I think that this ending was chilling. Its like as one evil is dying, another evil is just beginning. I feel this ending fit the movie and the other movie fit with the book.
In the movie, Todd basically gets off scott free with murder and blackmail but who knows what dark road he will continue down if he doesn't change. The movie ending makes a sequel possible. In the novel, he gets killed along with the old Nazi.
Brad's friend revealed that he confided in her that this movie held bad memories for him because of the Bryan singer. poor boy he must have been abused behind the scenes
Funny, conservatives always love to portray gays and trans as some kind of predators, that always have been the narrative since the 50', I really not care if Singer allegations are true or not, but is very convenient to accuse a gay man to abuse boys, even now that we are in 2022, like the old phrase says: "When you live in privilege, equality sounds like oppression."
Unfortunately, this clip misses the best moment, Todd's eyes when French says "I can't do that". Renfro communicates so much at that moment with just his eyes, going from wounded boy to a sudden killer's stare locking on to French. Even better is that the director makes an audio transition before the next cut to where the high pitched EKG alarm rings in like the sudden tinnitus of panic. This scene, like many in the film, communicates so much with body language, expression and gesture. Theres a moment where French's eyes drift below waist level when there is no reason they should that actually suggests just a little doubt that perhaps Todd's implication may actually be true, removing certainty that French is some hero, exchanging the assumed dynamic of good and evil to a more complicated one of two evils in rivalry. There is also the juxtaposition of the basketball, the same object Todd sadistically yet thoughtlessly uses to kill the pigeon coming back into that soulless, primal rhythm as he begins a perfect dribble approaching French. The shots of Schwimmer remain at eye level, while the shots of Todd are shot from below, conveying the coming strike of a predator. Then of course the obvious; Dussander's checking out of the mortal realm exactly as evil finds a new home among the living in Todd the moment he 'makes the deal.' Just amazing work by everyone; the actors, the sound, the director and the tight editing.
+Girish Gowda he took a sniper's perch near a major highway and it took the police 5 hours to kill him. Essentially Todd Bowden and killed a lot of people
I literally finished book ( second story in different seasons today and indeed went on a 5 hour killing spree with 400 rounds. Y I'm here to see how movie would do it
Brad's so freaking handsome! I just hate that he had to pass away so soon :( He was truly one of the best actors out there and it's a shame he had to end his life that way....
Poor kid never had a chance, he was practically abandoned by his parents at his grandmother's house. The lady wasn't able to parent him so he practically raised himself. By his own account he was doing pot by 9, alcohol by 11 and heroin by 13. Hollywood only hastened his demise.
If they had stuck closer to the original book, I wonder what Apt Pupil's reputation would be like today, given what happened the year after this movie came out at Columbine...
I've always thought that Todd is actually right here when suggests that French desires (and tried to seduce) him. I know David Schwimmer was criticized for his performance since he was in the peak of his popularity as Ross, but his fear because of Todd's words is pretty convincing and very well done.
The thing about Ian Mckellan and David Schwimmer is that they met long before this movie.According to Wikipedia,David met Ian back when he owned a Shakespeare shop,and accordingly,he was moved by the experience.I have no idea what that meant,but I guess that Ian was like the Master Yoda to David's Luke Skywalker,as in he inspired him to become an actor somehow.That means that without Ian,we wouldn't have David being our favorite Ross,so in a way,it's like Ian is his 'father',if you get what I mean!
Interestingly different from how to book version ends. In the book Todd murders French with a hunting rifle and then packs a large amount of ammunition for it in a backpack and heads to a place overlooking a nearby freeway with the intent to snipe as many people as he can before he himself is killed. In the book Todd feels the walls closing in around him, and Ed French's testimony would be the last piece of the puzzle that will do him in and this is what causes him to snap. The movie ending is more open-ended and more chilling. Todd, thoroughly corrupted and evil, will go on to perpetrate untold horrors in his own adulthood.
@@misterj9619 Some movies are better adaptations and more true to the book than others. I've seen adaptations that are so bad or different that its almost like a completely different story.
The ending to the film looks so unfinished and dumb. The book ending is so much more fitting. "'I'm king of the world!' He shouted mightily at the high blue sky" after shooting Rubber Ed several times, during his shooting spree and before he was taken down by cops five hours later.
He wasn't so much evil in Bully, as a kid who was tormented by his "best friend" so much that he and others who were treated the same decided he didn't belong on this earth, maybe that's evil to some, or maybe they thought they were ridding the world of an evil
Yes,I agree.The book is darker and better but the two actors in this movie are brilliant.I wonder how the life of the boy is going to be after all he has done.He is smart and corrupt and he knows he is able to kill and to surive.He could become someone like Kevin Spaceys character Frank Underwood in"house of cards"
I’m trying to find a movie. I only remember a scene it goes like. There’s a man standing in a hall and at the other end of the hall is an old woman in a wheelchair. The lights light up as she slowly comes forward towards him. He makes it in to an elevator, the light goes out and when it comes back that old woman is in there with him. If that scene sounds familiar I’d like to know the title of the movie
My only objection is that they should've set this in the seventies and maybe ended it in the early 1980s which would've made it both contemporary with the novella, and also more realistic in terms of the age of a Nazi war criminal.
I must admit that the only film I saw of Brad Renfro was "Apt Pupil". I was struck with wonder that some one so young could possess the talent of a veteran. He was a very good looking lad; a face that was made just for the movies. Sadly, he ended his life on skid row. I do believe that he was in another film titled "Telling lies in America' which co-starred Calista Flockhart [that Ally McBeal girl]. Detained for suspicion of possession of marijuna and cocaine, Brad struck a plea with the fuzz agreeing to be randomly tested for substance abuse for six months; if he remained clear, charges would not be pursued. He was later hauled up by the cops for attempted robbery of a yacht with friend in tow in 2000. His foray into films didn't actually take off the ground, but the few that he made singled him out for superb performance(s). He died in 2008 from substance abuse.
This movie was a very watered down adaption of the novella which was much more disturbing and terrifying. I’m not sure I understand the point of making this into a movie so completely different from King’s chilling story.
I hate it that Ian Mcellen played a bad guy sure he has done that before but I’m just so used to Gandalf that it hurts me whenever I see him as a bad guy
This ending is a disappointment because it has no payoff. Todd is a sick, unsympathetic sociopath and you don’t want to see him get away with his actions. You want to see him have his life and reputation be ruined. And instead of him being found out and getting any sort of comeuppance, the movie ends with him getting off scot-free. I can understand that Bryan Singer and the film’s crew didn’t want to do the book’s killing spree ending probably because it was too controversial, but they still should’ve had Todd be punished in some way. In King’s book, Todd dies. He clearly didn’t want Todd getting away with it. In this movie, he should’ve been found out by the police and sent to jail. The movie could’ve had an ending where neither Todd or Dussander won and that would’ve been great. An ending where nobody wins. Having the movie end with Todd getting away with his transgressions is a cop-out. It’s not earned and hurts the movie.
I disagree. A more open-ended finale is more chilling. There is no clear cut ending. Todd is corrupted and evil, and we can only imagine what evil he will inflict on others in the future.
@@misterj9619 I already did. If you like the ending of that movie, you simply just have bad taste. The original was twisted, but this was just a kid shooting hoops while David Schwimmer sat there with a look on his face like he just caught Joey making out with Rachel. It was garbage. Bye now
"Remember, if a teenage boy accuses someone of rape, he's an evil, manipulative lying bastard and probably a Nazi too."
- Bryan Singer
(In Sean Connery's voice) And how in the world do you know who is innocent and who is guilty?
"Mr. French, are these accusations true?" Mr. French: "WE WERE ON A BREEEAAAK!!!!"
Lol 😂
Troubled Muffin 😂😂😂😂
Well-played, sir...very well-played indeed. :-D
Omg...take your like and go on your way. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I can’t focus on the video without laughing now 😂😂
I think that this ending was chilling. Its like as one evil is dying, another evil is just beginning. I feel this ending fit the movie and the other movie fit with the book.
In the movie, Todd basically gets off scott free with murder and blackmail but who knows what dark road he will continue down if he doesn't change. The movie ending makes a sequel possible. In the novel, he gets killed along with the old Nazi.
In the novella French gets killed. Brad Renfro was such a good actor. It's a shame how he died.
@Nobody Nothing, bingo. You are exactly right.
That’s true but I liked the book ending better it was more dark
"Sure did die hard for a counselor."
The scene is even creepier now that we know what Bryan Singer had been up to with young boys for years.
Brad's friend revealed that he confided in her that this movie held bad memories for him because of the Bryan singer. poor boy he must have been abused behind the scenes
Funny, conservatives always love to portray gays and trans as some kind of predators, that always have been the narrative since the 50', I really not care if Singer allegations are true or not, but is very convenient to accuse a gay man to abuse boys, even now that we are in 2022, like the old phrase says: "When you live in privilege, equality sounds like oppression."
@@TB-om4dd and im sure its all true huh
Probably got touched by magneto too.
Man Renfro's performance is something else.
The hurt in schwimmers eyes are very convincing.
Yes. His eyes are really schwimming. Or is it er...schwimmering
@@sifugurusensei I wanna go schwimming
That's because he really is a pansy in real life. The pathetic eyes never change.
Great movie, RIP Brad Renfro, what an actor!
"It took five hours for the cops to take him down..."
+CitySkin09 yep, the book was MUCH better!
Died pretty hard for a guidance counselor."
Bowen was a headcase
Such a better ending. This watered down crap really killed the movie for me.
@@silversnail1413 this was anticlimax.
Brad Renfro....such a talented artist. ♥
did you know he's got a half japanese son? the son was born in 2003
@@pinkpastelhearts HAD. He doesn't "have" anything anymore.
This scene is chilling how devious this kid really is
That pupil became, became, well he became very apt.
"I'm walking around with this haircut, unironically... IN THE NINETIES. you have no idea what I can do."
The film takes place in the 80:s…
@@andreasjohannesson4160 shit, cap'n... sorry my silly joke wasn't accurate enough for you.
Brad is incredible..I prefer book, but his acting helps this movie looks good and deep. Big loss..he's gone.RIP.You were so special.
+Jim Bianco HE IS EXCELLENT
"I'm better at this than you are" chilling. Love this movie.
R.I.P. Brad Renfro (1982-2008) David Schwimmer didn’t want any help from him like he got it all figured out
Unfortunately, this clip misses the best moment, Todd's eyes when French says "I can't do that". Renfro communicates so much at that moment with just his eyes, going from wounded boy to a sudden killer's stare locking on to French. Even better is that the director makes an audio transition before the next cut to where the high pitched EKG alarm rings in like the sudden tinnitus of panic.
This scene, like many in the film, communicates so much with body language, expression and gesture. Theres a moment where French's eyes drift below waist level when there is no reason they should that actually suggests just a little doubt that perhaps Todd's implication may actually be true, removing certainty that French is some hero, exchanging the assumed dynamic of good and evil to a more complicated one of two evils in rivalry.
There is also the juxtaposition of the basketball, the same object Todd sadistically yet thoughtlessly uses to kill the pigeon coming back into that soulless, primal rhythm as he begins a perfect dribble approaching French. The shots of Schwimmer remain at eye level, while the shots of Todd are shot from below, conveying the coming strike of a predator.
Then of course the obvious; Dussander's checking out of the mortal realm exactly as evil finds a new home among the living in Todd the moment he 'makes the deal.' Just amazing work by everyone; the actors, the sound, the director and the tight editing.
Think of your job, think of your son, think of Rachel Green.
Think of Carol and Susan...
Brad Renfro a great actor
agreed
Most definitely
If he still alive.He is now 38 years old.
Was. He was dead by the age of 25
@@nadhirahmohd4548 He's dead, dude. Drug overdose.
12 years ago R.I.P Brad Renfro
In the book todd murders rubber ed and goes on a 5 hour killing spree
Peter Victoria he was dead. But I'm not sure about the killing spree tho
+Girish Gowda he took a sniper's perch near a major highway and it took the police 5 hours to kill him. Essentially Todd Bowden and killed a lot of people
I literally finished book ( second story in different seasons today and indeed went on a 5 hour killing spree with 400 rounds. Y I'm here to see how movie would do it
Yes this is true
the book was chilling
What a scene!!! A great movie!!!!
Brad was at the height of beauty and talent n this film!
Who the fuck are you Bryan singer he was 14 you sick fuck
Brad's so freaking handsome! I just hate that he had to pass away so soon :( He was truly one of the best actors out there and it's a shame he had to end his life that way....
How did he die?
Poor kid never had a chance, he was practically abandoned by his parents at his grandmother's house. The lady wasn't able to parent him so he practically raised himself. By his own account he was doing pot by 9, alcohol by 11 and heroin by 13. Hollywood only hastened his demise.
Brad was at the height of beauty in this film!
@@aslan9334 heroin and methadone overdose. Heroin took my younger brother from me so i feel his families pain
If they had stuck closer to the original book, I wonder what Apt Pupil's reputation would be like today, given what happened the year after this movie came out at Columbine...
LMAOOOOOOOO Ross with a mustache!
I got a Ford ad before this haha. That's great
Absolute BEST SCENE EVER. You have no idea...
I've always thought that Todd is actually right here when suggests that French desires (and tried to seduce) him. I know David Schwimmer was criticized for his performance since he was in the peak of his popularity as Ross, but his fear because of Todd's words is pretty convincing and very well done.
The thing about Ian Mckellan and David Schwimmer is that they met long before this movie.According to Wikipedia,David met Ian back when he owned a Shakespeare shop,and accordingly,he was moved by the experience.I have no idea what that meant,but I guess that Ian was like the Master Yoda to David's Luke Skywalker,as in he inspired him to become an actor somehow.That means that without Ian,we wouldn't have David being our favorite Ross,so in a way,it's like Ian is his 'father',if you get what I mean!
Interestingly different from how to book version ends. In the book Todd murders French with a hunting rifle and then packs a large amount of ammunition for it in a backpack and heads to a place overlooking a nearby freeway with the intent to snipe as many people as he can before he himself is killed. In the book Todd feels the walls closing in around him, and Ed French's testimony would be the last piece of the puzzle that will do him in and this is what causes him to snap. The movie ending is more open-ended and more chilling. Todd, thoroughly corrupted and evil, will go on to perpetrate untold horrors in his own adulthood.
brad was absolutely gorgeous here...
One of Stephan's King's " short stories" that got me reading all of his Novella's & book's! None of the movie's ever held a candle to his writing!
Do you recommend any? I’ve read Different Seasons, The Shining, Green Mile and one comic
title should read "Ned Flanders - Apt Pupil (1998)
Ross From Friends?
The ending in the book was WAY different.
The movie ending does make a sequel possible.
@@misterj9619 Some movies are better adaptations and more true to the book than others. I've seen adaptations that are so bad or different that its almost like a completely different story.
And WAY better. Ugggh, (*shivers*)that last line.
OMG is this a Stephen King story. This kid scares the crap out of me
The kid is the real monster here
Stephen King's book was MUCH better. Darker.
He’s got a punchable face
That first taste of power
The ending to the film looks so unfinished and dumb. The book ending is so much more fitting. "'I'm king of the world!' He shouted mightily at the high blue sky" after shooting Rubber Ed several times, during his shooting spree and before he was taken down by cops five hours later.
I'm sure it had something to do with not wanting to inspire another colombine type shootings.
@@sifugurusensei Colombine happened the year after this movie was released.
@@sifugurusensei That and the film was wanting to focus on corruption.
@@sifugurusensei No, sweetie...
What's missing is the opening sequence to FRIENDS.
1:04 That look on his face though.
Brad Renfro was awesome at playing evil youths. Watch Bully!
He wasn't so much evil in Bully, as a kid who was tormented by his "best friend" so much that he and others who were treated the same decided he didn't belong on this earth, maybe that's evil to some, or maybe they thought they were ridding the world of an evil
THEY WERE ON A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of the comments: The novella ending is better.
Me: Ross Geller got blackmailed. (We were on a break!)
So sorry for Captain Sobel
I’ll never understand why people think this was a good ending.
AMAZING BRAD
SUPERB!
>:( I thought Rubber Ed was supposed to die!
Didn't get away with it in the book :-)
In the book he was a young 15 year old boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. Hollywood sure messed up the book with this one.
Brad Renfro have 14 years when filmed Apt Pupil. The movie is great and Brad was acted very well
It was originally shot years before with Ricky Schroeder. They went over budget and scrapped it. Renfro was cast in the 90s version.
Beautiful movie
Magneto is in the hospital?
Todd learned from a pro.
Brad renfro reminds me of john cusack in this clip.
Brad Renfro was great in that role and in "Deuces Wild".Shame what happened.
The book is MUCH MUCH MUCH better!!
No Man this is the beso. Come on
Yes, the book is better! And much much much darker
Yes,I agree.The book is darker and better but the two actors in this movie are brilliant.I wonder how the life of the boy is going to be after all he has done.He is smart and corrupt and he knows he is able to kill and to surive.He could become someone like Kevin Spaceys character Frank Underwood in"house of cards"
He kills Ed in the book at the end, I for one think this ending was much better and slicker, even though yes I agree the book was better
The film is still damn awesome.
Glad you started it mid scene...
Absolutely not the real ending... Where is the todd with his 30.30 shooting people for more than 5 fucking hours..
Also where he shoots Ed multiple times too.
According to an interview with Bryan Singer he wanted to do that ending but he couldn't find a way to do it justice cinematically.
Okay thanks, I didn't know that but it seems logic, this end doesn't fit to the story.
This ending blows
He was on a break.
Diabolical boy
I’m trying to find a movie. I only remember a scene it goes like. There’s a man standing in a hall and at the other end of the hall is an old woman in a wheelchair. The lights light up as she slowly comes forward towards him. He makes it in to an elevator, the light goes out and when it comes back that old woman is in there with him. If that scene sounds familiar I’d like to know the title of the movie
My only objection is that they should've set this in the seventies and maybe ended it in the early 1980s which would've made it both contemporary with the novella, and also more realistic in terms of the age of a Nazi war criminal.
awesome movie a must see!
David Schwimmer Looks Like Luigi
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I must admit that the only film I saw of Brad Renfro was "Apt Pupil". I was struck with wonder that some one so young could possess the talent of a veteran. He was a very good looking lad; a face that was made just for the movies. Sadly, he ended his life on skid row. I do believe that he was in another film titled "Telling lies in America' which co-starred Calista Flockhart [that Ally McBeal girl]. Detained for suspicion of possession of marijuna and cocaine, Brad struck a plea with the fuzz agreeing to be randomly tested for substance abuse for six months; if he remained clear, charges would not be pursued. He was later hauled up by the cops for attempted robbery of a yacht with friend in tow in 2000. His foray into films didn't actually take off the ground, but the few that he made singled him out for superb performance(s). He died in 2008 from substance abuse.
This movie was a very watered down adaption of the novella which was much more disturbing and terrifying. I’m not sure I understand the point of making this into a movie so completely different from King’s chilling story.
He should've brought a pocket tape recorder.
The thought that he might be blackmailed probably never occured to him.
Great movie
@trickmind5 didnt Todd kill ed in the ending of the book?
ta ta ta ta ta ta ta Friends
Oh rubber Ed got off easy in the movie. I appreciated the movie, but the book was chilling.
EPIC xXx
What's the Volvos and middle class American movies
The book ending was so much better the kid killed 30 police officers.
@@misterj9619 Your loss. Keep watching shitty Hollywood movies and missing out on all the good things in life.
he's a.pretty boy, beautiful young man.
garr christopher ugly as fuck
He was a pretty youg man.He passed away.
Pretty enough for Bryan Singer to rape him and threaten to fire him during production of this movie!!
This was another example of how the movie could not even come close to the book. Stephen King books just do not translate into movies.
Bullshit, this did well.
@@misterj9619 The Green Mile isn't in Different Seasons. Stand By Me is in Different Seasons, although the story is called "The Body" in the book.
murdered.....err....."Silenced"
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Where's Monica?
This ending is soooooooo disappointing, compared to the novella's. They couldn't have watered it down anymore if they tried
He took a page out of Dussanders book! 😈
I hate it that Ian Mcellen played a bad guy sure he has done that before but I’m just so used to Gandalf that it hurts me whenever I see him as a bad guy
Why they've changed the ending? Wtf
Just finished the book right this minute...UA-cam movie ending. Book ending waaaay better!!
I thought he shot him in the book?
This ending is a disappointment because it has no payoff. Todd is a sick, unsympathetic sociopath and you don’t want to see him get away with his actions. You want to see him have his life and reputation be ruined.
And instead of him being found out and getting any sort of comeuppance, the movie ends with him getting off scot-free. I can understand that Bryan Singer and the film’s crew didn’t want to do the book’s killing spree ending probably because it was too controversial, but they still should’ve had Todd be punished in some way. In King’s book, Todd dies. He clearly didn’t want Todd getting away with it. In this movie, he should’ve been found out by the police and sent to jail. The movie could’ve had an ending where neither Todd or Dussander won and that would’ve been great. An ending where nobody wins.
Having the movie end with Todd getting away with his transgressions is a cop-out. It’s not earned and hurts the movie.
The end is perfect. At the time Brad have only 14 years old
@@TB-om4dd Nope. He turned 15 during.
I disagree. A more open-ended finale is more chilling. There is no clear cut ending. Todd is corrupted and evil, and we can only imagine what evil he will inflict on others in the future.
I prefer the ending in the book
In the book Todd shots him multiple times and kills him.
I don't even know what the hell is going on.
Why is ross wearing a fake moustache
david schwimmer... once a dull, always a dull...
He turned evil just like that guy
Book ended better
@@misterj9619 I already did. If you like the ending of that movie, you simply just have bad taste. The original was twisted, but this was just a kid shooting hoops while David Schwimmer sat there with a look on his face like he just caught Joey making out with Rachel. It was garbage. Bye now
This is the rare instance of I like the movie ending more than the book ending
He didn't kill him? Why
Captain Sobel got punked again.. Oh wrong movie..
unagi
david schwimmer is a good actor but no matter how good he performs I just see silly ross geller
Same
I finally didn’t see him as Ross in America Crime Story as Robert Kardashian
lame, ending of the book much better.
hahaha can’t believe i bought this propaganda
Anyone else less concerned than me about the rise of neo nazis? This movie failed on its premise.
This film wasn't about Neo Nazis, it was about Nazis, there's a difference. That said, this film has nothing to do with the rise of either