I actually love that they don't show whether he gets back with the girl, because the point isn't whether or not he gets the girl...the point is that he's finally ready to take a chance and take a leap of faith into uncertainty. It's kind of like the the end of "The Truman Show". It doesn't matter if he gets the girl...it matters that he's taking his own life by the reins.
That's exactly how I've taken the ending. He's going after what he wants. As bittersweet as the ending is, it's obvious that everyone in his life was proud of him.
RIP, Robin Williams. He took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this movie. And it also took home Best Original Screenplay for Matt Damon Ben Affleck.
I have a video of him as a guest on the Late Late Show on my channel. It was my best performing Video ever, but if you wouldn't mind heading over, I could always use a few more views and subs 😅 And I think, it's a very beautiful video. I loved him so much. Hook was actually my favorite movie with him, but NOTHING tops his monologue here at the pond. I cry every time..... 😭
I remember my first time seeing the "not your fault" scene. I broke down in massive tears. I grew up in horrible conditions, and to feel so invested in these characters and Robin Williams's performance literally helped me to cope with my own trauma. Robin left too soon, too much of a beautiful soul left this world the day he decided to check out. Loved your reaction to this amazing movie, keep up the great work. You're going strong ❤️
I respect you so much for showing yourself tearing up. I think it's important to show young men that it's okay to have emotions and not bottle everything up.
after seeing him in person when i was deployed I got the feeling taht he used his comedy to hide the pain he felt tremendous actor and a great man. Go back watch any movie he was in if you watch his eyes some times you get a glimps of what he struggled with deep down. Even though he had his demons he never let that stop him from brightening other people days.
When Robin Williams did his voice over recording for The Genie, he gave the directors so much improvised material that they rewrote the second half of the film to feature Genie more
If you look at 16:12 you can see the camera shaking. Somebody wrote that the camera crew was in splits laughing to this story lmao. What a natural storyteller Robin was. Glad to have witnessed it on screen.
Robin Williams was notorious for ad-libbing his lines. The story about his wife farting in her sleep was one moment, that’s why Matt Damon was laughing so hard, he didn’t expect it. Same for the end when he said “Son of a bitch stole my line”, that was not scripted. He has so many great movies that don’t get enough publicity. The World According To Garp is a magnificent Robin Williams movie.
During the farting story you can see the camera shaking. People assumed it was a creative choice for that moment, but it was actually the camera man laughing. Another thing that wasn't supposed to happen, that they decided to leave in.
Garp was a strange movie. It was a pretty good movie but I have only watched it once. I went into it expecting a comedy but found it was much more of a tragedy. Very bittersweet.
Found this movie in my early 20s, almost a full decade ago now. This was the movie that changed my perspective on therapy and allowed me to get the courage to seek help for myself. Still hits home for me today, and I'll never stop loving it. Probably the most influential movie of my young adult life.
I definitely had one of those "it's not your fault" moments in therapy. I still sometimes struggle with accepting I really was a just kid and it wasn't my fault for the things that happened to me. That scene never fails to make me shed a tear
I had that moment with my therapist years ago, and it took me half an hour of sitting in my car to even leave the parking lot. It was the first time anyone had ever said that to me, so I definitely feel ya.
@danielyowiehoward8818 honestly, it's hard to say because it took a WHILE and a lot of work of unpacking that my parents failed me and I didn't deserve any of that. A lot of questions toward "would I do this to a kid?" And "what if this happened to your friend?" It broke me for a while that I eventually realized that I thought so little of myself because of course I would never want a kid to go through what I went through...but when I applied it to myself I somehow thought I deserved it. No kid deserves abuse. None.
@rincaimo812 I'm so very glad to hear that, though it took some time, you're here, on the other side of it, and that's awesome ❤️ God bless you, stranger from the interwebs.
I like how they emphasized there relationship with the way Robin Williams addresses Matt Damon’s character. In the beginning he calls him champ, chief and sport but after that moment they had he knows he can call him son without causing any tension
This is probably the most authentic portrayal of working class Massachusetts outside The Fighter. The jokes, the shittalk, the fights, the Dunkin Donuts, the roast beef sandwiches; quintessential MA
This movie is therapeutic to me. I relate a lot with Will. And every so often, when things are difficult, I can always come back to this to remind myself that all that shit, the hurts, the horrors, the pain? It wasn't my fault. Brilliant film
As a kid watching this I was so inspired by Will's intelligence, the acting, the writing, just everything. Then as I got older and had to come to grips with my own similarly traumatic childhood, as that emotional well deepened, this film became so much more essential. A true masterpiece. Ironically, the first scene I saw was the "my wife used to fart when she was nervous" bit. Little did he know, right?
This movie is the complete package. It hits home in every way possible. As a man, especially a young man, this movie really hits home. The sound track, the locations, the acting, the casting...all of it was perfect.
💚 I miss Robin so much. I was sad as hell for about 4 days after he first passed away, still makes me sad. It was hard not to love him, he had such a sweet and funny personality, and from what I heard, he was really caring and generous as well. I'm watching this now, can't wait! 💙
One of the greatest movie, with one of the greatest monologues, from one of the greatest comedians. The rest of the cast was amazing too. This is what a master class on acting should show.
Holy crap! I never recognized at the end during that "not your fault" scene that the rower in the calm water was the clue that Sean (and WIll) was going to start moving forward again. When you mentioned Sean's painting, it clicked. Before, I figured it was just showing the next morning at Harvard along the river.
This was a terrific reaction to one of my favorite films. It really has aged well and I love it as much as when I saw it in the theatre. Favorite Robin Williams film? Dead Poets Society Favorite composer? Alexandre Desplat who did the beautiful piano based soundtracks to Cheri and Pride & Prejudice (2005)
I gotta say this: I actually like how they shot the kissing between Skyler and Will in this movie. It's a minor point that never really gets noticed, but none of them are those perfect Hollywood kisses, which makes them so much better for the movie and story, cause it's organic.
I love that too. The shots are messy and a little chaotic, and they feel like you're really watching people who are in love and don't care what anyone else sees.
Regarding Robin's untimely passing, I tell this anecdote: I saw Mrs. Doubtfire in theaters and it was the first time I as a young adolescent I experienced tears from laughter in my life. The morning I got the news of his death, I was lying in bed and legit cried. Robin Williams, the only actor who "got me" on both sides of the comedy/tragedy spectrum.
Loved the emotions you shared. this is my favorite movie. so deep!!! it took me probably 30 times watching before it hit me how Robin Williams calls him son at the end. can't believe they wrote this when they were 19-20. incredible film.
I loved Chucky (Ben Affleck) in this movie. Not only does he support Will leaving them/town, he actively encourages it because it's in Will's best interest. I grew up with family/friends who complained every time I mentioned wanting to move town, and they tried to talk me out of it because it's more convenient for them to have me stay. So I appreciate Chucky a lot in this.
I love his character. The high point of his day is the possibility his friend did what was best for him. The fact he hopes his friend does this and doesn't tell anyone or say goodbye shows how much his friend removes his own feelings from the equation. All that matters to him is that his friend has a good life.
I always felt the ending to this movie was perfect because Will is traveling into the unknown but as the viewer you know for the first time he's going to be alright because he's following his heart.
This movie makes me cry every single time I watch it... it never gets old. It's such a beautiful movie in so many ways. It was written beautifully, it was directed and produced beautifully... The actors were amazing.. and most of all the storyline was so real and relatable in different ways. The world is a hard place but you really got to take any shot you can.. no matter what you've gone through. R.I.P Robin Williams, you will never be forgotten..
Teary-eyed watching the whole review and then you came through with the palate cleanser at the end with patching yourself into the backseat with them in the car 🤣. Thanks man, great review!
One of the most beautiful performances of all time. Robin Williams absolutely knocked it out of the park with this film. All of his monologues about his love for his wife always get me emotional.
I saw this a few times when I was younger and always loved it. But I had no clue that Damond and Affleck wrote it. At that age that is a hell of an accomplishment. The skill in The writing is far more impressive than anything they’ve done acting wise. This film deserves all the hype it gets.
Matt Damon’s first major role was School Ties with Brendan Fraser and while Ben Affleck was also in School Ties, he was a child star in the Voyage of the Mimi back in the 80’s.
There are so many great scenes in this movie and it will never fail to make me cry but maybe to explain why you teared up on that scene where realization dawned on Ben Affleck about Will leaving is because it hurts him, because a long the way he knows there's no certainty of when he'll be seeing his best friend again or if they will ever meet again, but he's got bigger dreams for his best friend that he was willing to suck it all up and support Will despite of not knowing te future of their friendship. Their support was just so wide and genuine that they were willing to continue living their lives away from each other but knowing the fact that their friend is going to be doing the things he's meant to do. Ugggh i just love this movie so much even though i have just watched it.
"Man, there really is not problem with getting therapy." Totally agreed, and I've been trying to get into therapy for years so I could talk about my problems, but the only service that'll take my insurance doesn't have a single therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist in their employ in this entire state of 7.7 million people, and they don't have a single MD in my entire county of 300k residents. And my sister, a big part of a lot of my problems, has some of the best health insurance in the country, largely because she's one of the best RNs in the state, maybe even on the West Coast, but she refuses to see a therapist, probably because she doesn't want to hear how it's not okay to guilt-shame your son for having depression and suicidal thoughts, or how when you push your husband down the stairs, breaking his leg in the process, for the cardinal sin of refusing to have a fight with you when you want to have one, someone should call the police on you.
i suffer from severe PTSD since childhood. although it wasn't my parents who beat me it was the one i considered a friend. my brother thrived on torture and seeing me in pain. after 28 years i finally got away from him and live a much better life than he does.
This is by far my favorite Robin Williams movie. He was great in Patch Adams as well. Matt Damon’s would be this one, Bourne Supremacy(2nd of series), and The Martian.
The performances here are outstanding and definitely so genuine; every scene feels so intimate. And it’s probably one of the most real portrayals of therapy and psychological healing that I’ve seen onscreen. Out of curiosity, is there any way you would consider reacting to The Lovely Bones at some point? It’s such an overlooked movie with such amazing performances, and it would be so interesting to see your opinion as an actor on Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan in their respective roles xxx
I don't have a favorite Matt Damon movie, but my favorite Robin Williams movie is What Dreams May Come. I generally try not to watch movies that make me cry or think too deeply because most of the time, I want to just be entertained. What Dreams May Come was just so artistic and introspective that I couldn't ignore it. That one caught me by surprise. I have seen part of this movie before, but not the whole thing.
I don't know if anyone has said it already but Minnie Driver is so damn cute in this movie! She's still cute AF too! The movie is amazing and Robin Williams is phenomenal in this movie, I always crack up when he talks about how his wife used to fart in her sleep, which no surprise, he improvised!
This & Dead Poets Society for dramatic performance by Robin Williams. The Genie (Aladdin) and Mrs Doubtfire for Comedic...with Good Morning, Vietnam for his best dramedy. That particular movie is complicated.
Robin was, without a doubt, funny af. But, he was also a Juilliard trained actor. He roomed with Christopher Reeves (Superman) He is amazing as a dramatic actor. My favorite movie with Robin is What Dreams May Come. It’s a beautiful movie, but it will destroy you. Have tissues. This has to be my favorite Matt Damon movie. And Ben Affleck was in MallRats with Kevin Smith and I believe School Ties with Brendan Fraser. Damons in that one, too. One of my absolute favorite movies. Soo glad you finally watched it. The scene on the bench, Robins monologue…a MASTERCLASS in owning a scene with little effort. Brilliant. I go and watch Robin win the Oscar for this every once in a while. It’s pure joy. 😎❤️
His relationship with Christopher Reeves is a beautiful insight into who he was. When Christopher Reeves broke his back, he became so depressed and just wanted to give up. Robin got him to laugh and brought him through that dark place. Those closest to Reeves said that all the good he did in the remainder of his life wouldn't have been possible without Robin.
Learning the truth behind his suicide always makes it more tragic to me. It wasn't mental health. He and his family thought it was an aggressive case of Parkinson's, but an autopsy revealed it was Lewy's body dementia. He chose to end his life because he didn't want to suffer and he didn't want that for his family. The great tragedy is that medicine could not have saved him.
When I first met my wife, Good Will Hunting was one of the first movies we watched together. Always gets me teary eyed Also the director wanted to change the ending to Ben’s character dying in a construction accident and that’s what caused him to leave, Matt and Ben refused to do it. So glad they didn’t go with that, would have ruined the entire point.
Great reaction for a great movie. Thank you. A bit of trivia. The red/blonde headed guy who hung out with Will and his other buddies is Cole Hauser who currently plays the part of Rip on the series Yellowstone.
Honestly Robin Williams is one of those actors (along with Brittany Murphy) that even though I didn't know them personally, every time I see them on screen I miss them deeply. It's like stumbling upon the photograph of a deceased loved one. They brought joy and warm to so many people all around the world and they were both gone too soon. BTW my favorite Matt Damon movie is the remake of The Talented Mr Ripley, and my favorite Robin Williams movie is Dead Poets Society :) 20:20 Halcyon by Orbital? 👀
I feel the same way about Britney Murphy. Just watched Drop Dead Gorgeous again recently and she was so awesome in it. Made me miss her all over again.
This is my favorite movie of all time, and I love watching ppl experience it for the first time, I showed it to my friends and they knew it was my favorite movie, and when it got done my friend told me it was the best movie he’d ever seen and I thought he was fucking with me because I told them it was my favorite, but he said that it rlly was and that made me rlly happy
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were friends in real life Casey was Ben's real life little brother.Did you notice the actor from this movie was in the Dunkin Donuts SNL skit?
27:25 "This dude's obsession with this whole thing is crazy." Imagine you're an award winning poet. Now most people don't know who you are, but that small community of poetry lovers thinks you're one of the best alive today. Imagine you discover a talent that amazes you beyond belief. You didn't think someone with this gift for words could exist. You've dedicated your whole life to this craft and they're surpassing you effortlessly. You help this talent out. You try to help them be seen because you think the art itself is important. You use your reputation to get them exposure. Maybe this is the person that can even help poetry become mainstream again. And they spit on your efforts and call poetry a waste of time. That's what the professor is going through here.
In a way it's sad. The professor has a very specific interpretation of success, and he wants that for Will. To forgo those opportunities for something more personally satisfying just doesn't make sense to him.
The scene where he chokes him in his office? Just over Will's shoulder is a commonly read book in that field: "I'm okay, you're okay." Definitely foreshadows their relationship.
Favourite Robin Williams movie: Patch Adams Favourite Matt Damon movie: The Martian This movie though I remember thinking that Matt Damon was going to win an Oscar for this. You gotta respect the work that had to go into this project for him and the rest of the cast & crew. It definitely looks like the work paid off too. Very well done
The professor was played by Stellen Skarsgard. You should check him out in the miniseries Chernobyl. It's only five episodes, with each episode being about an hour.
"Oh [Minnie Driver] can sing too?" Watch the credits for The Phantom of the Opera. Minnie was in that movie, but was the only actor who didn't do their own singing (you need to be a very, VERY well trained classical singer to sing as badly as her character did) but she DID sing the song during the credits, Learn to Be Lonely, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber just for the movie adaptation of Phantom. If you watch the movie before listening to the song, and thus understand all the context, bring tissues.
God, this reaction got me! Thanks, bro. You're absolutely right with everything you said! Wish you all the best and good game with your future dates! 😙👍🤝
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote this together and they both garnered an Oscar as did Robin Williams RIP...Casey Affleck (who plays the character Morgan is Ben's younger brother) so yeah they did kind of get together and say let's write and star in a movie together lol.
True story: I was on the Red Line in between Charles and Park st stations (still outside the tunnel) and the train stopped for about 10 minutes. Dude wedges a baseball in between the soft flanges where the sliding doors come together creating a space he can blow smoke outside the train, and lights up a Marlbroro green.
the first Stellan Scarsgard movie I saw was the Hunt For Red October, with Sean Connery, James Earl Jones, Sam Neil, Tim Curry, and Alec Baldwin. Stellan played the captain of a Russian submarine tasked with finding the Red October and sinking it. my favorite Robin Williams movie? this! favorite Matt Damon movie? The Martian favorite Ben Affleck movie? Pearl Harbor
RIP Robin :') Jim Carrey is another great comedian in serious roles. Hes wonderful in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's just a shame he was in a bad place at the time of filming it. :(
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How Are There Some People Who Really Can't Tell That I'm Wearing A Jacket? Lmao You Can Literally See The Padding And The Buttons.
I got a jacket just like that from Costco
Lmao well said bro :)
Really? People cant tell - what resolution are they watching this with?
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Clint Mansell.
I actually love that they don't show whether he gets back with the girl, because the point isn't whether or not he gets the girl...the point is that he's finally ready to take a chance and take a leap of faith into uncertainty. It's kind of like the the end of "The Truman Show". It doesn't matter if he gets the girl...it matters that he's taking his own life by the reins.
The Truman Show. Lets see Mell do a reaction to that awesome film too!
I love this takeaway
Absolutely. It's assumed. So it's feel good
That's exactly how I've taken the ending. He's going after what he wants. As bittersweet as the ending is, it's obvious that everyone in his life was proud of him.
Of course he back with the girl
RIP, Robin Williams. He took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this movie. And it also took home Best Original Screenplay for Matt Damon Ben Affleck.
I always remember him by this role. He was incredible. And only partially acting haha.
When he won the Oscar, he forgot to thank his mother and she was in the audience 😅
I have a video of him as a guest on the Late Late Show on my channel. It was my best performing Video ever, but if you wouldn't mind heading over, I could always use a few more views and subs 😅
And I think, it's a very beautiful video. I loved him so much. Hook was actually my favorite movie with him, but NOTHING tops his monologue here at the pond. I cry every time..... 😭
I remember my first time seeing the "not your fault" scene. I broke down in massive tears. I grew up in horrible conditions, and to feel so invested in these characters and Robin Williams's performance literally helped me to cope with my own trauma. Robin left too soon, too much of a beautiful soul left this world the day he decided to check out.
Loved your reaction to this amazing movie, keep up the great work. You're going strong ❤️
Many of us feel that scene
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When Robin Williams died, this bench became a huge shrine.
And you're damn right- we love us some Dunks here.
I respect you so much for showing yourself tearing up. I think it's important to show young men that it's okay to have emotions and not bottle everything up.
Robin Williams Specialty is in comedy and tragedy. The classic actor combo
after seeing him in person when i was deployed I got the feeling taht he used his comedy to hide the pain he felt tremendous actor and a great man. Go back watch any movie he was in if you watch his eyes some times you get a glimps of what he struggled with deep down. Even though he had his demons he never let that stop him from brightening other people days.
When Robin Williams did his voice over recording for The Genie, he gave the directors so much improvised material that they rewrote the second half of the film to feature Genie more
Disney recently released some animatics of all the recordings that he did for that movie. I don't know how they managed to narrow it down.
If you look at 16:12 you can see the camera shaking. Somebody wrote that the camera crew was in splits laughing to this story lmao. What a natural storyteller Robin was. Glad to have witnessed it on screen.
Robin Williams was notorious for ad-libbing his lines. The story about his wife farting in her sleep was one moment, that’s why Matt Damon was laughing so hard, he didn’t expect it. Same for the end when he said “Son of a bitch stole my line”, that was not scripted. He has so many great movies that don’t get enough publicity. The World According To Garp is a magnificent Robin Williams movie.
During the farting story you can see the camera shaking. People assumed it was a creative choice for that moment, but it was actually the camera man laughing. Another thing that wasn't supposed to happen, that they decided to leave in.
This movie is on my list of favorite last lines of a movie and the fact that Williams improvised it makes me love it that much more.
Garp was a strange movie. It was a pretty good movie but I have only watched it once. I went into it expecting a comedy but found it was much more of a tragedy. Very bittersweet.
Found this movie in my early 20s, almost a full decade ago now. This was the movie that changed my perspective on therapy and allowed me to get the courage to seek help for myself. Still hits home for me today, and I'll never stop loving it. Probably the most influential movie of my young adult life.
I definitely had one of those "it's not your fault" moments in therapy. I still sometimes struggle with accepting I really was a just kid and it wasn't my fault for the things that happened to me.
That scene never fails to make me shed a tear
I had that moment with my therapist years ago, and it took me half an hour of sitting in my car to even leave the parking lot. It was the first time anyone had ever said that to me, so I definitely feel ya.
Without prying, and to those who have accepted that statement, how do you? How do you accept what your mind has fought so hard against you? 🖤
@danielyowiehoward8818 honestly, it's hard to say because it took a WHILE and a lot of work of unpacking that my parents failed me and I didn't deserve any of that. A lot of questions toward "would I do this to a kid?" And "what if this happened to your friend?"
It broke me for a while that I eventually realized that I thought so little of myself because of course I would never want a kid to go through what I went through...but when I applied it to myself I somehow thought I deserved it. No kid deserves abuse. None.
@rincaimo812 I'm so very glad to hear that, though it took some time, you're here, on the other side of it, and that's awesome ❤️ God bless you, stranger from the interwebs.
@danielyowiehoward8818 thank you, I hope this helps you, fellow stranger 💗
I like how they emphasized there relationship with the way Robin Williams addresses Matt Damon’s character. In the beginning he calls him champ, chief and sport but after that moment they had he knows he can call him son without causing any tension
I'm English and even I'm melted every time Minnie Driver speaks. She was perfect in this.
Dead Poets Society and Good Morning Vietnam are my favorite Robin Williams movies along with this one.
This is probably the most authentic portrayal of working class Massachusetts outside The Fighter. The jokes, the shittalk, the fights, the Dunkin Donuts, the roast beef sandwiches; quintessential MA
This movie is therapeutic to me. I relate a lot with Will. And every so often, when things are difficult, I can always come back to this to remind myself that all that shit, the hurts, the horrors, the pain? It wasn't my fault.
Brilliant film
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that rewatches this for that reason.
As a kid watching this I was so inspired by Will's intelligence, the acting, the writing, just everything. Then as I got older and had to come to grips with my own similarly traumatic childhood, as that emotional well deepened, this film became so much more essential. A true masterpiece. Ironically, the first scene I saw was the "my wife used to fart when she was nervous" bit. Little did he know, right?
This movie is the complete package. It hits home in every way possible. As a man, especially a young man, this movie really hits home. The sound track, the locations, the acting, the casting...all of it was perfect.
💚 I miss Robin so much. I was sad as hell for about 4 days after he first passed away, still makes me sad. It was hard not to love him, he had such a sweet and funny personality, and from what I heard, he was really caring and generous as well. I'm watching this now, can't wait! 💙
Ever seen Robin stand ups?
@@LegendOfZeldafan666 yes I have and I love it.
@@LegendOfZeldafan666 I had the privlege of seeing him when i was deployed he did a USO tour was the best part of my deployment.
Still sad to this day
One of the greatest movie, with one of the greatest monologues, from one of the greatest comedians. The rest of the cast was amazing too.
This is what a master class on acting should show.
Bro, I fucking love how emotional you get on this reaction. Great reaction and you got another subscriber here! Keep it up!
Holy crap! I never recognized at the end during that "not your fault" scene that the rower in the calm water was the clue that Sean (and WIll) was going to start moving forward again. When you mentioned Sean's painting, it clicked. Before, I figured it was just showing the next morning at Harvard along the river.
This was a terrific reaction to one of my favorite films. It really has aged well and I love it as much as when I saw it in the theatre.
Favorite Robin Williams film? Dead Poets Society
Favorite composer? Alexandre Desplat who did the beautiful piano based soundtracks to Cheri and Pride & Prejudice (2005)
I gotta say this: I actually like how they shot the kissing between Skyler and Will in this movie. It's a minor point that never really gets noticed, but none of them are those perfect Hollywood kisses, which makes them so much better for the movie and story, cause it's organic.
I love that too. The shots are messy and a little chaotic, and they feel like you're really watching people who are in love and don't care what anyone else sees.
Regarding Robin's untimely passing, I tell this anecdote: I saw Mrs. Doubtfire in theaters and it was the first time I as a young adolescent I experienced tears from laughter in my life. The morning I got the news of his death, I was lying in bed and legit cried. Robin Williams, the only actor who "got me" on both sides of the comedy/tragedy spectrum.
Ahhh yeah I cant wait to see his reaction to the scene where Will shoots that snob with the shotgun in the bar
Loved the emotions you shared. this is my favorite movie. so deep!!! it took me probably 30 times watching before it hit me how Robin Williams calls him son at the end. can't believe they wrote this when they were 19-20. incredible film.
there will never be another Robin Williams. He really was 1 of a kind! MISS YOU ALWAYS ROBIN
0:40 Thomas Newman getting a shoutout! One of my favorites as well! Whisper of a Thrill is extraordinary ♥️
I've literally watching maybe 25 reactions to this movie now, and it doesn't get old
I loved Chucky (Ben Affleck) in this movie. Not only does he support Will leaving them/town, he actively encourages it because it's in Will's best interest. I grew up with family/friends who complained every time I mentioned wanting to move town, and they tried to talk me out of it because it's more convenient for them to have me stay. So I appreciate Chucky a lot in this.
I love his character. The high point of his day is the possibility his friend did what was best for him. The fact he hopes his friend does this and doesn't tell anyone or say goodbye shows how much his friend removes his own feelings from the equation. All that matters to him is that his friend has a good life.
I always felt the ending to this movie was perfect because Will is traveling into the unknown but as the viewer you know for the first time he's going to be alright because he's following his heart.
I absolutely love that they have the "it's not your fault" conversation.....and he calls Will son ever after.
This movie makes me cry every single time I watch it... it never gets old. It's such a beautiful movie in so many ways. It was written beautifully, it was directed and produced beautifully... The actors were amazing.. and most of all the storyline was so real and relatable in different ways. The world is a hard place but you really got to take any shot you can.. no matter what you've gone through. R.I.P Robin Williams, you will never be forgotten..
Teary-eyed watching the whole review and then you came through with the palate cleanser at the end with patching yourself into the backseat with them in the car 🤣. Thanks man, great review!
One of the most beautiful performances of all time. Robin Williams absolutely knocked it out of the park with this film. All of his monologues about his love for his wife always get me emotional.
Robin Williams is an amazing actor. You won't be sorry if you watch Dead Poet's Society. It's a fabulous movie.
I saw this a few times when I was younger and always loved it. But I had no clue that Damond and Affleck wrote it. At that age that is a hell of an accomplishment. The skill in The writing is far more impressive than anything they’ve done acting wise. This film deserves all the hype it gets.
Matt Damon’s first major role was School Ties with Brendan Fraser and while Ben Affleck was also in School Ties, he was a child star in the Voyage of the Mimi back in the 80’s.
There are so many great scenes in this movie and it will never fail to make me cry but maybe to explain why you teared up on that scene where realization dawned on Ben Affleck about Will leaving is because it hurts him, because a long the way he knows there's no certainty of when he'll be seeing his best friend again or if they will ever meet again, but he's got bigger dreams for his best friend that he was willing to suck it all up and support Will despite of not knowing te future of their friendship. Their support was just so wide and genuine that they were willing to continue living their lives away from each other but knowing the fact that their friend is going to be doing the things he's meant to do. Ugggh i just love this movie so much even though i have just watched it.
Hi Mellverse. This film is an emotional rollercoaster. RiP Mr. Robin Williams you deserved that Oscar 😢. Until the next one 💜
"Man, there really is not problem with getting therapy."
Totally agreed, and I've been trying to get into therapy for years so I could talk about my problems, but the only service that'll take my insurance doesn't have a single therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist in their employ in this entire state of 7.7 million people, and they don't have a single MD in my entire county of 300k residents.
And my sister, a big part of a lot of my problems, has some of the best health insurance in the country, largely because she's one of the best RNs in the state, maybe even on the West Coast, but she refuses to see a therapist, probably because she doesn't want to hear how it's not okay to guilt-shame your son for having depression and suicidal thoughts, or how when you push your husband down the stairs, breaking his leg in the process, for the cardinal sin of refusing to have a fight with you when you want to have one, someone should call the police on you.
Dead Poets Society is one of my all time favorite movies! If you have time in the schedule you should definitely check it out.
Yes!! His performance is just as incredible and the entire film has a ton of other great performances.
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i suffer from severe PTSD since childhood. although it wasn't my parents who beat me it was the one i considered a friend. my brother thrived on torture and seeing me in pain. after 28 years i finally got away from him and live a much better life than he does.
This is by far my favorite Robin Williams movie. He was great in Patch Adams as well. Matt Damon’s would be this one, Bourne Supremacy(2nd of series), and The Martian.
What dreams may come is an amazing movie with Robin Williams
Favorite Robin Williams movies so do many. Probably Patch Adam's, Mrs. Doubtfire. What Dreams May Come was very underrated
It’s like that story of the genius kid who has great potential. But with all that great potential, his happiness is what matters most.
I miss Robin so very much. I grew up with his movies. ❤️❤️❤️
The performances here are outstanding and definitely so genuine; every scene feels so intimate. And it’s probably one of the most real portrayals of therapy and psychological healing that I’ve seen onscreen.
Out of curiosity, is there any way you would consider reacting to The Lovely Bones at some point? It’s such an overlooked movie with such amazing performances, and it would be so interesting to see your opinion as an actor on Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan in their respective roles xxx
Great reaction! One of favorite movies of Robin Williams is What Dreams May Come. It's a hard watch, but it's great, IMO.
I don't have a favorite Matt Damon movie, but my favorite Robin Williams movie is What Dreams May Come. I generally try not to watch movies that make me cry or think too deeply because most of the time, I want to just be entertained. What Dreams May Come was just so artistic and introspective that I couldn't ignore it. That one caught me by surprise. I have seen part of this movie before, but not the whole thing.
I don't know if anyone has said it already but Minnie Driver is so damn cute in this movie! She's still cute AF too! The movie is amazing and Robin Williams is phenomenal in this movie, I always crack up when he talks about how his wife used to fart in her sleep, which no surprise, he improvised!
Mellverse, it's not your fault.
Son of a bitch, stole my line
This & Dead Poets Society for dramatic performance by Robin Williams. The Genie (Aladdin) and Mrs Doubtfire for Comedic...with Good Morning, Vietnam for his best dramedy. That particular movie is complicated.
Robin was, without a doubt, funny af. But, he was also a Juilliard trained actor. He roomed with Christopher Reeves (Superman) He is amazing as a dramatic actor. My favorite movie with Robin is What Dreams May Come. It’s a beautiful movie, but it will destroy you. Have tissues. This has to be my favorite Matt Damon movie. And Ben Affleck was in MallRats with Kevin Smith and I believe School Ties with Brendan Fraser. Damons in that one, too. One of my absolute favorite movies. Soo glad you finally watched it. The scene on the bench, Robins monologue…a MASTERCLASS in owning a scene with little effort. Brilliant. I go and watch Robin win the Oscar for this every once in a while. It’s pure joy. 😎❤️
His relationship with Christopher Reeves is a beautiful insight into who he was. When Christopher Reeves broke his back, he became so depressed and just wanted to give up. Robin got him to laugh and brought him through that dark place. Those closest to Reeves said that all the good he did in the remainder of his life wouldn't have been possible without Robin.
Robins best movies are “1 Hour Photo”, “Insomnia” with Pacino, and lastly “Worlds Greatest Dad”
And Damon gets “Departed” “the Informant” and “Dogma”
Everytime I watch this great movie I think "Man, did Robin Williams go too soon!"
One of the greatest dramatic actors of alltime!
Learning the truth behind his suicide always makes it more tragic to me. It wasn't mental health. He and his family thought it was an aggressive case of Parkinson's, but an autopsy revealed it was Lewy's body dementia. He chose to end his life because he didn't want to suffer and he didn't want that for his family. The great tragedy is that medicine could not have saved him.
When I first met my wife, Good Will Hunting was one of the first movies we watched together. Always gets me teary eyed
Also the director wanted to change the ending to Ben’s character dying in a construction accident and that’s what caused him to leave, Matt and Ben refused to do it. So glad they didn’t go with that, would have ruined the entire point.
Fortunately,some people have very special gifts.
Great reaction for a great movie. Thank you. A bit of trivia. The red/blonde headed guy who hung out with Will and his other buddies is Cole Hauser who currently plays the part of Rip on the series Yellowstone.
School Ties was a great movie with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Cole Hauser even younger than this.
Robin Williams delivers the best monologue in all of Cinema history!
I still say to this day that the monologue at the lake by Robin Williams is the best monologue in all of cinema.
RIP to the King.
One of my favorite Robin Williams movies is Patch Adams. I dont know if you ever seen it but if you havent I would love to see your reaction.
The algorithm brought me here, and your reaction was great. Well done
Gotta do Dead Poets Society, one of the best ever. I’m a teacher, I watch it each August to get me pumped for the new year
Honestly Robin Williams is one of those actors (along with Brittany Murphy) that even though I didn't know them personally, every time I see them on screen I miss them deeply. It's like stumbling upon the photograph of a deceased loved one. They brought joy and warm to so many people all around the world and they were both gone too soon.
BTW my favorite Matt Damon movie is the remake of The Talented Mr Ripley, and my favorite Robin Williams movie is Dead Poets Society :)
20:20 Halcyon by Orbital? 👀
I feel the same way about Philip Seymour Hoffman. His loss breaks my heart over and over.
I feel the same way about Britney Murphy. Just watched Drop Dead Gorgeous again recently and she was so awesome in it. Made me miss her all over again.
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"Yeah? Well, Peter's gay. GAAAAAAAAAY!"
"You don't wanna clean some dishes...you gon act like you don't hear me?"
There are so many Dunkin Donuts in Boston it is crazy !!! In downtown I think there is one like every 300 yards.
This is my favorite movie of all time, and I love watching ppl experience it for the first time, I showed it to my friends and they knew it was my favorite movie, and when it got done my friend told me it was the best movie he’d ever seen and I thought he was fucking with me because I told them it was my favorite, but he said that it rlly was and that made me rlly happy
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were friends in real life Casey was Ben's real life little brother.Did you notice the actor from this movie was in the Dunkin Donuts SNL skit?
Thank you for advocating for mental health ❤ people deserve peace in their life
It blows me away that Matt and Ben were only in their mid 20s when they wrote this fabulous movie!
Great reaction. You get emotional because you’re a good man!
27:25 "This dude's obsession with this whole thing is crazy."
Imagine you're an award winning poet. Now most people don't know who you are, but that small community of poetry lovers thinks you're one of the best alive today. Imagine you discover a talent that amazes you beyond belief. You didn't think someone with this gift for words could exist. You've dedicated your whole life to this craft and they're surpassing you effortlessly. You help this talent out. You try to help them be seen because you think the art itself is important. You use your reputation to get them exposure. Maybe this is the person that can even help poetry become mainstream again. And they spit on your efforts and call poetry a waste of time.
That's what the professor is going through here.
In a way it's sad. The professor has a very specific interpretation of success, and he wants that for Will. To forgo those opportunities for something more personally satisfying just doesn't make sense to him.
The scene where he chokes him in his office? Just over Will's shoulder is a commonly read book in that field: "I'm okay, you're okay." Definitely foreshadows their relationship.
1 of my all time favourite films - I was horribly depressed when I 1st saw this film and 'its not your fault' scene absolutely destroyed me
Favourite Robin Williams movie: Patch Adams
Favourite Matt Damon movie: The Martian
This movie though I remember thinking that Matt Damon was going to win an Oscar for this. You gotta respect the work that had to go into this project for him and the rest of the cast & crew. It definitely looks like the work paid off too. Very well done
The professor was played by Stellen Skarsgard. You should check him out in the miniseries Chernobyl. It's only five episodes, with each episode being about an hour.
He was also in the MCU as Erik Selvig and in Dune as the villain Vladimir Harkonnen....
"Oh [Minnie Driver] can sing too?"
Watch the credits for The Phantom of the Opera. Minnie was in that movie, but was the only actor who didn't do their own singing (you need to be a very, VERY well trained classical singer to sing as badly as her character did) but she DID sing the song during the credits, Learn to Be Lonely, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber just for the movie adaptation of Phantom.
If you watch the movie before listening to the song, and thus understand all the context, bring tissues.
Mell, I highly recommend the film, Life is Beautiful (1997). Dramatic, sentimental, heartwarming, and definitely a tear jerker.
Another masterpiece of history of cinema.
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“Why is everyone so hostile?”
I see that you’ve never been to Boston before.
God, this reaction got me! Thanks, bro. You're absolutely right with everything you said! Wish you all the best and good game with your future dates! 😙👍🤝
Love this film. Recommend Robin Williams acceptance speech for his Oscar for this movie!
The cut to Anchorman during the Afternoon Delight scene reminded me why I sub xD
Always remembered, Robin Williams.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote this together and they both garnered an Oscar as did Robin Williams RIP...Casey Affleck (who plays the character Morgan is Ben's younger brother) so yeah they did kind of get together and say let's write and star in a movie together lol.
True story: I was on the Red Line in between Charles and Park st stations (still outside the tunnel) and the train stopped for about 10 minutes. Dude wedges a baseball in between the soft flanges where the sliding doors come together creating a space he can blow smoke outside the train, and lights up a Marlbroro green.
The Kawhi laugh at 25:27 killed me 🤣
I adore Thomas Newman’s score from “side effects” - looking forward to this!!!
Robin Williams was absolutely brilliant in this. Dead Poets Society, Garp, Moscow on the Hudson.
It doesn't matter if they get back together and live a "fairy tale" life. The point is that he's taking a chance. Great review. Keep it up.
Exactly. He's ready to live a life free from regret and fear.
RIP Robin Williams one of my goats
This truly is a beautifully done film! And to your comment at the beginning, Dead Poet's Society is 100% worth it as well haha
With Matt - The Talented Mr. Ripley, with Robin - The Awakening.
the first Stellan Scarsgard movie I saw was the Hunt For Red October, with Sean Connery, James Earl Jones, Sam Neil, Tim Curry, and Alec Baldwin. Stellan played the captain of a Russian submarine tasked with finding the Red October and sinking it.
my favorite Robin Williams movie? this!
favorite Matt Damon movie? The Martian
favorite Ben Affleck movie? Pearl Harbor
I scream laughed when he said: "He thinks they're all simpletons just because he reads." 🤣
RIP Robin :') Jim Carrey is another great comedian in serious roles. Hes wonderful in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's just a shame he was in a bad place at the time of filming it. :(