12 MONKEYS (1995) | FIRST TIME WATCHING

12 MONKEYS (1995) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Reaction & Commentary

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This random Thursday I decided to just push out my next vid! 12 MONKEYS has been recommended to me for a WHILLLEEEEE!! And since we've been on a bit of a Terry Gilliam kick I thought why not! Comment below, what do you think of this one?!
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02:25 - Start Watching
25:11 - Ending and Trivia!
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@mrbigbillyb8475 Жыл бұрын

The whole point was that you COULDN'T change the future. They do make that clear early on and Bruce Willis says it several times. They weren't trying to stop it from happening, because they couldn't. They were trying to locate the origin of the virus, so that they could get an un-mutated version of the virus. That is why she said she was in "insurance" because they were trying to develop an antidote that would allow them to return to the surface back in the future. This is, in my opinion the BEST handling of Time Travel in film because you can't change the future when travelling to the past. Everything they tried to do (the voice mail, the spray-painted message, etc.) simply led to the evidence that they had in the future. There is no paradox caused by them stopping the virus before it started, so that they would never have sent someone back to stop it, so they wouldn't have stopped it, and so on and so forth. This shows more that time and events are fixed and you can't change them. Soooooo well done. Even better on a re-watch.

@gluuuuue Жыл бұрын

They can't change the past. Just like we can't change ours. Their time was only the future for us.

@daerdevvyl4314 Жыл бұрын

She said she was in insurance because she was in insurance. She's not there from the future to do anything, she's just a woman taking a flight. It's just a coincidence that she's one of the survivors in the future.

@Harv72b Жыл бұрын

@@daerdevvyl4314 And she barely aged in 40 years!

@eskreskao Жыл бұрын

The idea that they want an unaltered virus to develop an antidote is an optimistic interpretation. I've seen people argue that the boss lady was there as "insurance" to make sure that the virus gets released and they stay in power, even if it's ruling over measly remnants of humanity underground.

@3DJapan Жыл бұрын

@@daerdevvyl4314 I hadn't considered that. I always thought she was sent back as a back up incase Cole failed. To... ensure they succeeded.

@Ben-zk7hu Жыл бұрын

Time Bandits is the bridge between Monty Python’s humor and the bizarre fantasy style Gilliam’s become known for, and it’s a nice mix of both.

@chimpinaneckbrace Жыл бұрын

Every Time Bandits suggestion deserves a thousand thumbs up.

@ShanelleRiccio Жыл бұрын

I'm scared now. I haven't loved the surreal stuff! 😬

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

@@chimpinaneckbrace Which is why I'm always thumbing these up. 😉

@patrickflanagan3762 Жыл бұрын

@@ShanelleRiccio TIME BANDITS isn't quite surreal. It's a children's adventure film with stuff in it for adults that goes right over most kids' heads. It's extremely fun.

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

@@ShanelleRiccio Don't sweat it. If you like it, you like it. If you don't you don't. And just remember, as Chimp said: it's a bridge between Monty Python and this. Keyword being bridge..as in "between".

@ericwebster28 Жыл бұрын

Shanelle: I like to look at things from a film maker’s perspective. Shanelle (5 minutes later): This is a butt movie!

@NominePatris Жыл бұрын

🤣

@notmee2388 Жыл бұрын

When she says "from a filmmaker's perspective," she didn't specify what KIND of film. ( BOOM CHICKA WAKKA WAKKA )

@randyduerr503 Жыл бұрын

Filmmakers can like butts also

@foljs5858 Жыл бұрын

Also Shanelle: rambling about how she feels uncomfortamble - as if movies are supposed to be comfort food. You're SUPPOSED to feel clastrophobic. It's not suppossed to be a fun future

@PeterTarkulich Жыл бұрын

This movie needs repeated viewings, not only to fully grasp the plot, but because there is so much detail in EVERYTHING - the art direction, the writing, the acting, everything. It's a brilliant film!

@cashflowhustles Жыл бұрын

Bingo. You beat me to it. I just typed the same thing in my comment.

@Lannisen Жыл бұрын

This might have been the first film to hint what a versatile and good actor Brad Pitt is. I'd only seen him in Legends Of The Fall and Thelma and Louise before. Might still be my favourite performance by Pitt.

@stevesheroan4131 Жыл бұрын

Same. He’s pretty awesome in Kalifornia, Burn After Reading, and Kalifornia too.

@Nightroadtube Жыл бұрын

Don't forget a stoned coach potato in True Romance. I think he's got all of like 5 or 6 lines in that movie.

@stevesheroan4131 Жыл бұрын

@@Nightroadtube Oh yeah, “Conden-send me man, I’ll kill you….”. He’s the real deal, except maybe Interview with the Vampire, but I think he hated that movie himself.

@christopherschreiber5805 Жыл бұрын

Word of advice: if you ever get the chance to night trip on mushrooms and watch this movie, pay close attention to his hands. One of the wildest things I've ever seen. It's very subtle, but almost as if he's afraid they'll develop their own consciousness if he stops moving them. Hard to explain but so much fun to watch.

@eastportland Жыл бұрын

He's on another level in Snatch.

@Lannisen Жыл бұрын

A lot of people will recommend Brazil now, but I'd like to push for Fisher King. It's more of a modern fairy tale, but also with great performances by Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams. It's an underrated gem.

@l34CoNCreepy Жыл бұрын

its a beautiful movie and i think Mercedes Ruehl won an academy award for her role in it. I would personally recommend time bandits for the other gilliam, its got such strong goonie vibes!

@jumpman83 Жыл бұрын

YAS

@mikethomson4290 Жыл бұрын

Brazil would be cool

@morbidsnails1913 Жыл бұрын

The Fisher King's in my personal top five films of all time, it's fantastic. Robin William was a genius ❤️

@lakechuck Жыл бұрын

The Fisher King was the first of many times that I was absolutely blown away by Robin Williams.

@petersvillage7447 Жыл бұрын

The brilliant thing about not having seen Vertigo before watching 12 Monkeys is this: when you've watched Vertigo, you can come back to 12 Monkeys and see a whole new meaning in the fact that Vertigo is used in the story, and then when Bruce Willis says... "The film is the same every time, but you're different" - you'll know what he says is true.

@paulcurran4786 Жыл бұрын

Same thing when watching the Matrix before knowing and after realising the lies of the world....

@petersvillage7447 Жыл бұрын

@@paulcurran4786 Well if you say so. When I watched the Matrix I just thought 'oh, they've recycled all those ideas I saw as a kid'.

@cmlemmus494 Жыл бұрын

@@petersvillage7447 True, but to be fair the film was aimed at teenagers. So for that audience it was the first time they'd seen it. The underlying idea has been around since at least the ancient Greeks.

@petersvillage7447 Жыл бұрын

@@cmlemmus494 From what I remember it was pitched at a broader audience than you suggest (it is, after all, quite 'dense' as sci-fi action movies go). I had the sense at the time that it tended to sort the audience into those who'd encountered the central idea before and those who hadn't - and those who had tended to be those who routinely watched sci-fi, of course. These days the way that The Matrix gets referenced you'd imagine it was in some way revolutionary or unusual - but of course even just in the same year you also get Existenz and Life Is Beautiful, both dealing with similar themes. Neither of those were one half as cool, of course, which I dare say explains everything.

@cmlemmus494 Жыл бұрын

@@petersvillage7447 We're getting into the nitty-gritty of ratings and audience here, but Hollywood tends to simply the audience into very broad demographics. Any film that is teen friendly is targetted at a teen audience because they have both free time and free money. This is not to say that adults wouldn't enjoy the film, that trailers suggest it's a kid movie, or that they didn't market the film as something for everyone, because of course they did. Any film that doesn't have talking dogs playing basketball is advertised for all audiences. However, the 90s saw a big change in how Hollywood treated certain genres of film, especially action. In the 80s most action films were R rated, with either extreme violence or nudity, often both. By the 90s Hollywood had shifted to targetting teens by reducing the amount of gore and nudity. Think about the lobby gunfight scene in The Matrix. Lots of stuff blowing up, lots of bodies falling down, but no blood, no visible gunshots, no onscreen obvious kills. Just a lot of powder and some bodies on the ground when it's over. That's a teen-targetted action scene. Whereas Existenz, which covers similar concepts and came out the same year, is R-rated and no one remembers it. By cutting out the teen demographic it was not only seen by a much smaller audience, but the people who did see it weren't as moved. Because, again, they'd seen things like that before. Now of course you are correct. The Matrix wasn't only memorable for the story. A lot of people reference it and remember it for a variety of reasons. But I'd argue that if it had been exactly the same film with an R-rating and a bit more blood, it probably wouldn't have been as much of a cultural watershed. Still good, but not as big.

@imustbreakyou2170 Жыл бұрын

This is Brad Pitts best performance. Plays it to perfection.

@warlord1002 Жыл бұрын

My absolute favorite Brad Pitt role!!!

@MDBowron Жыл бұрын

@@warlord1002 it's in some ways similar to a later film from 1999, "Fight Club"

@MDBowron Жыл бұрын

as in anti-consumerism and leader of a gang/cult/mayhem group

@john0constantine Жыл бұрын

You so need to do more Terry Gilliam: "Brazil", "Time Bandits", .... He is such an awesome and unique filmmaker

@misterprecocious2491 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, also Jabbawocky, The Fisher King and Brazil is an absolute must.

@ghostofyourmom Жыл бұрын

Uh, no she doesn't. She clearly hates Gillian's style. Stop recommending shit, she'll hate it. Did you even watch these reactions?

@cheshirekat528 Жыл бұрын

This was the first movie my husband and I watched together on our first date. Outside of my sentimental attachment to this movie, I also really enjoy it. I love time travel and post apocalyptic movies and shows. Great reaction as always! I 2nd any requests for The Fisher King.

@mcjim256 Жыл бұрын

This movie really blew me away in ‘95. Not a fan of Fear and Loathing, but loved 12 Monkeys. I really like that you say when you don’t like a movie and why. Separates you from a lot of other reviews and to me gives me more reason to watch. Keep up the good work.

@NominePatris Жыл бұрын

This movie is a masterpiece! One of my favorites! However, it did take me a few watchings to entirely grasp the big picture, so to speak. Also, this was the first time I saw Brad Pitt be the character and not just a good looking face. I kinda suspected you wouldn't like the way it was shot. But still a great reaction!

@mrwomby5007 Жыл бұрын

The chief psychiatrist at the hospital was played by Frank Gorshin who was The Riddler in the 60s Batman TV series.

@JeepersCreepers2013 Жыл бұрын

Jessica McClure is the girl who fell down the well. Crazy story and that and how they saved her is just wild.

@ShanelleRiccio Жыл бұрын

YESSS!! Baby Jessica

@vansiker7451 Жыл бұрын

You post way more often now, you are spoiling us. Thanks.

@jimtatro6550 Жыл бұрын

“GET OUT OF MY CHAIR!!!” I love this movie so much, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis and Madeline Stowe all give career best performances in my opinion.👍

@ll7868 Жыл бұрын

Fear & Loathing and 12 Monkeys are two of my favourites, easy Top 10 Movies, all genres. Terry Gilliam also directed The Fisher King, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Time Bandits, Brazil and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 4 actors were used as the lead character in Imaginarium because Heath Ledger died during production, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell also played the Tony character. Terry hasn't made a bad movie to be fair, any one of the movies I mentioned are worth reacting to.

@stevewilldo3056 Жыл бұрын

I really love Time Bandits from a nostalgic viewpoint and The Fisher King for its amaing lead performances and the perfect way it combines reality and the fantastical. Terry Gillam can conjure magic

@Dtronic2 Жыл бұрын

Time Bandits was fantastic! It's one of my favorites of all time.

@ghostofyourmom Жыл бұрын

Dude she HATED Fear & Loathing and this (12 Monkeys), what tf makes you think she'll like Dr. Parnassus???!!! Lol why did you comment this, wtf were you thinking?

@Zireael83 Жыл бұрын

sad that you didin´t mention tideland, i really like this movie of him, much better than for example dr parnassus.

@RossWrock Жыл бұрын

My first exposure to Terry Gilliam were the movies "Time Bandits" and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." Although those two are very different from this movie, Brazil, and Fear & Loathing. But it cannot be denied that Terry Gillian has a very particular style about him that's easy to identify. I think it comes from his animation background and odd sense of humor. To me, him and Paul Verhoeven are the easiest directors to spot, due to their filming style and inclusions of themes.

@iKvetch558 Жыл бұрын

Oh man...this one is gonna blow Shan's mind...she is gonna love this one. Update: OK, it did blow her mind, but maybe did not love it so much. Ooops

@sarabearmcd9456 Жыл бұрын

This was the first movie that I saw in the theater where I immediately wanted to come back in and watch it again. So good!

@SketchyMcSketchington Жыл бұрын

I saw this movie when it came out and didn’t like it too much, but saw it again on a couple occasions and really liked it as I understood it more and appreciated the performances- esp B Pitt! Fast forward to early 2020, the first day that our community went on Covid lockdown, not knowing if we were all going to be wiped out by a deadly, unstoppable virus, I went home from work and watched this movie. I might need help… 😅

@terryhughes7349 Жыл бұрын

Terry Gilliem is such a talented director: Brazil, Time Bandits, Fisher King, Tideland. All winners. Good reaction Shanelle. Wish you saw them in a theater on a 60 foot screen, impressive experience. This movie was was based on the French 1962 "La La Jetée". Very surreal film.

@joepastrano2051 Жыл бұрын

Brazil is my favorite movie :D

@chrisleebowers Жыл бұрын

*BARON MUNCHAUSEN* How ya gonna remember "Tideland" and forget The Baron? Also; "The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus" Featuring Heath Ledger's final performance and tribute cameos from his friends Colin Farrell, Jude Law, and Johnny Depp.

@MacAisling Жыл бұрын

I think she should definitely round out her Gilliam experience with either Brazil or Time Bandits.

@dancarter482 Жыл бұрын

@@chrisleebowers The Baron is in orders of magnitude superior to ALL of the aforementioned !

@reservoirdude92 Жыл бұрын

@dan carter he even laughed in the face of death!

@PhillyMJS Жыл бұрын

This movie was filmed in Philadelphia. The building you see in the very beginning when Bruce Willis comes up from underground is City Hall. The run down old theater you said you liked is The Met- it has since been restored and is a beautiful concert venue now. The department store you see a few different times was John Wanamaker’s, where Mannequin was also filmed.

@coeusdarksoul2855 Жыл бұрын

NGL it hurts that after seeing City Hall she said "New York" :(

@lucianaromulus1408 11 ай бұрын

@coeusdarksoul2855 I'm from PA , People not from the area are gonna know lol

@coffeefan Жыл бұрын

This movie is an underrated gem!

@woo545 Жыл бұрын

Saw this twice in the theaters. I was gobsmacked when I saw the PA inspection stickers were correct for the year. Gilliam had a breakdown during the making of this movie. He had a boy that had the perfect eyes, but he couldn't emote. This basically caused Gilliam to spiral. This is the first movie I remember seeing Brad Pitt.

@cardboardbelt Жыл бұрын

- We were well aware of Brad Pitt starting with Thelma & Louise back in 1991, but this is the one where we were mostly convinced that he could actually act and wasn't just a pretty face. - Another of Gilliam's films, 1985's "Brazil" is one of my very favorite movies of all time. It is an Orwellian piece with a lot of the similar strange cobbled together technology like in 12 Monkeys, but there's a lot more comedy to it, so it is kind of a meeting point between his Monty Python stuff and his later work. That said, it is also VERY dark in spots so it might not be up your alley. It stars Jonathan Pryce and includes appearances by people like Michael Palin (Monty Python), Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), Robert De Niro (Raging Bull), Katherine Helmond (Who's the Boss?), Ian Holm (Lord of the Rings), and Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge!).

@Madbandit77 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Peter Vaughn (the original Straw Dogs, the original Death At A Funeral, Game Of Thrones).

@Kettlecadd Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies. This and Kalifornia are probably the 2 best Brad Pitt performances. 12 Monkey's came out when I was 15 and my friend and I saw it in the theaters. I had to explain the ending to my friend he didn't get it

@bujin1977 Жыл бұрын

I've got to add Snatch to that list to make it the three best performances.

@TheSpanishInquisition87 Жыл бұрын

This movie is great! Terry Gilliam's weird retro-futuristic aesthetic is put to perfect use, and strong performances from an epic cast make this a classic. Best time-travel movie ever!!

@Madbandit77 Жыл бұрын

Terry Gilliam didn't direct "Life Of Brian". Terry Jones did. They co-directed "Holy Grail". Gilliam's first solo directorial job is "Jabberwocky", which is worth reacting to.

@JoePlett Жыл бұрын

Twelve Monkeys has been one of my favorites since I first saw it. Or maybe since I saw it the second time, because like "Arrival" it's a different experience the second time through - something that, in a very meta moment, Bruce Willis comments on in the theater watching the Hitchcock film. He observes that the movie doesn't change, but you do each time you watch it. The many layers of this film - and the way they hold up after repeated viewings when you're simply looking for flaws in the logic, really impressed me. The shifting relationship between Cole & Railey - and how their viewpoints eventually completely swap, is deftly done. I'll give full credit to Gilliam for the uncomfortable look of the move (something he excels at). I recall seeing somewhere that he shot the whole thing with ultra wide-angle lenses and pushed the camera extremely close to the actors to get that claustrophobic feel. I never saw any mention of him messing with shutter apertures, but that seems like exactly the sort of thing he'd do, so I think Shanelle nailed it. When you have the stomach for it, you may want to check out Brazil. It's kind of Walter Mittty meets George Orwell's 1984, but it's a very squirmworthy Gilliam "comedy" (in the most dark, twisted, make Tim Burton envious kind of way) This film does hold up to repeated watching, because once you stop following the plot because you KNOW where it goes, you can start paying attention to all the ancillary little details the filmmakers & scriptwriters threw in. Very much like "Arrival". Thanks for watching this! It was the highlight of my day. 😁

@godfreyofbouillon966 8 ай бұрын

If you liked arrival I recommend you reading "Story of your life", a short story by Ted Chiang the movie is based on. It's so much better. Movie didn't do it justice :(

@fmellish71 Жыл бұрын

Either The Fisher King or Time Bandits would be good if you want something a little calmer on the eyes because yes, Gilliam is definitely into visual assault, but he knows how to move with it better than most who go that route. Though there is the '80s veneer to Brazil's chaos that may go down easier for you because Fear and Loathing and 12 Monkeys are are LOUD with their colors and lighting. I think the psych ward scenes had weird focus settings and hot lighting because it is BRIGHT and that level of fluorescent brightness can give an illusion of shutter-sight and trailing which highly enhances under the influence of psychedelics even in more normal settings due to light and color becoming intensely more vivid in perspective. ...Brazil is his best film, btw. Easily.

@ShanelleRiccio Жыл бұрын

Visual Assault!! I'm stealing this!! and I concede that sometimes I'm just not in the space to take on all the visual energy 😬

@pantlessreactions Жыл бұрын

Please, Fisher King. Such a great movie

@kingfield99 Жыл бұрын

The Fisher King is another Terry Gilliam movie that I think you'd enjoy.

@cheshirekat528 Жыл бұрын

I 2nd this!!! Love The Fisher King!

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

2:43 - About 8, the world population currently stands at around 8 billion. And back then, when this was filmed, it was 5.7.

@jonathanross149 Жыл бұрын

You should do the Terry Gilliam trilogy: Time Bandits, Baron Munchausen and Brazil

@caedmon232 Жыл бұрын

Def Brazil!

@adamwarlock1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah and I think those will show the missing link between his Python side and trippy side.

@chrisleebowers Жыл бұрын

The "Dream Trilogy;" Time Bandits is the dreams of children, Brazil is the dreams of youth, and Baron Munchausen is the dreams of old age.

@Madbandit77 Жыл бұрын

@@chrisleebowers Time Bandits is the dreams of children. 🙂

@chrisleebowers Жыл бұрын

@@Madbandit77 Excuse me, thank you. Fixed.🙂👍

@mostaley5049 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies. Watch it again and again. It gets so much better. ❤

@1rexrex Жыл бұрын

This was a movie that had THX surround sound. You had to go to a THX equipped theater to hear the difference. The voice in the room (BOB) bounces around all the corners of the room. You cant hear this on headphones. The whole movies sound was neat. A real treat back then.

@johnmiller7682 Жыл бұрын

Brad Pitt was in a bunch of big movies before this. Thelma and Louise, Cool World, Interview with a Vampire, Legends of the Fall, to name a few. That's what made this performance so incredible. All his other movies he played the good looking, smooth character, and here he was completely bonkers.

@polferiferus1938 Жыл бұрын

He definitely got better as his resume grew! My own personal favorite performance of his was from Burn After Reading.

@Scottie_S Жыл бұрын

@@polferiferus1938 Yes! Effing brilliant!

@r2streu Жыл бұрын

Great film. It's actually a remake of a French film called Le Jetee. Released in 1962, the filming is all completed as a series of black and white still photos. It's a beautiful watch if you have the time and don't mind subtitles (or can speak French).

@YourXavier Жыл бұрын

The world population is actually just past 8 billion. We passed the 5 billion mark back in the late 80s, I think.

@charlesbaldwin3166 Жыл бұрын

I remember going to see this movie with my dad and when we got to the theater he goes up to the ticket counter and proudly states, "I'd like 2 for 12." The girl behind the counter turns to me, "He's been waiting to say that all day hasn't he?" "Yeah, probably."

@wobaguk Жыл бұрын

The ending spurred a lot of debate. "I'm in insurance" is often taken to mean that the woman from the future was actually there to ensure that the virus DID get out, that at least some people in power in the future would like to stay in power.

@caedmon232 Жыл бұрын

You've got to watch this movie like at least five times to catch everything. If you're into the concept, The SciFi (SyFy) Channel made it into a four season TV show.

@petersvillage7447 Жыл бұрын

Ideally you should watch Vertigo for the first time after you've seen 12 Monkeys a couple of times. I did, and it enhanced things considerably.

@gordon861 Жыл бұрын

The TV series really did a good job of expanding the story.

@neillio Жыл бұрын

Gilliam is definitely a unique filmmaker, but he has more than two modes. I think you might enjoy his more emotionally driven movies like The Fisher King. It's an incredible film that has a strong heartfelt emotional core that 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing don't quite reach.

@dinocanton2494 Жыл бұрын

Brazil and Fisher King are two must see from Terry Gilliam

@l34CoNCreepy Жыл бұрын

this movie is so tragic for me, everything is fated, he cant change the future, the scientists already clarify that, and the fact he has seen his own death, its coming, so every little note that confirms his future reality is playing out is just this march to death that you cant stop. I really really appreciate how in the end, madeline stowe finds comfort that even though cole has died, he is alive in the room somewhere, it make me feel like their love story is an endless loop in time. i love this movie. - also my first brad pitt movie was thelma and louise, great movie, he plays man fluff, lol they pick up a shirtless guy to make out with for a night. i disliked him for a long time thinking he was a nobody actor and didnt give him a chance until i saw him in true romance a few years later.

@polferiferus1938 Жыл бұрын

That was Burn After Reading for me. His role seemed to poke fun of what he was previously known for. I’ll have to check out True Romance!

@AmbroseCadwell Жыл бұрын

It IS tragic! Written by one of the co-screenwriters of Blade Runner and the emotional core of the movie shares the same allegorical existential sort of deal. More tragic is how many people I've seen on youtube and in comments who don't grasp the plot, I never thought the ending was confusing but apparently some people don't even realise the kid is young James & that he. was. never. supposed. to. change. the. past.

@l34CoNCreepy Жыл бұрын

@@AmbroseCadwell i really appreciate how him and the dr are locked in this neverending romantic time loop, her comfort seeing him as a child is the circle connecting and it will never stop

@wendellwiggins3776 5 ай бұрын

The brilliance of Gilliam, especially in 12 Monkeys is that he always gives clues and references to what is to come but YOU MUST OBSERVE and pay attention to all that's being said and shown. Though the plot seems complex and the film is filled with unusual imagery, there is never any filler and unnecessary moments. Each scene reveals something about the stories narrative. It is designed to make you feel unsure about whether he's actually crazy or telling the truth as the puzzle pieces start to fall in place as the movie progresses. The use of the word KEY throughout is a clever fun motif and love the little "dead people' dialog that references Bruce's 1999 film yet to come "The Sixth Sense" which is like an actual premonition itself. hmmm? But what I love about Gilliam is that his films are not predictable. He does not spoon feed but challenges his audience to be "Good Observers" (a trait of Bruce's character, Cole, which is beneficial in his quest to save the people in the future from their plight. "You cannot change the past", is mentioned several times throughout the film, but you can change the future. Many time travel film miss that point which create flaws within their stories. I hope you can adjust to Gilliams filmmaking style because the style is actually beneficial to the atmosphere & narrative of the story itself.

@supertrexandroidx Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite SF movies, I've watched it several times. Really resonates with me on an emotional level. Hopefully we can get a Dark City reaction some day, another favorite of mine that's shamefully overlooked.

@tomfowler381 Жыл бұрын

Now try “Brazil”, directed by Terry Gilliam. 😉

@ianrastall Жыл бұрын

His run of three classics was untouchable. Brazil, Fisher King, and 12 Monkeys. Each amazing in its own right.

@TheChrisPutnam Жыл бұрын

I like how you were able to watch through something you didnt like and articulate why at the end

@jrobwoo688 Жыл бұрын

Terry Gilliam?! Time travel?! Sign me up! Really,though, I really enjoy this movie. I still need to watch Brazil someday.

@joelavcoco Жыл бұрын

Yes, you do! It's fantastic.

@DiogenesLives Жыл бұрын

It's clear. . . His seat-mate on the plane is the woman from the future, and she's in "insurance." They stopped it. (Edit- I always believed this until I read Mr BigBillyB's analysis in these comments, which I now agree with. They didn't stop it, but they got a sample for the cure so humans can return to the surface.) One of my favorite films. It's got that 90s grit that they just don't use anymore, and I think this film has great AND deep substance AND style. Terry Gill-i-am, is a great filmmaker. He is not a movie maker; he is an artist. The 2 films you watched (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and 12 Monkeys are especially jarring, and so are his other films, but. . . Brazil is one of my top 5 favorite films of all-time. I believe everyone should watch it. Robert Dinero in a minor role as a rogue pirate air-conditioning repair man in the future is a must-see. That's an Important film dealing with future bureaucracy, hegemony, and the power of love. I am not a Monty Python fan, but I adore the surrealism and metaphors utilized in Terry Gill-i-am's films. You definitely have to watch them with an imaginative and open mind to really enjoy them, though. You can't approach 12 Monkeys as if it's going to be Die Hard, or you will hate it. The Fisher King is one of the most intensely powerful and meaningful films ever made. Robin Williams is a total genius in it, and Mercedes Rheul deservedly won the best supporting actress Academy Award for it. Also, Time Bandits is an extremely beloved and entertaining time-travel romp that I think you will enjoy. As a film director, at his finest, Terry Gill-i-am, is a treasure, a unique talent, and treat for the soul and the mind. 📽🎬✨️🏆🫶

@irafranklin5370 Жыл бұрын

It is so funny the way Shanelle always ends her videos by saying " I'm going to go eat " !!! LMAO

@gluuuuue Жыл бұрын

Die Hard reference: "Don't kill me. Don't kill me. PLEASE!" Sixth Sense *REVERSE* reference: "All I see are dead people." (because, Sixth Sense came out 4 years after this was filmed)

@billhicks808 Жыл бұрын

Depending on how old you are you're probably thinking of Jessica McClure who fell down a well in Texas in 1987. It took them 2 and a half days to get her out. She was trapped 22 feet down in an 8 foot wide well. It was huge news and one of the first minute by minute cable news stories that gripped the nation. I remember it as a 7 year old kid and it freaked me out badly.

@ShanelleRiccio Жыл бұрын

i watched like a ton of specials on it and it FREAKED me out too. I think the fascination with her mustve continued into the early 90s when I was born.

@billhicks808 Жыл бұрын

@@ShanelleRiccio yeah I thought you might be a bit too young but you're right, they did multiple follow up stories and interviews about it for the next decade. "Baby Jessica" was big news for a long time. I'm pretty sure they used the incident as kind of a sublimal context here to ground Bruce's character as a child around that time even though you were seeing the adult.

@MDBowron Жыл бұрын

And The Simpsons did a version where Bart pretended to be "Timmy O'Toole" who fell down the well.

@jeromedutil-martin6823 Жыл бұрын

The SyFy Channel TV Show is also amazing! One of the best and most underrated time travel show. If you don't do reactions to it (I would love to see your reaction to the pilot, at least.) you should definitely watch on your own time.

@jonathanhill4366 Жыл бұрын

the little kid was him. the film is based on a landmark french film from the early 60s 'La Jetee' that is about a man who witnesses his own death, because of time travel. One of the premises of the film is that if you had time travel you would not be able to change anything.

@shaneodwyer6132 Жыл бұрын

This is 1 of my favourite 90s films growing up, it's incredibly poignant and beautiful despite looking grubby and bleak beyond belief

@deadcatthinks6725 Жыл бұрын

Brazil & The Fisher King are also excellent.

@TheTitandog70 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie, it has fond memories for me because I went to see it with my father in the theater, my father is no longer with me. He stop going to movies with me as he got later in life, he was so busy. But he really like the film because of the time travel science fiction elements, he same as me he love stories that make you think. This just great story that has you thinking about it after the movie over. Great reaction as always. Also this movie that convince me Brad Pitt just a great actor who can pretty much do any role he wants

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

4:55 - It's interesting that you say that. I remember in the Clerks reaction you said you wanted it to be in color 'cause you like convenience store colors, which have so many small packages of all sorts of different colors they can be just as overwhelming. Can't wait for that reaction!

@lyletuck Жыл бұрын

Gotta love seeing Frank Gorshin (played The Riddler in the old Batman TV show) in a film!

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

12:14 - Nope, the Florida Keys is not a joke. It's mentioned because it'll come into play later. That's called "tight screenwriting". 😉

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

This movie is one of the many I watched on cable. Such a trip! Mesmerizing story line, pitch-perfect pacing, spot on acting, breathtaking cinematography...what can I say, Terry Gilliam became David Lynch with this one! And as to Brad Pitt, the first movie I saw him in was the same one you did: Thelma & Louise. 😎

@ExploringwithJaye Жыл бұрын

Love that you finally watched this!

@Slate-writer Жыл бұрын

Love this film, such great performances all round. Glad you reacted to it 😇 By the way, it's GILLIAM, not Gill-am

@guitarbo1 Жыл бұрын

I discovered 12 Monkeys in 2008 in a Bruce Willis DVD 3 pack with Mercury Rising and the Jackal. Awesome set. Very original story!

@brownstarslots Жыл бұрын

Love The Jackyl.

@guitarbo1 Жыл бұрын

@@brownstarslots Richard Gere and Sidney Portier were great together

@frozenharold Жыл бұрын

My brother was an English professor at Stony Brook, and he would show this to his students every year and have them write papers on it.

@deadmedowns Жыл бұрын

The thing is Terry is more than a little crazy, and his work explores that. A lot.

@seriousjoker9828 Жыл бұрын

First saw Brad Pitt in an episode of an 80’s TV show called “Growing Pains.” Every time he appeared, the women of the live studio audience would “oooo.” 😂

@3DJapan Жыл бұрын

14:02 "all I see are dead people". Because he knows they're going to die. Reminds me of a line from another movie "They're all dead, they just don't know it yet".

@robertseverin1773 Жыл бұрын

I saw an interview where Terry said his filming in the asylum was supposed to make the viewer feel like a drug filled mental patient in the room with them I always thought mission accomplished

@woeshaling6421 Жыл бұрын

this is one of the very few timetravel movies that engages with disorientation and memory to this degree. like an enormous temporal jetlag, memories merge and are as unreliable as the timetravel.

@NominePatris Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@ll7868 Жыл бұрын

Lions are very adaptable to environments just like housecats, they live in grasslands because that's where their main source of food is and they only have one main competitor, the hyena. They can adapt to colder climate as long as there's plenty of wildlife around.

@mikerhodes8454 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies. I always said if I ever go insane, I want to act just like Brad Pitt in this movie.

@sidewaysoul Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the future people stopped it. The woman on the plane said "I'm in insurance," as in "I came back to make sure you don't do this."

@Yggdrasil42 Жыл бұрын

But it was already released at the security checkpoint. I think she came back to get an original strain of the virus so they can create a cure in the future.

@JosephHuntelvisnspiders Жыл бұрын

Terry Gilliam worked with a group in the python movies. Gilliam was responsible for the animated interludes. Monty Python were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin ... Genres: Satire; ‎surreal humour‎; ‎black comedy‎.

@JakeToll37 Жыл бұрын

This was a good sci-fi time travel film. I had to watch this numerous times to understand the ending.

@DSmith264 Жыл бұрын

Sink your analytical teeth into 'Predestination' with Ethan Hawk.. Thank me later

@zbennalley Жыл бұрын

This is one of those films it take multiple viewings to find an answer

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

3:02 - That's one of the best parts of this movie from a storytelling perspective: Since it's about a viral outbreak that wipes off most of the world population, that's what you would assume. But when you find out the origin of the name you realize you never would've been able to guess it correctly! Can't wait for that part of the video!

@cutthr0atjake Жыл бұрын

It tells you from the start that Cole can't stop the past as its already happened. Both this film & Terminator were based on the French art-house movie, La Jetee.

@piotrwyszkowski2393 Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite film of all time.

@kreuz7sieben Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite Terry Gilliam movie. You have to watch *The Fisher King* ...maybe his best

@gordon861 Жыл бұрын

Not watched the reaction yet, but I will tell you, you need to watch this movie again. OK seen your reaction now, and I must repeat you NEED to watch this a couple more times. Now you know what is going on you will catch a lot more on the second/third watch. And yes, Gilliam is a mad director, look up Brazil and Time Bandits next to continue your journey.

@ShanelleRiccio Жыл бұрын

ive already caught so much more by just editing this one! It's like i always see these movies twice through for the channel. That's why some of my reactions to things are so frusterating, im like its RIGHT THERE SHANELLE lol

@berkeleygirllaserbeam Жыл бұрын

@@ShanelleRiccio You’re WONderful, and I A!WAYS enjoy your reactions. I don’t know if you appreciate fully how much of a positive impact you can make on a complete stranger, but as someone who has dealt with chronic depression for my whole life knowing that I will ALWAYS feel better after watching one of your videos is a gift, and I thank you for it so much. 💕

@anthonymacewan1147 Жыл бұрын

The scene with the guy talking in the future jailcell sound awesome in full surround sound. His voice moves all over the room.

@venisontron Жыл бұрын

Cole is both the boy and adult Bruce Willis. He remembers seeing himself die because he saw it as a kid.

@ceruleanblu3184 Жыл бұрын

The distorted recording of the voicemail they pieced together, ending with “Have a merry Christmas!” was disturbing, as you don’t recognize the voice, but the subtitles give it away as [Kathryn’s voice]. The photo of the pig’s head statue that James remembers was also very well done visually.

@AlleyKatPr0 Жыл бұрын

Moviecam Compact set to 45 degrees shutter speed @ 24 frames per second using Cooke s3 lens (spherical T2.3) with a cropped 1.85:1 aspect ratio (like a pop video). Eastman EXR 500T 5298 film stock, which gives a very clean image, but can be pushed into a cold and 'blueish' winter look to it, allowing you to shoot in low light, or, use practical lights and natural light easier without major attention to where the light is coming from, and, it makes directed light (through windows) have 'god rays' for volumetric light enhancement. Eyes wide shut, Firefly (tv show - for those that know, the coldness of the image in the episode set at the hospital shows the coldness to its extreme), Independence Day, Pitch Black, Apollo 13, Heat (1995), Braveheart, Velvet Goldmine all used it. I'm not a fan of the film stock, as I like a more warmer image. Ektachrome is nice and, if you watch Ocean's 12, you will see a variant of that (Fuji Reala 500D), but I would not recommend you watch it for a reaction as the film is not very good, but is certainly interesting from a cinematographers' perspective. Camera was intentionally shot 'slightly' out of focus in the asylum scenes and were framed objectively and switched to subjectively, so the audience will see the shots from the characters point of view or, to view the scene as a whole - hence all the close ups and Dutch angles. The big table used when being questioned by the doctors was not a desk, but was an old autopsy table from the past and was actually very very very very heavy to get onto the set. Terry insisted on it, partly because it was a creepy thing to have on the set, but partly because it was just so big and awesome. ♥

@jarrodking6027 Жыл бұрын

excited to see this one!

@TheJamieRamone Жыл бұрын

27:14 - Exactly! And I for one *LOVE* an open ending like that!

@AZURAKAZ Жыл бұрын

I remembered Pitt from his performance in Ralph Bakshi's Cool World [1992] going into this. I was raised on Monty Python and had seen Gilliam's Time Bandits, so I was pretty jazzed about the release of this film. I remember going to see at the Chautauqua Mall in Jamestown, NY. I was the only person in the audience. I was a fan and brought along friends on subsequent trips back to see it in the theater. Definitely one I like to revisit every now and then.

@YouHaventSeenMeRight Жыл бұрын

The remade this into a TV series a couple of years ago, which is quite good actually. It doesn't follow the story exactly (beyond having James Cole be the main protagonist and revolving around a plague) and it does revolve around a group of people trying to prevent the virus outbreak. It lasted for four seasons and came to a satisfactory conclusion. The season were short, so there wasn't a lot of filler episodes, which was nice.

@chrisbiebel6205 Жыл бұрын

No, the kid was definitely Cole. That was actually the whole point of the movie. A time traveler, through his travels through time, ends up dying in front of himself as a kid, which was strong memory that he had carried throughout his whole life. The part about the virus is actually just extra stuff. This is based on a French film called "La Jette" which which was a still frame film (Basically slides with narration) of a similar plot.

@portland-182 Жыл бұрын

Masterpiece! James sees his older self die when he's 10. This traumatic event scars him for life, and also makes him a good observer. It seems like you have a poor copy, jittery effects are not usually evident in this movie. The first time I remember seeing Brad Pitt is in Thelma and Louise.

@eliberdinner4808 Жыл бұрын

Adding another vote for The Fisher King, and The Baron Von Munchausen, which is much more Python-esque.

@justinamerican8200 Жыл бұрын

"I'm hoping for some jokes... and... I'm hoping it's funny..." 🤣🤣🤣

@r2streu Жыл бұрын

The kid was James. So: The kid in the well. James explained to the doc (or started to) that he remembered being scared for that little boy when he was growing up. She questioned him and he said, "forget it. It's just a prank; kid's hiding in a barn." He knew this because he was a boy when it was happening. He was, in fact, the boy in the airport. So he DID see his own death, but he didn't know at the time that it was his.

@markmcgee2417 Жыл бұрын

La Jette the short film that this was based on was brilliant. An assemblage of still photos. I rented it at an alternative video store and the tape also had the Twilight Zone presentation of "Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" which has many similarities to Jacob's Ladder. I thought this was intentional but the store owner said that she just randomly added it so that customers could get enough content for the rental fee being that La Jette is very short.

@peroskarstorholm4196 Жыл бұрын

This film was made a coupla years before ‘surround sound’ (5.1 stereo) became a regular thing. The audio trick you heard is called stereo panning (altering the balance of a given sound between left and right speaker) and is quite a usual trick in any old stereo mix since the 1960’s. It’s to be used with caution because, as you noticed, it can be quite confusing to listen to, especially on a headset. But as you also might have noticed; Gilliam likes to confuse and disturb.