STAND BY ME (1986) MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING! WOW!

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  • Welcome to our first time watching Stand By Me (1986).
    Wow! This is a classic! Based on the Stephen King novella "The Body", screenplay adapted by Bruce A Evans and Raynold Gideon, starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland and Richard Dreyfuss. Directed by Rob Reiner.
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    We LOVED this and hope you enjoy our reactions, commentary and discussion as we watch it for the first time from two different generations (one of us a very long time ago). We both found it nostalgic, humorous, visceral, great fun, sad, happy and simply great. It left the Dad very emotional with a big wet wobbly one, watching it with his son added so many layers to the experience. Upon watching, we now rank this film as one of the all time personal favourite films now. It's a film that becomes ever so more rich when watching at different stages in life.
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  • @GenerationMediaReaction
    @GenerationMediaReaction  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    We hope you enjoy this Reaction Video. When we watched this together, for the Dad the film immediately ascended up the list of favourite films ever. For the son, it’s his favourite of all the films we have done reactions for so far. It’s an amazing piece of work and watching it together was particularly special. Not many films have this effect across generations and also over the decades.
    This is a re-upload because the first one we uploaded had glitches and we wanted to fix them, as they annoyed us. Since we loved it so much, we also added some more scenes and tightened some of the other cuts. We felt the film deserves this. This is the last of the re-uploads, sorry for any confusion.

    • @blizzunt420e
      @blizzunt420e 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @GenerationMediaReaction it’s fun watching a movie with you guys.. you should check out the movie nothing but trouble with Chevy Chase.. and then you should watch one of the National Lampoon Christmas vacation or European vacation those are really really funny

    • @greenporker
      @greenporker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Love you guys to watch “To Kill A Mockingbird” (1962)

    • @blizzunt420e
      @blizzunt420e 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A lot of us look forward to hanging out and watching a movie with you guys. It would be nice if you uploaded a little more often.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ah thank you. We would love to do more, but they take a long time to edit ;-)@@blizzunt420e

    • @ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN
      @ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@GenerationMediaReactionwhen you can you should watch FIRE IN THE SKY...I think you will like it.

  • @zeekutartheimmortal
    @zeekutartheimmortal 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I am so glad you are taking the time to watch so many amazing films together.
    My parents loved exposing me to so many powerful films when I was young in the 80s and 90s.
    They wanted to be there to explain the good and the bad, strong and the weak, the brave and the cowardly.
    If something went over my head, they would do their best to help me to understand and see both sides of the story.
    There is so much worth watching, and so much that can shape our lives.

  • @flossy7258
    @flossy7258 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    It hits so differently as an adult. And River Phoenix disappearing at the end is especially painful, all that potential lost. From all accounts he was a very kind and gentle person in real life. I remember when he passed, it took the air out of me. Someone I didn't even know. FYI in the RHCPs song "Give it Away" there's a verse abt River. He also appeared in their "Breaking the Girl" video. He and Flea were good friends after meeting on the set of My Own Private Idaho.

  • @vancelubben5300
    @vancelubben5300 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    When I was in about the 6th Grade, my teacher brought in the movie "Brian's Song". By the end of it, the whole class was crying. This might be a very good time to share it with your son

    • @user-pe9gz8si8k
      @user-pe9gz8si8k 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My teacher brought us “if you could see what I hear.” Same reaction.

    • @jtoland2333
      @jtoland2333 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed! Brian's Song is one of the few movies men allow themselves to cry over. I'd also like to see y'all react to other "manly" movies like Tombstone and the origional Roadhouse.

  • @cfinley81
    @cfinley81 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    At the end, when adult Gordy steps back and looks at his complete story, I like to imagine Chris' voice in the background: "You're gonna be a great writer someday, Gordy." 😢💔❤️❤️

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He might even write about’us’ if he gets hard up for material…. When Chris and Gordy are walking the train tracks and their conversation is about being a father, it begins with Gordy asking Chris “Do you think I’m weird?”. As an adult at his screen, his son remarks to his friend “Yeah my Dad’s weird, he gets like that when he’s writing.”

  • @My2ndnephew
    @My2ndnephew 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Oh, man, I've laughed and cried through this film over the years. When you two were watching the leech scene, I couldn't help laughing from my belly, because your faces were exactly what Steven King intended, raw cringe. As a director, Rob Reiner told this story very well. Steven King isn't always translated well from book to film. Good one.

  • @cerealfibre6938
    @cerealfibre6938 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    38:50 You did the right thing by putting your arm round Jay.😊😊😊😊That shows love.❤❤❤❤

  • @rmcwil398
    @rmcwil398 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    The older I get the deeper this movie gets.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It's outstanding and hard to express and articulate why. But maybe that's exactly what makes it's so strong.

    • @sallyj632
      @sallyj632 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Same. I didn't understand a lot of it when I was a kid, but I watched because I still enjoyed it back then. With time and age I now find myself relating to so much of it, especially how friendships/relationships just slowly end. It's not because you had a fight or disagreement or anything either. It's just because you drifted apart for no reason other than time passing by.

    • @IAMCAVE
      @IAMCAVE 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is the genius of Stephen King and his writing. He remembers what it’s like growing up. The joys, the pains, the growing awareness of the world around you. The fears, from which he created his renown. He didn’t always write horror, but managed to weave it into his stories.
      Rob Reiner did an excellent job directing as always. Keeping the important elements of the story into the film.

    • @johnkennethwiseman5460
      @johnkennethwiseman5460 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You guys are so right. It connects on so many levels

    • @veggiesarefruits
      @veggiesarefruits 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely. I watched it several times as a child, but man...when you watch it as an adult, you finally get it.

  • @wondeland_95
    @wondeland_95 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Stand By Me is such a great film. It's one of my favourite Stephen King adaptations. I love all the childish humour in the kids' interactions, but then it's a real gut punch of a film. All the kids are great, but Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix's performances have so much emotional depth, made more impressive due to their age. The film makes me cry every time. It's nice to see it being passed on to another generation, and your son appreciating it with you. ❤

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Out of all the films we have watched recently, the power of this film surprised me the most.

  • @vancelubben5300
    @vancelubben5300 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nice to see you continue this movie journey with your son. His memories of you sharing this time with him will last a lifetime!!!

  • @Mike28625
    @Mike28625 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When i first saw this, i was twelve. I watched it with friends at a sleepover. I haven't seen them in decades

  • @GordianTot
    @GordianTot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I read the short story and watched this when I was 12. I recognized my friend group, and the kind of banter we had, in each character. My best friend, then the one who made the best peace, is still my best friend. So this movie to me, is like the scaffolding around my identity. Flawless choice to watch with your son.

  • @LN-Lifer
    @LN-Lifer หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The first time I watched this a kid I either missed or just forgot about the newspaper at the beginning so the info that Chris died in the end really hit me hard
    That made it so much more impactful.
    Honestly that scene to start the movie is its only flaw
    The part about his death and that he became a successful lawyer

    • @NikkieTwix
      @NikkieTwix หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree! I totally missed it when I was a kid too so the ending was a huge WTF moment, now that so many people know the ending before it happens i definitely think they shouldn’t of shown the newspaper scene at the start

  • @missgigglebox748
    @missgigglebox748 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This movie just hits harder when you are a parent. While watching this film and the family dynamic that these boys had is just so sad. It's heartbreaking that there are actual kids out there that deal with being abused or feeling unloved by their parents. When you hugged your son, the tears fell because ever child should have that, a loving parent. Great reaction even though you made me crying by tearing up yourself. I've seen others react to this movie but yours definitely hit me differently.

  • @noelennon420
    @noelennon420 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is truly one of the greatest movies of the 80s, if not ever!

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s truly great for this film to have its continued effect

  • @genekent2391
    @genekent2391 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    River Phoenix was DeCaprio before DeCaprio was DeCaprio, if that makes sense. He was widely considered that generations best up and coming actor, and had he not died, there may not be a Leonardo DeCaprio, at least not the one we currently recognize. Phoenix was actually Cameron's first choice to play Jack in Titanic. Imagine how different things would be!!

  • @jam-nc8ut
    @jam-nc8ut หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm very late in discovering this, but thank you so much for this video, and I'm so glad you have introduced your son to such a wonderful piece of art.
    I first watched this sublime film when I was 11 years old - for context, I'm an old man of 46 now - and I'm not going to say it's the best film ever made (although it is up in the top 0.1%!), but what I will absolutely say is that no film has moved me more, or more often, than Stand By Me. I can never adequately describe what this film means to me.
    They were (very slightly) older boys to me when I first watched it, so I looked up to them in a lot of ways. Now, obviously I see them so differently.
    I've watched it so many times, at so many ages, and although my perspective has continually changed, I've never not felt like I've been on the whole journey with them, and felt every human emotion with every viewing. The performances (from such young actors), the direction, the cinematography and the original concept (I know there are a few variations from The Body, which is why I used the word concept instead of story) by Stephen King, combine to make something close to perfection.
    From 1994, until very recently, I couldn't watch the part at the end where Chris - or River Phoenix - waves and then just fades away. After the emotional onslaught of the film, the reality of what happened to young River was too much to take.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This film has been one of the personal favourites we have watched on the channel because of the multiple layers

  • @TheDaringPastry1313
    @TheDaringPastry1313 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    If you ever watch The Sandlot, a baseball movie about kids, you will get major Stand By Me vibes. It's about friends too, but a little different spin.

  • @images_by_geoff
    @images_by_geoff 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Such a fantastic film and the pie eating contest scene has always been the part that I remember seeing when I was 12 in 1989. I wasn't allowed to see it so I had to watch it at a friend's house on a sleepover, along with Terminator. Very difficult to see and not fully understand the emotions at 12. So glad you both got to watch this together and talk about it. 💙💛

  • @Orourkekate
    @Orourkekate หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still get dvd now I am just a old soul & river phoenix was just amazing performing I believe every word he was saying like it was really ❤😊😢

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know, how amazing it would have been to see mire work from him

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    52:59 beautiful description of the film! 🎥 ❤😊

  • @ImEricBro
    @ImEricBro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Two films to suggest: E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982) and The Last Starfighter (1984). Both are appropriate for your son's age range.
    The term "hiding" in the context used in the film is from the phrase "tan your hide" which is taken from the term for turning animal skin into leather (tanning). Colloquially here it means to spank on the bottom. In the case of the character in this movie (played by River Phoenix) it implies that his father will spank him severely, usually done using a leather belt. "Hiding" is a very localized term used only in certain regions of the country. Corporal punishment of children by parents is still common in certain areas of the United States, particularly southern and conservative states. Northern and liberal states (the majority of the population) consider it barbaric.

    • @DanielbenYishai
      @DanielbenYishai 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, back in the 1950s, "hiding" would have referred to the use of that tanned hide (leather strap) on the bare hide of the hind-end of the boy - pants down around the ankles. They would even do this in school - "bend over and grab your ankles!" In and old British book from the 1920s I've seen this referred to as "receiving a leathering".

  • @Youngie761
    @Youngie761 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm from Oregon (U.S.) and visit Brownsville OR. once a month or so for work. Brownsville is where the movie was shot and they have a Stand By Me festival every year. The town still has the charm it does in the movie. They've done a very good job of keeping that small American town feel while embracing the film.

  • @chancel7142
    @chancel7142 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    River Phoenix 😔😔😢😫😪🤧 Such a loss. Gone way too soon. Wil Wheaton is so under rated. He was great in this movie. And I feel a bit of his real life (at the time) came out a little in this performance. Corey Feldman always gives a great performance. He apparently was going through stuff too horrible to mention. 😢 And of course Jerry O'Connell.... So awesome. And can't even go by without mentioning Kiefer Sutherland. A great beginning to a great career. Richard Dreyfuss... A class act always. I can't think of any negative for any of this great cast. Rob Reiner did a phenomenal job directing. Last and certainly not least Stephen King always being an awesome author! Sorry for being long-winded. 😁

  • @Jmiranda70
    @Jmiranda70 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When choosing the actors for the film Rob Reiner chose boys who had similar personalities to the characters. River had an old Soul, Will Wheaton was shy smart and innocent, Cory had a real messed up childhood in real life and Jerry O’connel was a goofy kid at the time. Kiefer Sutherland who is really nice in real life, kept his distance from the boys and treated them coldly during filming which caused them to actually feel intimidated and feared him which came out genuinely in the film. Rob Reiner has also come out and said that the Chris fade out at the end has taken on a different meaning to him in the years since due to what later happened to River Phoenix. Definitely hits different as an adults. Really enjoy your reaction. I have a son in his early 20’s, and cherished spending time introducing him to films from my young when he was younger and watching his reaction

  • @builder309
    @builder309 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I salute you, sir! Fathering is hard, thankless, and lonely, but you're doing great. Keep it up. One day it will pay off.

  • @gthwl5166
    @gthwl5166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i love this movie

  • @fabian4ever69
    @fabian4ever69 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love love love this movie. I was 18 when it was released in 1986. I always say that every boy, guy, man, father should see this movie.
    Great reaction dad.

  • @LN-Lifer
    @LN-Lifer หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your boy's reaction to Chopper?
    Haha I totally understand. That was my reaction watching this movie with my dad when I was his age.
    I mean I know EXACTLY

  • @RonnieG
    @RonnieG 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That last line. Look at dads eyes.

  • @jennytalks5882
    @jennytalks5882 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoyed you guys watching this iconic film together. You're a good Daddy. I can tell.

  • @jtoland2333
    @jtoland2333 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You are the first reactor to recognize John Cusack. I'm impressed!
    You and your son seem to have a wonderfull relationship. And this is a great father and son movie.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. It’s an exceptional film, very layered with multiple viewings

    • @pmaximus5659
      @pmaximus5659 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait a minute, John Crusak was in this movie?

    • @jtoland2333
      @jtoland2333 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@pmaximus5659Yes he played Denny

    • @YorkshireInsight26
      @YorkshireInsight26 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No he wasn’t. I’ve watched many to this movie and most of them recognise him…

    • @jtoland2333
      @jtoland2333 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@YorkshireInsight26I don’t doubt that you have, but I haven’t.

  • @RenfrewPrume
    @RenfrewPrume 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this movie: it’s so well done and hugely nostalgic for me. I grew up in the sixties, in the eastern U.S., but the music, the kids, and their hijinks are exactly right. This is how it was. We never went on an overnight adventure like that, but we played in the woods and went on 5-mile bike rides starting at age 10. It was a different world. The bridge incident really gets me. We had a trestle, only about 50 yards long, but our big dare was to climb down the wooden girders and hold on as a freight train passed overhead. Sometimes they could be 100 cars.
    I’ve seen every combination of paired reactors, except a parent with a young child. It is wonderful to see you guys share these moments, as I am a big believer in passing on the cultural torch. I’m subscribing.
    Hard to know what to recommend without knowing what genres you like or what you may have seen already. You can’t go wrong with the three “Chronicles of Narnia” movies (2005-2010), which I think were British productions.

  • @jaelynn7575
    @jaelynn7575 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What's also nuts is in 1986, my neighbor died by s*icide, in May at the age 15. This came out in Aug. Was hard to watch with his younger brother seeing as how we were the same age as these boys.

  • @NikkieTwix
    @NikkieTwix หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think it is so important to show our kids these classic movies or even just movies that formed us and impacted us in some way. My daughter is 7 and I’ve started showing her age appropriate or what I know she can handle. She keeps asking to see The Lost Boys but I think 7 is a bit young for that right now because of that one scene in particular 😂

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We have considered Lost Boys too, but agree it is a bit much for a young one

    • @NikkieTwix
      @NikkieTwix หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ the first time I saw it I was about 12/13 but I was really into horror movies and could handle a lot of scarier movies. I think we all know what our own kids can handle and it just depends on us to use our judgement and hopefully not give them nightmares 🤣

  • @MFuria-os7ln
    @MFuria-os7ln 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Crying my heart out for maybe the 100th time.❤

  • @RezaREX
    @RezaREX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't have a child but I appreciate this reaction showing what parts would hit a father the most. Just glad this movie exists.

  • @jimmymelendez1836
    @jimmymelendez1836 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw this with my brother and my older sister at General Cinema in Griffith that year. It was a theater chain in America. Gosh, what a theater. One of the movie theaters I've been to growing up.

  • @lilenwasnothere6867
    @lilenwasnothere6867 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love how your son is kind of matching gordie, lol. this is a great father-son movie to watch!!! it's my all time favorite. and your son is probably the first reactor i've seen who caught that chris was the one who died at the beginning.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you like the reaction. Yeah this film is filled with repeat viewing layers

  • @kathleenclark815
    @kathleenclark815 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was 13-14 when this came out. What a time to be a teen ❤

  • @storminight
    @storminight 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your reviews remind me of my older brother watching movies.
    He was 15 yrs older than me and is gone now.)
    We used to pick a character to be in the movie when it first started. It was always fun to see what happened to “us”. 😂

  • @GeneFuller-tz6bb
    @GeneFuller-tz6bb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done.. u think dad enjoyed it more. I remember being a kid and you might not get it the same way. Your son was probably just embarrassed that dad needed a hug. He will treasure this a lot more when he's older.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A few weeks after the recording of this, he says it’s one of his favourite films we have done on the channel

    • @NikkieTwix
      @NikkieTwix หลายเดือนก่อน

      I watched this around the same age as his son and me and my girl friends were obsessed with it, now that I’m older I definitely appreciate it in a different way than when I was a kid but it still brings back all the memories

  • @cainealexander-mccord2805
    @cainealexander-mccord2805 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:00 Not exactly, Pops. A "hiding" is getting beaten, usually with some sort of strap. A belt, a switch, etc. As in "I'll tan your hide!" Great reaction. The kid was fine, the dad was a blubby mess. That's about the size of it.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You’re right. I just didn’t feel like explaining what physical punishment was at the time ! 😀

  • @jaelynn7575
    @jaelynn7575 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Huh. I never considered that Ace stabbed Chris as an adult. Now, I want to go see that article again in the beginning.

  • @sundaedabber
    @sundaedabber 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live just down the road from where this was filmed. I know a guy who was there to watch a lot of the filming done on the main street. Thanks for the upload.

    • @sparringclips3934
      @sparringclips3934 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I live close to this location aswell. My best friend drowned in the willamitte river. Crazy world.

  • @angelfishluva291
    @angelfishluva291 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You guys are hitting all the classics!!! Very nice!

  • @JulioCesarAvila-q5i
    @JulioCesarAvila-q5i 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I Love this movie! Thanks for its reaction, hugs from Brazil.

  • @icred4467
    @icred4467 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel you Dad. I feel you. 😢
    I’ve watched this films hundreds of times since I discovered it at 12.
    I too shared it with my son when he was a young man (about 10)

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It has risen way up the ranks of favourite films of all time from watching it with my son.

  • @mylefteye4180
    @mylefteye4180 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another excellent choice. I must have watched this movie a dozen times or more over the last 38 years.

  • @MrPagan777
    @MrPagan777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow!
    Could see you were fighting tears at the deer scene.
    Once again, what a great pair you two are

  • @sannankhan2112
    @sannankhan2112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It hits deeper than sea when he wrote i never had friends later on elike the once i had when i was twelve

  • @shamenbilly
    @shamenbilly 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent reaction guys - shed a tear myself

  • @denisletourneau9750
    @denisletourneau9750 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Flight of The Navigator a perfect 80"s kids movie for your son.

    • @GaryHayesYT
      @GaryHayesYT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and E.T.

    • @cog4life
      @cog4life 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Excellent film!!!

  • @missymoe5583
    @missymoe5583 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoyed your reactions to it. You are a very adorable together. I have watched a ton of reaction videos. You two aren't faking or forcing your reactions I like that that they are genuine. I understand how you both feel. This is my favorite film, and as a kid I couldn't comprehend my closest friendships could dissolve or that I could unthinkably loose friends my own age that stayed around so long. The end upset me. In the rearview mirror at 47 with grown children I have stood in as many forms of my previous self up to now that took to get here and it came with a lot of losses (and gains) still, that made me who I am. It takes becoming an adult for it move through you and find out is that things really do happen for no reason sometimes. The film is just as important to see as a kid because you get this narrative of friendship and living life in the golden moment. But for everyone in the audience it displays youth dealing with trauma. That kids could face all these things domestic violence, neglect, PTSD, bullying, & grief, was so unprecedented. It made them people, not just "kids". Which people often forget. What kind of people will they grow up be? I use to jokingly say old soul was just another term for someone introduced to adult things too young. Rob Reiner chose each of these kids based on their personalities in real life so they wouldn't have to "act" too hard. If that says anything about Hollywood

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching. You’re right and when younger I didn’t see all these broader narrative sub-stories in this film: it was just an adventure. Now as an adult, it’s loaded with deep emotional complexity. Outstanding film

  • @mattcarp81
    @mattcarp81 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fun note: you're like "hey Ver found a penny" at the end of his story - he's on the LOOKOUT< why u think he had a jar of pennies to begin with ;) - beautiful reaction btw, what a powerful film, hope you enjoyed it, homies

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! His story begins with trying to find his pennies and it closes with him finding a penny!

  • @Advocateforjustice78
    @Advocateforjustice78 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great reaction, great movie! Both of your reactions during the leech scene was amazing! ❤❤😂😂

  • @LN-Lifer
    @LN-Lifer หลายเดือนก่อน

    17:37
    Lol
    As I look at the GNR scar on my shoulder that my best friend (RIP) carved in back in 1988 (bad boy at age 11 I guess lol)

  • @jackthelad9933
    @jackthelad9933 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A fav of mine. I read the story before seeing the film. I recommend reading it, simply to see what a great job they did of translating it to the screen. That's very rare I think?
    Anyway, great reaction! thanks.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for watching. Yes I agree, this adaptation is a good example of being potentially better than the book. They’re different mediums of course, but the little changes enhanced the story for Gordie. Also in this book was another adaptation which is better being Shawshank Redemption

  • @user-pe9gz8si8k
    @user-pe9gz8si8k 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hiding is a term used to describe being whipped with a leather belt. A belt is made of leather, the “hide” of an animal used to flay your hide. That’s a hiding. Also you hid your tears alone because big boys don’t cry.

    • @the98themperoroftheholybri33
      @the98themperoroftheholybri33 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We do have that expression in England too, my mum used to "give me a hiding" if I swore at school, but she'd use a slipper instead of a belt, my granddad would use a belt but he only ever did that to me once

  • @NikkieTwix
    @NikkieTwix หลายเดือนก่อน

    49:36 so true

  • @icreateworlds
    @icreateworlds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This movie keeps being incredible no matter how many years go by. The ending is brilliant and resonates deep. I was about 15 when it came out , saw it on theaters and now after all these years it’s still an amazing movie. The Blu-ray has fantastic audio commentary. Go get it if you love the movie.

  • @masudashizue777
    @masudashizue777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think it's hard to imagine a group of children going off by themselves nowadays, but back then, the world was a much safer place.

    • @lilenwasnothere6867
      @lilenwasnothere6867 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      to be fair, in the story, nobody cares about these children, so it's still possible. the only one who wouldn't be allowed to go would be vern, so he would probably have to lie.

  • @sannankhan2112
    @sannankhan2112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You guys are so lovely loved this reaction and this movie make me always cry bcz of river Phoenix 💔

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love this film. Not many films can be enjoyed at multiple times in one’s life, for multiple reasons as well

  • @blackscreenrelaxation9463
    @blackscreenrelaxation9463 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stunning reaction guys!

  • @PenelopeFrank
    @PenelopeFrank 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hiding means being belted (leather belt made of hide)

  • @belindalopes6774
    @belindalopes6774 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved the song Stand By me before I read the book/saw the movie (originaly called The Body).

  • @isuckatguitar6252
    @isuckatguitar6252 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved Stephen King's 1982 novella book, I think all of them were turned into great movies. This one is a timeless film.

  • @howarddalton8436
    @howarddalton8436 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s a hard watch today knowing what the young actors faced in their personal lives at the time.

    • @simian01
      @simian01 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely. Wil Wheaton's delivery of "he hates me" about his father hits like a truck now.

  • @rrocketwhite
    @rrocketwhite 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was definitely a nice period of thank you.
    Have you ever watched Major Payne? It's a family-friendly movie and it's a lot of fun.

  • @ismayb754
    @ismayb754 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I definitely recommend Flight of the Navigator. Your son is the perfect age for it.

    • @GaryHayesYT
      @GaryHayesYT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He would love that.

  • @Bertoboy41
    @Bertoboy41 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I don't know if you actually reacted to this one before "Jaws" but if not, did you bring to the young one's (sorry, idk his name, or yours for that matter) that Richard Dreyfuss (pronounced by him as DRY-fuss) was 'Hooper' in "Jaws"? Another great Dreyfuss movie you both would enjoy is "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (sci-fi, aliens, 1977.)

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes we spoke about this off camera. Close Encounters is on our list

    • @cog4life
      @cog4life 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a classic! Would be great for them.

  • @LN-Lifer
    @LN-Lifer หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I watched this as a child I never understood why they did not tell anyone about the body
    Later that same year me and my brother found a body...we just walked away and she was discovered later that day.
    I still can't explain it but...

  • @belindalopes6774
    @belindalopes6774 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have to watch the movie Tsotsi. Golden globe winner and Oscar nominated movie.

  • @DanielbenYishai
    @DanielbenYishai 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My next film recommendation for you is the 2013 film "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet". It is a bit dark, but not as dark as "Stand By Me", and also involves a journey and is a "narrated" story. The main protagonist, TS, is 10 years old and the story involves a journey. I feel the film has been underrated, and never had a wide release. That is rather unfortunate as the cinematography is great (though it was originally filmed as 3D), the story is heartfelt, and the acting is fairly solid. Most of the film is rather humorous, with only a couple of times where it is a bit dark and sorrowful. I think you will like it.

  • @storminight
    @storminight 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Paulie 1998 is a great movie, especially for kids.
    Life of a dog too! Sad but awesome.

  • @maligno1000
    @maligno1000 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the long hair... you are stunning!! Good job guys.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!!

    • @maligno1000
      @maligno1000 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @GenerationMediaReaction I love British Accents! I find them intriguing!! ;)

  • @jimb2343
    @jimb2343 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought it was great when the dad giggled like a 13 year old on the resting with my thoughts comeback. I still laugh at that line.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      my friends an i say 'do you use you left hand or right hand for that?' as many times as we can!

    • @jimb2343
      @jimb2343 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@GenerationMediaReaction this movie shows the best insults a man will ever get are from his best friends.
      I highly recommend the Body. You can hear the narrator all the way through as you read it, and you get the Lard Ass story in full. The ending in the book is more sad than the movie though because it carries past the showdown at the end.

  • @howarddalton8436
    @howarddalton8436 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How introducing him to some Hitchcock like Rear Window?

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good idea, which is the best ‘first’ Hitchcock do you think ?

    • @ajayblake8740
      @ajayblake8740 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Birds is a grand one.

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GenerationMediaReaction The one that stands out in my mind as being accessible (as well as resonant in the modern world in a way that it wasn't necessarily when it was originally released) is *The Birds* (1963). Regarding the suggestion of *Rear Window* (1954), I feel moved to mention that a non-Hitchcock film made only five years earlier, *The Window* (1949), has a very similar premise, but features a juvenile protagonist, Bobby Driscoll, later the voice and image of Disney's *Peter Pan* (1953).

    • @zedwpd
      @zedwpd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GenerationMediaReaction Rear Window is the best Hitchcock. But The Birds, Vertigo, Dial M For Murder, North By Northwest, Rope, Psycho, and others are all really good. The best Hitchcock for a first watch is tough, since they all have adult themes. Kids nowadays handle gore better than the romantic/sex stuff so maybe start with The Birds.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the suggestions guys

  • @ispamforfood
    @ispamforfood 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Another good movie to put on your watchlist: The Monster Squad (1987)... CLASSIC! 😛

    • @cfinley81
      @cfinley81 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes!!

  • @Trishs84
    @Trishs84 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you please do “What’s eating Gilbert grape”? Such a great film.

  • @YorkshireInsight26
    @YorkshireInsight26 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damn I wish I’d have found your channel before you uploaded this! I could’ve told you about how you could’ve uploaded the full length version without any issues because I have done this movie too and the full length version is up and running! Please get back to me for any future movies!

  • @chrispruett81
    @chrispruett81 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't know if you ever seen it.. but I know a movie you and your son would really enjoy.. it's called "The Sandlot" It's a very fun/funny movie with kids and baseball! It's a CLASSIC!!

    • @Christian_Adonis1
      @Christian_Adonis1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ll second that, such a great movie!!

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Five Star reaction . ❤

  • @martinmayhew145
    @martinmayhew145 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This movie is about Stephen King. The kid who wants to be a writer is actually Stephen King. You aee a lot of these themes in a lot of his books, IT has a similar theme. King uses the same type of characters in IT

  • @jenniferpratt8790
    @jenniferpratt8790 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great movie

  • @MANEZIN1
    @MANEZIN1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hugs from Brazil 💙🇧🇷💙🇧🇷💙🇧🇷💙🇧🇷💙🇧🇷

  • @ReallyBadSeed
    @ReallyBadSeed 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It really is a powerful movie. Nice to be able to watch others experience it for the first time (or first time in a long while). I'm glad you didn't cut out what, to me, is one of the most moving pieces of dialogue in any movie - the comments about losing touch with his friends and how they come in and out of your life.

  • @dogtagduke7125
    @dogtagduke7125 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You guys should watch Boyhood. A wild movie.

  • @oldchannel_MoM
    @oldchannel_MoM 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    River is amazing and gone too soon! 🙏
    For my movie suggestion, Good Boys 2019 😁

    • @YorkshireInsight26
      @YorkshireInsight26 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve had a few people recommend that. The one with Jacob Iremblay isn’t it? He’s a great actor. One of his movie that I did that I wish these two would is ‘Wonder.’ It’s one of the best films I’ve ever seen. And it’s got a great cast! (Julia Robert’s, Owen Wilson, Noah Jupe, and obviously Jacob Tremblay himself.)

    • @oldchannel_MoM
      @oldchannel_MoM 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@YorkshireInsight26 yes that's the one with Jacob, he's amazing. And Wonder is very heavy, his acting is just too real. But his heaviest movie is Room 2015, that was heartbreaking. He won so many awards for that role ❤️

    • @adamn7516
      @adamn7516 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@YorkshireInsight26
      Yes Good Boys was a big departure from Jacobs normal dramatic roles but it proved he could do comedy as well. Be aware Good Boys is rated R and has a lot of language and some would argue adult humor although its really nothing your average 12 or 13 year old boy would hear amongst his peers. The film is sometimes referred to as a preteen version of Superbad.

    • @adamn7516
      @adamn7516 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oldchannel_MoM
      Look up Jacobs small part in Dr. Sleep which was the sequel to the shining. But be prepared, the scene could be hard to watch but Jacob nails it as always.

    • @YorkshireInsight26
      @YorkshireInsight26 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@adamn7516 I’ve done it now anyway. It’s available on here in full. Have a look! 👍🏻

  • @Orourkekate
    @Orourkekate หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do the goonies next you son would love that x

  • @setbos5385
    @setbos5385 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't wait for the follow-up video in 2054

  • @YorkshireInsight26
    @YorkshireInsight26 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The way you explained that the term “hiding” meant “punishment” was a bit vague. I mean these days in the UK, some parents idea of “punishment” is telling their kids they can’t play Fortnite today or turning their wifi connection off half an hour earlier than usual…🙄

  • @NF40375
    @NF40375 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The hearts and souls of this father and son duo is so infectious
    The deep thoughts, questions, talks, reflection, understanding, processing, care, concern, compassion, sympathy, LOVE
    🥰
    ☦️🤍

  • @joewilson4151
    @joewilson4151 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this one is really good. Stephen King writes realistic and believable child characters. childhood is traumatic. mine was. this is also heartbreaking knowing that the actors were being molested. a hard film to watch.

  • @rvq90
    @rvq90 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi generation media reaction great reaction to stand by me I have some suggestions of movies I think you’ll love?
    1) A perfect world
    2) Sticks and Stones ( about bullying you can find the full movie on TH-cam not a sports movie)
    3) Radio flyer
    4) Searching for Bobby Fischer
    5) The wizard
    6) First kid
    7) Miracle in lane 2
    8) True confessions
    Sorry for the long list just some suggestions have a great night.
    Also would you watch anime?
    Like One Piece?
    Ray

  • @leeyaferguson9019
    @leeyaferguson9019 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙏River💔😢

  • @tofersiefken
    @tofersiefken 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you haven't seen The Sandlot (1993), I highly recommend it as another coming of age story. Still very moving, but not as somber themed.

    • @GenerationMediaReaction
      @GenerationMediaReaction  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never heard of it !

    • @GaryHayesYT
      @GaryHayesYT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GenerationMediaReaction Oh thats very good.

  • @bobbrown200
    @bobbrown200 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You need to watch Big Fish

  • @jamesmichael6274
    @jamesmichael6274 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rip River.

  • @gregkirby9059
    @gregkirby9059 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chris Chambers would have had a cig scar on his eye area like his brother why he is nick named eyeball