt about his son’s death. His son died under his supervision, which might explain why his marriage with Sarah fell apart. Though it’s not a theme that’s heavily present, bits and pieces are thrown, like when Jacob sees Gabe’s (his son) picture among dozens of other pictures inside a paper bag that his ex wife Sarah left at Jessie’s apartment.
Then when Jacob’s taken to that hellish hospital, he sees Gabe’s mangled bicycle, the one he had when he was killed by a car, and calls out his son’s name. And then, obviously in the end, it is Gabe who comforts his dad, like helping him to get rid of all his demons and eventually reunite with him in heaven or the afterlife, in the movie’s most touching scene. For a dad, losing a son, specially one so young, is basically unforgivable and part of his guilt fueled the demons in his post Vietnam purgatory. That’s what I got after repeated watches. Jacob’s Ladder is one of my all time greatest movies, easily on my top 10 ever.
9:35, yes it is! In fact this scene was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. I watched the documentary last night. And it's pretty terrifying ,too, as the interviewees said that he got screwed over because he was dancing with a lizard! Lol!
I love that special
Brandon’s face in the thumbnail says it all 😂😂
The coolest connection I have with this movie is that I saw this in the theatre when it came out. I know that sometime after that I gave my brother a book called, Bloods because it was given to me by my dad and my brother served in the National Guard. He was honorably discharged due to a major backfire that took most of one of his legs off. After grafts and rehabilitation he miraculously recovered and was able to walk freely again. He passed about 14 years ago. 🏔
This movie inspired silent hill.
You really should watch "1408" w/John Cusack.. Read up on Dante's Inferno (the divine comedy) first. Enjoy.
omg. phenomenal movie. mind = blown
Great to cross the path of some other 1408 lovers. Brandon, definitely go for it ! There are 3 different endings though.
Apparently I have to watch 1408 again now that Ive actually read Dante.
"Read up on Dante's Inferno (the divine comedy) first."
Lmao, you make that sound so casual. Like, "oh yeah, just read that." I mean, the version I got has like 600 pages and it's not exactly an easy read either.
@@VAVORiAL Read up on, as in what it's about. Get it?
Wiki: "Jacob's Ladder ... is a ladder leading to heaven that was featured in a dream the biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis. The significance of the dream has been debated, but most interpretations agree that it identified Jacob with the obligations and inheritance of the people chosen by God, as understood in Abrahamic religions."
Thanks for that!
Then, once he died, Hurley took over.
Probably being one of the first viewers of your channel always telling you that you gotta check this movie out, now all I can say is, told ya! Glad you enjoyed this just as much as I expected. Go for Predestination!
Fun fact: Jacob's Ladder was a huge inspiration for the team that made the original Silent Hill games. So not only is this movie a timeless classic itself, it also gave birth to some of the greatest video games of all times.
Brandon! I am a huge fan of movie reactions. Your reactions are the best man! Can't fully explore the Patreon right now. But I will when I can! Commenters! This dude deserves the subs!
Hey, Brandon!! Today's my birthday!! WHOO HOO!! This is the craziest Psychological Horror Thriller film "from Director Adrian Lyne, Director of Fatal Attraction, comes a different kind of terror." The tagline reads:
"The most terrifying thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't really dreaming."
Happy birthday Shaine!
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There is a really good extended cut of this one that adds another dimension to it. One of my all time favorites. Definitely needs another watch to appreciate this movie fully.
One of my favourite movies EVER. Love psychological thrillers.
I've run several 104° fevers in my life, but thankfully, never had to endure an ice bath to get the fever to break. When I think of how freezing cold I felt during those fevers, I shudder at the mere THOUGHT of an ice bath. It would be actual torture, in the name of preserving life. Robbins plays the fear and pain and helplessness so well. I love this movie so much. As did half the directors making industrial music videos for the duration of the 90s and beyond. 😆
Assuming you haven’t already played them, if you ever decide to react to video games, the first four Silent Hill games (and the movies, which are bad adaptations, but pretty good movies) are directly inspired by Jacob’s Ladder (among other things) in tone, aesthetic, and storytelling.
They don’t just crib its shtick, ether. Each one is its own uniquely trippy evolution on the same general idea.
Unlike in many mediums, it’s generally excepted that the title for “best horror game” is a toss up between the Silent Hill series (2 and 3 in particular) and a only a couple other games at most.
Can't wait to see this reaction. I know you won't disappoint
one of the greatest films ever one of the most underrated
This brings back memories: I watched this at a sleepover when I was a teenager who thought he had seen it all. Thank you for the brain scramble I have not enjoyed in such a long time...
A couple of months that all take place within a couple of minutes, expertly portrayed in just a couple of hours. My favourite film of all time.
I was lucky enough to read the original screenplay and view the rough-cut of this movie. The script was amazing, and the completed movie was exactly what I envisioned when I read the original script.
This guy is like the bob ross of movie reactions, it almost sounds like he's always whispering
I dosed off listening to his last vid while laying in bed.. smh
I really enjoyed your reaction to this. I saw it sometime in the 90s. The story idea is related to two books that I know of, "The Third Policeman" by Flan O'Brien, and Irish writer, and "Pincher Martin" by William Golding. Both books use hallucination to allude to what has occurred to the victim. In Pincher Martin a dying world war 2 pilot floating in the ocean constructs a survival story with the last light of his dying mind. In The Third Policeman the hallucinations are kind of queasy along the lines of Jacob's Ladder, with reality kind of sickening in a way that's difficult to describe. The survival story that Jacob constructs, as I pieced it together, is related to his injuries, that tail that appears from time to time suggesting a gut injury, while the various people holding him, from the masseuse to the agents are likely related to medical procedures. There is far more, and no doubt interpretation will be fluid for different viewers. The general idea is that he is struggling to construct a survival story based on memory, on hopes for the future and on physical experience in the moment. The reference to the experiment seems to suggest that he was stabbed by one of his own people as depicted. As another commenter mentioned earlier, the title is also double-meaning, referencing the drug as mentioned in the film, but also referencing the biblical story of the ladder to Heaven.
I saw this back when it came out. Such a trippy movie. What I remember most about the theater experience is some guy yelling "Man, that was stupid!" at the end, lol.
This is so off topic but Tim Robbins is surprisingly tall in person!
Hes a solid 6"8 at least I've met him
@Jiff TV don't trust Google for that stuff they're wrong all the time
@anthony patterson except. I've met him. Don't care if you believe it it not
@@hitmanhatton did you take a measuring tape to him then?
@@hitmanhatton He's not 6'8. You can tell by who he stands next to and how tall they are. Look at him in Bull Durham standing next to Kevin Costner who is 6'1. He's a few inches taller. Not 7 inches. Unless according to you Kevin Costner is 6'4 and all the sources about his height are wrong. Maybe everyone in the world is 3 inches taller then they actually are. It's one big conspiracy theory.
I love your reactions. You seem like a chill guy that doesn't play it up for the camera!
In my opinion, one of the best movies ever made. Its tone is more tragic than scary and all of us can relate since we all are going to die. It's beautifully filmed and acted and I have to also give props to Maurice Jarre who composed fantastic score. As many already mentioned, this movie is the main inspiration for Silent Hill games and it's easy to see how.
one of the most creative - and gut-wrenching - movies I’ve ever seen. very much an under-appreciated gem....let this “marinate” for a while and hope you find it half as meaningful as I do. thanks for sharing
Yesss this is such a good one! It’s heavy but watching you react made it more enjoyable lol. Always love your videos, keep up the good work :)
Haven't seen this awesome movie in a while, it was great to relive it while seeing your reaction. Great stuff
You’ll love In the Mouth of Madness! I love psychological thrillers too. This film was a huge inspiration for the Silent Hill video games, and it really shows. I don’t know if you play video games, but if you do, Silent Hill 2 is right up your alley.
Just finished watching. I too have never been sure if I exactly got it right. I always thought that you know how they say that before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes? Well, I feel it's more like those unsettled, unanswered, or the things you need to come to terms with that play over. Once he accepts and comes to terms with his "unfinished business" he can let go...... in peace.
At least that's what I thought.
Great reaction. I think you are the first channel to do it so Congratulations and THANK YOU!
first time i saw it i had to pause halfway through and go to class, the paranoia i felt walking past strangers was crazy
so glad you gave this one a view! one of my all time favorite horror movies!
Jacob's Ladder and Home Alone were released a couple weeks apart, but it's clear the former was shot a year earlier, due to how much visibly younger Macaulay Culkin is. Really shows how fast-tracked big studio movies are, compared to smaller films.
This was so much fun to watch man, what a classic movie