Meet Joe Black: An Audaciously Absurd Trainwreck

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2 жыл бұрын

(SPOILERS: Meet Joe Black [1998], Death Takes A Holiday [1934])
Back in the year of our Lord 199-8, my parents went to see Meet Joe Black. Being only 6 years old, I was more concerned with leveling up my Venusaur to the high 60s, because using more than 1 Pokemon to beat the Elite 4 is beta-pussy shit. But they ended up buying the film’s soundtrack on CD and maybe I was just desperate for some musical variety seeing as my mom would only play her one Celine Dion CD on a constant loop, but I really enjoyed it and listen to it even to this day… however, it wasn’t until recently that I sat down and actually watched the film. Based on the CD cover, I assumed it was some bland romantic drama… but umm… wow.
Meet Joe Black tells the story of businessman Bill Parrish who, on the eve of his 65th birthday, is visited by Death, but instead of taking him, Death offers Bill a deal: in exchange for allowing him to live a while longer, Bill will be his guide as he lives among humanity. So Death takes the form of Brad Pitt, cuz if you get to choose your body you might as well pick late 90s Brad Pitt, takes on the pseudonym of Joe Black, and embarks on what he deems a “holiday”. But things get complicated when he falls in love with Bill’s daughter Susan.
So… yeah suffice to say I was a tad shocked to say the least. Anyway I really need to process my thoughts about it, so if you will indulge me as I become increasingly unhinged discussing a movie you probably have never seen and/or were not even aware of a minute and a half ago, let’s get it on.
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[00:00] - Intro/Shoutouts
[00:32] - The Hell Even Is This Movie?
[02:11] - A Little Stage Setting
[03:17] - It's Not ALL Bad... Just Mostly
[03:42] - What Do We Act Like When We Act Like Death?
[05:45] - The Highlight of Pitt's Performance... For Better Or Worse
[07:05] - A Macabre Romance
[09:25] - Death Doesn't Understand Consent
[10:41] - Oblivion's #1 Boyfriend
[11:38] - In Which The Writer Doesn't Want You To Think That Hard About Logic
[12:57] - An Excruciatingly Drawn Out Pile of Manure
[13:36] - A Begrudging Recommendation
[14:03] - Outro/Patrons
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@someguy7842 2 жыл бұрын

Total guilty pleasure movie. Bit of an odd message though, it doesnt matter if you are the literal grim reaper so long as you look like Brad Pitt.

@JoJoJoker 2 жыл бұрын

Weinstein’s fantasy on film.

@papasmurf205 Жыл бұрын

Thats not the message. Not in the slightest. She fell in love with him because of his personality in the coffee shop.

@someguy7842 Жыл бұрын

@@papasmurf205 and then for weeks he acted like a psycho and it didnt matter

@MamadNobari Жыл бұрын

Yup, that's exactly the message of the movie. The message of Barbarian (2022) for me also was that incest-inbred babies are strong as Hulk. The message of Breaking Bad was don't get cocky and leave a note somewhere so your DEA brother-in-law could find it and it leads to your drug empire crumbling. The message of Forrest Gump was that to be friends with the mentally ill, they might become a billionaire out of sheer fucking luck. The message of Se7en was to never get married when you have a dangerous job or they'll get fucked up because of your job. The message of Saving Private Ryan was fuck Matt Damon.

@ameliacarter769 4 ай бұрын

@mamadnobari I love how petty this response is. I just laugh cried for 10 minutes. Thank you for your service. 😂😂😂

@philingrouille7198 2 жыл бұрын

Those two scenes: getting hit by those two cars, and Pitt doing that Jamaican accent, are just legendary.

@keithmichael112 2 жыл бұрын

Everyting gunna be iree Phil

@funnyyoutubeclips2141 Жыл бұрын

FACTS

@scottymacdewder5229 Жыл бұрын

IIRC it was a bus and a taxi

@TyrellWellickEcorp 6 ай бұрын

Ikr idk how he even survived that shi

@PanchitoLopez-su2zn Ай бұрын

@@TyrellWellickEcorphe literally didn’t, death explained

@B1gCh33sy 2 жыл бұрын

The peanut butter thing was one rework away from being an alright joke. If Death had finally encountered peanut butter, something that has killed who knows how many from anaphylactic shock and decided to taste it, or was even allergic and had to have the nurse love interest save him, I think it would have been perfectly passable, if not fairly entertaining. Also, of course Death knows how to speak in a Jamaican patois. Watch fuckin' Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, he speaks in it constantly.

@davehandelman2832 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. They should have somehow worked it in

@outdoorolli5754 Жыл бұрын

Death is Death and no doctor. Death comes to you, when it's time for you to go - no matter if the medical reason was an anaphylactic shock or not. Death is an expert in destiny and he can convince you in any language at any time, that your time is over.

@mosalacommodore6993 4 ай бұрын

@@davehandelman2832 this movie came out before Grim adventures so it wouldn't really make much sense to reference something that hadn't happened yet. But I will say that's a hilarious connection I never made before.

@davehandelman2832 4 ай бұрын

@@mosalacommodore6993 ha, no no. I LOVE the accent. I'm taking about the Peanut butter!

@1BlessEdYou 2 жыл бұрын

Given how many people die of anaphylaxis due to peanut allergies, I can absolutely guarantee Death knows what fucking peanut butter is.

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

👆👆👆

@outdoorolli5754 Жыл бұрын

Death is Death and no doctor. Death comes to you, when it's time for you to go. He is an expert in destiny and he can convince you in any language, that your time is over.

@timjohnson1199 Жыл бұрын

There's a difference between knowing what it is and what it's like. Take a fish breathing under water. You know it can but wouldn't know what it's like till you were a fish.

@BigAl53750 5 ай бұрын

As a Doctor’s son, I can tell you that the number of people who actually die of an anaphylactic reaction to peanut butter is infinitesimally small. The whole explosion of ‘allergies’ has come about through the ridiculous paranoia engendered amongst parents over the last few decades, by the tendency of medicos to present a world that is so intent on killing their babies that nobody with an ounce of sense wouldn’t want to bring any child into it. Then, these poor people are assured that if they will just obey every word spoken by the gods of health (aka; the AMA and all other medical authorities) that their children will be safe. This was the thrust of much of my late father’s outrage at how far off track the medical industry has gone in their idolisation of the Pharmaceutical Industry, which has of course, led to their outright intellectual, moral prostitution. Like most health phobias today, this whole peanut butter allergy thing has been inflated far beyond reality.

@user-hk7hz9cn7v 4 ай бұрын

@@MacabreStorytellingYou actually took a second or two to acknowledge that dumb comment 😂 and then got slapped with two counters that made the OP look like a fool

@Jiiinxyyy 2 жыл бұрын

I actually really like this movie. I can't quite figure out why, it's a strange film, and it's incredibly long, but I enjoy it all the same.

@kari4638 2 жыл бұрын

For me, I found this movie because of the score. I love it.

@the_medievalchick 2 жыл бұрын

We watched it so many times at home... I don't know why, but it was the movie we watched when we couldn't decide what to watch, and just loved it

@kari4638 2 жыл бұрын

@@the_medievalchick Whenever I can find it, I will always watch it, too. :)

@caffinejedi 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@marcuswalters8093 2 жыл бұрын

Girl, same. Maybe it's Pitt's pitch perfect (except for that one scene. You know the one) performance, the memorable quotes and Hopkins flipping killing it as usual, but it really worked for me too.

@marreco6347 2 жыл бұрын

This is basically why I love 90's Hollywood: millions of dollars, top cast for a movie that nobody would watch. When else could you get movies like Titus or Darkman?

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

Titus lol

@maggiemcfly5267 2 жыл бұрын

Titus was a fever dream for me 😂

@timjohnson1199 Жыл бұрын

You calling me "nobody"?

@madmike3974 2 ай бұрын

90s really put all their points in music lol

@thomasffrench3639 2 жыл бұрын

“A cross between Dr Manhattan and Forest Gump” Say no more, I’m watching this movie. That sounds amazing. I don’t care if it is bad

@stevem2323 Жыл бұрын

I adore this movie and consider it to be a masterpiece. In fact, with passing years it becomes better and better.

@ryanpowell5900 11 ай бұрын

Most of the comments come from a perspective that they personally know death and his domain. To me that is ignorance that they project on to the character of death

@davehandelman2832 4 ай бұрын

It's sooooo romantic!

@diegon5152 2 ай бұрын

It’s a wild shot in the dark movie, I loved every minute of it, it has a made at home feel to it. A nostalgic feeling…

@222056 2 жыл бұрын

My brother and I saw this movie when we were a lot younger on late night tv, while we were trying to bake Christmas cookies at 3 am. We saw the scene of Brad Pitt getting absolutely obliterated and watched another hour or so of it thinking that some more insane action like that would happen, but the cookies were done and we fell asleep before we could make it to the end. Weirdly my dad was sleeping beside us with a toothpick in his mouth shoving it into his palm to the point of bleeding while he slept, and then he uttered the phrase "pucker up bitch" while still sleeping. This is a very core memory for me.

@salomeyul 9 ай бұрын

I love this❤

@Necroxion 2 жыл бұрын

It's kind of heartwarming that people can hate both Wonder Woman and Joe Black for porking using other peoples' bodies

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

💓

@Necroxion 2 жыл бұрын

Although now that I think about it, these two might have contributed to/strengthened the redpill delusion of women being okay with SA if the guy is hot/they do it themselves

@LembeckIsStaying 2 жыл бұрын

@@Necroxion Girls loving badboys was waaaayyyyyy before stuff guys say on the internet. Hell, before the internet itself.

@Grimjr7 Жыл бұрын

@@Necroxion you are incorrect about so many things in this comment.

@broghad8241 Жыл бұрын

Wonder Woman?

@TSDT 2 жыл бұрын

I have an oddly bittersweet memory of this film in my early teens. My uncle was visiting with what much later turned out to be his husband, and we had a family movie night courtesy of the New Releases at our local Blockbuster. Tbh, what I remembered even more than the infamous car scene was the fact that, yeah, this romantic dramedy came on two VHSes like Titanic and didn't even have the excuse of being a historical film to justify it. Also was when I first heard the phrase "death and taxes" funnily enough. Nonetheless, I remember actually enjoying it even as a terminally nerdy kid and looking up online reviews on MRQE to make sense of it. What makes it bittersweet is that this same uncle passed away a few years ago. I loved the hell out of him and for that, Meet Joe frickin' Black, its two VHSes and Brad Pitt getting smacked around by cars will be forever associated with Tio Lalo. So it goes.

@krumblemumble8628 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing ☺️ Thanks for sharing you story, friend. It almost sounds like a movie plot of its own!

@maggiemcfly5267 2 жыл бұрын

Well, it is a long a*s movie, I think it's longer than Titanic, that's why it came in 2 VHS tapes. I don't think I've ever watched the whole thing though, it's just that everytime I catch on tv I think "goddamn this movie is long" 😂 I do remember it being the favorite movie of an old ex best friend and I never understood why

@BP-vr3rt Жыл бұрын

So your uncle is married to a dude? Tell him he needs Jesus and walk away from that sinful lifestyle that leads to eternal darness and despair.

@mistythefangirlylady 2 жыл бұрын

Me: Heh, I might check this out for dated 90s lols. Mac: This movie is 3 HOURS LONG. Me: Wait, hold up-

@JoJoJoker 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a great movie…we watch 9 hour TV shows so who cares about run time?

@rrarrarr520 Жыл бұрын

It actually goes by quick. Movie is pretty enjoyable.

@mrturtletail3945 2 жыл бұрын

This movie looks like the cinematic equivalent of those dollar store romance novels your Grandma reads every night.

@CARATMom 2 жыл бұрын

I “ rented” this movie years ago-I never got past the ending:At the end of the movie I kept thinking about the father. Like he dies and his daughter just walks off with a stranger.

@Laarye 2 жыл бұрын

6:40 I believe the reason for him speaking just like the woman, was so they would be talking to each other as equals. When people understand that death isn't an enemy to us, but a natural part of life, then it should be that when our time comes and we accept it, then Death should be a friend we can converse with rather than a villain we scream at and run from. So to us the audience, it may seem out of place, but if you were that woman, then him speaking just like you, makes it so you understand him perfectly.

@garysturgess6757 2 жыл бұрын

Plus, Macabre's counter example happens! I was born in Edinburgh, was raised in Australia by a Scots Mum, and my normal accent is more or less 'cultured Aussie'. But if I've just watched Billy Connolly, or I'm around Glaswegians, I absolutely adopt a thick brogue. It just seems more comfortable to me to do that.

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

Eh but that is going from similar dialects, not nearly as extreme as in the film.

@Puerco-Potter 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always interpret it as that. Death knows all languages, and can speak to people in the language/dialect they understand best. What I got was that the woman didn't understand American English that good, so death did it for her. Death is equal to everyone, and the dialect is what is normal for this woman, what is true English for her, so death speak in the exact way he should to comunicate the best. If I die and death speak to me in a texan accent and use colloquialisms I don't understand I would be really weirded out. It would imply that death is American, and not universal, not tailor made for every single person.

@the_17th_dragon32 2 жыл бұрын

@@MacabreStorytelling but if you recognize that it’s a distinct language, doesn’t it make sense that he would speak it to her?

@todayiglowup4286 2 жыл бұрын

that makes sense actually. a chinese person would not understand if death spoke english. since death is omnipotent, he would probably be able to switch to any language

@smileychips7448 2 жыл бұрын

I think I like the idea of the OG film ending better. At least the girl chose to be with Death as opposed to Death setting her up with the body he was renting. I get it’s Brad Pitt, but what if the guy knew what peanut butter was? Where’s the charm in that?

@AlexDracoulis 2 жыл бұрын

This was an excellent take. Watching.this move was bizarre. I've never been more bored but simultaneously fascinated with any movie before. It's like spectacularly well produced crap.

@sifatshams1113 2 жыл бұрын

This movie has been on my watchlist for at least the past 10 years because of how insane the premise is despite knowing it would probably suck. I honestly wish Hollywood would completely lose it's mind more often.

@osmanyousif7849 2 жыл бұрын

Hasn’t it already?

@sifatshams1113 2 жыл бұрын

@@osmanyousif7849 What? Every movie is safer and blander than ever these days. The only insane premise I can think of in a recent mainstream movie is Collateral Damage.

@osmanyousif7849 2 жыл бұрын

@@sifatshams1113 , I was being sarcastic. Seeing how Hollywood is making all the ideas which turn out to suck, because they need to throw in their politics and woke BS, that's what I meant that Hollywood is already insane.

@izzycak7700 7 ай бұрын

It is a fricking beautiful Epos. Watch it

@chonchjohnch 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it well enough. And honestly, her being attracted to Death isn’t unrealistic. He acts like a lost puppy and he’s attractive

@jakek1735 2 жыл бұрын

"Wouldn't the guy's body have been brought to the morgue? Did it just disappear?" I like to imagine that Death took over the guy's body at the exact second after he died. So immediately after being hit by the cars, he just got right back up (as Death now, unbeknownst to the bystanders around him) and was like "I'm okay! I'm okay!" and then just walked away as everyone stared in bewilderment.

@timjohnson1199 Жыл бұрын

That sounds about right

@alfredafriyieasiedu 11 ай бұрын

Makes sense

@boagski 10 ай бұрын

It went to the hospital didn’t it? And that’s how the Jamaican lady recognised him, she had seen him while dead.

@ImNeoFr 10 ай бұрын

⁠@@boagskiyes you could probably interpret it as that. i think it was left open to interpretation, although whether that was on purpose or not could also be open to interpretation😂

@timz7548 3 ай бұрын

and then didn't question that he woke up on the other side of the bridge next to her now dead Dad. Nothing to see here!

@pistaalkohol 2 жыл бұрын

I like Neil Gaiman's interpretation of this story in Death High Cost of Living. In the Sandman universe Death takes a holiday every 100 years, this comic tells the story of her most recent one, where she spent it with a suicidal boy named Sexton.

@AC-fv7kt 2 жыл бұрын

It's long, wierd, awkward yet it somehow grows on you and it's actually a pretty good movie.

@garetjax19 2 жыл бұрын

Two scenes I liked in this are 1:The end of the peanut butter scene, when Joe is leaving the kitchen and as he turns left, in profile, Brad makes a goofy expression. 2:When 'Joe' first appears to Bill in his house The great use of light and the distorting effects of the frosted glass. It gives a great transformative quality.

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

The first scene in the library between Bill and Death is kino

@bethanythatsme 2 жыл бұрын

I have a tendency to let my suspension of disbelief run rampant while watching movies & then add in that my neurodiverse brain doesn't retain details... What I'm trying to say is that I adore you're breakdown of how absolutely absurd this film is. What fun 🖤

@Prestidigitoreum 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this movie on the VHS player that teachers would roll into classes when they couldn't be bothered to teach and the whole class losing their damn minds at the car accident scene. We must have rewound it for the whole remaining hour, because I had no idea what happened after that.

@JoJoJoker 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I really like this movie. Haven’t seen it in years but it’s a forgotten Brad Pitt gem. The score is amazing; it may seem slow to many viewers but it’s one Hell of a ride. Plus that .gif of Brad Pitt getting hit by a car :-)

@scottymacdewder5229 Жыл бұрын

The greatest on screen death in the history of cinema

@book1182 2 жыл бұрын

This is a very uncomfortable version of hades and Persephone

@shermikeman 2 жыл бұрын

"What is peanut butter?" Like you haven't taken your share of those that have died from peanut allergies, ya goon.

@TimedRevolver 8 сағат бұрын

Knowing what about peanut butter is one thing. Seeing and tasting is another. Until now he didn't really have the means to taste anything. He was just a bit of cosmic consciousness faffing about. No taste buds/.

@MrShaclakclak 2 жыл бұрын

Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, and Brad Pitt, have amazing eyes and thats why this film exists. This movie is dumb

@izzycak7700 7 ай бұрын

I really don’t know how someone could have not liked this movie. It is one of my all time favourites and I have to cry like 5 to 10 times per watch ❤ also the most beautiful monologues of Bill Parish 😢

@Necroxion 2 жыл бұрын

11:17 I prefer the older version, because at least the lady here was allowed to make her own choice instead of being forced to watch as the one who she porked leave her forever And is also kinda smart for knowing he was death all along, instead of just pure boner bait

@sivula17 2 жыл бұрын

What bothered me was that Hopkins' body would just be chilling on the lawn for the staff to find the next morning or something 😂

@dreye3215 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't peanut butter kill heaps of people? He should know about it.

@colonelweird 2 жыл бұрын

So is this where Patty Jenkins got the whole "sexual assault via body swap" thing, or is it some kind of standard trope?

@iplayeddsharpminor 2 жыл бұрын

I only came to discover this film through my love of Thomas Newman. It didn’t help that I watched it with my fiancé at the time whose father was dying of a brain tumour. Those circumstances made it stick with me big time. But I can see why it can be perceived with absurdity.

@scottjohnson9799 2 жыл бұрын

So at the end Joe walks over that bridge with Anthony Hopkins, and he dies right? So that means her father's dead body is sprawled on the ground just over that bridge? And the daughter just kinda leaves it for somebody to trip over and clean up?

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@nimbylive 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this in the theaters primarily due to Claire Forlani. Mall Rats was such a great movie and anything she was in I figured must be just as weird. It was wierd but not as good of course.

@t3tsuyaguy1 2 жыл бұрын

"Please indulge me, while I become increasingly unhinged" is my favorite lead in ever.

@Mixcoatl 2 жыл бұрын

This was the first film my parents let me stay up late to watch, so I'll always love it, no matter what.

@EJD339 Жыл бұрын

I also really enjoyed this movie but it’s one of those films if people criticize, I can’t really defend it.

@Puffausten 2 жыл бұрын

i watched this film with my mother. That 8 minute long sex scene was utterly traumatizing to teenage me. Now I consider this film to be a dumb "watch with a glass of wine" movie.

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

😬😬😬

@jonahfalcon1970 2 жыл бұрын

Death Takes a Holiday was also remade in 1971 on CBS starring Monte Markham.

@michaelhegwood9977 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they did another Discworld movie and Brad Pitt shows up.

@johncross5339 2 жыл бұрын

I really love your confusion while explaining this haahahah

@TheDukeDante 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this years ago, Brad Pitt eating peanut butter and talking in a rasta voice has to be the highlight of his acting career.

@3rdperson2 2 жыл бұрын

I love this movie! But you're on point. This is the first analysis of this movie i've ever watched. Watching you point out these obvious inconsistencies is kinda mind boggling because i never really noticed them or cared to, and i've seen this movie a bunch of times. I think the movie is "aireee". You were hilarious in this vid man. I couldn't stop laughing. Great work as usual.

@theresagwhite3175 2 жыл бұрын

I read a book once where a journalist was invited to watch this movie by the studio head. He sat in the darkness for four hours hating every minute of it

@mattboy2313 2 жыл бұрын

The similarities between this movie and WW’84 are uncanny, to say the least.

@bannedmann4469 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, original Wonder Woman 1984.

@jaybonn5973 2 жыл бұрын

So Death Takes a Holiday but worse? I have actually seen Death Takes a Holiday and it's really sweet.

@kenthefele113 2 жыл бұрын

3:23 I like how you included the part of the scene where Anton is just staring at the Gas Station attendant awkwardly and didn't just use the part of him saying "which it is." Adds to the tone of the video.

@kari4638 2 жыл бұрын

A few days ago, I mentioned that this film's score was one of my favorite's and now I am recommended your video. Even though, it's 3 hours, I still can withstand it due to the score.

@nobodyfromnowwhere7510 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this as a kid and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's not amazing by any measure, but it's amusing enough.

@michaelshafer5192 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie and have rewatched it about 10 times.

@aspiringmetrosexual975 2 жыл бұрын

Always excited for your videos! Recently started watching the sopranos because of your channel.

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

Hellz yeah 👍

@SnakeWasRight 4 ай бұрын

Death would have taken so many people from peanut allergies, of course he knows what peanut butter is

@RajiTheAcrobat 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this as a kid and was absolutely captivated by its absurdity 😂 I really appreciate you breaking this one down 🙏

@colonelweird 2 жыл бұрын

Among other qualities, the editing in this video is totally hilarious.

@QazwerDave 2 жыл бұрын

There's potential here !

@johnnyBgoodson Жыл бұрын

I stumbled across Midnight Run on UK TV in my teens. Fell in love with it. Seen it loads of times since. Still my favourite film. So many twists, double-crosses, amazing action sequences and great character moments. Some years later I was talked into a trip to see Meet Joe Black by some acquantances who, unbelievably, came out of the cinema saying they'd enjoyed it. Yes, glacially slow is absolutely the description, even if there had been some interesting story being developed (but there wasn't) and even if the few plot points it had weren't wholly ridiculous (but they were.) Some years later still, I became aware that the same man had directed both films and it blew my f*cking mind!

@robinbaxter3055 2 жыл бұрын

Here's what you HAVE to review: The Book of Henry, you'll have a field day with it

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

*takes notes*

@warlordofbritannia 2 жыл бұрын

oh, FUCK YES! That movie, I remember how my then-girlfriend convinced me to watch it with her, as she had already seen it and needed to share such an experience That's not actually why we broke up, btw

@KaP0401 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh, so that what this movie is about after Brad Pitt got frogger'd in traffic.

@ladywalda5838 2 жыл бұрын

Also if body snatching bothers you how you feel about Wonderwoman being reunited with her long lost lover... in another mans body :')

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

dAT WAS FUCKED UP

@Ghostykitten 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, I just realized I've seen this movie when I was younger. This brings back some weird nostalgia lol. I especially remember the scene where the guy gets hit by a car

@mrturtletail3945 2 жыл бұрын

My jaw hit the floor when you pointed out it was 3 hours. Holy damn! I thought no way this was over a hour and forty five minutes. Jesus, they think they're Lord of The Rings with this crap?

@teajay74 2 жыл бұрын

The hospital simply rings the guy’s family and says that we would like to upgrade your son’s status from dead due to severe trauma sustained in a brutal accident to alive and well and pursuing a relationship with a new love.

@xXlegitx46Xx 2 жыл бұрын

This was sooo funny, youre actually hilarious ive been just laughing out loud

@DeadManSinging1 2 жыл бұрын

Death would definitely know what peanut butter is considering how allergic people are to it

@Seven0true702 Жыл бұрын

I literally thought he was named Joe black because someone was having coffee when they asked him his name lol

@jerrysstories711 2 жыл бұрын

Claire Forlani should be called Claire Forlorn. She's the embodiment of "You're be so pretty if you smiled." But also, for the record, I LOVED this weird-as-hell movie.

@slevinkelevra_2347 2 жыл бұрын

:< my eng not good enough, i wanna understand what uve said uwu

@friendlyneighborhooddm6330 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I confused this and mighty Joe Young and thought you were gonna talk about big monkes. Well done either way!

@MacabreStorytelling 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@shadowxps 2 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting how this movie seems to keep popping up every now and again. When I was young my mom watched this movie and even bought the DVD, I suppose because it had 1990s Brad Pitt in it. Many years later my college art teacher cited the car accident scene as an example of comedic timing. I dunno where I was going with this.

@stygiantwst 2 жыл бұрын

Death knows whatever he needs to know when interacting with a person whom he will escort to the other side. But it follows that at least once in eternity he would have encountered someone allergic to peanut butter.

@fairwind8676 2 жыл бұрын

I think that death took his body at random. Guy died because he didn't pay attention.

@madwellt4897 12 күн бұрын

Dude this movie was awesome bro, I lowkey teared up at the end man

@somedipshtinthecomments2507 2 жыл бұрын

When I first got to the part where he starts speaking patois I felt like I was having a goddamn stroke. Himbo Grim Reaper hit kinda different ngl

@Stefano.C 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my dad's favorite movies of all time xD Maybe now I'll give it a full watch from start to finish, I've only seen clips of it on occasions, car scene included

@avanishdutta2658 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, I found roger ebert's review balanced. Although he did say the ending takes too long as joe black keeps talking in rather epigraphs while it could have been solved in one or two lines of dialogue. Still find this movie a bit interesting. An absurd but emotional one.

@prince_dogboy 2 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me death has NEVER encountered a death involving peanut butter? Hmmm...

@chuck2469 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video

@suckmyduck7029 Жыл бұрын

My main gripe with the movie is more so what it didn't do, not what it did. Scenes like where Bill talks about his wife, you get to see Death in an almost whimsical state, he seems genuinely fascinated by Bill's tale of love. I wish we got to see that side of him develop more. And as that relationship and trust builds between Bill and Death, Death expresses himself, about his story and feelings towards his own existence, however that may go. At first, I think the allure and mystery of Death makes the character compelling, but by the end it leaves you kind of wanting more, especially because this is ultimately a romance, where I think it's important that you actually know the characters in order for you to feel invested in the relationship. Also I don't understand why they didn't give closure on what happens with the company at the very least, like yeah Drew isn't there, but the other board members could still Bill's wants for the company over and make it a soulless profit machine, how do we know that things will be better in the future? I think considering its runtime, we could have learnt more about the side characters, like the other daughter and Quincy, more perspectives for Death to interact with. I actually liked the idea of Death speaking in a different accent/dialects, I think it was more to show the universality of Death. think it's also trying to establish that Death isn't necessarily evil, likening itself to the old woman is a way of displaying a kind of companionship. Also from what I've heard, it's actually an incredibly accurate portrayal of the dialect and was surprisingly respectful. I do agree that the beginning coffee shop scene could have just.. not existed and it would have removed so many of the weird ideas the film (I assume)unintentionally illustrates.

@savisam3395 4 ай бұрын

This was hilarious thank you i literally thought the same thing your voice over had me cracking up ! 💯

@Damarco4u Ай бұрын

You have summed up this movie perfectly. It isn’t a bad movie but it has these weird moments you talk about but worst of all, it is looooooonng! What was a 90 minute film was turned into 3 hours here! At the end, they are shown walking to a pavilion and they are shown walking across the field for the full distance. A cutaway would get this thing going. It takes them twice as long to tell the same story as the 1940s movie.

@UmikoChiyo Жыл бұрын

Also like... if she is not 100% sure, that he was death himself.. it gets even worse. Then he clearly has two personalities in one body. And neither side knows what happened when the other one was in charge of the body. While, as you mentioned, one of them acts like a psychopath. Plus she saw him walking away with her father, returns alone with no recollection of what just happened and right behind that bridge she will find her fathers dead body?? Hmmmm wonder what just happened there?! (I just watched the movie with my mother. I think she was annoyed that I was complaining the whole time about how weird it all was xD)

@michellecrocker2485 5 ай бұрын

Anyone else think it’s interesting how Joe and Susan’s first kiss showed what a rookie Joe was at that yet when it came to the big love scene, he seems to have that down

@constanceli5055 Жыл бұрын

Soo I never thought death took the coffee shop guy’s life. Like that guy was standing in the middle of the street with traffic going both ways and not paying attention. Even though death brought him back, I doubt he’ll be alive for long with how inattentive and clumsy he is!

@sentar86 Жыл бұрын

The part that gets me the most is what exactly happened to bills body. Because the implication is that death walked him to the other side of the bridge where he presumably collapses. Then death turned around to walk back putting “joe” back in his body after which he and Susan proceed to walk back to the party leaving bills corpse on the ground for someone else to stumble on

@trippledaregaming Жыл бұрын

At 1st I was so mesmerized by this movie coz Brad put and Anthony Hopkins's performance and the beautifully crafted tone of the movie that I forgot about obvious blunders. But my skeptical self was feeling off and hence I landed here. I'm glad people like you exist to guide us sheep away from the light.🙏

@lane6216 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I remember going to the theater when I was a teenager and seeing this. And, hating it. And, being so annoyed I’d wasted my money. Shockingly, I completely forgot the car crash scene. I only remember the scene at the end where they walk away together. So dumb.

@scanspeak00 4 ай бұрын

There's a weird fascination I've always had for this movie that I'm yet to figure out. I actually enjoy it though everything in my head says I shouldn't.

@cannibalzombiechrist 2 жыл бұрын

i love this movie. death deserves a holiday sometimes.

@warlordofbritannia 2 жыл бұрын

Discussing the story of a movie starring Death is so to-name I'm shocked (shocked!) you hadn't done this yet

@EveryFairyDies 2 жыл бұрын

For more context about Death wanting to better understand humans and humanity, I recommend Sir Terry Pratchett's 'Mort', from his Discworld series.

@Domazsakalauskas Жыл бұрын

I actually like this movie, it's sort great guilty pleasure of mine. It's something about it that it's a pleasure to watch. Hopkins killed it!

@jbonify 2 жыл бұрын

Loving this video 😍

@malikphillips4794 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this not too long ago and thinking it was really strange. But really liked it for some reason. And the soundtrack is definitely dope!