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Austin Lee Moyer

I feel like this movie has all the ingredients to be amazing, but just never really comes together in a way that's completely satisfying.

Chris Carman

I feel like it's close enough to killer... It just doesn't look as impressive when you stack it up against that *other* 2010 DiCaprio mindbender about a guy with a troubled past...

Mr Jackpots

While I didn't subscribe to your Patreon for movies, just Game of Thrones, there are a lot of iconic films you haven't seen. A brief list: Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) The Sand Pebbles The Goonies (Steven Spielberg) Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick) Labyrinth The Outlaw Josey Wales Dark City The Accidental Tourist

Jay Wolfe

Oh great movie!! One of the most twist movies out there!!!

Daryl 👽

Yesssss i love this movie!!!! Martin Scorsese DiCapio rabbit hole, let's go!!! They did a lot of great movies together!!!

matthew

I love the Leo reactions keep them coming

Thalanoth

I don't think scorsee would mind his movies being referred to as Leo movies lol; they both always hold eachother in high regard even over the years when it seems as though most hollywood professional relationships sour

Dustin

I probably would classify most of those movies as "iconic." The exception being Goonies, maybe Josey Wales -although I'd argue Good, Bad, and Ugly is more iconic.

Dustin

Great reaction! Love watching movies with you ladies. I'm glad you finally figured it out in the end. Chi and Ivy are correct. It's a crazy and complicated movie. Glad you seemed to like it.

matthew

You girls did great with this reaction.

King Bob

For a movie to be iconic, it must leave a lasting impression, have cultural impact, push boundaries in storytelling, visuals, or technology, and demonstrate timelessness, recognition, and legacy with memorable elements, such as the music from Jaws or Jurassic Park, or the phrase “I’ll be back” from The Terminator. Of the list I would say that- Labyrinth, because of the animatronic puppets, David Bowie Pop culture reference The Goonies, because of the memorable characters like Chunk and Sloth and the phrase "Goonies never say die" We all have our preferences. I, for example, don’t like Martin Scorsese’s movies, largely because he tends to include a surprise or shock moment at the end of his films, which is neither surprising nor shocking because I know it’s a Martin Scorsese movie, and he does this in about 90% of his films. I know nothing about this movie, but I highly suspect there will be some kind of surprise moment at the end, though I won’t be surprised by it. :P

Steven

For me it is clear that Teddy the cop and Andrew the patient are one person. The doctors have set up an elaborate role-play to allow him to investigate and come to the truth. His wife kid his children and he murdered his wife. What is unclear for me is if Teddy/Andrew is CHOOSING to live in denial and WANTS to get lobotomized so he can "die" as Teddy or if he has truly fallen back into his delusion. Hela describes this movie as "fucking with the mind", and we actually call these types of films a "Mild fuck". Some other good movies in this category. Jacob's Ladder (1990) not the remake. Donnie Darko The Prestige (2006) Inception (2010) You'll probably watch this one as it has Leo There's also two very low-budget films that might not be good for the channel because they are not well known, but they are great. COHERENCE - I really love this film PRIMER - Time Travel movie

Luke Drumm

This movie is so different the 2nd time you watch it. You notice so many little things that prove Leo was crazy the whole time.

Jeffrey Roberts

I love how Hella kept trying to add more to it thinking Laeddis was still innocent and the Dr.s were the bad guys. Sorry, Hella, but Teddy was the patient and really did kill his wife. He couldn't accept it and built a whole new personality to escape it. I was really impressed how early Ivy figured out that Daniels/Laeddis was the 67th patient. I believe in the end he actually knew what he was doing and was choosing to get the lobotomy instead of living with the truth of what he did. He was going "die a good man." He basically was going to kill off his good personality instead of living as a monster. Great reaction, as usual! 😊

Lou

One of the best for sure, well done to Chi for getting the ending bang on. Hella's theories will do well if you guys decide to watch Inception which is even more complicated, if you do just make sure to watch the Google Talk on the movie after otherwise you will miss a lot of the film. Also Ivy being stun locked to the point of Hella asking if she was ok was all too real.

Patrick

Amazing reaction, was great seeing Ivy locking onto suspicious hints early on. After this I have to recommend the very stylistic and suspenseful thriller/horror filmography of the director Robert Eggers, particularly The Witch (2015), The Lighthouse (2019), The Northman (2022) and very recently Nosferatu (2024). Amazingly filmed and acted set of movies.

Daryl 👽

Chi's correct at the end. Teddy pretended to be still insane when he talked to the Hulk. He can't accept what his wife did to the children and what he did to his wife. He chose death. To die a good man.

Patrick

Coherence is a fantastic hidden gem, watched it in a double part with Triangle.

Daryl 👽

I love Hella's passion though. 🤣 and when Hella and Ivy trying to catch Leo when he was climbing down.

Proto Type

I'm on team Chi ~ I agree with her explanation 🕵️

Steven

Yeah, Triangle is great. I'm do for a rewatch of that one.

Henry N.

They should definitely watch the Prestige. I've recommended that multiple times so hopefully it catches on. Coherence is really impressive for (basically) a zero budget film.

Steven

With Coherence and Primer it's filmmakers doing a whole lot with a small budget.

Henry N.

Too bad we never got to see Shane Carruth's full potential as a filmmaker

KD

He was pretending at the end so they would give him a lobotomy and he would never remember again. That's why he asks if it's better to live as a monster or die as a good man. The Doctor(his pretend partner) calls his fake name "Chuck" and he doesn't respond.

Ponchlord

The only thing that doesn't square with me is why was the warden wearing an SS looking uniform?

Nathanial House

Absolutely! It took me a couple of viewings to truly appreciate the depth of the story and pick up on the little hints throughout.

Joe Laster

Yo Get rid of Ivy She doesn’t speak english

BangorsMostBaked

Great reaction again! Awesome movie! I have a feeling 'Inception' will be dropping soon! Good to see you back Ivy!

CrashTestWalrus

Does she really ruin a reaction for you, I mean really? If you don't like her just ignore her, it's that easy. This anti-Ivy crusade can only end one way - a ban for you. Don't do this to yourself

Dav Cald

At the end, it shows he is actually in a well manicured hospital setting, not a rugged wild island. It makes me wonder what he was actually doing while hallucinating that he is on the boat, climbing down a cliff wall, blowing up a car or wandering through a civil war fort. In other words, how much of the fantasy was role play and how much was hallucinating?

Henry N.

You have issues..

Henry N.

"Maybe we can ask the dolphin? There's some fish that can help us..." Hella might be the funniest person ever.

Digitalversager

I love this movie. The atmosphere is so intense (as Chi says, almost like a horror movie) and then there's the great plot twist at the end. In my opinion one of Scorsese and DiCaprio's best collaborations. Your analysis at the end was spot on. DiCaprio's character was aware of his guilt and didn't want to live with it. You could see that in the last question he asked and in the fact that he went along with the doctors without resistance. If he had really been in Teddy's character he would have fought tooth and nail. If you want to see an even crazier movie I recommend Sucker Punch (2011). A great movie by Zack Snyder, he made 300 and some of the DC movies (For example Justice League). That was an awesome reaction ladies as always!💜

Tim

I believe the "big" ? at the end has a dual meaning. Andrew knew he no longer wanted to live as a "monster'/violent and delusional, so it's better to "die'/be lobotomized. But, it's also a question that vast numbers of Germans had to ask themselves under the Nazi's: "Should I die a good man (like Bonhoeffer - resisting) or live as a monster by going along?" And, with his Dachau experience, Andrew had pondered that already for many years.

Jay Wolfe

When I was younger working at a mental institution as a janitor Before they closed it. Greystone Park Psychiatric facilities we used to call people like this.. Residual Ghost because they keep resetting their stories then they will talk to you like it's any other day. And then they reset themselves to whatever story they invented for themselves.

TylerNorCal

Chi was correct, he did remember everything at the end but he chose to kill himself (metaphorically with the lobotomy)...bc he'd rather die with the illusion than live with himself (the monster)

N2Joker

Lobotomy is when you put a pick/needle through the eye and damage a part of the brain and you can live but you don't feel anything. *SPOILERS* The doctor says throughout the movie that he doesn't like a primitive solution and wants to talk and heal through talking. The quote "Which would be worse? To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?" Andrew is at peace with his mind staying fractured/broken. And because he is a dangerous war Veteran they Have to use the primitive solution of the Lobotomy so he doesn't hurt others.

Tim

I think it's Scorsese's way of emphasizing Andrew's connection with the Dachau concentration camp - and the German moral dilemma.

Snick

More recommendations with similar vibe The Machinist Identity Triangle Primer

Truss

Good job Ladies! I think you nailed the "needle" on the head in your conclusions. Sad Story, but I think you and I understand the Marshal's decision to have the Lobotomy procedure, to end the pain and suffering in his troubled head.

RichieBIV

He pretended to be back in the loop so that he could be lobotomized and essentially kill himself. The line was "Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?" Teddy/Andrew would rather die as a good man than live as a monster who killed his wife and feels he killed his kids because he didn't heed his wife's warning signs of mental problems. 👨🏾‍⚕️💉Hela, you gotta let it go, there is no conspiracy.😄. . . . . . . . . .Cigarette?🙂🚬😶

DJ

Can you react to the movie "Black Hawk Down"

Chris

One of the pieces of music they use in this film reminds me that you need to watch Arrival! Great movie that really makes you think and poses deep philosophical questions. Inception is another good one. - Arrival - Inception

Matt B

Wow you guys followed this movie in your second language better than I did in my first language watching it. Also if you rearrange the letters in “Shutter Island” you get “Truth and Lies”

Poefan95

Good catch Hella, I didn't even bother looking at the credits. I wonder if Scorsese is still playing with us. You guys are smart!