AMERICA WAS DIFFERENT! American History X (1998) MOVIE REACTION!! Indians First Time Watching!

[@seymourclarity8702]

i ALWAYS have to RESPECT channels that choose to react to this movie. The message is POWERFUL. You are part of the solution. MUCH respect to you both 💛

[@bicboyjoy]

The final scene is absolutely devastating. Derek got his brother into that life and that got him killed, and now the black kid that shot danny just put himself into the cycle of hatred and violence too

[@920WASHBURN]

So the black kid killing his brother is Derek's fault? C'mon man Did you not watch the movie? The black kid was the initial aggressor.

[@marrowlickr8757]

@@920WASHBURN dude sounds like the Neo-nazis in the movie

[@920WASHBURN]

@@marrowlickr8757 who me?

[@trollloffice]

@@920WASHBURN yup recycling the cycle of hate and death

[@hanzo2001]

@@920WASHBURN I think the point was a bit more complicated. The black kid already knew who Danny and Derek were from the time of the basketball court. It is very probable that the black kid was related somehow to Derek's victims. Remember that Derek only did 3 years because Danny lied about it. The cycle of hatred is there already. Once the seeds are planted, the only fruit that grows is misery.

[@NoudlePipW]

"Danny needs an Indian mom" I'm laughing so much my ribs hurt! 😂😂😂

[@nullakjg767]

Do indian moms do things like that? I only know from the indian people I worked with but their moms had like no power in their household and were still doing chores for them despite their "kids" being in their late 20s.

[@ishrendon6435]

​@nullakjg767 different cultures. Chores is expected and always helping your parents unlike the west where you abandon your parents and try to be independent. Independence in most countries doesnt exist. Youre responsible for your family thus you have no Independence

[@nullakjg767]

@@ishrendon6435 lol you misunderstood it completely. She was still doing chores for them despite them being adults. As in way into adulthood, she still needed to treat them like babies. I guess thats why they have arranged marriages. You can get another adult woman to take care of your man baby for you.

[@dgmaffi]

The black and white scenes just represent the past.

[@brandonmason388]

Yes. But I just noticed -after watching the movie and reactions so many times- that it was also in color when Derek and Danny were on the beach as little kids. I’m sure it was intentional. The color probably represents hope, joy, innocence, freedom from racism, etc.

[@chrisk.7418]

Yes, but in the past, Derek also saw everything in black and white

[@Fotosynthesis858]

I love your reviews. You both provide a different respective from most reviewers. Much love from San Diego, California USA ✌🏾

[@jasonm8017]

Hard movie to watch, but very important. Movies entertain, motivate, inform. ❤

[@zacharybear7243]

The original ending was to have his brother shaving his head again after his brother was killed to signify that he was going back to his hateful ways. But Edward Norton refused to do the movie with that ending so they changed it.

[@adamw.p.6287]

I think this is one of the most important movies of the previous century, I'm glad you watched and enjoyed it. Good luck on your journey in KZbin and keep up the great reactions guys.

[@maestroblloyd]

Thank you. Thank you, as representatives of one of the many (still) under-represented cultures in the US for watching/reacting to this. And I'm sure you'll get some comments like "this was over-dramatized" or "this never happens". And yes, I'd like to believe that social/racial equality in my country has gotten better...and I do believe that it has. But this is not out of the ordinary. Hate thrives in the USA. And it's still fed by extremists who think they've found love by embracing hate. But we'll get there. One day at a time. Love you guys.

[@Curraghmore]

Like you guessed in the intro, I also think the black and white film is an artistic choice, like a metaphor for the theme of the film: racism, black and white, etc.

[@countbang1305]

I have watched this movie at least 20 times in my life and I don't think there is even one time that I didn't cry when Danny gets shot.

[@NoudlePipW]

I adore this movie and the acting.... I mean... WOW. But as much of a crier I am, that scene doesn't make me cry? Idk why! Edward Norton being *slightly* upset can make me cry but for some reason, nothing. I still cry at Cedric Diggory's death, the sounds his dad makes

[@4everMrsB]

Same here It hurts so much to see Dereks sorrow

[@iulia.bianca.b]

Hits you like a bag of bricks, especially after you hear the words from his essay... Poor boy.

[@josua1146]

That's really the best conclusion to this movie I've heard in a few years of watching as much as possible every reaction to this movie, really well done.👍 If at some point you want to watch another good anti-racism movie with an important message, I would like to recommend you "Gran Torino" (2008), to which I would be very interested in your reaction especially after this one.

[@russellward4624]

Farming 2018 is another good one. It's the true story of Adewale Akinnuoye the actor from Lost.

[@UntamedSavage9858]

Well..one thing I got out of Grand Torino is that Clint Eastwood shouldn't sing

[@KrissyFace]

It’s filmed in black and white when he has hate in his heart. In one version the ending had Derek shaving his head as the final scene. Ed Norton and the director, Tony Kay, disagreed about using the scene and ultimately the director quit.

[@KrissyFace]

@@damn5987 The choice in this film was made to denote that Derek was only thinking in black vs white when it’s shot in black-and-white. At least that is what I’ve read.

[@dgmaffi]

The black and white scenes just represent the past.

[@diefordethklok3711]

I’ll never forget the moment in my life where the teacher in highschool put it on I think in our first year. I think everyone should watch it around this time. I really shapes you. We all bleed red. Stay well fam.

[@luigiwastaken]

I just found your channel and you guys are awesome!

[@heatherspence3848]

0:42 i’m excited to have found this channel tonight, but I wasn’t prepared to watch this movie, but I absolutely had to put it on my list. I am very OK with watching scary movies but watching people suffer. Makes me want to vomit. I am watching this tonight because I am that interested in your reaction. You do not see Indian people reacting to this type of content and I am a reaction video junkie. I am so happy I found this channel today! I plan on watching more of your content tonight

[@ChantingInTheDark]

8:00 - LMAO, I think I may love this channel!

[@oarabiletshwagong1736]

If you think about it the black kid and Danny were in the same path. It's just the black kid didn't get help in time, like Danny did.

[@heatherspence3848]

7:57 “but one hell of a racist!” You totally called it. This is only my second video, but I am really enjoying this second channel that I didn’t know existed.!! I wish you would mention this channel on your other KZbin channel, you could get more subscribers and likes and do more videos because I noticed you stopped nine months ago. Maybe you mention why at some point, but this could be a great opportunity for you both! So far I have six of your movies in my queue to watch tonight but I do not like Marvel movies and I’m not into Star Wars, I hope you get success with those. I personally I am just not into those. I hope you bring this channel back because eventually I will run out of content available on your channel. 7:57 ❤❤❤ Sending love to you and your families from Orlando, Florida, USA in Heather Spence McCoy

[@troygarrett3497]

I was so glad to see you took my suggestion to watch this movie. It is a really good movie, shows how hate and violence only breeds more hate and violence. Sad to see that people really are like this, but it was good to see the change, unfortunately it was too late for Danny. Instead of Danny’s death driving Derek back to the hate, I like to think that Derek uses this to speak to high school students about his story to help change others. Good reaction thank you!

[@heatherspence3848]

I cry every time I watch the reactions any of this. But the message is so important and it makes it OK for me to watch it when I am watching a reaction video because it makes me feel like watching with new friends.

[@antondzajajurca7797]

I am not sure the murders were connected. I think the black kid killed Danny because Danny disrespect him at the begining of the movie by blowing cigarete smoke into his face.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The kid does it as an initiation into the gang whose members Derek shot. The point is that Derek's earlier hate came back to destroy his family. Ultimately all because he refused to share a basketball court.

[@blanketstarry7725]

@@dudermcdudeface3674 That may be, but he chose Danny because of their run-in's in the past.

[@shadycnetwork]

@@dudermcdudeface3674 I miss the '90s everyday. Back then people would watch this movie and didn't feel the need to dissect it. Don't forget any antifa snowflakes if you decide to go be violent against a group you don't like, one of my favorite quotes is an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind.

[@christopherauzenne5023]

in a sense they are all connected because derek was just an impressionable kid, danny was an impressionable kid, and the kid that shot him was another impressionable young kid.

[@chrisbuck96]

Yea but it’s still all because of his brother imagine living with that guilt

[@shadypandas5903]

I'm so glad that you watched this movie and I want to explain a part of it so you may fully understand. Danny is killed by the kid in the end because edward norton killed the kids brother. The movie put enough subtle hints in it for you to figure that out. The guy that got curbstomped was the brother of the one who got smoke blown in his face. The first interaction in the bathroom is why he figures that out and kills him later. If you remember halfway thru the movie the one guy asks the kid "Is that him" to which he replies "Yea thats him". Well that one guy is the getaway driver in the seen when he got curbstomped. Then when the kid shows up to shoot danny, He is obviously FURIOUS, having just figured out that Dannys brother killed his brother.

[@timm114]

Such a powerful movie. I really enjoyed watching your reaction and listening to your view on it. Also.. YES let's watch some scary movies😅💪

[@matthewkirkey2716]

The Exorcist.. The Conjuring... An American Werewolf in London....The Shining.... Deliverance.... Alien... Ravenous.... are some of my favorite horror flicks. Night of the living dead was made in the town I lived in as a child.

[@heatherspence3848]

I promise, if you ever have not seen an American horror story the series, you would enjoy it because it is scary and not in this gross way, I am loving your reactions because this Movie is American Hollywood cinema history captured. It’s sad but it’s true.

[@heatherspence3848]

1:19 hello, me again.👋🏼 I’m very nervous about this but excited to watch. I just discovered this channel today having been following your other channel for a while now. I have seen this many times and it’s why I love reaction videos because there is a message and American history is very ugly

[@monsterrigs8104]

One of the best movies ever made.

[@heatherspence3848]

Oh my goodness, I have looked at your selection, and I have a few movies left to watch but I am not into marvel or Star Wars but you guys would be fantastic in any season of American horror story. Maybe do a poll on which season you should start with? What would it take to bring this channel back? How

[@patinho5589]

In the original script the end turned Derek back, to show a never ending cycle. The actor preferred to push for an ending not so negative.

[@The3nd187]

The guy at the front door at the start was going to shoot Derek as soon as he walked out of the door.

[@arifeannor9573]

@TJ Yeah the only legal kill was the first guy, you could maybe argue the second guy in some states. Not the curb stomp part though.

[@ninjireal]

⁠@@arifeannor9573In any situation the second guy should have been a legal kill. (I know it’s not in plenty of states)

[@jacktupp4358]

6:16 - Just to explain the American dynamic... the bell didn't mean anything except that the bully had an excuse to save face and not continue the confrontation. That's the very basics so understand there is much more to it than that.... but that is a general rule of thumb given the scenario.

[@jacktupp4358]

There are classes of students, generally.. or at least when I went to high school. Amongst those classes were subsets... sometimes dynamic across sets. Me, for example, was a fighter so I never really had to fight because everyone knew I would fight back. So the bullies would pick on the kids that wouldn't fight back. Sometimes people would latch on to others so they wouldn't have to fight since the person they latched on to was a fighter. It can be complicated, and maybe it's the same in your home nation... but a lot of what you see in these high school scenes is posturing.

[@matthewkirkey2716]

This movie was truly dark truly layered. So wonderful because of Black and white as well. " The Elephant Man" with Anthony Hopkins is great in a different darl beautiful way.

[@whatitdoo3834]

Next war movie should be "Glory"(1989)

[@tiredoffools8929]

@Whatitdoo38 Yes! Glory would be awesome!

[@charlesrice9210]

It has black and white to represent past life events. When in color it is the present/future events

[@ShaneH5150]

this is a great time to watch scary movies as October is the month that the celebration halloween takes place.

[@shawnboyce1663]

Good reaction. Keep up the good work. The alternate ending was Derek shaving his head in the mirror.

[@th3boogyman802]

when you said but none of that happens i fukin lost it lol lol lol lol the heaven thing

[@unkelTP]

American History X is a neat fantasy movie.

[@andychow5509]

When he opened the door to the 3 guys stealing his car, the guy nearest the door had a gun in his hand and tried to shoot him. You're very naive to think "he should have asked what's going on". If he'd have hesitated he would have been shot.

[@mikelarsen5836]

Can’t expect them to understand what’s in front of their eyes! 😂

[@jeremystevens6640]

I am writing this to help out the loud guys and this video and this channel with the algorithm ✌️❤️😚☺️

[@Sogeking995]

Loved the video and your take on the movie. It’s tough to watch but very necessary, especially for Americans. Sadly a lot of the arguments they had in the movie are still relevant in American society today.

[@jacktupp4358]

This is a very powerful movie and I'm glad you reviewed it!

[@heatherspence3848]

Yes, more horror, movies or American horror story is a very popular series. I would love to see any middle eastern people react to that would be amazing and a first. Hope this gets to you well.

[@TCHC85]

"Danny needs a slap. Danny needs an Indian mom." 😂 You guys are great.

[@christopherbako]

Great job guys.

[@ashokmorar]

Another great Edward Norton movie is Fight Club. Y'all gotta react to that 😁

[@SayNo2NoseBeers]

My mom had a black stepfather in the 70's and was called all kinds of names. I watched this with her in 1998 when I was 13... RIP Mom, Thanks for not teaching me to hate.

[@pitt2012]

This movie just shows that hate...has no good endings. Being mad feels good in the moment but that doesn't solve anything. All countries have the same problems.

[@Gaia369]

Yes hey guys curious to see how you feel about some movies, coming from your culture and language but more easy to understand for me .in English. Fun and versatile! Gratitude

[@braxtonsnakefangs24]

I like y'alls reactions..it's awesome, keep at it 👍🏾and I highly recommend y'all reaction to the historic 1997 movie Rosewood it's about a massacre of a thriving black town in the early 1920s..

[@braxtonsnakefangs24]

Hm I see a reply but the comment is gone..

[@notmyrealname8282]

“He’s one good basketball player… and one hell of a racist.”. Hahaha I’m dead.

[@KaylaHudder]

Hehehe their accents make this so much extra funny!! " THEY don't know WHAT THEY ARE doing WROng !! " ( In Pakistani accent " Lmao

[@nrgmanifest]

20:39 That was hilarious😂😂

[@rickyd-lux9067]

You should look up the movie "The Believer". It stars Ryan Gosling as a Jew, who lives as a neo-Nazi.

[@rickyd-lux9067]

Here's a scene. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpaUhaGqdrBlnNU

[@solongdentahlplaan7975]

"He needs an Indian mother who will give him good sandals." LOL!!! I'm totally stealing that one!

[@Drawkcabi]

As an American I am glad this movie exists for many reasons. For international audiences, it shows a very ugly side of America, but also a side we cannot pretend doesn't exist This movie shows that we know who we are, we know the ugliness we have within us but also that we want to change, we are trying to change, and little bit by little bit...two steps forward, one step back, we are changing for the better. The movie itself has a message of perpetual hate feeding on itself perpetually...and how difficult it is to break the cycle. That it can be done...but there will be pain and a high cost no matter what. We acknowledge this, there are more of us that want an America that is kind and fair to all people...there is just a lot of confusion sometimes, we are a people who like to argue, there are a few of us that like to manipulate others out of greed, a lust for power, or just because they are hateful. Then there is the weight of American history itself which we are all aware we carry, no matter how we deal with it. It's been slow going. Frustratingly slow for so many. But whether it is mile by mile or inch by inch...our progress is still going forward. Best Regards!

[@ericcollins2743]

Spoken like a true victim

[@tron77x79]

Classic horror movies next for the month of October.

[@michaelcall-kirkendoll3004]

"Danny needs an Indian mom, who will give him.... Good sandals." 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@Sd3cinema]

His telling him to stop preaching could not be further from him thinking the black inmates were “ok” It was more about the hypocrisy of them claiming supremacy, but still doing business with them. They talked the talk until money came into play, and they didn’t want him getting in the way of it.

[@jamedraa8472]

"Danny needs a slap. Danny needs an Indian Mom...." 😆😂🤣... new Subscriber.

[@mikelarsen5836]

If Indian moms are as great as you think, does that mean there are no criminals in their country?🧐

[@jamedraa8472]

@@mikelarsen5836 Are they raising mass shooters?

[@Nikanoru]

I forgot benjamin sisko was in this movie

[@nadaduo1765]

You've got to love Indians, good people

[@mikelarsen5836]

Especially when they watch things they do not understand! 😂🤣😂

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

ghandi who gave way to India being independent he was also against the black people in Africa ,shocking but yes.

[@matthewarsenault463]

The point of the movie is the circle of violence never ends unless we ended that black kid at the end will have to go to the same experience as Derek did

[@_BangDroid_]

An eye for an eye only makes the world go blind

[@braxtonsnakefangs24]

Also ya see in the American prisons there's social/prison/racial politics..it's stick with those who has the same ethnicity as you and don't get caught lacking

[@fannybuster]

The only phoney thing is that no one would have a giant swastika tattooed on their chest..Its a bit over done in this movie

[@jramostt86]

Um I've had plenty of clients with Swastika tattoos on their chest. So definitely not phony

[@fannybuster]

@@jramostt86 But they're not gigantic like the one in the movie

[@n0tk0sher]

You did see the gun in the other guy's hand, right?

[@shtface9637]

I swear everytime I see that scene where he blows smoke in his face he gets scared. He knows the white boy will fight him. But the bell saved him lol

[@CinesterCharlie]

"He should have asked him" Yes, ask the guys stealing your car with guns why they are doing it. They would've solved this whole pickle.

[@LiamATL007]

I got sent to CYA when I was 13 for 4 years, 6 months after release that I caught another charge and plead to 10 yrs with 85% to serve. The prison depictions are spot on. I had to turn the movie off, I couldn’t get through it

[@meatrocket1]

The black and white parts are the past, and the color parts are the present in the story.

[@Rudi_Wolff]

16:55 "... and he no remorse for his feelings and happy about it. Oh I did a great thing." Isn't that exactly the same for BLM or taliban/al queda terrorist? So in a twisted way Derek was right before he got ass-raped for being the imposter that he was.

[@danielpeckham5520]

Yep. BLM types rioted and destroyed buildings. Even destroyed black owned businesses. All for some greater good in their eyes.

[@DirtyMikeTM]

You guys did not pay attention to the movie. Danny got killed cause, earlier in the movie he saw the student being attacked by the black guys in the washroom and Danny blew smoke in his face. You remember that now? That is why Danny got killed.

[@mervinmerencio6861]

All the scenes that are in black-and-white are in the past, all the scenes that are in color are in the present

[@adampare8088]

Not sure how 2 Indians will feel about this movie. Black/White issues have been a problem in America. But I'll say this, and it's true, slavery existed since the history of mankind, in all cultures

[@brandonwooster7663]

The sad thing about the worst thing that happens in the movie would only earn someone in real life a tattoo or a woven patch

[@safespaceforstupidtakes933]

he is one good basketball player and one hell of a racist LMAO you got my sub from that alone LOLLL but also what you said at 21:02 from someone born and raised here ... we still have those same bars just like that :)

[@deadmanwilson5987]

You guys should definitely check out Malcolm X

[@kiki_yagelovskaya]

Wow. The Indian dialect must have been invented by the devil himself. 😅 Anyway, I like you guys and your reviews. 😊💜

[@Juliasblues]

Hey, @ 14:20, the Husband imagining a male saying that about his Mother. Finally at 16;00 she uncross her arms at 24:02 she tries touching him with affection, and quickly it's obvious he loves her, but has no idea what women are about. He should have had me for his Auntie.

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

Derreck wasn't raped because he became friends with the laundry guy. Derreck saw that the other nazis were hypocrites who didn't believe in the white power rhetoric the way he did. They were doing deals outside their race to get drugs, and Neo-Nazi believers don't like when white people do drugs because it makes them weak and dependant. He decided to abandon them, Ignoring them and sitting alone in the dining hall he made a statement that he didn't need them, so they wanted to show him how weak and unprotected he was without them, and to make an example out of him so that he either came crawling back or was killed by the other gangs since nobody protected him. Him putting aside the things he had learned and making a friend in the laundry room was what saved his life.

[@kwanwallacephotography5145]

PLEASE REACT TO Bad BOYS will Smith Martin LAWRENCE

[@wolftone69]

3:48 lmao

[@Thee0therkingjames]

What happened to obi wan

[@アキコ2003]

America is still different

[@vtown5630]

What's funny is they don't understand anything 😂

[@grauerstarr]

@25:40 the tv fell but they said he threw it bäm 6 years

[@vikingr5955]

please watch dog soldiers you wnt regret it

[@janzizka9963]

Great idea!

[@rasyay]

I like y'all reaction y'all got good 💚✌only thing I would say was at the end remember that the blacks were out for revenge anyway because they only knew Danny to be racist and they remembered Danny from always being racist and remembered him from when his brother killed dude on the curb when he stomped his teeth in his head those blacks were dudes family members and friends not to say they blacks were perfect because they were beating up on the innocent kid in the bathroom 2 but it was just a fight in school shit happens but hey fights is fights but nobody died and he was dudes brother and knew his brothers history and they didn't know that he had changed in his mind they just assumed he was still the same way sometimes u do so much that. U can't come back from that's why u gutta remember sometimes when u start with hate hate will follow you and nobody wins a war always somebody dies and then people will remember so best to not war but anyway ✌n blessings 💚

[@angelagraves865]

Can someone please tell me what the DOC in the tattoos means?

[@angelagraves865]

@@callinglarry I did. There are a thousand DOC meanings and I tried to be more specific in my search but found nothing. Thank you for your very helpful suggestion though.

[@angelagraves865]

@@callinglarry Not a problem at all. I'm still hoping someone knows. ✌🏽

[@Michael-th9dt]

What do you guys talk about you can shoot him in the leg the black guy also had a gun he turned around and shoot at him. Let's see what they did was they jump forward because the guy who shot at is the one at the basketball court

[@TheCowOfNow]

right?? that level of hate? is insane

[@timluna3176]

It was Derek's influence that got Danny killed

[@toddjohnson271]

And the same for the young guy that killed Danny.

[@pomat22]

4:20 yeah a guy is right in front your house with a gun and you will ask " Whats the matter " of course. please

[@lonnmarr]

movies like Jaws? hmm Ghost and the Darkness will have you both screaming your heads off

[@t0dd000]

I saw this a couple times. It's an outstanding movie, but that curb scene is so incredibly disturbing that I can't stand to see it again. It's an important film. And sadly, it's representative of not a dark *past* history of the US. It's pretty representative of nearly half the population here. Today. Most folks are not this overtly destructive, but they are just as bigoted. Nearly as awful.

[@roscoe_p_coltrane]

This is a lie perpetuated by our media. Racism will always exist, but it's not nearly representative of half our country.

[@AleksPizana]

Who's telling reaction channels that this is a black and white movie?. Also, why is that a concern?. This isn't the only channel that's commented on that.

[@heatherspence3848]

I know this movie is yucky. If you like scary things but you like a good story and drama, you will absolutely love American horror story. I am certain I’m not the first person to suggest American horror story series. It is a series that you could select any season by description that appeals to you, you can start on season three you can start on season whatever. None of the seasons connect, except for one. And even that season of the series, if you have never seen another season, it is still fine to watch not knowing anything it is still enjoyable.

[@Jackosaurus01]

The Love Bug 1968!

[@lifeisatrip8993]

West coast prisons are pretty messed up, segregated by race. Out on the east coast they dont do that.