Better Off Dead (1985) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching | I Love John Cusack!
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Thank you Christi & Patrick for the Special Request! We both check out John Cusack in the wonky comedy Better Off Dead (1985). Here's our reaction to our first time watching.
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“I’ve been going to this high school for seven and a half years…I’m no dummy!”
One of my favorite comedies.
The only 70s/80s/ 90s teen comedy that that finally explains why all of the high school students are clearly way past high school age.
"Wake Up" 🥛
"Ahhh... You'll make a fine little helper. What's your name?"
"Charles De Mar"
🤣
A one-in-a-million comedy...some bizarre combination of surrealism, sarcasm, slapstick and pitch black humour. And it rules!!!
Yeah it's pretty unique. Sometimes I think about Heathers, because it's a bit surreal and sarcastic too.
When I was in high school, this movie was an instant classic for us Gen X'ers. I want my $2 dollars was repeated ad nauseam
This, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science were my favorite movies as a teen! I can recite them word for word. Thanks for this!
1985 was a great year for movies. Real Genius, The Goonies, Back to the Future.
Weird Science is the best. I saw it when it came out and have watched it a million times. The Breakfast club is another classic. They don't make them like that anymore.
@@richardheinz Real Genius is an underrated classic. It does the 80's college humor thing, but the characters actually feel like they're in college and have to study between pranks. And it's immensely quotable, "Sure, I tell you, you tell someone else, next thing you know we're in another ice age," is one of my favorite go to lines.
@@richardheinz Real Genius with Val Kilmer. From a genius to Iceman.
Mine was Weird Science, One Crazy Summer and Better Off Dead.
I still quote the "I want my 2$" to this very day.
haha that kid was so creepy lol
It’s savage comedy. Ricky trying to jump to get his balloon is one of my top favorite background things of all time. Charles continuing to laugh at Roy’s attempted insult is never not hilarious. 🤣
💯 I'm glad someone else clocked that. That little jump is hysterical!
"Savage", I see what you did there.
Are you referring to the director Savage Steve Holland? Did you know he also did a show on Nickelodeon call Ned's declassified?
“2 dollars, 2 dollars, I want my 2 dollars” 💀. That line stays in my head rent-free
51 years old here and this is one of my favorites!
The one where John Cusack drives cross-country (with Daphne Zuniga) is "The Sure Thing." It's actually genuinely good, and was directed by Rob Reiner.
You have to be of a certain age to get the Asian guys that he races to get the joke. Howard Cosell was a sports icon in the 60-80's and had a very disting voice and way of talking. That he learned English watching The Wide World of Sports kills me.
Gawd, this movie was on over and over again on HBO when I grew up in the 80s. I basically have all of the dialog memorized.
The girl who was singing at the dance was Elizabeth Daily, who played Doddy in Pee Wees Big Adventure. She also sang I'm hot tonight in the movie Scarface. The guy who played the announcer that sounded like Howard Cosell was Yuji Okimuto who played Chozen in The Karate Kid 2 and Cobra Kai. Lanes mother was played by Kim Darby who was in an episode of original Star Trek titled Miri. Amanda Wyss who played Beth was Tina in A Nightmare On Elm street. She also played journalist in Highlander The Series. Diane Franklin who played Monique was one of the princess from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. David Ogden Stiers played Winchester in Mash And Curtis Armstrong played Booger in Revenge Of The Nerds and was in the ABC series Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepard. Dan Schneider who played Ricky was Dennis on the ABC TV show Head Of The Class
Kim Darby's most famous role (by far) was in the 1969 adaptation of True Grit. She played the lead (Mattie Ross), the role played by Hailee Steinfeld in the 2010 remake.
You left out the part where Ricky is a pedo. Do a search on Dan Schneider and be prepared to get creeped out
1997's "Grosse Pointe Blank" is magnificent!! It has a lot of the dry humor he's known for. I also 💜 John Cusack!!
OMG, I LOVE GROSSE POINTE BLANK!!!
I love that movie! " You can't go home again but I guess you can shop there" lol
Great film!
It's basically what happens if you take an amalgam of all the John Cusack characters from his 80's films and after he leaves high school, recruit and train him to be an assassin and then send him to his 10 year high school reunion 😂
Grosse Pointe Blank is one of my all time favorite movies! I watch it regularly.
@@MrsMovies same!!!
at 20:20 i noticed the girl who played Tina in nightmare on elm street standing next to a guy wearing Freddys sweater love it.
Wow, nice catch!
Savage Steve Holland had his own style of humor that runs through his three main films, Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer and How I Got Into College. If I had to give it a name I would say it is a form of absurdist humor.
I am so happy to see someone react to this film! It's one of my favorite 80s comedies that I think gets overlooked way too often.
"Better Off Dead" is one of my favorite 80s Classics!!! Unfortunatley I think it's often overlooked and underrated.
The classroom scene actually hits me pretty hard. Thats what highschool felt like to me. Everyone else seemed to actually be interested and wanted to take part but it didn't come as easy to me so a lot of the time i felt just like Lane. But they made it very exaggerated to draw humor from the scene.
"It's got raisins. You like raisins" is used to this day in our house anytime it's something either of us is lukewarm on and the other is trying to be encouraging.
I say this all the time.
The French girl was one of the princesses in Bill and Ted
We saw this around the time it came out, or shortly after it hit cable. To this day, my buddy and I still quote the line, "Two dollars!".
I can't express how much I love this movie. Saw it as a kid shortly after it came out. It's remained a favorite since then.
This is a classic. Very underrated in todays generations compared to all the old stuff they be getting into now.
"Better Off Dead" is my favorite John Cusack movie!
Really enjoyed your reaction. This is one of my all-time favorite movies. When I was in college, we had a midnight screening of it in one of our campus theater halls. Everyone was quoting dialogue along with the movie. It is genuinely a cult-classic. Other great John Cusack movies: Love & Mercy; The Raven; Grosse Pointe Blank; The Grifters; Say Anything; Eight Men Out; HOT PURSUIT; One Crazy Summer; and The Sure Thing.
"The Sure Thing" is the road movie.
You forgot High Fidelity.
This should always be followed up with One Crazy Summer.
I'm not usually a big RomCom fan but I think my favorite John Cusack movie is "Serendipity."
This is 1 of my most favorite comedies. The "humor style" is satire and slapstick. It has also been described as, "an anarchic mix of black humor and surreal comedy". BTW, I don't think those were "microwave dinners" because microwave ovens weren't that popular back then. Those would have to be cooked in the oven because their base and covers would have been made out of tin.
I am sorry that you didn't think very much of this comedy style, and I appreciate that you DID react to it but, it IS the type of comedy I like best.
Amanda Wyss is a sweetheart. I've met her a couple times at a Horror Convention. She's in this movie. She also played Tina in A Nightmare On Elm St. She's also in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
Haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. Apparently, It left such an impression on me that every joke comes back to me like it has been buried deep within my psyche.
This movie, with its mix of live action, cartoon, and claymation was really one of the first of its kind. If you saw it when it was released it totally blindsided you with its quirkiness. Scott Pilgrim vs the World was the next movie that gave me the same sensation, since I knew absolutely nothing about it going in.
Arguably one of the greatest teen comedies of the 80's.
Ahh one of my favorite movies. "Gee, I'm really sorry your mom blew up, Ricky."
I always thought this bordered on dark comedy in a way and surreal comedy. Still one of my favorite films. Charles De Mar is my favorite. So many great quotes from this movie.
This is one of my favorite movies. I love the sillinesses in life. I can't stand when people take things seriously.. I always say: "life only lasts a hundred years or so at best, get over it, people"
The studio I worked at, Curtis Armstrong would come in a few times a month for a table read. Really nice guy!
One of my favorite movies. I never get tired of it.
Such an iconic 80's film! I'm glad to see you two enjoyed it. Savage Steve Holland did another film called One Crazy Summer, which is definitely worth checking out.
I was just getting ready to suggest "One Crazy Summer" as well. Such a fun movie that definitely has the "Better Off Dead" feel.
@@midnightblue6668 It has the Better Off Dead feel…and story…and actor…
One Crazy Summer is prolly the movie she was talking about in the intro "driving during the summer". He goes to stay with family on an island for the summer.
Don't forget the obscure dark comedy *Hot Pursuit 1986*
@FiZZiLGiG I thought was The Sure Thing, but with the wrong time of year. Everything else fits.
Among all of the funny lines that you don't see coming, "Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky" ranks near the top.
Now you need to watch One Crazy Summer, also with Cusack by same director,with Demi Moore in it as well. Savage Steve Holland the director had one other film after that one called How i Got Into College, which is a fun little movie in it's own right.
I think One Crazy Summer is the movie she was thinking of in the beginning
@@WesleyOrias no it was The Sure Thing.
@@TimothySmiths thanks I don't think I've seen that! I def second your recommendation for One Crazy Summer.
@@WesleyOrias The Sure Thing is pretty entertaining, it was directed by Rob Reiner.
I hope this isn't inappropriate for me to say these days, but...
part of what I enjoy watching your reactions is that you're such a wholesome family. The way you two interact, and the cameos by your little one give the reactions such a relaxed, homey vibe I really appreciate.
Ricky's mom, that character cracks me up!😜
Chozen from Karate Kid 2 was very intimidating in this movie.
As someone who drove a 1988 station wagon as my daily driver in high school and college, while owning a Camaro as my weekend car, this movie is near and dear to me.
I don't know what kind of comedy it is but I loved it in the 80's!! I'm weird though 😂
I love when the jello thing crawls away off his plate on its own. Lol
One of the absolute best 80s teen movies. Its a once a year watch.
You have no idea of the cosmic implications at play here....
My wife and I thoroughly love your channel because you two sound like we do when we watch things, even reaction videos such as yours...we fall asleep to MST3K, so commentary is in out bones.
Just earlier today, she had been thinking about this movie, and how very few people react to it, which is a shame since it feels like David Lynch directed a John Hughes movie!
It was approximately at that time that this video went live on RUclips....
So, sincerely....we love you guys! And the only thing scarier than a 3 year old is one who knows she's 3 and a half!!!
One of the biggest reasons I chose Saxophone as my band instrument. Great scene right there.
Saw it in the theater as a kid and loved it.
Watched it all the time on our VHS .
One of my faves from the 80's. So glad you guys did this one. For all you "Cobra Kai" fans, you may recognize the young man who learned english from watching Howard Cosell, as the legend "Chozen" himself.
The Mrs. was probably thinking about “One Crazy Summer”
Or The Sure Thing
This movie ignited my love for classic & muscle cars. Seeing that 1967 Chevrolet Camaro come back from the brink. It made my heart sing. Although *Diane Franklin* wrecked me in *The Last American Virgin.*
She was awesome in this.
I actually watched this movie last night so great timing. Top 5 without thinking too hard about it is probably Grosse Point Blank, Better Off Dead, High Fidelity, Serendipity, and Hot Tub Time Machine.
Please do not forget The Sure Thing!
I'd put Say Anything up there
The movie is visual jokes more than story telling. When you pay attention to what is happening more than what’s being said it gets funny.
Greatest movie in the history of movies!
High Fidelity with Cusack and Jack Black is really good too.
About ten years ago, or so, I was skiing with my nephew in the Rockies when he was around 12 years old. I explained to him about how the mountain, being covered in pure snow, had a very high street value. It may have even been at Snowbird, one of the Utah mountains used in the film.
Two dollars! Cash!! 😂😂😂
A couple other John Cusack comedies from that era:
"One Crazy Summer", with Demi Moore. Similar theme, and he's a cartoonist in that one, too, with the same drawing style.
"The Sure Thing", with Daphne Zuniga (you know... Spaceballs). Think of it as, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". I think the ending is about as... wholesome?
I don't know if you've seen it, but "Grosse Pointe Blank" is a very good, dark comedy of his... this time with Minnie Driver ("Good will Hunting") and his sister, Joan Cusack (who was very funny in "Working Girl"; I love that movie).
I like the scattershot off-beat humor of this film. I think the stop-go animation is a reflection of the California Raisins at the time who were singing r&b in TV ads. The mom was played by Kim Darby who was in the original "True Grit" film and an episode of the original Star Trek series.
This is actually my favorite John Cusack film! I was born in ‘87, but I loved this as a kid.
I'm always quoting "I want my 2 dollars!" 🤣
"I've heard this song before" - yes, it's a VH banger! If you were at a party in the 80s, this was playing.
This is one of my all time favorite movies. Savage Steve Holland crafted a movie universe were the humor works. It’s offbeatness is part of the charm.
That is easier to do if you are both Director and Writer like in this case as apposed to being just the writer.
....and make no mistake, it is the SCREENWRITERS, not directors that craft the universe. I get so tired of people crediting Directors for what SCREENWRITER'S do. Screenwriting is WAY more important.
I found out that is VERY MICH an American thing too. In other countries apparently they give credit to screenwriters over directors, as it SHOULD be.
Writers,. not directors come up with the characters, universe and Dialogue. Directors just flesh it out with real world Nouns!
People really need to acknowledge the difference! Anyways, angry rant over!
Great movie. Cusick. Diane Franklin. Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. Tina from Nightmare on Elm Street. Porky. Charles Winchester from MASH. The Asian who talks is the karate douche bag from Karate Kid 2. Elizabeth Daily singing at the dance and providing 2 damn good songs for the movie. More good music from Van Halen and the song at the end is fantastic. Great movie.
I think the movie you guys THOUGHT this was is called One Crazy Summer, which is practically a companion film to this one. A recommend John Cusack film is The Raven, in which he plays none other than Edgar Allen Poe.
Actually the roadtrip movie that they ironically weren't sure of the title was The Sure Thing. I love that he kept saying he wasn't sure when she brought it up. I couldn't tell if he was being serious, or trying to mess with her.
Again you two watching my type of movies. No one is reacting to this movie. So underrated.
The guy who played the main Asian guy is Yuji Okumoto, and he opened a restaurant here in Seattle called the Kona Kitchen. He's there a lot and super cool. Love you guys!!
The whole 2 dollar gag was even on Jeopardy as an answer/question and no one got it. I am so happy that you recognized the boss of the Pig Burger joint as Porky not many do. Oh the dad was Charles Emerson Winchester III from M.A.S.H. A.K.A David Ogden Stiers and the voice of Jumba Jukina in Lio and Stitch.
Oh man this is my favorite 80’s teen movie ; so funny, great music ; heartwarming story , doesn’t get better
Ah, you finally reacted to my favorite Cusack movie. This kind of humor is called a farce. You know, like Airplane, Naked Gun and Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Thank you, I really needed it!!!
I liked this movie probably too much growing up. Always fun to watch.
Personal trivia: My eldest brother had a '69 Camaro SS, only candy apple red instead of black. We called it the Red Baron*
"Testing it", my dad got it up to 160 before losing his nerve... and said it still had pedal left.
A stock-car racer offered to trade my brother his Roadrunner for it.
Between the two of them, my two elder brothers crashed it 3 times. Third time my dad had it totaled, even though it wasn't. He decided it was too much car for them.
*The same brother had a 63 Ford Falcon convertible, powder blue. We of course named it "Snoopy". "Three on the Tree" transmission. I loved that car. Unfortunately, they got rid of it before I was old enough to drive it :(
I caught your Cameo on Popcorn in Bed's annual award show. Great spot. One of the better ones presenting.
Numerous “Fast Times At Ridgemont High” cast members.
It's got raisins, you like raisins. This gets said in my house very often...editing to add. The kind of comedy is what it was like in high school in the 80s.
Classic!
("The Sure Thing" is what I think you are thinking of....)
Epilouge...."Two Dollars" was a "coolness check" in the 80's and beyond. It ranks pretty high in my Cusack ratings. I'm not sure how well it's aged...."Ha Ha ! Teenage suicide"...One might call it a dark comedy. "Say Anything" is #1 and I might put this at #2. It was right in my early teen wheel house. "Heathers" (not Cusack related) is another dark comedy gem from the 80's that again...probably hasn't aged so well.
Lastly it breaks my heart as a Gen Xer that you were not familiar with Van Halen's "Everybody Wants Some"....8^p
The drive across the country one is probably The Sure Thing
Watching them try to make sense of this movie in the beginning was amazing. It's a fever dream.
It's dark/black comedy, teen comedy and silly/Airplane! type of humor thrown into one movie. Truly unique. I saw one video where the original script was much darker, but it was toned down by the final draft.
Favorite John Cusack drama? RUNAWAY JURY.
Favorite John Cusack comedy? A tie: This one and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
And the one line that I always remember from this one, because after it came out you heard it everywhere, "I want my two dollars!"
Fav John Cusack Action movie ?
@@tempsitch5632 Refresh my memory. I can think of only two that he made, 2012 and CELL and i didn't like either one.
You guys were great at the “POPPIES” 🙌🏻🔥💣
One of the saddest parts is that all of the younger people that have watched this have missed the Howard Cosell play-by-play expertly and hilariously done by the Asian drivers. They even have the Wide World of Sports jackets (Cosell used to announce that in addition to boxing and of course, his MNF NFL duties on ABC). This is one of those movies that I can recite word-for-word and I still do the 4 weeks, 20 papers, $2. It kills me every time!
Lovely reaction as always!
One Crazy Summer (1986) is another fun John Cusack 80s movie.
I’m pretty certain that’s the one she saw and mistook for Better Off Dead
@@JoeMama410 Thought it was The Sure Thing (1985) she was talking about.
@@myyrkezaan That sounds more likely. I haven’t seen that one. I just know One Crazy Summer starts with a road trip.
"One Crazy Summer" is literally the same movie...almost...Same star, same writer/director and almost same plot.
Yeah, this is surrealist humor. Everything around Lane reflects his emotional state as a teenage male who's been dumped by a girl he imagined was the love of his life despite clearly being not a great partner.
At those initial ski tryouts, Stalin stopped the clock a full 1-2 seconds after Lane came to a stop.
Not many other people catch this, I noticed it right away
Seeing Monique, the French foreign exchange student, reminded me of the movie The Last American Virgin. Well work a watch.
maybe the most underrated 80s comedy
Notice after the dance when Roy is teasing Lane about joining the water ballet team, Beth is staring daggers at Monique
You should do the entire Cusack Continuum. From The Sure Thing, BoD, One Crazy Summer, Hot Pursuit, Say Anything, to Grosse Point Blank, Pushing Tin, to High Fidelity, takes you from HS to mid to late 30s. Basically the same character, different names.
Nice !
True Colors, Tape Heads, The Grifters too.
The Sure Thing and Grosse Pointe Blank are favorites that need some love.
It's been decades since I've seen this, and I didn't recall how weird it is. But I'd call it absurdist 80s teen dark comedy.
One of my favorite movies
His mother literally created life. I've always wondered why this was just glossed over in this movie...😂
Man, I need to hang out with Christi and Patrick. My favorite John Cusack movie is Say Anything...
If you are ever in Shreveport Louisiana let us know.
I love John Cusack in America's Sweethearts (2001).
I don't know anyone who's heard of it or seen it, but it's one of my favorites. I find it crazy that no one really talks about it, because it has a star-studded cast. John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Stanley Tucci, and Christopher Walken to name just a few.
This was one of my favorites when I was in HS. I want my $2!!
I watched this show around Christmas since I was 12.... great show... very unique 👌 😅
The pig burger song is on Van Halen's 3rd album.