Mom and I endure NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994) | First Time Watching

[@Flix2Us]

We were intending to watch From Dusk Till Dawn to finish our Tarantino series, but after 30 minutes we had to stop because Mom found the story too disturbing. So, this reaction marks the end of our Tarantino journey. It's been a wild ride, both for me sharing some of my favourite movies with Mom and getting to see the ones I'd missed. It's a shame we had to end on such a sour note with this one and the first bit of Dusk, but oh well. Thanks so much for sticking around, and we hope you had some enjoyment along the way. We'll see you next time!

[@carladavis1473]

I haven't seen from dusk till dawn. What did your mom find disturbing about the story? Just curious since I haven't seen it and have thought about watching it.

[@Flix2Us]

The actions of Tarantino's character.

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Um.. Hate to say it but From Dusk Til Dawn does get better. Without spoiling it, things take a turn. It's one of my favorite Tarantino adjacent films. Much more than Natural Born Killers, which I haven't seen since it originally came out. I didn't like it, but it's a little bit more palatable 30 years later.. There really was nothing like it and became this phenomenon in pop culture for a couple of years.

[@WolfsDE]

I can't blame you if you have a hard time with Quentin Tarantino. He can create some crazy films, but he is just....well....disturbed. I don't get into his films anymore. Sometimes I wonder why I ever did like them. But once he defended Harvey Wienstien, even now...after Wienstien got convicted...I refuse to support him or his films.

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

If you're looking for some Robert Downey Jr movies. You should check out Weird Science he's really young in that one, though it's not a really great film. I love it and it's a well loved John Hughes 80's comedy, but it's just kind of a silly movie (still worth the watch). However, he was also in a great comedy called "Soapdish" (1991). It has an all-star cast, check out this cast ...R.D.J., Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Carrie Fisher, Elisabeth Shue, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall and Teri Hatcher. It's a great quick pace witty comedy poking fun at TV soap operas.

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie drew a lot of controversy upon release, as well as being the start of several copycat killings across the United States. It's supposed to be a satire on how serial killers are portrayed by the media as superstars and being heroes in their community. Roger Ebert gave it 4/4, naming it one of the best films ever made.

[@Flix2Us]

Eh, I always thought Ebert was a bit over-hyped. Besides, critic reviews have never impacted mine or Mom's enjoyment (or lack thereof) of movies and tv.

[@jamesodonnell3636]

@@Flix2Us -- Your approach to critics' reviews mirrors my own. That said, although I frequently disagreed with Roger Ebert, I came to admire him enormously for his basic (intellectual, cultured yet earthly) sensibility and his erudite and extremely well-written reviews -- the more you read of his work, the better, IMO. He was one of the best at what he did, a true lover of cinema and a literate one, at that (you know how rare that is, these days). I found Roger Ebert's opinions more valuable than all of the rivals of his day -- Gene Siskel, Vincent Canby, Peter Travers, Manola Darghis, Leonard Maltin, et al. Years later, I still rely on Ebert's reviews -- they don't tell me what I'll like, necessarily, but they give me an idea what to expect from an unfamiliar film. (That, and the RT meter, giving me the opinions of reviewers and audiences alike, which I find very helpful.)

[@WoahLookAtThatFreak]

​@@jamesodonnell3636I always loved Ebert, not because I always agreed with him, but because of how well he expressed his appreciation for film. And he really wasn't pretentious like some critics could be. I mean come on, he enjoyed Lara Croft: Tomb Raider of all movies.

[@anthonyleecollins9319]

I knew somebody who saw this and the main thing they took from it was that they needed to listen to more Leonard Cohen music, which is not a bad lesson. If you want to see a great movie with Juliette Lewis and Tom Sizemore, try Strange Days (from the year after this one, I believe).

[@Great-Documentaries]

This wasn't the best movie I ever saw in a theatre, but it was the most amazing. Just absolutely wild, unpredictable, unprecedented and it constantly fed your senses. Of course it is nearly 30 years later and you are watching it with your mother (ouch! - not recommended!), and on a small screen. This was an important Oliver Stone movie and a well-made movie that was groundbreaking at the time. And it's a hard watch unless you are a very disturbed person.

[@scottneil1187]

Endure is the right word, watched this when it came out, irredeemable trash masquerading as a 'critique'.

[@AprilGabrielle]

You guys should definitely watch the Borat and Bruno movies. You will be in pain laughing so hard! 😂

[@puppetj69]

If you didn't know Woody harrelson's father was a contract killer, so he did have a pretty messed up childhood.

[@jamesdamiano8894]

You two definitely need to watch “platoon”. Great movie with a great cast. Too bad you didn’t finish “From Dusk To Dawn”. It’s an awesome movie that’s actually really fun. I feel that this one is more disturbing. Juliette Lewis is also in a band and is the lead singer. Some really cool songs. You two should check out a Robert Rodriguez movie called “Road Racers”. Stars David Arquette and is a 60’s based movie. You would recognize a couple more people in it, real fun movie.

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I saw this with a friend back in the day and we sat through this without a word. We left quietly from the theater and didn't say anything for a while until I finally said "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?!" Decades later, I understand more and more the message. Glad you had the same WTF moment as I.

[@CherryWanders]

At the end y'all needed to remember this was an Oliver Stone film, not a Tarantino film. Tarantino only wrote it - Stone directed it, so of course this would be different than Tarantino directed flicks.

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Loved this movie!! Watched it three times in a week in the theater! Nothing else like it! And one of the best soundtracks of all time!! Real art in motion....

[@michaelatteberry6462]

All the actors must have had a blast doing this film.

[@tabithawilliams7280]

Awesome reaction! I subscribed right off the bat when you're mom knew who Edie McClurg was LOL She's a hip, hip, hip lady (Dazed & Confused reference) 😁You guys should check that one out sometime if you already haven't ✌

[@hollysmith420]

This is the first movie I ever seen more than once at the theatre. Found it visually stunning, along with the music. Still one of my all time favorites. Thanks for reacting, you guys are the first I have seen react to this movie. Keep up the great job :)

[@concept3009]

Look up the 1980 prison riot in New Mexico. This was a big inspiration for the latter part of the movie.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Great Cast,Great Movie, Great Performances By Everyone In This Movie 👍 & As Always Love Seeing Your Reactions Guy's

[@charleshays5407]

She also played Grace the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[@joshuayeager3686]

Quentin actually separated himself a bit from this after it came out. He wanted to get his writing credit removed cause he wasn’t sure he wanted to be associated with it. Oliver Stone really turned it into an art piece but it’s a difficult watch. I love the film a ton but it’s something you don’t watch often

[@elizabethparker4511]

Endure is definitely an appropriate word for watching this movie. *shudders*

[@therube4846]

Taranitino dis-owned this movie. This was pure Oliver Stone. That being said, 1994ish? It correctly predicted how the media handles things now. That was the point of the movie. I saw this in the theater, and said, "This will happen."

[@midianmtd]

I wasn't a fan of this movie when it came out. I was still coping with a lot of my own childhood traumas and abuse issues. Then when the copycat killings started (one even in my hometown) I really didn't like it. Though I gave you guys a thumbs up I just can't finish this video. I love your channel and will keep watching other reviews but this just isn't for me. Sorry.

[@Flix2Us]

I completely understand. Hindsight being 20/20, we never would've watched this if we didn't go into every movie as blind as possible. Thanks for the like, and hopefully you'll enjoy future videos! 😀

[@FilmNerdy]

Another great job guys. I haven't seen it but I have heard from friends it's a very weird, wtf movie which one of my friends likes to call "is trying to be more clever than it actually is" not sure if you both came from same conclusion? I think the difference between this Tarrotino movie and his other work is the violence weirdly felt more grounded in the other movies, and earnt. Like they serve a purpose and navigates the plot to the ending whereas this movie based on my observations from you guys the plot has to navigate around the violence. Dunno. Anyway, thanks both for doing such wonderful reaction. All my love from the UK 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 ❤️

[@davidvainqueur2482]

Fun disturbing fact: One of the reasons why Oliver Stone cast Woody Harrelson was because Harrelson's father was a convicted murderer.

[@Billy-zv6gv]

I watched this movie in the theater, and most of it had been filmed in Gallup, New Mexico and in Superman Canyon on the Navajo Reservation, so it's a hometown favorite! Y'all are rare watching it!

[@elizabethparker4511]

I was pleased to see stores that I knew in Gallup in a movie.

[@liberty8232]

This movie depresses me, no redeeming qualities in my opinion. Have never seen From Dusk..but chances are I never will now! 😂 Thanks for your videos they are a great joy!

[@The-Underbaker]

Tommy Lee Jones absolutely steals the show!

[@OneNoteRiff]

It sounds like you stopped From Dusk till Dawn just before the script flipped to the fun side of the movie. You'd have probably ended up enjoying it more than this one.

[@lukebarton5075]

Amazingly creative filmmaking proper chaotic to match the crazy storyline. Some real ugly people in that (our) world. Pretty sure they would’ve been great parents. In the end the demon was killed.

[@johnmeltsch5693]

Great movie. I could see how taken at face value you wouldn’t like this but it’s really meant to be a commentary on how media and society in general sensationalizes serial killers and criminals as a whole.

[@Mr-gg8ek]

This is one of my top 10 favorite US films. It is dead on how it portrays how the media portrays and glamorizes killers. This movie was absolutely eviscerated by the media for being violent. They conveniently missed the point. Oliver Stone said people referred to this as the most expensive art film ever made.

[@iniverda5718]

Oliver Stone doesn't want the viewer to immerse themselves in a movie reality - rather, he constantly shows us through the use of different film formats that everything is just an image. Everything is media. Nothing seems real...yet the media creates heroes and it doesn't matter to them whether they are good or evil. Stone was ahead of his time with his media satire - but not for long! Natural Born Killers is commonplace today and even worse...

[@horrorjunkie96]

fuck this movie is boring. I had this reaction in my playlist for ages b'coz of your faces in the thumbnail and you both "enduring" it but it's hardly violent or intense. I thought it'd be like a snuff film but it's more trippy and weird.

[@carlospoma2472]

Good song this movie has NBK....Robert Gordon-The way i walk....Cowboy Junkies-Sweet Jane...L7-Shitlist...the best movie of 90"s👍😎

[@deetroitdario]

I know others maybe said it, but this"Tarantino film" is anything but... Tarantino original script was much more of a "road movie", but when Valoz and Stone rewrote it (under the influence of said hallucinogenic by Ma), it became an arthouse interpretation of a grindhouse movie... Sort of like when Hitchcock decided to make a cheapie thriller called "Psycho"...

[@Rage-_-Quit]

30 yrs later and I'm still wondering how Mallory became a hand to hand combat expert lol

[@123alcapone]

NOT Patricia Arquette, the girl playing Mallory in the "American Maniacs" is bodybuilder Corina "Cory" Everson

[@buddinganarchist1]

Not for everybody. Roger Ebert did call it a masterpiece. The "sitcom" bit is subversive. The laugh track is masterful and chilling. The indian scene makes no sense. The ending way too long. Stone can go a bit overboard with the imagery. I like it a lot but mixed bag. Maybe not a film for Canadians hehe.

[@rcfreakamit]

Great reaction video! Juliette Lewis had an unforgettable role in the 1991 cape fear. From Dusk till dawn (1996) also, the latter is probably more suitable for doing a reaction on, wink.

[@josemenendez4454]

The movie that introduced me to the genius of Leonard Cohen

[@charleshays5407]

Juliette Lewis played Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange's daughter in Cape Fear 1991, and Tammy in The Firm.

[@pkvanderzee6226]

yeah I watched this with my mother..she liked it.despite I was very young to see this movie ..but it was the most best horror thrilller movie I had ever seen and I sayd to my mother you have to see this..and she was ok with the violence in the sense it's for the story..me and my mother often trade psychological novels as well.. we liked those serial killer books..she loved James Paterson as I came up with that author as well as I did with the idea of watching this movie...and I knew my mom loved it as much as I did and forgave the violence in order to tell a compelling story

[@cmyFUfinger]

Fantastic movie 🌠

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

If I remember right, the opening dinner scene is about the only thing from Tarantino’s script that makes the movie more or less unchanged from the script.

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

I was actually disappointed with this one when it came out. I knew it was supposed to be so sensational on purpose, but when they broke out of jail it became too silly & unbelievable & when that happens the rest of the film gets automatically wiped from my memory.😅 Btw Downey was still in his transformative & drug addled stage. I grew up seeing him in flicks like "Weird Science" & i couldn't stand him!😅 It wasnt until "Chaplin" that i thought holy shit, this mofo is for real!😅 A MUST SEE if think Downy an ok actor?😅 Back to NBK,... Then in 90's i lived in a house with a couple that thought they were vampires & did a bunch of shadey & disturbing shit & this movie was all they seemed to ever watch & when weren't watching were listening to the gd soundtrack!😅 I was no saint, believe me, but this one makes me nauseous thinking about them so gonna have to pass for now friends!🤣🤣🤣 See ya!🙏❤️❤️ ✌️🌎❤️

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

Love this movie and I love the diner scene with the song Shitlist by L7 which is one of my favorite songs

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

Juliette Lewis is in 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' - it's an awesome movie and you guys should watch it!

[@2old4gamez]

If you'd like to see more of the young RDJ I'd highly recommend Back to School (also starring Rodney Dangerfield) and Weird Science. He doesn't have a lead in either film, but both are worth a watch.

[@puppetj69]

This movie is amazing and one in the top three movies of the 90s, including the soundtrack. I even have the soundtrack on CD it's amazing

[@WilliamLucas-hy8mx]

Mallory's childhood at the start looks like an episode of The Osbornes if Sharon had married a big greasy guy instead of a rockstar.

[@SimoExMachina2]

Rodney Dangerfield: "This daughter of mine... I just can't get a break!"

[@michaelschwartz8730]

I can't lie about finding some of this adrenaline-fest entertaining, but it's just damn ugly imo

[@kamkelevra]

At the dollar theater in Jacksonville NC is where I watched this for the first time, I miss those days

[@Billy-zv6gv]

I paid a nun to smuggle this video cassette into cell block S, but all the other inmates walked out, they said it was so evil, so I finished it by myself. Nun not happy either. I sure was, and am again!

[@ishtarbabylon4869]

Just a FYI - they were all incl the producers were on Shrooms during filming 😂

[@findingpeace4life290]

I love the soundtrack! This movie has been one of my favorites since it came out.

[@joshuapower3298]

Watch Born On The 4 Of July , another great Oliver Stone Movie

[@buddinganarchist1]

As Siskel and Ebert said you have to see it multiple times.

[@kenneth9160]

Just so you know the H in Jesus H Christ stands for Harold is in the Bible….. ….as in “Harold be thy name.” 😏

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@WoahLookAtThatFreak]

Not sure if you have had a chance to research it yet but Tarantino completely disavowed this film, and trashed director Oliver Stone in the press for butchering his script. Which is the reason Tarantino is only credited for Story, and not as the film's screen writer.

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Years later, you can tell that Oliver Stone had more to do with it than Tarantino.

[@Great-Documentaries]

Tarantino was not the screenwriter. Much of the dialogue changed from his story, and he was a complete nobody at the time Stone bought the story, so he was lucky a real director took an interest. Oliver Stone may have serious issues with the truth (see especially: JFK), but he remains a MUCH better director than Tarantino and this movie turned out far better than it would have had Tarantino directed it.

[@WoahLookAtThatFreak]

@@Great-Documentaries Tarantino already had Reservoir Dogs, and True Romance under his belt by the time Oliver Stone picked up the script. Not to mention QT had Pulp Fiction on the way. I don't see how he was "lucky" to have Oliver Stone pick up his script when all three of those movies were much better than NBK.

[@StoneColdSteveAutism95]

​@@Great-DocumentariesIf anything, Quentin was "lucky" to have a director like Tony Scott take an interest in True Romance. Unlike Natural Born Killers, True Romance was a great movie that didn't ruin Quentin's script.

[@bijoucassell4587]

...and Quentin Tarantino is 100% full of sh!t. The only three things Stone added to the Mickey & Mallory OG script was the idea that Mallory's father raped her and impregnated her with her brother Kevin, the mushroom trip at the Indian's wigwam full of rattlesnakes and the scene where Mickey rapes their hostage and Mallory gets head from Balthazar Getty playing the gas station attendant that she capped because it's very uncomfortable for Mallory to trust anyone s3xually due to the aforementioned family incestuous history, and finally two long monologues acted out by Mickey that tries to get philosophical about America's dark history and why violence is natural and so is murder, that the only species who thinks murder is evil is us, all God's creatures do it. Now. MOST IMPORTANTLY, Quentin has repeatedly said he's never seen Stone's NBK all the way through and I call complete and total bullshit on that. Now why do I say this? Because Quentin did not use his traditional method of film pastiche for another of his movies in order to make it have it's own style and look in the Tarantinoverse of films, in fact, if y'all ever watch Stone's NBK and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1 back-to-back, you will notice a near-constant and overtly blatant theft in over a dozen different instances in the two films where Quentin decided to plagiarize the brilliant, shocking, and unique production style Stone chose stylistically to make his movie stand out from all the rest. For example, in the opening scenes of NBK, Stone is constantly using Dutch Angles, front and rear projection screens outside of windows and doors, not to mention the "Spike Lee 1st Person Perspective Dolly" made famous in Spike's film Do The Right Thing(which was actually first done on film by none other than Sam Raimi in The Evil Dead 1982 btw) by making the axe the jug band redneck daddy throws at Mickey appear to be stationary as it rotates through the air in an almost Western cartoonish fashion. Next up, the use of alternate film format sizes like Super 8/Super 16mm/the addition of Japanese animation added for artistic and aesthetic effect, not to mention film stock rarely used such as black and white negative/ultraviolet/infrared/rotoscoping/matte painting on film cel/optical printing/and lighting entire sections of film up by particular dominant or tertiary lighting system which back then could not be done with the vast array of spring breakers type ultra-bright led tubes most use today, as Stone spent 2 million dollars filling a Phoenix, Arizona Mega Drug Mart's florescent light bulbs in the ceiling up with custom made lime green actual neon tubes. Now, as you read all that, picture the entire long-form scene of the sword fight in the House of Fallen Leaves arc, what do you remember about it that made it seem special? Remember a stationary flying axe that passes by Beatrix's face? Remember when the same thing passed by Mickey's face in NBK? Remember the flipping to black and white negative? Remember the entire color scheme becoming dominant red or or blue? Also, all throughout Kill Bill, Tarantino makes identical usage of rear and front projection screens as a perspective layer with moving footage being played on it as a strange form of matte/green screening, in short, it creates a surreal otherworldly effect that makes you overtly aware that you are in fact watching a movie rather than suspending your disbelief, you are having blatantly shown that this is just a hollywood built set. I could go on and on, but I find Tarantino almost as eegotistical and insincere with his personal complaints about Stone's NBK in much the same way I find it a b!tch move the way Stephen King always trashes cinema legend and absolute master of his art craft of film Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of King's novel The Shining. Stephen King's complaints about Kubrick's adaptation all but scream the fact that King has ZERO IDEA about what themes and character choices and arcs would best work on the silver screen and what wouldn't. The simple truth is most critics believe The Shining to be the scariest film ever made and also rank it all the way into the top 20 best films of all time. Would anyone dare to call King's novel The Shining up there with the great works of literature ie Shakespeare, Dostoevsky,Tolstoy, Joyce, Salinger, etc? The simple truth of the matter is that here would be no Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 as we all now know and love them without Oliver Stone first breaking new ground and adapting and directing Quentin Tarantino's screenplay for Mickey & Mallory with the incredibly creative stylistic and tonal and aesthetic choices Stone made when planning Natural Born Killer's storyboards. Sorry for the huge post. I just like to clear the air because I've never seen or heard anyone else call Quentin out on this topic OR notice the obvious similarities between the styles of Kill Bill and Natural Born KIllers. #Thoughts? Signed Bijou Cassell - A UNT film graduate from Denton, Texas!

[@jamesodonnell3636]

The satire is razor sharp in this one, and I appreciate your appreciation of it. Robert Downey Jr's performance is fantastic, and Harrelson and Lewis deliver the performances of a lifetime (or two, as the case may be). I don't think Mickey and Mallory were "animals," but more like Charles Manson, a reflection of their sick times. Their acts were sadistic and monstrous, but they reflected the values of their society... and bear in mind, the values of **that** society hadn't degenerated to today's abysmal standards.

[@TheQeltar]

Today's abysmal standards?

[@jamesodonnell3636]

@@TheQeltar -- Sure. We're living in post-left, neo-fascist America, are we not? A few decades ago, the Democrats embraced "Reaganomics" and neoconservatism and severed ties with organized labor and Keynesian economics and (by so doing) pissed away 40 years of control of the People's House. Since the 1990s, the U.S. has had TWO far-right parties, each competing for the title of most fascist as the middle class shrinks to nothing and our infrastructure crumbles and our reputation in the world becomes that of the Fourth Reich nation we've become. Obama was our last, best chance of repudiating fascism, and instead he took a wrecking ball to the Constitution and rescued the far-right's authoritarian agenda, governing like Bush/Cheney on steroids and normalizing everything from torture to assassination of anyone/anywhere to permanent war to warrantless surveillance to domestic propaganda to rigged primaries and more. Today's "liberal" class supports Israel's genocide in Gaza, endless war in Nazi-dominated Ukraine, the greatest eco-terrorist in human history (Joe "Nord Stream" Biden), Biden's privatization of Medicare, banana republic-style law-fare, and the normalization of censorship. When the most reactionary, authoritarian, warmongering faction in the nation is the so-called "left," the U.S. is f'd. Trump's no answer, but millions of desperate American's prefer him to the Fourth Reich types who've been hunting him and burning down the law to lynch the repugnant cretin.

[@davidvainqueur2482]

The whole movie is one chaotic satire.

[@josemenendez4454]

Such a huge fan of Leonard Cohen 's music

[@josemenendez4454]

The story of Charles Starkweather

[@charleshays5407]

You should review Wall Street.

[@Tiisiphone]

Happy New Year! Tarantino + Oliver Stone? You immediately know there's going to be violence! Over the top, gross violence and immorality for sure, but I love the way the media are depicted: always looking for audience, never mind if it's gross. Also, people blindly following questionable role models. A foreshadowing of our current social media. And yes, you should watch Platoon!

[@Doverkin]

I think u might enjoy Underworld 5 film franchise if not seen. kate beckinsale is 1 actor. matrix meets twilight, cant say more without spoilers Underworld (2003) Underworld Evolution (2006) Underworld Rise of the Lycans (2009) Underworld Awakening (2012) Underworld Blood Wars (2016)

[@josemenendez4454]

This was the Starkwhearher murders

[@gravewaxxsupercoven1980]

I watched this when it came out on vhs and I had taken LSD for the 1st time. Needless to say it fucked with me.

[@scottneil1187]

Assuming you ain't gonna watch Killing Zoe then?. I know the net says he's only the executive producer but many folk including me believe he had much more to do with it, if you watch it you'll see.

[@SimoExMachina2]

RIP Tom Sizemore.

[@195511SM]

I MAY have rented this on video, but don't recall seeing it in the theater. I don't think i watched the entire movie, although had I known it was written by Tarantino,I'm sure I WOULD HAVE.

[@Momsbasement354]

Oh man. I was 19 I think when I saw this in theater with my ex, our roommate and others. When it was over we all just sat there in silence. Amazing movie. My favorite RDJ film is Less Than Zero. It makes sense to watch it now because it’s so true life and his past.

[@murielshany]

it's an Oliver Stone movie. Tarantino didn't like it..

[@twittertwice]

Excellent Movies to consider Legends of the Fall, Safe House, Manchester by the Sea, The Accountant, I am Legend, Wanted, Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie

[@buddinganarchist1]

Too bad because I really like From Dusk Till Dawn.

[@eddie1679]

Watch BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN my friend very emotional movie you and your mother absolutely going to love this movie love from india 😀😊

[@zanesam5195]

This movie is ART, it deserves an acquired taste to view....