My Wife Hasn’t Seen-The World According to Garp(1982) -*REACTION*-First Time Watching
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2021
- Hello everyone. This week on ‘My Wife Hasn’t Seen’ we watch a quirky little cult classic. This movie was good overall and gave us some surprises. We had some good laughs with this one. Come join us on the couch and let’s watch. Enjoy!
Sorry about the audio. You need to turn it way up. I found out later that my windows 10 mic setting was at 40. I fixed it for the next video(its turned to 89 now!).
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My all time favourite movie! I was the only one of my friend group who liked it when it came out in the early 80’s and I’ve loved it even more as I’ve aged and looked at it deeper.
Yes, I am finding out now just how well this movie was put together and what a fantastic story it is. Thank you for watching.
It surprises me how many people have not heard of this movie. It is one of my favorites.
I was not allowed to see it when it came out(too young). I saw it in the late 80s on HBO at a friends house. I enjoyed it but I didn’t remember the end. Now I know why, must’ve blocked it from my mind. Thanks for checking us out.
My favorite film of all time, from a book I adore, it’s simply perfect to me. A perfect film. Despite it coming out when I was around 5 years old, and not seeing it till I was in my 20’s, it remains timeless and a true classic. The writing superb, the performances exquisite (Glenn Close in her first role, and the late great Robin Williams in a career defining performance that’s sadly overlooked today), the settings both sweeping and urban, it’s a virtual time capsule of the decades it represents. A time long gone now. Yet this film remains eternal.
For me, this film is so criminally underrated and spectacularly unique and brilliant, yet remains largely unknown today, when it deserves way, WAY, more attention. Thank you for reacting to it.
We have come across many fans by doing this and we are so happy to hear your stories! Thank you for watching and sharing
I agree whole heartedly with all that you wrote!
John Irving's 'Hotel New Hampshire' film adaptation is another gem for those who grew up at that time!
Many years ago I bought this movie on video - I think it was the first one I ever bought. There weren't even many home videos back then so I had to pay something like $80 to buy it from a video store. Then I bought the book and discovered there was even more of the story to tell. Another John Irving classic.
LOVE that you did this film ... it IS a winner! The need for a happy ending is lazy. Or even a compleate one. This film and its ending is as complex as life. As funny and sad and bloated and beautiful as life. This film was Robin's film before Dead Poets Society... I've always said his win of actor oscar for DPS was because he was ignored for his amazing performance in this film .
I suggest watching The Hotel New Hampshire , another great film adaptation of a book by the same author. Another great cast (rob Lowe leads), lovely early 80s production and another deep, ordinary, complex, confusing story
Thank you for doing this film, I believe that this is the only reaction to this on YT. Gratz!
Thanks for the kind words. There was a little video store we passed every day coming home in the early 80s. They would put up movie posters for new releases in the window. This poster was up for a month or two and it fascinated me. An airplane in a house and robin williams. I was too young to see it then but this memory sticks with me. I saw it in the late 80s on HBO and loved it.
I agree that it doesn’t have to have this happy ending and will try to catch The Hotel New Hampshire.
It's wonderful to know there are still people in the world who appreciate a truly good piece of art! I'm so sick of cookie cutter books and movies and am always grateful when something of this quality makes it to film. I'm afraid kids of today don't even know there are things out there with depth and flavor that don't have a super hero in them!
@@msdarby515 you are so right. I want to do more movies like this but I’m afraid no one will watch them. People haven’t heard of this gem and that’s why I’ve got barely any views on it. Our Rambo vid has almost 7000 views and this one will be lucky to reach 500.
@@edandcyndireact5835 Rambo is a good movie in its own way. Not quite as rich with characters not nearly as developed as GARP, but Sylvester Stallone's final speech in that movie is something else and should have earned him much more acting credit than it did.
I think you're the only dark reaction on UA-cam. There are lots of reactors that would like it but I feel as though their audience wouldn't, as you've discovered.
One of the best movies, ever, and Robin Williams is perfect as Garp. He was an incredible actor whose comedic genius just happened to shine a bit brighter.
This is a novel written by John Irving and I think it was published in the mid-to-late 70s. Garp dies. It's a heartbreaker.
I read this book when I was fairly young, right after the movie came out. I was still in high school and a lot of it was lost on me to be honest.
In college I took a literary analysis class, and learned a lot. If you look for the main themes things make more sense. It doesn't mean it all comes together or suddenly you have a lightbulb popping on over your head but it does help you understand things a little better.
Two main themes are sexual violence and intolerance. Nearly all the other themes fit within these categories.
For example, Jenny is constantly harping on about sexual morality, yet she conceived Garp in what is a morally questionable act, essentially raping a man in a coma.
Garp loves his children fiercely and is overprotective, yet he's the one who hurts them.
Jenny is killed by a woman-hating man, Garp is killed by a man-hating woman.
Irving also challenges our assumptions about sex related roles. Jenny, a woman, is rather cold and distant. Roberta on the other hand is warm and nurturing. We see a similar but less obvious role reversal between Garp and Helen.
Anyway, maybe share this with the missus so perhaps she will have a little closure.
The book is a great read. It was on the best sellers list for years. It has a lengthy epilogue telling you what happened to every single character. So if you want to know what became of Helen, Pooh or Roberta, go to the book!
Enjoyed the reaction!
Loved your analysis. TYVM for sharing it!
Have you seen Hotel New Hampshire?
Thanks so much for your insights into this movie. I enjoy your analysis here and see you also write very well. I never thought that way of the people who killed Jenny and Garp. Fascinating. I am definitely going to read that book now. Thanks.
This is Cyndi... Thanks so much for telling us this!! It really does explain so much and makes me want to watch it again using your insight. I'm sure it will be even better!
@@edandcyndireact5835 Hi! Somehow I missed your responses to me. I'm so sorry it took a year.
I just came back here because I've been missing Garp and his friends and was looking through UA-cam to see if there's anything new. I actually watched your reaction, again, and enjoyed it, again. 😊
I'm so very pleased you found my analysis helpful. I do have to be honest and tell you that it was John Irving in an interview that pointed out that Garp was killed by a man-hating woman and Jenny was killed by a woman-hating man. I was fascinated by that when I read it, and surprised that hadn't been so obvious to me before.
I need to go dig my copy of the book out and revisit my old friends, but I also don't want to revisit the loss they are going to experience. Isn't it interesting how a book can reflect life in that it's hard, knowing the tragedy that is to come, because we all experience it, but we focus on the love and the joy between the tragedies to get us through it. I don't know if I can lose Walt again.
In the book Garp is ultra paranoid something is going to happen and we finally accept him as that worry-wart parent. And then the worst happens. 😭
Have you read the book? There's so much more in the book. 😊
I saw this movie as a kid and didn't like it because of the ending, then I saw it a few more times as I grew up and loved it more and more. Then I read the book the movie was based on and loved the book even more.
Garp did die at the end.
Pooh killed Garp because she always felt hostile towards him. She didn't like what he did with her sister...maybe she was curious, then maybe a little jealous, and that transformed into hatred.
She became an Ellen Jamesian because she really wanted somewhere to belong and she seemed to fit there. It was always more about that for her than feeling actual sympathy for Ellen James.
She also idolized Jenny Fields and identified a lot with what she wrote in her book. When she spotted Garp at her memorial service when no men were supposed to there infuriated her. That it was Garp who she had such a long history of animosity with...and he had also wrote the book about Ellen that attacked the Ellen James Society...whatever shreds of sanity she had left were gone and the idea of Garp...existing...she just couldn't allow any longer.
I also think of this movie as a kindred spirit to Forrest Gump. A lot of parallels between the two movies.
I thought there may be more in the book. Thanks so much for all the facts. That’s part of the reason I do this. I know people out here know a lot more about some of the movies I like and I love the new information. I agree with the Forrest Gump similarities. Thanks for watching us!
Thanks so much for telling us this! I hate movies that end that way. I had no idea it was a book. Now I know my next Kindle purchase 😀. I love that we are learning so much!
@@cyndiisme4185 My pleasure! The book is great!. I've read it 3 or 4 times.
Have either of you seen the movie The Cider House Rules? It was based on a book by John Irving who also wrote Garp. Cider House Rules is not really quirky, more straight up drama, but an excellent film! It was nominated for best picture the year it was out.
@@Drawkcabi we have not seen that. Great suggestion, I'll have Ed add it to our list.
And what about The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) ??
Another awesome movie based on a Irving book! Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, the red haired guy from the movie Fame, Matthew Modine, Seth Green as a kid , Nastassja Krinsky and the rest.
They did not include it in the movie but Ellen James moves in with Garp and Helen and becomes part of the family.
That is awesome. I can’t wait to read the book. I’m going to on my next vacation.
@@edandcyndireact5835 ... Damn! Now I need to read it too and I don't have time.
Comments here say it is fantastic and wraps up more than the movie did.
One of my favourite movies, thanks for your reaction!
No problem 😊
That was a great reaction! Thank you for reacting to one of my all-time favorite movies. You MUST read the book! That will answer all the questions that you currently have. The movie was great . . . but the book was SUPER great!
thanks so much. we get the most wonderful feedback from this movie
Interesting. Watched it once and that was enough. Too,too sad.
If you're looking for closure to the movie, you need to read the book.
The book is amazing, you become so invested with every character that you never want it to end.
Thank you. I have already added it to my reading list. I am a reader and like to read books when I’m on vacation, especially at the beach. It’s on my list for our next vacation in the fall or spring 2022.
John Irving is a great writer, I just checked & saw that he's still alive though I gotta admit I certainly dont know any of his later books.
24:42 Or until she reads the novel.
Yeah, Garp dies from his wounds. Garp's mother, Jenny Fields is killed by a lunatic male who hates women; Garp is then assassinated by a lunatic female who hates men.
What a wild story. There was always something that called me to this flick.
Where u been???
Sorry. I have had (hdcp) issues and haven’t been able to record. Gotta buy a capture card then we will be back.
The video quality is a lot better.
Turns out the camera in the laptop is badass. We just needed the lights. Thanks go out to my executive producer Chris S. for the lights.
@@edandcyndireact5835 Work on the sound levels next, while it was clear, it was way low, I had to crank all the volume controls on my machine to even listen to it and it was still low to medium level at best. Otherwise, great job!
@@krypticeye2126 I’m a dumbass. Turns out for all of my videos up till now the mic setting on windows10 was at 50. Next video out will be Lethal Weapon 2 and it should be fixed. Hell, it may be too loud. I’ll get it worked out eventually. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for the kind words.
@@edandcyndireact5835 Ha! Not a problem, we all make mistakes. Glad I could help! ;) Luckily, you seem to be the only one to react/review this movie in its entirety (I've recently started to get hooked on the movie reactors on YT - Ashleigh Burton, ur weirdo friend cass, Natalie Gold, Cinema Rules, IT'S MR. VIDEO - although he can be annoying at times as he gets a little too excited and starts banging around and seems to miss too much), everything else is just tiny clips. So I stayed! ;) One of my favorite movies and nice to see someone do so as anyone I talk to have never seen or even heard of it. Another Robin Williams film that sits outside of most people expectations from him and another great example that John Lithgow can play any role to perfection. Loved him as Roberta! Also, yes the book is great, there is more of an introspective view on Garp and Jenny's lives that fills in the gaps in the movie. Keep up the good work!
@@krypticeye2126 thanks for all your kind words. We are addicted to the YT reactor community also. Our favorites are Ashleigh and Natalie. Nasser is cool too. John Lithgow is one of my favorite actors and I loved him as Roberta. I like movies that kind of flew under the radar like Firefox and Remo Williams. The people here in this community have been overwhelmingly kind to us and we are so grateful. We will keep putting stuff out there and the quality should keep getting better with each new video. Thanks again
That's not his sister
Are you talking about Boo?
@@edandcyndireact5835 Pooh. Cushie's sister.