Hey! I just finished watching, I really really enjoyed your reactions honestly. This was so cool to see, and you included lots of vital parts. Sorry that I put you through it but there really needs to be more reactions to this film.The lead actor Paddy Considine directed another hard hitting drama that was filmed round where I grew up called Tyrannosaur. Don't think a reaction would get many views but might be a good one to watch on your own. Also Selfish Giant was filmed in my area by a female director who attended the school I go to. Both probably only good to watch on your own but just as good as this. But yeah this was a brilliant reaction from both of you and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for the mention and also for buying a cushion haha that's so cool! Thank you for the support and for watching my suggestion! you did really well.
I wanted to include so much more. While editing I noticed so much more on the second watch. I really enjoyed this movie so I'll check out the others as well. I had my mom watch the movie too, she said she liked it but figured out the twist like halfway through 🤷
@@RelaxwithJC Yeah I have seen it quite a few times and ya know I never even contemplated that the child might be Anthony's. My brother said its maybe why when the guy said he has kids to Richard at the end, Richard sort of smiles as if to say 'so did Anthony' I'm pretty sure they improvised a lot of the dialogue throughout this as well so it's cool you picked up on that. I'll admit I did not see the twist coming until they put the rope round his neck. Didn't even suspect it so Bravo to your mum.
The line "Well he was a fucking embarrassment to me" was the line that encapsulated the whole movie. This wasn't about revenge, it was pure guilt. And that was the masterful reveal of the movie.
I guess he thought that if he could kill all of them, it would relieve some of his guilt, but he found out it doesn't really work that way. As a psychiatrist once told me "revenge is overrated".
I never viewed it that way, I was always confused why he said that and assumed it was some emotional manipulation, thankyou for opening my mind to that little fact
@@krispyJDubyall1really? Because its implied that Richard never had a close relationship with Anthony before joining the military. Him outright saying that Anthony was an embarrassment screams more like self loathing that he abandoned him. Like he's the ultimate monster for leaving his vulnerable brother all alone
That's exactly how I read it too. Richard's guilt for abandoning Anthony is his motivation for the murders. Once begun he knows he's committed to walking in his own Dead Man's Shoes, not just his brother's. I can relate to this because my own younger brother Nick hung himself and I still carry some guilt for not being there. This film is a heartbreaker for sure but there's a lot of black humour in there too. It's still Paddy Considine's greatest performance and one of the best British films ever made. @@marksavage1108
Cheynne Stokes is the breathing pattern a human displays when taking their last breaths, there is so much to this masterpiece that you could talk about it all day
Richard was completely destroyed by the guilt of abandoning his brother. He admitted he felt embarrassed by him, and he probably joined the army to get away from him, and then wasn’t there to protect him. When you realise what actually happened you realise that Richard wasn’t just angry, he’d snapped. And that made him even more dangerous. Heartbreaking to see what Anthony went through and realise what Richard was going through.
I remember the first time watching it & I actually felt sorry for some of the guys he was hunting down & killing, then when it shows you what actually happened to Anthony the 2nd time watching it you know they all deserve it.
@@SR1Records you would think he would have said "he's done himself in"but that is not what he said, I couldn't make it out either. I think the music was a little too loud in this scene,it drowned out the dialogue.
“I’ve got to go into town to sort some this out” ….. “I don’t want to go Richard”… “You don’t have to mate” Has a whole new meaning once you’ve watched it once.
One of the msny lines between the brothers that hits like a cannon ball Another being the "they just wanted to hold me hand didnt they mate..." "I didnt" "... no u didnt...." "Didnt need to did i" *silence* I didnt need to being a hint towards antony trying to hold his bros hand for comfort n rich clearly embarrassed saying "U dont need to hold me hand" N the regret on his face speaks volumes
I remember where I was when I first watched this, me and two friends were sat in a flat, bored on a Thursday night, and it was when Netflix sent you DVDs (pre-streaming). They'd sent my friend some freebies as part of an intro offer. Dead Man's Shoes was one of the free DVDs. We stuck it on, not knowing anything about it. It ended, and we knew we'd just watched something special. We were all speechless. We were tired out. It's not an easy film to watch. It's not supposed to be. But we were from the North of England. We knew people like this, who'd experienced shit like this. This tale isn't as unique as you think. Every now and then, a piece of media hits you hard, and this is one of those pieces.
This movie hit me hard because I grew up around people like the characters in this movie. The actors in this are all brilliant and portray small town England in a very realistic way. And the ending just finished me off. Its up there with my all time favorate movies.
One of my favorite movies ever! The best thing about it though, is that when you watch it again, knowing how it ends, it adds another dimension too it. I've watched this film many times. It is a masterpiece. Thankyou for reacting too it x
@@RelaxwithJC Glad you appreciate this has multiple viewings value. Same for me. I've watched this film about 12 times and pick something up every time.
This movie cuts deep. It really blindsides you as well. You think its gunna be some simple revenge movie but in the end it really encompasses the famous Nietzsche quote “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”. It is literally what Richard says to Mark near the end "You were supposed to be a monster, now im the monster". Richard had snapped and at some point in his journey he knew that he himself had become like the very people he was killing. That and his guilt for his own feelings of being embarrased by his brother and not being able to protect him, I think made it easier for him "to lay beside his brother" rather than going on living. It's a tragic story that hits you like a truck. No fairy tale Hollywood endings here, just a story that show cases that actions have consequences no matter what side you think you are on.
A masterpiece, Paddy and Tobey's performance is amazing. Great to see your reactions, it's definately not an easy watch at times but it is a film that deserves to be watched and receive more acclaim.
The most powerful part where you get a picture of Richard and Anthony's relationship is where they're talking about the football match, and all the kids want to hold Richard's hand, except Anthony... "I don't need to"
“Cheyne Stoking” As the moment of death comes nearer, breathing usually slows down and becomes irregular. It might stop and then start again or there might be long pauses or stops between breaths . This is known as Cheyne-Stokes breathing. This can last for a short time or long time before breathing finally stops. If you enjoyed this you’ll LOVE This is England - not just the movie, the whole series …. Is a MUST see. Also ‘A Room for Romeo Brass’ is just superb 🎉
You know, when I first saw this film, I thought why don't the brothers walk together. Couldn't understand why Richard was always walking ahead of Anthony but in the end it makes sense, because Anthony isn't there. Cleverly done I say.
Holy hell guys you're the only channel I've seen that have reacted to this film. As you found out this is a bleak, savage, gritty masterpiece. I love this film. Paddy Considine (Richard) was utterly terrifying, his performance was superb. He's an incredibly underrated actor. Toby Kebbel (Anthony) was also brilliant. Another great reaction. Your stunned silence when it finished was exactly how I was when I first saw it. It's heartbreaking but so so good. So glad I subbed. Much love from the UK. ❤👍🏻🤙🏻
Watching 2 Americans react to a film that is as English as you can get was fascinating. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my all time favourites, and I will never forget the fist time I saw it; it was in the Cinema, and I left the theatre reeling. Everything works in this, and the performances from everyone involved were outstanding. Toby Kebbel was astonishing as Anthony, and absolutely nails a tricky role. How many times have we seen actors over-egg playing someone with learning difficulties? (No need for the classic meme). Check out other Shane Meadows films, I think you'll like them. First one I'd recommend is A Room For Romeo Brass (1999). Again, this has Paddy Considine in the lead role, and again, he's incredible. It was actually his first feature role, and that makes what he pulls off even more impressive. His character in that is VERY different to Richard. Then I'd recommend This Is England (2007), and that means the film, and then the TV series Meadows made. It has 3 seasons, with either 3 or 4 episodes per season. The series is even better than the films. Then I'd recommend another of Shane Meadows TV shows. The Virtues (2019). 4 part drama, and the last episode gets so intense I found it hard to breathe. Honestly, this film isn't lightening in a bottle, Meadows is a serious talent.
@@RelaxwithJC yeah, I did see that. Then I recommend the follow on TV show even more. I see you liked it. If that's the case, you will LOVE what he does with those characters over another 11 hours.
@@cretekastos6903 we will eventually, I want to do Tyrannosaur too. Ever since we did Dead Man's Shoe's people have been recommending that. We are Almost done with Naruto finally which has just taken up too much time.
@@RelaxwithJC Tyrannosaur is incredible, but a VERY difficult watch. Looking forward to see what you guys think. Probably never gonna want to come over here to the UK after watching all of these. 🤣
Richard is grieving over the death of his brother that he blames on himself and it’s kind of inferred he’s traumatised from his time as a soldier - his grief and guilt have overwhelmed him, the pain is too unbearable to cope with so his mind manifests that pain as it’s shown in the film. He wasn’t suffering from a mental illness as such, he was suffering such inescapable anguish, grief and despair that it was causing him to breakdown, I guess this could be regarded as illness but I see it more as a human response to such extreme grief and trauma. What happened at the end and what he says is he knows he is beyond help, he says he is now the ‘monster’ so knows it must stop, all he knows is he wants to ‘lie with his brother’ the pain is too much. It is such a sad, but amazing film.
That movie has a way of getting you right in your feels. Amazing build up and twist, the vengeance movie you're enjoying halfway through suddenly becomes incredibly sad. Such an underrated movie. Paddy Considine was amazing as always.
Paddy and shane co wrote this film, they have been best friends since college, and I think they said something about they’d heard of a lot of this bad shit that had happened where they’re from, so they wanted to make a film kind of based on them things but the bad guys actually getting what they deserve. A lot of Shane’s projects have themes of stuff he grew up around or experienced himself, makes it feel that much more real
Spot on. They remembered things from the past that they saw or heard about, and said to each other "those guys are still out there; they got away with it". This films was them saying "well, what if they DIDN"T get away with it"?
@@cretekastos6903 Such a good film. The fact paddy and Shane made this film with pretty much no budget is crazy and just shows how talented everybody involved is. It’s quite annoying that paddy isn’t more heard than he is though.
One of the best films in the last 50 years. Seen it so many times and it still makes me cry. Films are meant to move people and this clearly did for you two, hope you 'enjoyed' it.
The actor who plays Sunny I don't think he'd acted before this role, he was a professional boxer back in the day, you can tell by his flat nose. He's from London so had to learn to talk in a northern English accent for this film.
To see people across the pond watching and enjoying a film set in the town I live in is honestly one of the most feel good things about this video. I’m not sure of the woman’s name in the video but her emotional investment in the film made me enjoy this video way more than expected!!
I think a lot of people will agree with me about a must watch British film and believe me, its brilliant "Sexy Beast" you're in for a treat. Great seeing you're reaction to a totally different film to probably what you are used to.😊
All Shane Meadows' films are excellent and as you alluded to, yes he does instruct his actors to ad-lib during various scenes. The fella playing Sonny is former British Light Middleweight boxing champion Gary Stretch who got his break in acting when he prevented a woman being mugged somewhere in the USA and it turned out she was something big in the film business. Meadows used to live in a small Midlands town where the local small time 'gangsters' drove around in a ridiculous Citroen 2Cv hence the use of the same car in this film!
Just watched this movie on television for the first time. The death of his brother caught me by surprise too. This movie had a couple of actors from Shane Meadows next movie This Is England. I felt the similarities in the narrative and speech from the later movie. On a personal note, my best friend has some learning difficulties and talking to them their childhood and teenage years, they were surrounded by people like Sunny. And it's like bad abusive people are drawn towards vulnerable people, and for sure I've had to confront people like Sunny to protect my friend. Made me cry at the end because I understood the loss and the trauma of the PTSD that probably pushed the brother to his extreme revenge.
This was a really well made film. They didn't show the real reason Richard's revenge was so deadly. Once that's shown, it all makes sense. But even Richard realised that what he was doing was monstrous, and not really any different than those wo tortured Anthony. That's why the ending turned out as it did.
It’s always nice to hear a proper Derbyshire accent, although I’m guessing some little things get lost in transit to the USA, things like “Ta duck” meaning “Thank you” 😊
Thank you both for reacting to this rather obscure film. One of my faves. I'm so glad you liked it as much as I did. It's a no-frills dark, depressing, doom-impending drama-thriller, with an unexpected twist, and your allegiances and sympathies to the characters sway back and forth dramatically. I recommend it to my friends but with a warning. Also superbly acted by everyone, but special accolades must go to Toby Kebbel (Anthony) Paddy Considine (Richard) and Gary Stretch (Sonny) who filled those roles so well. I will never hear the words "It's Anthony's brother" again without feeling a chill down my spine.
Amazing reaction, you definitely have a new subscriber! What makes this a truly great film is that it’s no glamorous just amazing real acting. It’s believable and the music and scenic shots just add that extra depth. A masterclass film and amazing reaction from both of you, you seem very genuine!
When Richard spray paints the words Cheyne-Stoking is a reference to Cheyne-Stokes breathing is an abnormal pattern of breathing commonly seen as patients approach death. It is named for the physician's John Cheyne and William Stokes, who first described the pattern in the early 1800s. Patients who experience Cheyne-Stokes breathing will take several breaths followed by a long pause before regular breathing resumes. These cycles of breathing will become increasingly deeper and can be difficult for family members as they wait for the final breath to come. So in a way, it's a sinister physiological message to them that they are now on borrowed time though I would hazard a guess that they do not know what it means. Really subtle and clever too and the first really clear indication of Richards intent too.
@@RelaxwithJC Yeah well when I watched this film on TV some years ago I saw that looked it up on my phone and it really shifted the entire tone of the film for me from that point it's truly subtle and dark warning of what is to come and it shows the intelligence and tactical mind game that Richard has set in motion from the point of view of his military training as well even if he was unravelling and falling apart at the end it's clear he's got an objective in mind and wants to put real fear into all of them and then the inevitable outcome happens. Brilliant massively underrated film and very British at its core.
I very much enjoyed your reaction. Here are a few bits of background information that might interest you. The director, Shane Meadows, said that the moral of the film is that one must find a way to forgive those who have wronged us (as hard as it is). Even though Richard's desire for revenge was understandable, nothing constructive was achieved by it. The film is very mildly semi-autobiographical. Shane Meadows returned to his home-town to find out that one of his schoolmates ( I think it was someone with learning disabilities) had died of an overdose. He was appalled that nobody in the town was bothered by this. The actor Gary Stretch (the one who plays Sonny, the leader of the drug dealers) was both a world light-middleweight boxing champion and a male model in the 1990s. Toby Kebbel, who plays Anthony, had worked in a home for mentally-impaired children prior to this movie. Consequently, he needed no training at all to effectively portray Anthony. The car that the thugs drive around in is a French car called a Citroen 2CV that was produced from the 1940s to the early 1990s. It was originally designed as budget transport for French farmers. But from the 1980s on, this type of car was associated with vegetarian hippy ecowarrior types. It really was an odd choice for wannabe tough-guys. But the fold back sunroof did allow "the shooting of Al" scene at the farm.
Wow thank you so much! I love these type of comments and learning about context behind the movie. Crazy to think it's semi-biographical like you say. Thank you for your comment 🤗
Wow I learned a few things too. Thanks for all the extra info. Would be interested to know more about the real life overdose story that inspired this film. Geek alert but did you know that the Citroen 2CV design brief was that it had to transport a box of eggs over a rough field without breaking any? And in the words of Michael Caine....."not a lot of people know that"
42.47 - Those ‘I need a minute’ reactions are when you know you’ve watched a great film. I’m British but when I watched the film however many years ago it was I felt it was a shame as foreigners wouldn’t really get it because it has so many things within it that are unique to the UK. So I’m glad for the most part you were both able to get it and enjoy it. Shane Meadows is a very well known director over here and the thing I think he is brilliant at is getting the very best out of really great actors. The scene at the end of this film where Richard (Paddy Considine) says ‘I love you Anthony but I can’t do it mate’ and the scene where Richard and Sonny are face to face are two brilliant acting scenes within this film, they really grip you and you see it watching this reaction video where you say ‘ok he won that one.’ The other thing that’s always spot on in Shane Meadows films is the scenery, I watch this is England and some of his other movies and Im just like ‘that is exactly what it was like growing up in England in the 80s and 90s.’
Oh, the car isn't a Beetle, you're right. It's a Citroen 2CV. Also called a "dolly". They were first made in France, waaaaaay back in like the 40's, just after the war.
My favourite horror film of all time.. As I man you can imagine being in Richards shoes...and just imagining that breaks my heart. Underrated masterpiece
Dead Man's Shoes is hands down my favourite film of all time. Another one of my favourites is actually directed by Paddy Considine and its called Tyrannosaur, you should definitely check that out.
The longest reaction video I've watched. That's a compliment to the film and yourselves. This film had a big impact on me when I first watched it. No holds barred and the best vigilante film I've seen. Really enjoyed watching your reaction. No rolling of the eyes in shock as you watched it. (If you know what I mean) I too will subscribe after this. 😊
"Cheyne stoking" is a period of respiratory breathing i.e long breaths followed by shallow breaths. Basically saying they're about to soon take their last breaths. It's a threat.
The castle ruins at the top of the hill, like a dark sentinel watching silently over the town is a very atmospheric backdrop. I bet that castle has seen a lot of horror within its walls over the centuries.
Absolutely brilliant film. The car was a Citroen 2CV and, the main actor is Paddy Consendine (who everyone will soon be seeing as one of the main characters in the upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff).
Yeah ima be honest with you, the part that hit me the hardest was when he asked Mark if his brother was calling out his (richard's) name when he was being tortured and Mark responded with "yes". Yeah its all brutal on the emotions. One of the harder movies Ive ever watched considering Ive been suffering with PTSD for years now. Really hit hard on the regret and feeling of self blame. The greatest part about the movie is that it didn't reveal that his brother died until the end of the film, so the entire time I just felt like he was getting revenge for his (still living) brother. When they revealed he actually killed himself and Richard was going through a psychosis fueled murder spree, it hit me reeeeeallly hard. I
First time I watched this movie I thought it was a low key masterpiece that I never wanted to watch again. I've watched it 4 times now. Another English movie with a similar tone, which left me even more devastated at the end is Kill List.
Lovely reaction. Too often nowadays, people don't even try to hide the ingenuity. This was a breath of fresh air. Heavy film. Its just great to see a genuine reaction. Take care u 2. Idk what else to say, gawd.
This is brilliant. Really enjoyed watching the difficulty you had translating and understanding the subtle cultural differences. Really enjoyed every minute. I’ll definitely subscribe now, thank you. Peace and Love
@@RelaxwithJC I really liked your style of reviewing, sincere and honest and the chemistry between you really adds to the fun. I don’t know if you watch many English films but there are some beautiful ones with such brutal honesty. You could try watching ‘Kes”, but use subs!!! A great channel. Keep on keepin’ on. X
Dead Man’s Shoes is hands down one of the greatest movies of all time. Shame Meadows has an innate ability to capture a certain authenticity/rawness to life that makes his characters feel so real. The scene where the gangsters are just bantering playing cards comes to mind. You wouldn’t expect these happy care-free chaps to do what they did to the little brother. Paddy’s best performance imo
I'm glad you both enjoyed this cult movie, you gave a great reaction. Cassie's reaction to Anthony committing s*icide was so sad to see. It's a movie that makes you say "Ohhhhh, NOW it makes sense" about 10 minutes from the end. It took me a couple of viewings to fully understand it. Oh, and the 'Clown Car' is a Citroen 2CV, a 600cc air cooled car from France, designed in the late 1940's. Still popular today in the UK/Europe as a classic car. One of Shane Meadow's best films, "This is England" is his other masterpiece.
Hey guys, this is an amazing reaction to an amazing film. These points have no doubt been made, but Watching again it gets better. Notice Anthony always walks behind him, never comes with him on the missions, is always awake before him, never eats or drinks… and in the great scene by the garages he says ‘go down there bro’ so Anthony isn’t there when Sonny confronts him. The title is great - everyone is in Dead Man’s Shoes. You’re walking Anthony’s story, but also all their cards are marked - dead men walking. Richard also knows he will die, one way or the other. One last point, the graffiti ‘Cheyne Stoking’ is a type of breathing pattern before death. I really recommend Shane Meadow’s first film Room for Romeo Brass, and all of This Is England
It really shocks me hearing you guys say how beautiful the setting is as I’ve lived around it nearly all my life and it just comes across as boring to me because it’s all I’ve knows but when I think about it, it is beautiful and there’s not many other places other than uk that are like it
At around 39 minutes you asked why does it have to be so beautiful because something so sad and upsetting is happening with a beautiful background. I don't want to potentially spoil it for you, but there's an incredibly beautiful piece of music playing at the same time as an incredibly horrible act in This Is England 86. That song inspired me to learn to play the piano.
I remember my dad telling me to go my bedroom when he was watching this (I did not know how crazy this film actually was) I sneaked back downstairs and sat behind the arm of the couch... let’s just say I was scarred for life.
This film deserves so much more recognition! Great reaction guys! Unfortunately for me I first picked up on Anthony being dead when Sonny confronted Richard in the street. I wish I would have realised it when you guys did so it Would have hit me a lot harder! Paddy Considine is an amazing actor, you should try out his other films! 👍
@@RelaxwithJC yeah that's a good idea. It stars Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan who has been in a lot of great movies. We make terrific films in the UK!
Shawn meadows is a british icon. Yours reaction at the ending was priceless 😂. Such a great writer for the common people of the uk always gets it point on.
Riber Castle (the end location) is only 100 years old. It’s recently been converted into flats. When I was young it was a zoo, then when the zoo closed it was a fantastic place to spend the night tripping
@@marksavage1108 Sorry, was a random guess off the top of my head! I know it was John Smedley’s. I knew it wasn’t a ‘castle’ castle, more of a mansion. Can you remember when someone let all the cats out, lynxes etc? I used to love the model railway in there when I was a kid. I speak to Herbie from Dead Man’s Shoes sometimes on Twitter, he sometimes gets to Matlock and goes to the club on the Hurst estate.
Paddy Considine is one of my favorite actors (since 2000). His acting debut is in ''A Room For Romeo Brass'' by the same director, Shane Meadows, who also directed the amazing ''This Is England'' with Stephen Graham (another one of my favorite actors) and an incredible young performance by Thomas Turqoose. Paddy Considine who co-wrote this movie, directed a great and very disturbing movie called ''Tyrannosaur'' with Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman (one of my favorite actresses) and Eddie Marsan. Check out all of these actors filmographies
Shane meadows let the actors freestyle a lot of the scenes, that’s why it seems so realistic. He also admitted in an interview they were really off their heads on drugs in a lot of the scenes! Another great film is The Business. It’s a British cult classic and available on UA-cam. Would be great if you could react to it!
Except the scene where they were on drugs, Shane Meadows said they purposely never slept for 3 days which was the reason they looked absolutely knackered.
Imagine how much this touched everyone and This Is England. 2 films on a tiny budget. 2 films - £750k for DMS and £1,5M for This Is England. And they had a ,much more profound effect on people than multi million box office films!
Just found you reacting to this film. Loved it since I first rented it from Hollywood video. Such a powerful film, and also filmed about an hour an half from where I live
The castle is called ryber castle ! In a place called Matlock! I spent so much time in that area as a kid! Sobering film isn’t it! 10/10 gets me every time
This is my favourite film and absolutely loved your reaction. I watch the film every few months. Will definitely be checking out more reaction vids of yours. Keep on keeping on
Great to watch an American couples reaction to this. I had the same reaction the first time i watched, stays in the memory a long time. The fact the guy who plays Anthony isn't actually autistic, shows what a good actor Toby Kebbell is
He let the last bloke kill him because he didn't want to live without his brother. Richards job all his life was taken away so he let the last guy kill him because he wanted him to have blood on his hands for the rest of his life. Also being in the military made him ruthless with what he would've been through. Richards job being looking after his brother who had mental problems.
I watched this with two friends for the first time about 18 years ago. After the ending, we just sat in complete silence as the credits rolled, unable to articulate the emotions it brought out of us.
This is one of my favourite movies of all time! Paddy Considine is an amazing actor. Oscar-worthy for this performance. The movie makes me scared, terrified, laugh and sad. Just a masterpiece. Glad you liked it, and enjoyed your takes.
Hey! I just finished watching, I really really enjoyed your reactions honestly. This was so cool to see, and you included lots of vital parts.
Sorry that I put you through it but there really needs to be more reactions to this film.The lead actor Paddy Considine directed another hard hitting drama that was filmed round where I grew up called Tyrannosaur. Don't think a reaction would get many views but might be a good one to watch on your own. Also Selfish Giant was filmed in my area by a female director who attended the school I go to. Both probably only good to watch on your own but just as good as this.
But yeah this was a brilliant reaction from both of you and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for the mention and also for buying a cushion haha that's so cool!
Thank you for the support and for watching my suggestion! you did really well.
I wanted to include so much more. While editing I noticed so much more on the second watch. I really enjoyed this movie so I'll check out the others as well.
I had my mom watch the movie too, she said she liked it but figured out the twist like halfway through 🤷
@@RelaxwithJC Yeah I have seen it quite a few times and ya know I never even contemplated that the child might be Anthony's. My brother said its maybe why when the guy said he has kids to Richard at the end, Richard sort of smiles as if to say 'so did Anthony'
I'm pretty sure they improvised a lot of the dialogue throughout this as well so it's cool you picked up on that. I'll admit I did not see the twist coming until they put the rope round his neck. Didn't even suspect it so Bravo to your mum.
Oh that's true about the ending! Good point.
I live where this was filmed!
@@jacvic0790 Have you been to the castle and the room where the suicide was filmed?
The line "Well he was a fucking embarrassment to me" was the line that encapsulated the whole movie. This wasn't about revenge, it was pure guilt. And that was the masterful reveal of the movie.
I guess he thought that if he could kill all of them, it would relieve some of his guilt, but he found out it doesn't really work that way. As a psychiatrist once told me "revenge is overrated".
I never viewed it that way, I was always confused why he said that and assumed it was some emotional manipulation, thankyou for opening my mind to that little fact
No , you're off with that interpretation
@@krispyJDubyall1really? Because its implied that Richard never had a close relationship with Anthony before joining the military. Him outright saying that Anthony was an embarrassment screams more like self loathing that he abandoned him. Like he's the ultimate monster for leaving his vulnerable brother all alone
That's exactly how I read it too. Richard's guilt for abandoning Anthony is his motivation for the murders. Once begun he knows he's committed to walking in his own Dead Man's Shoes, not just his brother's. I can relate to this because my own younger brother Nick hung himself and I still carry some guilt for not being there. This film is a heartbreaker for sure but there's a lot of black humour in there too. It's still Paddy Considine's greatest performance and one of the best British films ever made. @@marksavage1108
Cheynne Stokes is the breathing pattern a human displays when taking their last breaths, there is so much to this masterpiece that you could talk about it all day
For anyone that hasn't watched the movie; Dead Man's shoes is a light hearted comedy, depicting semi-rural life in middle England. Enjoy!!
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Comedy? Really??
Jeez - life must be bleak where you live.
Richard was completely destroyed by the guilt of abandoning his brother. He admitted he felt embarrassed by him, and he probably joined the army to get away from him, and then wasn’t there to protect him. When you realise what actually happened you realise that Richard wasn’t just angry, he’d snapped. And that made him even more dangerous. Heartbreaking to see what Anthony went through and realise what Richard was going through.
I remember the first time watching it & I actually felt sorry for some of the guys he was hunting down & killing, then when it shows you what actually happened to Anthony the 2nd time watching it you know they all deserve it.
@@samueloxley8545 Watching this for the second time is a different experience. In a good way. I love this film.
When the guy was telling his wife what had happened, what did he say after"he killed himself"?
@@davidsheriff9274 Sorry, no idea. I can't make it out.
I can make out "He's killed himself, he's done himself (something)".
@@SR1Records you would think he would have said "he's done himself in"but that is not what he said, I couldn't make it out either. I think the music was a little too loud in this scene,it drowned out the dialogue.
“I’ve got to go into town to sort some this out” …..
“I don’t want to go Richard”…
“You don’t have to mate”
Has a whole new meaning once you’ve watched it once.
Made my hair stand on end reading that
One of the msny lines between the brothers that hits like a cannon ball
Another being the "they just wanted to hold me hand didnt they mate..."
"I didnt"
"... no u didnt...."
"Didnt need to did i"
*silence*
I didnt need to being a hint towards antony trying to hold his bros hand for comfort n rich clearly embarrassed saying
"U dont need to hold me hand"
N the regret on his face speaks volumes
"I don't like being threatened."
'I'm not threatening you mate. It's beyond fucking words.'
"Is this a post apocalypse?"
That's a fair description of The Midlands in England.
PMSL from a fellow Midlander!
The music that plays when Anthony's death is revealed always gives me goosebumps
Yeahhhh same that organ gives me chills
Aphex twin at the end when Richard is stabbed I'd heartbreaking
I remember where I was when I first watched this, me and two friends were sat in a flat, bored on a Thursday night, and it was when Netflix sent you DVDs (pre-streaming). They'd sent my friend some freebies as part of an intro offer. Dead Man's Shoes was one of the free DVDs. We stuck it on, not knowing anything about it. It ended, and we knew we'd just watched something special. We were all speechless. We were tired out. It's not an easy film to watch. It's not supposed to be. But we were from the North of England. We knew people like this, who'd experienced shit like this. This tale isn't as unique as you think.
Every now and then, a piece of media hits you hard, and this is one of those pieces.
This movie hit me hard because I grew up around people like the characters in this movie.
The actors in this are all brilliant and portray small town England in a very realistic way. And the ending just finished me off. Its up there with my all time favorate movies.
Yeah, there are so many dodgy pricks like this who prey on the weak and like to bully younger, or in this case young-minded, men.
More like small town council estate...
One of my favorite movies ever! The best thing about it though, is that when you watch it again, knowing how it ends, it adds another dimension too it. I've watched this film many times. It is a masterpiece. Thankyou for reacting too it x
Yes! While editing I caught a lot of subtleties that I didn't notice before because I didn't know the ending. It's definitely worth multiple viewings!
@@RelaxwithJC Glad you appreciate this has multiple viewings value. Same for me. I've watched this film about 12 times and pick something up every time.
@@quirkypurple pssssh only 12? That's not even once a year! Catch up! 😉
@@co9221 Hahahah
This movie cuts deep. It really blindsides you as well. You think its gunna be some simple revenge movie but in the end it really encompasses the famous Nietzsche quote “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”.
It is literally what Richard says to Mark near the end "You were supposed to be a monster, now im the monster". Richard had snapped and at some point in his journey he knew that he himself had become like the very people he was killing. That and his guilt for his own feelings of being embarrased by his brother and not being able to protect him, I think made it easier for him "to lay beside his brother" rather than going on living.
It's a tragic story that hits you like a truck. No fairy tale Hollywood endings here, just a story that show cases that actions have consequences no matter what side you think you are on.
Cheyne-Stokes is an abnormal breathing pattern sometimes seen in patients nearing death. He was telling them they were dying.
Oh! Thank you!
Also known as the death rattle as a person takes their terminal breaths
A masterpiece, Paddy and Tobey's performance is amazing. Great to see your reactions, it's definately not an easy watch at times but it is a film that deserves to be watched and receive more acclaim.
Absolutely agree!
The most powerful part where you get a picture of Richard and Anthony's relationship is where they're talking about the football match, and all the kids want to hold Richard's hand, except Anthony...
"I don't need to"
“Cheyne Stoking”
As the moment of death comes nearer, breathing usually slows down and becomes irregular. It might stop and then start again or there might be long pauses or stops between breaths . This is known as Cheyne-Stokes breathing. This can last for a short time or long time before breathing finally stops.
If you enjoyed this you’ll LOVE This is England - not just the movie, the whole series …. Is a MUST see. Also ‘A Room for Romeo Brass’ is just superb 🎉
You know, when I first saw this film, I thought why don't the brothers walk together. Couldn't understand why Richard was always walking ahead of Anthony but in the end it makes sense, because Anthony isn't there. Cleverly done I say.
Holy hell guys you're the only channel I've seen that have reacted to this film. As you found out this is a bleak, savage, gritty masterpiece. I love this film. Paddy Considine (Richard) was utterly terrifying, his performance was superb. He's an incredibly underrated actor. Toby Kebbel (Anthony) was also brilliant. Another great reaction. Your stunned silence when it finished was exactly how I was when I first saw it. It's heartbreaking but so so good. So glad I subbed. Much love from the UK. ❤👍🏻🤙🏻
Watching 2 Americans react to a film that is as English as you can get was fascinating. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my all time favourites, and I will never forget the fist time I saw it; it was in the Cinema, and I left the theatre reeling.
Everything works in this, and the performances from everyone involved were outstanding. Toby Kebbel was astonishing as Anthony, and absolutely nails a tricky role. How many times have we seen actors over-egg playing someone with learning difficulties? (No need for the classic meme).
Check out other Shane Meadows films, I think you'll like them. First one I'd recommend is A Room For Romeo Brass (1999). Again, this has Paddy Considine in the lead role, and again, he's incredible. It was actually his first feature role, and that makes what he pulls off even more impressive. His character in that is VERY different to Richard.
Then I'd recommend This Is England (2007), and that means the film, and then the TV series Meadows made. It has 3 seasons, with either 3 or 4 episodes per season. The series is even better than the films.
Then I'd recommend another of Shane Meadows TV shows. The Virtues (2019). 4 part drama, and the last episode gets so intense I found it hard to breathe.
Honestly, this film isn't lightening in a bottle, Meadows is a serious talent.
We did This is England on the channel although it was demonetized for violence. I think you can still find it though
@@RelaxwithJC yeah, I did see that. Then I recommend the follow on TV show even more. I see you liked it. If that's the case, you will LOVE what he does with those characters over another 11 hours.
@@cretekastos6903 we will eventually, I want to do Tyrannosaur too. Ever since we did Dead Man's Shoe's people have been recommending that. We are Almost done with Naruto finally which has just taken up too much time.
@@RelaxwithJC Tyrannosaur is incredible, but a VERY difficult watch. Looking forward to see what you guys think. Probably never gonna want to come over here to the UK after watching all of these. 🤣
Richard is grieving over the death of his brother that he blames on himself and it’s kind of inferred he’s traumatised from his time as a soldier - his grief and guilt have overwhelmed him, the pain is too unbearable to cope with so his mind manifests that pain as it’s shown in the film. He wasn’t suffering from a mental illness as such, he was suffering such inescapable anguish, grief and despair that it was causing him to breakdown, I guess this could be regarded as illness but I see it more as a human response to such extreme grief and trauma. What happened at the end and what he says is he knows he is beyond help, he says he is now the ‘monster’ so knows it must stop, all he knows is he wants to ‘lie with his brother’ the pain is too much. It is such a sad, but amazing film.
Shane Meadows is superb, you should watch This is England next if you liked Dead Man's Shoes
Agreed, another very powerful and brilliant British film.
This is England is amazing
Yep. At least the first one but they are all great. Shane Meadows has a great style, it seems unscripted, but it isn't - its just very well directed
Plan b videos he directs too ❤
The part where richard say "i wanna lay with my brother " is like a gut punch
the bully Sonny was a pro UK boxer in the 80s .... Gary Stretch
Went the distance with Chris Eubank I seem to recall.
That movie has a way of getting you right in your feels. Amazing build up and twist, the vengeance movie you're enjoying halfway through suddenly becomes incredibly sad. Such an underrated movie. Paddy Considine was amazing as always.
I went to see this film in Dublin with my mate, when we came out we literally didn’t talk for ages. We still talk about it today. STUNNING FILM.
I recommend this to people all the time now.
Paddy and shane co wrote this film, they have been best friends since college, and I think they said something about they’d heard of a lot of this bad shit that had happened where they’re from, so they wanted to make a film kind of based on them things but the bad guys actually getting what they deserve. A lot of Shane’s projects have themes of stuff he grew up around or experienced himself, makes it feel that much more real
Spot on. They remembered things from the past that they saw or heard about, and said to each other "those guys are still out there; they got away with it". This films was them saying "well, what if they DIDN"T get away with it"?
@@cretekastos6903 Such a good film. The fact paddy and Shane made this film with pretty much no budget is crazy and just shows how talented everybody involved is. It’s quite annoying that paddy isn’t more heard than he is though.
@@MrRonay1 Yeah, he's underrated and under appreciated for sure.
One of the best films in the last 50 years.
Seen it so many times and it still makes me cry.
Films are meant to move people and this clearly did for you two, hope you 'enjoyed' it.
The actor who plays Sunny I don't think he'd acted before this role, he was a professional boxer back in the day, you can tell by his flat nose. He's from London so had to learn to talk in a northern English accent for this film.
Gary Stretch was brought up in the North-West. St. Helens to be exact. Still a slightly different accent to the midlands one though
To see people across the pond watching and enjoying a film set in the town I live in is honestly one of the most feel good things about this video. I’m not sure of the woman’s name in the video but her emotional investment in the film made me enjoy this video way more than expected!!
The drug leader guy Sonny was a British boxing champion and WBC Internationa lsuper middleweight champion.Gary Stretch
This shows how you can make a brilliant movie with no budget. The acting is fantastic. Great reaction guys.
Agreed. I was very impressed with everyone's performance!
@@RelaxwithJC This is such an unknown movie but I am impressed you gave it time. I look forward to more on your channel.
I appreciate it thank you!
I think a lot of people will agree with me about a must watch British film and believe me, its brilliant
"Sexy Beast" you're in for a treat. Great seeing you're reaction to a totally different film to probably what you are used to.😊
All Shane Meadows' films are excellent and as you alluded to, yes he does instruct his actors to ad-lib during various scenes. The fella playing Sonny is former British Light Middleweight boxing champion Gary Stretch who got his break in acting when he prevented a woman being mugged somewhere in the USA and it turned out she was something big in the film business. Meadows used to live in a small Midlands town where the local small time 'gangsters' drove around in a ridiculous Citroen 2Cv hence the use of the same car in this film!
Damn it was Gary Stretch , I never made the connection, lol seen him box too .
@@gammon1183 I saw him fight a few times. Good fighter. British Champion.
It’s one of these films that makes you think about it over the years
Dead mans shoes is a masterpiece and Paddy Considine's performance electric.
That end gets me every time, ive seen it tens of times and still well up with tears
Just watched this movie on television for the first time. The death of his brother caught me by surprise too. This movie had a couple of actors from Shane Meadows next movie This Is England. I felt the similarities in the narrative and speech from the later movie.
On a personal note, my best friend has some learning difficulties and talking to them their childhood and teenage years, they were surrounded by people like Sunny. And it's like bad abusive people are drawn towards vulnerable people, and for sure I've had to confront people like Sunny to protect my friend.
Made me cry at the end because I understood the loss and the trauma of the PTSD that probably pushed the brother to his extreme revenge.
This was a really well made film. They didn't show the real reason Richard's revenge was so deadly. Once that's shown, it all makes sense. But even Richard realised that what he was doing was monstrous, and not really any different than those wo tortured Anthony. That's why the ending turned out as it did.
Dead Man's Shoes is a difficult picture to watch.
You did a grand job of reviewing a british classic.
It’s always nice to hear a proper Derbyshire accent, although I’m guessing some little things get lost in transit to the USA, things like “Ta duck” meaning “Thank you” 😊
Thank you both for reacting to this rather obscure film. One of my faves. I'm so glad you liked it as much as I did. It's a no-frills dark, depressing, doom-impending drama-thriller, with an unexpected twist, and your allegiances and sympathies to the characters sway back and forth dramatically.
I recommend it to my friends but with a warning.
Also superbly acted by everyone, but special accolades must go to Toby Kebbel (Anthony) Paddy Considine (Richard) and Gary Stretch (Sonny) who filled those roles so well.
I will never hear the words "It's Anthony's brother" again without feeling a chill down my spine.
Great to see a reaction to a not so known film but Paddy Considine is brilliant and Shane Meadows is a great filmmaker!
Amazing reaction, you definitely have a new subscriber! What makes this a truly great film is that it’s no glamorous just amazing real acting. It’s believable and the music and scenic shots just add that extra depth.
A masterclass film and amazing reaction from both of you, you seem very genuine!
One of my favorite movies. "This is England" by the same director is also very good and has a similar vibe.
Please watch This Is England and watch the whole series, not just the first one. Anything by Shane Meadows is class.
When Richard spray paints the words Cheyne-Stoking is a reference to Cheyne-Stokes breathing is an abnormal pattern of breathing commonly seen as patients approach death. It is named for the physician's John Cheyne and William Stokes, who first described the pattern in the early 1800s.
Patients who experience Cheyne-Stokes breathing will take several breaths followed by a long pause before regular breathing resumes. These cycles of breathing will become increasingly deeper and can be difficult for family members as they wait for the final breath to come. So in a way, it's a sinister physiological message to them that they are now on borrowed time though I would hazard a guess that they do not know what it means. Really subtle and clever too and the first really clear indication of Richards intent too.
I had no idea. I imagine they didn't know that either but still, seeing writing on the wall after I just left the apartment would freak anyone out.
@@RelaxwithJC Yeah well when I watched this film on TV some years ago I saw that looked it up on my phone and it really shifted the entire tone of the film for me from that point it's truly subtle and dark warning of what is to come and it shows the intelligence and tactical mind game that Richard has set in motion from the point of view of his military training as well even if he was unravelling and falling apart at the end it's clear he's got an objective in mind and wants to put real fear into all of them and then the inevitable outcome happens. Brilliant massively underrated film and very British at its core.
What an interesting info nugget to find in the comments. Were they also the ones to coin the term agonal breathing?
@@littleredhen8205 Not sure about that terminology but the above is at least based on true medical fact and was a clever use of mind play.
I very much enjoyed your reaction.
Here are a few bits of background information that might interest you.
The director, Shane Meadows, said that the moral of the film is that one must find a way to forgive those who have wronged
us (as hard as it is). Even though Richard's desire for revenge was understandable, nothing constructive was achieved by it.
The film is very mildly semi-autobiographical. Shane Meadows returned to his home-town to find out that one of his schoolmates ( I think it was someone with learning disabilities) had died of an overdose. He was appalled that nobody in the town was bothered by this.
The actor Gary Stretch (the one who plays Sonny, the leader of the drug dealers) was both a world light-middleweight boxing champion and a male model in the 1990s.
Toby Kebbel, who plays Anthony, had worked in a home for mentally-impaired children prior to this movie. Consequently, he needed no training at all to effectively portray Anthony.
The car that the thugs drive around in is a French car called a Citroen 2CV that was produced from the 1940s to the early 1990s. It was originally designed as budget transport for French farmers. But from the 1980s on, this type of car was associated with vegetarian hippy ecowarrior types. It really was an odd choice for wannabe tough-guys. But the fold back sunroof did allow "the shooting of Al" scene at the farm.
Wow thank you so much! I love these type of comments and learning about context behind the movie. Crazy to think it's semi-biographical like you say. Thank you for your comment 🤗
Wow I learned a few things too. Thanks for all the extra info. Would be interested to know more about the real life overdose story that inspired this film.
Geek alert but did you know that the Citroen 2CV design brief was that it had to transport a box of eggs over a rough field without breaking any? And in the words of Michael Caine....."not a lot of people know that"
42.47 - Those ‘I need a minute’ reactions are when you know you’ve watched a great film.
I’m British but when I watched the film however many years ago it was I felt it was a shame as foreigners wouldn’t really get it because it has so many things within it that are unique to the UK. So I’m glad for the most part you were both able to get it and enjoy it.
Shane Meadows is a very well known director over here and the thing I think he is brilliant at is getting the very best out of really great actors. The scene at the end of this film where Richard (Paddy Considine) says ‘I love you Anthony but I can’t do it mate’ and the scene where Richard and Sonny are face to face are two brilliant acting scenes within this film, they really grip you and you see it watching this reaction video where you say ‘ok he won that one.’
The other thing that’s always spot on in Shane Meadows films is the scenery, I watch this is England and some of his other movies and Im just like ‘that is exactly what it was like growing up in England in the 80s and 90s.’
Oh, the car isn't a Beetle, you're right. It's a Citroen 2CV. Also called a "dolly". They were first made in France, waaaaaay back in like the 40's, just after the war.
The fact that his brother (...spoiler etc) really exposes the psychoses of Richard. He is completely insane but we root for him throughout the movie
The way that the brother's death was concealed was superb.
My favourite horror film of all time.. As I man you can imagine being in Richards shoes...and just imagining that breaks my heart. Underrated masterpiece
This was easily one of my all time favourite films! thanks so much for watching it
Dead Man's Shoes is hands down my favourite film of all time. Another one of my favourites is actually directed by Paddy Considine and its called Tyrannosaur, you should definitely check that out.
Great film
Great reaction , youre like lambs to the slaughter, Really enjoyed re seeing this for the first time via you . Outstanding.
I've watched this film 3 times and really enjoyed watching your edit, great comments 👍
The longest reaction video I've watched. That's a compliment to the film and yourselves. This film had a big impact on me when I first watched it. No holds barred and the best vigilante film I've seen. Really enjoyed watching your reaction. No rolling of the eyes in shock as you watched it. (If you know what I mean) I too will subscribe after this. 😊
"Cheyne stoking" is a period of respiratory breathing i.e long breaths followed by shallow breaths. Basically saying they're about to soon take their last breaths. It's a threat.
The castle ruins at the top of the hill, like a dark sentinel watching silently over the town is a very atmospheric backdrop. I bet that castle has seen a lot of horror within its walls over the centuries.
@marksavage1108 Aah. OK. I stand corrected.. Thanks for the info 👍
Absolutely brilliant film. The car was a Citroen 2CV and, the main actor is Paddy Consendine (who everyone will soon be seeing as one of the main characters in the upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff).
Yeah ima be honest with you, the part that hit me the hardest was when he asked Mark if his brother was calling out his (richard's) name when he was being tortured and Mark responded with "yes". Yeah its all brutal on the emotions. One of the harder movies Ive ever watched considering Ive been suffering with PTSD for years now. Really hit hard on the regret and feeling of self blame. The greatest part about the movie is that it didn't reveal that his brother died until the end of the film, so the entire time I just felt like he was getting revenge for his (still living) brother. When they revealed he actually killed himself and Richard was going through a psychosis fueled murder spree, it hit me reeeeeallly hard. I
Good luck with the channel guys. Keep at it, you'll start pulling in numbers in no time.
the guy who plays herbie drinks in the local pub where i live.
Does he ever say to you "What the fuck are you looking at?!"
And what do you reply? Lol
The best British Movie ever made. Period. THIS IS ENGLAND is a close second friends x
Best movie full stop
It’s really not. Great movie? Yes. Best British movie? Nowhere near it mate
First time I watched this movie I thought it was a low key masterpiece that I never wanted to watch again. I've watched it 4 times now. Another English movie with a similar tone, which left me even more devastated at the end is Kill List.
Lovely reaction. Too often nowadays, people don't even try to hide the ingenuity. This was a breath of fresh air. Heavy film. Its just great to see a genuine reaction. Take care u 2. Idk what else to say, gawd.
This is brilliant. Really enjoyed watching the difficulty you had translating and understanding the subtle cultural differences. Really enjoyed every minute. I’ll definitely subscribe now, thank you.
Peace and Love
I was very glad we had subtitles on. A lot more would have been lost on me. Thanks for subbing
@@RelaxwithJC I really liked your style of reviewing, sincere and honest and the chemistry between you really adds to the fun. I don’t know if you watch many English films but there are some beautiful ones with such brutal honesty. You could try watching ‘Kes”, but use subs!!!
A great channel. Keep on keepin’ on. X
Thank you so much. I really appreciate you saying that. I have had a few suggestions for more English films so I have added them to our list to watch.
Dead Man’s Shoes is hands down one of the greatest movies of all time. Shame Meadows has an innate ability to capture a certain authenticity/rawness to life that makes his characters feel so real. The scene where the gangsters are just bantering playing cards comes to mind. You wouldn’t expect these happy care-free chaps to do what they did to the little brother. Paddy’s best performance imo
The beginning is ominous to keep you off guard.. The whole thing so disjointed to build the grief that Richard was feeling the entire movie..
I'm glad you both enjoyed this cult movie, you gave a great reaction. Cassie's reaction to Anthony committing s*icide was so sad to see. It's a movie that makes you say "Ohhhhh, NOW it makes sense" about 10 minutes from the end. It took me a couple of viewings to fully understand it. Oh, and the 'Clown Car' is a Citroen 2CV, a 600cc air cooled car from France, designed in the late 1940's. Still popular today in the UK/Europe as a classic car. One of Shane Meadow's best films, "This is England" is his other masterpiece.
Hey guys, this is an amazing reaction to an amazing film. These points have no doubt been made, but Watching again it gets better. Notice Anthony always walks behind him, never comes with him on the missions, is always awake before him, never eats or drinks… and in the great scene by the garages he says ‘go down there bro’ so Anthony isn’t there when Sonny confronts him.
The title is great - everyone is in Dead Man’s Shoes. You’re walking Anthony’s story, but also all their cards are marked - dead men walking. Richard also knows he will die, one way or the other.
One last point, the graffiti ‘Cheyne Stoking’ is a type of breathing pattern before death.
I really recommend Shane Meadow’s first film Room for Romeo Brass, and all of This Is England
2 other classics you might like...'.twin town' and 'rita,sue and bob too'.....👍
Did you ever see the Tom Hardy miniseries called"The Take"? It's fantastic.
Yeah,, twin town was a great film, I'd forgotten about that.
I should watch that again.
It really shocks me hearing you guys say how beautiful the setting is as I’ve lived around it nearly all my life and it just comes across as boring to me because it’s all I’ve knows but when I think about it, it is beautiful and there’s not many other places other than uk that are like it
At around 39 minutes you asked why does it have to be so beautiful because something so sad and upsetting is happening with a beautiful background. I don't want to potentially spoil it for you, but there's an incredibly beautiful piece of music playing at the same time as an incredibly horrible act in This Is England 86. That song inspired me to learn to play the piano.
Paddy Considine is one of the most seriously undervalued actors in modern cinema. He can literally do ANYTHING.
I was very impressed with him
He also sings in a band called Riding the low
Paddy Considine was one of the brilliant ensemble cast of Hot Fuzz
Favourite comedy film of all time.
Great film. The car btw is a Citroen 2cv produced from the 1970s up to 1990.
I remember my dad telling me to go my bedroom when he was watching this (I did not know how crazy this film actually was) I sneaked back downstairs and sat behind the arm of the couch... let’s just say I was scarred for life.
A film you'll watch and never forget.
This film deserves so much more recognition! Great reaction guys!
Unfortunately for me I first picked up on Anthony being dead when Sonny confronted Richard in the street. I wish I would have realised it when you guys did so it Would have hit me a lot harder!
Paddy Considine is an amazing actor, you should try out his other films! 👍
I have seen Hot Fuzz but after this I for sure am looking into his other films. Glad you enjoyed thanks for watching!
Paddy Considine, the lead actor in this, wrote and directed a tremendous thriller drama called Tyrannosaur that is worth checking out.
This was mentioned in another comment but thank you, I do want to check that out now.
@@RelaxwithJC yeah that's a good idea. It stars Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan who has been in a lot of great movies. We make terrific films in the UK!
Shawn meadows is a british icon. Yours reaction at the ending was priceless 😂. Such a great writer for the common people of the uk always gets it point on.
Cheyne stoking is a phrase for the death rattle. The last dying breaths. Richard was saying its coming.
Great reaction - one of my favourite films (also loving the Steeles Pots And Pans tee. I'm sure Belinda would be proud).
Hey someone who has taste!
I'm subscribing purely on this movie reaction choice 👌
So big up to whoever suggested it.
And guys are class 👏
My favourite movie and I thank you so much for choosing it. No one else has. It’s a beautiful intense film that deserves a wider audience.
This movie takes a real physical and psychological toll on you the first time you see it. It's so disorienting in so many ways.
Riber Castle (the end location) is only 100 years old.
It’s recently been converted into flats. When I was young it was a zoo, then when the zoo closed it was a fantastic place to spend the night tripping
@@marksavage1108 Sorry, was a random guess off the top of my head! I know it was John Smedley’s. I knew it wasn’t a ‘castle’ castle, more of a mansion.
Can you remember when someone let all the cats out, lynxes etc? I used to love the model railway in there when I was a kid.
I speak to Herbie from Dead Man’s Shoes sometimes on Twitter, he sometimes gets to Matlock and goes to the club on the Hurst estate.
Paddy Considine is an amazing actor, if you get a chance watch his film "Journeyman"
Paddy Considine is one of my favorite actors (since 2000). His acting debut is in ''A Room For Romeo Brass'' by the same director, Shane Meadows, who also directed the amazing ''This Is England'' with Stephen Graham (another one of my favorite actors) and an incredible young performance by Thomas Turqoose. Paddy Considine who co-wrote this movie, directed a great and very disturbing movie called ''Tyrannosaur'' with Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman (one of my favorite actresses) and Eddie Marsan. Check out all of these actors filmographies
Shane meadows let the actors freestyle a lot of the scenes, that’s why it seems so realistic.
He also admitted in an interview they were really off their heads on drugs in a lot of the scenes!
Another great film is The Business. It’s a British cult classic and available on UA-cam. Would be great if you could react to it!
Except the scene where they were on drugs, Shane Meadows said they purposely never slept for 3 days which was the reason they looked absolutely knackered.
@@mikethemusicman1978 and how do you reckon they stayed awake for 3 days Mike if you were to take a wild guess
Imagine how much this touched everyone and This Is England. 2 films on a tiny budget. 2 films - £750k for DMS and £1,5M for This Is England. And they had a ,much more profound effect on people than multi million box office films!
The car is a French citroen 2cv, still 1 of my favourite British films🇬🇧💯
Just found you reacting to this film. Loved it since I first rented it from Hollywood video. Such a powerful film, and also filmed about an hour an half from where I live
The castle is called ryber castle ! In a place called Matlock! I spent so much time in that area as a kid! Sobering film isn’t it! 10/10 gets me every time
This is my favourite film and absolutely loved your reaction. I watch the film every few months. Will definitely be checking out more reaction vids of yours. Keep on keeping on
Great to watch an American couples reaction to this. I had the same reaction the first time i watched, stays in the memory a long time. The fact the guy who plays Anthony isn't actually autistic, shows what a good actor Toby Kebbell is
"is this an apocalypse movie", lol no mate, thats just England.
hahaha
He let the last bloke kill him because he didn't want to live without his brother. Richards job all his life was taken away so he let the last guy kill him because he wanted him to have blood on his hands for the rest of his life. Also being in the military made him ruthless with what he would've been through. Richards job being looking after his brother who had mental problems.
I watched this with two friends for the first time about 18 years ago. After the ending, we just sat in complete silence as the credits rolled, unable to articulate the emotions it brought out of us.
This is one of my favourite movies of all time! Paddy Considine is an amazing actor. Oscar-worthy for this performance. The movie makes me scared, terrified, laugh and sad. Just a masterpiece. Glad you liked it, and enjoyed your takes.