River Phoenix was one of the greatest acting talents of the 90's. Joaquin named his boy River after him. Says it all. RIP River Phoenix the worlds a sadder place without you ♥
Totally agree. As a kid I always thought Wil Wheaton was the greatest thing about this movie, but that´s just his badass moment at the end. When it comes to acting talent, I can totally see what an outstanding talent River was re-watching the movie today. R.I.P. indeed......
When I was twelve there were 4 of us who were best friends, much like the movie. Fortunately at age 55, we are all still good friends. Although cancer took one of us 5 years ago, the 3 of us remain as tight as ever.
you're so lucky, sir. I'm only 18 but I don't have a single true friend who I can really talk to, about deep conversations. I have a group of friends, but we are never really close, some of us even frankly admit that. Honestly, I feel like in this modern world it's getting harder and harder to find best friends since everyone is so into smartphones, online relationships and sharing everything to get attention from social media, it really hurts me to think about my generation and all the generations after.
My 3 best friends in middle school went around calling ourselves the girl version of SBM except we were in the 1980s. We had a writer, a "weird kid", a short chubby girl and my best friend whose name was the closest to Chris at Kathy. Thinking back I cringe so much in retrospect.
So Rob Reiner directed Stand by Me, then immediately after directed Princess Bride, When Harry met Sally, and then Misery... man was batting a thousand
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Maybe I'm wrong, but do you think that Vern had the most normal family, and so that's why his character was the most childish? The others had adult things to deal with, so they matured a bit because of those things. But Vern really didn't seem to have that. His life seemed the most stable and normal. Even at the end, his life was simple and... normal. He had a good job, a wife, and four kids. When I picture him, I picture him pretty happy
@@LA_HA Absolutely! They are observations that most people who watch the film have never considered. His character was the only one who never made a decision to take action. He always followed others. Even though hiking to see the body was his idea, he never said, _"Hey you guys, I want to going to see a dead body. Who's with me?"_ He was content to, no doubt, roll with the punches later in life, which, in a small town, is revered---a small town which he had no reason to want to leave...unlike the others. Out of the four boys, he was the one most comfortable being in his own skin. He knew he wasn't exceptional, however his acceptance and contentedness of his appearance was stated so matter-of-factly in his line, _"Oh, great! Spit at the fat kid! Real good!'_ It no doubt would have shaped him as a straight-shooter later in life, and sympathetic to others. It's no wonder that it was Vern who was the one who openly stated to his friends, _"This is really a good time,"_ as he was the only one who recognized early on that the trip with his friends was more than just going to see a dead body.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia So true. And when thinking about his adult version, I don't think about Jerry O'Connell the tall good-looking guy. I think of a John Goodman type - nice, reliable, good-hearted person who loves his family, has buddies from work and the neighborhood, and is the most likely to have a good life. Gordy also seems to have a very good life with his wife and son. Chris Chambers was a lawyer, so he could've had a great urban life (wife and kids never mentioned, if I recall), and Teddy having a Lot of issues. But, Vern seems to have the typical thing going on. I'm glad things turned out okay for most of them. I always thought it was sad they didn't see each other before Chris Chambers died. But, that's what makes it bittersweet
@@danballe It allowed your inner monologue to read the line. A line read by your inner monologue in the first person actually brings the subtext of your own life into the line, and personalizes it for you and you alone. It actually makes the line more powerful, and resonate in your mind long after the movie is over.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Exactly what I'm thinking, having the film be silent and let the audience read that line for themselves was the right choice. It makes the personal impact of that ending much bigger.
I feel like singing along to Ben E. King's Stand By Me with the end credits is only way to calm down after watching this movie, because I'm usually very emotional or in tears by the end 😂😂 it's just such a classic, resonated with me as a little kid and will forever be nostalgic for me as an adult 😌
I watched it on tv not long ago and as soon as the song began they cut it and went to commercial, which really ticked me off. If ever there was a song apart of a film it's this one.
Read The Eyes of the Dragon by Steven King... my favorite Steven King short story was done for his Nightmares and Dreamscapes anthology series m.th-cam.com/video/ufOMa3_rYvI/w-d-xo.html
Kings work is known for it's horror, but for me as a fan what makes his books great is that his horror stands on the foundation of a fleshed out world that feels real and characters that feel even more real, and that he really makes us care for. He also excels at writing coming-of-age arcs. Stand by me is basically a Stephen King story like all others, just with all the supernatural horror stuff removed.
"Stand by Me" is a modern classic that has stood the test of time. I think this was Rob Reiner's first feature film. River Phoenix was such a talented actor and it's bittersweet watching this movie now knowing that he died so young and with so much promise. I would suggest you check out "My Own Private Idaho" if you want to see another stellar, career defining performance from him.
OMG!!!! I love My Own Private Idaho!! All I could think about it BEFORE I saw it was the B-52’s song. Man, are they completely different. I love them both!
Most people give all the credit for acting the sh*t out in this movie at such young age, but Wil Wheaton was second best if not on par, Sutherland is great too, quite the baddie.
@@vinniemoran7362 Wheaton's next movie was a piece of garbage called The Curse, which he didn't want to do and begged his parents not to force him. He knew it was a career-killer, even at 13. He got 15 cents on the dollar
It cracks me up when people say Stephen King is demonic and then lose their minds when they realize one of their fave movies “Stand by Me” was created by SK. The denial on their faces is PRICELESS. Brijouxsolo
Just thinking about this film gets me all teary eyed, it's so damn moving. (Especially now with the added tragedy of what some of the child actors went through in real life, not specifically from this film, but from how they were treated in the industry and by their own parents, as child stars). As far as I remember, this is Steven King's favourite film adaptation of any of his stories, and he's notorious for not liking a lot of them, so that says a lot.
I agree on the part with the child actors, but I feel it's important to note that all of them have said repeatedly how great a time shooting this movie was for them. Rob Reiner really cared about their well-being and appearantly it felt almost like a summer camp to them, which they all remember fondly. I say that because especially back then this wasn't a common experience for child actors (I mean, just ask Corey Feldman about some of his later roles), and it makes me love this movie even more.
I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid, but this reaction brought me to tears!! One thing I picked up on is Gordy is writing the book about this adventure, likely because he heard about Chris's death a week before. This movie is adult Gordy coping with the loss of Chris by telling the story of their coming-of-age.
Another coming-of-age film starring River Phoenix is "Running on Empty." A phenomenal performance by him that got him nominated for an Oscar. What a talent! He would've been a huge star had he lived.
I just watched this video and made almost the exact same comment about Running on Empty. I think this was one of his best performances I’ve seen. What a loss when he died.
Stand By Me and The Goonies were filmed in my home state (Oregon) when I was a kid in the 80s. They really define my childhood. I grew up on a cul-de-sac with a bunch of other kids and we were always trying to make adventures of our own thanks to these. I love them! I’m always so devastated by the end of Stand By Me, knowing the ending for River Phoenix wasn’t too far off.
Some of Stand by Me was filmed in California (my home state). My brother and I used to go camping at a place called Burnley Falls where the train trestle bridge scene was filmed. It’s scary as fuck crossing that thing on foot I can tell you. 😂
"I hate cul-de-sacs. There's only one way out, and the people are kind of weird." (Sorry, your story reminded me of another Corey Feldman movie, The Burbs, lol.)
8.2 for SBM?! Whuuuut? “Carrie” is one of the best King film adaptations by far. Can’t believe you haven’t watched it yet. Plus, it’s directed by De Palma. Get to it! 😎
One of my favourite King adaptations is another drama one, Dolores Claiborne. I find it often overlooked, and I've loved it since I saw it in my teens. Kathy Bates is phenomenal in it too.
Yes, I’ve recommended this too! It’s so unsettling. It’s actually made me cringe whenever I watch a movie with David Strathairn, he played such an abusive creep!
As a GenXer River's death affected me more than Cobain's. I remember looking forward to seeing the roles he took as he got older, then to lose him so needlessly broke my heart. Another film I love of his is Running on Empty. Most of us at that time had the friend with the fun hippy parents. However, some of us also had the friend with the mysterious hippy parent you wondered about.
What it lacks in production & budget it makes up for with heart & performances. The dialogue is funny and relatable at times, tragically relatable at others. One of my favourite films.
Another major recurrent theme in King's work is that of bad parents, fathers in particular. You should watch IT, which is basically this story but with a monster. It's both a drama and a horror story, and touches on similar themes of childhood friendship and nostalgia, as well as how kids see adults as villains, especially at home. It makes me wonder what his own home life must have been like.
I believe King had a solid family unit growing up. He loved his mother very much and idolized his older brother. I know he lost his father suddenly when King was in college. He also writes about good parents, too, who are usually disconnected from their kids’ little universes.
This is one of my mom’s favorites, so I grew up with this classic. River Phoenix was such a gem, of both an actor and a human being, that the world lost too soon. The friendship between Gordie and Chris in particular as well as River himself remind me of my own childhood best friend who also died of a heroin OD; gentle, friendly, and always thinking of others. Beautiful movie that so many people around the world can relate to in one way or another. You feel damn near the entire emotional spectrum.
'He was stabbed in the throat - he died almost instantly' *fades away* I've seen this movie 20+ times since I was a kid and that moment breaks me every time.
This is a film that means a lot to me and one I played on repeat as a kid. I upgraded my patreon tier just to watch this early :) Great reaction. It's a 9/10 film for me. It's even just as powerful today as an adult as it was when I was a kid but for different reasons. You really do never have friends like the ones you had when you were twelve...
I was about 12 when this movie came out and I remember really liking it. The older I get the more I like it. It's a 9 for me. The acting by the kids was great!
My CATHOLIC Grade school , what you would call Primary School, had a screening of this for us. Even with all the cursing it was so powerful we were “made” to watch this as young children. If you want some great River Phoenix movies, try Running on Empty and Mosquito Coast.
This film is the embodiment of melancholy for me. It somehow manages to give me memories that I don't even have? And I always feel warm inside yet so sad when it ends.
This film still has me fighting back the tears everytime I see it. I usually find child actors performances a bit cringeworthy to watch but the performances in this film are A+ . RIP River 😢
Been waiting for the boys to watch this more than any other. Perfect film to exemplify their cinematic friendship. And they, too, will one day utter those three powerfully eloquent words: "Jesus, does anyone?"
@@hathi444 That's because he usually writes great characters, but his horror concepts are sometimes hard to adapt to screen (at least in the time it was tried - Langoliers is too big of a concept for a 90s TV movie). A lot of them are much better suited to a readers imagination. The finale fight against IT comes to mind, that was great in the novel but a weak point in either film adaption.
This film is an all time classic and was always a favorite growing up.... it even inspired a female version in the 90s "Now & Then" ... where a group of tweenage girls in the 70s go on an adventure to find a kid that has passed away but is a cold case. Granite it's not as serious of a movie as "Stand By Me" ..... but it's a 90s gem
OMG I've never clicked so fast!!! I adore this movie so so much. I'm 39 and have been watching this movie since I was 11. One of my absolute favourites.
There are films you show off because you love them, they have such pathos heart and great dialog and great scenes. This will always be THAT kind of film to me.
I lost it at the in memoriam for Vern's comb. 😂 Too funny... This is one of my all time favorites and I've loved it ever since I saw it when I was roughly the same age as the characters. It's such a great movie that I revisit every year around the end of summer.
Have to go to the patron, but I doubt the reacted to that, they left it out of this in the edit, at the beginning old Gordie is reading on a paper the obituary for Chris.
This film always makes me feel so sad and honestly just hopeless. I’ve had 3 good friends pass away while in high school and when I watched this film back then it destroyed me and I wasn’t right for weeks.
I always say and I will say it again... Every male, boy, guy, man should see this movie at least once. I saw this in 1986 at age 18 when it was first released and I instantly became a River Phoenix fan. He was gone way too soon. He was so talented. Check out his Oscar nominated role in Running on Empty. Other of his movies worth watching: I Love you to death, Dogfight, My own private Idaho, Sneakers, and The Thing Called Love...he sings in this one. It will be 29 years since he passed away this Halloween and imagine what his body of work would be like today. RIP River.
All 4 boys give great performances. Corey Feldman has jokes made about him now, but his career is pretty legendary.The Goonies is classic, as is Stand By Me. Gremlins and Lost Boys are also massive hits. He voiced Donatello in the TMNT movies (until 3, I think), he voiced young hound in Disney's The Fox and the Hound, he was in a Friday the 13th, he was one half of 'the Coreys'. The Burbs, License to Drive, and Dream a Little Dream are pretty popular 80s films, as well. An extremely impressive filmography...the kid owned the 80s.
I can't believe you didn't give this a 10/10. It's one of my top all time films. Deep and meaningful on so many amazing levels. I saw it first in the 80's as a young adult and I have seen it numerous times since and I am always so impressed. Maybe you had to grow up in the 50'and 60's as I did and Stephen King did to really 'get' it. It was such a different time of innocence. Richard Dreyfus as the older Will Wheaton, who did go on to be a writer of their childhood adventure, maybe in honour or his lost friend Chris, was brilliant narrating the story as he looked back. R.I.P.River...never forgotten.
Movie Trivia: According to director Rob Reiner and actor Wil Wheaton, each of the 4 child actors were chosen because of their similarities to the characters they are portraying. Each role came naturally to the young actors because they were in a sense playing different versions of themselves. River Phoenix was wise beyond his years in real life due to his unusual upbringing and having been raised in (and ultimately escaping from a cult).
Probably the greatest coming of age movie ever. All 4 of the kids are absolutely phenomenal in this. All went on to stuttering adult careers except Phoenix obviously. Will Wheaton Star trek TNG and big bang theory, Jerry O'connel TV show sliders and scream 2 and do I need to say about Corey Feldman. Its such a pity River died so young as he was just as talented as his brother, maybe even better.
I grew up in the 90s and although this movie was a little old by then I always watched Stand By Me, The Sandlot, and Now and Then in a row . They all have the same coming of age beats but not in a cheesy 80s Pretty in Pink way but more in the Breakfast Club kinda way. They have serious undertones and showcase how even kids deal with messy families, or events that shape them into who they are as adults.
One of my all-time favourites. Saw it in the cinema at least 10 times the year it came out (something we did back in the 80s). Watched it on Sky Cinema a couple months ago for the first time in decades and it was as good as I remember it. So chuffed you both loved it. ❤️
I remember watching this as a kid and all I remembered was dodging trains, leeches, and barfarama. My kid brain just glossed over the abuse and dysfunction.
@davidabercrombie5427. She was always type cast as The Mom! She played Marty's Grandma in Back to The Future, was also Dewey and Tatum's Mom in Scream!
I got my love of Stephen King from my grandma and this was one of her favorite films. We watched this together many times and just recently, I introduced my kids to it. They loved it just as much as I hoped they would.
Man I always have to cry so hard everytime I see this movie. I also saw this movie when I was eleven or twelve. Usually I don't say that phrase that much but it kinda changed my life a bit. I thought more about how people seem to be on the outside and what they may be really struggling with. And damn I just love Stephen King.
The chemistry between Chris & Gordy was incredible. River Phoenix, Will Wheaton, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’ Connell became best friends while filming Stand By Me. The younger boy actors had amazing chemistry. The older dudes didn’t much care about, they were bullies. Dang, Stephen King writes about so many bullies in his novels. I was never aware of that. Corey Feldman was a Hollywood child actor in so many movies up to his teenage years. He met another young actor. His name was also Corey. It’s not a joke. Corey Haim also a child actor. He was in Stephen King’s Silver Bullet. The Corey’s made several movies together. One 1983’s fav The Lost Boys. I think the two Corey’s met on that movie set and became best buds. They were inseparable. Corey Haim was an drug addict went to a treatment center was not successful, Corey H overdosed and died instantly. Corey Feldman was shattered over his death. He walked away from acting for a few years. Corey Feldman appeared in the 2011Kathy Perry music video for “ Last Friday Night” with 90’s pop Princess Debbie Gibson. I grew up in the 70’s. I grew up on Corey Feldman movies. R.I.P. Corey Haim I don’t remember the year he passed away.
It's been a long time since I read "The Body" but from what I remember the movie is pretty much on par except that it was Chris holding the gun on Ace.. not Gordie.. I believe Stephen King thought it was one of the best adaptations of his works at the time.
Stephen King was actually moved to tears when he was shown the movie for the first time. He hugged Reiner and told him it was the best adaption anyone had ever done to one of his novels at that point.
@sillysalvador7956 WRONG! There are SEVERAL notable differences. For one ALL of them die except for The Writer! Teddy is killed in a car accident with his other friends, and Vern does in a house fire!
I can watch this movie over and over and my reaction is as fresh as the first time, more nuanced as I get older, but just as fresh all the same. Thanks for choosing this movie to watch.
This may have already been pointed out or you may already have known it but the kid that played Vern, Jerry O'Connell, slimmed down and played in lots of movies sometimes as sort of a heartthrob. He was in at least one movie to which you reacted Scream 2 ( Sid's boyfriend who gets killed) and was in Joe's Apartment, Jerry Mcquire, and Kangaroo Jack not to mention TV serials Sliders and My Secret Identity.
This my favourite film of all time. Tom, I'm glad you gave it such a high rating. The cast are incredible, especially being so young. When the kids were auditioning for roles in Stranger Things the creators had them audition with scenes from Stand By Me.
This is a powerful movie if your personal life reflects some of these childhood experiences. I grew up with a tight group of friends (boys and girls). Always together. Played, cried and fought together but love and acceptance were the threads that kept us together through our lives thus far. Senior citizens now and now spread all over the world we do still come together in our FB page. Imagine that! You do not have to share your history with childhood friends: they ARE your history. The most talented among us tried to stop a robbery and was murdered. We speak his name always to keep his memory alive. Beloved Ricardo Urquizu, you are missed every day brother. Every. Day. RIP. Thank you for this video lads. Forgive this old lady for sharing such heartfelt memories. Feel free to delete. 🙏💖
Rob Reiner directed two great Stephen King adaptations, with this and "Misery." I'd have to say the best is still "The Shining," with "Shawshank" pretty close. A very underrated King adaptation is "Cujo." Although if you want to see a total crap but kinda fun Stephen King film ( and it is a Stephen King film because he directed it) watch "Maximum Overdrive."
@@LarryFleetwood8675 in the book it goes by the title " The Body ". I do suggest when watching a Stephen King film , always read the book first. It's a whole diff experience . Stephen King said himself that he hated the movie " The Shining " . He said the director butchered his book. Stephen King said " Stanley made the movie so cold. It's suppose to be a warm book. ". In the book there aren't 2 girls , an axe ,. What he used was a croquet mallet . He broke his wife's back with it , broke the cooks teeth . And when it came time to kill Danny , he couldn't do it. So he bashes his own brains in with the mallet . And the boiler room from the hotel explodes that brought the hotel down into ashes .
I had almost forgotten how much this movie meant to me. Even though this isn't a traditional story for young girls, it stuck with me and it influenced the kind of person I wanted to be. I stood up to bullies, I tried to do the right thing and when I didn't, I owned up to it. These are the kinds of movies that you want your young people watching because it instills positive values without preaching and gives those values real life context and consequences. It's a hell of a movie.
I remember watching Stand By Me with my Dad way back in 1986 when i was 8 years old. My Dad said this movie reminded him of his younger years. Now i'm in my 40's this movie takes me back to my youth just as it did for my Dad. Stand By Me is a marvelous movie, timeless in it's appeal across generations of people. Love this movie. Great video guys 👍
Thanks for this reaction, guys! :-) This is one of my favourite all-time films! I think I saw it for the first time as a child, probably a bit sooner than I should have done, honestly ;-) at least in terms of not really getting some of the more subtle nuances of the narrative :-) Yet, it remains a film that I can still go back too all these years later, and feel emotional. There's a certain sense of nostalgia and melancholy that comes along with watching it now, though; I still keep in contact with quite a few of the friends I had back when I was 12. Or at least where they are in their lives, thanks to social media. Yet it is very few of them that I actually talk to on a day-to-day basis; I guess the great wheel of life just kept on spinning, and our roads diverged at one point or another... I suspect this is true for most people, which is why the narrative seems to resonate with so many people, of several generations. So this story is equally beautiful, and sad, for me, personally. :-( :-) Again, thank for this reaction, Shaun for watching it again, and Tom, for the first time :-)
11:08 Apparently River once said that compared to Joaquin his own acting talent was minuscule or words to that effect. Nice to know he was always supportive of him. Years before this they'd stared together playing brothers in a short TV movie about a dyslexic boy.
Rob Reiner's commentary on this movie is great, with a lot of behind the scenes tidbits. When filming the scene on the train trestle, Wil Wheaton (Gordie) and Jerry O'Connell (Verne) just weren't giving Reiner what he wanted as far as the fear of them running from a train. After a few takes, Reiner proceeded to go off on them so badly about the fact they were wasting film (he was mostly joking), that they both got upset and started crying. The very next take was the one that ended up in the film. When River Phoenix (Chris) was telling the milk money story, there was a similar issue where Reiner just wanted something a bit more. He told River to think about a time when an adult he'd trusted had let him down, and use that memory in the scene. River went off by himself for a few minutes, and when he got back, he delivered that amazing take. From start to finish, this is a great film that continues to hold up after all these years.
I was 12 when this movie was released and I saw it with my best friends. We totally felt like we were watching ourselves. EDIT: I highly recommend reading the Stephen King short story. The movie is very true to the story but the book have an even sadder ending.
River Phoenix should’ve been the one nominated for an Oscar. Can’t believe he died so young. Rest in Piece “Run to the rescue with love, and peace with follow.”
River Phoenix was Chris, Jerry O' Connell was Vern, Corey Feldman was Teddy, Will Wheaton was Gordy, Kiefer Sutherland was the gang leader, John "Ace," Casey Siemaszko was Billy - Vern's brother, John Cusack - Dennis "Denny," Bradley Gregg was Richard " Eyeball" - Chris' brother, Gary Riley was Charlie, Jason Oliver Lipsett was Vince.
You mentioned Keifer Sutherland, River Phoenix and Corey Feldman. But don't forget Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfus as the narrator and John Cusack. Vern's line still haunts to this day, "Do you guys wanna see a dead body?" The look on their faces when Jerry delivers line was absolutely stellar. Love this film! "Chopper, sick balls!" lol
King got his inspiration for this from a traumatic childhood event, that he himself doesn't really remember, because it was so bad, but his mom told him later. Apparently, when he was around 4 years old, he watched his friend get hit and ripped up by a train, right in front of his face. His mom said he didn't speak for a long time after coming home from that.
Longstanding patron here: this video perfectly exemplifies why I err on Tom's side for emotional reactions, but fancy Shaun and think he's a bloody good friend and better critic.
'It' is for me, his best book as it tugs a lot at the same elements present in this movie. He likes to write about childhood relationships, unfortunately there's a lot of suffering along the way. Unfortunately, neither of the movies have fulfilled the promise of the book. Many many adaptions of his works but one yet to be released is 'The Long Walk' which is one of his finest non-horror tales.
Guys its the 50th anniversary of 1 of the most controversial movies ever made...banned in the UK for over 20 years.....the 1971 classic " CLOCKWORK ORANGE" by Stanley Kubrick
Love watching your horror movie reviews because it's my favorite genre, but you guys knock all your reviews out of the park. Great job again, boys. Always looking forward to your releases.
One of my favorite films and was huge for me as a 12 year old the first time I saw it. Amazing storytelling, character development, and acting. It still holds up to this day.
Such an amazing film! As to Stephen King's adaptations, I'd love to see Rose Madder put to screen. There could be so much space for creativity and an original approach, giving the surrealism of the book.
My favorite King adaptations are tied with one another. The actors chosen for Shawshank Redemption are just so like the book characters that its incredible. And the mood, tone and atmosphere of Dolores Claiborne is just impeccable along with Kathy Bates playing Dolores.
River Phoenix was one of the greatest acting talents of the 90's. Joaquin named his boy River after him. Says it all. RIP River Phoenix the worlds a sadder place without you ♥
You realize what a genuinely kind and caring person he was after watching his old interviews. It’s heartbreaking that we lost him so soon 😢
He was on his way to becoming a legendary actor.
He was just born for it.
RIP River, will be remembered fondly.
El cal: Very true.
I strongly believe he would have been the best actor ever if he was still here. A loss that still hurts. Such a sweet guy.
Totally agree. As a kid I always thought Wil Wheaton was the greatest thing about this movie, but that´s just his badass moment at the end. When it comes to acting talent, I can totally see what an outstanding talent River was re-watching the movie today. R.I.P. indeed......
When I was twelve there were 4 of us who were best friends, much like the movie. Fortunately at age 55, we are all still good friends. Although cancer took one of us 5 years ago, the 3 of us remain as tight as ever.
Yeah mate still see my 3 mates from year 1 when we were 5yo, not just Facebook friends either. We are all 38 now.
you're so lucky, sir. I'm only 18 but I don't have a single true friend who I can really talk to, about deep conversations. I have a group of friends, but we are never really close, some of us even frankly admit that. Honestly, I feel like in this modern world it's getting harder and harder to find best friends since everyone is so into smartphones, online relationships and sharing everything to get attention from social media, it really hurts me to think about my generation and all the generations after.
@@thu9312 caught up with my 3 buddies from kindergartens (5yo) last night.
Playing street fighter and nba jam.
Bloody good night.
@@scottsv96 a wonderful night sir. wish u the best, and wish your friends the best too
My 3 best friends in middle school went around calling ourselves the girl version of SBM except we were in the 1980s. We had a writer, a "weird kid", a short chubby girl and my best friend whose name was the closest to Chris at Kathy. Thinking back I cringe so much in retrospect.
Nice of Shaun to stop Tom from crying at the end by bursting in to song. A true friend.
So Rob Reiner directed Stand by Me, then immediately after directed Princess Bride, When Harry met Sally, and then Misery... man was batting a thousand
You forgot Spinal Tap!
I always forget about Rob Reiner when I'm thinking about great directing streaks. The man was on fire in the late 80s.
...until he made a movie called "North", after which his whole career went south...
@@mondegreen9709 boom......roasted.
Long way from Meathead on All in the Family.
I love how even though they would tease each other they weren't ashamed of consoling each other
I hate to break this to you Shaun but if you watch it again you'll appreciate the film more. 9/10 for me.
Ironically, the only one not to cry from a past experience was Vern.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Maybe I'm wrong, but do you think that Vern had the most normal family, and so that's why his character was the most childish? The others had adult things to deal with, so they matured a bit because of those things.
But Vern really didn't seem to have that. His life seemed the most stable and normal. Even at the end, his life was simple and... normal. He had a good job, a wife, and four kids. When I picture him, I picture him pretty happy
@@LA_HA Absolutely! They are observations that most people who watch the film have never considered.
His character was the only one who never made a decision to take action. He always followed others. Even though hiking to see the body was his idea, he never said, _"Hey you guys, I want to going to see a dead body. Who's with me?"_ He was content to, no doubt, roll with the punches later in life, which, in a small town, is revered---a small town which he had no reason to want to leave...unlike the others.
Out of the four boys, he was the one most comfortable being in his own skin. He knew he wasn't exceptional, however his acceptance and contentedness of his appearance was stated so matter-of-factly in his line, _"Oh, great! Spit at the fat kid! Real good!'_ It no doubt would have shaped him as a straight-shooter later in life, and sympathetic to others.
It's no wonder that it was Vern who was the one who openly stated to his friends, _"This is really a good time,"_ as he was the only one who recognized early on that the trip with his friends was more than just going to see a dead body.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia So true. And when thinking about his adult version, I don't think about Jerry O'Connell the tall good-looking guy. I think of a John Goodman type - nice, reliable, good-hearted person who loves his family, has buddies from work and the neighborhood, and is the most likely to have a good life.
Gordy also seems to have a very good life with his wife and son. Chris Chambers was a lawyer, so he could've had a great urban life (wife and kids never mentioned, if I recall), and Teddy having a Lot of issues. But, Vern seems to have the typical thing going on.
I'm glad things turned out okay for most of them. I always thought it was sad they didn't see each other before Chris Chambers died. But, that's what makes it bittersweet
"Childhood is over when you know you're gonna die." That quote comes to mind when I watch this film.
I hope you live forever
The Richard Dreyfuss narration elevates the film to another level, especially at the end.
Richard Dreyfuss is one of the best.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12, Jesus, does anyone?"
Too bad he doesnt say those words such lines to end a movie!
@@danballe It allowed your inner monologue to read the line. A line read by your inner monologue in the first person actually brings the subtext of your own life into the line, and personalizes it for you and you alone.
It actually makes the line more powerful, and resonate in your mind long after the movie is over.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Exactly what I'm thinking, having the film be silent and let the audience read that line for themselves was the right choice. It makes the personal impact of that ending much bigger.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia That is the genius of leaving that for last.
I feel like singing along to Ben E. King's Stand By Me with the end credits is only way to calm down after watching this movie, because I'm usually very emotional or in tears by the end 😂😂 it's just such a classic, resonated with me as a little kid and will forever be nostalgic for me as an adult 😌
U and me, both! One of my favorite film and one of my favorite song 😁
I watched it on tv not long ago and as soon as the song began they cut it and went to commercial, which really ticked me off. If ever there was a song apart of a film it's this one.
Wait. How did you post a comment 3 days ago when they only posted the video today?
@@devilkyn1 they post the video with a link for their patrons early. The date listed is when it is made public.
@@darkamora5123 Ahh gotcha. Thanks :)
This movie is such a nostalgia bomb. Nostalgia for the 80’s, nostalgia for the 50’s, nostalgia for River..
Friends. The insane amount of freedom we had as kids. Our family. Took me right back there
You never would have guessed that Stephen King, the master of horror, wrote such an incredible and introspective story such as this.
I mean, people that have read his books would know. He writes way more than just horror.
Read
The Eyes of the Dragon
by Steven King...
my favorite Steven King short story was done for his Nightmares and Dreamscapes anthology series
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@@Goomyx1492 Excellent point. It just takes a few seconds to pull them all up.
Kings work is known for it's horror, but for me as a fan what makes his books great is that his horror stands on the foundation of a fleshed out world that feels real and characters that feel even more real, and that he really makes us care for. He also excels at writing coming-of-age arcs. Stand by me is basically a Stephen King story like all others, just with all the supernatural horror stuff removed.
I would never guessed that Stephen King wrote Green Mile
"Stand by Me" is a modern classic that has stood the test of time. I think this was Rob Reiner's first feature film. River Phoenix was such a talented actor and it's bittersweet watching this movie now knowing that he died so young and with so much promise. I would suggest you check out "My Own Private Idaho" if you want to see another stellar, career defining performance from him.
This was Rob Refiner's third film, but his first serious one.
MOPI, The Mosquito Coast... You can't go wrong with a River Phoenix film, and I'm glad Joaquin is talented in the same way...
OMG!!!! I love My Own Private Idaho!! All I could think about it BEFORE I saw it was the B-52’s song. Man, are they completely different. I love them both!
His first film was This Is Spinal Tap.
Rob Reiner doing this movie also got him the job directing Misery.
Lol, having a "conniption fit" is just a classy way of saying losing your sh*t
Yup, man of learning who knows his old school vocabulary.
In modern parlance, he was calling her a karen.
Exactly. Crazy people don't say this anymore
Gotta give props to Will Wheaton and Jerry O'connell.
Most people give all the credit for acting the sh*t out in this movie at such young age, but Wil Wheaton was second best if not on par, Sutherland is great too, quite the baddie.
@@danballe Yeah, Sutherland oozing charisma here.
Yeah, Wheaton's performance is stunning when he breaks down. Even better than River's, which is saying something.
It’s too bad Wheaton turned out to be such a woke whacko weirdo irl.
@@vinniemoran7362 Wheaton's next movie was a piece of garbage called The Curse, which he didn't want to do and begged his parents not to force him. He knew it was a career-killer, even at 13. He got 15 cents on the dollar
It cracks me up when people say Stephen King is demonic and then lose their minds when they realize one of their fave movies “Stand by Me” was created by SK. The denial on their faces is PRICELESS.
Brijouxsolo
The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile are also films that a lot of people do not know are Stephen King films.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Just thinking about this film gets me all teary eyed, it's so damn moving. (Especially now with the added tragedy of what some of the child actors went through in real life, not specifically from this film, but from how they were treated in the industry and by their own parents, as child stars).
As far as I remember, this is Steven King's favourite film adaptation of any of his stories, and he's notorious for not liking a lot of them, so that says a lot.
I agree on the part with the child actors, but I feel it's important to note that all of them have said repeatedly how great a time shooting this movie was for them. Rob Reiner really cared about their well-being and appearantly it felt almost like a summer camp to them, which they all remember fondly.
I say that because especially back then this wasn't a common experience for child actors (I mean, just ask Corey Feldman about some of his later roles), and it makes me love this movie even more.
I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid, but this reaction brought me to tears!! One thing I picked up on is Gordy is writing the book about this adventure, likely because he heard about Chris's death a week before. This movie is adult Gordy coping with the loss of Chris by telling the story of their coming-of-age.
Another coming-of-age film starring River Phoenix is "Running on Empty." A phenomenal performance by him that got him nominated for an Oscar. What a talent! He would've been a huge star had he lived.
I just watched this video and made almost the exact same comment about Running on Empty. I think this was one of his best performances I’ve seen. What a loss when he died.
Wheaton's next film was a piece of horror garbage called The Curse, which he didn't want to do. Kind off f----ed up his career
Stand By Me and The Goonies were filmed in my home state (Oregon) when I was a kid in the 80s. They really define my childhood. I grew up on a cul-de-sac with a bunch of other kids and we were always trying to make adventures of our own thanks to these. I love them! I’m always so devastated by the end of Stand By Me, knowing the ending for River Phoenix wasn’t too far off.
Some of Stand by Me was filmed in California (my home state). My brother and I used to go camping at a place called Burnley Falls where the train trestle bridge scene was filmed. It’s scary as fuck crossing that thing on foot I can tell you. 😂
@@hathi444 Always hoped that I could visit there someday!
"I hate cul-de-sacs. There's only one way out, and the people are kind of weird." (Sorry, your story reminded me of another Corey Feldman movie, The Burbs, lol.)
@@hathi444 yeah, I know that bridge wasn’t here… I hope to visit it someday!
@@Johnny_Socko love that movie too!
8.2 for SBM?! Whuuuut? “Carrie” is one of the best King film adaptations by far. Can’t believe you haven’t watched it yet. Plus, it’s directed by De Palma. Get to it! 😎
One of those perfect movies. Can’t think of a single edit or performance I’d change.
One of my favourite King adaptations is another drama one, Dolores Claiborne. I find it often overlooked, and I've loved it since I saw it in my teens. Kathy Bates is phenomenal in it too.
Yes! One of my favourites. A great story. Although the book made the aftermath of the well scene more haunting.
Yes, I’ve recommended this too! It’s so unsettling. It’s actually made me cringe whenever I watch a movie with David Strathairn, he played such an abusive creep!
@@brittyn he's hella good looking in real life though.
@@singbluesilver1973 he was handsome in Nomadland. I really loved his character in that.
RIP River phoenix the legend
It's sad that Chris died in the same way that he almost died as a teen, a stabbing in the neck.
As a GenXer River's death affected me more than Cobain's. I remember looking forward to seeing the roles he took as he got older, then to lose him so needlessly broke my heart. Another film I love of his is Running on Empty. Most of us at that time had the friend with the fun hippy parents. However, some of us also had the friend with the mysterious hippy parent you wondered about.
Running on Empty was an amazing film. Fellow GenXer here, and I felt the same about River. I was heartbroken when he died.
What it lacks in production & budget it makes up for with heart & performances. The dialogue is funny and relatable at times, tragically relatable at others. One of my favourite films.
Speaking of its production, it was filmed 17 June 1985 - 23 August 1985.
Another major recurrent theme in King's work is that of bad parents, fathers in particular. You should watch IT, which is basically this story but with a monster. It's both a drama and a horror story, and touches on similar themes of childhood friendship and nostalgia, as well as how kids see adults as villains, especially at home. It makes me wonder what his own home life must have been like.
I believe King had a solid family unit growing up. He loved his mother very much and idolized his older brother. I know he lost his father suddenly when King was in college. He also writes about good parents, too, who are usually disconnected from their kids’ little universes.
This is one of my mom’s favorites, so I grew up with this classic. River Phoenix was such a gem, of both an actor and a human being, that the world lost too soon. The friendship between Gordie and Chris in particular as well as River himself remind me of my own childhood best friend who also died of a heroin OD; gentle, friendly, and always thinking of others. Beautiful movie that so many people around the world can relate to in one way or another. You feel damn near the entire emotional spectrum.
'He was stabbed in the throat - he died almost instantly' *fades away*
I've seen this movie 20+ times since I was a kid and that moment breaks me every time.
This is a film that means a lot to me and one I played on repeat as a kid. I upgraded my patreon tier just to watch this early :)
Great reaction. It's a 9/10 film for me. It's even just as powerful today as an adult as it was when I was a kid but for different reasons. You really do never have friends like the ones you had when you were twelve...
10/10. One of the best coming of age stories of our time.
@@tbirdUCW6ReAJ Absolutely.
Nostalgia bomb 10/10 indeed!
I was about 12 when this movie came out and I remember really liking it. The older I get the more I like it. It's a 9 for me. The acting by the kids was great!
This is my all time favorite movie. We wore out many VHS copies back in the day. So quotable and filled with heart and humor.
My CATHOLIC Grade school , what you would call Primary School, had a screening of this for us. Even with all the cursing it was so powerful we were “made” to watch this as young children. If you want some great River Phoenix movies, try Running on Empty and Mosquito Coast.
Love both of those movies, especially Running on Empty!
This film is the embodiment of melancholy for me. It somehow manages to give me memories that I don't even have? And I always feel warm inside yet so sad when it ends.
This film still has me fighting back the tears everytime I see it. I usually find child actors performances a bit cringeworthy to watch but the performances in this film are A+ . RIP River 😢
Been waiting for the boys to watch this more than any other. Perfect film to exemplify their cinematic friendship. And they, too, will one day utter those three powerfully eloquent words:
"Jesus, does anyone?"
And some people (who probably don't even read his books) continue to pigeon hole SK as strictly a horror writer!! He's so much more.....
Yeah no doubt. The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Misery, this of course, The Stand, The Dark Tower... the list goes on and on.
Kind of funny considering how the best Stephen King film adaptions are the non-horror ones.
@@hathi444 He makes the absolutely best characters.
@@hathi444 That's because he usually writes great characters, but his horror concepts are sometimes hard to adapt to screen (at least in the time it was tried - Langoliers is too big of a concept for a 90s TV movie). A lot of them are much better suited to a readers imagination. The finale fight against IT comes to mind, that was great in the novel but a weak point in either film adaption.
The way King can equally scare you and bring tears to your eyes with his stories - that's the most impressive thing a writer can achieve
This film is an all time classic and was always a favorite growing up.... it even inspired a female version in the 90s "Now & Then" ... where a group of tweenage girls in the 70s go on an adventure to find a kid that has passed away but is a cold case. Granite it's not as serious of a movie as "Stand By Me" ..... but it's a 90s gem
"Girls Becoming Women" movie: th-cam.com/video/DQ3sWtXsP6s/w-d-xo.html
River was an incredible actor even at a young age! Also, I hear those vocals Shaun ☺️
OMG I've never clicked so fast!!! I adore this movie so so much. I'm 39 and have been watching this movie since I was 11. One of my absolute favourites.
There are films you show off because you love them, they have such pathos heart and great dialog and great scenes. This will always be THAT kind of film to me.
I lost it at the in memoriam for Vern's comb. 😂 Too funny...
This is one of my all time favorites and I've loved it ever since I saw it when I was roughly the same age as the characters. It's such a great movie that I revisit every year around the end of summer.
This film was such an integral part of my childhood. I watched it so many times. So good
I saw this many many years ago, and despite knowing that Chris dies, it still felt like a gut punch when Gordy tells the story of his death.
Have to go to the patron, but I doubt the reacted to that, they left it out of this in the edit, at the beginning old Gordie is reading on a paper the obituary for Chris.
This film always makes me feel so sad and honestly just hopeless. I’ve had 3 good friends pass away while in high school and when I watched this film back then it destroyed me and I wasn’t right for weeks.
I always say and I will say it again...
Every male, boy, guy, man should see this movie at least once.
I saw this in 1986 at age 18 when it was first released and I instantly became a River Phoenix fan. He was gone way too soon. He was so talented. Check out his Oscar nominated role in Running on Empty. Other of his movies worth watching: I Love you to death, Dogfight, My own private Idaho, Sneakers, and The Thing Called Love...he sings in this one. It will be 29 years since he passed away this Halloween and imagine what his body of work would be like today. RIP River.
All 4 boys give great performances.
Corey Feldman has jokes made about him now, but his career is pretty legendary.The Goonies is classic, as is Stand By Me. Gremlins and Lost Boys are also massive hits. He voiced Donatello in the TMNT movies (until 3, I think), he voiced young hound in Disney's The Fox and the Hound, he was in a Friday the 13th, he was one half of 'the Coreys'. The Burbs, License to Drive, and Dream a Little Dream are pretty popular 80s films, as well. An extremely impressive filmography...the kid owned the 80s.
I can't believe you didn't give this a 10/10. It's one of my top all time films. Deep and meaningful on so many amazing levels. I saw it first in the 80's as a young adult and I have seen it numerous times since and I am always so impressed. Maybe you had to grow up in the 50'and 60's as I did and Stephen King did to really 'get' it. It was such a different time of innocence. Richard Dreyfus as the older Will Wheaton, who did go on to be a writer of their childhood adventure, maybe in honour or his lost friend Chris, was brilliant narrating the story as he looked back. R.I.P.River...never forgotten.
"Girls Becoming Women" movie: th-cam.com/video/DQ3sWtXsP6s/w-d-xo.html
It's a masterpiece
Movie Trivia: According to director Rob Reiner and actor Wil Wheaton, each of the 4 child actors were chosen because of their similarities to the characters they are portraying. Each role came naturally to the young actors because they were in a sense playing different versions of themselves. River Phoenix was wise beyond his years in real life due to his unusual upbringing and having been raised in (and ultimately escaping from a cult).
Definitely do the Kathy Bates Stephen King classics DOLORES CLAIBORNE and MISERY.
Probably the greatest coming of age movie ever. All 4 of the kids are absolutely phenomenal in this. All went on to stuttering adult careers except Phoenix obviously. Will Wheaton Star trek TNG and big bang theory, Jerry O'connel TV show sliders and scream 2 and do I need to say about Corey Feldman. Its such a pity River died so young as he was just as talented as his brother, maybe even better.
"The wrong
kid died"
The best...
@@crimesforkibble6912 "He cut in half with a machete"!!!
For "Girls becoming Women,": th-cam.com/video/DQ3sWtXsP6s/w-d-xo.html
I grew up in the 90s and although this movie was a little old by then I always watched Stand By Me, The Sandlot, and Now and Then in a row . They all have the same coming of age beats but not in a cheesy 80s Pretty in Pink way but more in the Breakfast Club kinda way. They have serious undertones and showcase how even kids deal with messy families, or events that shape them into who they are as adults.
One of my all-time favourites. Saw it in the cinema at least 10 times the year it came out (something we did back in the 80s). Watched it on Sky Cinema a couple months ago for the first time in decades and it was as good as I remember it. So chuffed you both loved it. ❤️
I remember watching this as a kid and all I remembered was dodging trains, leeches, and barfarama. My kid brain just glossed over the abuse and dysfunction.
Well that’s how kids survive abuse and dysfunction. 🤷🏻♂️
that really is all we get from the movie as kids lmfao but i remember always wanting a friend like chris
Oh shit I never realized that Gordie's older brother was John Cusack
and his mom was the mom in Gremlins
@@ImBigDave79 yeah, why he freaked out when that was stolen by him
@davidabercrombie5427.
She was always type cast as The Mom! She played Marty's Grandma in Back to The Future, was also Dewey and Tatum's Mom in Scream!
I got my love of Stephen King from my grandma and this was one of her favorite films. We watched this together many times and just recently, I introduced my kids to it. They loved it just as much as I hoped they would.
Man I always have to cry so hard everytime I see this movie. I also saw this movie when I was eleven or twelve. Usually I don't say that phrase that much but it kinda changed my life a bit. I thought more about how people seem to be on the outside and what they may be really struggling with. And damn I just love Stephen King.
I've seen this movie probably 50x over the years. Those boys still make me cry all these years later. Excellent movie..
I find rating a film based on what other people might think very strange. Don't worry about anyone else! You do you m8!
one of my all time favorite movies. never gets old. always makes me cry.
The chemistry between Chris & Gordy was incredible. River Phoenix, Will Wheaton, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’ Connell became best friends while filming Stand By Me.
The younger boy actors had amazing chemistry. The older dudes didn’t much care about, they were bullies. Dang, Stephen King writes about so many bullies in his novels. I was never aware of that.
Corey Feldman was a Hollywood child actor in so many movies up to his teenage years.
He met another young actor. His name was also Corey. It’s not a joke. Corey Haim also a child actor. He was in Stephen King’s Silver Bullet. The Corey’s made several movies together. One 1983’s fav The Lost Boys. I think the two Corey’s met on that movie set and became best buds. They were inseparable. Corey Haim was an drug addict went to a treatment center was not successful, Corey H overdosed and died instantly.
Corey Feldman was shattered over his death. He walked away from acting for a few years.
Corey Feldman appeared in the 2011Kathy Perry music video for “ Last Friday Night” with 90’s pop Princess Debbie Gibson.
I grew up in the 70’s. I grew up on Corey Feldman movies. R.I.P. Corey Haim I don’t remember the year he passed away.
It's been a long time since I read "The Body" but from what I remember the movie is pretty much on par except that it was Chris holding the gun on Ace.. not Gordie.. I believe Stephen King thought it was one of the best adaptations of his works at the time.
Rob Reiner also did Misery which King loved.
I think there's quite a bit more to the book. From what I can remember you get to hear a lot more of Gordie's stories.
I remember hearing that Ace’s gang did ending being them pretty badly afterwards? Or maybe I’m remembering that wrong
Stephen King was actually moved to tears when he was shown the movie for the first time. He hugged Reiner and told him it was the best adaption anyone had ever done to one of his novels at that point.
@sillysalvador7956
WRONG! There are SEVERAL notable differences. For one ALL of them die except for The Writer! Teddy is killed in a car accident with his other friends, and Vern does in a house fire!
I can watch this movie over and over and my reaction is as fresh as the first time, more nuanced as I get older, but just as fresh all the same. Thanks for choosing this movie to watch.
THE definitive coming-of-age film. When I have any sons, I'll be sure to introduce them to it.
"Girls Becoming Women" movie: th-cam.com/video/DQ3sWtXsP6s/w-d-xo.html
This may have already been pointed out or you may already have known it but the kid that played Vern, Jerry O'Connell, slimmed down and played in lots of movies sometimes as sort of a heartthrob. He was in at least one movie to which you reacted Scream 2 ( Sid's boyfriend who gets killed) and was in Joe's Apartment, Jerry Mcquire, and Kangaroo Jack not to mention TV serials Sliders and My Secret Identity.
The Cure, Camp Nowhere, House Arrest, The Sandlot, The Neverending Story, etc... So many great nostalgic movies about growing up.
Absolutely love this film, and your reactions were heartwarming. 😊💜
This my favourite film of all time. Tom, I'm glad you gave it such a high rating. The cast are incredible, especially being so young. When the kids were auditioning for roles in Stranger Things the creators had them audition with scenes from Stand By Me.
Makes me sad thinking of all the amazing performances we never got to see from River Phoenix due to his early death.
This is a powerful movie if your personal life reflects some of these childhood experiences. I grew up with a tight group of friends (boys and girls). Always together. Played, cried and fought together but love and acceptance were the threads that kept us together through our lives thus far. Senior citizens now and now spread all over the world we do still come together in our FB page. Imagine that! You do not have to share your history with childhood friends: they ARE your history. The most talented among us tried to stop a robbery and was murdered. We speak his name always to keep his memory alive. Beloved Ricardo Urquizu, you are missed every day brother. Every. Day. RIP. Thank you for this video lads. Forgive this old lady for sharing such heartfelt memories. Feel free to delete. 🙏💖
Rob Reiner directed two great Stephen King adaptations, with this and "Misery." I'd have to say the best is still "The Shining," with "Shawshank" pretty close. A very underrated King adaptation is "Cujo." Although if you want to see a total crap but kinda fun Stephen King film ( and it is a Stephen King film because he directed it) watch "Maximum Overdrive."
The Dead Zone (1983) is my personal fave King-to-film.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Oh yeah, that is a good one
@@LarryFleetwood8675 in the book it goes by the title " The Body ". I do suggest when watching a Stephen King film , always read the book first. It's a whole diff experience . Stephen King said himself that he hated the movie " The Shining " . He said the director butchered his book. Stephen King said " Stanley made the movie so cold. It's suppose to be a warm book. ". In the book there aren't 2 girls , an axe ,. What he used was a croquet mallet . He broke his wife's back with it , broke the cooks teeth . And when it came time to kill Danny , he couldn't do it. So he bashes his own brains in with the mallet . And the boiler room from the hotel explodes that brought the hotel down into ashes .
"The Green Mile" is in that top tier group also, for me. Where do y'all rank "Carrie" and "The Mist"?
@@mrkelso Carrie was his first book. He almost threw it away , but his wife convinced him to send it to the publisher . And it became #1
I had almost forgotten how much this movie meant to me. Even though this isn't a traditional story for young girls, it stuck with me and it influenced the kind of person I wanted to be. I stood up to bullies, I tried to do the right thing and when I didn't, I owned up to it. These are the kinds of movies that you want your young people watching because it instills positive values without preaching and gives those values real life context and consequences. It's a hell of a movie.
"Girls Becoming Women" movie: th-cam.com/video/DQ3sWtXsP6s/w-d-xo.html
I remember watching Stand By Me with my Dad way back in 1986 when i was 8 years old.
My Dad said this movie reminded him of his younger years.
Now i'm in my 40's this movie takes me back to my youth just as it did for my Dad.
Stand By Me is a marvelous movie, timeless in it's appeal across generations of people.
Love this movie.
Great video guys 👍
Thanks for this reaction, guys! :-)
This is one of my favourite all-time films!
I think I saw it for the first time as a child, probably a bit sooner than I should have done, honestly ;-) at least in terms of not really getting some of the more subtle nuances of the narrative :-)
Yet, it remains a film that I can still go back too all these years later, and feel emotional.
There's a certain sense of nostalgia and melancholy that comes along with watching it now, though; I still keep in contact with quite a few of the friends I had back when I was 12. Or at least where they are in their lives, thanks to social media.
Yet it is very few of them that I actually talk to on a day-to-day basis; I guess the great wheel of life just kept on spinning, and our roads diverged at one point or another...
I suspect this is true for most people, which is why the narrative seems to resonate with so many people, of several generations.
So this story is equally beautiful, and sad, for me, personally. :-( :-)
Again, thank for this reaction, Shaun for watching it again, and Tom, for the first time :-)
11:08 Apparently River once said that compared to Joaquin his own acting talent was minuscule or words to that effect. Nice to know he was always supportive of him. Years before this they'd stared together playing brothers in a short TV movie about a dyslexic boy.
"Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia" (1984): th-cam.com/video/Yi1Lk6ttFqs/w-d-xo.html
I think River would have had Leonardo DiCaprio's Career if he had lived R.I.P
Rob Reiner's commentary on this movie is great, with a lot of behind the scenes tidbits. When filming the scene on the train trestle, Wil Wheaton (Gordie) and Jerry O'Connell (Verne) just weren't giving Reiner what he wanted as far as the fear of them running from a train. After a few takes, Reiner proceeded to go off on them so badly about the fact they were wasting film (he was mostly joking), that they both got upset and started crying. The very next take was the one that ended up in the film. When River Phoenix (Chris) was telling the milk money story, there was a similar issue where Reiner just wanted something a bit more. He told River to think about a time when an adult he'd trusted had let him down, and use that memory in the scene. River went off by himself for a few minutes, and when he got back, he delivered that amazing take. From start to finish, this is a great film that continues to hold up after all these years.
Conniption Fit: "Anger or panic expressed verbally loudly and with overt bodily gestures."
thanks dude
I was 12 when this movie was released and I saw it with my best friends. We totally felt like we were watching ourselves.
EDIT: I highly recommend reading the Stephen King short story. The movie is very true to the story but the book have an even sadder ending.
One of my favorite Stephen King movies that aren't horror themed.
The shawshank redemption has it beat for me but this one is a close second
What an absolute CLASSIC! 😍😭✨ Watched it all the time growing up as a kid. But it only get’s better with age!
I knew it 3:40!!! I was waiting for it 🤣🤟🏾. This is classic, BULLTRUE!!! 👍🏽
River Phoenix should’ve been the one nominated for an Oscar. Can’t believe he died so young. Rest in Piece
“Run to the rescue with love, and peace with follow.”
He was nominated for an oscar once for a different film.
That scene when the train comes I literally feel like I’m about to pass out it’s so intense.
Unforgettable indeed. Watched this one growing up and love it.
River Phoenix was Chris, Jerry O' Connell was Vern, Corey Feldman was Teddy, Will Wheaton was Gordy, Kiefer Sutherland was the gang leader, John "Ace," Casey Siemaszko was Billy - Vern's brother, John Cusack - Dennis "Denny," Bradley Gregg was Richard " Eyeball" - Chris' brother, Gary Riley was Charlie, Jason Oliver Lipsett was Vince.
You mentioned Keifer Sutherland, River Phoenix and Corey Feldman. But don't forget Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfus as the narrator and John Cusack. Vern's line still haunts to this day, "Do you guys wanna see a dead body?" The look on their faces when Jerry delivers line was absolutely stellar. Love this film! "Chopper, sick balls!" lol
That last line, typed not spoken remains in my heart to this day. I was 10 when the short story was published and 14 when this movie came out.
King got his inspiration for this from a traumatic childhood event, that he himself doesn't really remember, because it was so bad, but his mom told him later. Apparently, when he was around 4 years old, he watched his friend get hit and ripped up by a train, right in front of his face. His mom said he didn't speak for a long time after coming home from that.
Yes!!! One of my favourite ever films with one of my favourite ever songs
Longstanding patron here: this video perfectly exemplifies why I err on Tom's side for emotional reactions, but fancy Shaun and think he's a bloody good friend and better critic.
I get emotional every time I watch this, and I can’t wait to share this with my kids when they are old enough
'It' is for me, his best book as it tugs a lot at the same elements present in this movie. He likes to write about childhood relationships, unfortunately there's a lot of suffering along the way. Unfortunately, neither of the movies have fulfilled the promise of the book.
Many many adaptions of his works but one yet to be released is 'The Long Walk' which is one of his finest non-horror tales.
Never realized Denny was played by John Cusack
Guys its the 50th anniversary of 1 of the most controversial movies ever made...banned in the UK for over 20 years.....the 1971 classic " CLOCKWORK ORANGE" by Stanley Kubrick
Love watching your horror movie reviews because it's my favorite genre, but you guys knock all your reviews out of the park. Great job again, boys. Always looking forward to your releases.
One of my favorite films and was huge for me as a 12 year old the first time I saw it. Amazing storytelling, character development, and acting. It still holds up to this day.
Such an amazing film! As to Stephen King's adaptations, I'd love to see Rose Madder put to screen. There could be so much space for creativity and an original approach, giving the surrealism of the book.
Some of that wasn't acting for wil, his home life was terribly abusive. I'm so glad he's been as successful as he has.
My favorite King adaptations are tied with one another. The actors chosen for Shawshank Redemption are just so like the book characters that its incredible. And the mood, tone and atmosphere of Dolores Claiborne is just impeccable along with Kathy Bates playing Dolores.