Twelve Monkeys (1995) ♦Movie Reaction♦ First Time Watching!

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00:00 Intro
00:23 Reaction
25:43 Outro/Discussion/Awards
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[@illuminahde]

"Hopefully, he's a little more sane this time " Well...

[@ProxyMooseGaming]

Yeah, got a good laugh at that one.

[@venuslabs]

I chuckled a bit too hard at this point

[@jasoncline1980]

I had to pause @25 seconds in laughing way to hard at your mention that you hoped that Brad Pitt was a little more sane this time. Some of Brad Pitt's unhinged performances in his early career are what made me love him as an actor before he became the powerhouse that he did!

[@phtevenj]

i was just coming to make this same comment... lol

[@TombunnyHunter]

Yup, this gave me a good laugh as well.

[@user-bi6rf4bv8v]

That was hilarious😄

[@Port19692]

Watching it in the morning I knew I was late to the game but after that line I had to come to the comments...😂

[@Scary__fun]

He didn't want to be typecast as just the pretty boy, so he wanted to show that he could do weird interesting characters... which he can.

[@cjpolett2055]

"Weekly World News" was a fake newspaper published from 1979-2007. "Batboy" was one of their most popular headlines, along with alien and Elvis sightings.

[@gggooding]

13:53 "You're one of us!" The street preacher is another Volunteer. Catherine mentioned him earlier in her presentation...as someone that appeared 500(?) yrs ago warning about a plague. Theres a lil medieval drawing of him in her slide show.

[@caesar349]

Yep! 💯👍🏻

[@fahooga]

In the theater, they're watching an Alfred Hitchcock double feature of Vertigo (1958) and The Birds (1963). Great films.

[@egads3696]

The older i get the sadder Vertigo is for me.

[@harrys7933]

Watch them both!

[@vandalfinnicus1507]

That strange accordion tune is by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzola. Gilliam was listening to it a lot during pre-production, and decided it should be part of the film. They shot urban stuff in Baltimore and Philadelphia, because those were the most decrepit cities in America then, and Gilliam wanted pre-apocalypse to look apocalyptic, like it was happening anyway, even without a virus. Love your reactions.

[@RG-At-Large]

The news paper was the Weekly World News that published outlandish articles about the supernatural and conspiracy theories. The "Bat Boy" was one of the most famous (infamous?) headlines along with "The Garden of Eden Has Been Found"

[@Geerladenlad]

You mean the Paper aka The Hot sheets.😂

[@fahooga]

I loved the Weekly Weird News 😂

[@zatoichi1]

I loved how in Men in Black, the real news could be found in the middle of those tabloids.

[@BoOmBANG_]

I read that Brat Pitt was a heavy smoker at the time and he didn’t smoke on the days that he filmed his scenes so that he would be agitated and fidgety and more believable as a crazy person. I think it worked! 😂👍🏽

[@lunatikoniko1546]

also... the man was high af in fight club ,at least in the "punch in the ear" scene

[@Filboid2000]

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009); another Terry Gilliam movie and the last movie Heath Ledger was in. "Brazil" (1985); another excellent Terry Gilliam movie.

[@willcool713]

You could go down a really weird rabbit hole with Terry Gilliam. I highly recommend *Brazil* (1985), and one of my all-time favorite movies *The Fisher King* (1991).

[@juanf5391]

“The Fisher King” is extremely good. It’s one of the few movies that I have seen, but no one that I’ve know has ever seen or heard of.

[@shackledonia]

Very yes. More Terry Gilliam movies please

[@schroedingers_kotze]

​@391 In fact, The Fisher King did get some attention when it came out (at least here in Germany), but at the time Terry Gilliam was mainly associated with Monty Python and Brazil, and later of course with Twelve Monkeys. Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams both previously starred in very popular movies, but a few years later they were primarily associated with their iconic roles in The Big Lebowsky and Good Will Hunting, respectively. This could be one of the reasons why The Fisher King has been unfairly forgotten in retrospect, even though it is a very good movie.

[@willcool713]

@@schroedingers_kotze I have tried to draw attention to it across many reaction channels, but that's not how popular decisions are made. Lots of movies are falling by the wayside because they aren't already well remembered or popular enough to be well remembered or popularized. Echo chambers don't let in much new. That movie shifted my perception of psychology from an objective science to a subjective experience. I will always hold it dear for that.

[@schroedingers_kotze]

@@willcool713 I can understand that, the film made a deep impression also on me at the time and is worth watching every now and then. As with any good work of art, people will perceive it very differently at different ages.

[@stevenlock4012]

What a great final line. "I'm in insurance."

[@pedantech]

I wonder what the official line is. It sounds to me like she said "I'm an ensurance," but in such a way that it could be mistaken as "I'm in insurance." The former makes sense to the audience-she's ensuring the future obtains a virus sample-the latter makes sense to the person she's talking to in the plane.

[@McRick2000]

I've seen this film literally dozens of times and I find a new appreciation of it every time. The poetic irony of this tragedy is endless and loops back on the viewer just as the plot does on the characters.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

As he said throughout the film, he's not there to stop anything, and only there to collect evidence and figure out the origin. At that point they are planning to send scientists. And sure enough, the appearance of the 'insurance' lady at the end confirmed that they would get their pure sample.

[@juanf5391]

@@Mr.Ekshinyes. It didn’t click until the third time I saw it, because she was just one of multiple doctors in brief scenes.

[@ignorantFid]

Me too, there's so many details I kept noticing on repeated viewings. One thing I noticed was how it's implied that James ironically caused the virus to be released, by giving Jeffrey the idea when he was in the mental institution. But later you realize that it wasn't his fault, because Jeffrey was only planning to release the animals. BUT! James indirectly caused the virologist to change his security procedures (because Kathryn called the lab to warn them about Jeffrey). The virologist "took himself out of the loop" and he doesn't "have the code anymore". Maybe that's how the assistant gained access to the virus??? That would make James indirectly responsible again. Also, the pacing of the airport scene is just insane. Honestly it was way too fast for me to understand on my first viewing. There's so much happening, with the realization of who actually released the virus, the call James makes to the scientists, the scientists responding by sending Jose, and the realization that James saw his own death as a child. I was particularly confused about what Kathryn realized when she looked at the newspaper. She knows the assistant because he showed up at one of her lectures. When she saw the paper, she realized that an "apocalypse nut" worked at the lab that was the potential source of the virus. Like I said, it all happens so fast. But the frantic pace is also a lot of fun if you can keep up.

[@matt_canon]

20:26 "Is that the cops!?! Ima innocent victim in eeeerrr!!!!!!" The shadow of him yelling in the bathroom cracks me up.

[@matt_canon]

17:10 I can't laughing at the reaction to the scientists singing Blueberry Hill. Ah come on, Whimsory, they were trying to be nice, and they hung up the painting and everything 🤣🤣

[@Spills51]

Shout out to Bruce Willis and all the great movies he entertained us with. From what I gather he doesnt have a lot of time left and it will be any day that he passes. Besides acting....from the outside looking in he also seems like a great human being.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

Prayers for Bruce.

[@treetopjones737]

Bruce Willis is living with frontotemporal dementia. He is surrounded by family taking care of him, including his ex Demi Moore.

[@KurticeYZ]

I love this movie for Bruce's vulnerable performer as well as pitt's crazy wacky performance. As well as the unique story telling. Love this movie. great reaction 😂

[@Keleigh3000]

The 12 Monkeys TV show is excellent and criminally underseen, and has one of my all time favorite series finales. Highly recommend.

[@zumzoom6368]

hear hear!

[@ThreadBomb]

Agreed, the TV series was great. First season was okay, not brilliant, but then it really kicked into gear. Plus it's one of those rare shows that has a good proper ending.

[@egads3696]

​@@ThreadBombyeh the first season didnt grab me either

[@magicbrownie1357]

Terry Gilliam is such a creative director and has some really amazing films, including Brazil, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. All super creative films.

[@monovision566]

To have never seen a time travel movie and to watch 12 Monkeys first is amazing. 12 Monkeys is like the only time travel movie that takes the perspective that they can’t change what happened-they can only understand it. Anything they do to change history will only enlist them in being part of why things are as they are. Time travel movies NEVER explore this idea, but it’s so fun.

[@GyorBox]

I love Time Travel movies. Especially when it messes stuff up. "12 Monkeys" is a Universe where time is fixed. It cannot be changed. Even them going back in time is already preordained and nothing will be different, regardless what you try. I love the differences in the different time travel rules..

[@magicbrownie1357]

When they went into the theater near the end, they were watching an Alfred Hitchcock double feature. First, with Jimmy Stewart, we saw a snip of "Vertigo" then a snip of "The Birds," two great films as well.

[@LordToddtastic666]

I love Terry Gilliam films. Brazil is by far my favorite, but his catalog is fantastic. I would recommend The Fisher King, Tideland, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Such a master of the visual medium.

[@mmmab1]

Nice commentary. This is one of those movies that you have to watch multiple times to absorb all the details. This is my second favorite Terry Gilliam movie after his 1985 dystopian satire "Brazil." That would be a great choice for your next reaction video.

[@Nick-pu3of]

A lot of people say that multiple viewing thing. For my part, I found the film was less good each subsequent rewatching, the magic is in being utterly confused. Once you know what's happening, it seems much more straightforward.

[@MrSporkster]

Willis and Pitt are both just amazing in this movie.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

I loved your reaction and analysis of this, Whimsory, it's a great film, you should also check out 'Brazil' 1985 by Terry. The films that were in this film were from Hitchcock, 'Vertigo' and 'The Birds', both excellent and well worth reacting to. I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and that 2024 brings you all that your heart desires. Take care and much love from the U.K.

[@3DJapan]

Brazil is great!

[@wobaguk]

Brazil is my favourite movie (on some days)!

[@tomorrowwestport2620]

12 Monkeys is an unsung masterpiece Terry Gilliam is the cinematic equivalent of an evil mad genius

[@frozen1762]

A very complicated movie you only put together after few watching. My take is that scientists from the future always knew Bruce character is involved with the starting of the virus, they just did not have the details, so they used him to backtrack everything, and at the end "insurance" means literally, it's that lady scientist from the future send to finish the mission and get pure virus. They knew he would die, as the movie always said, you can't change the past, so they used him almost like a "rewind" of a movie to get to a specific point.

[@adgato75]

Pretty much. Although they didn't know.

[@AnonEyeMouse]

The interesting thing about that penultimate scene with the insurance line... she is personally allowing herself to become infected with the pure strain to collect the sample. It's almost certainly a death sentence.

[@BigPat6521]

That's clearly the right theory but i think they also wanted to make it seem she wasn't a scientist. 99% of the population dying we won't be lucky to have the brightest minds left alive. I feel like she really is just in insurance before the outbreak, and that she got lucky to get the position as one of the scientist. This makes sense to me because they're not great with the technology, they sent him back to the wrong time a few times. I just believe they wanted this to seem like a possibility. We don't know who these scientist were before the outbreak.

[@Fiendy]

Weird to see Stabler with hair 16:42 😂

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Mr. Gilliam has a long and storied directorial career. My favorites were his early, fantastical comedy adventures like "Jabberwocky", "Time Bandits", "Brazil", "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", and the wonderful "Erik the Viking". All very worth exploring.

[@evilalex87]

love time bandits and baron munchausen

[@AndrewSnarls]

The other Terry did Erik the Viking, Terry Jones.

[@willcool713]

*The Fisher King* (1991), with Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruhl (Best Supporting Oscar), and Amanda Plumber, is one of my all-time favorite movies.

[@PierceArner]

Oh man, I haven't thought about Eric the Viking in AGES. Such a grand time.

[@brianboye8025]

I vote for Brazil since we are living though it now.

[@kennymonty8206]

Award for best hair ever? Whimsory.

[@nolataoists8575]

You're so cute it should be illegal. "I hope he's [Brad's] more sane this time" 😅 Whimsy, you're adorable

[@mikeythehat6693]

Yes, Terry Gilliam was in Monty Python, he was the one who did all their animations. After Monty Python he started directing movies, e.g. Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King (my personal favourite) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas etc. This wasn't Brad Pitts first movie but it was pretty early in his career. The first movie that I ever saw him in was one of Tarantino's earliest efforts (not as Director but writer) "True Romance" I remember that Pitt had a walk on part in that and I spotted him straight away as a future favourite.

[@jeromedutil-martin6823]

The TV series is amazing! One of the best time travel shows out there. Highly recommend.

[@skatedurr]

@Alice-xq3dn it's really good also

[@DevayII]

Yeah, the acting and special effects are pretty bad, but the rest it's very good​.

[@jeromedutil-martin6823]

@@DevayII I kind of agree that Aaron Stanford isn't the best actor. But the supporting cast (Emily Hampshire, Kirk Acevedo, Barbara Sukuwa) balances it out.

[@logan-dy4cf]

So great it got canned .

[@gregmcdonald8962]

@@logan-dy4cf Uh...no, it didn't. It got 4 seasons and has a proper conclusion that leaves no threads hanging and zero plot holes. It's one of the most perfect series I've ever seen in that regard and I would also argue that the acting and special effects are mostly pretty great.

[@eZTarg8mk2]

You’re in for a real treat going through Terry Gilliams films, like every one is just wonderfully peculiar and chaotic. Brazil is one of my personal favourites, his take on the novel 1984, and it captures such a sense of crushing, insane, pedantic bureaucracy while being utterly surreal, funny and dark. Another film that has a similar surreal, funny and anachronistic feel is Delicatessen, which I’d rate on a par with this. A french movie that is sublimely twisted but funny about a post apocalyptic world, and the inhabitants of an old hostel…and the butcher down stairs supplying unknown meat to the residents

[@mrtveye6682]

Such a great movie. And it's impressive how versatile Terry Gilliam really is. BTW, happy holidays.

[@jwoodard29]

Entertaining review as always. Brad Pitt won the Golden Globe award and received an Oscar nomination for this role. Another Gilliam directed fantasy is "Brazil", vastly under rated and features Robert DeNiro in a comic cameo.

[@torreyholmes7205]

You shoulder consider watching "Looper" (2012). Also Bruce Willis. Also time travel. Very different. Very intriguing.

[@ericshinkle417]

No one ever notices the doctors pronunciation of adVERTISment. Good catch, Whimsey😜

[@treetopjones737]

Yes, Terry Gilliam was a member of Monty Python. In addition to being in some skits, he did the animations for the show.

[@markmurata3624]

I was shown La Jetee in high school. We were fascinated. It is all a series of still pictures, except for one scene in which the woman opens her eyes.

[@harrys7933]

If you have never seen a time travel movie before then start with the original The Time Machine by HG Wells, 1960. It stars Rod Taylor who also stared in The Birds which is one of the movies they were showing. The woman who died in Alien was Veronica Cartwright who plays the little girl in The Birds. Her sister was Angela Cartwright who played Penny in The Lost in Space tv show.

[@woeshaling6421]

only very few timetravel movies handle temporal jetlag like this does. Great work by Terry Gilliam

[@brianbutz3306]

The "Deja Vu" you experienced was during Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" Which is an incredible film you should see... A few moments later when Cole wakes up, and the lady on screen is attacked by birds, is from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" Both films (most of Hitchcock really) are incredible and should be considered for future videos. You seem to enjoy Terry Gilliam's work and I can't help but recommend "Brazil" which is my all time favorite film. It's incredibly dark, smart, funny, romantic and visually stunning film. Like "12 Monkeys", it's also quite prophetic in many ways with regards to abusing technology and also confuses dream with reality to propel the narrative. I feel that Gilliam is the best director in history with "Brazil" as his greatest accomplishment, but this, "The Fisher King" "Time Bandits" "The Misadventures of Baron Von Munchausen" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" are also incredibly good films

[@tofersiefken]

This movie's take on time-traveling is certainly unique and it lends itself to the unique narrative. Another unconventional time-travel / romance you might like to react to is The Time-Traveler's Wife (2009).

[@brianboye8025]

I always thought the insurance scientist lady is a future time traveler who will save humanity. The child Bruce Willis character will grow up above the earth.

[@countquackula8539]

No, the science lady was just getting a sample of the virus to find a cure, but the virus will still spread, and there are no guarantees of a cure.

[@zmarko]

The mental hospital scenes were filmed at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. I took a tour of it in 2017, and it's a very cool place.

[@Arthur_King_of_the_Britons]

The Army of the 12 Monkeys wish you a Merry Christmas

[@maggieellis2303]

Excellent and enjoyable reaction/analysis! I’ve never seen any of your other contact, but I’m about to dig in now. I so appreciate how thoroughly you explored such a variety of facets of this movie, from the story’s origin to writing to characters to acting methods, and so much more. Really great! Thank you for all your efforts on a movie that richly deserves it.

[@reneescala7526]

La Jetee is one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. The movie itself becomes unstuck in time and is told in still photographs.

[@fedepaz11]

the music is tango. (Astor Piazzolla)

[@Zaqster]

The amount of effort you put in to these commentaries is astonishing

[@patkostiw8471]

So happy you mentioned the dilemma posed with the scientist being on the plane at the end of the movie. Such a different future if she is there from the future timeline to get a pure sample of the virus or if she is part of the contemporary timeline and simply a passenger on the plane. Lets us ponder the outcome as either bleak or hopeful. Great work as always Whimsory. I truly enjoy your reactions and appreciate the work you put in to them.

[@toddjones1480]

I always thought that the virus had already been released once in the airport. In that case everyone on that plane would have died, meaning that the woman on the plane was 100% a time traveler collecting a sample. Time to watch the movie again, I guess.

[@sleepingjohnny63]

Yes, she was a scientist from the future, there to get a pure sample of the virus. Cole explains it at the 12:15 mark.

[@gregjobes9138]

@@toddjones1480 She is there as a time traveler, remember she tells him she's in insurance? She's the insurance if James failed.

[@treetopjones737]

@@gregjobes9138 And she is not younger, obviously she came from the future.

[@Witchfinder.General]

Whimsory is a proper friend-to-animals and hereby accepted into the Army of the 12 Monkeys. All in favour say _Aye_

[@Arthur_King_of_the_Britons]

Her eyes are a bit big for her head, but I'll allow it

[@3DJapan]

1:40 That's our City Hall in Philly. I walked through it almost every day in college.

[@Yora21]

I think Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the most normal movie Terry Gilliam ever made.

[@Cristopher.C]

yes you have seen movies about time travel, Terminator and Terminator 2 are about time travel. and you could say Groundhog Day is too about some form of time travel loop

[@Geo_Storm]

Hii Whimsory!! I want to congratulate you on your 30th movie reaction this year! 🤗 Thank you for staying consistent creating this awesome content every month. I think you’re very talented and creative. I love your fun and quirky sense of humor, and it’s always a delight to see you react to these movies. I’ve been following you since Tiktok and I was very happy to see you again on this platform doing what you do best… making people happy 😊 I’m excited to see more of you and watch your KZbin channel grow! I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! 🥳❤️

[@Whimsory]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me! ☺️

[@skatedurr]

@@Whimsory u r real whim & ppl like real, to many fakes out there tryharding for clicks

[@jcolson1138]

The movies James and the doctor are seeing in the theatre are 2 Hitchcock films. Vertigo and The Birds. Both are masterpieces.

[@zatoichi1]

Such a great confluence since Vertigo has themes of insanity and people from the past in the present.

[@OhitsGeo]

I was hoping for a fun Christmas movie reaction this month 😤

[@coreozurn4950]

Whimsory saying they don't tickle her pickle is just perfect.

[@BubbaCoop]

22:06 Hitchcock's The Birds. They were also watching Vertigo. There's a Hitchcock marathon poster by the phones.

[@krono5el]

The Enquirer legit had Bat Boy on the cover irl in the 90s : P

[@briangreen9677]

You ought to scope out "Last of the Mohicans" starring Stowe and Daniel Day Lewis. It's on the violent side, but fantastically filmed. A rather more subdued version of Brad Pitt can be seen in the awesome film "Meet Joe Black", also starring Anthony Hopkins.

[@tbmike23]

Welcome to the Monty Python universe, Whimsory. It's a weird wonderland.

[@everlastingpass1on]

Also on the list of films on time travel to take in, are The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), which each deal with both opposing theories of time travel.

[@RonnieG]

It's my birthday and I consider this a gift. Love this movie and your reaction.

[@drab2000]

In the book there's no "insurance" lady at the end. It's a common practice in american adaptation of european books, that the ending is a bit more cheerfull, then original.

[@johnsinclair4448]

I started watching your videos because you are ADORABLE! I don't know what the hat thing is about, but it works. But from the first video I knew that you are the best reacter to watch because you get more out of a movie than most people. I'm a reader and I've always told people that if you like a book, you have to read it again because you'll see things you missed the first time. YOU'VE discovered this with movies yourself and, to my knowledge, you're the only one that does rewatch before your outro commentary. Yes, there's a lot of time between each one, but you're worth the wait. Keep being awesome, bye!

[@loonz1969]

This was shot in my hometown of Philly PA. The "airport" at the end of the movie is actually The Pennsylvania Convention Center. It was originally a huge train station before being converted to a convention hall. I've been there for the Comic Con many times over the years.

[@cryptodwayne5174]

The production company that produced this film. Wanted a, A plus actor to carry the movie. But they couldn't afford it, But after reading the script Bruce Willis took the job. And was paid 1 dollar, +50% of the gross revenue. The movie ended up making something like 250 Million at the box office. And that was 1995 money.

[@malarkey2217]

Madeleine Stowe was the 'flavour of the month' in hollywood around the time this movie was made. She never really did any better after this. The year before, she did 'Bad Girls', which was a 'Young Guns' but with girls kinda thing, which got panned despite the cast or was it because of? Her best films (that i have seen) i think, are 'Twelve Monkeys' and 'Last of the Mohicans' (worth watching).

[@egads3696]

As a former mental patient in the nineties thats a pretty accurate depiction of a ward.

[@dsc5754]

A cool hat girl upload! And right before Christmas. It's like she's gifted it to us! 🫶🏿🎁🎄

[@vytallicaq.6881]

I forgot The Riddler from 60's Batman was in this. He was in the TV show and the 1966 Batman movie. There was a 50's Superman TV show that was so straight-laced, it was ridiculous. 60's Batman was a parody of that. Deliberately campy, to see how insanely over-the-top they could take that moral do-gooder, superhero concept. My favorite episode was when Batman challenged Joker to a surfing contest. 🦇🏄🏄‍♂🦹‍♀🤣

[@orbislame]

I laughed out loud at “hopefully he’s a little more sane this time.”

[@Billy-zv6gv]

Perfect! 👍

[@gregmcdonald8962]

Same, lol!

[@harrys7933]

The Doctor that was making the clicking noise played The Riddler on The Batman tv show.

[@user-xj7hq1pp3x]

Let me recommend to you the Nickelodeon Series: Pete & Pete. It’s probably the greatest kids show ever. I bring it up now because the insane pimp character in this 12 Monkeys movie is in the episode O Christmas Pete (in Season 3). He is a demented garbage man who is hell bent on destroying the neighborhood’s old Xmas trees. Yeah, it’s like THAT! 😃

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Ah, the Adventures of Pete and Pete was a delightfully twisted show. I do miss it.

[@tonyb7615]

A less world changing time travel movie with mental illness as a factor would be donnie darko. I am a big fan of reactions to movies that not every other person on youtube has done a reaction to already.

[@synthetic240]

7:25 Bat-boy was an iconic fictional character portrayed as real by the tabloid magazines. I can't say I've read them, but judging from the headlines I remember, Bat Boy has been on some serious adventures around the globe.

[@caesar349]

I remember Bat Boy was a thing in the mid 90s. There were even tshirts 😂

[@synthetic240]

@@caesar349 He was the embodiment of American sensationalism and gullibility.

[@caesar349]

@@synthetic240yes very true!!

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

I was mid sip when you hoped Pitt's character to be more sane. After a few watches, I started wondering if seeing that scene of himself being gunned down by police made him who he becomes as an adult. And shortly after that he became one of the survivors underground. Extreme violence and sadness, then regular life just stopped. Like he was frozen at that moment and only sees it replay in his dreams forever. Those charges and sentence seemed more believable to me after that.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Whimsory! 🐒 Kudos to Terry Gilliam's directing. ෴ May your days be merry and bright... and your 2024 (and beyond) be peaceful and productive. ❄

[@_Curanes_Rex]

The movie with the birds in the cinema was Hitchcock's classic ''The Birds''.

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

This is my favorite kind of time travel movie. Where you can't change what has already happened and everything loops back onto itself. James jumps to different times, but people he knows and meets in the different times also come from different times in the future. It's so complexly and brilliantly interwoven, it's a true masterpiece. Terry Gilliam is one of the original Monty Python crew, and the only American. He's made amazing movies. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brazil, The Fisher King, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

[@islandgreenstrong]

Great reaction Whimsory and the awards were perfect!! Have a Merry Christmas and can't wait to see more reactions in the New Year!! Have a great one!! ~Dawne

[@everlastingpass1on]

The movie they're watching in the movie is Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)

[@Scott_Forsell]

Bat Boy (the pic on the newspaper that piqued our host's interest) was a staple of the late, lamented weekly tabloid Weekly World News. Think a way weirder and wackier version of The National Enquirer. You'd see headlines like "Man trapped in hedge for 3 days", and Dear Dottie who was the world's worst relationship advisor, and Ed Anger who was the world's angriest political commentor who was always "pig bitin' mad". WWN was the precursor to The Onion. Satire served straight. Bat Boy was the frequent cover "photo" and semi-mascot. Bat Boy was friggin' awesome!

[@jamesguerrero2993]

Glad you got to experience this film, and I loved your analysis afterwards. It's one of my top 10 favorites. Amazingly Bruce Willis did another Time Travel film "Looper" And surprise it's also very good. Hope you get to watch it some day. Other very good Terry Gilliam films to check out include: The Fisher King, Brazil, and the Documentary "Lost in La Mancha" 🤘

[@ju4408]

I forgot about Looper. Need to watch it again now. Thanks.

[@MauriceCalis]

Really liking your long, detailed, and well thought out summaries. This is a movie I have seen many times, and love the time travel genre, so it’s great to see you pick up on and appreciate many aspects that are the reason I and many others love this movie. Btw, I have watched the TV show a few times, and I think it’s great. I especially like how they handle time travel and really make it messy, yet somehow tie it all together. Or, at least, as much as possible, given that even one paradox is a lot to think about. Oh, also glad that you haven’t really watched time travel stuff and hoping to see your reactions to the all time greats like Back to the Future. Who knows, maybe you have already, this is only your second video I’ve seen, so I’ll check.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Brad Pitt was young in this, but hardly inexperienced. I remember seeing him a decade or so earlier in (his film debut?) a low-budget teen slasher movie called "Cutting Class", with Jill Schoelen(sp?).

[@Madbandit77]

He also did episodes of "21 Jump Street" and "Growing Pains", and had supporting parts in "Thelma & Louise", "Cool World" and "True Romance".

[@brianp6682]

12 monkeys was also remade as a TV series for four seasons if you want to watch that

[@stephenniehaus8635]

This was one of the more restrained Terry Gilliam movies. As a director, he's done some of the more visual and conceptual films in the 20th Century, like Time Bandits, Brazil and Baron Munchausen. It would not be a waste of time to check out his work. Terry's work is among the more surreal and fantastic flicks you've ever seen. Whether or not they're good is up to the viewer, but you'll never forget his work. 12 Monkeys is very linear and controlled for Gilliam. If you want to know why Willis took a pay cut to work with Terry, and why Johnny Depp and Heath Ledger happily signed on to work with him later. Time Bandits is a good jumping in film

[@billfrantz1638]

I hope to see The Last Starfighter (1984) on this channel. Great reaction!

[@howardandrews9593]

I absolutely love this movie, one of my all time favorites.An all time classic, so well cast and well acted. One of Pitt's finest performances, and Madeline Stowe played the perfect beautiful, smart doctor. At first thinking he was insane to slowly seeing then believing then falling for the misunderstood hero. Yet, It's so thoroughly under appreciated and misunderstood. It's so well thought out, but pretty complex, and it's back and forth thru time elements confused lots of people. A lot of it completely flew over the heads of people the first time watching it, and cuz it needs multiple viewings to fully grasp the plot it's overlooked as an all time great. Great choice, and great reaction. Your wholesomeness and perkiness is adorable, and so very refreshing. Your outros are right on point, and so well researched, shows the energy and effort you put into your work, very impressive. Keep up the good work 👍 P.S. NEVER CUT YOUR HAIR, It is absolutely beautiful.

[@Atom.Storm.]

I saw this in the cinema when it came out and had to go for a beer with everyone after so that we could figure it all out.

[@deepermind4884]

Wow! Your ring finger is so much shorter than your middle finger on (what seems to be) your right hand! 😮 I LOVE this movie! Great review & analysis, as usual. 🤗

[@blortmeister]

Just so cool that you reacted to this film! Love Terry Gilliam's films.

[@doug3691]

Another unique ride. Thanks again, Whimsory, and Merry Christmas.

[@EdwardBast]

Excellent commentary. Especially enjoyed your analysis of Brad Pitt's shifting personae during Cole's deluxe mental hospital tour and the commentary on Cole's recurring dream/prophecy. And the side characters bit was brilliant. Perfect choices.

[@theyfearme1379]

I enjoyed watching you enjoy a classic from when i was 14 years old. Gosh im old

[@christopherplummer1299]

"I wonder what movie that is, so weird." It's the colorized version of Hitchcock's 'The Birds'.