As someone who is very much into the arts and literature, this movie has always had a special place in my heart. What I love most about it though is the incredible representation of friendship. I feel like it's so rare for movies to show such close and well explored friendships between men. The way these boys cheer each other on and always stand up for each other is so heart warming to see. Really refreshing to not see any toxic masculinity or bashing each other. They bond over poetry and the arts, something I feel is rarely explored on TV (especially not for men), at least not in a positive light.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree! I think that’s one of the things that I enjoy the most!

@s3ksh2y

Жыл бұрын

this is a great movie....made me the person i am

@fuuuuuuuuuckyouprerna

Жыл бұрын

​@@wwhn love the boyz in the hood look

I also watched the movie recently and it really moved me. I kind of interpreted Neil and Todd relationship as romantic compared to their relationship with Nuwanda. The fact the movie is mainly about defying what is expected of you by society and parents didn't help. It was heartbreaking to see you cry and I really enjoyed this reaction. Thank you !

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

I never thought about that, but now it all makes sense! The way the news broke him, the way they interacted WOW! Your mind! And no thank you 🥹 thank you for watching and commenting. I send you and abundance of love and light.

Funny thing about about Robert Sean Leonard (Neil): He later portrayed a doctor in the TV show “House”. I personally see that portrayal as an alternate universe Neil whose father approved of his acting and didn’t push him to s.

I actually graduated from the school on which the film and fictional school were based. The scriptwriter graduated there before me. The film will always have a special place in my heart.

@laramiaizz

Жыл бұрын

Montgomery Bell Academy?

Neal's dad thinks he's protecting his son by giving him the best education possible. He can't/doesn't realise that Neal needs to be allowed to choose his own path.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Most parents are like this honestly smh

I really want to give you a big hug right now

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥹

@livithecow

Жыл бұрын

Me too

You seem like a very kind and genuine person. I enjoyed your reaction to this beautiful film. The first time I saw this movie, I was so happy for Neil at the end of the play I naively thought that after seeing him on stage, Neil's dad would come around and br proud of his son. It was absolutely crushing when he did the opposite. I understand why he felt he was trapped and why he felt so hopeless.

This is one of these movies that stays with you forever

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Yes 😩☺️ It was soooo good and impactful 😭

@ajandrianjafymusic

Жыл бұрын

@@wwhn honestly man it’s such a beautiful and inspiring movie

this is one of my favourite movies of all times!! btw new subscriber here since you react to SKAM and i really like your reaction videos!!

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

My heart was so broken 🥹 and thank you so much for being hereee 💙

@iki4584

Жыл бұрын

@@wwhn i actually once read the theory that Neil's acting is a metaphor for his homosexuality and that's why his father's inability to accept him is so extreme to him, especially back then. It fits the dialogue between him and Mr. Keating very well and also explains the romantic tension between him and Todd (in my opinion)

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

You know whaaat, I thought that too! But I didn’t want to assume.

@tallactordude

Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, I’ve never seen this movie, so I’m going to wait until I’ve had a chance to watch it before I watch the video, but as it happens the screenwriter based the story on a teacher he had when he went to school in Nashville at Montgomery Bell Academy, which is literally a mile away from my home and where one of my closest friends works. So I guess I really need to make a point to watch the movie.

This movie has a special place in my heart even though I had to watch 8 times for school

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

EIGHT? I don’t think I could do eight omg 😩

the walking and the standing on the desk has always stuck with me. I was never one to fall in line with others or do the norm. I think and hope it's easier nowadays, as individuals are respected more and allowed to think for themselves. It also stuck with me how devastated his friends were. I've never seen you react before but I wished you had someone to give you a hug or a plushie to hold for what I knew was coming next and you didn't. hope you enjoyed it a little for the lessons it left us with.

I watched the movie (its been on my to watch list for so long) and then immediately watched your reaction. Like it wasn't enough to be destroyed I also had to be destroyed twice by watching you get destroyed 😭 - but I'm the same, parents like this make me sooo insanely mad, to literally drain the life and light out of child and then have the audacity to feel satisfaction about it because you did you "duty" is some next level of 'root of all evil'. The world wouldn't be as broken as it is, if parents didn't break their children right out of the damn womb. And while I was wrecked by Neil taking his life, I also felt him cause like, he refused to hand his life over to his parents for any longer. And while there were probably other ways out, for that poor baby in the depths of all that emptiness... if the exit sign is your only source of light, you'll take it.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree! That baby felt it was his only way out and it’s so sad because his mother and father collectively failed him. Ugh, I wanted so much more for him. He was so smart and talented!

Okay, but Cameron holding the "Tradition" flag, I swear...

@AutoPilate

10 ай бұрын

I feel terrible for never noticing that until now.

I have been binge watching your skam videos and i'm so glad you react to its a sin and young royals.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you for watching theeeem 😩🤗 It means a lot!

@heidi_d

Жыл бұрын

@@wwhn I found you through Skam too, you’re awesome! 💛xo

Yow, I recommend A Portrait of a Lady on Fire. This is my favorite LGBTQ++-themed movie and rated it even higher than Brokeback Mountain.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for thiiiss, let me quickly add it to my list!

@jasutin_desu

Жыл бұрын

@@wwhn It's a slow-burner but a masterpiece-I don't use this word lightly. But I will welcome any opinion.

3:50 I hate when this happens, especially when I'm walking on stairs Like bruh, I got places to be, why tf you moving so slow? The bell rings in 10 seconds I gotta be in class 😭💀

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Yeeeesss 😂😂 or driving and everyone is going so slow. I be about to pass out 😂

A good name for this show could be: "Between Two Pillows"

Anyone else think the thumbnail for this was Cuba Gooding Jr in Boyz N’ The Hood 😅

❤ Cried with you

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

So painful 😩

This film, if nothing else, is _the_ reason that everyone, including you, knows what 'carpe diem' means.

Mr. Perry : What? What? Tell me what you feel! What is it? Is it more of this, this *acting* business? Because you can forget that! What? Neil: [pauses] Nothing. Mr. Perry: [pauses] Nothing? Well, then, let's go to bed

@jasutin_desu

Жыл бұрын

He said what he felt, which was emptiness.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

And the sad part is, nothing he said would have changed his fathers mind so at that point he just gave up!

♥️♥️♥️

“You’re 45 or 50 .... you’re an OLD MAN” Ageist alert. If that’s the case, wtf does that make me???? 😭😭

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Waaaaittt, I said this? 😭 What was the context because I’m not ageisttttt

Poetry seems impenetrable and pretentious and boring from the outside (and _most_ of it is, fo sho) but, dig a little Blake if you will: Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to sweet delight... _Some_ are Born...to sweet delight Some are Born to Endless Night I mean...right? Poetry (when it 🔥 s) bridges the gap between words and Truth, because common words fail.

@wwhn

Жыл бұрын

Idk why but I could hear the dad from 'Call Me By Your Name' reading this to me 🥺 and that warms my little heart ❤️

@Calicurry18

Жыл бұрын

@@wwhn Watch Dickinson, it really helped me to get poetry.

@anneholthaus6259

11 ай бұрын

Agreed that sampling poetry can really lend insight and appreciation. For me just beginning to appreciate poetry after listening to Poetry RX: How 50 inspiring poems can heal and bring joy to your life by Norman Rosenthal MD. The author reviews the poem, a bit about the poet and the context the poem was written in. Beautiful and agree with other respondant that fron there I moved to the series Dickenson which is fabulous too for it's story lines, acting and especially tying in contemporary music to the poems. Listening to the poems 3 times was the key to me, even if it is just listening to yourself or Audible. Finally have time in life to relax and enjoy.

It was 1959. Putting today's morality and standards on then or even 1989 it asinine. Hated this reaction.

@wwhn

4 ай бұрын

could you elaborate on what morality and standards this was, this video was done over a year ago? I’m always open to the conversation Koele