LETHAL WEAPON (1987) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Hope you all enjoy my reaction as I watch Lethal Weapon for the first time.
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Original Movie: Lethal Weapon (1987)
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Yes the “I’m too old for this shit” came from this movie.
Thiere is a big scene in the fourth one where they both psych themselves up by saying “I’m not too old for this shit”
@@TCM215 he also used it in Predator 2
@@g.e.gaviationphotography419 and maverick
@@matthewgraham2619 oof fuck me, I forgot about Maverick - ima have to DL that right now
Well, Shane black wrote that quotation first before other writers use it in their films
The misadventures of Riggs and Martaugh. Lol. I’m too old for this shit.
What’s sad is that all of us who watched it back in the 80s & 90s when it was new maybe are now too old for this shit lol
baronvg definitely too old for this shit.
I'm 24 and I find this hilarious
Fun fact: The movie was actually filmed in July of '84 although not released until '87. I know because when I first moved to Los Angeles my apartment was at the Orange Towers right above the famous Chinese Theater. They transformed Hollywood Boulevard by adding Christmas decorations. After the second day of shooting I was able to approach Mel Gibson and I got his full attention after security tried to stop me. Right after he noticed he said, "Hey stop, let him through". I was in awe of how nice he was. He asked me for my address and about a couple of weeks later I received a signed photo of him dedicated to me. It was one of the best moments of my life. I will be 60 next year, was just 23 when it happened and will never forget it, especially how nice he was to me.
He may have been nice in the 80's but he turned into a pretty shitty person later on, unfortunately.
@@CreepyNeighbor666 I love him as an actor but yeah he's bat crazy.
@@CreepyNeighbor666 Mel has gotten a really bad rap. Substance abuse is a serious issue for a lot of people, and I feel it’s worth it to give people a second chance if they want it. Nobody is perfect.
@@CreepyNeighbor666 Not really, just a guy living his life, no worse than anybody else
@@seanstoutgamer Yeah, gotta be able to separate the actor and the man.
Richard Donner directed all four Lethal Weapon films & the bulk of the cast returns for them all. Great franchise. The definitive buddy action/comedy duo.
3 and 4 are 🐂💩.
@@orangeking2783 Well, they do have Renee Russo who is great and she and Mel Gibson are terrific together. I do agree that 3 and 4 are not in the same league as the first two.
@@CR41489 and in 4 Jet Li was introduced to western audiences. Quite a deal.
@@CR41489 Rene Russo is great. I liked her a lot in Tin Cup (1996) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). But even she couldn't save the last two Lethal Weapon movies. I bought the whole collection a few years ago and gave away the last two. 🗑️
Donner is a terrific director. Superman. The Goonies. Scrooged. The Omen.
Mel Gibson was running in movies before Tom Cruise could crawl.
Yeah! You saw gallipoli!?!?!?!
Jimmy Stewart was running in movies before Mel was just an itch in his daddy's pants
@Mitchell Beston oooooo!!!!!!!!!
Tom Cruise is older than you think. He started doing movies only like 4 or 5 years after Mel. One of his first movies was somewhat a war or military movie.
@@lunavioleta001 the military academy one right?
Keep watching. This is the one action franchise of its era that never went to shit. Richard Donner stuck with it through all four films, and had standards for the series.
You think I’m crazy??!! You wanna see crazy??!! I’ll show you crazy!!! Woopwoopwoop!!
Cool this will make Sunny even funnier in upcoming episodes.
Can't wait
Can you still find those episodes? I think they got cancelled due to the left
@@yomamapwnz DVDs and torrents
@@yomamapwnz I didn't do anything
yomamapwnz I wouldn’t say it was the left, more just all the streaming sites stupidly freaking out and doing it even though every left person I know (including myself) is also annoyed by the episodes being taken off
The Nice Guys is far and away my favourite “buddy cop” movie, even if they aren’t technically “cops” it’s soooo damn good
nice guys is so overlooked. i would watch a sequel.
CTCheeser Gaming I like The Nice Guys, though I’m more of a Kiss Kiss Bang Bang fan for buddy movies.
@@susanmaggiora4800 there was like an 8% chance of that happening
BRO! I can't believe it took me as long as it did to watch The Nice Guys! POSSIBLY my favorite movie I saw this year. Gosling is HILARIOUS!!
The Nice Guys and Kiss, Kiss. Bang, Bang. They're both written and directed by Shane Black. Shane Black also wrote Lethal Weapon.
While you're on Christmas themes, Rocky IV takes place during Christmas.
sweet
Ahhh you’re speaking of one of the greatest movies ever.
and of course Die Hard
All 4 of the Lethal Weapon movies are good!
very rare to find a franchise like it, where all of them are good
All 6 of them are great 👍
@@danikasilva9906 4
@@jp3813 *6
@@bae_ofpigz **facepalm**
I'd argue with anyone that the best movies came out in the 80's and 90's. There's so many of them. This was when film making was at its height. No cgi, unbelievably good script writing, amazing filming, some of the best actors, brilliant scores... Please take me back to when things in life were good and movies were real movies!!!
yes. While i do like the newer shit that C Nolan puts out - you just cant beat shit like Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills cop, the mighty ducks, the goonies, die hard, footloose, short circuit - i could go on and on.
@@JoshuaDay0550 You got it mate, those are exactly the sorts of movies I'm talking about. Tbh there's a few movies today that are good, John Wick etc but I hate all this comic book crap, the business is just swamped with it and I hate all these remakes, especially woke feminist sjw garbage. Give me Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Trading Places, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Aliens, Reservoir Dogs, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Stir Crazy etc etc any day of the week. Deadpool is the only superhero movies I'll watch, the rest nowadays is bollocks!!
@Lucien Faber and Scarface!!
You should watch "Apollo 13"! It's a dramatization of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. It is brilliantly written and acted and an awesome movie.
I love that movie so much.
abso-fookin-lutely, sir.
Yes, oh yes. I could never watch Apollo 13 enough times. And every single time, when I get to the end, I feel the same burst of emotion as if I were watching it for the first time. The book is amazing, too.
@@morgand.3809 yes it is def one of those movies that never gets old. And I didn't know there was a book! I'll have to add it to my reading list
@@sophiefriedenwald-fishman8442 It's "Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13" by Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks in the movie). Totally recommend it.
There's a parody called Loaded Weapon 1 starring Emilio Estevez, Sam Jackson, Tim Curry and William Shatner. You should check it out.
But only after you have seen the second part. The parody references Lethal Weapon II too. That movie was as as good as this one BTW.
Loaded Weapon is parody gold!
You forgot Bruce Willis cameo.
Oh I love that movie
@@JohnWick-yu6je ROFL, yeah, them blowing up his trailer down the beach. . . just thinking about it has me laughing.
Lethal Weapon is an action movie masterpiece. Mel's acting in the suicide scene with just him and the gun was superb acting.
The Long Kiss Goodnight is another fantastic Christmas action film from the same writer as Lethal Weapon, Shane Black.
Shane Black also starred in Predator alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Shane Black is the king of buddy action-comedies
His performance as he teetered on the edge of suicide with his pistol in his mouth was what caught the eye of Kenneth Brannaugh and earned him the role of Hamlet.
What has Kenneth Brannagh to do with Mel Gibson playing Hamlet in Franco Zeffirelli's film?
You are correct. I got my information mixed up. It was Ziffirelli who saw Gibson in Lethal Weapon and was impressed by the scene of his near suicide.
I understand the little mistake,cause Kenneth Brannagh is the MAN & he has done a lot of Shakespeare. First saw Kenneth in a fantastic movie called " Dead Again" next the incredible "Henry the 5th" been a fan of Everything he's ever done and freaking loved Wallander. Sorry I just love that actor/director/author big time.
Fun fact: Danny Glover was only 38 in that movie!
That's funny, some guys seemingly don't age while others play old guys almost their whole career.
Danny Glover has been an old guy since I was a kid..lolol. And I'm over 60.
You're by far my favorite reactor, much love. Happy Holidays !!!
The Mr. Rogers of the RUclips reaction world, and I love it. 👍
80's was the best decade for action films.
A great buddy cop Action comedy classic! A Los Angeles detective with a family hunts Drug Smugglers with help from his new partner, a suicidal loner with a death wish.
the late 80s, early 90s was a great time for buddy cop films. Not as snarky and rom com-y as now
@@tynao2029 and no CGI
This is THE Buddy Cop movie, their banter between the two are organic and natural, and it just keeps getting better from movie to movie.
One of my favorite 80s action movies. Keep up the good work man can’t wait for lethal weapon 5....
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
And do the rest of the Lethal Weapons
KKBB is amazing
+1 for KKBB!
Agreed, definitely give KKBB a watch. Downey and Kilmer together is magic.
Gay Perry is one of my favorite movie characters.
And Mad Max.
i would never ever thought of lethal weapon being a "festive movie" LOL
Really? I mean the opening credits is over “Jingle Bell Rock”.
Neither did I and I used to watch this film all the time as a kid lol.
Don't know why I never clocked I guess as its a background theme rather than a focus. The focus is more the partnership and action scenes but maybe I'm just making excuses 🤣
Nice to get a look at Gary Busey before his unfortunate motorcycle accident.
Before his teeth took control of the humanoid form.
@@justanotherdayinthelife9841 'a fucking alien...'
I have to say this is one franchise that didn’t go down the hill lethal weapon two when they added Joe Pesci was hilarious lethal weapon three when they added Renee Russo was fantastic and then lethal weapon four they added Chris rock all of them are great
I agree. I love all 4 movies! Which, as you say, is rare for a franchise.
Speak for yourself, but I really didn't appreciate Chris Rock in the 4th movie one little bit. Annoying little shit could have died for all I cared.
And they added Jet friggin Li too!!!
The great thing about this movie is how Riggs has lived alone in his pain for so long that he initially didn't know how to take Murtaugh's family. You could see how uncomfortable he was with their enthusiasm to welcome him. Gibson played the character so well.
I have a vivid memory of waiting at work for my friends to finish so we could see this at midnight. This film made Mel a Hollywood star. His Australian accent creeps in ever so slightly from time to time. This also features Gary Busey before he crashed his Harley and suffered brain damage from no helmet. He was pretty normal before that.
this was the first movie to really have brazilian jujitsu, master gracie was technical advisor on that final fight.
One of my favorite Christmas movies! Thanks for another great reaction.
This is one of those rare films where all kinds of talent all lined up together to produce an excellent product. Great script, excellent director, very wise casting choices, talented production and post production crews. It's a great example of a film that is a "happy accident", as the sequels continually tried and failed to again "bottle lightning" and make a movie that captured the same magic but by design. That rarely works.
If you haven't seen the movie Maverick with Mel Gibson, then you should definitely watch it. It's an underrated classic, very funny and entertaining.
I love Jodie Foster in that movie.
My best friends dad was an editor on this movie. He would have to work weekends so, we would go to the office with him. We just watched pre released movies in another room while he worked. So much of the dialogue is seared into my memory because of hearing it over and over from his office.
13:26 The 80's, the time when cell phones can double as your lunch box.
that’s a car phone cell phones were as big as brick
"Mel Gibson's hair is off-the-hook in this movie." lol
(Brandon, 2020)
It's a good thing that the bad guys didn't have diplomatic immunity.
Stop it
It'd just been revoked. 😎
If Mel Gibson getting tortured is your thing, check out Payback.
Awesome movie
Another one is Conspiracy Theory
@@alphega1983 Jerry Fletcher is a great character. Picard was a good villain too.
@@alphega1983 I love conspiracy theory!
Payback is INCREDIBLE. One of my all-time favorites.
Can't wait for Joe to join the team 🙊🤦♀️🤣😏😂😆🦋✌🐼
Drive threws, they fuck you
“But, you’re black....” after the ambassy scene 😜
I haven’t seen these movies in so long it took me a minute to figure out who you meant.
@@LoSTRaMaiR but you getz it lol 😆
Brandon, you have been my favorite reactor for a long time. In fact, every time I see you post a video I watch, especially when it's a movie or show I enjoy (have seen before) seeing people watch movies or shows for the first time is one of the greatest things ever, you have amped it up with your commentary and reactions! Keep it up!
So dope to see you react to so many great movies! Would love to see a reaction to "In Bruges" starring Colin Farrell if you haven't seen it!
The first one was the introduction to a decade of entertainment for a lot of people
There’s an extended cut where Riggs shoots a sniper aiming for kids, worth checking out.
You can see just that scene on RUclips. Great cut scene: ruclips.net/video/bvAvNfCbQJk/видео.html
Funny enough, i've never seen the film without that scene. Never realized it was an extended cut.
Great scene.
Getting on an whole other level to saving lives and extremely taking it to the bad guys.
@@wxCory Same, I discover it with this comment... I can't imagine this movie without this scene introducing Riggs...
There's also a deleted scene were Riggs picks up a hooker & pays her to watch The Three Stooges with him. I'm not kidding, you can find that scene too.
I hope you'll do the others in the future! They're just entertaining action flicks, but the continued development of Martin and Roger's friendship and their relationships with the other characters along the way really elevates the series.
I love all 4 lethal Weapon's!!!!
I love all 4 movies. The second one is my favorite. They are endlessly quotable and just overall the friendship between Riggs and Murtaugh is my favorite friendship ever. I've seen the franchise about 50 times in my life.
yooooo...great gary busey film to watch. "surviving the game" with rutger hauer, gary busey, charles s dutton and ice t. youd love it.
The fact that you need to watch all those classics for the first time is puzzling to me considering your giant Movie Collection.
Your face when she's falling out the window 😳......Love it 🤣
Buddy-cop is a great genre when done right. Can walk the line between comedy and drama without seeming awkward.
My favorite is lethal weapon1 and 4. 4 is surprisingly good
I love all 4!!!
indeed, 4 is a fav of mine. I can't wait until he reacts to the amazing Jet Li!
Yes!! I do like all four, but 1 and 4 are my faves. I was surprised by 4 too.
4 is great, grew up on that one
Oh no 😅 I hated the 4th...I already thought the 3rd was a little weak. In my opinion the 4th had too much forced comedy and WAY too much Joe Pesci.
OMG, I LOVE this movie series. You HAVE to watch the next three Lethal Weapon movies. The way they continue the partnership makes for some amazing watching. Great job on this reaction!
For more Mel Gibson getting beat on, I’d go with Mad Max 2: the Road Warrior.
One thing for all reactors. With old movies like this (or older) you often don't have 'a' , but one of 'the' defining , so yes, the chances you see the beginning of a quote or meme is high. And if it's not the beginning, it just might be the beginning of them with this type of movie.
Great reaction to a great movie. All of the Lethal Weapons are great. They are half action half comedy and always a good time. 4 in particular is really funny. I hope you watch the other 3.
Lethal Weapon together with Rocky Balboa are those rare franchises where the whole quadrilogy is high quality filmmaking, acting, and writing.
I would love to see a “I Did Not Expect That” compilation special from your channel.
he should make merch that says that on it
@@BrokenGodEnt I was going to say the same thing haha
Something I did not know I need!
One of the most underrated Christmas Movies ever made.
Honestly one of my favorite movie series to ever experience with my mother.
Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 are perfect.
Alright one of my favorite movies ever you should watch the sequels there just as good
Well the first sequel is good, three is meh, and four is bad.
Yes on the first sequel, you can skip the other ones.
Agreed
@@jamesmoyner7499 the fourth is a masterpiece, in comparison with todays movies.
@@CreepyNeighbor666 BS !!! theyre all enjoyable.
So happy when I saw this notification. All Lethal Weapon films are close to my heart. I've always share great memories with it. One of my few most beloved franchises of all time. Thank you for watching it Brandon!
Usually I don't like to recommend films because you should watch what you want but you could check out the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. Keep up the great entertainment! Greetings to you.
Oh man, DEFINITELY needed as you go forward with Always Sunny!
YES!
Lethal Weapon 2 is even better and probably one of the best action sequels ever. PLEASE continue with this franchise haha
I'd certainly recommend the sequels, which will only make The It's Always Sunny episodes funnier.
But another great Mel Gibson movie worth watching is Payback. That's him again in top form as a tough badass guy.
The lady/actress who plays Murtaugh's wife is Darlene Love. She was the lead singer of The Crystals, in the 60s, and with the trio of singers (The Blossoms) who sang with Elvis Presley in the 'gospel' number of his 1968 TV special.
Mel is one of the greats regardless what some people may think about him
He truly is
He was great. Lets not push aside antisemitism though...
You should check out all of Shane Black's early work. He wrote the first two Lethal Weapons, Last Action Hero, Last Boy Scout and Long Kiss Goodnight, and wrote/directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and Nice Guys.
Not to be overlooked: the soundtracks to all the Lethal Weapon movies, featuring Eric Clapton on guitar, David Sanborn on sax, and written by Michael Kamen, are freaking amazing. Also the “credits” songs: “Lethal Weapon” from the first movie sucks, but 2 had “Cheer Down” by George Harrison, and 3 had “Runaway Train” by Elton John *and* “It’s Probably Me” by Sting (both featuring Clapton).
I have to say (maybe I've said it already?) but you are, without a doubt, the BEST movie reactor out there... you've got such a knowledge of the medium to work with, you have so many insights and so much to say, it's wonderful. You even beat out all the crazy-cute girls because you're just that damn good XD There is this guy, Chase, that does really technical, insightful (and even emotional) reactions to music and music videos... you're like his visual-medium counterpart and it's glorious.
It's great to see someone I admire catching up on things I grew up with and appreciating them appropriately. First The Fifth Element and now this.
Can’t wait for the reaction to the sequel, which has my all-time favorite out of context one-liner to yell at people: “it’s just been revoked!”
I've never clicked so fast. I'm both utterly shocked you've never seen this but equally as happy to see you react to it - I love this film, oddly, I used to watch this with my Grandfather as a 10yr old 25 years ago, obviously that wouldn't fly today, but it still brings me back fond memories
Love these movies and their sexy saxophone scores.
Best cop duo of all time. I'm so happy this was a longer vid, I can tell you were into it. You would definitly like the rest of the movies.
(It's very rare for 80s action to NOT be over the top)
and this IS in fact where "I'm gettin too old for this shit" comes from.
You can actually watch Mel quit smoking in the next movie 👌🙊
That's actually in the 3rd movie.
That Suicide Attempt Scene was masterfully acted by Gibson! And its easily one of the greatest scenes in film history! Gibson was snubbed for an Oscar for this role. This is one of his best performances ever!
Have you watched "Payback" with the man Mel Gibson? You'll love that!
FUN FACT: The bus driver who crashed into the car at the end was the guy Riggs saved from jumping
One of my favorite action films, the writer of this, Shane Black, wrote this when he was 19. The rest of the series is pretty great and worth the watch, The Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Nice Guys would be great reactions for the future
The Last Boy Scout is fire!!!
NIce guys is a movie that deserved more attention, really underappreciated. People bitch and moan that Hollywood doesn´t make good original films anymore, but then they don´t support those...
@@maxis5650 I agree, I felt like I was the only one excited to see a Shane Black buddy comedy again when Nice Guys came out, underappreciated most definitely
@@OblivionGate one of my favorite Tony Scott films, True Romance being my favorite of his filmography
@@redtailzephier4141 True Romance is my favourite movie ever. Its a shame that nobody reacts to it. Its the same with Trading Places, nobody reacts to that either for some reason.
this is for sure one of the coolest bromance movie sagas ever made. I actually based parts of my Master Thesis on this one when I wrote about the politics of 80s and 90s action flicks :D
Yes!! Another one of my all time favorites!
People quote “I’m too old for this shit” from this movie, but it was in To Live and Die in LA first.
The Long Kiss Goodnight. Geena Davis, Sam Jackson. Highly underrated movie. You should definitely watch it.
Please! This movie is so good
The Lethal Weapon movies were some of my favorites when I was a little kid. Good stuff.
I can't believe this movie came out 33 years ago. I really AM getting too old for this shit.
Is Brandon even 33 years old?
Im always surprised that those movies can actually be a first for him, they were just a part of me growing up.
This was great! Hope you'll get to continue with these. Lethal Weapon II is probably my favorite out of all of them.
13:34, lol! His catchphrase.
Welcome to the world of Lethal Weapon my man,. You’ll love Lethal Weapon 2, they really ramp of the action scenes and some good twists that add to the story of the first movie.
A major buddy cop classic!
You'll love the sequel. The chemistry between the two is everything.
Damn, I just realised I'm older than Glover in this 😕
Love the lethal weapon film series, mainly cause of the friendship that springs up between the two main characters.
You should react to The Crow. A cult movie and a legend, son of Bruce Lee
Funny how people get turned into legends. What were his achievements again, other than being the son of Bruce Lee and accidentally getting killed during the shooting of only his 3rd movie where he had the principle role?
@@Quotenwagnerianer it s not funny at all
You can’t get any better than that 80’s saxophone filled score. This was the ultimate buddy cop film. When Murtaugh was talking on the cell phone, it was the first time a cell phone was used in a movie. This was the movie that made “I’m too old for this shit” a thing. Busey made the fake call as a reporter for KCOP-kill cop-news, lol.
One of my favorite movies!!
Definitely gotta see the other ones
I love that desert sequence when Riggs pretty much turns his Green Beret mode on
if you like Mel Gibson check out the foreign film he directed, “Apocalypto”
Fun fact: Roger’s house is next door to the Griswold’s house from Christmas Vacation. It’s the house where Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character lived.
It’s also the next door neighbor’s house in American Beauty, and on the other side is the Bewitched house.
See www.bewitchedhouse.com/ranch/tv/index.html for more details.
A bit of a spoiler; He gets even older “for this shit” in the sequels. Lol, Good times. Have you seen all the die hard movies before? If not; go for it. My fav. Is the one w. Samuel Jackson.
That Asian torture dude was the face of almost every eighties villain background guy.
Yup. Including Die Hard.
If you haven't reacted to it already, another cop movie I'd recommend is Dirty Harry.
It's been a minute since I've seen this. Everyone had a crush on Martaugh's eldest daughter when this came out.