Low critic score, high audience score, it’s a good movie. High critic score, low audience score, it’s a woke movie.

@demondialga1341

3 жыл бұрын

Audience reviews are generally more helpful now

@hertywerty5775

3 жыл бұрын

High critic score,low audience score, its a shitty movie

@scabthecat

3 жыл бұрын

Before watching anything nowadays, I google ' Is it woke?' I can't stand the moralising masquerading as entertainment.

@arizonahascactus9697

3 жыл бұрын

@@demondialga1341 I never read reviews of a film before I see it. But I will on occasion read them AFTER I see a film, and for sure, if I liked it, critics hated it.

@terrygallo8999

3 жыл бұрын

That’s literally how I look at movies now when I’m thinking of watching one. From roughly 2011 and prior.

Change the color white to black we have an academy award winning in All movie categories

@dannymontoya9469

3 жыл бұрын

YEAP

@ISoldKen

3 жыл бұрын

How would making this movie an all black cast change anything. The plot of the movie has already been in other movies for years.

@infiniLor

3 жыл бұрын

@@ISoldKen whoosh

@Landofalcon007

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, if it showed a black guy succeeding by making the right choices, instead of relying on welfare and democrat handouts, they'd pan it just the same. Bet they hate Pursuit of Happyness now.

@4Distractiononly

3 жыл бұрын

No they would think it's trying to minimize systematic racism by having a "token Black person" who White people can use to deny their worldviews.

I never thought once this story was political. I thought this story was about PEOPLE. People in difficult circumstances.

@hannah-6080

3 жыл бұрын

..... what the fuck do you think politics is 🧐

@basketball9013

3 жыл бұрын

I know right. I was a little skeptical to watch it because I don't typically like overt politics in movies. I watched it tonight, and when it was over I thought "this is the movie the left hates so much? Where was the right wing politics?" The only thing was one anti-woke statement of "they're called Indians". The reaction this movie got from the left is ridiculous.

@groovy3443

Жыл бұрын

then you're oblivious

HillBilly Elegy was one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. Fuckin Glen Close made that her character so real she is amazing.

@momovaryacting8798

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, she was amazing, when I saw it on Netflix I couldn’t believe it was her! & when I saw Amy Adams I watch immediately, I was crying almost instantly! ✌🏼❣️🙏🏼

@LateNightRewrites

3 жыл бұрын

Dude she looks just like my great grandma who lived most of her life in Ohio. Like, I'm talking spittin' image

@roycerambo6339

3 жыл бұрын

I agree i loved this movie, decided to search KZread about what people thought and im surprised people didnt like it. To each its own i guess

@trendinggtopicc2433

3 жыл бұрын

@@roycerambo6339 right I absolutely loved this movie!

@KCfusion_

3 жыл бұрын

Great film and great performances Hollywood the elites that run it just let politics ruin anything good around what gives a good luck at a good story of rising from an impoverished system.

Its almost as if drugs and broken homes result in the same outcome regardless of skin color. Shocking.

@MusicalSavior23

3 жыл бұрын

You hammered that nail with one strike

@jasonvoorhees895

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, sir

@nancyj9892

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the truth. You ought to come have a look at our families around here. Color has nothing to do with it. Drugs, alcohol, perversion, is very apparent in all walks of life. But pretending people can't overcome it, is horrible. Our areas around VA and KY are so poor. And just to add, Clinton's/Obama's finished them off by taking away their coal mines, tobacco, etc.

@kerimcandrew4628

3 жыл бұрын

Love this!!!

@michellej5437

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

I grew up in West virginia. Broken family, addicted to drugs for 17years. God delivered me from addiction in prison. Been out 6 years and I have a house, wife, baby, and my own heating and cooling company. I give God all the glory.

@xanthippus3190

3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing man, I like stories like yours.

@TaraNikita

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you. God bless.

@johnhough9593

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you. God bless

@johnhough9593

3 жыл бұрын

@@TaraNikita I wrote the same before I saw your reply... jinx

@crossanwich

3 жыл бұрын

God is good!

As a recovering addict who changed her own life, this movie is awesome. I'm going to grad school for Forensic Psychology

@mikeymonroe-fb1on

3 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE AMAZING!!

@psychshell4644

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeymonroe-fb1on thanks mikey

@coffeecrimegal5968

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome.. Kudos to you 👏🏼

@kaizze8777

2 жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS YOU. you are the 1% of successful people to show that individual willingness to succeed and conquer your own issues is the secret.

@justin15157

2 жыл бұрын

So proud of you, Michelle

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." ('1984', George Orwel

@kaleadavies6616

3 жыл бұрын

lol George orwell was a socialist

@LateNightRewrites

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaleadavies6616 until he realized the evils of socialism. Then he wrote 1984. So if you're arguing from a socialist perspective you may want to choose a different tact

@LateNightRewrites

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheJ2941 everyone who is remotely politically minded should take note, yourself included

@Vaultzero

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheJ2941 Take note of what? The gaslighting and double speak from Democrats?

@hannah-6080

3 жыл бұрын

@@LateNightRewrites that’s just factually incorrect

Meanwhile critics adore Cuties. Something is up.

@tikimurtaugh4919

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the critics are just really into little kids

@debrajohnson382

3 жыл бұрын

Seems that the critics are a bunch of pedophiles.

@sgtbaker81

3 жыл бұрын

Recommended by 9 out of 10 kid diddlers!

@barimayberry

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@monkeygraborange

3 жыл бұрын

Critics adore Cuties because it's China Joe's favorite flick!

A lot of people have come up in the exact life that this movie is about. Poverty doesn't care what color you are

@dglenn803

3 жыл бұрын

100%. I grew up in a single wide trailer my family had zero money. I now make six figures a year.

@Holly-Berry

3 жыл бұрын

@@dglenn803 - Yaaaaasss 🥳! Good for you.

@darunealbane

3 жыл бұрын

Same .. white welfare single mom that busted her butt to get out of it by the time i was 12 we was upper lower .. now we are middle middle

@Holly-Berry

3 жыл бұрын

Love that last line! All this focus on race has taken attention away from class. And wealth inequality is arguably a bigger problem than racism.

@maryehaneymaryehaney

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I read Hillbilly Elegy right after the book was published and knew it would make a fantastic movie. This could have happened in my home state of West Virginia. I was happy that Ron Howard chose to bring it to the screen, because he only makes good-to-great movies. That the Hollywood elites attacked one of their own (Howard is the liberal's liberal) tells you about the state of this country. No one is permitted to disagree with the left, under threat of being canceled - or worse. This is not a political movie, but is the moving true story of growing up dirt poor, overcoming the odds, and making it big. J.D. Vance is undoubtedly a multi-millionaire these days - good for him, I say!! By the way, I had no idea that "Mamaw" was actually Glenn Close until I read the credits. Oscar-worthy performance, but I bet she'll be overlooked because of the perceived themes of this movie.

Im a hispanic and i related to that film SO much, i couldnt stop crying, it was like watching my life This stuff is real BRAVO to that film And shame on the critics!!

@perry5509

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m British, middle class and feel exactly the same. The abusive mum, the tough yet caring grandma (in my case aunt)- it’s a very real family dynamic. I think it’s tough to relate to or be interested in if you haven’t experienced it yourself to some degree.

@daniel_ejs

3 жыл бұрын

same!!!

@ad8554

3 жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon his book by chance and it was a great read.

@HusseinDoha

2 жыл бұрын

"Hispanic" is not a race or even real ethnicity, so please specify what you are if you want to talk about your background. ___ I loved this movie because the story and acting were remarkable!!! And I'm black man.

@jojobean2309

2 жыл бұрын

I am half Native American and in this story I'd play the mom role. I've been clean 6 years now and have my daughter back. She was being taken care of by my mother in law.

I get the feeling this is rural version of “Precious” But they aren’t black, so it doesn’t mean anything to critics

@giverny28

3 жыл бұрын

Or the one about the football player... with Sandra Bullock & Tim McGraw. Boot straps & talent.

@noobie1890

3 жыл бұрын

@@giverny28 The Blind Side? That movie always makes me hungry for KFC because of the one scene. I guess Sandra Bullock doesn’t like to cook for her family....

@simonb2109

3 жыл бұрын

@@noobie1890 Blindside was a great film, as was this one. wish people would just enjoy films and peoples stories instead of making everything about skin colour and politics!!

@brianaguilar8283

3 жыл бұрын

@@giverny28 The Blind Side

@strawberryshortcake8382

2 жыл бұрын

Only Black Lives Matter huh ?? That’s a bunch of crock. All our lives matter , animals too. Stop catering to one group of ppl when all groups of ppl have the same sad story

I'm a 6th generation Scots-Irish Ozarks hillbilly. I was the first person in either side of my family to graduate from college. My dad was a high school dropout who drank himself to death at the age of 62. My sister is a nurse practitioner. My brother is a CPA. I own a small business. All of our kids have Masters Degrees. Most of our role models were examples of what not to do in life except for our Grandma. She held us accountable and encouraged us to change the family tree. She was also tough enough to hunt grizzlies with a hickory switch.

@blankistblankophobe9078

3 жыл бұрын

We Ozarkers are no strangers to hardship. Well done!

@RLaraMoore

3 жыл бұрын

😊 the grizzlies hadn't a chance!

@11UncleBooker22

3 жыл бұрын

When we know better we should do better, thanks for setting a good example.

@bbeige54

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t get the hypocrisy of the liberals. You cannot use the “N word” and since a few years ago “fag” is now off limits and as of late you can’t use “fat.” However all the late night talk show hosts still mimic or make fun of the south with a “hillbilly” drawl. Why is that acceptable?

@goldengryphon

3 жыл бұрын

@@bbeige54 It's also okay to make fun and "hate on" white men, while making fun of and "hating" white women. The people who make fun of Southerners seem to think that the majority of people in the South are small-minded, uneducated, and of limited means. They definitely can't string enough words together to sound coherent, and they are white, except for the minorities who are better people all around. Oh, and Southern hillbillies make up the majority of the upper classes in the South and host amazingly stupid gala events for practically no reason, are stupid business people, and make do with insulting each other and tear each other down in droves. (I'm mindful of the fact that I was raised on military bases, mostly in The South, and grew up essentially colorblind - it's just skin, which say nothing about the person inside - but my grandmother had never seen a black person except on the TV until we brought her down to live with us.)

I remember when a 25% critics score meant I would normally pass on a movie. Now if critics are united in their hate, it usually means it's worth checking out.

@jillgilson3900

3 жыл бұрын

I very rarely take notice what critics say after all just because they may not like it doesn't mean you agree with them. But one film I'm not ever going to watch is "cuties" don't like sexualisation in film, music or anything else. Allow children to be children not let them be bombarded with trash "music" like wap YES I SAID TRASH and the "singer " should be ashamed of herself. If and when she may have children of her own what will she say to them if they hear that trash, would she be ok if her daughters were sexualized, raped etc...if she was a decent mother she would not want any child of hers to hear that rubbish, which is where it belongs...IN THE TRASH OR BETTER STILL ON THE BONFIRE.if I ever receive that rubbish that's exactly where it will go ...the bonfire

@TheEducator89

3 жыл бұрын

😂 I'm the same. I go on Audience score alone since Captain Marvel sucked and Joker was amazeballs!

@JohnTheSpartan

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! So true! I feel the same. I look for those shitty reviews. I'm like yes,they hate it, this movie must've did something right, I mean they hate PRESIDENT TRUMP ,he must be doing something right.

@rozannab9701

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss! Like Dave Chappelle sticks and stones

My mom had a 9th grade education and my father an 8th, both born and raised in or near Appalachia. Out of our entire family, out of 27 cousins, only two of us went to college. But they all worked hard and took care of their families. The thought of going to college and trying to go beyond factory work was looked on as weird. My parents never, ever mentioned college or trying for an actual profession. I was expected to do good in school, but it was taken for granted that I would just graduate from high school and then go into one of the factories. That was our family tradition. My mother actually got angry when I insisted upon going to college, as if I was just adding another burden to her life even though I paid 100% of my school loans and only got gas money from her. I've always been glad I broke the mold and now have a job that I can easily support myself with. But I did have to fight to get out.

@shmataboro8634

3 жыл бұрын

Myrtle 164 I'm proud of you. I wasn't brought up to work in a factory, I was bright up to be a housewife married to a factory worker. When the high school counselor talked to me about college I flat out turned down the idea because I didn't feel I had a right to any such opportunity. One marriage, 4 kids and one divorce later I got the chance to go to college. I now have a job good enough to support myself, and that it more than I ever thought I would have. So much of what we can do in life is based on our expectations.....wish I'd known that fifty years ago, so glad I learned it in time to teach my kids.

@furrycircuitry2378

Жыл бұрын

You're the seed that will lay down new doors and lifestyles for your future generations, I'm glad you broke the molde I'm happy you got out

As a black man, especially a young black man in college I related to this movie so much. I saw myself in JD; Someone who wants to do great things but family always gets in the way and feels like they’re dragging you down almost. One of the best films I’ve seen lately The critics dont know shit

I'm a hillbilly and approve of this message.

@conditionallyunconditional5691

3 жыл бұрын

@Will M I can only speak for myself. I wasn't raised to hate any race. Manners & mutual respect isn't hard to express. Hatred requires more energy than kindness. Nothing positive results, just evil.

@LadyAmalthea0615

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@itsyourenotyour9101

3 жыл бұрын

Do hillbilly's bleed? What color is it? Better not tell me Red-White and Blue. RACIST. "Mom, why's that man smell like natty ice and gun smoke?"

@LadyAmalthea0615

3 жыл бұрын

@Will M as a group no. There are racist people in every group. There are good and bad in every group, but being a hillbilly doesn't automatically make one racist. People need to stop judging others by the group they lump them into. They need to judge them individually like my generation was taught to. Watch the documentary Hillbilly on Hulu. It explains where the stereotypes and caricatures of hillbillies come from. Hollywood has always mocked those stricken by poverty with distaste, white and black, and that's where a lot of the assumptions about hillbillies come from. Here's something a lot of people don't realize, there are black hillbillies just like there are white hillbillies. Watch the doc. It doesn't touch on everything but its something people need to see.

@conditionallyunconditional5691

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsyourenotyour9101 you must be a lunatic, idk? Retired combat veteran here. I know what bleeding & death is up close. We all bleed the same way. And it doesn't discriminate, unless of course, if you're a coward? You certainly conveyed that! I'm not replying back to any more of your deranged comments. Try growing a pair first! 😁

“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” - Edward Snowden - ELECTION 2020

@PREISINGPRODUCTIONSsince1912

3 жыл бұрын

The left decided is okay to track our phones - kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2uF3M1vf8bciNo.html

@FrostBlackbird

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you leave Snowden quotes everywhere? Is this just some spam bot?

@ciarfah

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrostBlackbird Just a bot I presume

@alexanderford121

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrostBlackbird because the left hates it!

@ctedsa2534

3 жыл бұрын

Snowden gave up his freedom to help us get our freedom back...

New Yorker: "...impersonal manipulation of memory & experience." *How would they know his memories?* Audacious disrespect by these unprofessional HACKS.

The movie was great. It was one person's life, not the whole area.

@kids4truthbeencouraged490

3 жыл бұрын

Very true

@maryargenziano5379

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that it was brilliant. They showed a side of society that is rarely acknowledged and it was done with taste. Glenn Close killed it and it's shameful that she didn't receive any recognition for her role.

As a first generation child to Mexican immigrant parents, I’ve never related so closely to hillbillies prior to this movie. It was great. I saw us in their story tbh

@geraldhoskins2021

3 жыл бұрын

Hey , thats an awesome comment . as someone who is from Appalachia , we are closer to mex/ Latino immigrants than most people think. Heres a yt channel to check out . SOFT WHITE UNDERBELLY. MARK L does alot of interviews of a lot of different people but check out the ones from Appalachia. Its eye opening . STANDFAST AND GODSPEED

@redpilltiger5871

3 жыл бұрын

@@geraldhoskins2021 so true. that is great channel

@mdavis4868

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly they are human stories not white, black, brown, or purple stories. We are all so much more alike than we all know. We need more love and understanding.

@pandavelli8176

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in one of these rural white areas, I’ve thought for years we have SO much in common with poor blacks and poor Latinos.

@dailyredapple

3 жыл бұрын

@@pandavelli8176 yeah, honestly, I was amazed at the similarities. The abusive parents, the drunk father, the psycho mother, childhood moments of biking with the neighborhood kids down to the river, listening to church on the radio, the run down homes, it all hit me hard

I’m living in a shit show reality. Someone’s story of overcoming incredible adversity is disliked because he’s not woke.

@lucneesby3009

3 жыл бұрын

Somehow the American dream is now politically incorrect

@100achillguy7

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucneesby3009 it’s quite literally because people are choosing to subscribe to the fact that it’s just ok to be mediocre and they literally just want it that way

@klh768

3 жыл бұрын

Because they came out of it themselves without government assistance

@SketchesofChina

3 жыл бұрын

Liberalism isn’t about overcoming adversity. It’s about staying in adversity so the government can take care of you.

@nicoleelder1396

3 жыл бұрын

McGeek Totally right. May be no one should elevate himself to overcome hardships and misery and seek to advance to a better life. Let’s just all be lazy parasites and depend on the government give outs.

I sobbed when I watched it. It hit so close to home. That was my childhood and it was the same for so many others in the south.

@psychshell4644

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your experience.

@garrettharvey3785

2 жыл бұрын

This story took place in Ohio, not exactly the South. This stuff happens all over the country, not sure why you pinpoint the South. You gotta continue that stereotype I guess

@christasumner4020

Жыл бұрын

While it is a touching movie they are not in the South only roots in Ky. To me it is about a family that bought into the illusion go north for a better life but was bitter because the factory closed and they were worse off in Ohio.

Feminists should appreciate the strong women that help a young man in this

@itzakehrenberg3449

3 жыл бұрын

@J H See if you can find a feminist critic who gives the movie a "thumbs up". Good luck!

@brianaguilar8283

3 жыл бұрын

@J H find a feminist film critic that likes this movie

@visions_of_noah

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianaguilar8283 find a feminist film critic XD

“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” -MLK BLM needs to remember MLK's philosophy

@jamessteele1444

3 жыл бұрын

MLK should be the greatest role model for the black community. He believed in family, the US, and the rights of ALL PEOPLE!!!! Now that was a man and a true hero that died 4 his beliefs. Nowadays every1 wants to be called a hero. BLM is a racist hate group

@jaysonstamper3423

3 жыл бұрын

Right its crazy the people that for years have been saying dont judge on skin color or sexual preference because they where born that way automatically blame white people just because they where born white and can scream it on tv imagine if a white people said some of the things that are said about us meanwhile if they say it about us they get 👏 lets face it you can say any nasty thing you want about white men and noone gets mad but if a white man says anything about anyone we get destroyed.anyone how dosnt see white men are the most hated insulted group on the planet is not being honest with themselves .tell me anything anyone can say about white men that causes outrage just one thing and ill never say anything about this again

@steveeyerman3780

3 жыл бұрын

BLM has explicitly rejected MLK. Enough said.

@sonovabeach

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamessteele1444 Your first point is a great one and I agree. However, he absolutely did not die for his beliefs. He was murdered. There's a big difference between murder and martyr.

@farhan022692

3 жыл бұрын

BLM is more like Malcom X

I am an Indian immigrant, and I truly admired the book and the movie. Much respect fir JD Vance and people like him that come out of poverty out of hard work.

I love how people are looking for politics where they really don’t exist.

@olivias2836

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. This was a powerful and very inspiring story. Lots of these types of stories exist all over America amongst different races and demographics of people. I don’t align with Shapiro’s political beliefs whatsoever but I agreed with absolutely everything he said in this video.

@itzakehrenberg3449

3 жыл бұрын

To the Left, everything is political. See Roger Kimball's book, "Tenured Radicals" for exact quotes.

@itzakehrenberg3449

3 жыл бұрын

@@rimabench1238 They aren't funded by the government though, but they do exist.

@seethransom

3 жыл бұрын

@@itzakehrenberg3449 So, this video doesn't count? This guy is one of the most political people on the right. We're not the ones trying the muscle into the homes of transgender children, and make decisions for their families.

@carlhorowitz5916

2 жыл бұрын

@@itzakehrenberg3449 Same thing with the Red State dittoheads. Everything for them revolves around political resentment and triumph.

Watched with my two twenty-something year old kids. I grew up like portrayed in the movie. My son is a lawyer. My daughter is a nurse. They loved it.

I definitely didn't see any "White Privilege" in this movie...

@willhay6148

3 жыл бұрын

If J D Vance was female, it would have received better reviews!

@ctedsa2534

3 жыл бұрын

@@willhay6148 ain't that the sad truth...

@RRtradestar

3 жыл бұрын

Instead of blowing up white stereotypes, they showed a story of someone who actually experienced real life and that confuses and bothers libtards.

@mistercontroversial

3 жыл бұрын

@@joerovar Just about to comment this.

@MrJohnnyWheeler

3 жыл бұрын

And therein lies the issue for regressive leftists.

20 years ago everyone would have received an Academy Award for this. That's how far we've fallen...

@alfredjohnson2647

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but wonder how 'Back to the Future' would be received today. The basic message of the film is much the same as Hillbilly Elegy - 'make good decisions and life will be better for you and the people around you'.

@umchinagirard1800

3 жыл бұрын

People don’t like that grandma a hero and Hillbilly elegy is really brilliant and fantastic as it shows something very rare. It shows something never before seen on film or TV. A solution to family violence. A solution to intergenerational family trauma. I solution to into generational family scapegoating. The hero is the grandma as she steps up and admits that she was a terrible mother a very bad mother herself her up in a chaotic bullying family. The grandma stop shaming her daughter. And steps up and actually helps raise the grandson that’s the key solution stepping up and protecting children in your family who are being bulliedBlamed shamed and scapegoated and made to feel little and unimportant.

@helenalim4906

3 жыл бұрын

Are you seriously whinging about one movie not getting the recognition you think it deserves, and attributing it to the downfall of your country? Such a classic 1st world problem.

@neverstop108

3 жыл бұрын

@@helenalim4906 first world problem? The movie is showing plight of people which in some cases is worse than in some third world countries. If you are too blind to see this I think you are the one with first world problem.

@helenalim4906

3 жыл бұрын

@@neverstop108 Check your reading comprehension skills. My comment never insinuated anything denigrating about the movie's content or subject matter whatsoever. I actually admire Amy Adams in many of her roles and I'm sure the performances in Hillbilly Elegy were impressive in their representation of Appalachian communities' experiences. The previous commenter's snowflakery about one film not getting an Academy Award and then attributing it to the downfall of a nation, is worthy of ridicule. Not the movie. If you're ready to take ownership of your blunder and apologise like a grown up, I'll be ready to welcome it with gratitude. Otherwise, I think we can just end it here before wasting any more precious time over nothing.

This movie was wonderful. A true American family growing up story.

So they are hating on the fact he wasn’t like his mother addicted to drugs? instead he decided to pursue a better life? That’s weird ha.

@letsprayandfasttogether9618

3 жыл бұрын

Some people love to play the victim card, that way they can always blame someone else

The fundamental point: You may not be responsible for the position you are in, but YOU are responsible for getting yourself out of the position you are in.

@makeitcount179

3 жыл бұрын

And sometimes you cant get out. JD is the exception.

@susanb5058

3 жыл бұрын

@@makeitcount179 if people really want to get out they can. Saying you can’t is just an excuse.

@matty31272

3 жыл бұрын

Sick people are unable sometimes, depending on their disease or disorder. Others believe they can't because of emotional damage and actually can, but need a mentor to help them overcome the belief that they can't.

@madisona3907

3 жыл бұрын

Good wisdom, thanks for sharing.

@gypsyqueen411

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes there's no way to do that. Sometimes your life is all you know and your not aware that things could be different.

I think movie critics are the same group doing the so called “fact checking”.

@rexythet-rex3513

3 жыл бұрын

For sure

@joedivine8278

3 жыл бұрын

Probably

@qqqqqqiang

3 жыл бұрын

! This reply has been disputed

@jorgeenchilada

3 жыл бұрын

if you're mad at people who do fact checking you're probably a conspiracy theorist tbh

@cold_static

3 жыл бұрын

⚠ This claim about movie critics is disputed

Glenn Close was just incredible in this film.

so now "lived experiences" don't matter at all and they "ignore important nuances". Got it!

"We choose everyday who we become" J.D. Vance. If J.D. had been black, this would've been wonderful, per the left.

@michaelledford4751

3 жыл бұрын

Not only would it be wonderful ,the book and movie would be required reading in all public schools and colleges .

@CanadianLoveKnot

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@jordanalbareed

3 жыл бұрын

Not true, look at Ben Carson. A powerful black man who pulled himself out of detroit poverty and became one of the most successful surgeons in history yet he is blasted simply because he is on Trump's cabinet

@michaelledford4751

3 жыл бұрын

@@jordanalbareed im older than Dr Carson and grew up in the same Detroit as he did,in fact im still just outside Detroit ,people make the mistake in believing Detroit has been a poverty stricken city forever when the city was equal to NY in income and Paris in fashion ,the Detroit Dr Carson grew up in was a city of middle class familys with 2 cars ,a boat or a motorhome and family vacations once a year,that was the average Detroit ,the city didnt fall apart until 1980 .

@jordanalbareed

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelledford4751 I can understand that, but that's not where he lived. At the age of 8 he was taken from his home and had to move into a multi family home. Originally living in a 700 sq foot home with his mother father and 2 siblings. That's poverty, regardless if detroit itself wasn't stricken with it doesn't mean poverty doesn't exist within

When you have such a high audience score vs a low critic score, it just makes the critics look stupid.

@gdavis2020

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to the last Dave chappelle special.

@aranisles8292

3 жыл бұрын

Joker

@erincarson9749

3 жыл бұрын

If you look at the critic-reviewed score on another movie on Rotten Tomatoes though, you'll see it's not simply stupidity. As of the time of this comment, the scores given to 'Cuties' are a 15% Audience Score... and an 87% Critic Score. It's not just stupidity at this point, it's become utter depravity.

@-o-dq7nd

3 жыл бұрын

They'll never admit to it

@Cicelyqed

3 жыл бұрын

Being a movie critic has diverged from the purpose of "Help people decide what they might like to go see over the weekend" to "You're better than them, so tell people what they NEED to watch to be as good as you"

They are turning on their own, Ron Howard.

This is my 80 year old mama's story...alcohol instead of drugs... she was first in large family to graduate high school... then beauty school...then college... then nursing school. With not a dime of help from government or anyone else. She now has a beautiful life with great health and looks upon her Appalachian roots with a great deal of fondness for all the people that made her who she is today ...with love instead of shame. She loves the mountains she came from and the people and the music and the love they shared.

This movie is Real! sadly Hollywood likes fairytales. This movie was actually great!

@heyitsdrew

3 жыл бұрын

this is why the left like socialism. they like control and 'how things should be'. versus the right and how things are and freedom. the self as be all end all versus God be all end all.

@greatstate58

3 жыл бұрын

Lol do you guys just say stuff over here with no research? I just scrolled through rotten tomatoes and movies of all kind get 💩 reviews. Fairytales, Sci-fi, documentaries, true stories, period pieces. Even lib comedians like Pete Davidson got a 💩 review for his special. The movie sucked to critics. it doesn’t stop you from watching it. Watch it and stop crying❄️

@leahg3926

3 жыл бұрын

The book is 10x better!

@darkbrandon8431

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatstate58 Nope. The reviews are actually liberal take. I hate that. Look at those newspaper reviews. I hate both liberals and conservatives. I am not a fan of hillbilly elegy but that its rejected because of this conservative take.

@greatstate58

3 жыл бұрын

@@darkbrandon8431 it has nothing to do with politics. My mom liked the movie and she’s no republican at all. I didn’t like it. Perhaps there is something else in the movie that appeals to some and not others and it’s completely separate from politics. Maybe read and watch the reviews instead of making 💩 up just because. You can’t even prove the non-critics who reviewed the movie and liked it are conservative.

And now, due to the outrage, I am going to watch a movie I never heard of and otherwise would have no interest in.

@cosmicsquirrel7642

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I went and watched it because the critics panned it. Ron Howard does human portrayals so the fantacists don't understand. Some parts of it were fantastic.

@thewaffle003

3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicsquirrel7642 Yeah, some parts. Like a few. Everyone's got their nuts twisted over the fact that critics panned this movie, and the reality is it just wasn't that good.

@mikesmith3873

3 жыл бұрын

Midwinter same!😆🤣

@mono8476

3 жыл бұрын

haha exactly!

@robertcarter8600

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewaffle003 It's YOUR opinion.

Academy Award winner. Easily the best movie I've watched in years

Here like elsewhere liberals hear some kind of Trump dog whistle that is not really there.

@englishciderlover7347

3 жыл бұрын

He lives in so many people's brains, and never has to pay a penny in rent.

@amandah3619

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think they made that assertion. But if you don’t hear trump’s dog whistles, it means, fortunately... he’s not calling at you. And it’s not part of your makeup. Be proud

The film is the story of my life from poverty and child abuse, to educating my self and getting out of consious poverty.

@ephennell4ever

3 жыл бұрын

Rootin' for ya!

@luludunnejesus

3 жыл бұрын

@@ephennell4ever Thank you! That means alot, as My PTSD is triggered. Them battles are the hardest to over come! Your comment means more than you may think! Doest matter if were black or white because where human.

@susanb5058

3 жыл бұрын

I’m happy that you were able to overcome that life! Thanks for sharing!!

@julil3021

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I hope you realize how much hard work that took!

@luludunnejesus

3 жыл бұрын

@@julil3021 thank you 😍❤

How would Hollywood understand any of struggles in the movie? This is real America and obviously Hollywood knows zero about that.

@Donillini

3 жыл бұрын

This would be more or less the same struggles that inner city African Americans would have. That’s what I got from the book. We are all “real” America. It’s a large country with lots of experiences

@barbellsamurai8014

3 жыл бұрын

and how would some rich boy like shapiro know anything about experiences of the poor working class? he is only pumping this movie because vance became a success, oh yeah one poor kid made it so we all can if we just work a bit harder blah b;lah

@barbellsamurai8014

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Kile ben shitpiro knows nothing about the working class

@mcarrowtime7095

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbellsamurai8014 nor, would I venture, do you know anything about Ben Shapiro.

@barbellsamurai8014

3 жыл бұрын

@@mcarrowtime7095 are you suggesting his background is working class?

Being sponsored by a gambling service while talking about how good decisions lift people out of poverty is shockingly ironic

@robertcarter8600

3 жыл бұрын

Money doesn't stink.

@Catubrannos

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with gambling, too much though ruins lives. Work is obviously good but too much can wreck families and also destroy lives.

@SaintSC05

3 жыл бұрын

Gambling itself isn't a bad decision. The vast majority of people who gamble view it as entertainment. It's like bitching if someone plays video games.

If this same film showed the protagonists as BLACKS the elites would give it 95

If the characters were any color but white this would be nominated for all the oscars

@Individual_Lives_Matter

3 жыл бұрын

Probably not. They would say the main character internalized ‘whiteness’ and was participating in the system of white supremacy. I’m not kidding. Wokeists do not believe in individual agency beyond one’s ‘authentic’ group identity.

@ash-hm4bt

3 жыл бұрын

cap asf yk the public prefers white people

@wtk6069

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it shows how much Hollywood attitudes have changed just since Margo Martindale won an Emmy (very well deserved) for playing a hillbilly drug lord on Justified. IIRC, Thomas Sowell was the first to draw a direct comparison between Appalachia and the inner city. He took some heat for it in the 90s, but not too much.

@PugilistCactus

3 жыл бұрын

@@Incognito2.0 Asians have been here just as long as Caucasians. Where there are white people, there are Asians. Been like that since the Mongolian Empire.

@omgjimmyboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Incognito2.0 not in California they’re all Democrats for the most part. You guys love and eat up Hollywood culture just as much as blacks.

Petition to get a weekly Ben Shapiro movie review

@thecodymon

3 жыл бұрын

I’d rather him have cooking show once a week

@tylerrochette7682

3 жыл бұрын

No

@Autumn_Forest_

3 жыл бұрын

I hate Hollyweird too much. I’d only watch movies done by known conservatives. I have been to maybe 3 movies in the last 10 years, dragged there by other people.

@doncharrette6977

3 жыл бұрын

I can support that

@Dutch_man20

3 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see him rank some of his favorite films

Ben, I'm from Oklahoma and lived in Chicago for many years. I was harrassed often. Thank you for this post.

Watched this movie..and it took my breath away when they showed that it was based on a real story...Glenn Close nails it...and no they didn't sugar coat anything ...and great movie...very uplifting .

The thing is, we don’t really care what the “elites” in these left wing metropolitan areas, say or do. I personally don’t even consider them human. I compare their lived experience to mine and I actually feel pity for them. 21 yrs ago i was a broken penniless OxyContin junky. I slept on the floor of trailers that most people wouldn’t even be able to blink in. As horrific as that sounds, it made me the man i am today. When I think about some of the ungodly things i did and endured, all i can do is smile. Nowadays I operate a small construction company. I have a small farm, 2 beautiful children, a wife/best friend who stuck by me through the worst of times, I haven’t used in almost 20 yrs and i employ only individuals struggling with drug addiction and trying to get back on their feet. I frankly wouldn’t trade places with any of these “elitist” dregs, and i damn sure wouldn’t switch roots with one of them.

@alexhulzink1162

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you sir.

@vixstar46

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. There is hope for me yet 🤭👍

@shrodingerscat4422

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith!

@bruce4751

3 жыл бұрын

Your story is exemplary of the American dream. You were able to bring yourself out of that terrible place through hard work, and now you’ve got a business and family to show for it. Mad respect brother

@keithray9421

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot guys. While it is true that I grew up in the wrong town at the wrong time, my parents did everything they could to raise me right. I’d be long gone without either one of them. Many years ago my Mom broke down crying and told me she should have been able to get me outta there. I told her that every decision i made, was mine and mine alone. I made a series of choices that lead me down a dark path and if not for her light , i’d still be there, or worse. If anyone owes an apology it would be me. I looked through my high school yearbook a couple years ago, and out of a class of 126 people, i was able to confirm 19 dead from overdose and i’m sure there were some I couldn’t confirm. At least 3 are doing long prison sentences and at least 2 suicides. Some of these kids kids came from upper middle class families. Some of them grew up dirt poor and have PhD after their names. Life truly is what we make it. While it’s absolutely true that it begins in the home, ultimately it’s up to us to set our own course.

"Hillbilly Elegy" was a great book true to real life. J.D.Vance is a success story. Thanks Ben for covering this story.

@poolplexer

3 жыл бұрын

I did not like the movie. Thought it was boring

@amsd8050

3 жыл бұрын

@@poolplexer it was pretty interesting in my opinion but I can understand how it was boring. It was a pretty sad story too

@theminingbat

3 жыл бұрын

Yea and the movie did a terrible job adapting the book. It was so boring.

@alexf8283

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in a place that echoed this story across the board. Having grown up in small town Ohio with family dating back to moonshiners in Kentucky running spirits to the big cities, I know this story well. Lots of things hold you back when your town feels like your entire world, so many problems develop to keep you from success. I'm tremendously proud to hear this story and see the success that he gained by achieving his dreams and opening his mind to something bigger than his small town. Very glad to see that Ben covered this story!

@TrevorD2502

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben I enjoyed this video, I enjoy all your video's.

I'm mexican. Born in Mexico lived in the beautiful USA since 1972. American naturalized citizen. Grew up in East Los Angeles and I can relate to the struggles of this family. No matter what color your skin is. I love this movie, so real. WOW

Excellent movie.. moved me to tears , it's been more than 10 yrs since I cried. This movie hits different for people from broken familes. My mom is schizophrenic and dad is a depressive patient .. as far as I can remember they both used to make each other miserable. They seperated few 14 years ago.. My mom lives with me.. sometimes i lose my calm and say mean things to my mom. It doesn't make sense to me how my mom doesn't care about me, she doesn't ever talk to me about my life got affected since my childhood, how I'm coping

Those are the same critics that said "Cuties" was "groundbreaking"... so those people should be in jail anyways... who gives AF what they think and like?

@myshownvjhope

3 жыл бұрын

@MidOhioBuckeyeMan Gross. 🤮

@myshownvjhope

3 жыл бұрын

@MidOhioBuckeyeMan I deleted my Netflix months ago. They are nothing but a headache and a contradiction. I don't like that.

@LittleHatori

3 жыл бұрын

I nominate you for Top commemt, sir. 🏆 good day.

If the cast had been all black and brown, the movie would be considered "stunning and brave" by the critics....

@joeshmoe7967

3 жыл бұрын

and nominated for every award under the sun.

@WTFIsThis4YT

3 жыл бұрын

Just as well, I think because of that very reason, the movie can also be seen as "stunning and brave". A movie about another just-as-real American family. 🤷🏾‍♀️

@AbcAbc-sp1od

3 жыл бұрын

@hegemony cricket , no it would need to have trans women as well!

@TheBlockbuster1982

3 жыл бұрын

Heeeeey! Black and brown is different we brown are against this black bs at least most of us

@amandarenske

3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly the words..🤣🙄Like we haven't been preached to 100 times this week already.

"Where we come from is who we are but we choose every day who we become. My family is not perfect, but they made me who I am and gave me chances they never had. My future, whatever it is, is our shared Legacy." amazing thanks Ben

"That's how we got Trump." What a great line.

I was surprised that Netflix aired the movie at all, given its sympathetic look at poor white America.

@askquestionsplz

3 жыл бұрын

they know who their audience is lol

@megadethmofo2001

3 жыл бұрын

Especially Barry and Michael behind the helm.

@PhoenicianPrincess88

3 жыл бұрын

Is it still up?

So this is basically the same story as "the pursuit of happiness". Somehow critics liked that one...

@Dan16673

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm. they shouldnt though. the government didnt save the day

@brucemcclary3260

3 жыл бұрын

The scene in the movie where JD struggles with his silverware is a great scene of a wonderfull movie,all these critics panning this story are just an extension of a biased media,nothing more,see the movie its superb

@jpalvarez4972

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to think 'Happyness' would be panned were it released today. Any film about escaping poverty via personal accountability is obviously an attack on black folks. Just about everything is in 2020.

@Dan16673

3 жыл бұрын

@@jpalvarez4972 Yup. No has chooses in life now, they are just robots in which their surroundings control everything.

@zykhireawyatt4752

3 жыл бұрын

@D K Accept it didnt....and it wasnt.... so all that is occurring TODAY is that YOU are putting this negative thought energy into the world from YOUR hypothetical story that YOU created the theme of the story.

God forbid there’s a story where the main character improves his lot in life through taking responsibility and making different choices. This movie is terrific. Ron Howard did an amazing job bringing this story to life.

As someone who grew up in this forgotten part of the USA it makes me angry the way this movie was reviewed. In middle school I was the ONLY kid not on drugs, an alcoholic, and pregnant. The only jobs were a minimum of 30-40 minutes away at questionable Gas stations where creepy old men act like it's ok to sexualize young girls. Or at Walmart where everything is is locked up because theft is so bad, and you have to check the stalls in the bathroom for a drug deal you don't want to walk in on. It will make you a witness. You always had to check the toilet paper for hidden needles so you didn't get poked by a used one. You also had to check the cases of water where needles would be poked through the lids because the water is so bad there you can really only drink bottled water. Growing up my address and street technically didn't and still don't exist. If you have an emergency you better hope it's not winter or night. The nearest reputable hospital is almost two hours away on extremely curvy, skinny, pot hole covered mountain roads where there's nothing for miles. Sure there were some closer but people would end up dying there even though they went in for stitches on a small cut because of malpractice. You are lucky if the doctors doing surgery didn't do a few rounds of coke before operating, or if they didn't come in drunk. Sue them you say? Hah funny! It doesn't matter because they side with the doctors because there's only a few of them. You wanna know why people are against gun control, I'll tell you. It's because if something happens you can't just call 911. First off because you're lucky if you have cell service. Second it's going to be at least an hour before they get there. So when I was a kid one Christmas eve and that guy came out of the woods in the middle of nowhere to my house at 1:30am and tried to talk to my dad he got his gun out. I remember my mom coming and getting us and locking us in a small room. It was almost 3am when police and fire got there. The guy had escaped from prison on murder charges had stolen a car in Georgia and crashed because he didn't know how to drive in the snow. He ran from the car through the woods until he was at my house. When I was in 5th grade my "neighbor" that was the closest house was a P-phile. He tried to kidnap me twice. I wasn't allowed to play outside as a kid because of him. When I was 12 my other "neighbor" and his wife didn't pay their drug Lord who had to pay his cartel boss. After their drug lord was threatened by his cartel boss he called some guys up in Detroit. They came and tied them up in the basement and took their kids. Meanwhile my mom and I were going to the store. Yes it was like 10:30 pm but when your parents drive 2h to and 2h from work everyday there's not a better time. Long story short we found out about all that by having AK 47s shoved through the car windows and held at our heads. That triggered my mom childhood ptsd she wakes up screaming every night all night, I'm 19 now. My friends where all prostitutes by the time they where 15. Human and sex trafficking is a huge problem there. I was at the store with my mom and I overheard this guy talking. He said no man I can't take her she is only 2 or 3, and her mom is keeping her close. He was talking about a young woman and her daughter. It was normal to see grown men hiding behind vending machines trying to grab a kid. A cop trying to pull you over careful cause people like to pretend to be a cop and kidnap women driving alone. If you stop at a gas station in general or anywhere after dark keep aware of surroundings at all times. People will come up to you and spray stuff on you or touch you or try to sell you a body spray. It's nothing good and gives people hives and infections. Sometimes serious enough it starts eating the skin. People are so bored and methed out of their heads they hurt people for fun. If you go into town or what people their call the city be careful shootings are normal and happen a few times a day. Want to go to a Waterpark for fun as a family? No you don't. The main Waterpark there has radiation and dangerous chemicals leaking into it, but they still need to make money so no one talks about it. Everyone living in the area is missing body parts from cancer, and suffer with many health problems. Then there's the weird government stuff going on there. There are bunkers being built in the mountains. They store lots and lots of equipment there. And there's the buildings you aren't supposed to know about like the hidden underground presidential bunker. The never ending construction but never anything built. The druggies who are given "free" drugs from the guys in suits, but it's really just a continuation of MKultra. They are lab rats. And all of the high ranking military and politicians who buy property that doesn't exist. My family had some close friends who were extremely high ranked in the marines who bought property because of questionable government activities and if they ever needed to dissappear and no longer exist. They went to/go to the white house all the time. They were friends with the Obama and Trump families. Everything there is frozen in time. The buildings, cars, businesses it's all stuck in a state of 50-70 years ago. Nothing changes. The buildings are all run down and falling apart. The cars are all old. And people there tend to be racist. Not because they just want to be racist but because there are only white people there. It's all they know. Everyone knows everyone. It's been the same families for almost 150-200 years. The rest of the world almost doesn't exist there. If something happens and is on the news they don't know about it until weeks later. And the last thing I will mention is the weird occult activity there. Witches, true Satanist, and many other practices of black magic. The weirdest I heard about was human sacrifices that happened. You may wonder why these things aren't talked about. It's because most of it isn't reported and what does get reported probably gets lost or messed up or forgotten. When my family escaped and I saw what normal actually is I was shocked. I've since looked into whatever records they have made digital. Which isn't many. Most of it is very inaccurate. And to the people who live there it's normal you just sweep it under the rug and keep going.

That movie is the story of my life. My mother was a drug addict, life was hard. You have to sacrifice your childhood years and grow up too fast. I'm now on my way to become a Chartered Accountant (a 7 year course which is one of the most difficult courses in my country ). Elites think people like us don't exist. We do . We are the rare children that understand hardwork and sacrifice.

@DonnieDarko25

3 жыл бұрын

@joshua7878 I feel you brother. You realize everything we need to get in our lives is a fight . You have to fight harder than any of the kids who didn't have to. This made me better person overall so in a sense I'm not bitter about it.

@DonnieDarko25

3 жыл бұрын

@Amanda never Amanda. I believe in personal responsibility, hard word and sacrifice. I was never given any handouts in my country because of my race. One day when I'm qualified and do I move to America I will move to a place with like minded individuals. I will pass these values onto my children as well no matter how much of a privileged life I provide for them.

@jewelsf1925

3 жыл бұрын

I am very proud of people like you, God bless you and your family Donnie!

@DonnieDarko25

3 жыл бұрын

@@jewelsf1925 Thank you Jewels. God bless your family too x

@jewelsf1925

3 жыл бұрын

@@DonnieDarko25 Any time, love my fellow Americans!

Thank you Ben for giving a voice to the 25 million people living in the Appalachians. 25 million people that serve as a punch line for the elites. We are much more than that.

@keithray9421

3 жыл бұрын

I relish in being their “punch-line”, because I don’t consider them on any level. Its a one sided obsession you see.

@hillbillylivesmatter2608

3 жыл бұрын

Look i am from the appellations i like trump. But shapiro doesn’t speak for us we have our own voice..

@DavidLLambertmobile

3 жыл бұрын

Obama says clutch your guns & religion. 😏 The DNC wants to berate & insult the mostly white states. The poor are just tools of the DNC to be patronized.

My father emigrated to the US from Europe in 1939 after his father became a US citizen. My father was drafted into the WWII Army as soon as he turned 19. He earned the Bronze Star and after that made his living with a short handle shovel digging holes in the earth. His four children were all educated as far as they wanted to go. He knew that education was the key to leaving the short handle shovel in the garage.

Hillbilly elegy, watched it last night it was fucking incredible

I don't understand why there's even a "critic score." nobody cares what critics think. I only care what the audience (normal people) thought.

@ivannierez7731

3 жыл бұрын

I've always taken the critic score it's for nerds. Like the urinal of Duchamp it's brilliant in his moment in time, revolutionary but I wouldn't pay a dime for that thing.

@TheN1ghtwalker

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't care about both. Critics are biased, general audiences are dumb. Just watch a movie and see for yourself.

@ukytita

3 жыл бұрын

It is important to know what they think.... it warns us of the level of wokeness and let us know what NOT to watch 🤣

@TheShootist

3 жыл бұрын

Siskel and Ebert disagree (from the grave).

@savannah9568

3 жыл бұрын

You don’t have to be a critic to see this is a pretty average to bad movie.

When you are shunned for doing good deeds that isn't political. That is biblical.

@js-tw3vs

3 жыл бұрын

Amen! Blessed are you when people persecute you!

@darrengordon-hill

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN There's no "right and left" but right and wrong...

@cliffa2901

3 жыл бұрын

Shirley thumbs up from me in Australia.

saw this last week. I was surprised that netflix had this on there list.

The whole problem is that they are ok with people avoiding personal responsibility.

@scottgalloway9445

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they actually encourage avoiding personal responsibility by calling for society to assume the responsibility of individuals. Responsibility is really where the great divide exist in the U.S. We either choose individual responsibility or we blame others. Liberals enable those who reject individual responsibility.

I love how many have claimed that J.D. Vance's experience is "inauthentic." I mean, that takes some special brass ones to claim that someone who actually lived it didn't live it "authentically." And this is why politicians, let alone journalists or movie critics, will never understand rural America.

@jenwal420

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they dont understand much about people in urban areas either

@joeshmoe7967

3 жыл бұрын

'understand'? they don't even care. Politicians suck, and there are no journalists anymore.

@maam-yj8ph

3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of interesting to look back and realize that Hollywood actually toned down someone like Audie Murphy's life story to make it more believable.

@helenalim4906

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Does anyone here know in which video Shapiro brought up that new Christmas movie starring Kristen Stewart? I can't seem to find it anywhere despite it supposedly being released just a few days ago... If you could post a link up, that would be great, thx.

@corncrackerkid5092

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in an Appalachian family and I can say that believing that everyone in the region grew up like Vance (who is from Middletown Ohio, which is not Appalachian) is inauthentic too, a lot of the people who say it’s inauthentic a majority of the time are Appalachian as well

Film critics have no love for Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy;” reviews call the film “laughably horrendous,” “awful,” and “one of the most shameless films of the year.” That means this is a really good movie lol

@jimgratrix8446

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best movies in recent times. Great performances.

@leahg3926

3 жыл бұрын

The book is 10x better!!

@jammerjen5504

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! We really liked it. And yrs ago with Siskel and Ebbert, if they didn't care for a movie, we knew we'd like it! Lol

@nancyj9892

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and don't forget Don Lemon laughing about 'hick' language on national television. I'm proud to be from the Southeast. We may be hick, but guess who don't come to this area and try to take down our statues and burn down our buildings? We know how to use our weapons, and how to fight. Remember, we came across the mountains pulling our wagons, animals, family, weapons, and run out all the 'enemy'. We know how! Just chew on that one!

@helenalim4906

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Does anyone here know in which video Shapiro brought up that new Christmas movie starring Kristen Stewart? I can't seem to find it anywhere despite it supposedly being released just a few days ago... If you could post a link up, that would be great, thx.

I'm the kid of the boy who got out. My dad grew up in near Johnstown PA, joined the military, and eventually had a wife and kid in Minnesota. I love my family back in PA and this movie hit close to home for my Dad. We have family that is now deceased due to opiates, grew up in the same area. My family is majority truckers and military, we're proud of each other and what we've become. We have two Doctors in the family, we're doing okay. I didn't grow up there, but my roots did, my Dad did. This film represented all of us. To us this movie isn't political at all, we come from all walks of life. From honor, respect, and education, to domestic violence, drug abuse, and neglect. This movie is accurate. BTW, the "Kid" in the movie, Owen, is my cousin. That's how close this movie is to our family.

I read the book and connected with JD Vance. I was born to a 15 year old girl in a government program. She and my father married and had 7 more kids. He was in and out of the mental hospital and we were always on relief. It wasn't generous like today and it seemed to go out of ots way to make you feel like a beggar sucking up public money. I didn't get to Yale but I did get a decent career type job. Four years in the Navy prepared me for self employment when I was laid off after 16 years. I married a good woman 48 years ago and we still like each other's company. My son was the only one in his generation to go to college and is also well married with two children. He's good at what he does. He's never looked for a job, jobs look for him. The Elitists who dislike people like Vance and others like him because they made it out of the class they were born into without government assistance should be ashamed of themselves. They'll never think about whether they could have done it themselves because privilege has blinded them to it. I've listened to insults about people who go into the military many times because we had no other opportunities like parents who could pay for them to get a college deferment while getting C- grades. And they have no shame about it.

As a rural-raised woman in academia pursuing a better life separate from my incredibly humble and turbulent beginnings, thanks for covering this❤️😂

@crystalk.8961

3 жыл бұрын

@ThePatUltra Amen.

@leahg3926

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. The book is amazing, informative, helpful, healing. Excellent

@joelhinton6716

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I'm from KY and grew up having Principals ask if I dated cousins. Here I am working on a DBA and blowing minds telling people I switch to conservatism because of what I learned in academia. Keep up the great work sis

I watched the movie before ever even hearing that it was pissing off the left. I never once thought of politics. It was about JD overcoming huge obstacles and making something of himself.

@andrewstephens5885

3 жыл бұрын

nooooo identity politics matter most of all‼️‼️‼️ 2021 woohooooo

@myfavoriteplanet3247

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a lefty and I thought this movie was great.

I'm a minority, and I saw this film as a film about a broken home and family; not a film about a broken white home and family. I related to this story and really enjoyed it. It took me a while before I could understand why it was politicized. It feels like such a leap for anyone to make it political, and I didn't realize until this video it was because of color. They also villified "The Gentleman", and I really liked that movie too. I think most people (minorities included) would sympathize with the people in this movie and think "The Gentleman" was just good entertainment. I don't need someone telling me that I'm more of a victim than anyone else of the exact same situation (or even of another situation) just because I'm a minority. That's just rude and diminishes my capacity. If we play this game, it'll just cause more mental health issues, because you'll have people raised to think their victims on both sides and hating each other. We all have issues and should be able to appreciate each other's stories. I once had a disagreement w/ a CVS clerk, and she immediately implied angrily that we must think less of her because she was white. Lady I do not care about that, let us stick to the facts. Now I realize she acted that way because she thought she was a victim of not being listened too because she was not a minority. I don't know how she got that narrative (could stem from anything), but I won't diminish it. TBH, we should focus on that so we don't have further divide. It won't bode well to have poor vs. poor. Edited for clarification and grammar

I’m from Appalachia specifically the Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky tristate and the depiction of Appalachia family structure is insanely accurate

Oh my word - my son and I watched it yesterday. Absolutely loved it. Bawled my eyes out. You nailed it Ben. It’s pro family and opposed to victimhood.

@HappiestGnome

6 ай бұрын

The Vanity Fair review asks what policy recommendations the audience can take away. None, other than the notion of personal responsibility, which isn't about to transform the region. It just enables audiences to wash their hands of the region's suffering.

Hillary talking about a grievance culture, victimhood and scapegoating is some delicious irony.

@smiley27b

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! 🎯

@g.w.hampton5525

3 жыл бұрын

I know! I know!!🙄

@AB_Evans

3 жыл бұрын

Especially when she says "...me" So she can be a victim and have victimhood/scapegoating mentality, but others?!?! The outrage!!! 🤪

@mikee8878

3 жыл бұрын

And Bernie is ever worse. All his life he took little responsibility and took handouts from the state and individuals to get him to where he is. Even in congress, he really did nothing over the decades he has wasted in public service

@texasred2702

3 жыл бұрын

In her typical tone-deaf fashion, she missed the point, which was rural white folks anger that hard work was getting them nowhere and that the values of family, church and community were being undercut by the government and replaced by the welfare state. To be fair, rich Republicans who talk tough on borders but lower the wage base by hiring illegals have plenty to answer for in this.

Thank you, Mr. Shapiro, for your insight. I've yet to read the book, and I haven't seen the movie either, but it sounds like a great story/documentary... The fact that the lefist Hollywood snobs despise it, gives me a pretty good idea that it is something actually worth reading and watching. I've also been a fan of Ron Howard since the 80s, when he was on Happy Days, and of course, as "Opie Taylor," on the Andy Griffith Show reruns, of which I have enjoyed for the last 4 decades.

Excellent review and movie. Thank you for taking the time to post this.

I’m actually from the Appalachian area in East Tennessee and this movie/book sounds like it could’ve been written about my home town

@JackTheRabbitMusic

3 жыл бұрын

hi, Rachel! 🐰🇺🇸🌸🎸🎶✌️

@michelle6700

3 жыл бұрын

same, my mom was like the woman in the movie and i dont even wanna fully watch it bc it might make me cry lmao

@PowPowSunshine100

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the movie or read the book? This kid actually has it pretty easy compared to a lot of low-income children of drug abusers. In my world, his life was normal. His family still has curiosity and values of a sort. A lot of (white) kids I went to school with had families who were like animals...completely illiterate, half of their siblings in prison, not a clue who their baby's daddies were, sexual molestation by close relatives, weirdly superstitious...that's what I expected his upbringing to have been. I think we all assume everyone has a better life than we do, but most families are at least as f'd up as J.D. Vance's. No matter what race, culture, or income level, it's a competitive world out there.

@umchinagirard1800

3 жыл бұрын

Hillbilly elegy is really brilliant and fantastic as it shows something very rare. It shows something never before seen on film or TV. A solution to family violence. A solution to intergenerational family trauma. I solution to into generational family scapegoating. The hero is the grandma as she steps up and admits that she was a terrible mother a very bad mother herself her up in a chaotic bullying family. The grandma stop shaming her daughter. And steps up and actually helps raise the grandson that’s the key solution stepping up and protecting children in your family who are being bulliedBlamed shamed and scapegoated and made to feel little and unimportant.

@abaddon4823

3 жыл бұрын

Same. South east Ohio

Glenn Close, Amy Adams deserve Oscar nomiations for their roles.

@zakbrandsinc

3 жыл бұрын

Glenn Close is alright, but not Oscar worthy. Amy Adams was actually pretty bad. Both far from the best performances of the year.

@markstevens1588

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know what races turn it is?

@xxl96

3 жыл бұрын

I just said nomination

@AnnaMaria-oy1fp

3 жыл бұрын

They will get nominated.

@helenalim4906

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Does anyone here know in which video Shapiro brought up that new Christmas movie starring Kristen Stewart? I can't seem to find it anywhere despite it supposedly being released just a few days ago... If you could post a link up, that would be great, thx.

This movie is incredibly real. It hit way too close to home. Ohio born and raised with roots in Tennessee. Thank God my family are rural. Glenn Close was amazing! I’ve known this mama in real life, many times over.

As West Virginia resident (also born and raised here), I just want to thank you for pronouncing “Appalachia” correctly!!! Also, I loved the book; I haven’t had a chance to watch the movie yet, though.

I’m a Filipino immigrant in Canada and I can relate. I and my wife came here ( legally ) with nothing but thru hard work, perseverance and faith in God we were able to reach our goals and dreams not only for ourselves but also for our kids.

@angkawawangcowboy2000

3 жыл бұрын

Swertehin sana po kayo.

@innoc3ntbystndr

3 жыл бұрын

@@angkawawangcowboy2000 , salamat! God bless!!!

@sarahh1511

3 жыл бұрын

God bless! God is good!!!

This video made me cry. I have the almost exact life story that Vance does. I was raised in extreme poverty by violently abusive parents in the Appalachian mountains. Parents divorced when I was nine. Mom remarried a high level drug dealer. My dad was a biker that sold moonshine. I was abused emotionally, physically and sexually. My wife has said more times than I can count that I should write a book, but I can't. I can't relive it like that. I don't want it on paper. I'd probably have a break down. But, having said all that. I made the choice to leave all that as soon as I could. Joined the Navy at 17 to escape. I made the choice to stop the cycle. I didn't go to Harvard Law, but I went to college. I became an engineer and an entrepreneur. By my choices and by the grace and blessings of God, I changed the path of my life. I kid you not, this happened to me: I was invited to the home of a successful doctor in CA in '87 as one of several dinner guests. I was chatting with a lady, who was wearing some very expensive jewelry, if you get my meaning. She asked me where I was from. I told her. And she says to me, quote "But you sound so intelligent." close quote. I didn't even flinch. I refused to let her see any reaction from me at all. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

@xanthippus3190

3 жыл бұрын

It's good to read that you eventually improved your situation and broke the cycle, mad respects.

@Really250

3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you over came your crosses and made your life better. I am sorry you suffered much.

@VictorUmeh

3 жыл бұрын

Well done and thanks for sharing your testimony. I dare to say write that book. You'd never tell how people's lives you'd would touch or change by your story.

@serkg4672

3 жыл бұрын

Write a book. It will be your legacy.

I can't believe people thought this movie was "too unrealistic". This movie was VERY realistic. If you can't even comprehend that this is many people's realities, then YOU have privilege.

This movie is a great, powerful story of overcoming surmountable odds. It also lets you know that some scars of abuse don’t go away. Sometimes I wonder why a person can’t tell their story without negative controversy? JD Vance’s success is praiseworthy. Although the movie was difficult to watch because it showed abuse of a child ; I cried happy tears to see that his life didn’t end in tragedy.

It sounds like a good story plot. If the Hollywood elite reject it, then I'm definitely watching it.

@jazzx7124

3 жыл бұрын

SimplyDee Beauty me too

@mistercontroversial

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@PinkHoneyBeee

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100% I’ve heard from several people it’s a great movie.

@ALX_747

3 жыл бұрын

The acting was top notch. Glen Close was amazing in her role. Forgot it was even her

@katiev9494

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a great movie

"Dear Minorities: You are not good enough on your own to accomplish anything of merit. So we, the Academy, are going to grant you a place at the table just because of the way you look. We know you're too weak, too stupid to recognize this as blatant patronization and will gladly accept our magnanimity with a grateful smile like the good little boys and girls you are. You're welcome." - The Academy of Arts and Science.

I take it as a GOOD sign 👍🏻👍🏻 any time the so-called “Hollywood Elite” rejects anything.

As someone who grew up with a parent who was an addict, I just kept nodding by head in complete understanding throughout the movie. I guess that's why the attacks on this movie feel so personal.

I'm glad Ben covered this issue. There is no question Hillbilly Elegy should win an Oscar, but it won't for exactly the reasons Ben is quoting.

@CC-it3df

3 жыл бұрын

It can't. New rules say if there are no people of color or diasabled people in a main role then no oscars for them, which is the dumbest idea I have ever encountered.

@sarahnorris872

3 жыл бұрын

@@CC-it3df What about his GF Ursha she was India?

@NataszaWaters

3 жыл бұрын

@mikeallan james I'm impressed with your powers of ESP since you apparently know what Ben thinks. (Pats Mike on the head.) Nothing to see here. You can return to your post underneath the bridge.

Because it proves that we choose who we become and what we make out of life. Let go of victim mentality and you can succeed!!!!!!!!

@Cali-mam2stroke

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

Ben great job reporting on facts! Enjoyed listening this video.

I didn’t think that Hillbilly Elegy, being a long narrative about growing up in a holler, could turn into a film with immediacy, dialogue and action, but under the direction of Ron Howard, it did become a story that works on the big screen. A grandmother (Glenn Close) wants her grandson , J.D.(Gabriel Basso) to become someone. J.D. without a father at home, an addicted mother, (Amy Adams) somehow manages to escape this world, get educated, and find a woman to love = a mournful elegy of a tough childhood and adolescence. Having grown up in Appalachia, I could see some of my family and friends bump into the people in Hillbilly Elegy, and fit right in. A story well-told. Hard to find good stories that hold together in feature film these days. Thanks to Netflix for getting this one out to us. I hope you find it, not delightful or fun of course, but important as a way of seeing the world through a different lens.