For those of you who stayed watching by the end, thank you. I was pretty open about my own feelings and thoughts because of how much of an impact this movie had on me. This was an emotional roller coaster, but it was also just... really nice to watch because of how relatable it was. Again, thank you for watching.
I watch this movie as a teen , had some real existential angst about death and the after life, it’s sounds sill to type but this movie really helped me deal and resolve a lot of those issues
Yeah, this is a tough one … thanks for continuing to be so open about your feelings. I was crying along with you 🥲and am glad you can share this with your partner and comfort each other and enjoy your own connection (here’s a virtual hug)🙂
I can genuinely say that this movie is one of my favorites. As a widower this gives me hope that one day I will see my amazing wife again and I hope that it is like this, just a place of the ultimate beauty where we can be together again.
I ugly-cried with you. This is one of Robin Williams most underrated movies. It didn't get very much attention in theaters because people like to remember him more for his high-energy comedies. It sat on Blockbuster's shelf and rarely got rented, but the few of us who did rent it were not only moved by it, we were changed by it. It holds a special place in my DVD collection. I'm glad to see that it is still as impactful today, and even more so knowing what eventually would happen to Robin Williams. RIP
When I was 15 my father died of cancer, my mom started drinking heavily and my family completely feel apart. A few months later a family friend sexually assaulted me and my mom was in no condition to deal with it, so she just didn't. I started drinking and smoking and dropped out of school and get in a really dark place. I started cutting a little bit and I became very suicidal. My mother gave me this book to read, the book expands much more than the movie on what hell is. In the book if you commit suicide you have no idea you are dead, it's your life as you recognize it but with everything going wrong all the time, everything you can think of, in an endless loop that you can't break free from, no matter how hard you try. Reading that book is what literally saved my life and changed my mindset about life, death, heaven, hell and reincarnation. It's always been one of my favorite stories, as heartbreaking as it is. I'm in my mid 50s now, with 2 grown kids and 4 grandkids. We lost my mom to cancer last year and my sister is having a hard time dealing with it. I gave her this book and the movie.
Wow. That is all incredibly heavy and I'm so sorry you had to deal with all that as you grew up. Nobody deserves any of that whatsoever, and again, I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing this here. I do hope you're in a better place nowadays. I'm sorry for your loss as well. I hope she's at peace.
@@OGBReacts Thank you hon, yes I'm in a great place now. I'm so glad I stuck around. No matter how bad things seem, they do eventually get better and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not sure if there is a heaven, but I hope there is and it gives me a great sense of peace to believe that mom and dad are together again. ♥
Don't mind me, just dropping a lil Shakespeare (Hamlet) a favorite piece of verse & a favorite movie period... "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come."
When Chris goes to the city in Heaven where people are flying around, watch for charakters from "Peter Pan" (Wendy, Michael and John)! And Mary Poppins is also among the people flying!
That's the difference between vulgar explosions in Armageddon and genuine artistry in WDMC. Even MJY was basically just imitating a real gorilla, for which there is plenty of reference footage to work from. Then you have What Dreams May Come which is often just taking a literary description of still artwork of heaven and hell and bringing it to life in a way that fully brings you into it - exploring both Christy's wonder and terror.
I told you this is a AWESOME TERRIBLE movie. Most people have never watched it or have never watched it twice because it is so strongly emotional and soooo deep no one wants to face DEATH as we all will die.
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?" - Hamlet This movie is both beautiful tragedy and sorrowful comedy that captures a unique and bittersweet vision of what might await us at the end of this existence. And with the passing of Robin Williams, it holds all that much more significance. May the joyful sadness that we carry in his memory relieve even a minute fraction of the weight of his personal albatross. May he find the peace he was seeking and no longer linger needlessly in the sorrow of this world that burdened him so.
Ironic considering Robin played a character in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet only 2 years earlier. That's another tear jerker for those that can gel with the Shakespeare lingo.
No offense... But I don't think you're an Atheist. If you think there's a possibility of an afterlife, but not sure, then you're probably "agnostic." But hey, you do you. God bless.
@@matt475 I think you misunderstand what those terms mean. Agnostic is not "atheist-lite", it specifically refers to a claim of knowledge or lack thereof while atheism refers to a lack of belief. Someone can be both atheist, does not have a belief in god(s), and agnostic, does not claim to know whether or not god(s) exist. Edit: actually, atheism isn't just about gods, but theology in general, so a Buddhist isn't an atheist just because they don't believe in deities. Also, atheists are not necessarily _ANTItheists_ who actively attack religion, most of us just want to be left alone.
Same. I remember learning about a disease that makes it so we can’t recognize faces. People can’t recognize their own children. Then my grandmother got dementia and she as a person disappeared. I began to understand then that the thing I think of as “me” is just memory and that can be erased while we are still alive. It’s definitely gone after death when the wires shut down. Before I was born, I didn’t exist. Same after I die. My DNA could have continued if I’d had kids but over time even that would be altered. We are here for a little while, then we aren’t. But I was raised with the concept of an afterlife and I still like to daydream about it. What my perfect one would be. For me, it would be walking through those best memories again. Getting to experience those magic seconds of happiness over and over for eternity. It’s like Christmas celebrations. I know now how the presents get under the tree, but I still listen to Christmas carols about Santa and his sleigh.
I couldn't comment much during this one. Because I was crying all over again. In some of the darkest moments of my life my mind has come back to this movie to help me find my way through them. As someone who has lived with chronic depression my whole life, who has been suicidal, who is now married and has children ... this story has come back me many times in dark moments where I needed it most. For me, that's what good art does. I hope it carries some of that value for you now that you've seen it. Thanks for doing this one. :-)
It absolutely has carried value for me since I’ve watched it. This film means a lot to me now, actually. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you’re still here ♥️
This is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, especially the "painting" aesthetic for his heaven. It's something that I can't rewatch often because it hurts so much, but it's such a great movie. This is probably the best story of happy endings. Everything goes so wrong, and is so bad, but the destination is so good.
You were very brave to dive into this hyper emotional film. I ADORED this movie and your reaction is simply wonderful. I love how involved you get in your videos. I am 51 and used to believe this type of afterlife. I’m now an atheist and somehow that comforts me. Sending hugs to you for feeling the feels today, and I’m still pulling for The Fisher King. It’s emotional, but you won’t be in a puddle at the end. 🥰💜🥰
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed this. I've heard a few others say they're atheist; I would probably say I'm agnostic. I believe in (or hope for) something afterwards but I don't know what it could be. I wish I could continue the Robin William's train but next Friday will be the last one for a bit, so we'll see what I watch! I got fun plans for the rest of this year for y'all 👀
I hope for something after death as well, so I guess I go between agnostic and atheist. Thanks again for reacting to such a profound movie. Something to know is that The Fisher King is hardly reacted to on UA-cam at all. I’ve been trying to find other reactions and only found one. If that information goes into you choosing your last Robin Williams movie, that would be great. For some reason I just really think you would like it. Take care!
People tend to hate on this movie but it is my favorite Robin Williams movie out there. The concept is intriguing, the visuals are stunning, and the acting? Ugh so very good. Every time.
This film is absolutely gorgeous, cinematically. Unfortunately, it's also depression porn - gratuitous and unrelenting. Speaking as someone who LIKES a good cry at the movies, I have no desire to watch this flick ever again.
21:44, Max von Sydow. Many remember Father Merryn from the Exorcist. He had a cameo in another RW heartbreaker "Awakenings". Not easy watching (based on true stories, kind of).
Sam, in 2015 as part of finishing my Masters, I trained as a hospital/hospice chaplain at a large level 1 trauma center where I live. As a function of that training, I spent several hundred hours with actively dying persons and their families. If you ever want/need an unbiased ear to bend about some of the subject matter this film uncovered for you, I would be happy to listen. Now back to making my usual left turns and doughnuts. Take care.
I have always found this movie so tragically beautiful. So much love, hurt, pain, beauty and this journey of discovery of self and love and the amazing storyline around the recognition of souls regardless of the exterior. No one asked for this film, but I am thankful for it, it is art. Somehow it simultaneously scars, heals and awakens. When it comes down to it this is a story about every kind of love, friend, parent/child, furfamily, soulmate and it's kind of a raw journey, you see the ugly and the beautiful :) I always cry in this film, happy and sad tears. I cried watching this with you and it was the edited version hahaha.
Max von Sydow, who plays the Tracker, had an extraordinarily long and distinguished career, which started in Sweden with the legendary Ingmar Bergman. The most famous of their films together was The Seventh Seal, where he plays a man who's just died and challenges Death to a chess game over whether he can return to life. So his taking this role is very much in reference to that.
I knew this movie was sad but man I was sobbing the whole time. I watched this movie in Highschool so I guess I was trying to hold in the tears back then in class because that would be embarrassing. It’s a super beautiful movie. Even more now that Robins passed.
I can't count how many times I've seen this movie yet Everytime I'm 🥺🥺😭😭😭😭 . I agree with others that it's Robin Williams' genuineness and 💜 that he put in2 every character that just Pulls the viewer (& the viewer's heart) right in 🎣
My mother showed this movie to me when I was like 12, heavy for a 12 year old, sure, but it has given me a peace in my life I can't really explain. Loved this!
Two other great Robin Williams movies The Fisher King and Patch Adams both of which also feature Michael Jeter who you might remember as Del in the Green Mile Robin did some funny movies and also some heartbreaking ones like this one both of these fall in the latter category
Thank you for this reaction. This is my favorite movie, i watch every time i need a good cry. Regarding the kids choice to have different bodies - what Albert tells Chris in the end is really interesting (and true, IMO) - you sometime need your parents to look at you as a person, not just as their kid. And vice versa. You need to look at your parents as people, not only as your parents. So if Chris wants to get to really know his kids, he needs to get to know them as individuals, and this can happen only if they have different bodies. This is also why "Albert" tells him that he will see his kids when he'll be ready to see them. They are right in front of him, but he doesn't see them yet. Annie, on the other hand, is more than ready to see them, so she does. Chris in the beginning is pining for Annie, he's not fully ready to see his kids just yet. I just love the fact that he can meet the kids as grown ups, see them for who they really are, and only then he's ready to actually "see" them. This concept was really interesting to me, to see our loved ones as who they really are, without "old baggage". Also, READ THE BOOK. it's different from the movie, obviously, but really dives in to some of these concepts and ideas. So, yeah, it's my favorite movie. It hurts and it makes me cry every single time, but that's why i love it.
My parents saw this in the theater. They went to dinner afterwards and my mom was still sobbing in the restaurant...to the point people were glaring at my dad thinking he'd done something. She's never watched it since. I didn't see it until I was an adult and the scene that always gets me is the one when you realize the Asian woman is his daughter and why she chose to appear to him that way. Such a beautiful but heartbreaking film.
I understand what you’re saying. At first them not being their true self, it’s kind of like a weaning process in heaven. It’s kind of like putting that bag of new fish on top of the water of your aquarium so it’s not so shocking, and to acclimate to the temperature. Eventually Chris was able to see everyone in their true form.
The art style was animated by Animatronix. Starring Robin Williams and Teri Hatcher as a couple who lost their children, then Robin Williams gets killed by a car bringing him to his version of Heaven
The original prints of the film, which were stored at a video vault in Universal Studios Hollywood's backlot, were lost in the June 1st, 2008 backlot fire!
WOW Beautiful film What Dreams May Come directed by Vincent Ward screenplay by Ronald Bass starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max Von Sydow and music score by Michael Kamen. This film won an Oscar for best visual effects, thank you TheOGBojangles great reaction just amazing😊😊😊🙏
BoJeezy. Your Patreon subs never fail to take you to the top of the mountain with their choices. This was an amazing movie choice to react to. What an exploration into the afterlife. More questions than answers for sure. That is what makes this movie great. Nothing is easy to digest but it must be, in order t complete the journey. Great react. You shed so many tears.
@@OGBReacts I was too. The visual description of suicide was next level. Such imagination. Today's movie have so much tech and visual effects, but don't have that spark of imagination. I think that creativiity has gone into video games.
@@OGBReacts I’m so glad you enjoyed it tho. When you were pointing your finger i felt like you were scolding me lol loved the reaction and i cried with you
This reaction illustrates perfectly why I watch reaction videos. I loved all the emotion you gave and as hard as it was, I loved going there with you. I've been medically dead five separate times, and all of those five separate times happened before I was 14. Fear of death is completely human and understandable, but I sort of long for it because having died and been so close to death at least 3 more times, my body wants to be done sometimes. I also am with you about his kids. My father didn't start showing me love until I was 16 because I was so far from perfect and he wanted perfect in his kids and he blamed himself for my imperfections. So, I think I would show myself to my father in death as my mother in high school. She was his first love and she crushed him when she divorced him, even though it was the right thing to do. Ooh... I'm rambling now, but that was a beautiful reaction, thank you for it.
This and legends of the fall absolutely destroy me and make me cry every single time. I cried just watching this reaction. I don't think I've ever cried as much in a theater as this movie.
This is one of my favorite movies … ever. It has been since it came out. It’s also one of those Robin Williams movies where I don’t think he got enough credit for his skill as a dramatic actor. He and Annabella Sciorra were amazing. It’s also one of the rare times where I completely feel that the movie is better than the book that it’s based on. If you liked this movie, you should try Bicentennial Man and Patch Adams. Other Robin Williams movies like this one that were either disliked at the time they came out or went largely unnoticed. I’m looking forward to this reaction.
Soo in this movie the afterlife you look like the 1 that you admire the most... Damn going to be alot of Robin williams running around. Crazy to think about huh.
I was waiting for you to do this one! What Dreams May Come is one of my favorite movies, I have seen it at least a dozen times and cry Everytime:/ There is an Alternate ending also, the "official" ending is sweet but I prefer the alternate as it is a little deeper dealing with issues from their past lives, I recommend watching the alternate ending yourself for a bit of a different perspective on their reincarnation. Thank you for sharing your emotional journey with us
one of the best film depictions of heaven and hell I've seen. The hell scenes terrified me when I was young. The film is based off a book, the book is good too.
I've said it before in a reaction video of your @TheOGBojangles : Many people know Robing Williams as a comedian, but when he did drama/'"serious roles" - WOW, he really hit home. Truly a talented man. I hope he found peace.
I saw this movie when it was first released on HBO back when I was a kid. I was homesick from school and said I’ll try this movie it has stuck with me majority of my life
Yeah someone saying this movie is a tear jerker, is a great understatement. Great reaction to a great movie. I hope the after life is wonderful like this movie.
watching your reaction and seeing this movie again had me crying again I love this movie it's so beautiful to me and it makes me feel so much at one time. Great video😭
This is an amazing movie. The first time I saw it, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, maybe I was in the wrong head space. I watch it now, and really feel it.
Great movie. Like I said before you should see more Robin Williams movies like Awakning, Patch Adams, , Bicentennial Man , Cadlic Man,The World According to Garp. Fyi the actress who plays Robin Willams wife in this movie also plays with him in Cadlic Man
I only recently watched this film, my husband prefaced it by saying, "this is the best Robin Williams movie.", which in retrospect is a sweet thing to tell your wife ❤
this movie is so emotional for everyone. I think it hits many of us on a deep level of belief and hope. We can find comfort thinking that those who have gone from our lives will find each other in some way to be happy together. Many of my family has moved on, and with what happened with Robin as well, I didn't expect it to hit me as hard as it did. Keep the great reactions coming.
I absolutely love this movie. I always have. It is an Beautiful Awesome movie!! The Tracker took on the look of the first doctor chris interned under because he had always watched out for chris and wanted to continue to do so as they went looking for annie.
Mara Wilson, who played Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire, really wanted to play Williams' daughter again in this film, probably because she was aging out of the "precocious little girl" roles all her acting success was based on and this could have been an easy bridge to other kinds of work. But she didn't get it, and retired from acting in favor of writing soon afterward. Which she's pretty awesome at, so that was probably for the best.
I first saw this when it came out, not in theaters but on VHS in the 9th grade, with my parents. I was a bit more cynical back then, pissed off at some heartfelt movies like this because I thought it was overly sentimental and I didn't feel that love from my parents expressed in the movie(puberty), I didn't quite understand it but I was still holding back the tears. Then I saw it again in my 20s and noticed all the hints towards reveals of who the children are and I balled my eyes out. It was great crying with you during your reaciton. I am also so terrified of death. And even though I always thought I was healthy, In the last 2 years I found out I have Afib, which I think I heard makes me 6x more likely to have a stroke, so that's great. I'm just now realizing the reasons I love this movie are the same reasons I love the end of LOST.
For those of you who stayed watching by the end, thank you. I was pretty open about my own feelings and thoughts because of how much of an impact this movie had on me. This was an emotional roller coaster, but it was also just... really nice to watch because of how relatable it was. Again, thank you for watching.
Nice to see a content creator willing to take an emotional rollercoaster and be honest about it, we need more of this honestly. Nicely done.
@@bouncerboytimmy69 Thank you so much!
I watch this movie as a teen , had some real existential angst about death and the after life, it’s sounds sill to type but this movie really helped me deal and resolve a lot of those issues
Yeah, this is a tough one … thanks for continuing to be so open about your feelings. I was crying along with you 🥲and am glad you can share this with your partner and comfort each other and enjoy your own connection (here’s a virtual hug)🙂
@@ian_forbes Thanks Ian 🥺♥️
He made us laugh; he made us cry... Robin Williams was so genuine, he could take us through whole range of emotions and back! RIP.
Me: *sees What Dreams May Come* Oh boy, this is going to be a tough one.
Big. Time.
Literally the exact words out of my own mouth.
Not gonna cry, not gonna cry, not gonna cry, not gonna cr 🥺😢😭😭😭😭😭
I can genuinely say that this movie is one of my favorites. As a widower this gives me hope that one day I will see my amazing wife again and I hope that it is like this, just a place of the ultimate beauty where we can be together again.
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Stay true; not blue. You shall have eternal rest in your heart, when peace finally comes, and sorrow is no more the future, but the past.
You will see her smile again. Have faith my friend.
"I think I waited for my partner."
Gets me everytime.
This whole movie got me D:
Well, clearly 🤣
I ugly-cried with you. This is one of Robin Williams most underrated movies. It didn't get very much attention in theaters because people like to remember him more for his high-energy comedies. It sat on Blockbuster's shelf and rarely got rented, but the few of us who did rent it were not only moved by it, we were changed by it. It holds a special place in my DVD collection. I'm glad to see that it is still as impactful today, and even more so knowing what eventually would happen to Robin Williams. RIP
Thank you for watching and I'm sorry you cried too!
When I was 15 my father died of cancer, my mom started drinking heavily and my family completely feel apart. A few months later a family friend sexually assaulted me and my mom was in no condition to deal with it, so she just didn't. I started drinking and smoking and dropped out of school and get in a really dark place. I started cutting a little bit and I became very suicidal. My mother gave me this book to read, the book expands much more than the movie on what hell is. In the book if you commit suicide you have no idea you are dead, it's your life as you recognize it but with everything going wrong all the time, everything you can think of, in an endless loop that you can't break free from, no matter how hard you try. Reading that book is what literally saved my life and changed my mindset about life, death, heaven, hell and reincarnation. It's always been one of my favorite stories, as heartbreaking as it is. I'm in my mid 50s now, with 2 grown kids and 4 grandkids. We lost my mom to cancer last year and my sister is having a hard time dealing with it. I gave her this book and the movie.
Wow. That is all incredibly heavy and I'm so sorry you had to deal with all that as you grew up. Nobody deserves any of that whatsoever, and again, I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing this here. I do hope you're in a better place nowadays.
I'm sorry for your loss as well. I hope she's at peace.
@@OGBReacts Thank you hon, yes I'm in a great place now. I'm so glad I stuck around. No matter how bad things seem, they do eventually get better and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not sure if there is a heaven, but I hope there is and it gives me a great sense of peace to believe that mom and dad are together again. ♥
@@marybrown6128 10000% agreed!
Even watching it edited for UA-cam, i still cry.
Same 💜
I`m crying again, and I `ve seen this movie many, many times... it gets me, every one of them.
Same lol 🥲
Don't mind me, just dropping a lil Shakespeare (Hamlet) a favorite piece of verse & a favorite movie period...
"To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come."
When Chris goes to the city in Heaven where people are flying around, watch for charakters from "Peter Pan" (Wendy, Michael and John)! And Mary Poppins is also among the people flying!
That's so cool!
Yikes, this is one of those movies that just sticks to you forever. Such a gorgeous movie and a visual triumph.
If you cant tell the movie is a modern day interpretation of "Dantes Inferno". And IMO the PINACLE of Williams work.
The film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, which is surprising, considering it beat out Armageddon and Mighty Joe Young for the title.
I think it`s quite well earned, though, since it held up pretty well and aged really fine.
That's the difference between vulgar explosions in Armageddon and genuine artistry in WDMC.
Even MJY was basically just imitating a real gorilla, for which there is plenty of reference footage to work from.
Then you have What Dreams May Come which is often just taking a literary description of still artwork of heaven and hell and bringing it to life in a way that fully brings you into it - exploring both Christy's wonder and terror.
I told you this is a AWESOME TERRIBLE movie. Most people have never watched it or have never watched it twice because it is so strongly emotional and soooo deep no one wants to face DEATH as we all will die.
When the bird poopson him I was reminded of Hook
Sam: Well that’s nice ☺️
Robin Williams: and that was the last time I saw them alive
Sam: 😧
LMFAO
Patch Adams and Jack are other Robin Williams movies that you should react to. ♥️
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?"
- Hamlet
This movie is both beautiful tragedy and sorrowful comedy that captures a unique and bittersweet vision of what might await us at the end of this existence. And with the passing of Robin Williams, it holds all that much more significance. May the joyful sadness that we carry in his memory relieve even a minute fraction of the weight of his personal albatross. May he find the peace he was seeking and no longer linger needlessly in the sorrow of this world that burdened him so.
Ironic considering Robin played a character in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet only 2 years earlier.
That's another tear jerker for those that can gel with the Shakespeare lingo.
We all cried to this movie. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Robin Williams knows how to bring it.
This is a beautiful story. I’m Atheist but if there is an afterlife I’d hope we’d get to decide our own heaven. Mine would be an 80s/90s dance party!
this made me smile
No offense... But I don't think you're an Atheist. If you think there's a possibility of an afterlife, but not sure, then you're probably "agnostic." But hey, you do you. God bless.
@@matt475 Well, it’s not that I think there is; it’s that I hope I’m wrong and there is.
@@matt475 I think you misunderstand what those terms mean. Agnostic is not "atheist-lite", it specifically refers to a claim of knowledge or lack thereof while atheism refers to a lack of belief. Someone can be both atheist, does not have a belief in god(s), and agnostic, does not claim to know whether or not god(s) exist.
Edit: actually, atheism isn't just about gods, but theology in general, so a Buddhist isn't an atheist just because they don't believe in deities. Also, atheists are not necessarily _ANTItheists_ who actively attack religion, most of us just want to be left alone.
Same. I remember learning about a disease that makes it so we can’t recognize faces. People can’t recognize their own children. Then my grandmother got dementia and she as a person disappeared. I began to understand then that the thing I think of as “me” is just memory and that can be erased while we are still alive. It’s definitely gone after death when the wires shut down.
Before I was born, I didn’t exist. Same after I die. My DNA could have continued if I’d had kids but over time even that would be altered. We are here for a little while, then we aren’t.
But I was raised with the concept of an afterlife and I still like to daydream about it. What my perfect one would be. For me, it would be walking through those best memories again. Getting to experience those magic seconds of happiness over and over for eternity.
It’s like Christmas celebrations. I know now how the presents get under the tree, but I still listen to Christmas carols about Santa and his sleigh.
Sam the best advice I can give you. Don't fear death, fear not living life. And not living life to the fullest.
Love the reaction. Now go watch this with your partner and cry up a storm while hugging each other. 😭😭😭
I couldn't comment much during this one. Because I was crying all over again. In some of the darkest moments of my life my mind has come back to this movie to help me find my way through them. As someone who has lived with chronic depression my whole life, who has been suicidal, who is now married and has children ... this story has come back me many times in dark moments where I needed it most. For me, that's what good art does. I hope it carries some of that value for you now that you've seen it. Thanks for doing this one. :-)
It absolutely has carried value for me since I’ve watched it. This film means a lot to me now, actually. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you’re still here ♥️
This is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, especially the "painting" aesthetic for his heaven. It's something that I can't rewatch often because it hurts so much, but it's such a great movie. This is probably the best story of happy endings. Everything goes so wrong, and is so bad, but the destination is so good.
You were very brave to dive into this hyper emotional film. I ADORED this movie and your reaction is simply wonderful. I love how involved you get in your videos. I am 51 and used to believe this type of afterlife. I’m now an atheist and somehow that comforts me. Sending hugs to you for feeling the feels today, and I’m still pulling for The Fisher King. It’s emotional, but you won’t be in a puddle at the end. 🥰💜🥰
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed this.
I've heard a few others say they're atheist; I would probably say I'm agnostic. I believe in (or hope for) something afterwards but I don't know what it could be.
I wish I could continue the Robin William's train but next Friday will be the last one for a bit, so we'll see what I watch!
I got fun plans for the rest of this year for y'all 👀
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I hope for something after death as well, so I guess I go between agnostic and atheist. Thanks again for reacting to such a profound movie. Something to know is that The Fisher King is hardly reacted to on UA-cam at all. I’ve been trying to find other reactions and only found one. If that information goes into you choosing your last Robin Williams movie, that would be great. For some reason I just really think you would like it. Take care!
@@jesterforhire Thank you! That’s one I definitely want to do!
If this movie doesn't bring the tears, you're not human.
I guess I'm pretty human lmao
Super human over here. 🖐️
That spot where you cried first with Chris and his daughter meeting up to play chess is my rough spot in the movie too. And every time I watch
Thank you. Speaking of tears (but still some hope) The Fisher King is a necessary candidate.
The "suicides go to hell" thing is even more cringy considering what happened to Robin Williams
Oh my god
It’s handled a lot better than the book. The book is so awful, it’s hard to believe it came from Richard Matheson
People tend to hate on this movie but it is my favorite Robin Williams movie out there. The concept is intriguing, the visuals are stunning, and the acting? Ugh so very good. Every time.
My favourite Robin Williams movie too♥️. I cry my eyes out every time I watch it. I cryed even watching this reaction.
I feel the only ones that hate on this movie must have no heart
This film is absolutely gorgeous, cinematically. Unfortunately, it's also depression porn - gratuitous and unrelenting. Speaking as someone who LIKES a good cry at the movies, I have no desire to watch this flick ever again.
Robin Williams is a treasure.
Watch Awakening with him and Robert De Niro, it’s a gem.
21:44, Max von Sydow. Many remember Father Merryn from the Exorcist. He had a cameo in another RW heartbreaker "Awakenings". Not easy watching (based on true stories, kind of).
Sam, in 2015 as part of finishing my Masters, I trained as a hospital/hospice chaplain at a large level 1 trauma center where I live. As a function of that training, I spent several hundred hours with actively dying persons and their families. If you ever want/need an unbiased ear to bend about some of the subject matter this film uncovered for you, I would be happy to listen. Now back to making my usual left turns and doughnuts. Take care.
I have always found this movie so tragically beautiful. So much love, hurt, pain, beauty and this journey of discovery of self and love and the amazing storyline around the recognition of souls regardless of the exterior. No one asked for this film, but I am thankful for it, it is art. Somehow it simultaneously scars, heals and awakens. When it comes down to it this is a story about every kind of love, friend, parent/child, furfamily, soulmate and it's kind of a raw journey, you see the ugly and the beautiful :)
I always cry in this film, happy and sad tears. I cried watching this with you and it was the edited version hahaha.
Oh goodness well thank you for watching!
Max von Sydow, who plays the Tracker, had an extraordinarily long and distinguished career, which started in Sweden with the legendary Ingmar Bergman. The most famous of their films together was The Seventh Seal, where he plays a man who's just died and challenges Death to a chess game over whether he can return to life. So his taking this role is very much in reference to that.
I knew this movie was sad but man I was sobbing the whole time. I watched this movie in Highschool so I guess I was trying to hold in the tears back then in class because that would be embarrassing. It’s a super beautiful movie. Even more now that Robins passed.
I can't count how many times I've seen this movie yet Everytime I'm 🥺🥺😭😭😭😭 .
I agree with others that it's Robin Williams' genuineness and 💜 that he put in2 every character that just Pulls the viewer (& the viewer's heart) right in 🎣
My mother showed this movie to me when I was like 12, heavy for a 12 year old, sure, but it has given me a peace in my life I can't really explain. Loved this!
Sometimes I watch this movie and hope it’s really what happens when we die then I remember Robin Williams committed suicide
Great. Another release on the day im cutting all my damn onions. Thanks a lot...
🤣🤣🤣
The directors Mother is among the people flying around in the great library!
I love that!
I saw this in the theater when it came out. All I remember was "amazing colors" + "crying". Odd juxtaposition between beauty and grief.
Two other great Robin Williams movies The Fisher King and Patch Adams both of which also feature Michael Jeter who you might remember as Del in the Green Mile Robin did some funny movies and also some heartbreaking ones like this one both of these fall in the latter category
I get really excited when people react to this, very few do unfortunately, it's such a hidden gem!
Thank you for this reaction. This is my favorite movie, i watch every time i need a good cry.
Regarding the kids choice to have different bodies - what Albert tells Chris in the end is really interesting (and true, IMO) - you sometime need your parents to look at you as a person, not just as their kid. And vice versa. You need to look at your parents as people, not only as your parents. So if Chris wants to get to really know his kids, he needs to get to know them as individuals, and this can happen only if they have different bodies.
This is also why "Albert" tells him that he will see his kids when he'll be ready to see them. They are right in front of him, but he doesn't see them yet. Annie, on the other hand, is more than ready to see them, so she does. Chris in the beginning is pining for Annie, he's not fully ready to see his kids just yet.
I just love the fact that he can meet the kids as grown ups, see them for who they really are, and only then he's ready to actually "see" them. This concept was really interesting to me, to see our loved ones as who they really are, without "old baggage".
Also, READ THE BOOK. it's different from the movie, obviously, but really dives in to some of these concepts and ideas.
So, yeah, it's my favorite movie. It hurts and it makes me cry every single time, but that's why i love it.
The Sadness Kicks In This Movie
My parents saw this in the theater. They went to dinner afterwards and my mom was still sobbing in the restaurant...to the point people were glaring at my dad thinking he'd done something. She's never watched it since. I didn't see it until I was an adult and the scene that always gets me is the one when you realize the Asian woman is his daughter and why she chose to appear to him that way. Such a beautiful but heartbreaking film.
That would’ve been me at the restaurant if I saw this in theaters 😩
Crazy, this was 1998 so I was 2 🤪
I understand what you’re saying. At first them not being their true self, it’s kind of like a weaning process in heaven. It’s kind of like putting that bag of new fish on top of the water of your aquarium so it’s not so shocking, and to acclimate to the temperature. Eventually Chris was able to see everyone in their true form.
The art style was animated by Animatronix. Starring Robin Williams and Teri Hatcher as a couple who lost their children, then Robin Williams gets killed by a car bringing him to his version of Heaven
The original prints of the film, which were stored at a video vault in Universal Studios Hollywood's backlot, were lost in the June 1st, 2008 backlot fire!
Oh NO
I think a part of my soul just crushed on that info. u.u
WOW Beautiful film What Dreams May Come directed by Vincent Ward screenplay by Ronald Bass starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max Von Sydow and music score by Michael Kamen. This film won an Oscar for best visual effects, thank you TheOGBojangles great reaction just amazing😊😊😊🙏
BoJeezy. Your Patreon subs never fail to take you to the top of the mountain with their choices. This was an amazing movie choice to react to. What an exploration into the afterlife. More questions than answers for sure. That is what makes this movie great. Nothing is easy to digest but it must be, in order t complete the journey.
Great react. You shed so many tears.
Patreon subs definitely know what they’re choosing!! ♥️
Thank you for watching
I’m glad you enjoyed it
And yes
I was a big ol baby
@@OGBReacts I was too. The visual description of suicide was next level. Such imagination. Today's movie have so much tech and visual effects, but don't have that spark of imagination.
I think that creativiity has gone into video games.
More Robin W. suggestions: World's Greatest Dad, Moscow on the Hudson, Cadillac Man, The World According to Garp, Popeye, Toys, and The Fisher King.
Oh girl im the one that asked for this and i want to say im sorry 😢 i know the pain of this
LMAOOOOO It's okay!! I cried a lot though
@@OGBReacts I’m so glad you enjoyed it tho. When you were pointing your finger i felt like you were scolding me lol loved the reaction and i cried with you
This reaction illustrates perfectly why I watch reaction videos. I loved all the emotion you gave and as hard as it was, I loved going there with you. I've been medically dead five separate times, and all of those five separate times happened before I was 14. Fear of death is completely human and understandable, but I sort of long for it because having died and been so close to death at least 3 more times, my body wants to be done sometimes. I also am with you about his kids. My father didn't start showing me love until I was 16 because I was so far from perfect and he wanted perfect in his kids and he blamed himself for my imperfections. So, I think I would show myself to my father in death as my mother in high school. She was his first love and she crushed him when she divorced him, even though it was the right thing to do. Ooh... I'm rambling now, but that was a beautiful reaction, thank you for it.
Thank you for sharing and thank you for watching!
I always appreciate your comments, Katie!
Omg I love this movie couldn't stop watching it when it came out
It took me a long time before I could watch this movie again after Robin died.
The Fisher King is another great Robin Williams performance.
Robin Williams is so good in that film.
Another of my favorites is Patch Addams.
This and legends of the fall absolutely destroy me and make me cry every single time. I cried just watching this reaction. I don't think I've ever cried as much in a theater as this movie.
Wait, so much has happened in the first 6minutes of this video, this movie is wild
In a way and think about this. This was the “Soul” of the 90s… 💙
This is one of my favorite movies … ever. It has been since it came out. It’s also one of those Robin Williams movies where I don’t think he got enough credit for his skill as a dramatic actor. He and Annabella Sciorra were amazing. It’s also one of the rare times where I completely feel that the movie is better than the book that it’s based on. If you liked this movie, you should try Bicentennial Man and Patch Adams. Other Robin Williams movies like this one that were either disliked at the time they came out or went largely unnoticed. I’m looking forward to this reaction.
So many tears is right. Just rewatched it as a more mature adult rather than a teenager. I thought I was gonna turn into a California raisin.
Now I remember why I only watched it once crying again loved your reaction 💜
I'm glad you enjoyed!
Soo in this movie the afterlife you look like the 1 that you admire the most... Damn going to be alot of Robin williams running around. Crazy to think about huh.
I was waiting for you to do this one! What Dreams May Come is one of my favorite movies, I have seen it at least a dozen times and cry Everytime:/ There is an Alternate ending also, the "official" ending is sweet but I prefer the alternate as it is a little deeper dealing with issues from their past lives, I recommend watching the alternate ending yourself for a bit of a different perspective on their reincarnation. Thank you for sharing your emotional journey with us
This movie is visually stunning,especially on a big screen tv.
thank you for reacting to this. it is a GREAT film that is so underrated!
This movie destroyed me when I first saw it! Also, another movie with Annabelle Sciora is Little City
That bit Robin said about the suicide hits a lot differently after recent events.
one of the best film depictions of heaven and hell I've seen. The hell scenes terrified me when I was young. The film is based off a book, the book is good too.
I’ve never seen this movie, and I’m already prepared to cry.
Get the tissues!!!
I've said it before in a reaction video of your @TheOGBojangles : Many people know Robing Williams as a comedian, but when he did drama/'"serious roles" - WOW, he really hit home. Truly a talented man. I hope he found peace.
I saw this movie when it was first released on HBO back when I was a kid. I was homesick from school and said I’ll try this movie it has stuck with me majority of my life
Feels is a deep rabbit hole.
Watching you try not to cry was kinda funny bc like, youre gonna cry and once you start thats basically it
TRUUUUUE
Yeah someone saying this movie is a tear jerker, is a great understatement. Great reaction to a great movie. I hope the after life is wonderful like this movie.
Thank you! Agreed!
The 2000 film, The Cell, is basically a dark companion piece to this film.
I loved this film, but it is very hard to rewatch. 😭
watching your reaction and seeing this movie again had me crying again I love this movie it's so beautiful to me and it makes me feel so much at one time. Great video😭
This is an amazing movie. The first time I saw it, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, maybe I was in the wrong head space. I watch it now, and really feel it.
Great movie. Like I said before you should see more Robin Williams movies like Awakning, Patch Adams, , Bicentennial Man , Cadlic Man,The World According to Garp. Fyi the actress who plays Robin Willams wife in this movie also plays with him in Cadlic Man
Great job on this one!!!!..this one is heavy hitter and impossible to keep it together...glad you liked it.
Robin Williams was an oscar winner for best supporting actor from the movie, 'Good Will Hunting'
I only recently watched this film, my husband prefaced it by saying, "this is the best Robin Williams movie.", which in retrospect is a sweet thing to tell your wife ❤
One of the most beautiful and romantic movies I've ever seen. Much better than silly Rom-Coms.
I've seen this movie at least 100 times and it kills me every darn time. This is my favorite Robin Williams movie. Thank you for reacting to it.
Of course! Thank you for watching
This movie is the one movie that makes me cry each and every time I see it.
Did anybody spot the "HOOK/PETER PAN" connection?
this movie is so emotional for everyone. I think it hits many of us on a deep level of belief and hope. We can find comfort thinking that those who have gone from our lives will find each other in some way to be happy together. Many of my family has moved on, and with what happened with Robin as well, I didn't expect it to hit me as hard as it did. Keep the great reactions coming.
I absolutely love this movie. I always have. It is an Beautiful Awesome movie!! The Tracker took on the look of the first doctor chris interned under because he had always watched out for chris and wanted to continue to do so as they went looking for annie.
Robin Williams's guide is played by Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Mara Wilson, who played Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire, really wanted to play Williams' daughter again in this film, probably because she was aging out of the "precocious little girl" roles all her acting success was based on and this could have been an easy bridge to other kinds of work. But she didn't get it, and retired from acting in favor of writing soon afterward. Which she's pretty awesome at, so that was probably for the best.
Great movie choice. This movie is so imaginative. Reaction reaction. The tear had to flow for this one.
Holy mackerel...
I find your channel on this video?
I weeped. Several times.
Thank you.
Welcome on into the madness, my friend 🥲♥️
I'm sorry this movie hurts to watch. It is my favorite and what I hope and want to believe is next
While I don't think this is the best Robin Williams movie, it is by far my favorite!
Hi, what do you think is the best?
@@Chris-nm9uj I'm no authority on anything, but I think his top 5 in no order would be One Hour Photo, Dead Again, Jumanji, Aladdin, and Birdcage.
I first saw this when it came out, not in theaters but on VHS in the 9th grade, with my parents. I was a bit more cynical back then, pissed off at some heartfelt movies like this because I thought it was overly sentimental and I didn't feel that love from my parents expressed in the movie(puberty), I didn't quite understand it but I was still holding back the tears. Then I saw it again in my 20s and noticed all the hints towards reveals of who the children are and I balled my eyes out. It was great crying with you during your reaciton.
I am also so terrified of death. And even though I always thought I was healthy, In the last 2 years I found out I have Afib, which I think I heard makes me 6x more likely to have a stroke, so that's great.
I'm just now realizing the reasons I love this movie are the same reasons I love the end of LOST.
The book goes so much deeper. I highly recommend it!