Shandor reacts to FALLING DOWN(1993) - FIRST TIME WATCHING!!!

[@gregorygant4242]

One of Michael Douglas's best performances IMHO ,superb performance ! Even after so many years this film still is relevent today !

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

was just about to type this..love this movie

[@migmit]

For me, Duvall's scenes are the most impressive in this movie. When he enters that house, after just realizing he doesn't have a gun. The way he moves - kinda makes you feel that he has a chance against an armed opponent. And later, when he briefly shows a gun to that woman - reassuring her he isn't just a crazy guy who didn't realize he should run; he is a protector, and he is armed. And then ”duck you, captain. Duck you very much”. After we learn that he never swears.

[@gggooding]

The guy that owns the Army/Navy store...that actor was Chef in Apocalypse Now. "F****** tiger! Never get out of the boat!"

[@stevesheroan4131]

Wow! Totally unrecognizable. Reminds of Jack Starrett’s role as a Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles followed by his role as Galt in First Blood.

[@jontastic]

This also shows how men with no hope lash out at nearly everyone. Nearly every character suffers in one way or another.

[@bobbyjennings6480]

Really. That's what you took away from the movie?

[@jontastic]

@@bobbyjennings6480 no. I have many thoughts about this film. I was not writing a review of the film.

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@bobbyjennings6480 He is kinda right thought, almost all of us can go off the rails if things in society turn on us and luck isn't on our side. Many criminals are not criminals by choice but are made by society giving them a raw deal and this is probably more the case in the US that has a weak safety net when it comes to helping people that need it, in other word, the system throws them under a bus and that increase the odds of them becoming a criminal. In any case, it's a lot more complicated than that but some people want to be criminals, others are made criminals by society, I suspect the majority are made by how society treats people, hence why you get a different ration of criminal activation from country to country with the US having some of the worst in the modern world, which also has one of the weakest safety nets and care for it's people in the modern world, especially when compared to EU countries and you do wonder, how many of these situations going off the rails could be prevented if the system showed a little care for it's people.

[@arconeagain]

I think you just offended a bunch of so called no hopers, and they're arming up. It's a little sad that you cannot see the bigger picture here. I believe you just naively contributed to a broad statement on society. Congratulations.

[@Muck006]

@@arconeagain Tell me why school shooters are MOSTLY "lonely weird boys"? Let me give you a clue with a quote from Babylon 5: *_"There is something worse than being all alone AT NIGHT ... being all alone IN A CROWD."_* Now tell me who rules school society ... and decides that certain boys are weird / beneath them ...

[@matthewstroud4294]

There are several themes in this story, but as I've watched it more over the years one stands out to me: the difference between accepting voluntary association vs a sense of entitlement. How a person approaches their interactions with others is informed by their philosophical premises concerning luck, fate, justice, fairness, individual rights and objectivity. D-Fens' orientation towards reality, people and himself are just about all wrong. He makes observations about "injustices" in the world that many of us do too, but it's his thought & action after that that have been making his life miserable for a long time.

[@lechat8533]

When this movie came out it really spoke to me. Whenever I`m in distress because people misbehave and talk rudely to others, I see the scene from this movie when he wants his breakfast and doesn`t get it because he`s three minutes late. I believe we constantly walk on the edge. Sometimes it takes just a tiny spark to snap. The line between sanity and insanity is ridiculously thin. William wanted to die, that`s why he mentioned having a gun in his pocket. You called William "a total psycho" when in fact he is the only one who sees the world like it is. This movie is not an exaggeration. Since the time it was made, the state of America has become far worse than it was in the 90s. The US has been digging its own grave since after WWII, not to mention how many millions of graves it has dug in foreign countries.

[@IcanhearClemFandango]

Growing up is realizing this isn't a man going crazy in a sane world. It's a sane man in a world gone crazy.

[@anniethenonnymouse]

Think so? Then answer this: How long do you think he would have gotten away with this spree if he wasn't WHITE?

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Frederick Forrest is great at being "sick asshole" in shop...he was in " APOCALYPSE NOW!" 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@justinbarnett9476]

I liked your reaction. Some people take this movie the wrong way. There’s a leader of a hate group who fashioned his look on Michael Douglas’s in this movie. I liked your analysis of the tone of the movie. It’s depressing. It hits a lot harder than when I saw this as a teenager. Now I’m 44 and I’ve been through the loss of a long term job and wondering what the future holds, the feeling like you’re starting all over, financial instability and injuries that just get worse with age. Life is sad a lot of times. Sometimes good people break. We just try to keep on going. I really enjoyed the thoughtful reaction.

[@amberaustin3243]

I watched this movie years ago. I really like it. Thank you for doing the reaction to it. The movie is all over the place that’s where I like about it.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

18:33 That part always irked me in how ridiculous it looked. A rocket launcher being shot downward, then in just a few feet magically levels itself out.

[@larrycork49]

If you like Robert Duvall and admire his work, you should watch Lonesome Dove. It's a mini series, and I think that Duvall's portrayal of Augustus McRae, an old Texas ranger, is far and away his best and most memorable performance. 30:32

[@hussmoosbally8929]

Awesome reaction lad. It shows how we are just one or two steps from snapping. Stay sane. We are all in the same boat mate.

[@Patti-sg1fv]

Michael Douglas isn't a favorite of mine but this movie is exceptional 👍

[@chriskenney4234]

Life sucks for all of us, except the elites.

[@daryletoews7099]

Great reaction you understood this movie. It’s shows how shit can fall apart.

[@larrycork49]

You get it.

[@V7avalon]

in the US during the summer when the days are long and unbearably hot 🔥 we have a thing called the dog days of summer when the crazies come out 😅

[@joerenaud8292]

Yes this is a very tough movie to watch when it shoves life's realities into our face. It also proves Michael Douglas isn't afraid of taking risky character roles that a lot of actors would refuse to do and the same can be said of Robert Duval too. I'd like to suggest a couple of movies to you that these two guys have been in that aren't of the norm but they did them anyway. The movie called, "The King of California", starring Michael Douglas was quite a good movie to watch and a character you wouldn't see him normally play. It's a good watch and it moves you emotionally. The other movie is called "THX 1138", starring Robert Duval and it's quite an early movie that most people have never heard of but still quite entertaining and thought provoking none the less, in fact it was the first movie George Lucas ever created and I personally think it's better than any of his Star Wars movies. I'm not suggesting you watch them here on your channel but privately on your own time.

[@bobbyjennings6480]

Great movies should make you cry. Trainspotting, Braveheart. The Road, Godzilla x Kong and Godzilla Minus One. Watership Down. Saving Private Ryan.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

There are dozens of various people in Los Angeles, speakers of dozens of dialects!!! The heat makes people so nasty!!😵 It'll do that!!😵

[@Muck006]

The movie is SIMILAR to "First Blood" ... because you REALLY understand the main character only from the final "monologue". Stallone breaking down in tears at the end of that is similar to Douglas breaking down here ... but the end results are different. Rambo had a familiar support character in Trautmann ... Douglas' character has no one.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

YOU GOTTA SEE ROBERT DUVAL IN "FOUR CHRISTMAS'S" VINCE VAUGHN, JON FAVREAU, JON VOIGHT, DWIGHT YOAKUM, REESE WITHERSPOON. HILARIOUS😆😅😄😃😂

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

I'm feeling Deja Vu

[@jenniferbabros1985]

Wild movie

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

PEOPLE SNAP😪😪😪😪

[@longfootbuddy]

a lot of people embrace their anger and/or sadness, and because its often justified anger/sadness, they dont realize how damaging it is to themselves, and people close to them

[@shandoratthecinema4098]

Very true.

[@N_Loco_Parenthesis]

Over-educated and underskilled? I heard that.

[@riffmondo9733]

Love this.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

SEE "THE GAME" WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS, SEAN PENN. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤❤❤❤

[@shandoratthecinema4098]

That was a good one!

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Good reaction as always. This was a good movie but “The Game” with Michael Douglas was much, much better.,

[@shandoratthecinema4098]

I liked that one too!

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Predicted future of LA

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Eastern Europe??? I'm Hungarian...but I live in LA.😎😎😎😎

[@thomascarter2922]

hi

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

I've had a man who threatened my life with a gun. HORRIFYING!!!😯😮😜

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

You're not in U.S.? Where might you be? Europe?

[@shandoratthecinema4098]

Yep, I'm in Hungary.

[@charleslennon1]

What most people failed to realize (including myself until recently) is he is not going through a nervous breakdown; he had already crossed that threshold, which is why his wife left him and was in fear of him. What 'we' see is the severity of his condition escalate. Instead of gradual progression, it grows in intensity with moments of clarity. He is a petulant self-absorbed manic-depressive that has graduated to violence. The director and writer planned this. With each incident, the scene is geared to either left-leaning or right-leaning stereotypes, giving the viewer a false sense of partnership in his plight. He's neither left or right, he's in group narcisism. This lulls the audience into believing he is typical everyday Joe (just like them) and is having a very bad day. But in reality, he's a sociopath, being triggered by everyday problems that most people cope with. Instead, these problems he encounters are exacerbated his sociopathy. The takeaway should be, "How you would deal with the same situations?" Many critics at the time understood the overtones masking the underlying pathology of "Falling Down." Other less enlightened critics believed the movie would inspire audiences to emulate the violence in the film. Many audience members who screened the movie either agreed with his actions or were fearful they would be victims of fans of the movie. That said, you continue to amaze me. You're the first reviewer to realize the plot points in the movie in the first act. Hell, in the first ten minutes of the film, bravo.

[@jameswiglesworth5004]

We should hate the Michael Douglas character, however "there for the grace of God go I"

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

IF YOU COMMUTE ON FREEWAYS AND RARELY, IF EVER, SEE STREETS OFF FREEWAY. THIS MAN DIDN'T KNOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HE PASSED DAILY...IT'S WORSE THAN HE EVER KNEW.😵😵😵😪😪😪👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

[@StarShipGray]

I feel so sorry for D-Fens. He’s another American chewed up and spit out by our system, and he had no one to help him with the feelings that kept building up inside of him. Ultimately we are the villains. Our complicity with the cruelty and apathy of our system make us guilty of pushing D-Fens too far.