FIRST TIME WATCHING: American History X (1998) REACTION (Movie Commentary) REUPLOAD
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Norton REALLY should have gotten an Oscar for this performance.
Considering how controversial this was, it's a wonder he even got a nomination. Normally, I wouldn't expect the Academy to touch a movie like this with a 10 foot pole.
Absolutely
Awards mean absolutely nothing.
Yup!
Yep!
Between this and Fight Club, Edward Norton crushed the 90's. Very powerful films.
Agreed
Have you seen “The 25th hour?” Amazing movie with Edward Norton.
@@mzliz1249 will have to check this one out thanks.
@@mzliz1249 one of my top 3 for Edward Norton !!!
Death to smoochy!
“Hate is baggage. Life is to short to be pissed off all the time.” Best line of the movie. A lot of people haven’t watched this and it shows
Absolutely!!! When you give it up you become super happy bc it feels like a huge weight is no longer weighing you down. I'm so happy people prolly think I'm fake, but if they knew me before they would know it's authentic.
Bababooey
Ooo edgy
Hate is a mental disease like addiction and obesity !
Such an amazing line
The way the black kid that murdered Danny is just in an early phase of the exact same cycle of violence that Derek went through.
Exactly, that is what most people failed to see.
so does Derek go back to hating black people now?
Moral of the story: Never relax.
Danny let go of the hate, and as a result let his guard down.
You saw glimpses of an older mentor directing the young shooters anger into hateful action.
Derek didn’t kill some random innocent kid though 🤔
If Edward Norton can make me believe everything else his character did in this film, I can believe he dunked a basketball once too.
I'm probably an inch shorter than Norton, and I could dunk. HOWEVER, reverse dunk... I'm not buying that.
Honestly, some times I think Edward wasn´t acting in this movie 😬
@@birch5757 In a game? I was a 6 foot 2 white guy and I could barely dunk on 9 and 1/2 foot rim with noone around.
@@Mark-fr7yv I did it literally one time in a pick up game. It's worth mentioning I ran track and my 2 best events were the 400 and the long jump, so there was a window there when I could really get up.
I think he did play ball for real back in high school.
One of the most terrifying movies I have ever watched. The acting from all was stellar. Mr. Norton should have received an Oscar.
watch shindler list
He got snubbed like the lady who played the mom in requiem for a dream. Hollywood rarely awards anything worth the awards anymore lol
This movie holds no punches, its incredible!
This movie is just j00ish p0rn. A white supremacist getting buttgraped in the prison showers. And then he completely abandons his way of thinking just because a bleep says hello to him. Ridiculous. A much better film when you turn it off halfway through.
@@andreprefontaine3824great piece of fiction I agree.
The 90's was an incredible decade for movies and music.
Second this. Iconic stuff.
Absolutely 💯
True
The curb stomp scene is the most terrifying scene in any movie i've ever seen. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it.
Yep. Súper intense
Completely
It is the single reason that I've never actually wathed the entire movie, even though it came out in my teens.
I audibly gasped and flinched incredibly hard. i’ll never forget it
It's perfect.
Best line. “Has anything you’ve done made your life better?”
Well, being not racist got them killed, so yeah.
Nope...
But it made me extremely fearce and dangerous. Carved me into a natural born leader. A King amoungst kings😤
This was a brave move for all involved. It walked a knife edge where a misstep could have ended careers. Avery Brooks has the most important line “Has anything that you have done made your life better?”
That is a life turning question when in the throes of that hate and depression.
It's a stunner.
Misstep could have ended careers?
You got a remember when this movie was made it’s not like it is now with all this cancel anybody who does something you don’t like
@@ryanssten731 yeah, I remember.. that's partially why I asked, because back then we didn't have to walk quite as much on eggshells. i miss those days when art was more honest
This was back in the day when we had the freedom to make the art we thought was important. Not today.
This movie was so ahead of its time. A masterpiece.
They would never make a movie like that today. They are going there absolute hardest to divide us today than back in the 90s
@@theyfearme1379 no cuz everyone is fucking to easy offend by put a fucking racist mark on everything but in the 90s you still cold joke about everything as now you can't and do what you wanted to as movie or not world become worse and worse
@@Luciferhell5 That's true too, but so is what I said
@@theyfearme1379 yes it is
It only feels that way because society has gone backwards in the last decade or so.
I’ll always appreciate my history teacher showing this movie to us in 10th grade.
I was just thinking about how this movie influenced my history day project in 10th grade - hate crime in 20th century America (this was in 2001). It is insane how little of the surface I had scratched with my limited internet access, and yet it just keeps happening. We never learn and instead indoctrinate future generations to the same views and actions.
@@laurarowland3260 you mean in all the democratically run states? Yeah it’s a shitty situation for them to be fed the same BS year after year and to vote for the same idiots.
this is probably one of the most important American movies. The cycle of hatred is perpetuated through generations and only breeds more hate. This is a dark and uncomfortable subject but one that we cannot ignore or pretend doesn't exist. It must be confronted and I think this film does that in a powerful way.
One interesting fact about the making of this film is the director wanting an ending of Derek shaving his head in the mirror after Danny is killed, implying he descends back into his worldview of bigotry and hatred. Edward Norton felt strongly that was not what the ending should be, and ended up going to the studio over it and won the argument, the director has basically disowned the film because of it. But I think Norton was right. IMO the message of this movie is, people are never going to change. But a person can change, and the better angels of our nature can ultimately prevail. But the fight will never be "won," we are always going to have this darkness in us and we must be conscious of it and strive to not let it overtake us. What happened in Nazi Germany is an example of when that battle is lost on a big scale.
I think the film does a great job of showing how these seeds are planted. We see Derek as this monster for much of the film but only near the end do we see that no, he wasn't always like this. In fact he was nothing like this. But his father planted the seeds and then a horrible occurrence (his father being killed on the job) sent him into a spiral, then he went on to plant the seeds in his brother and others.
Norton gives a pretty incredible performance in this. I honestly can't think of a better performance in any film. He is absolutely terrifying but charismatic and then we see his character completely broken down and start to be put back together.
Yeah, the director's reaction was wild. His whole message seemed to be that people don't change, either can't and won't, which I think is damn foolish. People change all the time, and people can make dramatic changes, especially when going through trauma. Comparing the original script to what we got, I think Norton saved this film. It's arguably his finest work.
You articulated this so much better than I did.
The ending was perfect. It showed someone changing but also the consequences of their actions.
Bingo, and perfectly articulated. The film turned out to be a nice classical tragedy-Derek changes his mindset in large part because, like Danny, he realizes hatred is just needless baggage, and he wants to protect his family, and especially Danny, from the consequences. But by the time he's able to get Danny's head right, it's already too late, and because of Derek's skinhead influence his greatest fear has already been set in motion. It's a form of storytelling that's worked for thousands of years across radically different cultures. Tony Kaye's original ending, by contrast, would have been *_repulsively_* cynical. He wrote an interesting article for The Guardian called "Losing It" about the film, and it's very interesting for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that even Kaye still has no idea what his original vision was:
_"Whenever I argued with Norton, I didn't have a leg to stand on. He could wipe the floor with me because he's a great articulator. My problem all through American History X was that I could never tell anyone what I wanted to do with the film. Sometimes I didn't even know myself. More often, I was so intimidated by the process that I went into meltdown if I wasn't left alone to work things out. Of course, if you actually listened to what Norton was saying, you could hear that none of it made sense in film-making terms: that's not his forte, as you'll know if you saw the movie that he directed, Keeping the Faith. 'Pretty fucking awful' hardly covers that one."_
It's pretty ballsy of him to accuse Norton's cut of "not making sense" in the same paragraph he admits he didn't know what he was trying to say with his own ending, and that he couldn't counter Norton's logic. Never mind the fact that, again, the tragedy form has worked for thousands of years, and Kaye doesn't explain what about the film doesn't make sense. He just says it as if it's a given, obvious to everyone. You get the idea that Kaye isn't being intentionally dishonest, just a bit deluded. A talented but strange man, certainly.
@@je7055 agreed.. Kaye wanted to cut the flashback scene of Norton and his father at the dinner table... IMO the most crucial scene of the whole film
I think Kaye did a great job directing it but I don't think he had a clear vision of what this film was trying to say, as he admits. It's a shame how he went to war with Norton over it and destroyed his career. I just can't understand what he wanted, as you say his cut was so oppressive cynical, if you really have that view of the subject then what's the point in even making a film about it? It's pure nihilism.
I will say to his credit in later interviews Kaye has said he was caught up in his own ego as a creative and he was in the wrong
That's nonsense, do you have any idea how insignificant so called White supremacy is ? It's not even a blip on the radar compared to others
This movie should be shown in schools. It's so powerful
Probably not a great idea since it implies he may descend back into the world of hatred which is why they changed the ending.
Too bad in some states (I won't name them, but I'm sure you can figure it out) they'd probably ban it from being shown because it might hurt white kids' feelings or whatever bologna excuse they use now.
@@yulewave1 but that's what matters, is that they changed the ending to a better ending. Sad, but hopeful.
We actually saw it in school.
It should be..but to many people would be instantly " triggered" before even allowing the message of the film to get across..
The sound of the teeth scraping on the sidewalk before Derek stomps on the guys head will forever remain in my brain. That scene scared the crap out of me when I watched it as a teen.
I saw an interview with Edward Norton where he said he was hesitant to take this role because of how extreme it was but his manager (I think it was) convinced him because if he did this movie he would never be able to be typecast since this was so remarkably different to anything he had done before.
"I'm ashamed you ever came out of my body." That hits hard.
Your name 💀
@@tcrijwanachoudhury thank you
@@cajuncoonass5053 I think she doesn't know that he is a neo nazi including her girlfriend
Not as hard as Derek’s boot…
@@ninjireal yeah you right
I was 18 when this came out. Seen it a couple of times since. Still makes a huge emotional & thoughtful impact to this day. Its a movie that just hits ya deep.
I was 8, and watched with 12.
This black and white thing must end
@TheDrJotta until we stop seeing people for their color and not their character it will never end.
@@nateworthy530 So much harder with the way people think of it these days. I was told not seeing skin colour was racist. Where I always treat people based on WHO they are, not what colour they are.
"I don't know what's more unbelievable -- them winning or Edward Norton dunking."
That may be the only time I laughed out loud watching a reaction video.
One the most important movies ever made. I'll never forget the impact it had on me the first time I watched it. All teens should have to watch this in school.
This is an amazing movie. That final scene with Derrick and Danny is very hard to watch without shedding a tear or 2. I think this is a must watch for everybody.
That coupled with the scene when they are young boys gets me every time
They almost cut that scene out of the movie to have Danny die off screen and Derrek going back to his gang.
Thank god they didnt
I wouldn't recommend this for anyone under 12 or 13, it has alot of adult themes and extreme violence. Just saying!
@@chrisfreimiller4878 I’m assuming you mean the one where Norton is by himself at home? Lol
@@williamswiniuch7527 the prison shower scene
I made sure that my kids watched this movie (as teenagers not when they were very young) and it impacted them in the best way, I'm so proud of them, they are very kind, caring and loving young adults
I watched this with my own 2 sons as well as the movie Mississippi Burning. I wanted them to fully understand how racism and ideas like this are so wrong and how your peers can lead you down the wrong path. It was a powerful lesson for my kids to learn and now that they are adults I know it impacted them significantly. Parents need to have these difficult conversations with their children.
@@michellejames9969 well i was hateful as fuck 2 years ago from i was 13-15 I'm 35 now my becoming wife learn me to not be that hateful cuz she brought the light in my life and open up my heart to think more about not hat it take so much energy and i watch this movie when i was younger i didn't feel nothing i loved the boots scene stamp on the head well i guess i was to hateful back then but yes everyone can change i guess in time
@@Luciferhell5 I think it’s so honorable that your credit your wife so lovingly that she has brought light into your life and showed you some compassion. She truly loves you and you for her to have this impact. Everyone responds to movies in a different way, I watched it with my own sons explaining the movie to them so they would understand. It may have impacted you differently as a teen if you had someone who was watching it with you in the compassionate manner of your wife. But I believe everything happens for a reason and you two together, she has brought a balance into your life you may not have had. Either way, it’s still an impactful important movie that should be watched and hopefully understood in the lessons it tries to teach. 🥰
@@michellejames9969 yes i agree with you and thank you so much well she really made me to a better human and yes this movie is really important it have everything you need to know about hate love family and death and we'll yes of course all movie has different impact on people like some get scared by horror movies and some cry to sad things in movies and yes my wife sould have alot more than credits by this words i have text here but there is nothing in this world that is that much worth for how happy and grateful i am by she get that deep inside of my heart and make me really see how stupid and worthless hate is in life ☺️
@@michellejames9969 It's only a proper lesson if you made them aware of all the overt Black racism in this movie as well. But I imagine if you were murdered by Black people while trying to put out a fire in their neighborhood and Black people then tried to rob your wife and your kids in the middle of the night at gunpoint because your kids beat them in a basketball game, it wouldn't be unexpected that your kids would hold a bit of a grudge as they got older.
That feeling you got while watching the curb stomp, that doesnt go away. That feeling hits everytime
Avery Brooks is a fantastic actor, writer, director, he was one of my fave actors in the 90's forward
Danny's death at the end of this still guts me man. Living and learning isn't enough. Sometimes death is the price.
I love the nod to Kubrick
The most distracting part of that scene for me was Danny dropping the homework assignment when he falls, but is holding it when he dies.
Yeah what I got from this movie..... Doesn't matter if you have a change of heart this world is fucked up and never let your guard down. Doesn't matter if you're nice. Others aren't!
@@TheDkb427 That's what you got from this movie?
to me that kind of ruins the whole movie... the black kid kills him in cold blood, for what? Cause he blew smoke in his face? Kind of reinforces the whole "this is why we hate blacks" message the entire movie was trying to erase lol
"Hate is baggage." Great line. It's true. The irony is, hate mostly hurts the hater. My belief? Hate and logic cannot coexist. Great movie. Great reaction. As far as Edward Norton goes, he's an awesome actor. It's amazing how jacked he got for this role, and . . . the dunk was ridiculous! LOL!!! 🏀
If one lesson to learn from the ending of this movie is that Hate attracts Hate! The Hate you give comes right back to you! May take a while, but it always catches up with you!
It's like eating poison and expecting the one you hate to get sick.
Irony that whites can change ... blacks still shooting
In a deleted scene, Lamont (Derek's friend) goes into the showers and finds him laying on the floor unconscious, Lamont freaks out, picks him up like nothing and he's likely the person that gets him to the medical facility. I actually like how the final movie left out a LOT of scenes, leaves a lot to the imagination.
Love how you took this film and really appreciated it for what is happening and not just the "surface stuff"!! Cool channel!
Over the course of my life, I've pretty much lived this movie.
Not quite murder, and not quite prison.
But, the lessons were the same.
Hate is not inherent.
It is taught.
Anger is not an emotion.
It is a reaction, to fear, or pain.
Be good to each other.
We are all we have.
"Hate is not inherent. It is taught."
Except it's taught through life experiences a lot more than someone telling you so and I'm pretty sure you were trying to say it was the latter.
@@jongordon7914 agreed.
But, when you are young, and lack life experience, you tend to draw from what you are told.
@@Mr.Schitzengigglez Unfortunately, people often mistake fact-based caution, for hatred. A girl being told to be cautious around men or groups of men, is not based on hate but statistical probabilities. The same could be said for White people being told to be cautious around Black people, as Black people are about 9X more likely to commit a violent crime against White people than White people are to commit against Black people. It's not hatred, just self-preservation.
@@jongordon7914 my situation was, that I grew up in a black neighborhood, as a young white child, with a family who had espoused some serious racist undertones.
I saw a lot of hate, and love,from both sides.
I was left in the middle, to sort it all out.
At this point, it's all bullshit.
Just love your neighbor.
They probably cook some bomb ass food.
Which, is about the greatest thing in this life
@@Mr.Schitzengigglez And my situation was that I grew up in an almost entirely White neighborhood, went to almost entirely White schools, went to mixed schools and also got bussed to entirely Black schools, and saw just how violent and racially intolerant Black people were towards every race, ethnicity and foreigner. The extent of White racism consisted of jokes, slurs and avoiding Black people and feeling a sense of guilt for being that way. The extent of Black racism consisted of ganging up on White and Asian kids and robbing them or violently assaulting them and not feeling a single ounce of guilt or remorse.
This movie, and reactions to it, is a PERFECT microcosm of racism in the 21st century. Almost all of the violence and racism in this movie was committed by Black people, from beginning to end and yet the comments are always filled with apologetic White people and angry Black people, condemning the miniscule amount of White racism and completely ignoring the Black racism.
The Black Racism/Violence: In the beginning the Black racists throw a White kid to the bathroom floor, kick him in the stomach, and then offer him a hand to get up and kick him in the stomach again. At that moment, Edward Furlong's character (Danny) comes out of the bathroom and is just standing there when Little Henry approaches him and racially threatens him. Danny never says a word to them. Then at the Basketball game, there are Black and White guys playing on each other's team, but the Black guy is the only one to throw out any racial slurs. The White guys use racial slurs in private. After the Black guys lost the game, they go to Derek's family' house in the middle of the night and rob his family at gunpoint and try to steal Derek's father's truck. Derek's dead firefighting father that was killed while putting out a fire in a Black neighborhood. Little Henry is seen throughout the movie stalking Danny and ultimately murders him at the end.
The White Racism/Violence: The violent attack of the immigrants at the grocery store and the rampant vandalism of the store.
There needs to be a blockbuster movie that's the OPPOSITE: Racist black dude is the main character and white dude shows him the light. Starring Michael B. Jordan, white dude is Bill Burr....
It is very sad that ALL the dinner table talks are still extremely relevant today
This was such a great reaction video. The editing was perfect, your energy was amazing. You did an incredible job with this!! And I agree that this movie isn't for everyone, it's pretty rough. But it's really powerful and very well done.
Thanks for the reaction...I know this film is difficult for many people to watch, but I feel that it teaches all of us to learn and accept people from different backgrounds.
Great reaction and thanks for the re-upload. Powerful movie! Edward Norton is fantastic.
dang i thought ive been here before :D nice thumbnail
I probably won't watch much of your content unless it's more as powerful as this. That being said, excellent job on this one. This movie is one of the most powerful in cinema and film history. Beyond the amazing performance by Norton, the entire message in this script moved me from the day this film opened all the way up to today. It's insane that there were, have been, and still are people like this in the world.
To see your transition thru this reaction was impressive. From what can only be called distain for their characters, to you actually being emotionally involved in their character arc, was cool to watch. And it also shows that we can change.
Of everything I have ever seen, that curb stomp is still the hardest thing to watch🥺 even when you know it's coming.
You would think that after 25 years it would lose some impact. But it never does. It's almost like watching it fresh every time😭😰
This is a powerful movie and really sad. It shows how intense hatred can go full circle too. It never ends. This is why our most honored people in our history are non violent.
Yep is very powerful and important also sad.
The most gifted most underated actor in the history of film..
This movie was very hard to watch, and yet left us with a positive message to take from it.
One of my all time top 25 films .
Your breakdown of this movie was awesome. I love your channel and insights.
It's been a while since I saw this movie but it still hits as hard as it did then. It's extremely powerful, poignant, and still carries relevancy to today.
Such a hard movie to get through. But so necessary for everyone to see😢💔
This is not "hard" to get through there are some tough things to see like human mutilation, the curb stomp, and the rape scene is hard. two scenes out of a 3 hour educational movie isn't hard to get through.
@@Stadt101 what do you mean by that
@@nathaniel2874 not sure what answer you are looking for its pretty clear. its not hard to watch other then 2 scenes.
@@Stadt101 ok
@@Stadt101 Jews are evil
Wonderful closeup on the blood-spattered face of the young shooter at the end -- the look of complete surprise at the results of what he's just done.
His speech at the family table is so hard but very true. One of the best movie scenes ever.
Lots of speeches in this movie are true
That’s what makes it great.
What about the speech was true? Not sure what you meant by this.
@@underAtack I think he means true as in that’s what happens at some family tables. Very sad but true.😢
he's right that hippie Jewish bullshit doesn't belong at the dinner table lol
@@underAtack maybe try to listen better.
I appreciate so much you sharing your reaction to this movie. This movie means a lot to me and I'm glad to have your perspective on it. Thank you!
I'm very glad you saw that "hate" is never one-sided!!
I seen this movie way too young and when I watched that curb stomp, shook me for like a week.
I say this on every reaction to this movie--this should be required watching for every teenager. It may not be for everybody visually, but the message is absolutely for everyone, and the message doesn't sink in without the imagery that accompanies it.
I'd say this movie isn't very school friendly. Teachers would have to skip like half the movie. Nor do I think some parents would sign off on it. I mean, my parents let me watch this, and whatever else I wanted but I know of lots of people whose parents wouldn't let them watch anything like this even as teens. I honestly don't understand why
The level of violence and the way teens are today with just saying gamer words for shock value doesn't really match up well imo lol
Such a great movie. Definitely too much for some. There's another movie you gotta check out that's as powerful and emotional as this one. - 'Once Were Warriors.' You'll love it.
“Once Were Warriors” is a definite MUST! 💯🔥🤙🏽😎
Once We’re Warriors is amazing.
Great recommendation! That is an awesome film from NZ. Would love to see that review.
We watched it in English class when we were 17. It was shocking and hard to watch, but to this day, one of my favorite movies
This is the first reaction video of yours that I’ve seen. You’re incite and thoughts are spot on. Worth a follow sir.
When I first saw this movie, I knew nothing of it. I didn't know what it was about. The reason I rented and watched this back then was for Edward Norton that is one of my favorite actors and for freaking Captain Sisko, Avery Brooks of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, one of my favorite shows ever. Watching your reaction freaked me out because I felt almost exactly like you did in certain scenes. Mr. Sweeney is amazing in this movie. I truly wish I had a teacher like him. Avery Brooks is one of my all time favorite actors. This truly has a heartbreaking ending. All those lives in this story were destroyed by hate. So many people always ask the question "where is hate learned". It starts right at home most of the time. Hate is truly learned. Even that little African-American kid that shot Danny, his life was destroyed all because of that seed of hate that was planted in the minds of Derek and Danny years before. The hate consumed, effected, and destroyed all around them. I'm thinking Derek and Danny's father could have possibly been innocent once too in his childhood but he was taught hate from his father. Thank you for this reaction video. Thumbs up for this. I just found you and if you haven't seen it yet you might check out the movie Crash (2004) that has an almost similar plot as this. Best wishes to you my good man.
If you want to complete the anthology, you should watch the Australian movie Romper Stomper from 1992, the movie responsible for Russel Crowe being discovered by Hollywood.
Just like American History X and This Is England, it explores the issues of young people in difficult situations, and how it can turn their life choices for the worse.
Actually underrated movie worth a watch.
Romper Stomper is such a cracking movie, I can't believe reactors are still overlooking it.
The Romer Stomper Movie is so Punk NZ/AUS...I know, as a headbanger, these were our Brothers, but some went just too far...
Romper Stomper is an amazing movie, very realistic, brutal.
Rise of the foot solider is an other amazing movie.
Romper stomper was a dumb movie.
This movie pushed all my anxiety buttons. I cried for real when he stomped that man's head on the curb.
It's so hard for me to watch, I cried so much watching this movie. Also the fact that we are still dealing w this today. 😢
Meh, he fucked around and found out
This is the best reaction video i have seen so far. You interpretated the film as it should be interpretated and that helps, even just a little, in helping people recognise that hate in all forms is potentially derived from deeper sources. Keep up the good work young man, you are a credit to your followers.
Fr tho
the cash register through the window is one of my favorite camera shots of all time.
Do “true Romance” next!! It is an early Quentin Tarantino movie that is a must see! Lot of actors before they hit it big.
Incredible film!
an all time favorite of mine.
"It aint white-boy day, is it?"
Definitely. Who else but Tarantino could take a love story and turn it into that🤯🥰 amazing film
@@reneeg9406 David lynch.....
Great reaction to 1 of the most impactful movies I've ever seen!👌 Thanx mate, love from Aus xo 💚🇦🇺
Really grateful to hear your commentary.. this movie was so tough. Haven't been able to watch it again since I was young.
It was great to see you do this reaction to American History X. I thought that the entire cast gave a stellar performance here, and the directing was excellent.
Such a powerful film. Edward Norton actually scared the shit out of me so yeah, pretty phenomenal actor right there. Loved seeing your perspective too. ✌🏻💖
Ed Norton should have got an Oscar for this
I remember watching this when I was 7 years old. Good times
This is a rough movie to watch but there are people out there like him and I believe no matter the hate, it can be chipped away by love. I wish we all could show each other more love and kindness. We need it more than anything especially now.
Norton's transformation from Rounders to this is really incredible
Another great Ed Norton film "25th Hour"
I think my favorite is "Death to Smoochy".
This is an amazing film! Hard-core! Much respect for doing a "reaction" vid to this film!! A lot of people wouldn't
Glad this showed up in my recommended feed, even though I'm two months late to this particular video; your content is right up my alley brother! Proud to be a new subscriber of yours @Caped Informer
Looking forward to binging on your past content and keeping in the loop with future content! Keep being you, you're the only one that can do it so well!
I just watched your reaction to this film. One of my favorite films. I remembered when this came out to the theater in 98 and i started my first job at a movie theater. I never heard of the film. When I started everyone was talking about this movie. I walked into the theater and seen Edward Furlong get shot. I decided on a day off to watch this movie. After watching it , it was one of my favorite movies to watch. I love the story and how Derek was so racist and at the end prison changed him as a person. When he was trying to change his family around and Danny. I was in shock of how Danny died even though I seen the ending by accident when working at the theater. I’m glad you enjoyed the film and love your reaction to it. After seeing this film I loved watching Edward Norton films he played in. I hear he is a very hard actor to work with he is always an amazing actor. I also like how you said you don’t talk about politics around family. I agree with you there. I don’t like to bring that subject up when I’m around people
One of the best movies ever for sure. It might not be for everyone, but everyone should watch it.
“Has anything you done… made your life better?”
One of my fave movies ever, for a variety of reasons. Acting, production, script, message... it's got it all.
"See, this is why we don't discuss politics at the table... ever." 🤣
Already watched, just here to give a view and like, Awesome that you labeled it a reupload, cant stand when reactors dont label their reuploads.
This movie was released in limited theaters, and I went to see it. Such a powerful movie.
This movie was and still IS an absolute masterpiece.
I've discovered alot of kids nowadays don't even know this movie exists and it should be shared globally.
I absolutely love this movie. It’s sad, tragic, and beautiful. One of Ed Norton’s best films.
This is one of the heaviest movies you'll ever see. Norton hit a homerun with this performance and if you hear him talk about it he says it was one of the most difficult roles he's ever played. It's easy to see why. Great movie.
That ending is so upsetting to me. There are some really powerful scenes, as well. Norton has already been nominated before this film, but I think he took his game to an even greater level for this one.
Caped informer you're a great host and give great commentary thank you for this .
I saw this movie years ago and thought it was a great depiction of handed-down hate!!! I really enjoyed your reaction and thought your review was spot on!!! I will have to check out more of your reactions!
I have seen that curb stomp scene at least a dozen times and it hits just as hard EVERY time, making me break down and bawl like a baby (No offence to any babies reading this). This is a powerful movie and should have made a much bigger impact than it did. Unfortunately there are still too many "people" ( I use that term very loosely, hence the quotes) out there that saw it as a training video, cheered in all the wrong places and ignored the ending. I have no doubt we will get there some day, hopefully in my lifetime.
I watched it once, and I can't ever again. Even with my eyes closed and listening to only the music, I could still see it, and it made me sick.
you hear Derek say just before that "you ever shoot at firemen?". He's internalizing his hate and blaming this guy for the death of his father, even though he never had anything to do with it. That's why he's able to brutally murder him in cold blood.
But the black kid killed the white kid. Mostly just for being white and standing up for himself. Which is what happens to white kids in black areas (maybe not the shooting part but you're definitely a victim if you don't start hurting them worse then they can hurt you). So I don't understand what you mean about ignoring the ending. The ending can be looked at from either point of view. That they were right for hating them-look at what they did. Or that violence and hatred just perpetuates more violence and hatred but if you try to look at it from that angle it doesn't make complete sense because what did Danny do other than stand up for himself and the other white kid?
@@thejohn6614He’s a skinhead? Lmao.
@@ninjireal what's your point? Racism among whites is looked at as this horrible thing and we have terms for them such as skinhead and Nazi but what about racism among blacks. Racism among blacks is much more common than among whites. It's just socially accepted and encouraged. But put a kid into one of those black neighborhoods and schools and he's either going to be a constant victim or he's going to start hurting all the blacks that mess with him and if he shows hatred he will be labeled as the problem because he's some sort of white supremacist despite him being a victim of racism. I know this because I'm white and from Chicago where I was one of the few white kids at my school. They all hated me just because I was white. I had to fight pretty often just so I wasn't a constant victim.
Things aren't as simple as just saying "he's a skinhead." And that's the end of it. I've known skinheads that were ignorant as fuck and just jumped on the hate boat. I've also known skinheads that were extremely intelligent and had reasons to believe what they believed and mostly just wanted to be left alone and not fucked with by blacks anymore.
thank you mate - superb reading of the film 🥰
Dude. Nice breakdown. Thats real critic work. This movie is crazy.
This movie was amazingly powerful. It's a rough watch but I think it's a very important movie for people to watch.
Mississippi Burning is another must watch for everyone.
@@michaelmross1161 12 years a slave, The free state of Jones, The Believer (Ryan Gosling) are also powerful movies.
Oh no you didn't, this is one helluva hard hitting movie. Super hyped for this.
This was definitely one of the most important movies I saw in my formative years. Terrifying how well it holds up. This was a really nice video to see in my algorithm, and definitely deserves the like & subscribe.
I really dig your reaction, u seem like a solid guy. Right on Caped Informer.
Powerful movie, the way it's shot is incredible
All time favorite movie, so many influential messages and it perfectly shows the disconnect between races in America. Love seeing how people interpret it.
In my top 30 films easily. I think the lesson that often gets overlooked it the part that Guy Torry plays; his message is humour can help heal division.
American History X and Dallas Buyers Club are the most influential and eye-opening movies I've ever seen.
They said that the original ending had Derek in the mirror with his head bald and his shirt off showing after Danny’s death he reverted back into how he was before prison. Edward Norton changed the ending to this ending shown here instead. Or something of that sort.
An amazing classic. A movie of human savagery and redemption and tragedy
You know he had to flip back or at least go on a rampage after his brother. He was a hard man anyway.
I like the way this movie conveys the point that people hating each other is wrong. It tells the story from the side of Dereck and his family, but overall it shows that hate from any side is bad. And what's amazing is that this movie is 25 years old but not only does everything in it still resonate to this day, but so many people in modern day who seem to think they're standing for "social justice" are just making the same kinds of mistakes Dereck made - especially when they pay attention to the politicians and so-called "community leaders" who play us all against each other for their own benefit. The whole point of this movie is something we need to understand as a society - we're always going to be aware of the differences between us, and rightly so. We're not supposed to all be exactly the same. But until we learn to collectively approach those differences with fairness and respect, we're just going to perpetuate this kind of cycle.
They filmed this in my neighborhood, this scene was filmed at a store called Archies.. now it’s a gym. 8:44
Dude your commentary on this movie was amazing.
I've been a huge fan of this movie since it came out.
This movie opened some ideas up in my young mind.
Changed a lot about the way I thought back then.
Thanks.
One of the best movies I've seen. Really love when he goes to prison and finds he's not really much different than the people he claims to hate. Love this movie.
You gave us the best reaction to this movie I've seen to date. Very intelligent breakdown of the fear and hate that feuls this type of ideology. Subscribed!
One of the greatest films of the 90s, no doubt. Good job keeping it together. There were many scenes in this movie that had me wiping tears. It's so raw and tragic.
Great reaction. Such a powerful movie. The ending is so crazy, cause it just leaves the door open for the whole hate cycle to start again.
This movie is top tier but it’s so risky recommending it to other people so glad you enjoyed it!!