The Truman Show (1998) REACTION
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Something I never noticed before. Before Truman and Sylvia go on their "date" she tells him in the library, "if we don't go now, it won't happen. So, what do YOU want to do?" Even under the circumstances, she still gives Truman a choice. She doesn't try to force him to go. She just tells him the facts of the situation, but then lets him decide what he wants to do. In contrast to Truman's entire world, where all of his choices have unknowingly been controlled for him by other people his whole life.
that’s such a good point. i’ve always loved how sylvia is the only person from inside who truly treats truman as an equal who deserves freedom and respect. and cares enough about his well-being to go against christof’s wishes
Love the little details of this movie. Like the fact most the music on the radio is classical...likely because there's no copyright issues to deal with, it being on TV and all.
and he takes Vitamin D supplements, because he's never actually been in sunlight, and needs it.
Crossed fingers means you don't really mean it. She crossed her fingers in the marriage photo.
If you cross your fingers when you make a promise, it means you in your heart don't mean it and hope God can forgive you.
I’m guessing it’s a western thing on other reactions
@@TheNeojanus1 I think it originated more as a protective symbol. You could lie, and crossing your fingers was a protection from any gods or karma for the lie. So long as your fingers were crossed, it didn't count.
@@-M0LE it's actually believed to go back to ancient christian times and evolved from there, so surprised it's not commonly known in eastern christian areas.
The other part of it is that you can also cross your fingers for good luck. You cross your fingers behind your back, or out of view, when you're lying because you don't want whoever your lying to, to know, but if you cross your fingers while holding your hand or hands out in front of you in plain view, it's to hope for good luck.
Truman would be the biggest celebrity on the planet upon getting out. I always imagine they would have turned his world into some giant theme park. Amazing movie.
Fun fact: This movie was created specifically for Jim Carrey in the role. They had considered other actors, but no… the director wanted Jim Carrey. It was even put on hold until Jim Carrey became available to do the movie.
Other actors that were considered however were Robin Williams and Gary Oldman
Another fun fact: when this movie came out it created a “psychological disease” so to speak… Some people developed the paranoia that the whole world was watching them
@@nsasupporter7557 Both I think would have been excellent choices, but I'm glad they got Carrey. He definitely nailed it.
@@hdns4 Gary Oldman would’ve been interesting because he’s such an amazing actor… as was Robin Williams. Him and Jim are the only comedians I like
@@nsasupporter7557 Yeah between the two I would probably pick Williams first as, very similarly to Carrey, he's great at both wacky comedy and serious drama and I think would have fallen into place really well in this kind of film just like Carrey did. I actually think Robin Williams probably would have given a very similar kind of performance to Carrey. Oldman probably would have turned in something a little different, but equally good as like you said he's an incredible actor and he also does an especially good job of being able to disappear into a role which I think would have served him well in this type of film about what is supposed to be an ordinary guy living an ordinary life.
This came out before Big Brother and way before social media. It was a really prophetic film.
Kinda like Demolition Man.
"Big brother" is an expression that was first used (and became immensely popular) in 1984 by George Orwell, published in 1949. A must read, obviously.
So, no, This film (in cinema in 1998) didn't come out before "Big Brother". It came out before the technical means to implement the idea of Big Brother in the real world came to be, with, as you say, the social media (among other thing). Not to undermine your point, but I wanted to clarify that.
Ho ok, no, you meant big brother the reality show (completely forgot that existed). Ok I get it now XD
Notwithstanding the Big Brother confusion, there were reality TV and films around already. Real Life by Albert Brooks was a great 1979 mockumentary of the documentary series An American Family.
@@leovk5779 you're not undermining anything, you're just being pedantic. I was referring to the tv series.
People want something to distract themselves from their boring and depressing lives
Even if this means watching someone else's boring and depressing life
And Bingo was his name-o.
So meta. I wonder if it was intentional?
That part where they "close-up" on the wedding photo @11:37 they are showing that Meryl is crossing her fingers in the photo where she's kissing him. It's kind of like telling oneself that the action you are doing or the promise you are saying is NOT real; that you don't mean to keep the promise or that the action doesn't mean anything to you.
Trixie: Its sick how these people are watching this person's life on TV.
Also Trixie: has 50k subscribers on UA-cam 😉
the difference is that trixie is doing it of her free will, fully knowing. but trueman was never given a chance, knowing nothing about the millions of viewers that watch him in moments, that trixie would rightfully withhold her viewers...
Stupid thing to compare.
Dumbest comment ever written
I mean in get the joke but thats a Big reach, cause trixie like any other youtuber don't have a camera since birth and actually decided to pursuit this, and it's far from being 24/7 like Truman show
@@Metzwerg74 @Diego Soto Miranda I think you guys missunderstood his point. He wasn't speaking about Trixie. He was speaking about us, the 50k subscribers. We're watching someone else watching a movie which most of us already watched like the people in the Trumanshow, instead of living our life and do something useful.
They're happy for him, because he's happy. They knew he was trapped. Can you imagine the suspense of watching a show like that for 30 years or whatever age he is and seeing your favorite character see clues and answers and finally get out?
4:04 "What is that perspective? It's like a fish eye" Exactly. It's a fisheye lens
This and The Matrix, I feel, both carry the same sort of message. "We accept the truth of the lie we are presented with".
These movies are so meta. They can be taken as commentary on government conspiracy, or on the mind control of organized religion. Everyone will get something different out of it.
The audience is also to blame. If nobody watched the show and the show didn't make money, it would have been cancelled and it would bankrupt the company. The patronage of the viewers allowed it to happen.
@@TomCruz54321 indeed, the free market is another form of democracy. How we spend our time and money is our "vote" for the companies we support.
I do not use the self-checkouts at the store because I do not support replacing people with machines to save a dollar.
I do not watch shows on networks that support woke ideology, no matter how much I might have liked the show.
My time is money, and I will not let it be used to line the pockets of the greedy or those that oppose our society's basic tenants.
This hit hard for me because when I was a kid I used to have this very fantasy: what if the world ended in a giant dome just beyond the horizon, and everything was fake? Sometimes I used to sit and watch the traffic for hours looking for suspiciously repeating patterns, just like Truman does with the car/pedestrian patterns.
I'm pretty sure this movie was made *because* it is an idea that crosses most people's mind at some point in their lives.
The "Matrix" syndrom where you are The One, at the center of an artificial universe created for you. A pawn, an alien.
I guess it is a natural process so our ego can finally become the center of the world and bathe in its self-importance, while also justifying our inability to change anything since our whole existence was engineered by "everyone" to become a prison of status quo.
A twofold ego trip:
1) To make you think you're special.
2) To help you cope with your failures: it's never your fault; it's "them".
According to Flat Earth believers that is exactly how our world ends. They believe that Antarctica is a massive super wall that encompasses the entire "disc" and that the governments of the world conspire to keep the "truth" from humanity. However they believe that beyond the wall is vast empty snow desert that eventually ends with a firmament. A giant glass dome that keeps us safe from outside exposure; which is NOT space . They don't believe in "space." They have absolutely NO IDEA what's beyond BUT they're CERTAIN it isn't the vacuum of space.
Perhaps you should watch Under the Dome.
@@fatkart7641 That only holds true if you assume that you're the ONLY one in the artificial world. One of the next-level mind-f*cks of this scenario is trying to figure out who's a 'real' victim like you and who's an actor working for the 'masters'.
We can only truly know that we ourselves are real. We cannot read minds and we cannot look from the perspective of another person. Therefore we can never truly know if anything is real but us ourselves.
Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe. - Lex Luthor - Superman
This reaction is fantastic because Blue went in completely blind!!!! This movie was promoted as a man on a TV show. We had a clue going in. LOL, Blue experienced this movie from a whole freaking brand new perspective, even Truman's perspective of figuring out what the hell is happening!!! What a F'N trip it is watching her try to figure this movie out!!! Seriously, this might be the greatest reaction ever made🙂🙂🙂
11:35 She was crossing her fingers because the wedding was fake.
Fun fact: this movie was specifically made for Jim Carrey in mind. The movie was actually put on hold until Jim became available to play the role, that’s how much the director wanted him in the role 🙂
actually this isnt entirely true, the original actor pegged for the role was Robin Williams, but the director became dead set on Carrey after seeing Ace Ventura and delayed the movie in order to get him after that.
@@SorchaSublime uh… nothing I said was incorrect, buddy. Just because I left out the part about Robin Williams. I’m fully aware that Robin Williams was also considered, so was Gary Oldman… did you know that?
This movie is happening now, just with more awareness. People do watch every minute of every day of some peoples lives on twitch. Even sleep streams. It’s all happening right in front of our eyes. I mean even you right? We are all watching you watch a movie. Those who choose to spend the money can see even “private” parts of your life, keep up on your day to day through your socials. It’s so ingrained in us that even the people who should be aware of it seem unaware
"Sleep streams"? Pft. There are videos on UA-cam of grass growing and paint drying.
True but the fact that they know they're being watched and have agreed to it is a HUGE difference.
@@TheNeonRabbit It's a huge difference for the person being watched, not for the people watching. Just like the people watching Truman, we are committing time in our limited lives to watching other people's lives.
To be fair we were overly obsessed with famous people's mundane activities like that even back then. In an interview the director (Peter Weir) even said "You watch The Truman Show and, I mean, Jim Carrey did a fantastic job, but Michael Jackson is Truman. He’s who I based him on and he is the nearest thing to Truman" and someone like Michael Jackson is not dissimilar to modern day streamers, in that his every mundane action and moment was recorded and analysed to death and considered "entertainment" to the world.
The very end where the guards casually switched channels is a shot at modern society. How quickly we can just move on to the next “thing” Ffwd to today… the “thing”moves on from us before we even know it’s a thing
I'm glad the movie surprised you. It is one of my favorites and one that inspires me to write scripts. It was made at the time of the rise of reality shows, especially Big Brother. A modern version of this movie would be the Black Mirror series, with media and technology dehumanizing the individual and their identity.
There are many ways different people may interpret different things in this movie. I think the people (most anyway) were invested in the show, but they were satisfied with the great ending to the series basically. I think it was more than just that Truman was an explorer and had to know for himself, but that it was a matter of freedom. Freedom to take control of his own life. Which can also be scary, but that's why he chose to go through the door at the end. Not so much to see for himself but to be free.
This movie was directed by Peter Weir, who's been responsible for some fantastic movies, including "Witness", Gallipoli", "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and "Dead Poets Society" - my personal favourite is "Master and Commander" - well worth a watch.
21:34 Twitch says hello. This movie was ahead of it's time. There are people on Twitch that stream constantly and even while they sleep
But they are doing it willingly and of their own free will, they know they are being watched. Truman has no clue nor did he choose to be watched. See the difference?
@@andrewft31 😂🤣
@@SonOfMuta this movie was Not ahead of it’s time… alot of people think that but it’s not true, I mean I know that it was before reality tv became a thing. But it was a mega hit movie… and usually when a movie is ahead of it’s time it does poorly at the box office. A movie that was a perfect example of being ahead of it’s time was “Tron” from 1982
The irony of ppl watching this movie & "imagining" what it would be like -- algorithms, smart phones, security cameras, your devices watching, listening and gearing ads and content specifically at you -- is not lost on me. 😎
The "Black Mirror" reference in the reaction was quite on point.
There is something Meta about watching a reaction video to a film about people watching a 24/7 reaction show.
my fav film of his, so many subtle little details. to find , his car missing head rests or treads, his buddy taking food out of vending machine when he's not looking, he takes vitamin D pills as he's never been in sunlight..
You gotta realize, that everyone who was watching him on TV, loving him, sharing in his trials and successes, were complicit in the crimes against him. If not for their fascination, the show would not have continued. And at the end, he will be immersed into a world where he is the most famous and recognizable person, in a place whose rules he can't understand.
“I expected a comedy, something lighthearted” oh no 😂
I dont think they would never see him again. Can you imagine someone being a "main role" of a world-wide 24/7 show, noone would constantly follow up on him after exit? No chance.
I want to make a film of what happened to him
Maybe at first, but then he might use the chance to live in some remote space where can can live by himself without cameras. Sylvia will be there for him.
There's a lot that would happen, like him fighting for royalties, etc. but it is not relevant for this story arc. It ended when he disappeared from the cameras in the dome.
In an alternate universe Jim Carrey is 3 times Oscar winner for his dramatic roles.
If only that were true lol 🙂
Unfortunately, his only successful dramatic roles were Truman Show, Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
… but he won 2 Golden Globes, 1 for Truman Show and the other for Man on the Moon
You should check out the movie Pleasantville. It’s also set in an alternate reality.
Yes, it was with Spider-Man before he became Spider-Man lol
Dark City (1998 film) is a science fiction film with a man who wakes up with amnesia, also finds the world is more than it seems.
Fingers crossed means two things in American child culture:
-if you cross your fingers, you're allowed to get away with a lie. Kinda like the opposite of a pinky promise. Children will often hide the fact that they are crossing their fingers to get away with lying.
-fingers crossed is supposed to be good luck.
This movie plays on both, by having Meryl cross hey fingers in the wedding photo, indicating that the wedding was false or a lie in some way, and Truman alludes to it by wishing his wife good luck, saying "I'll cross my fingers for you."
There so many cameras now we're all in our own Truman Show. 👀
I have watched this movie countless times and never realized that he's called Truman because he's the "true man". Wow....
If you ask me, Matrix is similar. The world as a simulation.
31:29 @TrixyBlue YES!!!! There is!!! And beyond it! And different! So much to recommend. So much to see and not enough life and thought. But I will recommend these:
-Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
-Sweet Movie (Dušan Makavejev, 1974)
-Alice (Jan Švankmajer, 1988)
-As I Was Moving Ahead I Occasionally Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Jonas Mekas, 2000
“The Number 23” is a good one and “The majestic “
I watched this film when it came out in theaters, before Big Brother, before "reality tv", before smartphones and social media, youtube, streaming services and a lot of technologies we all take for granted now. TV was the main family entertainment and this film was really groundbreaking.
I was in awe for days.
It's a very good thing you went in blind your reaction is awesome
Reality TV already existed, maybe you have heard of The Real World?
@@andrewft31 I had to Google it, I was not familiar with that show since I'm from Italy and American TV wasn't that popular to us back then, because all of are shows are dubbed the amount of foreign shows were limited to the most family oriented shows. Big Brother was the first reality show for us
The fun thing is spotting all the cameras on the second viewing. They're all in plain sight: circular things on jewelry, furniture, fences; even trash cans! And in the medicine cabinet; & in the car dashboard.
Great job, Blue! I think your reaction was the better than anyone else's reaction to the "Truman Show." I wonder what the film producers would think if they knew that in the future people would watch someone over the internet watching their movie. Kind of weird, huh?
What you said at the end there is soo accurate to how I first saw this movie: "It's like one of those books they make you read at school when you're 13, and you're like 'its so annoying they made us read this stupid book', and when you're older you're like 'damn it was actually really good'."...
When I was 13/14 at school we watched this movie in English class doing a topic about cinematography, specifically camera angles and effects, and everyone had the same thought that it was really boring and we mocked it, but now as an adult I really appreciate what a clever movie it is.
My Dear Young Reactor …
Been watching for a while … you are a very cleaver person. Seriously, I’ve seen you predict the plot so many times .. always makes me smile.
Between 1960 & 2000, there were dozens of what could be called “Head-Pieces” or Mind-Benders … this type was shattered by The Matrix.
2001 … The Shining … Brazil… Jacobs Ladder - These are just a few.
Happy Watching.
In the end, people are happy because as they watched the show, they came to like Truman himself, they rout for him, they want him to have the best life possible and if that means him leaving the show, they're ok with this
What's amazing with this movie is that it came out 1 year BEFORE real-TV started. The firtst edition of Brig Brother aired in 1999, this movie is from 1998. The people who wrote this must really kinda predicted the future...
There were reality shows before that, but this was before they got huge (Survivor started in 2000)
And right after that, they look at what else is on, they moved on immediately. That movie has so much commentary.
The original movie 1984, based on George Orwell’s Novel from way back, touches on a very dystopian version of this type of thing. It’s where the term “Big Brother” comes from. Pleasantville would also be a great watch. Anything that touches on The Stepford Wives would truly rock you as well. Good for October. Spooky. Not horror, but disturbing. You would be blown away by all three. Seattle is sending you love!
This is a Masterpiece.🔴❤️💚🟢👍👌🙏😇🇸🇪🇸🇪🔵🙂🟠🟣
Remember when reality tv shows like Big Brother, etc., were big? I guess this film is a response to that and perhaps a warning of how far things might go with modern entertainment, considering how heartless the mainstream media has become, maybe, also I guess the ending bit represents what these film & tv producers think those who watch tv shows are really like, perhaps that's true for your average casual viewer be there are of course those who do get very invested in shows, which is quite relatable considering I'm a lifetime fan of a certain long-running and iconic British sci-fi tv series (I highly recommend the classic series of this, I'm sure if you love sci-fi you'd love it)... I'd love to see a sequel following this film.
This was before Big Brother...
@@subliminallime4321 I didn't know that before, but I just looked it up and found that Big Brother did come out in 1999, a year after The Trueman Show film. Reality TV had been around since the 1940s but became popular in the early-90s to early-2000s. I guess the filmmakers could perhaps see where things might be heading at that time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television
@@owenwildish331 it really didn’t become a thing until the 90’s with The Real World. The true influx of reality tv didn’t start till the 2000’s though with Survivor starting in 2000. Reality tv was barely a thing before the 2000’s and suddenly it took over tv. I remember since I was a teen then.
@@mastersnet18 Did you read the wiki page I put in my previous reply...?
@@mastersnet18 did you forget about MTV's the Real World and Road Rules? Came out years before survivor.
There was even a few brief shows before that but they didn't gain much traction for an audience. Ironically, those were even more "realistic" than the ones that followed and that was a bit unsettling for most audiences. It's the difference between spying on someone's life and someone sharing their life. Some old black and white shows were painfully open with a persons life that could be on par with how everyone today chooses to pu their whole life on social media or live streaming today.
For a similar movie, check out Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross (1998). Also, but more simplistic, is eXistenZ directed by David Cronenberg, (1999) . Notice how movies with this theme were crowded in a short period and were being developed at the same time?
I’ve never laughed so hard with a reaction lol. “WHY ARE THEY ALL WATCHING? WHY ARE THEY WATCHING HIM?!? THIS IS SICK! WHY DO THEY KEEP WATCHING?!?!”
Meanwhile : Watches Truman Show.
Fun fact: this movie created a psychological disease when it came out. People developed a paranoia that the whole world was watching them 😳😬
Peter Weir - very underrated director. I also thoroughly recommend his films Witness with Harrison Ford and Dead Poets' Society with Robin Williams.
This is one of my favorite movies, and watching you try to figure it out was so much fun.
"This was a bit more deep, but so was the other one." That was deep.
There's a real life thing that happened in Japan... a group of people were told they were applying for a reality show where only 1 would be chose and have a life changing opportunity. They selected a man and blindfolded him, put him in a box and delivered him to an apartment. He got out of the box and was told to strip to his underwear. They gave him 100s of magazines and told him he was going to be on live tv 24/7 never leaving this room. The only food, clothes, utensils, cooking utensils, etc. he would have is things he won through the magazines by filling out the things to win the items. He was forced to do this over a year.
After he got out, they did it to him again for 6 or 8 months...only to have the walls of the new room to fall down around him in the end to realize he was in a studio set in the boxed room the entire time. If you want a link to the youtube video covering this let me know and i will link it. It's the closest to a messed up real life Truman show type of thing i can think of in terms of messing with your head.
Oh wow, never heard of this before but it's "Susunu! Denpa Shonen" for those that are curious! It ran from 1998-2002, and the Truman-style challenge is the now "infamous" first season with a comedian called Nasubi (translation = 🍆😂). Here's some footage: ua-cam.com/video/2YUyU-LE6qU/v-deo.html
we love it even if you go into movies completely blind... Fully good 🙂
Yes that happened to me with “Breakfast Club.” It wasn’t at all what I was expecting, I was expecting a teen comedy… it was far from a comedy. Especially when they were having their group therapy session in the library scene
This movie is pretty good. I really enjoy the movie "They Live" from 1988 by John Carpenter. it is very different than the Truman show, however they both are modern retellings of Plato's book, The allegory of the cave. I would be thrilled to see a reaction for "They Live". Thanks.
I see less a the connection of "They Live" to Plato's allegory, but more to some works of Philip K. Dick.
However, the movie holds even more a social commentary that is still relevent - so it's a must see.
Loved that movie. I had forgotten about it until now!
@@Cau_No
Imprisonment in the cave (the imaginary world)
Release from chains (the real, sensual world)
Ascent out of the cave (the world of ideas)
The way back to help our fellows.
That is the basic outline that both movies share, as well as the matrix and many others!
@@dances4980 Matrix yes, but not They Live.
Spoiler:
I don't think the cave analogy is fully applicable because it is not a completely fake (or virtual) world, it only has subliminial messages hidden behind a veil of the real world made visible by the sunglasses.
The overall principle of subjective realities however can be found in both movies.
“Pretty good?” It’s 1 of the best movies ever
Yes Sunshine for the Spotless Mind is great but there is another movie as well. Pleasantville. You should watch both of those. Also, your reaction videoes have developed so much it rather astonishes me.
If you’re looking for odd or bizarre films that will make you think and question everything you know about films, I’d recommend these:
“Twin Peaks” by David Lynch
“The Cell” starring Jennifer Lopez
“The Fountain” starring Hugh Jackman
“Pan’s Labyrinth” by Guillermo del Toro
I LOVE The Fountain! It's my favorite film and so few people knew of it. The acting, the writing, imagery and music is stellar. Aronofsky is my favorite director because of the type of films he makes.
Pan's Labyrinth is fantastic as well. I wish Del Toro would do more films. Such unique and creative worlds.
@@jessecortez9449 Agreed. It would be great to see her react to movies that aren't mainstream.
The writer of this movie also made Gattaca, the best movie ever made.
One of the best movies of all time reacted to by one of the best people of all time :)
One of my favorites
There were lots of this type of movie coming out around 1998-1999, questioning the nature of reality. The Matrix, Existenz and Dark City come to mind.
13. Floor
@@Krusesensei That one was actually an adaptation of a 60s SF novel, but it also counts.
It also was a remake, the book was adapted before as a German TV two-part movie in the 70s.
Justin Kan did something like this when he first started what is nkw known as twitch. I used to watch his 24/7 streams.
I came across your channel by accident and Im really happy you liked this movie. Jim here is one of his first more serious role and it is amazing movie. I always hated his cringey faces in the comedies, but he is really charming when he just gently smiles :-). And if you want to see great movies try: Death poets society, Seabiscuit, American History X (thta´s a hard one), What´s eating Gilbert Grape or Good Will Hunting. All amazing, oldies probably for you, as you are way younger than me :-). I love popcorn flicks as every other person, but these are different league (IMHO anyway)
one of my favorite Jim Carrey movies
Yes, it’s his most popular dramatic movie.
The film works on so many levels. You can watch it a few times and get more out of it. It speaks a lot to the artificial world of reality tv and social media we inhabit today.
I'd recommend another Jim Carey movie from around that era called Man On The Moon, which is a biography of Andy Kaufman, a very unique and quirky comedian / actor from the early SNL era. This and Truman Show were the point where I thought "shit, he's a REALLY good actor". Me, Myself, & Irene is another, also starring Jim Carey as a cop, with a comedy genius family set up, and a split personality. Like Truman, they're funny but multilayered with actual commentary on life.
Haven't watched this one in ages, still a classic
. The name is inspired by Big Brother from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones
Eternal Sunshine is terrific, highly recommend it.
Yes, but don’t forget about Man on the Moon. That movie is often overlooked when talking about dramatic Jim Carrey movies
The first reaction I've seen that gets the "what else is on" thing.
My interpretation of the scene on the bus is that the bus driver was grinding the gears, because he knew they couldn't actually go anywhere with Truman on it; and did it to fake mechanical difficulties.
Love your genuine reaction. You have a good heart... It's one of my favourite movies, and for me it's Jim Carrey's best role.
it’s definitely his best dramatic role 😉
And a year later, the Big Brother show was created, this movie very likely was a huge inspiration for the creators.
The Real World predates both this and Big Brother by a few years
A year before the original survivor started in Sweden as expedition Robinson.
Thank you TB. Love what you do.
Yes Blue, another film similar to this came out the same year, 1998. Check out "Pleasantville" (1998), you won't be disappointed. Great reactions to this Jim Carrey classic!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Yes! Eternal Sunshine…
Great review!
32:11. When looked at, as a whole, from his stand up, In Living Color, to all his movies, Jim Carry is probably the greatest actor in history!
Yes, he’s 1 of the biggest movie stars ever next to Tom Cruise and/or Tom Hanks.
His career took off faster than any other big actor’s career did. Ace Ventura, The Mask and Dumb & Dumber all came out the same year and were all number 1 at the box office. No other movie star’s career took off that fast
The Truman show is a very unique film in terms of its plot, but there are many other films that tackle similar themes. Donnie Darko, American Beauty, and Blue Velvet are satires of American Suburban lifestyle. There's also thematic overlap with The Matrix and Fight Club, with the characters dealing with the monotony of the white color, sedentary lifestyle that really kicked into high gear after the .com boom of the late 80s/early 90s. All of these are somewhat rooted in the zeitgeist, but these films still resonate with modern viewers.
in a kind of similar vane: pleasantville is also fantastic
I always saw this as less a Big Brother show than a commentary on "reality" television, along with shows like Survivor and America's Got Talent, where the audience does become involved.
Great reaction. Thanks from Sweden.
Ur so adorable. Most of us knew the situation within a half hour or earlier. And they SHOWED you the Dome at the hour mark and you thought his boat would hit land? hahaha. sooo cute. ;)
The Truman Show was the best reflection of modern Paparazzi celebrity fan crazy society, and was an eerie predictor of modern reality TV pop culture. Society is messed up, never more now than ever, the fact this was made 24 years ago and speaks so loudly is and should be foreboding.
At the end the people were invested and happy because they loved Truman, but it's parasocial (one-sided) love. Like if somebody falls in love with a youtuber or streamer. Or even just the people who think "Oh Trixie is my friend because I know her so well." The emotions are real, but it's hollow and, for most sane people, easily dismissed. If my favorite streamer or youtuber disappears tomorrow, I'd be sad and miss them, but I'd quickly find some form of entertainment to replace them, because as much as I might "love" them, it's not REAL. And that's what the people at the end were doing. They were happy for Truman, but once he's gone, they'll never see him again, so they look for the next parasocial "fix."
Fiji is also where Lister from Red Dwarf wanted to move to...
Always have a sweet spot for this one! One of my all time beloved and most impactful movies ever
Fun fact: this movie created a “fear” when it came out, Some people developed a paranoia that the whole world was watching them lol
The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Groundhog Day, Pleasantville. All films that I'd categorize together; set in reality, but with unreal elements. And I've watched all of them lots of times :) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty too, perhaps. Pleasantville next, perhaps?
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Once you look for it, you can see so many things that hint that it's a TV show, besides the obvious ads, but also people who quickly take off the paper tissue from the make up to protect their clothes, people not doing their jobs because they're actors not bus drivers, or doctors, or whatever. Like, the bus driver didn't know how to drive a bus, his best friend is stocking a vending machine by placing and taking out the same few things over and over etc. :D
Seriously though why is it that dogs can be so intuitive about people and still, big dogs LOVE to jump up into people's faces when they are afraid of big dogs. I mean it was very obvious that, THAT Dalmatian was being friendly AF, but you'd think the dog is aware that Truman was afraid of him, right?? Take it easy puppy.
Yeah, this is defintely a great movie with some deep, contemplative themes, definitely in a class of its own. Thematically, though, it has some strong parallels with The Matrix, which came out the following year. The Matrix is obviously a very different movie of a different genre, but it's still about being trapped in a world that isn't real, but manufactured. But of course in The Matrix, it's (almost) everyone who's trapped, whereas in The Truman Show, it's just the title character.
This is up on my all time greatest top 10 movies ever.
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great reaction Trixie.
I wonder what else is on youtube
That frontrunner telling Truman's friend what to say is EXACTLY what Black Mirror copied/stole/borrowed for their X-mas episode when that guy from Mad Men told his client what to say on the date while they watched. Truman show isn't like Black mirror, Black mirror is like the Truman show.
You are in your own Truman Show. We all watch you while you sleep! 😮😆
Crossing your fingers has 2 meanings.
One is that you cross your fingers when you make a promise you don't intend to keep, or say something you don't mean (it's supposed to be an implicit way of telling the truth while explicitly lying, almost like trying to absolve yourself from blame).
The second meaning is to cross your fingers for good luck.
So Meryl crossing her fingers indicated her marriage to Truman was a lie. Truman saying "I'll cross my fingers for you" was a way to communicate that he knew she crossed her fingers, but to also communicate it in such a way that made it sound like he was wishing her good luck.
In the states, at least, crossing your finger while making a promise (or telling a lie) means the promise isn't real/doesn't count/won't be held to. Alternatively, you can cross your fingers for luck.
People were invested in the moment, when it passed they looked for the next thing to fixate on. You'll see that a lot in life. Movies like this: Google said 18 on a list, and I should have thought of Vanilla sky 2001. Different tone though and a different premise. Don't want to spoil it too much, you'll probably like the ending to it though, its one of the more memorable ones.
When my brother was in high school he smoked to much weed that one time and called our mom at 2am and asked: "Am I in the Truman show? Cause I'm watching the parliament channel and I feel like they're all watching me"
I love my brother so much 😂
this has probably been mentioned already (and you also mentioned "eternal sunshine for the spotless mind" as well), but movies/scripts written by charlie kaufman are kinda like this. conceptually probably only "synecdoche, new york" comes close to this, but also movies like "being john malkovich", "adaption" or "confessions of a dangerous mind" are kind of... demanding to varying degrees.