May James Caan Rest In Peace 🕊🙏🦋💔 He was phenomenal in this movie! Both him and Kathy Bates did so amazing in their roles. One of my favorite movies, thank you so much for watching!
The reason the "hobbling" scene was so effective is because we're so used to them cutting away at the last second and showing the face of the person being harmed that we don't turn away. But then he hits us with the full horror of the ankles turning 90 degrees! (In the book she uses an axe...)
After seeing Kathy Bates performance in Misery, Stephen King wrote the novel Dolores Claiborne with her in mind. Bates starred in the 1995 movie adaptation. It is an excellent movie and a bit of a hidden gem in King adaptations
The thing is that, while the hobbling scene is iconic and guaranteed to make people squirm, it's actually softer than in the book. In the original novel, Annie used an axe and chopped his feet off. 😖😖
I saw the limited Brodway stage production of Misery starring Bruce Willis back in 2016. It wasn't exceptional, but it was an incredibly cool production. The rotating set was awesome, and seeing Bruce Willis perform live is just something I'll never forget; I wish I could have seen it a 2nd time. And the hobbling scene was done just like in the movie, but right in front of us on stage!
Kathy Bates' mother was asked about how she felt about Kathy winning an Oscar, and she replied that she didn't feel Kathy was really acting, because she had known Kathy as a teenager. 🤣
Tangent: origin of her "sexy look" back then in early films: She said when she first started working in front of a camera, she was so nervous that her head would shake. So she decided to hold her chin down against her chest, and look up at the same time ( at Bogie for example ).
The fact that Annie calls Paul a 'cocksucker' during their skirmish at the end instead of one of her usual minced oaths suggests that may have been the most angry she's ever been. 🤔
Buster is such an awesome character, and it's such a bummer when he dies! A lot of big name actors were considered for the role of Paul, but they turned it down because they thought playing an essentially disabled man who is being dominated by a woman would damage their reputations in some manner. Talk about fragile masculinity and a warped perspective on disability! Hats off to James Caan for not having that kind of mindset, and for recognizing Paul Sheldon as a character possessing a different kind of strength than physical, with a story worth telling. And tell it well, he did! This is one of those rare adaptations that match or possibly even surpass the book's quality. Kathy Bates was even scarier than the Annie Wilkes of my imagination, and that's a rare feat. When King originally conceived Misery, he expected it would be a short story and would end with Annie murdering Paul, feeding him to the sow Misery, and using his skin to bind the manuscript of Misery's Return. But King said "Paul turned out to be more resourceful than I thought he would." And he came up with a new ending because he said no one wants to get invested in a 300 page novel only to find out the pig ate the main character.
"Maybe hit her in the head! A few more times. Just to be safe!" A series of words that I bet you've never, ever said before. Great movie. Kathy Bates was so good in this. What makes it so scary is that unlike many horror movies that are more supernatural, you can actually picture something like this happening.
Misery is the perfect Stephen King movie. As a huge fan of the book, I was surprised to see how well the movie adapted the book. It's my second favorite Stephen King book/movie, and I love everything to do with Misery. Just never remake it, though. This one is perfect.
So in the book you get short bits from the book Paul is writing. When they start all the n's are missing from the text and as he goes on two or three more letters break. So what he's typing becomes more and more incoherent as time passes. It helps ratchet up the tension nicely but obviously there probably wasn't anyway to translate that to the screen.
The role of Paul Sheldon was offered to many actors before James Caan took the part. I believe many of them felt he was just too pasive of a character. The list is said to include William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford, but they all turned it down. Caan took it as a bit of challenge for himself as it juxtaposed the sort of characters he was known to play.
Well said. One of the things I love about the NON-VERBAL characterization is that James Caan is clearly a PHYSICAL man. He looks atheletic, strong, spry, and explosive. So as an audience member, visibly, it feels like looking at an eagle with a broken wing:
Bates is the first actress to win an Oscar in a horror film and completely justified for her bringing the crazy. Caan gives one of his deft turns (hope you check into more of his films; he's very underrated - I'd recommend THIEF directed by Michael Mann). Reiner gives us one of the best King adaptations with his skillful direction - a great choice for SpookySeason, Ads. Another King flick you so s/see is THE DEAD ZONE starring Christopher Walken and directed by David Cronenberg.
Still the book I've read fastest in my life. I read Misery in about 7 hours, after a midnight shift. By the time I went to sleep, I was so tired and so absorbed by the story it was as though I'd been Paul Sheldon all along. Great film, great book.
Wisdom: A great reactor never anticipates. They stay in the the moment and never jump ahead, even when they anticipate something may happen to change the course of viewing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Classic horror movies ain't only scarier, but they stick with you, forever! A movie about how dangerous hyper obsessed fan be, super ahead of its time. Classic movie un every way!
Kathy Bates did an excellent job with a well deserved Oscar win. I honestly feel James Caan gave an equally great performance and does not get the level of credit he deserved. Am I the only one that feels this way?
I love this movie. Stephen King thought Kathy was excellent as Annie Wilkes. He wrote two more characters for her that she did play. He wrote the book Dolores Claiborne which was a great movie Kathy did with Jennifer Jason Leigh. The second King character Kathy played was a small role in the King miniseries The stand as a DJ named Ray Flowers. She had on scene in the series but it was a great scene. The series is about an a 4 part pandemic apocalypse.
Kathy Bates was so amazing in this film. As a kid my parents refused for me to see this film. It was on cable and watched it late at night lol while my parents were asleep lol
The Sherriff is Richard Farnsworth and is my generations true definition of THE Mathew Cuthbert of the 'Anne of Green Gables,' & 'Anne of Avonlea' movies made in the late 80's with Megan Fellows and Colleen Dewhurst. But he's in a TON of other things. Still, this and that role are what I consistently see him as.
Right! It boggles my mind that with movies like "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Green Mile," "Stand by Me" just to name a few that this is the only one to win any Oscar.
@@Michael-id9bw To be fair, SHAWSHANK had incredible bad luck with timing (it released the same year as PULP FICTION and the box office juggernaut FORREST GUMP (which won Picture)). As a matter of fact, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was a box office flop when it first released and ironically the awards attention it got in terms of nominations is the major reason why this film is even remotely popular today.
I thought about that too. I think maybe it had something to do with Annie herself. By that point she had already read Paul Sheldon's manuscript where he had Misery die. Annie needed Paul to actually write a story bringing Misery back so she could see it as something officially written by the author himself instead of just something from her own head canon. In her view, it didn't even matter that no one else had read about the death of Misery. She had and she needed it undone.
The book was already published. Annie bought the first copy from the store. The manuscript she burned that Paul had just written at the hotel was about the swearing slum kids. In the final scene, it’s shown he rewrote it and called it a higher education
@@P.HATHCOXthe manuscript wasn’t the Misery book, it was about the slum kids. The Misery book was already being published before Paul went to Colorado. Annie bought the first copy from the local store when it released after she went off about the cussing in the manuscript. You can see later in the movie that, despite the ending, Annie put Misery’s Child with the other books on her shrine to Paul
The movie lets the sheriff go pretty easy with that shotgun blast to the chest. If I remember correctly, in the book, Annie runs him over with a lawnmower! Also in the book, Annie doesn't just break Paul's ankles with a sledgehammer, she chops his foot off with an ax, then cauterizes it with a blowtorch. The book is so much worse than the movie, but this is still a really great flick!
I think the movie's approach was better by avoiding going into slasher film territory. The hobbling scene is no less horrific and gut wrenching. It sticks with you.
When she's depressed and talking about how she loves Paul as a person, not just a writer, it's raining. She has Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).I think that's why she lives in Colorado, where there's so much sun.
I saw this in theaters back in the day. I was playing college football and had badly fractured my left ankle. I was on crutches wearing a boot and in some pain. When she "hobbled" Paul Sheldon, my whole leg throbbed and I cringed with pain. I remember my lower leg was the same sickly black, blue, purple, and yellow. This movie triggers that memory. At least my friends were very patient waiting for me to get out of the theater and to the car.
I love this movie. For some reason, I find the hobbling scene to be the most harrowing scene in all the horror movies I have seen. And I have seen a lot. For some reason it just makes me feel all oogy all over.
You were so fun watching you react to this masterpiece! Thanks for sharing. I have a soft spot for movies which take place in limited space, almost like a play. One other, though not the same genre, is The Man From Earth, from 2007. If you haven't seen it I advice not only watching it (for your own or your channel), but also not read anything online about it before you do. Regardless. Here's to 100K !
As a music student, I studied this film's soundtrack for a project. My lecturer couldn't look when I played the hobbling clip during the final presentation.
Fun facts.: director Rob Reiner has a cameo as helicopter pilot. The movie was shot chronologically to build up the tension between Kathy Bates and James Caan. Obviously it worked extremely well!
In the book (and in real life) Hobbling was cutting off one foot (usualy with an axe) . the director of this movie however was chasing a lower MPAA rating. so they switched it to a sledge hammer and jsut breaking the feet as her cutting off one of his feet would have been graphic as hell.
I’ve seen this movie but never knew Rob Reiner directed this film. Rob is an amazing director. Back in 90s I didn’t pay much attention to directors lol my favorite film director is Francis Ford Coppola is The Outsiders.
Kathy Bates won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the movie. Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Michael, Douglas, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford were considered for the role of Paul Sheldon but they all turned it down. Angelica Huston and Bette Midler were considered for Annie Wilkes.
Re: "This really set her off." 12:40 - True to life, abusers like Annie Wilkes can be set off by the smallest things, & a horrifying part here is, if he hadn't told her and it smudged she would have blamed him for that as well. Kathy Bates did an amazing job in the role.
Annie Wlikes is one of the most terrifying villains. Not a malevolent supernatural force. Not some immortal slasher. Just an intelligent, psychotic stalker seizing an opportunity to kidnap. Believable and realistic horror at its finest.
I love how Stephen King wrote about monsters and phantoms and unspeakable horrors from other dimensions but the most frightening things in his novels are always the people.
I still remember seeing this on opening night and the crowd reaction to the hobbling scene. I simply looked around me, grinning and thinking “y’all should read the book.” What Annie did to him was even worse.
My mom was a huge Steven King fan and read all his books. I asked her what makes him so good and she said his works are centered on fears. He connects with our deepest fears! 😅🤯
Even today, when they meet Stephen King, his fans keep telling him .... " Im Your No.1 Fan..." After all these decades its something he accepts with a wry smile
If you loved the sheriff in this one, you definitely need to watch ‘The Straight Story’ - Richard Farnsworth’s final, and brilliant, role. Hands down one of my favorite films.
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Soooooo many “Addie, I’m your #1 fan” comments... I’m scared!!!! 😂😂😂
Addie, as your #1 fan 😇😇😜😜 check a Clint Eastwood film, Play Misty For Me, or else ........... I'll tickle your feet.
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"Don't be scared - You're gonna be just fine!"
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Kathy Bates was so phenomenal with her role in this movie that she won an Oscar for it! She truly deserved it!
She was great in Dolores Clairborne too.
@@biguy617 She should have been nominated for Dolores Claiborne. Such an underrated film.
@@EdenMB-w3x Well, either way, it was a worthy Oscar choice.
@@EdenMB-w3xno. “Underrated” is an overused word. Once you earn something, you “deserve” the reward. What a dumbass thing to say.
She also got an Emmy for her one role in American Horror Story. She’s playing Matlock now, and I’m sure she’ll nail that too.
Here we see Paul Sheldon experiencing Stephen King's greatest fear: not being allowed to kill off a character.
May James Caan Rest In Peace 🕊🙏🦋💔 He was phenomenal in this movie! Both him and Kathy Bates did so amazing in their roles. One of my favorite movies, thank you so much for watching!
“Hobbling.” When I saw this in the theater the crowd reaction was overwhelming.
In the Book she cuts his feet off.
In the book she used an axe.
The book is a little more graphic. Hobbling in the book removed his foot with an axe, not simply breaking his ankles.
@@sapphonymph8204 Yeah, and then used a blowtorch to cauterize the leg. It was rough but it worked so good in the film, too.
@@heyheyjk-la yeah, he had it bad for a while.
The reason the "hobbling" scene was so effective is because we're so used to them cutting away at the last second and showing the face of the person being harmed that we don't turn away. But then he hits us with the full horror of the ankles turning 90 degrees! (In the book she uses an axe...)
both is worst
After seeing Kathy Bates performance in Misery, Stephen King wrote the novel Dolores Claiborne with her in mind. Bates starred in the 1995 movie adaptation. It is an excellent movie and a bit of a hidden gem in King adaptations
Criminally underrated.
She was amazing in that picture
20:51 "You don't do this to someone you love, Annie!"
See, that's why I love this channel: the dating advice.
Addie serves multi purposes
Bad movie takes: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Who knew that the phrase "I am your number one fan" could be made so terrifying.
Anybody who's played Oblivion. Or Starfield. Can't get rid of that f***er.
I'm Addie's #1 fan
Yep, she shot the Sherriff but she didn't shoot the deputy. 😁
Annie got her gun...
@@Cau_No Is Annie ok, is she ok, Annie?
Strike a match go on and do it. Sonny came homee with a vengeance.
(I love this thread. You guys are the best)
LMFAO !
😅🤣😂
The actor that plays the sheriff also plays Matthew in Anne of Green Gables and he is just as delightful in that as well.
Let's give Addie a round of applause for surviving Misery (1990). 👏👏 I'm definitely watching this movie tonight.
The thing is that, while the hobbling scene is iconic and guaranteed to make people squirm, it's actually softer than in the book. In the original novel, Annie used an axe and chopped his feet off. 😖😖
Was just going to say this.... whew... i remember it in the book but the movie was still effectively nasty, hehe..
I saw the limited Brodway stage production of Misery starring Bruce Willis back in 2016. It wasn't exceptional, but it was an incredibly cool production. The rotating set was awesome, and seeing Bruce Willis perform live is just something I'll never forget; I wish I could have seen it a 2nd time. And the hobbling scene was done just like in the movie, but right in front of us on stage!
Kathy Bates' mother was asked about how she felt about Kathy winning an Oscar, and she replied that she didn't feel Kathy was really acting, because she had known Kathy as a teenager. 🤣
😂 Gotta love mothers.
20:29 🎶Stop! It's Hammer time!🎶 😆
OMG!!! I'm your number 1 fan!!!
Addie: 👀
Good thing she won't be near your remote cabin.
From comedies to horror , Rob Riener does them all.
He’s directed so many great ones
Nobody seems to have mentioned the very famous actress playing James Caan's publisher in this film, Lauren Bacall, once married to Humphrey Bogart.
Tangent: origin of her "sexy look" back then in early films: She said when she first started working in front of a camera, she was so nervous that her head would shake. So she decided to hold her chin down against her chest, and look up at the same time ( at Bogie for example ).
The Sheriff and his wife are definitely a life goal. :D
Fun fact: In the book Annie uses an axe and a blowtorch to hobble Paul instead of a hammer.
sheriff got the scatman treatment
In the book : she chops off his feet , runs over the sheriff with the snow plow & chops him into pieces.
The fact that Annie calls Paul a 'cocksucker' during their skirmish at the end instead of one of her usual minced oaths suggests that may have been the most angry she's ever been. 🤔
You don’t know her life.
@@marvymarv959 Just a guess.
@@marvymarv959he didn't say he did you brain dead 🐒
@@marvymarv959 it's obviously a far cry from the tame euphemisms she uses even when deeply angered/frustrated. OP has a point.
Buster is such an awesome character, and it's such a bummer when he dies!
A lot of big name actors were considered for the role of Paul, but they turned it down because they thought playing an essentially disabled man who is being dominated by a woman would damage their reputations in some manner. Talk about fragile masculinity and a warped perspective on disability! Hats off to James Caan for not having that kind of mindset, and for recognizing Paul Sheldon as a character possessing a different kind of strength than physical, with a story worth telling. And tell it well, he did! This is one of those rare adaptations that match or possibly even surpass the book's quality. Kathy Bates was even scarier than the Annie Wilkes of my imagination, and that's a rare feat.
When King originally conceived Misery, he expected it would be a short story and would end with Annie murdering Paul, feeding him to the sow Misery, and using his skin to bind the manuscript of Misery's Return. But King said "Paul turned out to be more resourceful than I thought he would." And he came up with a new ending because he said no one wants to get invested in a 300 page novel only to find out the pig ate the main character.
"Maybe hit her in the head! A few more times. Just to be safe!" A series of words that I bet you've never, ever said before.
Great movie. Kathy Bates was so good in this. What makes it so scary is that unlike many horror movies that are more supernatural, you can actually picture something like this happening.
Misery is the perfect Stephen King movie. As a huge fan of the book, I was surprised to see how well the movie adapted the book. It's my second favorite Stephen King book/movie, and I love everything to do with Misery.
Just never remake it, though. This one is perfect.
The irony is this sounds exactly like something Annie Wilkes would say.
@@Heathcoatman I'm afraid you're right.
@@BGsBooks86 If they do a remake, you better scream "Not my Misery!"
@@NativeNewMexican that's genius.
What's your first favorite? I think mine's The Green Mile but Shawshank is up there too of course.
The speech Annie gives on swearing is how I imagine Addie's inner monologue is whenever she is watching an R-rated movie, lol.
So in the book you get short bits from the book Paul is writing. When they start all the n's are missing from the text and as he goes on two or three more letters break. So what he's typing becomes more and more incoherent as time passes. It helps ratchet up the tension nicely but obviously there probably wasn't anyway to translate that to the screen.
The role of Paul Sheldon was offered to many actors before James Caan took the part. I believe many of them felt he was just too pasive of a character. The list is said to include William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford, but they all turned it down. Caan took it as a bit of challenge for himself as it juxtaposed the sort of characters he was known to play.
Well said. One of the things I love about the NON-VERBAL characterization is that James Caan is clearly a PHYSICAL man. He looks atheletic, strong, spry, and explosive. So as an audience member, visibly, it feels like looking at an eagle with a broken wing:
"Why would I leave? I like it here." LOL LOL LOL
Not quite as obvious as "My mommy is the SWEETEST mommy..."
That hobbling scene made her stomach “warm.” 🤣🤣
Have you tried Rain Man (1988)?
after watching this movie you can just say the name Annie Wilkes and it immediately sends a chill down the spine 😱
THE SERIES CASTLE ROCK COVERS HER BACKSTORY, SEASON 2.
Bates is the first actress to win an Oscar in a horror film and completely justified for her bringing the crazy. Caan gives one of his deft turns (hope you check into more of his films; he's very underrated - I'd recommend THIEF directed by Michael Mann). Reiner gives us one of the best King adaptations with his skillful direction - a great choice for SpookySeason, Ads. Another King flick you so s/see is THE DEAD ZONE starring Christopher Walken and directed by David Cronenberg.
Still the book I've read fastest in my life. I read Misery in about 7 hours, after a midnight shift. By the time I went to sleep, I was so tired and so absorbed by the story it was as though I'd been Paul Sheldon all along. Great film, great book.
I am super proud of u Addie for taking the hobbling scene like a champ. Not even a little flinch 😮
My favorite bit is that the killing blow is dealt by Misery (the pig model).
Wisdom: A great reactor never anticipates. They stay in the the moment and never jump ahead, even when they anticipate something may happen to change the course of viewing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Classic horror movies ain't only scarier, but they stick with you, forever! A movie about how dangerous hyper obsessed fan be, super ahead of its time. Classic movie un every way!
Annie Wilkes reminds me of Addie Counts: all sweet and innocent but in reality, cusses like a sailor and is a deeply disturbed fanatic. 😂
Addie is so close to having 100K #1 fans.
Kathy Bates did an excellent job with a well deserved Oscar win. I honestly feel James Caan gave an equally great performance and does not get the level of credit he deserved. Am I the only one that feels this way?
Addie , I'm your #1 fan 😉
I love this movie. Stephen King thought Kathy was excellent as Annie Wilkes. He wrote two more characters for her that she did play. He wrote the book Dolores Claiborne which was a great movie Kathy did with Jennifer Jason Leigh. The second King character Kathy played was a small role in the King miniseries The stand as a DJ named Ray Flowers. She had on scene in the series but it was a great scene. The series is about an a 4 part pandemic apocalypse.
This is the movie that made Kathy Bates known to the public.
Kathy Bates was so amazing in this film. As a kid my parents refused for me to see this film. It was on cable and watched it late at night lol while my parents were asleep lol
I watched this when it first came out, and I can confirm that after all this time the hobbling scene doesn't get any easier to watch! 😂
The Sherriff is Richard Farnsworth and is my generations true definition of THE Mathew Cuthbert of the 'Anne of Green Gables,' & 'Anne of Avonlea' movies made in the late 80's with Megan Fellows and Colleen Dewhurst. But he's in a TON of other things. Still, this and that role are what I consistently see him as.
Check out the movies The People Under the Stairs(1991), Candyman(1992), Pet Sematary(1989), and Stand by Me(1986).
Your reactions were so funny and entertaining 😂❤👍 📹..... "We have an unhinged person" !!! hahaha. You handled the hobbling scene much better than most
This is the only adaptation of a Stephen King novel or story to win an Oscar in any category (Best Actress for Kathy Bates).
Right! It boggles my mind that with movies like "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Green Mile," "Stand by Me" just to name a few that this is the only one to win any Oscar.
@@Michael-id9bw To be fair, SHAWSHANK had incredible bad luck with timing (it released the same year as PULP FICTION and the box office juggernaut FORREST GUMP (which won Picture)). As a matter of fact, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was a box office flop when it first released and ironically the awards attention it got in terms of nominations is the major reason why this film is even remotely popular today.
If you want to see a good interpretation of Addie backstory check out the Castle Rock series season 2.
That was a Great Reaction 👏👏
Thanks Addie . . .
I'm YOUR #1 Fan 😉
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The book about Misery dying was never published: she made him burn it. So why would the next book she is forcing him to write be Misery's Return?
I thought about that too. I think maybe it had something to do with Annie herself.
By that point she had already read Paul Sheldon's manuscript where he had Misery die. Annie needed Paul to actually write a story bringing Misery back so she could see it as something officially written by the author himself instead of just something from her own head canon. In her view, it didn't even matter that no one else had read about the death of Misery. She had and she needed it undone.
The book was already published. Annie bought the first copy from the store. The manuscript she burned that Paul had just written at the hotel was about the swearing slum kids. In the final scene, it’s shown he rewrote it and called it a higher education
@@P.HATHCOXthe manuscript wasn’t the Misery book, it was about the slum kids. The Misery book was already being published before Paul went to Colorado. Annie bought the first copy from the local store when it released after she went off about the cussing in the manuscript. You can see later in the movie that, despite the ending, Annie put Misery’s Child with the other books on her shrine to Paul
The movie lets the sheriff go pretty easy with that shotgun blast to the chest. If I remember correctly, in the book, Annie runs him over with a lawnmower! Also in the book, Annie doesn't just break Paul's ankles with a sledgehammer, she chops his foot off with an ax, then cauterizes it with a blowtorch. The book is so much worse than the movie, but this is still a really great flick!
I think the movie's approach was better by avoiding going into slasher film territory. The hobbling scene is no less horrific and gut wrenching. It sticks with you.
Congrats on the 100k, I know you'll hit it soon. I just read thru the comments - bet you were thrilled to find out how many #1 fans you have...
When she's depressed and talking about how she loves Paul as a person, not just a writer, it's raining. She has Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).I think that's why she lives in Colorado, where there's so much sun.
26:13 Addie has seen Zombieland and knows The Rules...Double-Tap. She's a solid Party Member choice when the sh!t goes down. 👍
As Kat says "Finish the job!"
I love Addie my favorite RUclipsr ❤😘
When the Waitress at the end told Paul that she was his number 1 fan, Paul could have responded,
"I seriously doubt that".
I saw this in theaters back in the day. I was playing college football and had badly fractured my left ankle. I was on crutches wearing a boot and in some pain. When she "hobbled" Paul Sheldon, my whole leg throbbed and I cringed with pain. I remember my lower leg was the same sickly black, blue, purple, and yellow. This movie triggers that memory. At least my friends were very patient waiting for me to get out of the theater and to the car.
"Misery - Quite Stressful 5*" - Addie :D
Yeah, grim.
I love this movie. For some reason, I find the hobbling scene to be the most harrowing scene in all the horror movies I have seen. And I have seen a lot. For some reason it just makes me feel all oogy all over.
Aww.. you wore your "A" necklace for Annie! You must be her #1 fan!
This is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen! Also, it gave Kathy Bates a career. Check out Fried Green Tomatoes. A great Kathy Bates movie.
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Yeah this is such a classic, it's a pretty claustrophobic film and the performances are so good..
"I am your #1 fan!"
😅
This line has just climbed to the top of my chart of horror movie scary lines‼
You were so fun watching you react to this masterpiece! Thanks for sharing.
I have a soft spot for movies which take place in limited space, almost like a play. One other, though not the same genre, is The Man From Earth, from 2007. If you haven't seen it I advice not only watching it (for your own or your channel), but also not read anything online about it before you do.
Regardless. Here's to 100K !
As a music student, I studied this film's soundtrack for a project. My lecturer couldn't look when I played the hobbling clip during the final presentation.
Rob Riener always try to film from the bottom looking at the top . The reason for that is that you can see through Paul's eyes & feel his pain.
Fun facts.: director Rob Reiner has a cameo as helicopter pilot. The movie was shot chronologically to build up the tension between Kathy Bates and James Caan. Obviously it worked extremely well!
Just lock him in a room, that'd be enough.
This movie ranked at #12 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo
In the book Annie doesn't break Paul's ankles she cuts off his foot with an ax then uses a blowtorch to seal the wound.
And the cop suffers a far worse fate featuring a lawn mower!
NOOOOOO!!!
@@AddieCounts yep
In the book (and in real life) Hobbling was cutting off one foot (usualy with an axe) . the director of this movie however was chasing a lower MPAA rating. so they switched it to a sledge hammer and jsut breaking the feet as her cutting off one of his feet would have been graphic as hell.
There are not many flawless films, but I can't think of any scene in this that could be done better.
Pert near perfect movie.
I could have seen a whole movie of Buster and Virginia's (Sherriff and deputy) marriage.
I’ve seen this movie but never knew Rob Reiner directed this film. Rob is an amazing director. Back in 90s I didn’t pay much attention to directors lol my favorite film director is Francis Ford Coppola is The Outsiders.
So many movie reactions in a short time, thank you. And none of them tv series reactions, good.
Once you realize it’s the same director and screen writer as The Princess Bride, all sorts of connections begins to click.
Kathy Bates won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the movie.
Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Michael, Douglas, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford were considered for the role of Paul Sheldon but they all turned it down.
Angelica Huston and Bette Midler were considered for Annie Wilkes.
We totally needed you to be wearing a heart rate monitor while watching this!!
If not any time during this October then maybe next year!
Re: "This really set her off." 12:40 - True to life, abusers like Annie Wilkes can be set off by the smallest things, & a horrifying part here is, if he hadn't told her and it smudged she would have blamed him for that as well. Kathy Bates did an amazing job in the role.
I remember seeing this in the theater - I had phantom aches in my ankles when we left.
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Annie Wlikes is one of the most terrifying villains. Not a malevolent supernatural force. Not some immortal slasher. Just an intelligent, psychotic stalker seizing an opportunity to kidnap. Believable and realistic horror at its finest.
I love how Stephen King wrote about monsters and phantoms and unspeakable horrors from other dimensions but the most frightening things in his novels are always the people.
The Criminal Minds episode "Today I Do" from season six. That particular episode, surely must have gotten some inspiration from this movie!🤔
28:10 The sheriff could’ve had a happy ending, but he told his wife to keep her hands on the wheel. 😜
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I still remember seeing this on opening night and the crowd reaction to the hobbling scene. I simply looked around me, grinning and thinking “y’all should read the book.”
What Annie did to him was even worse.
My mom was a huge Steven King fan and read all his books. I asked her what makes him so good and she said his works are centered on fears. He connects with our deepest fears! 😅🤯
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The way the sheriff dies in the novel is… quite different.
Kathy Bates has been making movies since the 1970s, check her out in "STRAIGHT TIME" with Dustin Hoffman and Gary Busey.
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Even today, when they meet Stephen King, his fans keep telling him ....
" Im Your No.1 Fan..."
After all these decades its something he accepts with a wry smile
09:03 - "That seems like something she would do"
Brace for impact!
Did you recognize Sonny from The Godfather? James Caan is also the dad from Elf.
He was in Elf, Rollerball, and The Godfather.
If you loved the sheriff in this one, you definitely need to watch ‘The Straight Story’ - Richard Farnsworth’s final, and brilliant, role. Hands down one of my favorite films.