For those of you who stayed watching by the end, thank you. I was pretty open about my own feelings and thoughts because of how much of an impact this movie had on me. This was an emotional roller coaster, but it was also just... really nice to watch because of how relatable it was. Again, thank you for watching.
I watch this movie as a teen , had some real existential angst about death and the after life, it’s sounds sill to type but this movie really helped me deal and resolve a lot of those issues
Yeah, this is a tough one … thanks for continuing to be so open about your feelings. I was crying along with you 🥲and am glad you can share this with your partner and comfort each other and enjoy your own connection (here’s a virtual hug)🙂
This and legends of the fall absolutely destroy me and make me cry every single time. I cried just watching this reaction. I don't think I've ever cried as much in a theater as this movie.
I ugly-cried with you. This is one of Robin Williams most underrated movies. It didn't get very much attention in theaters because people like to remember him more for his high-energy comedies. It sat on Blockbuster's shelf and rarely got rented, but the few of us who did rent it were not only moved by it, we were changed by it. It holds a special place in my DVD collection. I'm glad to see that it is still as impactful today, and even more so knowing what eventually would happen to Robin Williams. RIP
When I was 15 my father died of cancer, my mom started drinking heavily and my family completely feel apart. A few months later a family friend sexually assaulted me and my mom was in no condition to deal with it, so she just didn't. I started drinking and smoking and dropped out of school and get in a really dark place. I started cutting a little bit and I became very suicidal. My mother gave me this book to read, the book expands much more than the movie on what hell is. In the book if you commit suicide you have no idea you are dead, it's your life as you recognize it but with everything going wrong all the time, everything you can think of, in an endless loop that you can't break free from, no matter how hard you try. Reading that book is what literally saved my life and changed my mindset about life, death, heaven, hell and reincarnation. It's always been one of my favorite stories, as heartbreaking as it is. I'm in my mid 50s now, with 2 grown kids and 4 grandkids. We lost my mom to cancer last year and my sister is having a hard time dealing with it. I gave her this book and the movie.
Wow. That is all incredibly heavy and I'm so sorry you had to deal with all that as you grew up. Nobody deserves any of that whatsoever, and again, I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing this here. I do hope you're in a better place nowadays. I'm sorry for your loss as well. I hope she's at peace.
@@OGBReacts Thank you hon, yes I'm in a great place now. I'm so glad I stuck around. No matter how bad things seem, they do eventually get better and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not sure if there is a heaven, but I hope there is and it gives me a great sense of peace to believe that mom and dad are together again. ♥
I can genuinely say that this movie is one of my favorites. As a widower this gives me hope that one day I will see my amazing wife again and I hope that it is like this, just a place of the ultimate beauty where we can be together again.
Don't mind me, just dropping a lil Shakespeare (Hamlet) a favorite piece of verse & a favorite movie period... "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come."
I just watched this movie last weekend for the first time since it came out way back in 1998 when I was in high school. It had been so long since I'd seen it that I had totally forgotten what it was about. Sadly, my husband of 22 years passed away almost 4 months ago very suddenly and unexpectedly, so this movie really hit me like a ton of bricks since it was so close to home for me and what I'm currently going through after such a significant and tragic loss. My husband was my best friend, my rock, and my soulmate. We had been together since I was only 18 and were rarely ever apart. I must have gone through two whole boxes of tissues during this movie. As difficult as it was to watch, it was extremely cathartic since it allowed me to have that big emotional release that I so desperately needed. This is an incredibly powerful movie that really makes you think. There is absolutely no way you can come out of watching this movie without having an entirely different outlook on life and death and that forever soul connection that we will always have with our loved ones. I will definitely watch it again when I feel like a need another good cry.
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry about for your loss. I can't imagine that pain. With me while watching this film, I was just thinking about my partner and how they're truly my soulmate and my rock, and I was also just thinking about the concept of it all as well. Just sad but also a needed watch. Again, so sorry for your loss. And thank you for watching.
Losing a spouse or longtime life partner is definitely a pain and loneliness that is beyond words. It also induces an anxiety like none other. As soon as you grasp the fact that they are gone and never coming back, you start to panic because you don't know what your future holds without them. I've never experienced grief at this level before. I've never had a loss that has nearly incapacitated me the way that losing my husband has. We first met and started dating when I was only 18 years old. We actually met the very same week that I graduated from high school. Believe it or not, we met in an AOL chatroom in June of 2000! We lived 3-1/2 hours apart in different states, but drove all that way to meet me and the rest is history. He was 11 years older than me, so some people didn't think we would last (including my own parents), but we proved them all wrong! I truly believe that we were soulmates. We had and almost instant connection. We built a bond and an unconditional love for each other that could never be broken. Of course, our marriage wasn't perfect. No marriage or relationship is! We had our fair share of ups and downs and we butted heads at times, but we always could lean on each other and we remained loyal to each other until the end, no matter how tough things got. I wouldn't wish this pain upon my worst enemy!
I saw this movie when it was first released on HBO back when I was a kid. I was homesick from school and said I’ll try this movie it has stuck with me majority of my life
I only recently watched this film, my husband prefaced it by saying, "this is the best Robin Williams movie.", which in retrospect is a sweet thing to tell your wife ❤
I absolutely love this movie. I always have. It is an Beautiful Awesome movie!! The Tracker took on the look of the first doctor chris interned under because he had always watched out for chris and wanted to continue to do so as they went looking for annie.
I couldn't comment much during this one. Because I was crying all over again. In some of the darkest moments of my life my mind has come back to this movie to help me find my way through them. As someone who has lived with chronic depression my whole life, who has been suicidal, who is now married and has children ... this story has come back me many times in dark moments where I needed it most. For me, that's what good art does. I hope it carries some of that value for you now that you've seen it. Thanks for doing this one. :-)
It absolutely has carried value for me since I’ve watched it. This film means a lot to me now, actually. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you’re still here ♥️
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?" - Hamlet This movie is both beautiful tragedy and sorrowful comedy that captures a unique and bittersweet vision of what might await us at the end of this existence. And with the passing of Robin Williams, it holds all that much more significance. May the joyful sadness that we carry in his memory relieve even a minute fraction of the weight of his personal albatross. May he find the peace he was seeking and no longer linger needlessly in the sorrow of this world that burdened him so.
Ironic considering Robin played a character in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet only 2 years earlier. That's another tear jerker for those that can gel with the Shakespeare lingo.
When Chris goes to the city in Heaven where people are flying around, watch for charakters from "Peter Pan" (Wendy, Michael and John)! And Mary Poppins is also among the people flying!
People tend to hate on this movie but it is my favorite Robin Williams movie out there. The concept is intriguing, the visuals are stunning, and the acting? Ugh so very good. Every time.
watching your reaction and seeing this movie again had me crying again I love this movie it's so beautiful to me and it makes me feel so much at one time. Great video😭
Just watched the movie for the first time last week and looked on TH-cam for reactions (there aren't many) and your reaction did not disappoint. You have a wonderful compassionate heart.
This is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, especially the "painting" aesthetic for his heaven. It's something that I can't rewatch often because it hurts so much, but it's such a great movie. This is probably the best story of happy endings. Everything goes so wrong, and is so bad, but the destination is so good.
I told you this is a AWESOME TERRIBLE movie. Most people have never watched it or have never watched it twice because it is so strongly emotional and soooo deep no one wants to face DEATH as we all will die.
That's the difference between vulgar explosions in Armageddon and genuine artistry in WDMC. Even MJY was basically just imitating a real gorilla, for which there is plenty of reference footage to work from. Then you have What Dreams May Come which is often just taking a literary description of still artwork of heaven and hell and bringing it to life in a way that fully brings you into it - exploring both Christy's wonder and terror.
Sam, in 2015 as part of finishing my Masters, I trained as a hospital/hospice chaplain at a large level 1 trauma center where I live. As a function of that training, I spent several hundred hours with actively dying persons and their families. If you ever want/need an unbiased ear to bend about some of the subject matter this film uncovered for you, I would be happy to listen. Now back to making my usual left turns and doughnuts. Take care.
The original prints of the film, which were stored at a video vault in Universal Studios Hollywood's backlot, were lost in the June 1st, 2008 backlot fire!
My parents saw this in the theater. They went to dinner afterwards and my mom was still sobbing in the restaurant...to the point people were glaring at my dad thinking he'd done something. She's never watched it since. I didn't see it until I was an adult and the scene that always gets me is the one when you realize the Asian woman is his daughter and why she chose to appear to him that way. Such a beautiful but heartbreaking film.
I have always found this movie so tragically beautiful. So much love, hurt, pain, beauty and this journey of discovery of self and love and the amazing storyline around the recognition of souls regardless of the exterior. No one asked for this film, but I am thankful for it, it is art. Somehow it simultaneously scars, heals and awakens. When it comes down to it this is a story about every kind of love, friend, parent/child, furfamily, soulmate and it's kind of a raw journey, you see the ugly and the beautiful :) I always cry in this film, happy and sad tears. I cried watching this with you and it was the edited version hahaha.
Max von Sydow, who plays the Tracker, had an extraordinarily long and distinguished career, which started in Sweden with the legendary Ingmar Bergman. The most famous of their films together was The Seventh Seal, where he plays a man who's just died and challenges Death to a chess game over whether he can return to life. So his taking this role is very much in reference to that.
No offense... But I don't think you're an Atheist. If you think there's a possibility of an afterlife, but not sure, then you're probably "agnostic." But hey, you do you. God bless.
@@matt475 I think you misunderstand what those terms mean. Agnostic is not "atheist-lite", it specifically refers to a claim of knowledge or lack thereof while atheism refers to a lack of belief. Someone can be both atheist, does not have a belief in god(s), and agnostic, does not claim to know whether or not god(s) exist. Edit: actually, atheism isn't just about gods, but theology in general, so a Buddhist isn't an atheist just because they don't believe in deities. Also, atheists are not necessarily _ANTItheists_ who actively attack religion, most of us just want to be left alone.
Same. I remember learning about a disease that makes it so we can’t recognize faces. People can’t recognize their own children. Then my grandmother got dementia and she as a person disappeared. I began to understand then that the thing I think of as “me” is just memory and that can be erased while we are still alive. It’s definitely gone after death when the wires shut down. Before I was born, I didn’t exist. Same after I die. My DNA could have continued if I’d had kids but over time even that would be altered. We are here for a little while, then we aren’t. But I was raised with the concept of an afterlife and I still like to daydream about it. What my perfect one would be. For me, it would be walking through those best memories again. Getting to experience those magic seconds of happiness over and over for eternity. It’s like Christmas celebrations. I know now how the presents get under the tree, but I still listen to Christmas carols about Santa and his sleigh.
You were very brave to dive into this hyper emotional film. I ADORED this movie and your reaction is simply wonderful. I love how involved you get in your videos. I am 51 and used to believe this type of afterlife. I’m now an atheist and somehow that comforts me. Sending hugs to you for feeling the feels today, and I’m still pulling for The Fisher King. It’s emotional, but you won’t be in a puddle at the end. 🥰💜🥰
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed this. I've heard a few others say they're atheist; I would probably say I'm agnostic. I believe in (or hope for) something afterwards but I don't know what it could be. I wish I could continue the Robin William's train but next Friday will be the last one for a bit, so we'll see what I watch! I got fun plans for the rest of this year for y'all 👀
I hope for something after death as well, so I guess I go between agnostic and atheist. Thanks again for reacting to such a profound movie. Something to know is that The Fisher King is hardly reacted to on TH-cam at all. I’ve been trying to find other reactions and only found one. If that information goes into you choosing your last Robin Williams movie, that would be great. For some reason I just really think you would like it. Take care!
The art style was animated by Animatronix. Starring Robin Williams and Teri Hatcher as a couple who lost their children, then Robin Williams gets killed by a car bringing him to his version of Heaven
I understand what you’re saying. At first them not being their true self, it’s kind of like a weaning process in heaven. It’s kind of like putting that bag of new fish on top of the water of your aquarium so it’s not so shocking, and to acclimate to the temperature. Eventually Chris was able to see everyone in their true form.
Yeah someone saying this movie is a tear jerker, is a great understatement. Great reaction to a great movie. I hope the after life is wonderful like this movie.
I knew this movie was sad but man I was sobbing the whole time. I watched this movie in Highschool so I guess I was trying to hold in the tears back then in class because that would be embarrassing. It’s a super beautiful movie. Even more now that Robins passed.
I can't count how many times I've seen this movie yet Everytime I'm 🥺🥺😭😭😭😭 . I agree with others that it's Robin Williams' genuineness and 💜 that he put in2 every character that just Pulls the viewer (& the viewer's heart) right in 🎣
21:44, Max von Sydow. Many remember Father Merryn from the Exorcist. He had a cameo in another RW heartbreaker "Awakenings". Not easy watching (based on true stories, kind of).
I've said it before in a reaction video of your @TheOGBojangles : Many people know Robing Williams as a comedian, but when he did drama/'"serious roles" - WOW, he really hit home. Truly a talented man. I hope he found peace.
My mother showed this movie to me when I was like 12, heavy for a 12 year old, sure, but it has given me a peace in my life I can't really explain. Loved this!
Believe me or dont but, in 2012 I was status epileptic. I was on a ventilator for a week and a half and the drs told my husband of 6 months that there was nothing they could do and to start making arrangements. I saw my great aunt in heaven. I also saw my grandpa rocking a baby with thick dark brown hair. My great aunt told me that I needed to go back and I was not done with what I needed to do on earth. I was only there for a short while but, it felt like I was there for years and very sad when I returned. I am very excited to return someday. In 2015 I gave birth to a babygirl with thick dark brown hair. I believe that was the baby my grandpa was rocking. Also, my 4 year old has told me stories since she was three of her time in heaven before she was born. Jobs people have and what God looks like and how she became herself and picked us as her family. We are not a religious family. We celebrate the holidays, I grew up catholic but we do not attend church so she doesn't know much about it. I find it so interesting.
BoJeezy. Your Patreon subs never fail to take you to the top of the mountain with their choices. This was an amazing movie choice to react to. What an exploration into the afterlife. More questions than answers for sure. That is what makes this movie great. Nothing is easy to digest but it must be, in order t complete the journey. Great react. You shed so many tears.
@@OGBReacts I was too. The visual description of suicide was next level. Such imagination. Today's movie have so much tech and visual effects, but don't have that spark of imagination. I think that creativiity has gone into video games.
Thank you for this reaction. This is my favorite movie, i watch every time i need a good cry. Regarding the kids choice to have different bodies - what Albert tells Chris in the end is really interesting (and true, IMO) - you sometime need your parents to look at you as a person, not just as their kid. And vice versa. You need to look at your parents as people, not only as your parents. So if Chris wants to get to really know his kids, he needs to get to know them as individuals, and this can happen only if they have different bodies. This is also why "Albert" tells him that he will see his kids when he'll be ready to see them. They are right in front of him, but he doesn't see them yet. Annie, on the other hand, is more than ready to see them, so she does. Chris in the beginning is pining for Annie, he's not fully ready to see his kids just yet. I just love the fact that he can meet the kids as grown ups, see them for who they really are, and only then he's ready to actually "see" them. This concept was really interesting to me, to see our loved ones as who they really are, without "old baggage". Also, READ THE BOOK. it's different from the movie, obviously, but really dives in to some of these concepts and ideas. So, yeah, it's my favorite movie. It hurts and it makes me cry every single time, but that's why i love it.
This is one of my favorite movies … ever. It has been since it came out. It’s also one of those Robin Williams movies where I don’t think he got enough credit for his skill as a dramatic actor. He and Annabella Sciorra were amazing. It’s also one of the rare times where I completely feel that the movie is better than the book that it’s based on. If you liked this movie, you should try Bicentennial Man and Patch Adams. Other Robin Williams movies like this one that were either disliked at the time they came out or went largely unnoticed. I’m looking forward to this reaction.
This reaction illustrates perfectly why I watch reaction videos. I loved all the emotion you gave and as hard as it was, I loved going there with you. I've been medically dead five separate times, and all of those five separate times happened before I was 14. Fear of death is completely human and understandable, but I sort of long for it because having died and been so close to death at least 3 more times, my body wants to be done sometimes. I also am with you about his kids. My father didn't start showing me love until I was 16 because I was so far from perfect and he wanted perfect in his kids and he blamed himself for my imperfections. So, I think I would show myself to my father in death as my mother in high school. She was his first love and she crushed him when she divorced him, even though it was the right thing to do. Ooh... I'm rambling now, but that was a beautiful reaction, thank you for it.
this movie is so emotional for everyone. I think it hits many of us on a deep level of belief and hope. We can find comfort thinking that those who have gone from our lives will find each other in some way to be happy together. Many of my family has moved on, and with what happened with Robin as well, I didn't expect it to hit me as hard as it did. Keep the great reactions coming.
this was crazy. I have never seen this movie as an adult and, I just want to say I really appreciate your reaction and transparency at the end. Cuz as I get older, death is honestly really kind of scary for me. SO this movie was an unexpected examination for some really personal things. All that to say, thank you...it is really nice to see someone so genuine and know that I'm not alone. I really am thankful for your channel. it helps and comforts. you're the best. thank you :) what a truly beautiful movie. Robin Williams really was a brilliant man.
Thank you so much for watching ♥️ Trust me, you’re not alone. And I’m glad you can see that through this video. I’m glad my channel brings comfort, that’s all I want to do for people. We’ll all be okay. Thank you again.
Mara Wilson, who played Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire, really wanted to play Williams' daughter again in this film, probably because she was aging out of the "precocious little girl" roles all her acting success was based on and this could have been an easy bridge to other kinds of work. But she didn't get it, and retired from acting in favor of writing soon afterward. Which she's pretty awesome at, so that was probably for the best.
@@OGBReacts I’m so glad you enjoyed it tho. When you were pointing your finger i felt like you were scolding me lol loved the reaction and i cried with you
This is an amazing movie. The first time I saw it, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, maybe I was in the wrong head space. I watch it now, and really feel it.
I'm really late to watching this but the walking through the painting effect was actually done using the same technology that the matrix bullet effect used to track them properly.
I was waiting for you to do this one! What Dreams May Come is one of my favorite movies, I have seen it at least a dozen times and cry Everytime:/ There is an Alternate ending also, the "official" ending is sweet but I prefer the alternate as it is a little deeper dealing with issues from their past lives, I recommend watching the alternate ending yourself for a bit of a different perspective on their reincarnation. Thank you for sharing your emotional journey with us
For those of you who stayed watching by the end, thank you. I was pretty open about my own feelings and thoughts because of how much of an impact this movie had on me. This was an emotional roller coaster, but it was also just... really nice to watch because of how relatable it was. Again, thank you for watching.
Nice to see a content creator willing to take an emotional rollercoaster and be honest about it, we need more of this honestly. Nicely done.
@@bouncerboytimmy69 Thank you so much!
I watch this movie as a teen , had some real existential angst about death and the after life, it’s sounds sill to type but this movie really helped me deal and resolve a lot of those issues
Yeah, this is a tough one … thanks for continuing to be so open about your feelings. I was crying along with you 🥲and am glad you can share this with your partner and comfort each other and enjoy your own connection (here’s a virtual hug)🙂
@@ian_forbes Thanks Ian 🥺♥️
He made us laugh; he made us cry... Robin Williams was so genuine, he could take us through whole range of emotions and back! RIP.
This and legends of the fall absolutely destroy me and make me cry every single time. I cried just watching this reaction. I don't think I've ever cried as much in a theater as this movie.
I ugly-cried with you. This is one of Robin Williams most underrated movies. It didn't get very much attention in theaters because people like to remember him more for his high-energy comedies. It sat on Blockbuster's shelf and rarely got rented, but the few of us who did rent it were not only moved by it, we were changed by it. It holds a special place in my DVD collection. I'm glad to see that it is still as impactful today, and even more so knowing what eventually would happen to Robin Williams. RIP
Thank you for watching and I'm sorry you cried too!
When I was 15 my father died of cancer, my mom started drinking heavily and my family completely feel apart. A few months later a family friend sexually assaulted me and my mom was in no condition to deal with it, so she just didn't. I started drinking and smoking and dropped out of school and get in a really dark place. I started cutting a little bit and I became very suicidal. My mother gave me this book to read, the book expands much more than the movie on what hell is. In the book if you commit suicide you have no idea you are dead, it's your life as you recognize it but with everything going wrong all the time, everything you can think of, in an endless loop that you can't break free from, no matter how hard you try. Reading that book is what literally saved my life and changed my mindset about life, death, heaven, hell and reincarnation. It's always been one of my favorite stories, as heartbreaking as it is. I'm in my mid 50s now, with 2 grown kids and 4 grandkids. We lost my mom to cancer last year and my sister is having a hard time dealing with it. I gave her this book and the movie.
Wow. That is all incredibly heavy and I'm so sorry you had to deal with all that as you grew up. Nobody deserves any of that whatsoever, and again, I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing this here. I do hope you're in a better place nowadays.
I'm sorry for your loss as well. I hope she's at peace.
@@OGBReacts Thank you hon, yes I'm in a great place now. I'm so glad I stuck around. No matter how bad things seem, they do eventually get better and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not sure if there is a heaven, but I hope there is and it gives me a great sense of peace to believe that mom and dad are together again. ♥
@@marybrown6128 10000% agreed!
I can genuinely say that this movie is one of my favorites. As a widower this gives me hope that one day I will see my amazing wife again and I hope that it is like this, just a place of the ultimate beauty where we can be together again.
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Stay true; not blue. You shall have eternal rest in your heart, when peace finally comes, and sorrow is no more the future, but the past.
You will see her smile again. Have faith my friend.
We all cried to this movie. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Robin Williams knows how to bring it.
"I think I waited for my partner."
Gets me everytime.
This whole movie got me D:
Well, clearly 🤣
When the bird poopson him I was reminded of Hook
Me: *sees What Dreams May Come* Oh boy, this is going to be a tough one.
Big. Time.
Literally the exact words out of my own mouth.
Not gonna cry, not gonna cry, not gonna cry, not gonna cr 🥺😢😭😭😭😭😭
thank you for reacting to this. it is a GREAT film that is so underrated!
Even watching it edited for TH-cam, i still cry.
Same 💜
I`m crying again, and I `ve seen this movie many, many times... it gets me, every one of them.
Same lol 🥲
Love the reaction. Now go watch this with your partner and cry up a storm while hugging each other. 😭😭😭
The 2000 film, The Cell, is basically a dark companion piece to this film.
Don't mind me, just dropping a lil Shakespeare (Hamlet) a favorite piece of verse & a favorite movie period...
"To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come."
This movie is the one movie that makes me cry each and every time I see it.
I just watched this movie last weekend for the first time since it came out way back in 1998 when I was in high school. It had been so long since I'd seen it that I had totally forgotten what it was about. Sadly, my husband of 22 years passed away almost 4 months ago very suddenly and unexpectedly, so this movie really hit me like a ton of bricks since it was so close to home for me and what I'm currently going through after such a significant and tragic loss. My husband was my best friend, my rock, and my soulmate. We had been together since I was only 18 and were rarely ever apart. I must have gone through two whole boxes of tissues during this movie. As difficult as it was to watch, it was extremely cathartic since it allowed me to have that big emotional release that I so desperately needed. This is an incredibly powerful movie that really makes you think. There is absolutely no way you can come out of watching this movie without having an entirely different outlook on life and death and that forever soul connection that we will always have with our loved ones. I will definitely watch it again when I feel like a need another good cry.
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry about for your loss. I can't imagine that pain.
With me while watching this film, I was just thinking about my partner and how they're truly my soulmate and my rock, and I was also just thinking about the concept of it all as well. Just sad but also a needed watch.
Again, so sorry for your loss. And thank you for watching.
Losing a spouse or longtime life partner is definitely a pain and loneliness that is beyond words. It also induces an anxiety like none other. As soon as you grasp the fact that they are gone and never coming back, you start to panic because you don't know what your future holds without them. I've never experienced grief at this level before. I've never had a loss that has nearly incapacitated me the way that losing my husband has. We first met and started dating when I was only 18 years old. We actually met the very same week that I graduated from high school. Believe it or not, we met in an AOL chatroom in June of 2000! We lived 3-1/2 hours apart in different states, but drove all that way to meet me and the rest is history. He was 11 years older than me, so some people didn't think we would last (including my own parents), but we proved them all wrong! I truly believe that we were soulmates. We had and almost instant connection. We built a bond and an unconditional love for each other that could never be broken. Of course, our marriage wasn't perfect. No marriage or relationship is! We had our fair share of ups and downs and we butted heads at times, but we always could lean on each other and we remained loyal to each other until the end, no matter how tough things got. I wouldn't wish this pain upon my worst enemy!
I saw this movie when it was first released on HBO back when I was a kid. I was homesick from school and said I’ll try this movie it has stuck with me majority of my life
That bit Robin said about the suicide hits a lot differently after recent events.
I only recently watched this film, my husband prefaced it by saying, "this is the best Robin Williams movie.", which in retrospect is a sweet thing to tell your wife ❤
I absolutely love this movie. I always have. It is an Beautiful Awesome movie!! The Tracker took on the look of the first doctor chris interned under because he had always watched out for chris and wanted to continue to do so as they went looking for annie.
I couldn't comment much during this one. Because I was crying all over again. In some of the darkest moments of my life my mind has come back to this movie to help me find my way through them. As someone who has lived with chronic depression my whole life, who has been suicidal, who is now married and has children ... this story has come back me many times in dark moments where I needed it most. For me, that's what good art does. I hope it carries some of that value for you now that you've seen it. Thanks for doing this one. :-)
It absolutely has carried value for me since I’ve watched it. This film means a lot to me now, actually. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you’re still here ♥️
Yikes, this is one of those movies that just sticks to you forever. Such a gorgeous movie and a visual triumph.
So many tears is right. Just rewatched it as a more mature adult rather than a teenager. I thought I was gonna turn into a California raisin.
Great job on this one!!!!..this one is heavy hitter and impossible to keep it together...glad you liked it.
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?"
- Hamlet
This movie is both beautiful tragedy and sorrowful comedy that captures a unique and bittersweet vision of what might await us at the end of this existence. And with the passing of Robin Williams, it holds all that much more significance. May the joyful sadness that we carry in his memory relieve even a minute fraction of the weight of his personal albatross. May he find the peace he was seeking and no longer linger needlessly in the sorrow of this world that burdened him so.
Ironic considering Robin played a character in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet only 2 years earlier.
That's another tear jerker for those that can gel with the Shakespeare lingo.
When Chris goes to the city in Heaven where people are flying around, watch for charakters from "Peter Pan" (Wendy, Michael and John)! And Mary Poppins is also among the people flying!
That's so cool!
The book goes so much deeper. I highly recommend it!
Sam: Well that’s nice ☺️
Robin Williams: and that was the last time I saw them alive
Sam: 😧
LMFAO
People tend to hate on this movie but it is my favorite Robin Williams movie out there. The concept is intriguing, the visuals are stunning, and the acting? Ugh so very good. Every time.
My favourite Robin Williams movie too♥️. I cry my eyes out every time I watch it. I cryed even watching this reaction.
I feel the only ones that hate on this movie must have no heart
It took me a long time before I could watch this movie again after Robin died.
That spot where you cried first with Chris and his daughter meeting up to play chess is my rough spot in the movie too. And every time I watch
I saw this in the theater when it came out. All I remember was "amazing colors" + "crying". Odd juxtaposition between beauty and grief.
Sam the best advice I can give you. Don't fear death, fear not living life. And not living life to the fullest.
Feels is a deep rabbit hole.
If you cant tell the movie is a modern day interpretation of "Dantes Inferno". And IMO the PINACLE of Williams work.
watching your reaction and seeing this movie again had me crying again I love this movie it's so beautiful to me and it makes me feel so much at one time. Great video😭
Just watched the movie for the first time last week and looked on TH-cam for reactions (there aren't many) and your reaction did not disappoint. You have a wonderful compassionate heart.
Thank you so much!
This is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, especially the "painting" aesthetic for his heaven. It's something that I can't rewatch often because it hurts so much, but it's such a great movie. This is probably the best story of happy endings. Everything goes so wrong, and is so bad, but the destination is so good.
I told you this is a AWESOME TERRIBLE movie. Most people have never watched it or have never watched it twice because it is so strongly emotional and soooo deep no one wants to face DEATH as we all will die.
The film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, which is surprising, considering it beat out Armageddon and Mighty Joe Young for the title.
I think it`s quite well earned, though, since it held up pretty well and aged really fine.
That's the difference between vulgar explosions in Armageddon and genuine artistry in WDMC.
Even MJY was basically just imitating a real gorilla, for which there is plenty of reference footage to work from.
Then you have What Dreams May Come which is often just taking a literary description of still artwork of heaven and hell and bringing it to life in a way that fully brings you into it - exploring both Christy's wonder and terror.
Sam, in 2015 as part of finishing my Masters, I trained as a hospital/hospice chaplain at a large level 1 trauma center where I live. As a function of that training, I spent several hundred hours with actively dying persons and their families. If you ever want/need an unbiased ear to bend about some of the subject matter this film uncovered for you, I would be happy to listen. Now back to making my usual left turns and doughnuts. Take care.
This movie was one of the last ones I shared with my dad... It means so much that you reacted to it... Thank you so very much
Thank you for watching ♥️
This movie is truly something
The original prints of the film, which were stored at a video vault in Universal Studios Hollywood's backlot, were lost in the June 1st, 2008 backlot fire!
Oh NO
I think a part of my soul just crushed on that info. u.u
5:13 "They are all the way out in Fairfield."
This part surprised me. I grew up in Fairfield.
My parents saw this in the theater. They went to dinner afterwards and my mom was still sobbing in the restaurant...to the point people were glaring at my dad thinking he'd done something. She's never watched it since. I didn't see it until I was an adult and the scene that always gets me is the one when you realize the Asian woman is his daughter and why she chose to appear to him that way. Such a beautiful but heartbreaking film.
That would’ve been me at the restaurant if I saw this in theaters 😩
Crazy, this was 1998 so I was 2 🤪
I have always found this movie so tragically beautiful. So much love, hurt, pain, beauty and this journey of discovery of self and love and the amazing storyline around the recognition of souls regardless of the exterior. No one asked for this film, but I am thankful for it, it is art. Somehow it simultaneously scars, heals and awakens. When it comes down to it this is a story about every kind of love, friend, parent/child, furfamily, soulmate and it's kind of a raw journey, you see the ugly and the beautiful :)
I always cry in this film, happy and sad tears. I cried watching this with you and it was the edited version hahaha.
Oh goodness well thank you for watching!
If this movie doesn't bring the tears, you're not human.
I guess I'm pretty human lmao
Super human over here. 🖐️
Max von Sydow, who plays the Tracker, had an extraordinarily long and distinguished career, which started in Sweden with the legendary Ingmar Bergman. The most famous of their films together was The Seventh Seal, where he plays a man who's just died and challenges Death to a chess game over whether he can return to life. So his taking this role is very much in reference to that.
This is a beautiful story. I’m Atheist but if there is an afterlife I’d hope we’d get to decide our own heaven. Mine would be an 80s/90s dance party!
this made me smile
No offense... But I don't think you're an Atheist. If you think there's a possibility of an afterlife, but not sure, then you're probably "agnostic." But hey, you do you. God bless.
@@matt475 Well, it’s not that I think there is; it’s that I hope I’m wrong and there is.
@@matt475 I think you misunderstand what those terms mean. Agnostic is not "atheist-lite", it specifically refers to a claim of knowledge or lack thereof while atheism refers to a lack of belief. Someone can be both atheist, does not have a belief in god(s), and agnostic, does not claim to know whether or not god(s) exist.
Edit: actually, atheism isn't just about gods, but theology in general, so a Buddhist isn't an atheist just because they don't believe in deities. Also, atheists are not necessarily _ANTItheists_ who actively attack religion, most of us just want to be left alone.
Same. I remember learning about a disease that makes it so we can’t recognize faces. People can’t recognize their own children. Then my grandmother got dementia and she as a person disappeared. I began to understand then that the thing I think of as “me” is just memory and that can be erased while we are still alive. It’s definitely gone after death when the wires shut down.
Before I was born, I didn’t exist. Same after I die. My DNA could have continued if I’d had kids but over time even that would be altered. We are here for a little while, then we aren’t.
But I was raised with the concept of an afterlife and I still like to daydream about it. What my perfect one would be. For me, it would be walking through those best memories again. Getting to experience those magic seconds of happiness over and over for eternity.
It’s like Christmas celebrations. I know now how the presents get under the tree, but I still listen to Christmas carols about Santa and his sleigh.
You were very brave to dive into this hyper emotional film. I ADORED this movie and your reaction is simply wonderful. I love how involved you get in your videos. I am 51 and used to believe this type of afterlife. I’m now an atheist and somehow that comforts me. Sending hugs to you for feeling the feels today, and I’m still pulling for The Fisher King. It’s emotional, but you won’t be in a puddle at the end. 🥰💜🥰
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed this.
I've heard a few others say they're atheist; I would probably say I'm agnostic. I believe in (or hope for) something afterwards but I don't know what it could be.
I wish I could continue the Robin William's train but next Friday will be the last one for a bit, so we'll see what I watch!
I got fun plans for the rest of this year for y'all 👀
💜
I hope for something after death as well, so I guess I go between agnostic and atheist. Thanks again for reacting to such a profound movie. Something to know is that The Fisher King is hardly reacted to on TH-cam at all. I’ve been trying to find other reactions and only found one. If that information goes into you choosing your last Robin Williams movie, that would be great. For some reason I just really think you would like it. Take care!
@@jesterforhire Thank you! That’s one I definitely want to do!
I get really excited when people react to this, very few do unfortunately, it's such a hidden gem!
Wait, so much has happened in the first 6minutes of this video, this movie is wild
This reaction video is one of the best reactions on TH-cam
Noooo stop that! You're too kind, thank you!
The art style was animated by Animatronix. Starring Robin Williams and Teri Hatcher as a couple who lost their children, then Robin Williams gets killed by a car bringing him to his version of Heaven
I understand what you’re saying. At first them not being their true self, it’s kind of like a weaning process in heaven. It’s kind of like putting that bag of new fish on top of the water of your aquarium so it’s not so shocking, and to acclimate to the temperature. Eventually Chris was able to see everyone in their true form.
Thank you. Speaking of tears (but still some hope) The Fisher King is a necessary candidate.
I've seen this movie at least 100 times and it kills me every darn time. This is my favorite Robin Williams movie. Thank you for reacting to it.
Of course! Thank you for watching
Holy mackerel...
I find your channel on this video?
I weeped. Several times.
Thank you.
Welcome on into the madness, my friend 🥲♥️
Yeah someone saying this movie is a tear jerker, is a great understatement. Great reaction to a great movie. I hope the after life is wonderful like this movie.
Thank you! Agreed!
I knew this movie was sad but man I was sobbing the whole time. I watched this movie in Highschool so I guess I was trying to hold in the tears back then in class because that would be embarrassing. It’s a super beautiful movie. Even more now that Robins passed.
Robin Williams is a treasure.
Watch Awakening with him and Robert De Niro, it’s a gem.
I loved this film, but it is very hard to rewatch. 😭
I can't count how many times I've seen this movie yet Everytime I'm 🥺🥺😭😭😭😭 .
I agree with others that it's Robin Williams' genuineness and 💜 that he put in2 every character that just Pulls the viewer (& the viewer's heart) right in 🎣
One of the most beautiful and romantic movies I've ever seen. Much better than silly Rom-Coms.
Great. Another release on the day im cutting all my damn onions. Thanks a lot...
🤣🤣🤣
Watching this movie makes me cry even more now than when I first watch the movie because of how much I miss Robin Williams.
Patch Adams and Jack are other Robin Williams movies that you should react to. ♥️
This movie is visually stunning,especially on a big screen tv.
your reactions where on point ,this is one of my favorite movies im glad you enjoyed it...
I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed!
21:44, Max von Sydow. Many remember Father Merryn from the Exorcist. He had a cameo in another RW heartbreaker "Awakenings". Not easy watching (based on true stories, kind of).
I've said it before in a reaction video of your @TheOGBojangles : Many people know Robing Williams as a comedian, but when he did drama/'"serious roles" - WOW, he really hit home. Truly a talented man. I hope he found peace.
The Sadness Kicks In This Movie
My mother showed this movie to me when I was like 12, heavy for a 12 year old, sure, but it has given me a peace in my life I can't really explain. Loved this!
The directors Mother is among the people flying around in the great library!
I love that!
Believe me or dont but, in 2012 I was status epileptic. I was on a ventilator for a week and a half and the drs told my husband of 6 months that there was nothing they could do and to start making arrangements. I saw my great aunt in heaven. I also saw my grandpa rocking a baby with thick dark brown hair. My great aunt told me that I needed to go back and I was not done with what I needed to do on earth. I was only there for a short while but, it felt like I was there for years and very sad when I returned. I am very excited to return someday. In 2015 I gave birth to a babygirl with thick dark brown hair. I believe that was the baby my grandpa was rocking. Also, my 4 year old has told me stories since she was three of her time in heaven before she was born. Jobs people have and what God looks like and how she became herself and picked us as her family. We are not a religious family. We celebrate the holidays, I grew up catholic but we do not attend church so she doesn't know much about it. I find it so interesting.
BoJeezy. Your Patreon subs never fail to take you to the top of the mountain with their choices. This was an amazing movie choice to react to. What an exploration into the afterlife. More questions than answers for sure. That is what makes this movie great. Nothing is easy to digest but it must be, in order t complete the journey.
Great react. You shed so many tears.
Patreon subs definitely know what they’re choosing!! ♥️
Thank you for watching
I’m glad you enjoyed it
And yes
I was a big ol baby
@@OGBReacts I was too. The visual description of suicide was next level. Such imagination. Today's movie have so much tech and visual effects, but don't have that spark of imagination.
I think that creativiity has gone into video games.
Thank you for this reaction. This is my favorite movie, i watch every time i need a good cry.
Regarding the kids choice to have different bodies - what Albert tells Chris in the end is really interesting (and true, IMO) - you sometime need your parents to look at you as a person, not just as their kid. And vice versa. You need to look at your parents as people, not only as your parents. So if Chris wants to get to really know his kids, he needs to get to know them as individuals, and this can happen only if they have different bodies.
This is also why "Albert" tells him that he will see his kids when he'll be ready to see them. They are right in front of him, but he doesn't see them yet. Annie, on the other hand, is more than ready to see them, so she does. Chris in the beginning is pining for Annie, he's not fully ready to see his kids just yet.
I just love the fact that he can meet the kids as grown ups, see them for who they really are, and only then he's ready to actually "see" them. This concept was really interesting to me, to see our loved ones as who they really are, without "old baggage".
Also, READ THE BOOK. it's different from the movie, obviously, but really dives in to some of these concepts and ideas.
So, yeah, it's my favorite movie. It hurts and it makes me cry every single time, but that's why i love it.
This is one of my favorite movies … ever. It has been since it came out. It’s also one of those Robin Williams movies where I don’t think he got enough credit for his skill as a dramatic actor. He and Annabella Sciorra were amazing. It’s also one of the rare times where I completely feel that the movie is better than the book that it’s based on. If you liked this movie, you should try Bicentennial Man and Patch Adams. Other Robin Williams movies like this one that were either disliked at the time they came out or went largely unnoticed. I’m looking forward to this reaction.
This reaction illustrates perfectly why I watch reaction videos. I loved all the emotion you gave and as hard as it was, I loved going there with you. I've been medically dead five separate times, and all of those five separate times happened before I was 14. Fear of death is completely human and understandable, but I sort of long for it because having died and been so close to death at least 3 more times, my body wants to be done sometimes. I also am with you about his kids. My father didn't start showing me love until I was 16 because I was so far from perfect and he wanted perfect in his kids and he blamed himself for my imperfections. So, I think I would show myself to my father in death as my mother in high school. She was his first love and she crushed him when she divorced him, even though it was the right thing to do. Ooh... I'm rambling now, but that was a beautiful reaction, thank you for it.
Thank you for sharing and thank you for watching!
I always appreciate your comments, Katie!
this movie is so emotional for everyone. I think it hits many of us on a deep level of belief and hope. We can find comfort thinking that those who have gone from our lives will find each other in some way to be happy together. Many of my family has moved on, and with what happened with Robin as well, I didn't expect it to hit me as hard as it did. Keep the great reactions coming.
In a way and think about this. This was the “Soul” of the 90s… 💙
So beautiful movie... i cry everytime. Such a genuine reaction.
Thank you
Omg I love this movie couldn't stop watching it when it came out
Now I remember why I only watched it once crying again loved your reaction 💜
I'm glad you enjoyed!
The Fisher King is another great Robin Williams performance.
Robin Williams is so good in that film.
Another of my favorites is Patch Addams.
Robin Williams was an oscar winner for best supporting actor from the movie, 'Good Will Hunting'
this was crazy. I have never seen this movie as an adult and, I just want to say I really appreciate your reaction and transparency at the end. Cuz as I get older, death is honestly really kind of scary for me. SO this movie was an unexpected examination for some really personal things. All that to say, thank you...it is really nice to see someone so genuine and know that I'm not alone. I really am thankful for your channel. it helps and comforts. you're the best. thank you :) what a truly beautiful movie. Robin Williams really was a brilliant man.
Thank you so much for watching ♥️
Trust me, you’re not alone. And I’m glad you can see that through this video. I’m glad my channel brings comfort, that’s all I want to do for people.
We’ll all be okay.
Thank you again.
@@OGBReacts wow. thank YOU. I hope you and yours are safe and sound and once again, Thank you :) #whyaremyeyesleaking lol
Mara Wilson, who played Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire, really wanted to play Williams' daughter again in this film, probably because she was aging out of the "precocious little girl" roles all her acting success was based on and this could have been an easy bridge to other kinds of work. But she didn't get it, and retired from acting in favor of writing soon afterward. Which she's pretty awesome at, so that was probably for the best.
Oh girl im the one that asked for this and i want to say im sorry 😢 i know the pain of this
LMAOOOOO It's okay!! I cried a lot though
@@OGBReacts I’m so glad you enjoyed it tho. When you were pointing your finger i felt like you were scolding me lol loved the reaction and i cried with you
"If you're aware you exist, then you do." Damn good line.
This is an amazing movie. The first time I saw it, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, maybe I was in the wrong head space. I watch it now, and really feel it.
I'm really late to watching this but the walking through the painting effect was actually done using the same technology that the matrix bullet effect used to track them properly.
I’ve never seen this movie, and I’m already prepared to cry.
Get the tissues!!!
This is my favorite movie of all-time. Thank you for sharing your reaction. I promise I cried more than you did when I first saw it lol
I’m glad you enjoyed the reaction ♥️ Thank you so much!
It's a nice simplified hollywood take on a much deeper philosophy. I like this movie. It certainly gives you food for thought.
oh gosh your reaction hit me and i was crying with you haha....i love your reactions...you are fab :)
Thanks so much!! Sorry you cried; this movie HURTS!
Watching you try not to cry was kinda funny bc like, youre gonna cry and once you start thats basically it
TRUUUUUE
I was waiting for you to do this one! What Dreams May Come is one of my favorite movies, I have seen it at least a dozen times and cry Everytime:/ There is an Alternate ending also, the "official" ending is sweet but I prefer the alternate as it is a little deeper dealing with issues from their past lives, I recommend watching the alternate ending yourself for a bit of a different perspective on their reincarnation. Thank you for sharing your emotional journey with us
Sometimes I watch this movie and hope it’s really what happens when we die then I remember Robin Williams committed suicide