The ending was a "curveball", Chris' death was mentioned at the beginning of the film. The film was set in the late 50's (The language was typical for the time frame). The film ends with Gordy as an adult. The gun scenes were realistic for the time period. They were adolescents who did an unwise thing. There are many cultural and social dynamics that are specific to the time period and region of the country, so you may not understand what happens and why. In the 50's, it was not unheard of for kids their age to take hikes or walk in the woods. Small-town life in the 50's in the US was different from today. I read the original Stephen King story before I saw the film.
He was using an IBM computer. At the end he turned off the monitor or TV screen not the computer, that switch was at the back of the computer... The monitors switch was on the side. The danger is... without backing up to a separate floppy disk or cassette tape if the power goes off to the computer or someone turns it off everything is gone. It took ages to reload some programs 15 to 20 min, so turning off the computer you would have to wait all that time to start working again, It was common practice if you were going to return soon to just leave it on. He most likely left it on so when he returned he could print what he wrote. The dot-matrix printer had to be watched because the ink tape could go dry, dust and ink could cause the printing pins to get dirty making the print fuzzy or you could have a paper jam. To clarify dot-matrix paper came in a box each page was perforated but joined to the next. A book of 300 pages would have taken some time to print and everyone was waiting for him. It is fun to watch people today using the the old technology and watch them pull out their hair because how time consuming it was and having to initiate each step in the process manually. Then see the impatience build because of how long each step took to complete. LOL
That's called "Fanfold" paper which was invented by my dad's printing firm in the 1940's... And in 1982 I spent a whole morning writing a chapter of a technical manual, some coworkers came into my office and invited me to lunch, they all stood up at the same time and the static impulse generated killed my work before I could save it to my 8 inch floppy...
Yeah, and we all really knew what that meant the first time we were in the theatre watching the movie, lol. It's a curveball. (It's basically a different way of doing the end of American Graffiti.)
@@JamesLMason Yes, it can be missed and is easy to forget. And there are plenty of other movies in which a filmmaker gives the audience a piece of information and then brings it back later knowing or expecting that they'll have partially forgotten it and then have an "Oh, that's right" moment.
"Stand by Me" is a 1961 song by Ben E. King, a former singer of "The Drifters." The movie is from a Stephen King novella called "The Body." Actually the novella was even deeper in exploring character psychology, including the bad kids. My memories of it are a little vague because I read it decades ago. King would occasionally write something that turned out to be a novella, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. He didn't know what to do with them. Finally he collected four of them in a book called "Different Seasons." Of those four novellas, three have been made into movies. BTW, I'm the guy who had "Highlander" for his favorite movie. Your reactions are fun. Thanks!
@@weebitreacts Late to the party here, but trains are not allowed to stop until they actually hit someone or something such as a car. It can take a train up to a mile to stop and always longer than the 200-300 feet of a car. If they were slowing down every time something was on the track it would be hugely inefficient because most of the time the person or vehicle on the track moves. It's personal responsibility to not be stupid enough to be sitting around on the railroad tracks.
@@weebitreacts The nervous kid, Vern, was the one pointing the gun every which way. Chris Chambers had it pointing safely at the ground that night. The mistake Chris made was handing it to Gordie claiming it was unloaded without verifying, and Gordie not checking himself was another mistake. Those of us who were raised around guns know not to ever do that. There are a few basic rules about handling guns. Never put it at someone, always treat it as if it were loaded, make absolutely sure it is unloaded if one is cleaning it, always keep it pointed in a safe direction. In the end, it was obviously scripted for a dramatic incident in the movie. Considering the sheer number of firearms in the USA accidents are actually very rare.
*Corey Feldman* (Teddy) was in several iconic 80’s movies such as *Gremlins,* *The Goonies* and in *The Lost Boys* again with *Kiefer Sutherland* (Ace). *Jerry O’Connell* (Vern) is married to *Rebeca Romijn* who plays *Mystique* in the original *X-Men* trilogy.
One of my favourite films of all time. Another excellent River Phoenix film is The Mosquito Coast, along with Harrison Ford and my favourite Steven King adaptation is Misery, with Kathy Bates.
If you all had paid attention to the first two minutes of the film, you would not have been surprised by the ending. This movie is a masterpiece in recreating what it was like to grow up in a certain time and place. Frankly, it is probably too alien in many ways for people outside of the United States. However, it is very similar to my own childhood experiences, just a few years later.
When I was in school, they taught gun smithing in high school as a trade. Kids would bring guns to school. There was an indoor shooting range where the football team weight room is today.
Even though this takes place in post-war warll 50's it's relatable coming-of-age stories we've all had those close friends as children that you shared everything with that you slowly separate as you age because of Life on their behalf for yours you move or get married get a job or something for your interest change and you have different friends in
This is my lifetime all favorite drama. I had a terrible crush on River. 🥺 But on to a different movie… Have you seen ‘The Outsiders?’ Oh my days what a movie! Highly recommend if you haven’t. Talk about a jam packed cast of baby super stars! Also, keep the tissues close. Just sayin. Sending my best from Kansas USA. 🌻
I grew up in the 80's. Me and my friends smoked and had a tree house with a rope swing in the trees next to it. We used stand on the train trestle and wait for a train to come and jump into the pond below right before it got to us. I remember having BB gun fights and almost taking Jason's eye out. We were stupid but had so much fun and this movie brings back all the memories.
Guns in 1950s rural America were not considered a big deal. It wouldn't be that uncommon for kids their age to at least have experience with them. Most of those boys had probably been hunting or at least target shooting by then. My cousin got his first shotgun in the late 1980s at about 13. In more rural areas it wasn't uncommon to see gun racks in the back of pickup trucks in the high school parking lot with shotguns and rifles to go hunting after school. Many schools back then even had gun clubs and shot their guns on campus. They even had them in New York City. They taught firearm safety, maintenance, and marksmanship. There are still some gun clubs in high schools now although most have switched from 22 caliber rifles to air rifles. It would be weird for a kid their age to have a pistol and be unsupervised, but all of them may very well have been shooting before.
The reason he was writing this story is because his friend was just killed. A way of honoring him, in a way. And it was mentioned briefly in the beginning. Also, this was a short story/novella written by Stephen King. An American treasure.
Same here with a spur line, but the main lines are very busy. Most of these spur lines have been taken out due to the rise of container shipping, the one in this movie is gone as are 3 of the 4 spur lines in my area and the last one is slowly being decreased in length so it, too, will be gone one day. The rail in this movie is also gone, someone did a RUclips video on the locations in this movie then vs. now.
Colin's Elton John impression (complete with pun) was my first big LOL from him. I'm sure there will be many more. He's warming up to this whole reaction business quite nicely! 😁 And he was on pitch! One wee quibble: I do think the word "dated" is overused. By definition, any film set in the past will be "dated" but the themes- friendship, father/son relationships, the inevitability of change, dysfunctional families, the struggle to escape the class you're born into, small towns have their fair share of problems, too- are pretty timeless & universal. Anyway, once again you guys made my morning a little easier to stumble into. Love these reaction times in NYC-area! CLC: Coffee, Lorna & Colin! 🤓
Jerry O'Connell (Vern) most recent work is a co-host of CBS panel show called "TheTalk", He played Sheldon's older brother in "The Big Bang Theory, " and starred in "Crossing Jordan." He is no longer "pudgy Vern". The teen friend of Kiefer Sutherland is actor Casey Sziemsko who has a sister who is an actress.
@@CaddyJim I thought that could be it, I still took the time to look it up to see if he had a small role I hadn’t seen and I learned that he had been cast for it, so thanks 👍🏻
@@andreshernandez1180 he spilled water on the mogwai orgazmo so how I mixed it up with ET I have no idea. So thanks for making me look like a dumb ass LOL but informing me that he tried out for a role on ET do you know which one of the brothers
@@CaddyJim Neither, apparently the original story followed two best friends and he was going to play Elliott’s friend, but after some script changes the family was added to replace the friend.
Hi Lorna & Colin!🙂Congratulations on a couple of videos taking off with many viewings!🏆A kid having a gun like that would be very unusual during this time in America. You can see this films influence on many movies & TV shows that came later. The kid in the glasses is a young Corey Feldman. Believe it or not both Corey Feldman & Keifer Sutherland appeared in another classic 80s film called "The Lost Boys" (1987). It is considered a cult classic. Lorna, you don't look like you are 37 or 38 years old at all. You could easily pass for ten years younger.😉One of my favorite films is "The Green Mile" (1999). It is from writer Stephen King. It usually does very well with viewer numbers. Great reactions to this classic 80s film, Lorna & Colin!!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Yeah, gun culture is different here in the states in most parts. Kids in rural areas are usually taught young how to hande firearms. They learn from fathers or older family members about hunting. They are generally taught the right way to handle them. City folk however are most times not that responsible with firearms. Generally guns in the city are used for home protection, recreation or crime. The recreational type are more responsible and tend to teach others the right way to handle guns. The other two however are the problem. Of course the criminals with guns don't need explaining. But the home protection gunowners tend to bring guns into the home and put them in a shoebox under the bed or something and tell the kids not to touch it. Wich makes it even more of a temptation for kids. As an American I don't think taking the guns away is the solution. We just need to find a way to restrict gun ownership to the responsable ones.
Took me a few times, but at 7:11 he said: "Did you know the first ever film was, ah, a train, just driving..towards the camera. People freaked out cuz they'd never seen it before."
@@weebitreactsjust got done watching his death was a curveball for you but you didn't put it together with the newspaper the beginning. I learned your age of 37 you're beautiful & look younger than that.😉
Is coming through at the end says it hold up but not the language you're not comparing 80s language to today this movie takes place in 59 so the language holds up because that's how they talked in 59
Saw this movie in the theater with my girlfriend. When we came out, she said "Boys don't talk that way to each other." Pissed me off.....How would SHE know?
Jerry O’Connell (the fat kid) also starred in a series filmed in Vancouver, B.C. called "Sliders" which also starred the actor who played Gimli the Dwarf in The Lord Of The Rings movies. Will Wheaton was on Star Trek: Next Generation and played himself on the Big Bang Theory t.v show, where Jerry played Sheldon's older brother. So STAND BY ME had a lot of impressive young up and coming stars in it. Plus the story teller, Richard Dreyfus, you may recognize him as the guy who went into the shark cage in JAWS.
Heights and the fear of them - It's strange. I've done half 'a dozen solo freefall skydiving jumps, and i learned to paraglide, as well. Flying is dreamy‐beautiful. But, you couldn't get me to mountain-climb. And standing at the edge of a tall building... forget about it.
It's weird the things we are scared of. I'm deathly scared of heights, I really have to grit my teeth whenever I have to get on a ladder to do a repair on my house, but there are many things I do that are much more dangerous that don't bother me at all. Humans are a strange animal.
It's interesting to me that when Turning Red came out, there were all these wankers complaining that it sent a bad message, encouraged kids to be disrespectful of adults, and was inappropriate for children to watch. They belittled the things the kids cared about as frivolous and stupid and declared the entire movie as impossible to relate to. Things I have NEVER heard anyone say about this coming-of-age classic. Interesting.
The gun thing, and your outlook on it sparked this, though the film isn't really about guns: Please react to THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Colette TIA.
You rather Chris get his throat than a gun be present?!?!????!!!!!!!!! Good people need guns because of the bad people. You need to ponder things like this before voting
ahaha no I can be up high and it doesn't bother me at all and look down but if I'm on something that is wobbly then NOPE! ahaha also glad you are enjoying the content
So many people watch this and then remark on how they didn't think/feel/act like this when they were kids. This was set in the late 50s. I feel like that should be obvious but it never seems to be. Maybe they just see it's an 80s movie and assume it will include examples of more modern behavior.
As far as the “waving guns about”, that’s *Hollywood* gun culture, not American gun culture generally. There are those who learn from and try to emulate Hollywood, but most people know to treat all guns as loaded guns, always know your target and what lies beyond it, never point a gun at anything you don’t intend to destroy, and keep your finger off and away from the trigger until you’ve made the decision to fire. I recently watched a New Zealand family after returning from their first ever trip to the US. They were petrified that they’d get here and see guns everywhere, on everyone, because that’s what they’d been told. Instead (like most Americans during their entire lives), they never saw one, even in Texas.
I don't see why they'd be terrified. Lots of people carry guns, but usually concealed in this time. There were more guns around them than they realized. Probably even in New Zealand. Criminals carry guns despite the laws.
The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption are two of the greatest movie adaptations of "The King of Horror". Stephen King. This and Misery are amazing also. "The Shining" sucks
FINALLY someone speaks the truth. stephen king's horror stories haven't made very good movies. "the shining" is good until the ending where it just turns into a routine madman killer movie. and "pet sementary" was horrible but the book is excellent. "1408" is the only exception i can think of. but his non-horror stories make great films. also, "the dead zone" movie kinda sucked but the tv show was very good.
@@edittheworld-ct5yu ... no i haven't. thanks for the suggestions. i've heard of "the stand" but not "swan song." my, that king is a writing fool. just how many books and short stories has he written? one thing for sure he has a rare writing talent.
@@cjmacq-vg8um Swan Song is not King. It's by Robert McCammon If you really want to off the grid Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, is one of my favorite authors ever but he's not for everyone
Actually The Shining is great, captures the atmosphere of the book to a T and yet gives you a whole new set of plot points, as brilliant as King's so take your thumb out of your mouth. PS: Carrie is the best adaptation of his work by far, get some taste, kid. And The Green Mile and Shawshank are overrated beyond all words, just typical 90s mediocrity. Misery is very good until Reiner blows it during the ridiculous climactic sequence, showing himself to be an amateur with this material. (not that you'd know, "edittheworld", lol)
River phoenix was chris....jerry o' Connell was Vern.......young Gordie was Will Wheaton....adult Gordie was Richard dryfuss..and Corey Feldmen was teddy...looked like you missed the ending credits lol this movie reaction was epic thank you for this.
River was Joaquin''s brother who died of a drug overdose at Johnny Depp"s club the Viper Room. Will Wheaton the main character is best known for Star Trek; The Next Generation, Richard Dreyfuss who has the kids in the end and is an older version of the main character is an Oscar winner best known for Jaws. Based on the Stephen King story The Body.
Calling it a mental illness is overstating things a bit. It's more of a psychological quirk. An actual mental illness is something that causes danger to oneself or others, and fear of heights is somewhat reasonable for if one falls from a height it can cause injury or death. It's not like a fear of, say, butterflies.
You're right to be skeptical of the gun you can tell this is written by Californians who are like you guys not gun people.I grew up with guns children are taught gun safety number one rule *a gun is ALWAYS loaded even if you think it's not.* I'm fine with people being against guns just don't try to take my right & my guns from me
I believe this film is based off a novella written by Stephen King who is from Maine. Teaching gun safety doesn't prevent intentional shootings (like the daily mass shootings here in the US). "Who are like you guys, not gun people" - did you know Scotland had only 3 victims of homicide due to firearms in 2020-2021? Compared to nearly 49,000 people in the US in 2021. Now to be fair, the population of Scotland is roughly 5.5 Million and the US is about 334 Million, but that still works out to .000055% of Scots being killed by a gun vs .01467% of Americans being killed by guns. But sure, we'll continue protecting your right to own an AR for no reason at all.
@@sarab9906 this is based on a Stephen King novel but Hollywood write the script based off the novel. I'm not going to get in the gun debate because obviously you don't understand America has a illlegal gun problem most people doing the shooting are black most victims of shootings are black which happened every weekend for the media doesn't cover it but sensationalize is other acts of violence. You can use stats to your side open argument just as I could calculate the number of guns in Scotland /how many are used to commit murders and then you could calculate the number of guns in the US which Sarah 400,000,000 legal guns numerous illegal guns and when you divide that by the name of the murders it's miniscule nice talk thanks for the reply enjoy your day
Leaving aside the politics, don't you think Chris and Gordie's behavior with the gun has more to do with their having parents who don't care much about them than who wrote the screenplay? Like, wouldn't it be more relevant to these fine Scottish reactors to be told, "In the US, people who own guns usually teach their kids how to handle them to keep them safe; therefore, the fact that these children were _not taught_ tells you something about their parents" as opposed to "Californians don't like guns"? It sounds like you are applying stereotypes based on essentially no solid evidence rather than letting the story's elements _tell the story._ After all, people who want to make movies move to LA. Tons of LA screenwriters will have grown up in gun-friendly places like Texas and Idaho. Hell, I learned firearms safety through target and skeet shooting in the Boy Scouts despite not growing up in or around firearm-owning families. If I wrote a screenplay like this I would definitely be communicating "these parents are irresponsible people who are failing their obligation as guardians."
@@noodle_fc yeah I would agree with most of that but you have to consider this is supposed to be 1959 in a small town. The script could have been just as good with him Sean he brought his dad's gun without the irresponsible handling which gets even worse later in the movie when they're taking turns standing guard
uuuuh yeah.... that's why cases grow more and more frequent where children got ahold of their parents' gun and then accidentally kill a family member...... if you're not to be trusted with handling guns safely, you shouldn't be allowed to have them and the u.s. are proving on a daily basis that most people living there should not be allowed to have guns
Good reaction channel. Got here by watching your brand new Sopranos reactions. You guys were shocked on the ending, but you missed it in the very first opening scene, talked right into and over it and missed it. And gross on the burps lol.
You would be surprised at how annoyed you people get when we don't have a clue about something. I think it's ok to get an idea of what the film is about. 'blind as possible' maybe taking a bit too literally. We try and watch movies we haven't seen or even clips of. Sorry to disappoint. Thanks!
I don't remember that, but they do catch up to Gordie and Chris and beat them up and break one of their arms, in the book. When they say, We're gonna get you for this. And Chris replies, maybe you will and maybe you won't....they do.
😂 I (Colin) talk quite a bit but thanks for wanting to hear more from me. I am still new to talking on camera and Lorna is a pro so she carries me quite a bit actually. I am defo allowed to talk as much as I want and Lorna encourages it. 😊
you can tell its an american movie because a GUN is the hero of the film! and people wonder why americans worship guns. i can't remember the last time i've seen a movie where guns and violence weren't the answer to everyone's problems. also, not a big fan of VOMIT scenes in movies. i don't watch movies to be grossed out and nauseated. but i guess many idiots do watch movies for those reasons. other than that this is a pretty good movie. the best part is the journey. when they reach their destination the movie goes downhill.
@@telemperor... my comment represnts the movie honestly and without prejudice. all you have to do is watch the movie to see i'm right. a GUN saves the day! sad how you deny how american pop culture encourages america's insane gun proliferation. that's part of the problem. you want to stop gun violence but you embrace the glamourization of it. you want to stop it without addressing its cause. sounds like you're a true american all right.
@@marijuasher... i sit around and hear people complaining all over about how there's too much gun violence in the u. s. and when i criticize gun violence i'm attacked. sounds about right. no sane person would argue with what i wrote. are you guys NRA crazies or just crazies?
"i can't remember the last time i've seen a movie where guns and violence weren't the answer to everyone's problems." Maybe one day you'll join those of us in the real world. You can start by watching channels like Colion Noir and Active Self Protection.
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The ending was a "curveball", Chris' death was mentioned at the beginning of the film. The film was set in the late 50's (The language was typical for the time frame).
The film ends with Gordy as an adult. The gun scenes were realistic for the time period. They were adolescents who did an unwise thing. There are many cultural and social dynamics that are specific to the time period and region of the country, so you may not understand what happens and why. In the 50's, it was not unheard of for kids their age to take hikes or walk in the woods. Small-town life in the 50's in the US was different from today.
I read the original Stephen King story before I saw the film.
He was using an IBM computer. At the end he turned off the monitor or TV screen not the computer, that switch was at the back of the computer... The monitors switch was on the side. The danger is... without backing up to a separate floppy disk or cassette tape if the power goes off to the computer or someone turns it off everything is gone. It took ages to reload some programs 15 to 20 min, so turning off the computer you would have to wait all that time to start working again, It was common practice if you were going to return soon to just leave it on. He most likely left it on so when he returned he could print what he wrote. The dot-matrix printer had to be watched because the ink tape could go dry, dust and ink could cause the printing pins to get dirty making the print fuzzy or you could have a paper jam. To clarify dot-matrix paper came in a box each page was perforated but joined to the next. A book of 300 pages would have taken some time to print and everyone was waiting for him. It is fun to watch people today using the the old technology and watch them pull out their hair because how time consuming it was and having to initiate each step in the process manually. Then see the impatience build because of how long each step took to complete. LOL
That's called "Fanfold" paper which was invented by my dad's printing firm in the 1940's...
And in 1982 I spent a whole morning writing a chapter of a technical manual, some coworkers came into my office and invited me to lunch, they all stood up at the same time and the static impulse generated killed my work before I could save it to my 8 inch floppy...
Chris being killed wasn't a curveball. The newspaper with an article on his death is shown in the opening scene with Richard Dreyfuss in the car.
Yeah, and we all really knew what that meant the first time we were in the theatre watching the movie, lol. It's a curveball. (It's basically a different way of doing the end of American Graffiti.)
@@TTM9691 In American Graffiti, you have no idea anyone is dead until that ending. In this movie, you know from the start.
@@anrun I'm not going to repeat myself, your reading comprehension sucks.
I certainly didn't clock it the first time I saw it. It's very easy to forget, even though it's hiding in plain sight.
@@JamesLMason Yes, it can be missed and is easy to forget. And there are plenty of other movies in which a filmmaker gives the audience a piece of information and then brings it back later knowing or expecting that they'll have partially forgotten it and then have an "Oh, that's right" moment.
"Stand by Me" is a 1961 song by Ben E. King, a former singer of "The Drifters."
The movie is from a Stephen King novella called "The Body." Actually the novella was even deeper in exploring character psychology, including the bad kids. My memories of it are a little vague because I read it decades ago.
King would occasionally write something that turned out to be a novella, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. He didn't know what to do with them. Finally he collected four of them in a book called "Different Seasons." Of those four novellas, three have been made into movies.
BTW, I'm the guy who had "Highlander" for his favorite movie. Your reactions are fun. Thanks!
Glad you like the reactions!
@@weebitreacts Late to the party here, but trains are not allowed to stop until they actually hit someone or something such as a car. It can take a train up to a mile to stop and always longer than the 200-300 feet of a car. If they were slowing down every time something was on the track it would be hugely inefficient because most of the time the person or vehicle on the track moves. It's personal responsibility to not be stupid enough to be sitting around on the railroad tracks.
@@weebitreacts Guns are NOT bad. Some people who use them are bad. Guns are a human right, and one enumerated in the US Constitution.
@@weebitreacts The nervous kid, Vern, was the one pointing the gun every which way. Chris Chambers had it pointing safely at the ground that night. The mistake Chris made was handing it to Gordie claiming it was unloaded without verifying, and Gordie not checking himself was another mistake. Those of us who were raised around guns know not to ever do that. There are a few basic rules about handling guns. Never put it at someone, always treat it as if it were loaded, make absolutely sure it is unloaded if one is cleaning it, always keep it pointed in a safe direction. In the end, it was obviously scripted for a dramatic incident in the movie. Considering the sheer number of firearms in the USA accidents are actually very rare.
No alligators where the boys are. The boys are in the northern part of the US.
One of the movies I grew up with, and the actors I followed at that time. I was a tween and teen in the 80's, and the stories had heart.
*Corey Feldman* (Teddy) was in several iconic 80’s movies such as *Gremlins,* *The Goonies* and in *The Lost Boys* again with *Kiefer Sutherland* (Ace). *Jerry O’Connell* (Vern) is married to *Rebeca Romijn* who plays *Mystique* in the original *X-Men* trilogy.
ahaha that's where I know him from! I couldn't place him at all - Lorna
They were married. They divorced several years ago. Too bad, they were a good looking couple.
The Lost Boys had a great cover of People are Strange which, IMO, is better than the original by The Doors.
@@Anon54387 I love The Doors and didn’t like that cover.
Jumped right on this. This should be coupled with sandlot and goonies.
I would also like to add Now and Then which has a similar feel except with a group of female friends set around the same time
@@joni-leesmith3991 I'd check it out.
Except the best order for that would be Stand By Me last
@@sparksdrinker5650 what's done is done.
“Whoever smelt it, dealt it” those were the good ol’ days i tells ya 🤣 let’s go
One of my favourite films of all time. Another excellent River Phoenix film is The Mosquito Coast, along with Harrison Ford and my favourite Steven King adaptation is Misery, with Kathy Bates.
If you all had paid attention to the first two minutes of the film, you would not have been surprised by the ending. This movie is a masterpiece in recreating what it was like to grow up in a certain time and place. Frankly, it is probably too alien in many ways for people outside of the United States. However, it is very similar to my own childhood experiences, just a few years later.
When I was in school, they taught gun smithing in high school as a trade. Kids would bring guns to school. There was an indoor shooting range where the football team weight room is today.
This was one of the first R-Rated films that many of my friends' parents allowed them to see in the theater(I was 10 years old when it was released).
Mine too. My sister recorded all hbo movies when I was a kid. I have this predator and lost boys one one tape.
Even though this takes place in post-war warll 50's it's relatable coming-of-age stories we've all had those close friends as children that you shared everything with that you slowly separate as you age because of Life on their behalf for yours you move or get married get a job or something for your interest change and you have different friends in
One of my favorite movies! Great reaction. I'm terrified of heights. I would have never crossed that bridge lol
The bridge was terrifying!
This is my lifetime all favorite drama. I had a terrible crush on River. 🥺
But on to a different movie… Have you seen ‘The Outsiders?’ Oh my days what a movie! Highly recommend if you haven’t. Talk about a jam packed cast of baby super stars! Also, keep the tissues close. Just sayin.
Sending my best from Kansas USA. 🌻
Thanks so much for the suggestion! Lots of love from Scotland 🏴
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I grew up in the 80's. Me and my friends smoked and had a tree house with a rope swing in the trees next to it. We used stand on the train trestle and wait for a train to come and jump into the pond below right before it got to us. I remember having BB gun fights and almost taking Jason's eye out. We were stupid but had so much fun and this movie brings back all the memories.
I grew up in the 60s; We'd play war games in the fields....Emulating our Dads I guess, who were all veterans
It takes a train like half a mile to stop once you hit the brakes😂. He could've been on the brakes the entire time they were running away.
Today, I learned Scots say "Em" instead of "Um". 🤣
*PLEASE* check out *Escape To Victory* with Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow and “King” Pelé. Great movie.
One of my all time favorite movies
Guns in 1950s rural America were not considered a big deal. It wouldn't be that uncommon for kids their age to at least have experience with them. Most of those boys had probably been hunting or at least target shooting by then. My cousin got his first shotgun in the late 1980s at about 13.
In more rural areas it wasn't uncommon to see gun racks in the back of pickup trucks in the high school parking lot with shotguns and rifles to go hunting after school.
Many schools back then even had gun clubs and shot their guns on campus. They even had them in New York City. They taught firearm safety, maintenance, and marksmanship.
There are still some gun clubs in high schools now although most have switched from 22 caliber rifles to air rifles.
It would be weird for a kid their age to have a pistol and be unsupervised, but all of them may very well have been shooting before.
The reason he was writing this story is because his friend was just killed. A way of honoring him, in a way. And it was mentioned briefly in the beginning. Also, this was a short story/novella written by Stephen King. An American treasure.
Grew up very near train tracks. Used ot walk and play on them all the time. Trains didn't come along all that often
Same here with a spur line, but the main lines are very busy. Most of these spur lines have been taken out due to the rise of container shipping, the one in this movie is gone as are 3 of the 4 spur lines in my area and the last one is slowly being decreased in length so it, too, will be gone one day. The rail in this movie is also gone, someone did a RUclips video on the locations in this movie then vs. now.
The older teen wasn't Sean Aston. He was around the same age as Cory Feldman. They were in The Goonies before this movie came out.
This was based off a Steven King book called " The Body ".
5:22 the accent, we love it.
I didn't know they thought he had the stronger accent.
It's an old song but made popular again when this came out.
You guys do know this was set in the 1950's and not the 1980's right??
Yeah we know - it was made in 1980's though ^^
@@weebitreacts aye, twas made in the 80's. They doon't make 'em like that any moor! Ye's done Schindler's List yet? Ah can't remmember.
Colin's Elton John impression (complete with pun) was my first big LOL from him. I'm sure there will be many more. He's warming up to this whole reaction business quite nicely! 😁 And he was on pitch! One wee quibble: I do think the word "dated" is overused. By definition, any film set in the past will be "dated" but the themes- friendship, father/son relationships, the inevitability of change, dysfunctional families, the struggle to escape the class you're born into, small towns have their fair share of problems, too- are pretty timeless & universal. Anyway, once again you guys made my morning a little easier to stumble into. Love these reaction times in NYC-area! CLC: Coffee, Lorna & Colin! 🤓
Jerry O'Connell (Vern) most recent work is a co-host of CBS panel show called "TheTalk", He played Sheldon's older brother in "The Big Bang Theory, " and starred in "Crossing Jordan." He is no longer "pudgy Vern". The teen friend of Kiefer Sutherland is actor Casey Sziemsko who has a sister who is an actress.
And we mustn't forget Jerry's movie, *Joe's Apartment* (1996).
Teddy the kid with the glasses is *Corey Feldman* was a huge child actor known for movies like *(Goonies) (Gremlins) (The Burbs) (License To Drive)*
Corey Feldman was NOT in the movie E.T., he auditioned for it and was originally cast but he’s not in the movie.
@@andreshernandez1180 I was going to argue you were wrong. It's late but you're correct I meant *(Gremlins)* I changed it
@@CaddyJim I thought that could be it, I still took the time to look it up to see if he had a small role I hadn’t seen and I learned that he had been cast for it, so thanks 👍🏻
@@andreshernandez1180 he spilled water on the mogwai orgazmo so how I mixed it up with ET I have no idea. So thanks for making me look like a dumb ass LOL but informing me that he tried out for a role on ET do you know which one of the brothers
@@CaddyJim Neither, apparently the original story followed two best friends and he was going to play Elliott’s friend, but after some script changes the family was added to replace the friend.
In the book, they all die except for Gordie. That's the significance of the "goocher" scene.
Hi Lorna & Colin!🙂Congratulations on a couple of videos taking off with many viewings!🏆A kid having a gun like that would be very unusual during this time in America. You can see this films influence on many movies & TV shows that came later. The kid in the glasses is a young Corey Feldman. Believe it or not both Corey Feldman & Keifer Sutherland appeared in another classic 80s film called "The Lost Boys" (1987). It is considered a cult classic. Lorna, you don't look like you are 37 or 38 years old at all. You could easily pass for ten years younger.😉One of my favorite films is "The Green Mile" (1999). It is from writer Stephen King. It usually does very well with viewer numbers. Great reactions to this classic 80s film, Lorna & Colin!!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Yeah, gun culture is different here in the states in most parts. Kids in rural areas are usually taught young how to hande firearms. They learn from fathers or older family members about hunting. They are generally taught the right way to handle them. City folk however are most times not that responsible with firearms. Generally guns in the city are used for home protection, recreation or crime. The recreational type are more responsible and tend to teach others the right way to handle guns. The other two however are the problem. Of course the criminals with guns don't need explaining. But the home protection gunowners tend to bring guns into the home and put them in a shoebox under the bed or something and tell the kids not to touch it. Wich makes it even more of a temptation for kids. As an American I don't think taking the guns away is the solution. We just need to find a way to restrict gun ownership to the responsable ones.
Took me a few times, but at 7:11 he said:
"Did you know the first ever film was, ah, a train, just driving..towards the camera. People freaked out cuz they'd never seen it before."
Glad you got it in the end!
yes, we're chill about the gun. especially when this movie came out in the 80s. it was a different world.
She did such a great accent @ 5:25! Lol. Seriously. I’m live here. Trust me, that was good. ;-)
Glad you enjoyed it - Lorna
I'm at the beginning but they were so sidetracked by the song & didn't mention the newspaper will see if they put it together at the end
I think the song got us good! hahaha
@@weebitreactsjust got done watching his death was a curveball for you but you didn't put it together with the newspaper the beginning. I learned your age of 37 you're beautiful & look younger than that.😉
Is coming through at the end says it hold up but not the language you're not comparing 80s language to today this movie takes place in 59 so the language holds up because that's how they talked in 59
@@CaddyJimYeah totally get that the language holds up for the time, more just a passing comment on how dated it feels to now. Lorna
@@CaddyJim Thank you! Lorna
Saw this movie in the theater with my girlfriend. When we came out, she said "Boys don't talk that way to each other." Pissed me off.....How would SHE know?
Jerry O’Connell (the fat kid) also starred in a series filmed in Vancouver, B.C. called "Sliders" which also starred the actor who played Gimli the Dwarf in The Lord Of The Rings movies. Will Wheaton was on Star Trek: Next Generation and played himself on the Big Bang Theory t.v show, where Jerry played Sheldon's older brother. So STAND BY ME had a lot of impressive young up and coming stars in it. Plus the story teller, Richard Dreyfus, you may recognize him as the guy who went into the shark cage in JAWS.
Heights and the fear of them -
It's strange. I've done half 'a dozen solo freefall skydiving jumps, and i learned to paraglide, as well. Flying is dreamy‐beautiful.
But,
you couldn't get me to mountain-climb. And standing at the edge of a tall building... forget about it.
Ooh yes I could do all those too but would feel the same standing at the edge of a building. Twinning - Lorna
@@weebitreacts
Then you know that horrifying feeling that you're being physically pulled toward that edge. Severely spooky.
It's weird the things we are scared of. I'm deathly scared of heights, I really have to grit my teeth whenever I have to get on a ladder to do a repair on my house, but there are many things I do that are much more dangerous that don't bother me at all. Humans are a strange animal.
@@Anon54387 I love being high up...But yes, heights = Death. My big fear is the ocean
It's interesting to me that when Turning Red came out, there were all these wankers complaining that it sent a bad message, encouraged kids to be disrespectful of adults, and was inappropriate for children to watch. They belittled the things the kids cared about as frivolous and stupid and declared the entire movie as impossible to relate to.
Things I have NEVER heard anyone say about this coming-of-age classic.
Interesting.
The gun thing, and your outlook on it sparked this, though the film isn't really about guns:
Please react to
THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Colette
TIA.
You rather Chris get his throat than a gun be present?!?!????!!!!!!!!!
Good people need guns because of the bad people.
You need to ponder things like this before voting
Lol you guys are funny. Her: I'm not scared of Heights just falling :me sooo your scared of heights? 😂
ahaha no I can be up high and it doesn't bother me at all and look down but if I'm on something that is wobbly then NOPE! ahaha also glad you are enjoying the content
Not to freak out anyone, but the Underground Legend is that Chris was secretly in love w/Gordie 11:34
So many people watch this and then remark on how they didn't think/feel/act like this when they were kids. This was set in the late 50s. I feel like that should be obvious but it never seems to be. Maybe they just see it's an 80s movie and assume it will include examples of more modern behavior.
As far as the “waving guns about”, that’s *Hollywood* gun culture, not American gun culture generally. There are those who learn from and try to emulate Hollywood, but most people know to treat all guns as loaded guns, always know your target and what lies beyond it, never point a gun at anything you don’t intend to destroy, and keep your finger off and away from the trigger until you’ve made the decision to fire.
I recently watched a New Zealand family after returning from their first ever trip to the US. They were petrified that they’d get here and see guns everywhere, on everyone, because that’s what they’d been told. Instead (like most Americans during their entire lives), they never saw one, even in Texas.
I don't see why they'd be terrified. Lots of people carry guns, but usually concealed in this time. There were more guns around them than they realized. Probably even in New Zealand. Criminals carry guns despite the laws.
The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption are two of the greatest movie adaptations of "The King of Horror". Stephen King. This and Misery are amazing also. "The Shining" sucks
FINALLY someone speaks the truth. stephen king's horror stories haven't made very good movies. "the shining" is good until the ending where it just turns into a routine madman killer movie. and "pet sementary" was horrible but the book is excellent. "1408" is the only exception i can think of. but his non-horror stories make great films. also, "the dead zone" movie kinda sucked but the tv show was very good.
@@cjmacq-vg8um If you have read "The Stand" you need to read Swan Song. Way better
@@edittheworld-ct5yu ... no i haven't. thanks for the suggestions. i've heard of "the stand" but not "swan song." my, that king is a writing fool. just how many books and short stories has he written? one thing for sure he has a rare writing talent.
@@cjmacq-vg8um Swan Song is not King. It's by Robert McCammon
If you really want to off the grid Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, is one of my favorite authors ever but he's not for everyone
Actually The Shining is great, captures the atmosphere of the book to a T and yet gives you a whole new set of plot points, as brilliant as King's so take your thumb out of your mouth. PS: Carrie is the best adaptation of his work by far, get some taste, kid. And The Green Mile and Shawshank are overrated beyond all words, just typical 90s mediocrity. Misery is very good until Reiner blows it during the ridiculous climactic sequence, showing himself to be an amateur with this material. (not that you'd know, "edittheworld", lol)
River phoenix was chris....jerry o' Connell was Vern.......young Gordie was Will Wheaton....adult Gordie was Richard dryfuss..and Corey Feldmen was teddy...looked like you missed the ending credits lol this movie reaction was epic thank you for this.
River was Joaquin''s brother who died of a drug overdose at Johnny Depp"s club the Viper Room. Will Wheaton the main character is best known for Star Trek; The Next Generation, Richard Dreyfuss who has the kids in the end and is an older version of the main character is an Oscar winner best known for Jaws. Based on the Stephen King story The Body.
@@hotflesh66 Joaquin used to go by Leaf Phoenix, it’s even in the credits of his first films such as Space Camp and Parenthood.
Nobody ever mentions it, but Dreyfuss has blue eyes. Wil Wheaton's are brown
Loved it! And yes, at the bridge scene its called Acrophobia: the fear of heights and falling, yes I am & I found out that it's a mental illness
Thank you and thanks for the info I (Colin) definitely suffer from that 🙈
Calling it a mental illness is overstating things a bit. It's more of a psychological quirk. An actual mental illness is something that causes danger to oneself or others, and fear of heights is somewhat reasonable for if one falls from a height it can cause injury or death. It's not like a fear of, say, butterflies.
Don't know about a mental illness but it's definitely a Phobia, like fear of flying or fear of the ocean
Definitely check out the Sandlot, it feels similar to Stand By Me, except much happier.
ooh thanks for the suggestion!
first thing i do is check colin's hair. nice.
This is not a reaction. This is two people carrying on a conversation with a movie playing in the background.
It sure is! Says it in the title :)
@@weebitreacts The label on something doesn't necessarily mean it is what it is labeled as. :)
Love the reaction, if only the audio was better, going up and down...
Auto settings tend to be bad.
You're right to be skeptical of the gun you can tell this is written by Californians who are like you guys not gun people.I grew up with guns children are taught gun safety number one rule *a gun is ALWAYS loaded even if you think it's not.* I'm fine with people being against guns just don't try to take my right & my guns from me
I believe this film is based off a novella written by Stephen King who is from Maine. Teaching gun safety doesn't prevent intentional shootings (like the daily mass shootings here in the US). "Who are like you guys, not gun people" - did you know Scotland had only 3 victims of homicide due to firearms in 2020-2021? Compared to nearly 49,000 people in the US in 2021. Now to be fair, the population of Scotland is roughly 5.5 Million and the US is about 334 Million, but that still works out to .000055% of Scots being killed by a gun vs .01467% of Americans being killed by guns. But sure, we'll continue protecting your right to own an AR for no reason at all.
@@sarab9906 this is based on a Stephen King novel but Hollywood write the script based off the novel. I'm not going to get in the gun debate because obviously you don't understand America has a illlegal gun problem most people doing the shooting are black most victims of shootings are black which happened every weekend for the media doesn't cover it but sensationalize is other acts of violence. You can use stats to your side open argument just as I could calculate the number of guns in Scotland /how many are used to commit murders and then you could calculate the number of guns in the US which Sarah 400,000,000 legal guns numerous illegal guns and when you divide that by the name of the murders it's miniscule nice talk thanks for the reply enjoy your day
Leaving aside the politics, don't you think Chris and Gordie's behavior with the gun has more to do with their having parents who don't care much about them than who wrote the screenplay? Like, wouldn't it be more relevant to these fine Scottish reactors to be told, "In the US, people who own guns usually teach their kids how to handle them to keep them safe; therefore, the fact that these children were _not taught_ tells you something about their parents" as opposed to "Californians don't like guns"?
It sounds like you are applying stereotypes based on essentially no solid evidence rather than letting the story's elements _tell the story._ After all, people who want to make movies move to LA. Tons of LA screenwriters will have grown up in gun-friendly places like Texas and Idaho. Hell, I learned firearms safety through target and skeet shooting in the Boy Scouts despite not growing up in or around firearm-owning families. If I wrote a screenplay like this I would definitely be communicating "these parents are irresponsible people who are failing their obligation as guardians."
@@noodle_fc yeah I would agree with most of that but you have to consider this is supposed to be 1959 in a small town. The script could have been just as good with him Sean he brought his dad's gun without the irresponsible handling which gets even worse later in the movie when they're taking turns standing guard
uuuuh yeah.... that's why cases grow more and more frequent where children got ahold of their parents' gun and then accidentally kill a family member...... if you're not to be trusted with handling guns safely, you shouldn't be allowed to have them and the u.s. are proving on a daily basis that most people living there should not be allowed to have guns
OOH mah fav'rit Sco-ish reactors!
HELLO!
Good reaction channel. Got here by watching your brand new Sopranos reactions.
You guys were shocked on the ending, but you missed it in the very first opening scene, talked right into and over it and missed it.
And gross on the burps lol.
Heeey welcome in! 🥳🥳
Says we love going in as blind as possible
Immediately reads plot synopsis
Boooooo... 😂
You would be surprised at how annoyed you people get when we don't have a clue about something. I think it's ok to get an idea of what the film is about. 'blind as possible' maybe taking a bit too literally. We try and watch movies we haven't seen or even clips of. Sorry to disappoint. Thanks!
Her old timey northeast accent wasn't that that that bad
What is Goofy? A frigging cartoon.
Try the movie braveheart ,good Scottish story.
Gattaca
I need subtitles to understand you ....😎
ahaha SORRY! :P
6:17 "Shoot'em."
you got a weebit of American in you.
So weird a reaction skipping over some of the best acting in movie history, super weird.
Wouldn't get that far. Good acting yes. The best...... No. Thanks!
Hi there
I think ACE killed Gordies brother Danny in the so called jeep accident
I don't remember that, but they do catch up to Gordie and Chris and beat them up and break one of their arms, in the book. When they say, We're gonna get you for this. And Chris replies, maybe you will and maybe you won't....they do.
How come Colin is not allowed to talk during the intro or very much during the reaction??? Would love to hear more from him.
😂 I (Colin) talk quite a bit but thanks for wanting to hear more from me. I am still new to talking on camera and Lorna is a pro so she carries me quite a bit actually. I am defo allowed to talk as much as I want and Lorna encourages it. 😊
I leaned to shoot at 6 years old. Guns are no big deal.
I thought you said “I learned to shoot at 6 year olds” 😂 How one misplaced letter can change everything.
you can tell its an american movie because a GUN is the hero of the film! and people wonder why americans worship guns. i can't remember the last time i've seen a movie where guns and violence weren't the answer to everyone's problems.
also, not a big fan of VOMIT scenes in movies. i don't watch movies to be grossed out and nauseated. but i guess many idiots do watch movies for those reasons. other than that this is a pretty good movie. the best part is the journey. when they reach their destination the movie goes downhill.
This movie condemns violence and Stephen King a liberal would not promote a gun as hero. Your interpretation misses the mark.
@@telemperor... my comment represnts the movie honestly and without prejudice. all you have to do is watch the movie to see i'm right. a GUN saves the day!
sad how you deny how american pop culture encourages america's insane gun proliferation. that's part of the problem.
you want to stop gun violence but you embrace the glamourization of it. you want to stop it without addressing its cause. sounds like you're a true american all right.
You're not judegmental at all!
@@marijuasher... i sit around and hear people complaining all over about how there's too much gun violence in the u. s. and when i criticize gun violence i'm attacked. sounds about right.
no sane person would argue with what i wrote. are you guys NRA crazies or just crazies?
"i can't remember the last time i've seen a movie where guns and violence weren't the answer to everyone's problems."
Maybe one day you'll join those of us in the real world. You can start by watching channels like Colion Noir and Active Self Protection.
R.i.p River Phoenix one of his best pieces of work 🙏👌
Filmed in my home state of Oregon
oooh nice one :D