Better than samuel l Jackson in pulp fiction? He didn't win either. 1994 was a great movie year with pulp fiction, forrest gump and shawshank redemption.
My sister hanged herself in her garage. She's buried in Savannah, Georgia. My dad was a rock, but it broke him. If you have those thoughts, please, Please, talk to someone. There's always someone who cares. She was so beautiful.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Whatever complications she was going through, your sister deserved better than that end and your father shouldn’t be suffering like this. No one should take their own lives, even if they were falling through hard times. 😣
I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry for your father too. I pray for healing for you and your family. Pain that may never leave, but I pray y’all find ways to live above it, and let your own light shine.
As someone who's done 5 years in state prison I can say adjusting to the outside world is rough especially when many avenues of employment are cut of to you once you have a record. I can only imagine what its like for those OG's that have done 15+ years and that's all they know.
Well, as someone who did 20 consecutive years in the Texas DOC, I dealt with identical fears and situations Brookes did. It was easier to adjust to being in prison than it has been reentering a world that is totally alien.
My brother is "almost" done with a 30 year stretch - he is released in 2029. He did a very bad thing. He is guilty. He told me the truth. He will be 68 when out. What the F is he supposed to do? Retire? I was the only bridge to the world and the only person who would still love him as what he was and what he was going to be if not for our dad raping us for years and sending our paths in two separate directions. I teach 8th grade English and I'm an Army veteran. I had to fight so damn hard to not turn into my father. So... My brother overreacted and got mad at me over a phone call with him a few months ago, and punished me by kicking me out of his life. He thought I called him a monster, but I said that our father was a monster and he raised us, which I met to say like we are linked together even more so but I was just as capable to be the same monster because we came from the very same environment., but somehow I broke the cycle and became my own person. Was told that if I tried to visit, he would refuse my request, while "ripping up" my letters before opening them. He is still so angry and now that he is starting to see the light, he is the same he was all his life and maybe uncapable to find some peace before it is too late. This has broken my heart.
King's novella does provide an answer that may shock some fans of the film: Brooks was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter after he suffered a bad night at the poker table. The shockingly violent nature of the crime explains why he was in prison for 50 years
Seeing Brooks end his life devastates me, and it's also soul wrecking to see him all by himself, feeding the birds, hoping to see Jake. The pure loneliness and fear. Reminds me to say hi to an elderly person at the grocery store, whatever, smile at them, give them a compliment, because maybe they don't have anyone else who knows or cares they exist.
There was an old taboo about writing "(Your Name) was here" on your prison cell wall. If you did, it meant you would be returning one day. I think Brooke writes this to both say goodbye and show everyone he wishes he could have just stayed in Prison.
James Whitmore doing James Whitmore work. Consummate and prolific character actor. You owe it to yourself to watch his performances on the big screen and episodic tv. He will grab your attention everytime. Huge fan of his.
Got some bad news for you. In the Novella, some of the guys find Jake's body by the fence shortly after Brooks was released. Seems like neither of them could survive on the outside. Though, he was a pigeon in the book.
@SilentBob731 I'm aware. Both of what happened in the novella, and what happens with hand-reared animals. The problem in both tellings is that a hand-reared crow likely would've just not left him alone at all. You'd be amazed by how well a single crow can track an individual human, even with large buildings and cars involved. A hand-reared crow would be extremely needy and associate that person with food, so even more so. It's just meant to be a parallel, as you pointed out. Tbh, King should've used a different species of bird, but probably had no idea about any of that sort of stuff, and crows are good dramatic devices. Lol
I love this movie, watched it loads of times, and it's the best movie NEVER to win an Oscar, I also cry my eyes out at this, no matter how many times I watch it, it never gets any easier.
When I watch this part of the film, I wonder if they could have set him up as a librarian or at least some role in a library. I'm not sure what the options were in real-life at that time for that sort of prison release program.
Since this movie came out, with the exception of the last two years this was my favorite movie of all time. It's now a close, very close second only to the original 12 Angry Men.
I spent some time in jail. Charges eventually dropped. There was an old timer like brooks in my pod. 65 years in, since he was 19. He used to talk to his reflection in windows. He was released before me. I hope he found a way. This scene hits me hard.
Yea the Brooks monologue was rough. He was just such an endearing character. He shoulda tried to keep the bird somehow but I guess woulda needed a small cage for transport
I'm 25 yrs old, seen over thousands of hours of Series and Film across the Indian, Chinese, American & British cinema, never shade a tear watching anything, sometimes think I'm psychotic but this scene made me choke up and stayed in my head for weeks, That was 3 years ago, I tried to faze it out of my memory but this Brought it flushing back.
@@riffhammeron I knew the narrator killed his wife and some other people in the book, but the only thing I think I can remember about Brooks was that he had a college degree in animal husbandry, which is why he was made the librarian.
Lots of incarcerated people do feel safer on the inside, depending on their crimes. Do 6 months, get out with nothing, sleep on the streets, knowing that people might be looking for you, do your poison of choice, right back into 3 hots, a cot, armed guards 24/7/365. Especially if in PC - protective custody. GP - general population is another story ... "Revolving Door"
As ex convict and being released can be somewhat stressful. I do think of doing something to send me back home for that’s what it feels like now that I’m out. This modern technology is a bit too much for me. But I do have a passion for talking to the kids that think crime pays. I focus my attention to them and they do reciprocate the love that I give them. I guess that’s my purpose in life. But it’s difficult when you’re homeless. But I do what I feel I must. I understand the feeling in this scene.
@@blackwolf6082 I would love to see Naveed’s Villiage react to this movie. If you watch the food reactions. We can do so much more around the world by taking their new favorite Western dishes. Helping them use local and healthy dishes. Then having them Spread them everywhere. We really could help remake society for the better worldwide.
I always wondered what he did to get them locked up for 50 years, there must’ve been something really bad or maybe not maybe it was just bad checks he wrote or maybe he killed someone in a bank robbery. Either way Brooks and the other day was a good man a librarian of sorts maybe if he got to work in the library when I got out it may not have fixed everything from but maybe it was giving him some sense of
Brooks was better off in prison than the outside world because the world is already a prison you just got to do what you got to do to survive, you can do things fair or your own way, it’s the only choice we really got
i saw shawshank redemption the other day with my parents...such a masterpiece of a film...but also so sad as well at times. it's strange i would feel like Brooks IN prison...i'm a person of creature comforts, i have to have my comfy bed and personal space, the right food that makes my life easier...in prison i would probably kill myself as quick as possible and then blame everyone else for it.
Brooks Haitlen is based off a real inmate at Shawshank. Convicted of murder, the mantra of "an eye for an eye" was the policy of the era. Hate it, love it, it does not matter. What does matter is the lives saved by such a policy. And those numbers are indisputable. Harsher punishment for violent Capitol crime did, in point of fact, keep those crime numbers down. This is not debatable. Is Brooks story sad, tragic? Absolutely. But remember this, repeat violent offenders have gone up 120x the time he was sentenced, more citizens have died in the past 10 years alone than in Brooks entire 50 years in prison. So, the question becomes, who's life is worth more, a citizen living by the law who has never hurt anyone, or the murderer, who was unable to control his emotional outburst that murdered an innocent? The answer is clear, regardless of how attached you get to a character in a movie. The innocent always. And I mean always, should get justice for their demise.
You typed all that, but the point isn't (reactors aren't saying) "gee, let's go easy on murderers".. People can have compassion for an old guy who already paid his dues; without jeopardizing your preference for harsh punishment.
Stephen King has a trademark in his story telling. He creates a character, endears you to them and then he kills them and breaks your heart. It’s a bit sadistic.
Shame, you put Blind Wave to this wonderful collection. Those shills destroy every sad, funny or suspenseful scene in the movie universe. In this case the orange guy on the right fucked it up. Nuttin new with those guys. Worst reactors ever and Disney shills to the bone. The rest was wonderful, so thank you.
The American policing, legal, incarceration system is an abomination. "Policing and prisons for profit." 2 MILLION American humans living in small cages.
Interesting that they never tell you (in the movie) what he was in prison for... maybe some of you will feel less empathetic when you learn that "Brooks" was in prison for murdering his wife and child. So who's weeping for these forgotten souls today?? You make horrible choices... so then you face the consequences, period! Cry me a river!!
for those that wonder what brooks did as a crime, he kidnapped and raped a class of preschoolers and chopped their heads off. But he paid for his crime and deserved a second chance, poor guy
@mwillblade It's a fictional character. But the idea is clear. Fifty years in prison, you're not the man you were when you killed. That's why the scene is so emotional. You're not looking at the killer anymore. You're looking at an old reformed prisoner nobody cares about.
The Brooks sequence is an Oscar worthy short film all on its own.
James Whitmore should have won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for that performance, IMHO
Agreed.
No
Better than samuel l Jackson in pulp fiction? He didn't win either.
1994 was a great movie year with pulp fiction, forrest gump and shawshank redemption.
Yup, those series of scenes with Brooks tears me up every time.
Have seen the movie 50+ times and brooks will nail you in the feelings every single time...
You’re not wrong!
They put you in there for life, and that's exactly what they take away.
My sister hanged herself in her garage. She's buried in Savannah, Georgia. My dad was a rock, but it broke him. If you have those thoughts, please, Please, talk to someone. There's always someone who cares. She was so beautiful.
thats f up
I’m so sorry for your loss. Whatever complications she was going through, your sister deserved better than that end and your father shouldn’t be suffering like this. No one should take their own lives, even if they were falling through hard times. 😣
So very sorry for your family's loss..😢
I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry for your father too. I pray for healing for you and your family. Pain that may never leave, but I pray y’all find ways to live above it, and let your own light shine.
For anyone confused about the year, Brooks ended up in prison in 1905.
He was paroled 50 years later. So that would make it 1955.
yep, most likely Brooks went to prison in a horse drawn wagon.
As someone who's done 5 years in state prison I can say adjusting to the outside world is rough especially when many avenues of employment are cut of to you once you have a record. I can only imagine what its like for those OG's that have done 15+ years and that's all they know.
Well, as someone who did 20 consecutive years in the Texas DOC, I dealt with identical fears and situations Brookes did. It was easier to adjust to being in prison than it has been reentering a world that is totally alien.
My brother is "almost" done with a 30 year stretch - he is released in 2029. He did a very bad thing. He is guilty. He told me the truth. He will be 68 when out. What the F is he supposed to do? Retire? I was the only bridge to the world and the only person who would still love him as what he was and what he was going to be if not for our dad raping us for years and sending our paths in two separate directions. I teach 8th grade English and I'm an Army veteran. I had to fight so damn hard to not turn into my father. So... My brother overreacted and got mad at me over a phone call with him a few months ago, and punished me by kicking me out of his life. He thought I called him a monster, but I said that our father was a monster and he raised us, which I met to say like we are linked together even more so but I was just as capable to be the same monster because we came from the very same environment., but somehow I broke the cycle and became my own person. Was told that if I tried to visit, he would refuse my request, while "ripping up" my letters before opening them. He is still so angry and now that he is starting to see the light, he is the same he was all his life and maybe uncapable to find some peace before it is too late. This has broken my heart.
I’ve watched this film countless times. His voice brings me to tears every time.
Brooks went out his own way and I can't help but respect him for it.
King's novella does provide an answer that may shock some fans of the film: Brooks was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter after he suffered a bad night at the poker table. The shockingly violent nature of the crime explains why he was in prison for 50 years
Your Channel takes all Reaction Channels to another level, keep it up bro, don’t stop! Good Work!
James Whitmore, what a great actor he was. R.I.P
Such sweethearts literally these content creators, though I’m alone watching I feel understood weirdly. Good to see others see I as I do I guess. 🙏🏾
Seeing Brooks end his life devastates me, and it's also soul wrecking to see him all by himself, feeding the birds, hoping to see Jake. The pure loneliness and fear. Reminds me to say hi to an elderly person at the grocery store, whatever, smile at them, give them a compliment, because maybe they don't have anyone else who knows or cares they exist.
Hell I start crying as soon as the gaurds say "good luck Brooksie" 😢😂
There was an old taboo about writing "(Your Name) was here" on your prison cell wall. If you did, it meant you would be returning one day. I think Brooke writes this to both say goodbye and show everyone he wishes he could have just stayed in Prison.
James Whitmore doing James Whitmore work. Consummate and prolific character actor. You owe it to yourself to watch his performances on the big screen and episodic tv. He will grab your attention everytime. Huge fan of his.
Criminally underrated actor. I liked him in everything I've seen him in.
"Where you going?" gets me every time 🥺
“So was Red”
The greatest film ever made.
If it makes anyone feel better, the most unrealistic part of this is Jake not showing up for Brooks. Crows are just built different.
Got some bad news for you. In the Novella, some of the guys find Jake's body by the fence shortly after Brooks was released. Seems like neither of them could survive on the outside.
Though, he was a pigeon in the book.
@SilentBob731 I'm aware. Both of what happened in the novella, and what happens with hand-reared animals. The problem in both tellings is that a hand-reared crow likely would've just not left him alone at all. You'd be amazed by how well a single crow can track an individual human, even with large buildings and cars involved. A hand-reared crow would be extremely needy and associate that person with food, so even more so. It's just meant to be a parallel, as you pointed out. Tbh, King should've used a different species of bird, but probably had no idea about any of that sort of stuff, and crows are good dramatic devices. Lol
Still to this day my favorite movie of all time.
that's because you havent seen fast and furious 10 with Jason Momoa.
@@delpierochilipeppers🤣😂
I love this movie, watched it loads of times, and it's the best movie NEVER to win an Oscar, I also cry my eyes out at this, no matter how many times I watch it, it never gets any easier.
In the novella, Brooks murdered his wife and daughter after an unlucky night gambling.
A sad scene, indeed, but there’s some perspective for ya.
wait... WHAT??!!!
The hell?! 😨
There ya go... are we crying now, folks??
That was in the book . Doesn't mean he did that in the film. Red was a white Irish man in the book
@@dean7879It’s what he did you stupid piece of shit get over it. 🤷♂️ how is that copium you’re taking, must be good.
This one gets me every time. Incredibly well done. =)
When I watch this part of the film, I wonder if they could have set him up as a librarian or at least some role in a library. I'm not sure what the options were in real-life at that time for that sort of prison release program.
The authorities wouldn’t have cared one jot!
Lightweight definitely the best cryer of all reactors I have seen.
Since this movie came out, with the exception of the last two years this was my favorite movie of all time. It's now a close, very close second only to the original 12 Angry Men.
I spent some time in jail. Charges eventually dropped. There was an old timer like brooks in my pod. 65 years in, since he was 19. He used to talk to his reflection in windows. He was released before me. I hope he found a way. This scene hits me hard.
Naveed and Mansoor! How did I not know about this channel?!? ❤🎉❤
Wonderful movie.
Yea the Brooks monologue was rough. He was just such an endearing character. He shoulda tried to keep the bird somehow but I guess woulda needed a small cage for transport
Great choice of reactions.
I always have to leave the room when this scene comes on
I'm 25 yrs old, seen over thousands of hours of Series and Film across the Indian, Chinese, American & British cinema, never shade a tear watching anything, sometimes think I'm psychotic but this scene made me choke up and stayed in my head for weeks, That was 3 years ago, I tried to faze it out of my memory but this Brought it flushing back.
Please, Please take time to watch End of the Spear & The Stoning of Soraya.
Anytime someone asks “where are you going?” 😬😭
Great video! This part never leaves my face dry.
Brooks Hatlen was In prison from 1905-1955. I think this scene hits men harder than women... even though it was the women reacting to it who cried.
And he went to prison for murdering his family. At least in the book. Not sure if they say what he was in for in the movie
@@riffhammeron I knew the narrator killed his wife and some other people in the book, but the only thing I think I can remember about Brooks was that he had a college degree in animal husbandry, which is why he was made the librarian.
In the movie he mentions he was a crook.
Its shocking to me how many reactors don't understand how common and regular suicide for felons is, especially in the US
Lots of incarcerated people do feel safer on the inside, depending on their crimes. Do 6 months, get out with nothing, sleep on the streets, knowing that people might be looking for you, do your poison of choice, right back into 3 hots, a cot, armed guards 24/7/365. Especially if in PC - protective custody. GP - general population is another story ... "Revolving Door"
Speaking of classics can I ask why no one has watched the movie Congo starring Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, and Ernie Hudson?
I love that movie, its from 1995. Tim Curry is awesome in there🎉🎉🎉
Hannah is the best.
As ex convict and being released can be somewhat stressful. I do think of doing something to send me back home for that’s what it feels like now that I’m out. This modern technology is a bit too much for me. But I do have a passion for talking to the kids that think crime pays. I focus my attention to them and they do reciprocate the love that I give them. I guess that’s my purpose in life. But it’s difficult when you’re homeless. But I do what I feel I must. I understand the feeling in this scene.
Hi Naveed. Love what you’ve done with this channel. What is your overall impression of American movies?
Completely echo those sentiments
@@blackwolf6082
I would love to see Naveed’s Villiage react to this movie.
If you watch the food reactions. We can do so much more around the world by taking their new favorite Western dishes. Helping them use local and healthy dishes. Then having them
Spread them everywhere. We really could help remake society for the better worldwide.
Someone knows whats the meaning of the tatoo from the first Girl on video?
I always wondered what he did to get them locked up for 50 years, there must’ve been something really bad or maybe not maybe it was just bad checks he wrote or maybe he killed someone in a bank robbery. Either way Brooks and the other day was a good man a librarian of sorts maybe if he got to work in the library when I got out it may not have fixed everything from but maybe it was giving him some sense of
Killed his family I think
James shut more your a class act of a man.
I felt so bad for brook in the film but in the book I felt nothing for him and what he did to get in there
Bummer about Jake, though.
Brooks was better off in prison than the outside world because the world is already a prison you just got to do what you got to do to survive, you can do things fair or your own way, it’s the only choice we really got
Definitely made people think and feel...
Have you ever seen a movie called
"The Pianist" ...hard moments in this particular movie. Regarding the Holocaust 🙏
2:00 Why did that guy call Jake a snake? 🤔
i saw shawshank redemption the other day with my parents...such a masterpiece of a film...but also so sad as well at times.
it's strange i would feel like Brooks IN prison...i'm a person of creature comforts, i have to have my comfy bed and personal space, the right food that makes my life easier...in prison i would probably kill myself as quick as possible and then blame everyone else for it.
Everyone understands how it is to be misunderstood!! Crooks RIP!?
I mean... Sure it's kinda sad but the guy did 50 years. He must have done something pretty serious.
In the novella, he killed his wife and daughter after a bad gambling run.
He was happier in Prison.
Brooks Haitlen is based off a real inmate at Shawshank. Convicted of murder, the mantra of "an eye for an eye" was the policy of the era.
Hate it, love it, it does not matter. What does matter is the lives saved by such a policy. And those numbers are indisputable. Harsher punishment for violent Capitol crime did, in point of fact, keep those crime numbers down. This is not debatable.
Is Brooks story sad, tragic? Absolutely.
But remember this, repeat violent offenders have gone up 120x the time he was sentenced, more citizens have died in the past 10 years alone than in Brooks entire 50 years in prison. So, the question becomes, who's life is worth more, a citizen living by the law who has never hurt anyone, or the murderer, who was unable to control his emotional outburst that murdered an innocent?
The answer is clear, regardless of how attached you get to a character in a movie. The innocent always. And I mean always, should get justice for their demise.
You typed all that, but the point isn't (reactors aren't saying) "gee, let's go easy on murderers"..
People can have compassion for an old guy who already paid his dues; without jeopardizing your preference for harsh punishment.
Of course the number was lower. The population was smaller. Without the percent for context, your stats are meaningless and easily manipulated.
Why is this part SO SAD?!?!?!?!dlknfkjsd flksdjf ;
Wow, I think I'm a first the first time. 😊
This is an emotional moment losing him in the story.
Grow up 🙄🙄🙄
@@markysumm72Dude, what is your problem? Go away.
Stephen King has a trademark in his story telling. He creates a character, endears you to them and then he kills them and breaks your heart. It’s a bit sadistic.
He should have stayed in Prison.
Shame, you put Blind Wave to this wonderful collection. Those shills destroy every sad, funny or suspenseful scene in the movie universe. In this case the orange guy on the right fucked it up. Nuttin new with those guys. Worst reactors ever and Disney shills to the bone. The rest was wonderful, so thank you.
Take guess who wrote this ? Steve King . Surprise .
He is a good one. =)
Been reading King since 1974. He is the best.
Why is there a reactor reacting to reactor’s reacting?
I'm reacting to you reacting to someone reacting watching a reactor's reaction.
I mean, the guy killed his wife and daughter after a bad night of poker. 🤷🏻♀️
A lot of reaction videos are fake
The American policing, legal, incarceration system is an abomination. "Policing and prisons for profit." 2 MILLION American humans living in small cages.
If Trump gets elected today, you can bet it will get a hell of a lot worse.
Interesting that they never tell you (in the movie) what he was in prison for... maybe some of you will feel less empathetic when you learn that "Brooks" was in prison for murdering his wife and child. So who's weeping for these forgotten souls today?? You make horrible choices... so then you face the consequences, period! Cry me a river!!
for those that wonder what brooks did as a crime, he kidnapped and raped a class of preschoolers and chopped their heads off. But he paid for his crime and deserved a second chance, poor guy
Liar.
Sozial verträgliches Frühableben
I think he killed his wife and kid in the book. Save your tears.
Nah! Not true
Its a fictional story based on a fictional book. Relax bro....
Read the short story.
He was a crook
@mwillblade It's a fictional character. But the idea is clear. Fifty years in prison, you're not the man you were when you killed. That's why the scene is so emotional. You're not looking at the killer anymore. You're looking at an old reformed prisoner nobody cares about.
Adults acting like children
So how do children act?
Anytime someone asks “where are you going?” 😬😭