It's Judgment Day - Where are the Men? - High Noon Video Essay

[@BimalKumarRay-nc7mw]

"High Noon" every scene glued me. Music most appropriate, holds mind n soul. Cant count number of times I had watched the Movie.

[@porke1870]

"We think judgement day is something from another life but in reality it comes all the time." That's the best thing I heard for a long time

[@frantabor7319]

I had forgotten the movie until the Wei & Cathy Show, two immigrant Chinese who had escaped Red China referred to it while discussing why so may "top" Republicans failed to simply request forensic recounts in 2020. They compared the bulk of "accepters" to the towns people. Afer their show, we downloaded the movie and watched it. I agreed with their assessment.

[@bartsanders1553]

​@@frantabor7319And it's happening in several major cities that are currently in death spirals. Judgement Day came to San Fransisco, and it asked where the men are.

[@Ditch1221]

I’m an old man and I’ve seen many, many movies. This is still my number one to watch and I do often.. Great story and real human natures.

[@buxxbannerspov30]

Yep. I saw this at the theater when it came out...and many times since. It had quite an impact on how I've lived.

[@frantabor7319]

I had forgotten the movie until the Wei & Cathy Show, two immigrant Chinese who had escaped Red China referred to it while discussing why so may "top" Republicans failed to simply request forensic recounts in 2020. They compared the bulk of "accepters" to the towns people. Afer their show, we downloaded the movie and watched it. I agreed with their assessment.

[@bartsanders1553]

This is a perfect introduction to the work that people would do well to watch before viewing this masterpiece.

[@zazenh]

I saw this movie about a month ago on a recommendation. It's an excellent movie and reminds us what it is to be a real man. One that has purpose, quiet confidence, keeps his promises and shows up when the chips are down. He also doesn't argue to get his point across, doesn't defend himself when wrongfully attacked. He simply demonstrates real character through his purposeful and committed actions. Not easy to do, but definitely someone to aspire to be. Definitely recommend this movie.

[@しきしま-v6p]

日本の『武士道』に通じる。

[@onaleemcgraw4048]

This is an excellent presentation. Thank you so much. You are right on the mark.

[@vimalpatel4060]

I keep coming back to this essay. I sense this theme going on around the world. Maybe, in a small way, it inspired you to produce this video. And thank you. If if ever comes to it, a million views. Know, more than half of it came from me. Maybe, asking this same question, where are the men?

[@kiu--cq3874]

The critic and review of this movie is right on the spot. I consider High Noon the best movie, not just for the story and acting but for its message. No to be melodramatic but I have been my standard for what a man should be and stand for; don’t depend on someone but yourself.

[@apteryx01]

THIS IS GOOD!! I've seen so many KZbin blatherers, sloppy, pretentious, shallow, loquacious, cynical, trying to sound deep, clicking through gratuitous pictures or childish animations, I almost didn't bother to click this. But you, sir, have delivered insight-in five minutes of clear, articulate English, with video that fits the words. Thank you, sir.

[@ThomasGaryNuila]

I really appreciate the feedback. Trying to get some more of these done in the future. I've been doing some live streams M-F to help me hone the ideas by presenting them and then getting feedback about them from listeners.

[@jaiprakashagrawal3580]

Agree 100%.☺️

[@Isolvedit]

This movie is now my addiction. Somehow recent events brought back this magnificent movie. The characters bold as day. B&W at its best. Color would have ruined this. Actors have gotten their start right here. Every one of them a study in life's experience. The song I can't get out of my head. What a masterpiece! Thanks for the commentary.

[@frantabor7319]

I had forgotten the movie until the Wei & Cathy Show, two immigrant Chinese who had escaped Red China referred to it while discussing why so may "top" Republicans failed to simply request forensic recounts in 2020. They compared the bulk of "accepters" to the towns people. Afer their show, we downloaded the movie and watched it. I agreed with their assessment.

[@sidhayes6168]

That is for sure !

[@brice9996]

4:04 That's it buddy. Very thoughtful words. Keep bringing up these videos. It's really much needed and an absolute essential in today's society or generation. Subscribed.

[@egee.sheeva6672]

Trump is the true Will Kane. I think most readers/viewers here know that. It's time to vote and let him know that you aren't a slob who ran from Judgment Day; that you fought for and with Trump.

[@mr.s171]

A well done critique. Manhood is not given or purchased or decreed by any government. Manhood is earned by the individuals heart and spirit and actions, it becomes part of his soul.

[@HGates-hl4eq]

Wow! 👏👏👏👍👍👍. This is a fantastic video. Should be shown in schools. Well done sir.

[@JohnDoe-wb4iv]

What did coop n lady say n Spanish n her room above saloon

[@sophiachick3901]

Yes, yes schools need this so much.

[@chap666ish]

Although many comments have already said this, I'd like to add my thanks for your insightful view on High Noon and how it illuminates the issue of what it is to be a man as opposed to simply being male.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Superb movie that I always try & watch whenever it’s aired on TV. Everything about it works… from the high contrast monochrome cinematography to Gary Cooper’s remarkable performance - surely one of his best. The way the tension builds as the minutes tick down to ‘High Noon’ is testament to director Fred Zinnemann’s genius. Thank goodness John Wayne turned down the lead role!

[@paulscott8656]

Great series so far. I hope this gains momentum. Much needed in today's environment!!

[@sophiachick3901]

Will Kane - Great movie 🎥 👏🏽 Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.

[@melm190]

Luke 12:32 ‘Do not be afraid, little flock…’

[@modernknightone]

Good commentary, but you failed to bring out one very particularly important point that is brought out in the movie and Kane explains it to his new wife when they turn around and go back. This wasn't just about Kane returning to the town to face down Miller because he was a man and knew the town wouldn't - it was also personal. He knew that Miller had a personal grudge to come after the men who had put him away. This is one of the reasons you also see the judge hastily leaving town early on. When his wife begs him to leave and that they can get away and go somewhere that Miller can't find them, Kane tells her that he can't have that hanging over him for the rest of his life - and that Miller will try to find him. SO it's better to go back and face him (Judgement Day) rather than waiting for it to happen at some other place and time - suddenly and unexpectedly - later when he is not aware and cannot control the situation. This is a key motivator for Kane's actions in the movie. I know you said you didn't want to spoil the movie, but another key point is that a man must choose his friends carefully, because a major theme here is that all of the many people who were supposed to be his friends - were not there to support him in that "life and death" situation when he needed them most. Only one person had his back - one - and saved his life - and I won't spoil who it was. I can say from experience that I have had real high noon situations in my own life - and you find out who your real friends are when you go through those times. I can count my true friends on one hand.

[@777tommycrown]

Buccaneer's Reef Thank you. You must be Donald J. Trump and thank you for your service

[@michael69040]

Kane also knew that many in the town resented Kane "cleaning up" the town. Miller and his brother had drinking, gambling and whoring friends in that town who missed things being a little wild at times yet hired Kane to make it a "decent" town. The lesson to me is be careful to not do your job too well. There may be deep resentment in the results.

[@egee.sheeva6672]

Quite true, but the true theme is the macrocosm one, and the great screen writer knew that. That is why the Miller character is the Biden-throw-back, one who IS RELEASED from prison having not served sentence, i.e. Biden and son for $-laundering, embezzling and blackmail to self-serve his corrupt and rotten family. Biden using his own son, Hunter, as a bag man to sell-out the USA. Trump is the heart-light sent to destroy Biden, the corruption of an entire nation with his Master Puppeteers.

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

"You may not be interested in Frank Miller, but Frank Miller is very interested in you."

[@ursaminor9780]

@@egee.sheeva6672 You uh, you ok there buddy?

[@reggiechavez1747]

Not just an entertaining post, but a lesson,, a morel. Thank you.

[@melm190]

I was reading this about CS Lewis from Surprised by Joy and I consider it is pertinent: His conversion from Theism to Christianity is not described as “emotional”: ‘It was more like when a man, after long sleep, still lying motionless in bed, becomes aware that he is now awake. And it was, like that moment on top of the bus, ambiguous. Freedom, or necessity? Or do they differ in their maximum? At that maximum a man is what he does; there is nothing of him left over or outside the act.’ At that maximum a man is what he does.

[@bvanquish777]

I love the idiom of High Noon as Judgment Day. 🔥

[@sophiachick3901]

You just taught me a valuable lesson in 5 minutes or less something none of my teachers could ever do (to be fair, I did day dream a lot). You just made it click for me...how to write an essay. Don’t get me wrong I could write if I really put a lot of effort into it but not nearly as well as this. Thank you 🙏🏼 Have you thought about being a teacher? Perhaps maybe you are already. Excellent video essay. Bravo 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@stevenhancock4004]

Great commentary and great review. I remember the scripture where it says God chooses the simple things to do his work. i think that includes High Noon, its a wonderful life and Charlie brown Christmas.( Also, your fine analysis. God bless and thanks.

[@zingzangspillip1]

One of my favourites in this film is Herb Baker. He's the one who volunteers to help Will, but backs out at the last minute. I feel so sorry for him! He's clearly a brave man for volunteering, but he can't face being the only one with Kane.

[@friendlyone2706]

He is like the men in the church who jumped up, ready to help, until their "leader" said no.

[@marcelosastre3621]

Sencillamente sublime actor y mejor western de todos los tiempos te lo dice el juezdeoeste 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

[@alitariq1607]

Great analysis of this classic

[@haroldbernardberry]

Great comment

[@JohnnylMr]

Great review!

[@JAG312]

Excellent. Very insightful.

[@frankopanklaric]

A courage man dies one death. A coward dies a thousand deaths.

[@erikahajkova8688]

Wow! Beautifuly put. Totally agree.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

" I said I hate guns. I never said I don't know how to use one. " 😂

[@sirpercy]

this film is Art. Thanks for the video.

[@darkoprpic1670]

Movie and music NUMBER ONE

[@frantabor7319]

I had forgotten the movie until the Wei & Cathy Show, two immigrant Chinese who had escaped Red China referred to it while discussing why so may "top" Republicans failed to the simple request for forensic recounts in 2020. They compared the bulk of "accepters" to the towns people. After their show, we downloaded the movie and watched it. I agreed with their assessment. (PS The 2020 Arizona forensic recount consisted of more than running the ballots through the same machines. Its total result was not what was covered by national news.)

[@harryboggon8718]

The Best Western ever and at my age I’ve seen most of them 👍👍👍👍

[@user-bx8ol3yv3d]

That’s what I want to know! Where are the men?

[@Budhudnut-ol2yc]

Kane returns to Hadleyville, not because of his estimation of the shortcomings of the townspeople, but because he knows that Frank Miller will pursue him, and he'll be out there on the prairie alone without a gun, unable to defend himself. In the film, there's never a strong indication that Kane is acting on behalf of the citizens, nor are they willing to act on his or their own behalf. Of course, it's long been understood that the film is an allegory for the McCarthy years in the United States. Kane is isolated and abandoned, not by the thugs coming to kill him (the House Committee on Un-American Activities), but by the friends and colleagues who desperately want to avoid being drawn into the battle. Carl Foreman, the author of the script, was blacklisted. Though he was put in the position of presenting the best actor Oscar to Gary Cooper, the arch-conservative John Wayne always objected to the film. It may seem that I'm taking serious exception to the narration. I'm not. It's really quite good and admirable.

[@jeffmilroy9345]

The question seems to be - who is a man? It's really who has your back when the chips are down. The chips were definitely down. And a Quaker woman has his back. Twice.

[@xhagast]

After spending most of the movie trying to take his manhood away.

[@matthewwright3423]

Great video

[@yikes5790]

Gary Cooper and John Wayne they are the standard that men are measured by both actors their real life personality is them on screen no BS just you see who they are as a man. Nothing like the BS Hollywood puts out today.

[@nancywood9027]

Still a great question - where are the men?

[@xhagast]

Nowhere. The town was dead already.

[@thetop100films]

High Noon is the favorite among several presidents USA and Polish (it helped elect Lech Walesa!) but John Wayne hated it, calling it the most un-american thing he'd ever seen

[@xhagast]

The Dantons tried to rob two banks in the same town. The townsfolk shot them full of holes.

[@thiagobarros2182]

hey man! Make a video about the book Iron John... Thanks!

[@egee.sheeva6672]

The writer of the book is dead. That's never easy to do then.

[@sophiachick3901]

A town full of cowards, I mean sheep. The Shepard tending for his flock.

[@emanuelebitetto7252]

Michelangelo succeeded to get a masterpiece from a stone,the David. Zinnemann got a masterpiece from only 700,000 $, High noon... and Gary Cooper.

[@buxxbannerspov30]

"Young" Lloyd Bridges was almost 40 when this picture was made

[@Inkling777]

Yes, but he's young in this plot, a mere boy who's not grown up.

[@francismausley7239]

A marshal is willing to sacrifice all to protect a community... "How noble and excellent is man if he only attain to that state for which he was designed. And how mean and contemptible if he close his eyes to the public weal and spend his precious capacities on personal and selfish ends." ~ ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Baha'i Faith

[@tiny7235]

didn't expect to find a baha'i quote in the high noon youtube comments. Beautiful words

[@raymondazami2136]

Frank, I have to admit that what is meant by " public weal ". Dictionary says weal is something on skin as a result of allergy. Doe it have another meaning?

[@raymondazami2136]

I meant to say, I do not know....

[@francismausley7239]

@@raymondazami2136 Yes, it also means a sound, healthy, or prosperous state : well-being. 2 obsolete : body politic, commonweal.

[@raymondazami2136]

@@francismausley7239 Thank you. I did not that it has that meaning as well.

[@Wildfacts235]

Very very great

[@marcelosastre3621]

Se trata del más grande ícono del western de todos los tiempos ,y solo para los mejores cinéfilos del mundo y té lo dice el juezdeoeste 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩

[@tatianalyulkin410]

He doesn't have any friends in town.

[@007.M-D]

must see. must understand.

[@CoryFalde175]

If anybody dislikes this video they'll lie a craven coward in their grave

[@crohunter100]

Womanhood is not inherent Not all girls become women. Many stay as girls.

[@avijitghosh5692]

Insightful commentary.

[@ThomasGaryNuila]

Thanks for the feedback! I’m working on a new movie essay, hopefully have it out before the new year.

[@何漢民]

@@ThomasGaryNuila before the 2021 to come 😰 What picture will that be? ANYWAY 6th of January 2021 will be another #judgement day☝who dare to help Donald Trump⁉💪💪💪come to washington

[@N_Loco_Parenthesis]

What, no reading from the Scriptures to follow your homily?

[@christinewoodruff255]

Town's people were cowards, imo

[@vinayseth1114]

Aren't the masses cowardly everywhere though?

[@joei.t.3787]

What's so telling is that people who weren't equipped to help were the ones who did, the one-eyed man and the pre-teen

[@joei.t.3787]

They volunteered and Will Kane was too noble to risk their lives. They had more guts than the retired old sheriff

[@andrewbaroch2141]

God, help me be a man

[@hunt_club_1]

Interesting insighgts

[@michael69040]

So what kind of man was Will Kane? He'll shack up with a Mexican woman but she's not marriage material. Still Ramirez thinks highly of him. That makes them both pretty flawed.

[@michael69040]

@conrad twitty You're punting! He'll shack up with a Mexican with no intention of marrying her. He uses her for sex. Don't try to spin it any other way.

[@michael69040]

@conrad twitty I'd suggest you look elsewhere for stoic heroes instead of those made of celluloid.

[@michael69040]

@conrad twitty I am indeed John Terry Poole. If you don't have Conrad Twitty on your birth certificate maybe you are living in a celluloid world. I apologize if indeed your real name is Conrad Twitty

[@michael69040]

@conrad twitty You assign your KZbin identity to a fictional character. What was wrong with your real name and identity? Why did you decide to hide behind an alias? This is a forum where each of us should identify ourselves as we are-not a fictional person. any response- or is that too "philosophical" a query?

[@michael69040]

@conrad twitty Well, I think we'll have to leave it at: My friends only use their real names on the Internet.- No one I associate with uses aliases. We have nothing to hide when we make our comments.

[@borgia4761]

A whole nation of them are stepping up right now: their name is *Ukraine.*

[@xhagast]

Those who fight and run away live to fight another day. But if you run from a fight with three mangy coyotes then you better don't stop running. To me THAT was the lesson of High Noon. The town could have dealt with the three easily. It chose not to. The town was already dead.

[@poetcomic1]

There is no 'e' in the middle of judgment. I did it that way for years till someone set me right! Otherwise I'm with you.

[@ThomasGaryNuila]

The lack of spell check in the title field has got me again! I’ve had the video up for years and you’re the first one to point that out. Thanks and I got it changed.

[@poetcomic1]

@@ThomasGaryNuila You are forgiven... go and sin no more! Just kidding.

[@daltonanderson3718]

My 5000 liked video

[@haroldbernardberry]

Pacifism ! The Quaker had to break a principle -thou shall not kill- ( if only life was so simple)

[@frantabor7319]

Had to learn It is not "thou shall not kill" it is "thou shall not murder" and allowing yourself to be killed is to deny your life is worth defending.

[@lengthmuldoon]

Great commentary but I would have been one of the shithouse townsfolk shouting "good to see ya, Frank .... he's over there!!"

[@ThomasGaryNuila]

Just the fact that you're willing to admit that means there's a greater chance you wouldn't act that way. Most people can't even admit that about themselves.

[@zsedcftglkjh]

You geld stallions and bid them be fruitful.

[@maxmorris1360]

The kid was willing to fight with him.. he told him he was to young.. kid lied about his age to back him..

[@bradclem6226]

Just like a country.☹️