Kathy Bates was a little *TOO* good in this movie. This was the first movie I'd ever seen her in, and she was *SO* good that every time I saw her afterward, I became noticeably uncomfortable. She earned her Academy Award 100%!
When this movie came out I was in college. I was taking a sociology class from a guy who claimed that he knew Kathy Bates quite well. It was disturbingly easy to get him to waste class time talking about her. No idea if it was true, but obviously he was all about how lovely and sweet and kind she is as a human being. I can't get over how much fun she seems to be having whatever she's playing - especially all the fucked up human beings she played in "American Horror Story" with her BFF Jessica Lange. LMAO!!
@@karlmortoniv2951 Only semi-related was the college professor I had for a poetry and prose class who claimed Billy Crystal has once been her student. She was *constantly* bringing him up. It was somewhat exhausting. ;-)
@@alwayswrite2011 Sounds just like my guy. He would invariably begin every other day’s lecture with an account of the wedding he attended over the weekend that “my friend Kathy Bates” was also a guest at. Obviously it had to have been a kick to see her succeed so brilliantly, but it didn’t seem to be about her. Know what I mean?
@@karlmortoniv2951 Vicarious fame. They make for fun stories so long as you don't run them into the ground. For example, my girl and I were walking down Amsterdam Ave. in NY, NY, on our way to see JQ & the Bandits perform live, acapella. We were so wrapped up in conversation that we accidentally collided with a small group as they exited a restaurant. We all made quick checks to be sure no one was hurt and apologies were made all around, and our two groups went our separate ways. My girl and I took five steps before we froze in our tracks and looked back in shock. We'd literally bumped into Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Martin's wife at the time, Victoria Tennant. It's a fun story. I like telling it when conversations about brushes with fame come up. (Or vicarious fame, in this case.) But imagine how boorish it'd be if I told the story every time Steve Martin appeared on screen or I heard a Paul Simon song. Even *I* would roll my eyes at me! ;-)
More morals of the story: 1) Don't drive too fast on snow, even if you have a dope car and you're happy about an accomplishment. 2) If anyone ever says, "Look what you made me do," end that relationship immediately.
So if a guy bumps his wife while she's decorating a cake, causes her to screw up, and she says "look what you made me do" playfully, he should get a divorce immediately?
This is to date the only Stephen King adaptation to win an Oscar, for Kathy Bates as Best Actress. King himself was so impressed by her that he wrote an entire other book, Dolores Claiborne, for the sole purpose of her playing the title character. Which is also well worth checking out, by the way. It's actually kind of a shame how much her performance overshadows James Caan, who also does some career-best work here. The whole movie would fall apart if he ever once let up in making us feel the pain and vulnerability that Paul is in, and he never does. The role was actually quite hard to cast, as Rob Reiner really wanted a typically "manly" actor to make his position more shocking, and most of them didn't want to do it as they thought it would hurt their image to spend a whole movie at the mercy of a woman. But Caan said screw that noise, and we're all the richer for it.
Awww, I would LOVE for them to watch / react to Dolores Claiborne, as I love that film too. Not as much as I love "Misery," but Dolores Claiborne is definitely underrated.
Kathy Bates won a well deserved Oscar, but James Caan was a huge reason this film worked. It still amazes me to this day that this was the same guy that played Sonny Corleone. Paul and Sonny 2 vastly different character. I have a feeling that Annie and Sonny would have gotten along very well! lol
It's good if an actor can sit back and not be the main attraction. Subtlety goes a long way. I think James Can was an excellent actor. He could be very funny, too. I loved him in the movie with Nicholas Cage.
Even in Titanic she was a most awesome character of a real person even though Kate and Leonardo were the main characters she stood out with few scenes...as well as Victor Newman!!!(Eric Braden of course)
@@danyellsanders3964 she was great in Titanic. My parents and I always joked about Victor being on the Titanic lol Young and the restless is like the only soap I ever actually watched and enjoyed, next to Dallas. My parents got me into it but I haven't watched in years lol it's too late to return since I don't even know what I missed.
YES! Please allow me to present my arguments for Dolores Claiborne! 1. Kathy Bates has said this is her favorite role. She probably would have won the best actress Oscar for Dolores Claiborne had she not just won for Misery. 2. There are perhaps only one or two reactors who’ve reacted to this movie. 3. Christopher Plummer. This great actor just passed in February. 4. This isn’t really suspense or horror. It’s a King love story or two. You’ll see what I mean.
Kathy Bates was not known at all before this movie. She was mostly a stage actor but the Director Reiner, had seen one of her plays and knew she was brilliant. How many actress can say they won an Academy on their first feature film? If you want a heartwarming movie, she is amazing in Fried Green Tomatoes. Such a good movie! That was my first movie of hers. She is in my top 3 for actresses along with Angela Bassett and Bette Midler. Which is funny because Bette Midler turned down this role! She eventually said it was really stupid of her, lol. It worked out for us though because we got the amazing Kathy Bates. “She read one line,” Reiner shared. “She had a whole scene prepared, and after the first line, I said, ‘You don’t have to read, I know you’re great. You have the part.'” “She said, ‘Really?'” “And I said, ‘Yeah.'” “And she said, ‘Can I tell my mother?'” “I said, ‘Yeah, you can tell your mother.'”
If you can believe it, in the book she is even more brutal. (SPOILERS) She hacks off one of his feet with an axe and cauterizes it with a blowtorch. She also cuts off one of his thumbs with an electric knife.
I choke up a tiny bit every single time I watch the scene where he burns his book. The work, the hours, the imagination, and the entire fictional world in smoke. Makes the finale scene all the more enjoyable. There is a book that I read that I truly wish would become a movie: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
I remember watching this movie and then watching fried green tomatoes. I always thought it was amazing how Kathy Bates can portray a crazy villain person and then a total admirable and sweet person. She is a phenomenal actress
I don’t know if this is true, but didn’t Stephen King write Dolores Claiborne with Kathy Bates in mind because he was so impressed with her portrayal of Annie Wilkes?
The actress that plays Paul Sheldon's agent is gorgeous actress Lauren Bacall she was with Humfry Bogart when she was younger. You guys should look her up she's so gorgeous when she was younger. Love her and Jean Harlow ,Vivien Leigh,Grace Kelly(a real princess),and Marilyn Monroe.
Was that Lauren Bacall? Oh wow. I never paid that character much attention. I was too busy being afraid of Kathy Bates. Karen Bacall is definitely Hollywood royalty. She was apart of the Golden Age. The black and white tv and movie era.
How can someone possibly complain about your shirts .... I’m too busy laughing my ass off from your reactions !!!! Great work!!!!!! I love this channel!!!!
Something I realize about this movie just now that maybe a lot of people figured out the first time: there's a little bit of Arabian Nights in this with Paul prolonging his life with storytelling.
Yeah....uhh.....when she "hobbles" him in the book (block of wood and the sledge hammer) that was actually an axe she used in the book. The book was such a psychological mind fuck, taking place mostly in his head. Great vid, guys!
1408 with John Cusack is a great King adaptation too. It's my favorite King movie. You'll never listen to The Carpenters the same again.... "Don't Eyes Me Bro!"
I saw MiSERY in 1990 on the big screen and I was shaking in my skin. This movie was brilliant very well acted. Kathy Bates who played Annie Wilkes won a much deserved Academy Award. She was believable and terrifying. Annie scared the hell out of me. I loved this movie. ❤️❤️❤️❤️BTW? Misery was directed by Rob Reiner who also directed Stand By Me. Based on two Stephen King novels. Hope you two enjoy it too.
18:56 when she says, "God I love you." The timing before the cut when you both get wide eyed just fucking killed me 😂😂 glad I stumbled across your channel, keep up the good work dudes 😎👊
James Caan was amazing, this was the movie that made me a fan of his. You really felt the pain he was going through. That sledgehammer scene is still unforgettable.
Great movie. You should also do Stand By Me and The Dead Zone which are other Stephan King adaptions. Also The Running Man by Arnold Schwarzenegger is based on Stephan King book but the movie is much better than the book.
Steven King wrote Running Man under the pen name Richard Bachman. It wouldn't work as the plot from the book. He also wrote Thinner under that name which is a movie (haven't seen it) and The Long Walk is being made into a movie. His first book as Bachman is called Rage. It's about a school shooting and he took it out of print because he was afraid it would inspire more Columbines.
One of the reasons I enjoyed the book and movie is that it was written by Stephen King. He's so famous I can only imagine the psychos he's had to deal with over the years. Then he writes this story and I get the feeling the character of Annie is not that far from some people who've told him they were his number one fan. A particularly disturbing element to me is how she has an encyclopedic knowledge of his writing habits. It would creep me out to meet someone who knows every detail of how I work and they make a point of telling me that.
@@starry2006 i think i like the score and sound design for Carrie more but Kathy Bates acting is what makes me pick misery. But respect to you and your opinion😊
@@alexturnbull2615 Misery is good, but I think it's too obvious early on that she's disturbed. I love the climax that really makes it satisfying. The lead role is one to die for but respect to James Cann who really had to make his part convincing to make the film work and his role is harder.
Apparently the role of Paul Sheldon was originally offered to William Hurt, then Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford, but they all turned it down. One of the main reasons supposedly being they didn't like how passive a character Paul was, not that tough. James Caan absolutely crushed it in the role. I saw the Broadway production with Bruce Willis years ago. It wasn't all that great, but I would love to have seen it several more times. Had some really cool production features, and the hobbling scene was done just like in the movie.
Amazing how so many people turned down the movie, I an understand how they didn't like how passive he was; but the man was horribly injured so it made sense. James Caan did such a good job that I could not imagine anyone else doing the role.
"HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE COCKADOODIE CAAARRR!" James Caan's character's face was priceless after her rant. It was at that point he knew he f@@@ed up. Lol.
Caan's performance is very underrated in this. I think that being a normal character having to react to psychotic behavior is it's own form of great acting.
Watching this is like a sick pleasure. Because the build up to one of the worst scenes I’ve seen is so good. You keep thinking she can’t get anymore disturbed or crazy, & then BAM; mallet to the ankles. I still look away when it happens.
You gotta love James Caan in this movie. Kathy Bates gets a lot of the credit, but Caan does great work here, too. I love the touch at the end. When this poor innocent woman says, number one fan", and you can tell Paul's trying to be polite but he's also struggling not to vomit.
Great reaction. One of the best thrillers ever made, even on repeat viewing. The actor who plays Buster was nominated for an Oscar for The Straight Story, a classic film worthy of your list to watch.
Also, my brother and I both watched this when we were kids and cracked up at the part when he punches her with the pig statue, it cuts to his face and he's got a big-ass smile on his face, like he's holding back laughter.
I agree, this is one of the greatest films. My mom recommended this to me.. I watched it alone and the person who was in the same room stopped what theyre doing to focus on the movie. It happened twice
For The Walking Dead, they are like family in real life and enjoyed doing the show until the very end. They were all sad to go. Some of them even watched it and/or read the comics before even coming on the show and were fans themselves. They even called it their dream job.
Holy everything you two are entertaining as hell to watch. I really enjoyed your reaction! You got so engrossed and bounce off each other so well. Thanks for your hard work!
So there's a series called Castle Rock, which focuses on other characters from most of stephen king's books, but season 2 focuses a lot on Annie, which shows her past before the movie Misery.
If y’all like Stephen King stuff can y’all watch maximum overdrive? It’s one of his movies from the 80s and it’s about an alien controlled comet that surrounds the earth and makes machines and 18 wheelers and planes and stuff like that become autonomous killers in this group of people gather in a truckstop and have to survive for seven days until the comet leaves. Also the entire soundtrack of the movie is AC/DC so already it’s pretty awesome lol
Yea I wouldn’t suggest Maximum Overdrive in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong I like the movie but I’m an 80’s kid so a bunch of nostalgia is connected. That aside besides the green goblin truck it’s a so so rating
Buster is one of my favorite characters from any movie. He's incredibly smart and competent yet so unassuming, simple but elegant. His relationship with wife is hilarious and heartfelt.
One scene in the book which wasn't in the film - a policeman called at the house.sge ran over him repeatedly using a sit-on lawnmower, waving at Paul whilst she was doing it. Paul had no choice but to watch it all from the window.
One of the King stories that freaked me out was his short story Apt Pupil. The book is better than the movie but it's still creepy. I agree with the recommendations of Dolores Claiborne and Stand By Me are both awesome. I also would like to see you guys react to The Shining '97 (it's a long one though). I'd like to see if you like it as well as or even better than the Kubrick version. One of King's stories that I'm waiting to be turned into a movie is Eye of the Dragon. Maybe one day.
I haven’t even watched your reactions to this one yet, but I can anticipate every sound, curse word and facial expression y’all make during the movie! 😂😂😂. Misery is definitely a classic! Stephen King is unmatched. If you haven’t seen it yet, please consider watching the original Pet Sematary. I’m fully grown, and I still can’t watch that one with the lights off...🤷🏽♀️ Love you guys!
Its great to see how much more comfortable you guys are in front of the camera than when you started, not that there was anything wrong before you guys have always been very likeable its just great to see the level of professionalism and polish and banter you have now. Keep it up dudes.
I really appreciate this man, I randomly took a small look at one of our older videos a few days ago and I could see how much more awkward I was lol. I never wanted to be on camera for my TH-cam, but it turns out to have been the best thing for me in general; sometimes getting out of our comfort zones is the path to take!
You have to see Stand By Me!!! Same director as Misery (Rob Reiner) and based on a Stephen King short story. I love Misery, The Shining, and The Green Mile but for me Stand By Me is even better than those! The only movie based on a Stephen King story I like better is The Shawshank Redemption. Great reaction and discussion! Best Regards
Misery is still a favorite. Scariest thing about it is, it could really happen. She's not someone like Jason or Michael Myers etc, she's a believable person. Irony is , if it wasnt for her, he would've died in that blizzard. This was the film that made Kathy Bates a household name, iy also got her an Oscar nomination if not the win. 👍🏽🔥
Agreed. I feel like that about this movie and Silence of the Lambs. They are so much scarier than horror movies with demons, zombies, and other supernatural crap. I laugh at those. But, a movie like this makes you check the windows and doors twice before going to bed. Real horror is real people gone off the edge.
There is absolutely nothing more fun with this movie than reacting to it for the first time, not knowing where it's going, and then later getting to see other people have the same slow realizations. Annie Wilkes as a character is just so much more terrifying if you know nothing about her going in.
I think the phrase "feel the pain" was coined when this movie was released..lol I swear you can feel it every time she hits him, drops the typerwriter on him, he falls out of bed, and gets those ankles whacked with the sledge hammer. Great movie, though to watch..lol As for The Walking Dead: I've watched since the 1st episode, but...there are so many crazy fans of particular characters, I could see a few Kathy Bates type fans being in their base, and its finally down to 1 last season... Great reation guys, as usual...
Misery is one of my favorite movies!! I’m so happy you guys reacted to it. So funny!! I’m a book nerd and like to think this movie is a book nerd gone insane. 🤣
When I watch most reactions, I dont usually stay for the talk after. I tend to stay with you guys. Totally agree with the Supernatural thing by the way. The last episode was not good! I watched the season finally and wished that was the end. I know Covid stopped a few things but the song remains the same. But I didnt mind the series going long because I LOVED season 11. The Baby episode was sensational!
Thank you for sticking around for the ending bits lol, I heard about the ending and it sounded so horrible; made me feel like I don't have to finish the series to end up with that. What a shame, but most long series really struggle with finding a good ending.
I'm way late to the party, but you were talking about other Stephen King movies on Netflix. Please watch Gerald's Game. That movie and book scared me more than any other. Also, Kathy Bates is an icon.
The book Curtis is trying to recall the title is desperation, according to Wikipedia, a film was released in 2006. The website reminded me that it also pairs with another book , where they mirror each other and king used his pseudo name as well. I always struggled to remember the name myself just would remover the cover with the teddy bear head on a spring I believe and occasionally my brain would price together desperatato but I’d be like no that’s an eagles song lol, anyway hope this helped , Although I’m sure in a year someone had commented or a query’s search has already occurred :p
Loved your reaction to this one you guys!!! Kathy Bates truly deserved that Best Actress Oscar! May I suggest you react to CARRIE (1976), which is the very first Stephen King film adaptation and also features 2 Oscar nominated performances from Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. Keep up the good work you guys and please remember.............I AM YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN. 😁
LOL, I agree that Kathy Bates deserved that Oscar without a doubt; she was so terrifying in this movie! Also, we have seen Carrie so sadly we can't do it; but it is a really good movie!
I know I’m 6 months late here, but… The book Curtis is trying to remember about the cop in the desert is Desperation. Also, the two movies on Netflix based off King’s work are 1922 and Gerald’s Game. I think In the Tall Grass is King too, but I might be wrong.
Thanks for reviewing this. Stephen King writes some good shit. Other great movies great to review are "Fargo", "Sling Blade", "The Last Samurai", "Interview with a Vampire", "What We Do In the Shadows", "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri". "American History X", "Schindler's List".
Stephen King wrote Misery due to his last book (Eyes of the dragon or something) reception. Critics and fans thought of him as the Horror guy and nothing else. So Paul is chained to Misery like Stephen was chained to horror. Also Stephen was addicted to drugs and alcohol at the time of him writing the novel and you can tell since Paul in book was addicted to novril and describes withdrawal. It’s a really awesome, you guys should it if you didn’t already.
Btw, this is based, in part, on the time when a guy came up to King and asked for him to sign one of his books "To my number one fan... Mark David Chapman." This was RIGHT BEFORE he murdered John Lennon.
Kathy Bates was a little *TOO* good in this movie. This was the first movie I'd ever seen her in, and she was *SO* good that every time I saw her afterward, I became noticeably uncomfortable. She earned her Academy Award 100%!
When this movie came out I was in college. I was taking a sociology class from a guy who claimed that he knew Kathy Bates quite well. It was disturbingly easy to get him to waste class time talking about her. No idea if it was true, but obviously he was all about how lovely and sweet and kind she is as a human being. I can't get over how much fun she seems to be having whatever she's playing - especially all the fucked up human beings she played in "American Horror Story" with her BFF Jessica Lange. LMAO!!
@@karlmortoniv2951 Only semi-related was the college professor I had for a poetry and prose class who claimed Billy Crystal has once been her student. She was *constantly* bringing him up. It was somewhat exhausting. ;-)
@@alwayswrite2011 Sounds just like my guy. He would invariably begin every other day’s lecture with an account of the wedding he attended over the weekend that “my friend Kathy Bates” was also a guest at. Obviously it had to have been a kick to see her succeed so brilliantly, but it didn’t seem to be about her. Know what I mean?
@@karlmortoniv2951 Vicarious fame. They make for fun stories so long as you don't run them into the ground.
For example, my girl and I were walking down Amsterdam Ave. in NY, NY, on our way to see JQ & the Bandits perform live, acapella. We were so wrapped up in conversation that we accidentally collided with a small group as they exited a restaurant. We all made quick checks to be sure no one was hurt and apologies were made all around, and our two groups went our separate ways. My girl and I took five steps before we froze in our tracks and looked back in shock. We'd literally bumped into Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Martin's wife at the time, Victoria Tennant.
It's a fun story. I like telling it when conversations about brushes with fame come up. (Or vicarious fame, in this case.) But imagine how boorish it'd be if I told the story every time Steve Martin appeared on screen or I heard a Paul Simon song. Even *I* would roll my eyes at me! ;-)
Major facts.
More morals of the story: 1) Don't drive too fast on snow, even if you have a dope car and you're happy about an accomplishment. 2) If anyone ever says, "Look what you made me do," end that relationship immediately.
I 100% agree with #2, but the first moral should be "don't drive too fast on snow ESPECIALLY if you have a dope car..."
@@catewright1575 You know, I was thinking the same thing after I posted it but I didn't want to edit it either. :D
So if a guy bumps his wife while she's decorating a cake, causes her to screw up, and she says "look what you made me do" playfully, he should get a divorce immediately?
@@catewright1575 I can think of hundreds of examples where #2 is irrational
@@DiggitySlice i 100% agreed that #2 is irrational and i said as much. I just added a word to the first example...
Since we are in Stephen King movies. I’m voting “Carrie” movie. The one made in late 70s the original so good
There all going to laugh at you!
Yes please please react to 1970s carrie.
2 of my favorite books of his are " Different Seasons " and " Skeleton Crew ". They are both full of short stories that were made into movies .
They are all gonna laugh at you is one of those lines that last forever!!!
Yes!!!!!!
Annie: "I love you Paul"
The Brothers: "Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"
This is to date the only Stephen King adaptation to win an Oscar, for Kathy Bates as Best Actress. King himself was so impressed by her that he wrote an entire other book, Dolores Claiborne, for the sole purpose of her playing the title character. Which is also well worth checking out, by the way.
It's actually kind of a shame how much her performance overshadows James Caan, who also does some career-best work here. The whole movie would fall apart if he ever once let up in making us feel the pain and vulnerability that Paul is in, and he never does. The role was actually quite hard to cast, as Rob Reiner really wanted a typically "manly" actor to make his position more shocking, and most of them didn't want to do it as they thought it would hurt their image to spend a whole movie at the mercy of a woman. But Caan said screw that noise, and we're all the richer for it.
Dolores Claiborne good shit
Nice breakdown
The Shining should have won
Awww, I would LOVE for them to watch / react to Dolores Claiborne, as I love that film too. Not as much as I love "Misery," but Dolores Claiborne is definitely underrated.
close 2nd - Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek were nominated for Carrie
"Oh shit, she's crazy!" - You think she's crazy NOW?? Hold her beer...
BAHAHAHA 🤣
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"Goin' off the rails on the Crazy Train!"
-Ozzy Osbourne
Hold my hammer
Kathy Bates won a well deserved Oscar, but James Caan was a huge reason this film worked. It still amazes me to this day that this was the same guy that played Sonny Corleone. Paul and Sonny 2 vastly different character. I have a feeling that Annie and Sonny would have gotten along very well! lol
Oh my freaking goodness, I never realized that and I love The Godfather, that's crazy...lol. That's definitely Sonny😁
He also played in Brian song
It's good if an actor can sit back and not be the main attraction. Subtlety goes a long way. I think James Can was an excellent actor. He could be very funny, too. I loved him in the movie with Nicholas Cage.
Kathy Bates is such a great actress. You would like the movie ‘Dolores Claiborne’ too
‘Dolores Claiborne’ was fantastic. One of my favorite movies. Kathy Bates is an underrated actress.
@@gregoryashley7963 agreed 💯✌️
Even in Titanic she was a most awesome character of a real person even though Kate and Leonardo were the main characters she stood out with few scenes...as well as Victor Newman!!!(Eric Braden of course)
@@danyellsanders3964 she was great in Titanic.
My parents and I always joked about Victor being on the Titanic lol Young and the restless is like the only soap I ever actually watched and enjoyed, next to Dallas. My parents got me into it but I haven't watched in years lol it's too late to return since I don't even know what I missed.
YES! Please allow me to present my arguments for Dolores Claiborne!
1. Kathy Bates has said this is her favorite role. She probably would have won the best actress Oscar for Dolores Claiborne had she not just won for Misery.
2. There are perhaps only one or two reactors who’ve reacted to this movie.
3. Christopher Plummer. This great actor just passed in February.
4. This isn’t really suspense or horror. It’s a King love story or two. You’ll see what I mean.
"If you slip just a bit man you're right off that fucking ledge... OHHH SHIT!"
"She has a temper problem" (you have no idea! lol)
Fun fact in the book he actually just burns a stack of blank paper and actually publishes Misery’s return
"Use the Pig!!!" 🤣
My Mom had me watch this when I was 13 and I couldn't sleep with my feet out from under the covers for years!
Kathy Bates was not known at all before this movie. She was mostly a stage actor but the Director Reiner, had seen one of her plays and knew she was brilliant. How many actress can say they won an Academy on their first feature film? If you want a heartwarming movie, she is amazing in Fried Green Tomatoes. Such a good movie! That was my first movie of hers. She is in my top 3 for actresses along with Angela Bassett and Bette Midler. Which is funny because Bette Midler turned down this role! She eventually said it was really stupid of her, lol. It worked out for us though because we got the amazing Kathy Bates.
“She read one line,” Reiner shared. “She had a whole scene prepared, and after the first line, I said, ‘You don’t have to read, I know you’re great. You have the part.'”
“She said, ‘Really?'”
“And I said, ‘Yeah.'”
“And she said, ‘Can I tell my mother?'”
“I said, ‘Yeah, you can tell your mother.'”
I agree....your top 3 actresses are just GOLDEN!! You have very decerning taste.
If you can believe it, in the book she is even more brutal. (SPOILERS) She hacks off one of his feet with an axe and cauterizes it with a blowtorch. She also cuts off one of his thumbs with an electric knife.
And she kills the cop by driving over him with a riding mower, brutal.
I think for the screen, the sledgehammer has a much more visceral reaction.
@@andrewe2057 I cannot imagine how that might be true.
And she slapped the _shit_ out of him b/c he swore!
Not one of his feet, half of his lower left leg
I choke up a tiny bit every single time I watch the scene where he burns his book. The work, the hours, the imagination, and the entire fictional world in smoke. Makes the finale scene all the more enjoyable.
There is a book that I read that I truly wish would become a movie: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
For a Stephen King movie, Carrie has to be next. And if you want something similar, Deliverance.
Should be the first
Pet Sematery
*IT*
I remember watching this movie and then watching fried green tomatoes. I always thought it was amazing how Kathy Bates can portray a crazy villain person and then a total admirable and sweet person. She is a phenomenal actress
Yeah.....you guys just witnessed the reason why Kathy Bates won an Academy Award for this part she played.....
I love Kathy Bates such a great actress. She was good in another Stephen King movie Dolores Claiborne.
The series was good too on Hulu
Memphis Girl reppin
Yeah that was really good too
I don’t know if this is true, but didn’t Stephen King write Dolores Claiborne with Kathy Bates in mind because he was so impressed with her portrayal of Annie Wilkes?
@@Charlie_Wolfe I believe I've heard that, too.
Love this film, Kathy Bates is a freaking bad ass! Her performance is brilliant, what a great actress. This is one of my favorite films for sure!!
The actress that plays Paul Sheldon's agent is gorgeous actress Lauren Bacall she was with Humfry Bogart when she was younger. You guys should look her up she's so gorgeous when she was younger. Love her and Jean Harlow ,Vivien Leigh,Grace Kelly(a real princess),and Marilyn Monroe.
Was that Lauren Bacall? Oh wow. I never paid that character much attention. I was too busy being afraid of Kathy Bates. Karen Bacall is definitely Hollywood royalty. She was apart of the Golden Age. The black and white tv and movie era.
Lauren Bacall, I ment to say.
The movie is stressful but the book is even more stressful. It's a brilliant story. Loved your reaction.
How can someone possibly complain about your shirts .... I’m too busy laughing my ass off from your reactions !!!! Great work!!!!!! I love this channel!!!!
I’m hollering!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Something I realize about this movie just now that maybe a lot of people figured out the first time: there's a little bit of Arabian Nights in this with Paul prolonging his life with storytelling.
Great flick! Also check out *PRIMAL FEAR!* 🔥
Awesome Movie! That would be a good watch.
Yeah love that movie! Don’t see many reactions or requests for it so figured I’d give it a shot lol Thanks! 😎
Yes! Primal Fear is an excellent movie.
@@peteyn.y.7960 good movie... Richard Gere and Edward Norton are excellent in it
Primal Fear - 1st time I saw Edward Norton. I thought « wow, who is this kid?! We’ll hear more about him, that’s for sure. » I wasn’t wrong.
Yeah....uhh.....when she "hobbles" him in the book (block of wood and the sledge hammer) that was actually an axe she used in the book.
The book was such a psychological mind fuck, taking place mostly in his head.
Great vid, guys!
1408 with John Cusack is a great King adaptation too. It's my favorite King movie. You'll never listen to The Carpenters the same again....
"Don't Eyes Me Bro!"
We’ve only just begun 🎶 absolutely one of the best films AND Samuel L Jackson is in it!
1408 is so great! That's a good suggestion. I think these guys would enjoy it.
I saw MiSERY in 1990 on the big screen and I was shaking in my skin. This movie was brilliant very well acted. Kathy Bates who played Annie Wilkes won a much deserved Academy Award. She was believable and terrifying. Annie scared the hell out of me.
I loved this movie. ❤️❤️❤️❤️BTW? Misery was directed by Rob Reiner who also directed Stand By Me. Based on two Stephen King novels.
Hope you two enjoy it too.
What happened during the ankle scene in the theatre? Did everyone gasp?
That would've been so amazing to see it on the big screen. Ugh I'm jealous
The book in the desert is called Desperation
Loved this movie as a kid. You guys should react to “House Party”.
Nice break from the tragedies
That would be nice! Another classic.
18:56 when she says, "God I love you." The timing before the cut when you both get wide eyed just fucking killed me 😂😂 glad I stumbled across your channel, keep up the good work dudes 😎👊
James Caan was amazing, this was the movie that made me a fan of his. You really felt the pain he was going through. That sledgehammer scene is still unforgettable.
This director Rob Reiner did some great movies, Princess Bride, when harry met Sally, a few good men, stand by me, the American president
Stand By Me was also written by Stephen King... and check out 'This is Spinal Tap' which Rob Reiner also directed and acted in
@@billymuellerTikTok yeah I heard that's a good one but I've never watched it
Great movie. You should also do Stand By Me and The Dead Zone which are other Stephan King adaptions. Also The Running Man by Arnold Schwarzenegger is based on Stephan King book but the movie is much better than the book.
Steven King wrote Running Man under the pen name Richard Bachman. It wouldn't work as the plot from the book. He also wrote Thinner under that name which is a movie (haven't seen it) and The Long Walk is being made into a movie. His first book as Bachman is called Rage. It's about a school shooting and he took it out of print because he was afraid it would inspire more Columbines.
The Dead Zone is an underrated classic and led to a really good TV series of the same name. Christopher Walken is brilliant.
Running Man the book is baller, the ending is sooooooo good
@@mayorjimmy I like Thinner movie actually.
One of the reasons I enjoyed the book and movie is that it was written by Stephen King. He's so famous I can only imagine the psychos he's had to deal with over the years. Then he writes this story and I get the feeling the character of Annie is not that far from some people who've told him they were his number one fan. A particularly disturbing element to me is how she has an encyclopedic knowledge of his writing habits. It would creep me out to meet someone who knows every detail of how I work and they make a point of telling me that.
Personally this is one of my favourite Stephen King films. Kathy Bates is amazing! You should do the original Carrie next!
This is decent, but I like Carrie more.
@@starry2006 i think i like the score and sound design for Carrie more but Kathy Bates acting is what makes me pick misery. But respect to you and your opinion😊
@@alexturnbull2615 Misery is good, but I think it's too obvious early on that she's disturbed. I love the climax that really makes it satisfying. The lead role is one to die for but respect to James Cann who really had to make his part convincing to make the film work and his role is harder.
@@starry2006 ahh good point
Apparently the role of Paul Sheldon was originally offered to William Hurt, then Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford, but they all turned it down. One of the main reasons supposedly being they didn't like how passive a character Paul was, not that tough. James Caan absolutely crushed it in the role.
I saw the Broadway production with Bruce Willis years ago. It wasn't all that great, but I would love to have seen it several more times. Had some really cool production features, and the hobbling scene was done just like in the movie.
Amazing how so many people turned down the movie, I an understand how they didn't like how passive he was; but the man was horribly injured so it made sense. James Caan did such a good job that I could not imagine anyone else doing the role.
"HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE COCKADOODIE CAAARRR!"
James Caan's character's face was priceless after her rant. It was at that point he knew he f@@@ed up. Lol.
😂😂😂😂😂
Caan's performance is very underrated in this. I think that being a normal character having to react to psychotic behavior is it's own form of great acting.
"i'm your number one fan"
"yeah, now you are cause the other ones dead" 😂😂
I saw this movie when I was probably 9. Been scared of Kathy Bates since that day!!
Watching this is like a sick pleasure. Because the build up to one of the worst scenes I’ve seen is so good. You keep thinking she can’t get anymore disturbed or crazy, & then BAM; mallet to the ankles. I still look away when it happens.
I swear, that mallet to ankles looked so damn painful; you could feel a tingle in your own ankles watching it lol
@@OctoKrool lol, yes! Pins & needles.
Give Doctor Sleep a go! Especially since you've already seen the Shining, you guys will appreciate it!
I was pleasantly surprised when I watched it, great follow up
Stand By Me is amazing, if you haven't seen it.
Yes!
I second this!!!
You gotta love James Caan in this movie. Kathy Bates gets a lot of the credit, but Caan does great work here, too. I love the touch at the end. When this poor innocent woman says, number one fan", and you can tell Paul's trying to be polite but he's also struggling not to vomit.
Great reaction. One of the best thrillers ever made, even on repeat viewing. The actor who plays Buster was nominated for an Oscar for The Straight Story, a classic film worthy of your list to watch.
I cracked up at how excited you were over the tomato soup and then the disappointment over the soup sloshing out of the bowl.
Also, my brother and I both watched this when we were kids and cracked up at the part when he punches her with the pig statue, it cuts to his face and he's got a big-ass smile on his face, like he's holding back laughter.
Check out "Dolores Claiborne". It's another Stephen King adaptation and Kathy Bates plays the lead in that one as well.
I am 1,000% in support of this!
I agree, this is one of the greatest films. My mom recommended this to me.. I watched it alone and the person who was in the same room stopped what theyre doing to focus on the movie. It happened twice
If you were alone, who was the other person in the room ? - A prowler ?
The expressions on you guys faces when you were shocked was hilarious😂😂😂
For The Walking Dead, they are like family in real life and enjoyed doing the show until the very end. They were all sad to go. Some of them even watched it and/or read the comics before even coming on the show and were fans themselves. They even called it their dream job.
Holy everything you two are entertaining as hell to watch. I really enjoyed your reaction! You got so engrossed and bounce off each other so well. Thanks for your hard work!
Thank you so much, we've been having a ton of fun doing these videos! :)
So there's a series called Castle Rock, which focuses on other characters from most of stephen king's books, but season 2 focuses a lot on Annie, which shows her past before the movie Misery.
If y’all like Stephen King stuff can y’all watch maximum overdrive? It’s one of his movies from the 80s and it’s about an alien controlled comet that surrounds the earth and makes machines and 18 wheelers and planes and stuff like that become autonomous killers in this group of people gather in a truckstop and have to survive for seven days until the comet leaves. Also the entire soundtrack of the movie is AC/DC so already it’s pretty awesome lol
The comet isn’t alien controlled.
Meh. Stick to the good ones
Yea I wouldn’t suggest Maximum Overdrive in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong I like the movie but I’m an 80’s kid so a bunch of nostalgia is connected. That aside besides the green goblin truck it’s a so so rating
Director Rob Reiner (Spinal Tap, Harry met Sally, Princess Bride...also did another King story Stand By Me (1986)
Whenever you hear someone say ‘I’m your biggest fan’, it’ll just have a different ring to it now that you know Annie 🖤
Desperation!! That’s an amazing movie and Stephen King book about the cop who’s killing people in the desert 💀
@@AprilLaRae I forgot they made that into a movie holy cow.
Curtis is so funny without even trying to be had me laughing multiple times 😂😂🤣
“Poetic Justice” next! Lets go
Buster is one of my favorite characters from any movie. He's incredibly smart and competent yet so unassuming, simple but elegant. His relationship with wife is hilarious and heartfelt.
You guys should watch the best man and the wood
And The Best Man Holiday!
EW LOL but yes to the wood
Facts the wood and the wash with Snoop Dogg
Now you must do Rob Reiner's other Stephen King adaptation - Stand by Me.
Seen that one at the Movie Theater at 12. One of my Favorites!
One scene in the book which wasn't in the film -
a policeman called at the house.sge ran over him repeatedly using a sit-on lawnmower, waving at Paul whilst she was doing it.
Paul had no choice but to watch it all from the window.
I love her. No matter what she acts in she is awesome.
The stand is long, but is his greatest work IMHO ...
Read that when I was 15, the uncut version.
@@w1975b Swan Song by Robert Mccamon is better and I love King
One of the King stories that freaked me out was his short story Apt Pupil. The book is better than the movie but it's still creepy. I agree with the recommendations of Dolores Claiborne and Stand By Me are both awesome. I also would like to see you guys react to The Shining '97 (it's a long one though). I'd like to see if you like it as well as or even better than the Kubrick version. One of King's stories that I'm waiting to be turned into a movie is Eye of the Dragon. Maybe one day.
This was fun!
Really enjoyed you guys reaction to this one.
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Ghost
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
I haven’t even watched your reactions to this one yet, but I can anticipate every sound, curse word and facial expression y’all make during the movie! 😂😂😂. Misery is definitely a classic! Stephen King is unmatched. If you haven’t seen it yet, please consider watching the original Pet Sematary. I’m fully grown, and I still can’t watch that one with the lights off...🤷🏽♀️ Love you guys!
"NEVER GET OUT OF BED AGAIN!"
@@LennyCash777 😂😂😂. It’s so scary!
One of my favorite movies of all times, timeless classic👌🏽
You guys should watch "remember the titans" if you haven't seen it yet
Its great to see how much more comfortable you guys are in front of the camera than when you started, not that there was anything wrong before you guys have always been very likeable its just great to see the level of professionalism and polish and banter you have now. Keep it up dudes.
I really appreciate this man, I randomly took a small look at one of our older videos a few days ago and I could see how much more awkward I was lol. I never wanted to be on camera for my TH-cam, but it turns out to have been the best thing for me in general; sometimes getting out of our comfort zones is the path to take!
You have to see Stand By Me!!!
Same director as Misery (Rob Reiner) and based on a Stephen King short story. I love Misery, The Shining, and The Green Mile but for me Stand By Me is even better than those!
The only movie based on a Stephen King story I like better is The Shawshank Redemption.
Great reaction and discussion!
Best Regards
Its always a joy to hear/watch viewers of the movie come to the realization that Annie is "fukin crazy"
Definitely Stand by Me, to continue your Stephen King movies. 😁
So rare to have a woman win best actress for a horror film...maybe never happened before
Closest was Jodie Foster?
Yes.
Read the book
I think you get to Bill at chapter 32?
Rob Reiner is a very underrated director. This, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, Stand By Me, This Is Spinal Tap, etc.
Supernatural did go on long. I still enjoyed it though.
she spills the soup
"i feel so uncomfortable for him right now"
oh you have NO idea...
Misery is still a favorite. Scariest thing about it is, it could really happen. She's not someone like Jason or Michael Myers etc, she's a believable person. Irony is , if it wasnt for her, he would've died in that blizzard. This was the film that made Kathy Bates a household name, iy also got her an Oscar nomination if not the win. 👍🏽🔥
Agreed. I feel like that about this movie and Silence of the Lambs. They are so much scarier than horror movies with demons, zombies, and other supernatural crap. I laugh at those. But, a movie like this makes you check the windows and doors twice before going to bed. Real horror is real people gone off the edge.
It's the magic of Stephen Kings ability to spin a tale that pulls you in then hits ya between the eyes!
"Poetic Justice"
"Whats Love Got To Do With it"
"Fled"
"Akeelah and the Bee"
"Belly"
"Nothing To Lose"
"Eve's Bayou"
PLEASE REACT YOU'LL LOVE THESE !!
There is absolutely nothing more fun with this movie than reacting to it for the first time, not knowing where it's going, and then later getting to see other people have the same slow realizations. Annie Wilkes as a character is just so much more terrifying if you know nothing about her going in.
Welcome to the movie no famous or semi-famous person should ever see.
I think the phrase "feel the pain" was coined when this movie was released..lol I swear you can feel it every time she hits him, drops the typerwriter on him, he falls out of bed, and gets those ankles whacked with the sledge hammer. Great movie, though to watch..lol As for The Walking Dead: I've watched since the 1st episode, but...there are so many crazy fans of particular characters, I could see a few Kathy Bates type fans being in their base, and its finally down to 1 last season... Great reation guys, as usual...
Lol 😂 Chris when you realized she's fucking crazy 😂
Misery is one of my favorite movies!! I’m so happy you guys reacted to it. So funny!! I’m a book nerd and like to think this movie is a book nerd gone insane. 🤣
Misery and Silence of the lambs , best 2 scary films
Another great Stephen King movie - Christine :))
Yep!
And directed by John Carpenter!
KATHY FRICKEN BATES!! she totally deserved the Oscar and golden globe. She was magnificent
When I watch most reactions, I dont usually stay for the talk after. I tend to stay with you guys.
Totally agree with the Supernatural thing by the way. The last episode was not good! I watched the season finally and wished that was the end. I know Covid stopped a few things but the song remains the same. But I didnt mind the series going long because I LOVED season 11. The Baby episode was sensational!
Thank you for sticking around for the ending bits lol, I heard about the ending and it sounded so horrible; made me feel like I don't have to finish the series to end up with that. What a shame, but most long series really struggle with finding a good ending.
Kathy Bates and Anthony Hopkins took home Oscar's the same year for two awesome HORROR performances.
You guys need to watch Scarface if you haven’t seen it already 👌🏽💯💯💯
Definitely.
I'm way late to the party, but you were talking about other Stephen King movies on Netflix. Please watch Gerald's Game. That movie and book scared me more than any other. Also, Kathy Bates is an icon.
Great reaction guys! Another Steven King classic is "Carrie." If you haven't seen it please react to it!
The book Curtis is trying to recall the title is desperation, according to Wikipedia, a film was released in 2006. The website reminded me that it also pairs with another book , where they mirror each other and king used his pseudo name as well. I always struggled to remember the name myself just would remover the cover with the teddy bear head on a spring I believe and occasionally my brain would price together desperatato but I’d be like no that’s an eagles song lol, anyway hope this helped , Although I’m sure in a year someone had commented or a query’s search has already occurred :p
Loved your reaction to this one you guys!!! Kathy Bates truly deserved that Best Actress Oscar! May I suggest you react to CARRIE (1976), which is the very first Stephen King film adaptation and also features 2 Oscar nominated performances from Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. Keep up the good work you guys and please remember.............I AM YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN. 😁
LOL, I agree that Kathy Bates deserved that Oscar without a doubt; she was so terrifying in this movie! Also, we have seen Carrie so sadly we can't do it; but it is a really good movie!
@@OctoKrool Awwe, that's okay you guys! At least you watched it and enjoyed it! 😊
I know I’m 6 months late here, but…
The book Curtis is trying to remember about the cop in the desert is Desperation. Also, the two movies on Netflix based off King’s work are 1922 and Gerald’s Game. I think In the Tall Grass is King too, but I might be wrong.
You're never too late, thank you for giving us the heads up 😁
Thanks for reviewing this. Stephen King writes some good shit. Other great movies great to review are "Fargo", "Sling Blade", "The Last Samurai", "Interview with a Vampire", "What We Do In the Shadows", "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri". "American History X", "Schindler's List".
Stephen King wrote Misery due to his last book (Eyes of the dragon or something) reception. Critics and fans thought of him as the Horror guy and nothing else. So Paul is chained to Misery like Stephen was chained to horror. Also Stephen was addicted to drugs and alcohol at the time of him writing the novel and you can tell since Paul in book was addicted to novril and describes withdrawal. It’s a really awesome, you guys should it if you didn’t already.
hahahaha I laughed way harder than I should've when he yelled "The soup!"
Btw, this is based, in part, on the time when a guy came up to King and asked for him to sign one of his books "To my number one fan... Mark David Chapman."
This was RIGHT BEFORE he murdered John Lennon.
Holy shit! Is this true?! Wow!
Funny how we can see y’all gain more confidence in ur jokes since ur getting more recognition ☠️