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Rain Man (Patreon)

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TheLeftPecOfTheLord

The Infinity Gauntlet of Best Picture winners watched by Cinebinge is slowly but surely being completed and then ultimate reactor power will be achieved

Ben Gilbert

I was rewatching Annie Hall yesterday because Diane Keaton passed away and kept thinking how much Simone resembles her. It's the eyes I think.

Matt Dellarosa

I'm glad you enjoyed this movie. Its so good, one of my favorite movies. Great reaction. Another great movie featuring an autistic character is Mercury Rising with Bruce Willis. Its much more of an action move than a drama and the boys performance in the movie as an autistic character doesnt compare to Dustin Hoffman's, but still a great movie and a fun watch.

Matt O'Keefe

George the court shows on TV are usually small claims court stuff.

ShōNuff3K

I may have missed it, but did they mention The Hangover during the Vegas scenes?

ShōNuff3K

Dude, I never noticed that. You're right!

Nathan Jasper

As far as dreams go, it really depends on the dream if it affects me a long time or not. I mean, my friend once wrote a roleplay with some of her friends that was so disturbing I had panic attacks for two weeks. So I mean... subject matter matters, you know?

Vellu

Another drama-comedy where the main character is autistic is "Please Stand by" (2017) starring Dakota Fanning. The frame-story also revolves around Star Trek and fan fiction. Another movie about estranged brothers is 1988 comedy "Twins" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

Mario Mancilla

If you like this one you also might like I am Sam. With Sean penn from 2001

Matt Dellarosa

Rain Man was mentioned in The Hangover on the drive to Vegas if that's what you mean.

Jeff

The two things the two things The Hangover referenced from this movie.

Life in the cave of Garanoga

One of the many reasons I think this has aged so well is because of the character growth for Charlie and how it was handled. The things that normally would make a film age badly work here because the growth arc was so well written and it manages to give off a sort of period piece vibe for the modern audience. By no means was Charlie's behavior early on the norm in the 80's but it also wasn't uncommon either and it fit his self-absorbed personality to be one of those jerks who acts that way towards people on the spectrum. Some similar recommendations, I Am Sam 2001 Radio 2003 (Also a sports movie based on a real person) I also highly recommend Please Stand By 2017 with Dakota Fanning who plays an autistic woman who is passionate about Star Trek. Really good underrated film.

Brad Lowry

Hey George, for me and anyone else that lives close enough to Montreal to seek out a special Breakfast Spot, please post a link to the 1930’s place you stumbled upon (also mention whether it would be worth seeking out for others that may be visiting Montreal). YaY! Breakfast!

Brad Lowry

And Simone, I’m glad Maggie wasn’t really attacked!

G P

I have an idea of where he went but I would also like to know this

Adam K

I mean just watch Tropic Thunder to see why I am Sam is different :)

David Zabel

Along with the escalator scene.

Buhr

JFK's father was a lot like Tywin Lannister. His goal was to raise his family up by any means necessary and by that measure he was successful. The things he did to get there, like the lobotomy of Rosemary Kennedy, were atrocious.

Jonathan Eaton

I was going to say the same thing about the 1983 Ferrari 400i. ;)

Jonathan Eaton

The TV game show playing in the day room mentioned a movie I recommend, Private Benjamin (1980) a great comedy starring Goldie Hawn.

Nick Kessler

I can't think of a more perfect character arch than tom cruise's arch in this movie. Everyone hates him in the first half. Then he has you in tears by the end.

Jonathan Eaton

George watching Rain Man: "I do that too."

Gary Poussard

Really surprised neither Simone or George had heard of Qantas its Australias main airline.

Christina Doxstader

The farting improv is one of my favorite bits of movie trivia. The way they played off of each other was so good.

Regina Lemoine

Your reaction to this film is great. Rainman is one of my all-time favorites and it’s great to see reactors who realize that going back to Walbrook is what’s best for Raymond.

photos_by_geoff

So happy you both finally saw this movie!! Lots of references in many movies refer to scenes in Rainman, most of all in The Hangover with the escalator scene and the counting cards at the table and Zach G making reference a few times. ****Also, both of you mentioned why people would go on court shows, but I also would lump in shows like Jerry Springer in there too. Especially since that was the heyday (late 80s to late 90s) of the talk shows with "real life" panelists. Now, I was on one of those shows as a "guest" but only because my mom basically forced me to be. I agreed to, under the terms that my voice and face would be hidden, but when they were having us sign the paperwork to use our likeness on national TV, just before we were to be brought out on stage mind you, they revealed that those protection conditions wouldn't be happening for me. I told them that I wouldn't go on then but my mom made me go on anyway. I adjusted the paperwork before signing it and they agreed to let me be on stage but with my back to the audience and the cameras wouldn't show my face. I was in high school and I even talked on stage on camera to the host about bullies and why I didn't want to be identified. When the episdoe aired weeks later, at the end when they were rolling credits, they put a camera off to my right and showed my face side profiled and even turning towards the camera. So they violated the agreement we signed. My mom wouldnt let me pursue legal action. I did get noticed by a schoolmate but she and I were very close at the time and she said she recognized my voice more than anything. Nobody else ever asked me about it, but it was super traumatizing at the time to be flown to NYC and put into a limo and driven to a TV show to be filmed talking about something for all to see and criticize you about your choices or your family's inner workings. Especially for a high schooler in those times of the mid-90s. If either of you want to know more, then please write to me and I can give you more insights into what it was like airing my life experience at the time, but I know you both do that here but maybe not so much because it is sensational deep family things. I feel for you both on many levels when you feel like there are certain things you don't want to share with everyone. Some things just need to stay out of the public eye. Back then, probably now too, content was hard to come by but the TV stations were king and the internet wasn't even a thing yet, at least not to most people. Anyways, that discussion you had brought up those memories for me.**** back to the movie... I didn't know what autistic meant until I watched this movie and I was pretty well informed for a teen. But I truly appreciate how amazing of a job Dustin Hoffman did with such a difficult role and subject. I feel like he was very caring to make the audience connect to what has character was going thru in each moment, without making fun of any aspect of the seriousness of the issue being presented throughout the film.

Sumner Hayes

The WHO was the first major body to recognize autism as separate from schizophrenia, in 1978 with ICD-9. The American Psychological Association followed suit that year, and the 1980 revision of the DSM also added the distinction. This followed a growing consensus in the medical field, especially from the late 1960s on, and advocacy by members of the community (many autism awareness/support groups were founded in the 1970s, and a lot of public awareness campaigns like Autism Awareness Month date to this era). That's not to say that there wasn't some earlier awareness, especially in the post-WW2 era (Philip K. Dick's 1964 novel Martian Time-Slip is one of the earlier pop-culture instances of an autistic character). But it took until surprisingly recently for there to be anything even approaching a modern understanding. So it's unsurprising that even a medical professional in the 1980s (especially in a smaller rural practice) might not be familiar with autism.

photos_by_geoff

Thanks REDR58 for the like on my comment. I posted it before I was done but by mistake. I was trying to get spaces between my paragraphs like you did, but I can't figure out how to do that on my phone. So I went in and added more and then deleted the comment when I decided to repost it. So thanks again fir the like on the new deleted shorter comment. I rarely get much reaction to my comments, so it is appreciated. And great comments you made yourself. Very insightful! And And I owned a Sony Watchman. :)

guyincognito

As a resident of Cincinnati... you did not miss much.

micah saldana

cool movie, never seen it before

dave

The general public knew NOTHING about autism in that time period. Even the small town doctor in the movie was barely aware of it, treating it as a curiosity that he had briefly read about. Though experts were in the know, Rain Man was most of the world's introduction that this even existed. It's rare that a massively popular movie brings awareness and compassion and meaningful change to the world. Pretty sure a lot of the terminology and understanding has evolved over the years (thankfully), but this is an accurate glimpse into the 1980s.

micah saldana

In the film, they claim that Raymond is "high functioning" but this is absolutely not the case. A "high functioning" autistic person like mild autism/Aspergers type, is a person who meets all of the requirements for a clinical autism diagnosis but does not have any speech delays or intellectual impairments. Somebody like this may need some type of help in daily life, and come across as very strange, but can typically hold a job, make their own decisions and have a life and friends. Raymond is an "autistic savant" which is an autistic person who has a comorbid disorder called "savant syndrome". A hallmark of this condition is extremely incongruent abilities, like being able to draw entire cityscapes in near photographic detail from memory after only seeing them once, but you don't know how to tie your own shoes or live independently. This is often, but not always, accompanied by a lower-than-normal intelligence.

Sevnthdragon

Hot-ish take: Charlie’s redemption arc starts in the first diner when they met Sally Dibbs. He cares, although he is aggressive in adjusting to Raymond schedule at first. It’s subtle but I think you both missed it because you didn’t like Charlie and searched for selfish motivations for him (his tv purchase wasn’t so he doesn’t talk but so he wouldn’t be caught without being able to see people court again on the road). Movie does its job very well as most folks hate Charlie for a good portion of the movie and empathize with Raymond even though they share a lot of mannerisms and statements

micah saldana

yeah, Raymonds character was inspired by a real man named Kim Peek, who was NOT autistic apparently, but DID have several brain abnormalities which gave him a superhuman memory

Steve Arnold

I‘m so happy you finally watched this, since it is one of my favourite movies and I‘m glad you liked it as much as I do. This one is acting at it’s finest! 👍🏻

Jake Beaumont

I do actually enjoy this movie and don't think its particuarly awful in it's interpreation, as an autistic person myself (though on a much lower level of support needs). But an unfortunate side effect of this movie is it gave a lot of people the wrong idea that all, most or even many autistic people are gifted to atleast some degree. I love my dad and he was amazing raising me, but he had a habit of nicknaming me Rain Man, not to be mean, but because I was above average in maths in primary school (elementary school). And i have to admit it created a complex of me feeling like i needed to live up to that more when I extremely struggled academically in secondary school. I felt like i let him down. I hope now as a society we know a lot better regarding Autism spectrum disorder, but i definitely vividly remember a long time of people saying "so what are you a genius at" and having to disappoint them with no answer. What made it worse is my level of autism was back then called "mild autism" so teachers and the like used that as a way to deny my struggles and say I'm 100% capable at all times. Even for basic organisation issues. Other than that unfortunate side effect, I think this movie has aged pretty well. Don't like the doctor asking "does he have any special abilities" but hey ho

Dan Holmes

I really like Simone's shirt lol

Poineapples

Would really love to see you two watch Don't Look Up or A Bronx Tale next

fwfwfwfwf wfwfw

ive been waiting awhile for you guys to do this movie. :-) im so excited :-)

Jayson Phillips

My son has Autism but he is not a Savant, But I get and feel everything in this movie. My son does what's called Stimming usually its a repetitive motion that makes them feel better, With Rainman its the repeating of who's on first, and the rocking motion.

gfixler

I saw this when it came out—I was 11—and didn't notice, or remember, all these years, that he counted the toothpicks in sets. There were 246. He says "Eighty-two, eighty-two, eighty-two... Of course 246 total." 246/3 is 82. He counted them in 3 equal sets.

gfixler

I had friends do that radio "BAM" thing quite a lot for a few months after this movie. This movie actually had quite a lot of quotable things. People got stuck saying "definitely" a lot, too, and "WAPNER!"

gfixler

1:07:24 — Michael!

mpd

I really want to watch this reaction but it's one minute to Wapner, oh boy...

Philipp Roensch

Ever had this confused with The Rainmaker, wholly different movie though. Drama-Comedy must be the most difficult genre to write for. Trying to get genuine laughs and good ending while juggling such topics, quite a challenge. This one nails it though, gets a lot right and wonderful characters to learn from each other. I'm vining with the soundtrack, banger synths and drums.

Philipp Roensch

Legal proceduals and court shows are reenactments, are they not? Inspired by real cases, but real people might only have cameos.

LazyBoy Stays Up Late Watchin Video Tapes

Bad dreams are good. Bad things happen in dreams so that they do not have to happen in real life. Bad dreams typically happen when life is going well.

PrimitiveCruisingArtist

I'm actually on the spectrum myself (but more on the Asperger side of things), as well as a card counter, believe it or not. This film has always been special to me. Huge hit when I was failing college all those years ago. And, yes, card counting is legal. It's simply thinking. Also, we can and do count through 6-deck shoes. No great challenge. So that was wrong. The thing about "lots of queens" is a little misleading too. We only care about the 10 value of the queen card. Plus, making 86K out of 3.5K or whatever describes a lucky hot streak, not something caused by card counting. Counters toil for hundreds of hours a year to grind out a 1 or 2 % edge, enduring painful downswings at times before the expected value settles out. But the movie is so much fun at this point, I don't really care. And do you remember the Hangover blackjack scene which is a funny homage to Rainman? You'll really appreciate it now. ... And one final note. Autism was a known deal back in the 80s, but not popularized. And it was mostly associated with severe retardation. We have since learned that there's much more subtlety involved.

fwfwfwfwf wfwfw

both good movies. i used to confuse the movies with their titles all the time :-)

LazyBoy Stays Up Late Watchin Video Tapes

George obviously hasn't had one of those sexual dreams about a coworker or schoolmate and then bumped into them the next day just to have the memory of the dream suddenly wash over him 😂

FranciscoGios

I found a similarity of this movie and the movie LEGEND from 1985. I won’t say what it is just incase George or Simone catches it.

Brandon

Great reaction! It's been at least 20 years since I last saw this, so it felt pretty fresh to me. In my mind, the rain man/hot water revelation came closer to the end. Am I crazy, or do a lot of older movies have major reveals and twists earlier in the story?

Polecat21

I was hoping when they saw the escalator scene they would make that connection.....

Ron

One additional bit of trivia: The doctor at the climax scene who was tasked with making a recommendation to the court was played by the film's director, Barry Levinson.

Joshua White

I’m a case manager for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability. Raymond’s father was almost certainly his court-appointed guardian, and when he died, Raymond was left without one. That’s why it’s so important for families to arrange a co- or successor guardian before the primary guardian ages or passes. In those situations, Adult Protective Services can petition for a public guardian through DHHS, but that process isn’t automatic and can take time. In the meantime, a case manager like me would advocate for the individual’s safety and help initiate that petition. So Charlie probably wasn’t breaking any laws, just crossing serious ethical lines.

Lyonheart86(BryonH)

wow i thought you reacted to this already... well ..im here for it lol

Joe Concepts

That has definitely been a side affect of a movie that basically introduced autism to the culture at large. So while it's generally positive, people did think of it as a "savant" thing. I became more retroactively interested in this movie once I had a autistic nephew. He has certain tendencies where he is smarter than you may expect, and in certain cases has an impressive memory for details. But along with that, he socially is still somewhat childlike. He does also have a certain way he is used to things being done, though he wouldn't freak out like Ray does if he's pushed out of his routine.

Joe Concepts

Wow, I'm glad I rarely can remember any of my dreams!

Wally Hartshorn

As others have mentioned, this movie sort of introduced a wider audience to what autism was. Raymond is described in the movie as being fairly high functioning, yet there are numerous people in these comments saying that they are autistic, and they quite obviously are more high functioning than Raymond. I think that the reason is that the diagnostic criteria for autism have been expanded over the years. Back in 1988, DSM-III was the standard, and it had a much narrower definition of autism, so only people with quite significant impairments were classified as being autistic. DSM-4 came out in 1994, followed by DSM-5 in 2013, and with those came the "Autism Spectrum Disorder", with its broader criteria recognizing a range of symptoms. Anyone who is an expert, please jump in and correct me if I've got this wrong. :-) I just wanted to provide an explanation for why Raymond is described as "high functioning" in the movie, yet seemingly would not have been able to engage in the level of discourse that several autistic individuals have posted here.

DesolationEntertained

I think the amount paid to each party was $5k, which is where the settlement limit of $5k comes from. The awards were paid from this promised money directly, so it really works more like a game show with a total prize of $10k that the two parties are fighting over. They pay their own travel expenses, so a ruling for the maximum amount meant you were out that cost.

Joe Concepts

Hoffman’s acting here is the definitive example of losing themselves in a role. You forget who he is.

Tyler Explains It All

As someone with autism, I have put off watching this movie... until now. I just don't find enjoyment watching characters with disabilities in movies, as they tend to be used as the joke or punch line.

James W.

I am glad someone came in with harder definitions and info because the awareness people had of Autism at that time was zero unless you had someone in your family that was diagnosed. The callous and dismissive way that Charlie just lumps him in with "retarded" was how I remember folks being treated back then. There was a base level of meanness that was just accepted. In high school I got diagnoses with a plethora of learning disabilities and spent time at a special school where I was super high functioning but hung out with with folks up and down the spectrum. It is impossible to rock with that meanness when you get to know people on the spectrum or with developmental disabilities. For the most part the sweetest humans ever that just want to be friends or to share an interest.

Kenneth thomas

I've seen this movie dozens of times throughout the last idk, 30 years probably. And I never knew Dustin Hoffman actually farted.

James W.

Tom Cruise made his name more on drama in the beginning than action. He had far more challenging roles up until around Magnolia. From then on I think he has just being having fun doing the cool action hero stuff. I really like that they wait so long before the "Rainman/Raymond" revelation. You can see the realization on Cruise's face, and it is so sad, and so affecting. It is very easy to just be like fuck Charlie he is a piece of shit but he lost his mother before he was grown and his father by all accounts was a totally fuckhead. It doesn't excuse Charlie's behavior but once you know how profoundly hurt he is, not just by the loss of his mother, and absent father, but the realization that he lost a brother he didn't even realize he had. And then once he stops being a selfish prick for a second, he realizes that Raymond, who sang to him, loved him to pieces, so he sort of lost that love too. It is a profoundly sad situation. But again, they still don't let Charlie have a bullshit Hollywood turnaround because he then uses Ray at the casino. Charlie is still a dick, and doesn't really turn it around until the end. He rejects the money and has become a somewhat better person by spending even those few days with ray. Ray is also somewhat changed, and I think Dr. Bruner is vastly underestimating what Ray is capable of. I was about 12 when I this came out and didn't understand much of the subtext. It wasn't until I was in my 20s and watched it that it had me bawling. Edit: Card counting is not illegal as far as I know, if a Casino figures out you are counting cards they will eject you or worse back in the day. Personally, I think that is horseshit, if you have the mind for it you should benefit. Casino's have no problem fleecing people who are gambling addicted but get mad when someone breaks their little bullshit racket with the power of their brain.

James W.

The mother at the Farmhouse is the actress Beth Grant who has been in so many movies its crazy. I just rewatched No Country for Old Men the other day and she plays Carla Jean's mom in that. Real working actor.

Thall

Card counting is not illegal, anywhere. The casino can throw you out, as they coulld for any other reason, and they might call their cartell buddies so you can't set foot into any other casino

Simon Pegged Me

Since gambling plays a prominent role in this movie, I'll take this opportunity to recommend my favorite gambling movie and love story—The Cooler (2003). I think you'll love it. And also, because of Dustin Hoffman, I recommend Midnight Cowboy (1969).

Mike FromOz

The name QANTAS is an acronym for 'Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service', which was the name it went by when it first started. Then it expanded across Australia, and was owned by the Federal Government, which is why their safety record was so good. It was there to transport safely, not for making a profit and cutting corners. Unfortunately, it, along with a lot of other public services, was sold off and is now a private airline, and its quality has gone down. Still keeps its safety rating though. Oh, and they run a huge variety of current aircraft, running both domestically and internationally. My best flight experiences have been on QANTAS, British Airways, Emirates (where we were upgraded to first class), and Singapore Airlines. The worst has to be the flight from America to Cuba (and back), and all the internal US airflights. Goddamn domestic American airlines are bad.

Monica Jane

Kim Peak and his dad came to my school in the 80s. He demonstrated his incredible memory, like telling you what day of the week your were born on or a random day, etc. I had completely forgotten about that until rewatching this with you.

Jobbe Smit

Maybe not a huge view drawer but you guys should react to "My Name Is Khan", another good movie with a neurodivergent protagonist. Similarly "Temple Grandin", also from 2010, is a movie about being autistic in the 60's and 70's. Well rated movies but not cult classics with a big following. But absolutely worth the watch.

Jobbe Smit

Card counting in your mind is never illegal, card counting using mechanical/digital aids is illegal in several places.

Jobbe Smit

You're largely correct, what's considered autistic has been broadened and at the same time knowing more about the causes implies that we will likely split it up into several disorders with each their own cause. Hence the trials with medication only work on a small subset of people on the spectrum. The one suggestion I have is drop the label "high functioning", that's no longer terminology used in the medical field. It implies there's a gradient on which we can rank a person's level of autism which is not the case. It's a spectrum but not a linear one. People need more or less care on a variety of parts of their lives. Some people can be extremely social, understanding social cues but unable to clean themselves, run a household or any myriad of "easier" tasks.

Jobbe Smit

Fun fact, everyone stims, austistic people just tend to do it more often as they get more sensory stressors. I hope your son is doing okay.

Jobbe Smit

Yeah I kinda dislike how this movie equates Savant Syndrome with Autism but that does make it more cinematic. They're common co-morbidities but very much not the same and appear often separate from each other.

Jobbe Smit

This movie is obviously outdated, hence we entirely dropped the concept of high functioning these days. As we did with Aspergers as well.

Jobbe Smit

Magnolia is another movie they should react to.

Darren Harrison

To answer the question in the intro - Maybe it’s a male thing. I never carry on the emotion in dream into the waking morning.

Jobbe Smit

As a 100% certified male, I do. It can linger for an entire day. Not often but it happens.

Darren Harrison

Hmm…interesting. I am more in line with George on this

Joe Lazarus

James, the word "retarded" (or "mentally retarded") was widely considered a normal, neutral medical and diagnostic term used to describe people with intellectual disabilities. It was not initially intended to be disparaging or insulting at that time.

Thomas Yanez

Y'all must have missed the distinction that the doctor is the TRUSTEE and Raymond is the BENEFICIARY. The doctor controls any disbursement from the trust. Depending on what kind of trust it is, which I didn't catch if they mentioned, then he could be held very strictly to the instructions provided with the trust, in accordance with the laws that govern it, or could have COMPLETE discretion on how the trust is distributed, including potentially giving half of it to Charlie if he thought it was in Raymond's best interests.

The Maestro

yeah, it wasn't quite as offensive as I thought it would be, obviously a lot of the language used was nonsense from a modern perspective but maybe they talked like that back then. Although I think both actors gave decent performances I do think it's impossible for allegedly neurotypical actors to play a disabled character tastefully just because every person is so different.

Shaka Racks

Temple Grandin would be a PERFECT movie to watch for a reactor movie.

PureGonzo

YES, Magnolia is brilliant. One of Paul Thomas Anderson’s best works.

Vwlss Nvwls

Dustin Hoffman did do a lot of research, and I believe the pictures you see in the credits were all taken by him while in character. My whole life I have never treated anyone differently, and recently I was thanked for that at my job by the parent of an adult child with some mental condition. The parent thanked me for being so nice, and appreciated that I treat everyone equally and kindly. I love this movie, and am a HUUUGE fan of Tom Cruise, but when I watched this in the theater I had to keep reminding myself that I was certain Charlie Babbitt would eventually become nice.

Vwlss Nvwls

They had to dress up in Las Vegas to look the part of high stakes gamblers.

Ryan Buysse

So many bits taken from this for Hangover. The classic silver car, counting, awesome penthouse, needing to win $80,000, ride down the escalator, and the pictures to end the movie.

Josip Buretić

I would love to watch your reaction for the movie "What’s Eating Gilbert Grape" in my opinion one of the best performance by Leonardo DiCaprio

Dan

"It's very 'Shaka, when the walls fell" Vague SPOILER for George: (This message for Simone) That's such an awesome reference to (re)call, especially because you apparently properly spoke in their language via meta-reference! Maybe I'm just too high, but I was very entertained at the meta-ness of the situation: that I understood what you were saying because you learned the same language as someone on TV, and the only reason we can both translate your sentence is because we watched the same episode! ... Where they recalled a story about walls falling (referring to a failure to understand), in their own TNG lore, passed as lore IN THE SHOW! And now you're communicating by allegorical phrases, too! (..."A thing happened in a place, and that describes the situation we're in right now"...). It's like we've unintentionally recreated the Neverending Story revelation as an audience *Head goes ka-blooie* Google confirms that the phrase means, "failure or inability to understand." So, when you refer to Raymond's style of speech (and whether you intended it or not), it fits as describing the message that's conveyed to the audience. So as Raymond talks, the one thing he's always communicating by his speech is, "I don't understand." Shaka, when the walls fell. *Head goes ka-blooie* I mean, these edibles are really kicking in but like... tell me I'm wrong? /shrug

Dan

Also, for science: Can you let me know if you got a contact high from reading that?

Hypatia

QANTAS actually had a few crashes in its early days, but haven’t had a fatal crash since 1951 to current. So it’s true that it’s never had a jet airliner fatal crash. Also the escape slide in aircraft was invented by a QANTAS employee, and the black box flight recorder was also an Aussie invention.

Angela D. Mitchell

Great seeing your reactions -- I hadn't seen it in years, so it was fun to rewatch with your reactions! It's still a wonderful film, and Hans Zimmer's soundtrack is one of his all-time best for me -- it's really strange but gorgeous (and so are the movie song choices). A little detail I love is that the movie starts with Charlie in his sunglasses because he's an asshole who needs to look cool. But in the end, he puts on his sunglasses to hide the fact that he's crying. It's such a huge journey for the character. The doctor who interviews them at the end is played by the director himself, Barry Levinson! Which others will probably point out too.

Crystal

yes, it was definitely the "wisdom" strain, which is a much more enjoyable high than the one that just makes you basically go into mouth- breather drooling mode!

Mr. Treat

As someone who deals cards for a living, card counting is not illegal. Casinos just dont like to loose, so if they even suspect you of doing it (dont need proof) theyll kick you out and bar you for life. And with technology being as advanced as it is, theyll probably share your info and you'll be asked to leave any casino you ever step foot in So if you plan on doing it, better make it count 😉

Jay Johnson

Tom Cruise's brother was named Ray in this movie the little kid in the movie Jerry Maguire (starring Tom Cruise) was named Ray. just some random coincidence (or perhaps the writers of Jerry Maguire intentionally chose that name as a nod to this movie) that I noticed while watching your reaction to this movie.

Ser Micha

Tldr, vent comment, just disregard. I know this reaction was from a while ago, and I'll admit that I haven't watched the whole movie (to my memory at least), but I feel like commenting anyway. It's really difficult for me to watch, for the reason of the main character being the sibling to someone with a disability. Obviously the person with the disability has it tough too, but it's really hard to watch reactions or analyses of people who don't have close family with special needs judge the actions of their siblings. Of course Charlie is written to be an asshole for the most part, but there are a lot of unique experiences, nuances, and (to be frank) frustrations that come with being the sole sibling to someone with special needs, and a lot of it is hard to discuss openly without being vilified. It's just a bit painful to watch, seeing Charlie's actions (again yes he's written to be disliked) be judged harshly when you know growing up you've experienced a lot of similar frustrations caring for someone (down syndrome, in my brother's case). I had to take a break when George said "he's not a dog" when Charlie was trying to confirm that Raymond wanted a hamburger; of course he isn't, but sometimes it's really hard to communicate with people with special needs, and sometimes that frustration will come out. That said, I understand both points of view... I guess I'm saying the fact that the movie is mainly about a character who is a sibling to someone with special needs is a bit emotionally stressful, personally. I probably wouldn't feel the same if the movie were solely about a person with special needs. This was just a vent comment, I'll eventually get around to forcing myself to watch the full movie. Feel free to disregard.