The first time my father watched Stand By Me he went down memory lane so hard. He said the the boys reminded him of he & his friends growing up and stayed up late into the night telling us stories of his youth. He's gone now but that night will remain with me the rest of my life. That film was already one of my favorite but now it's PART OF ME. Stephen King and Rob Reiner are geniuses
It hits me like that too having grown up in the 80s. Simpler times and as kids we had a lot more freedom to go off on adventures with friends. I think many people from the 80s and back can relate to a lot of it.
I met Rob Reiner in the men's room of August restaurant in New Orleans a few years back, class and humor are the first things I think of when I think of him!!!
Meat head, dead from the neck up! Gotta love Archie Bunker, and Mike Stivic. Just watched an old Partridge family Rob played a biker that took Loti to a school dance. Priceless!!!!
I still think having the legs broken is Misery was better than having them chopped off. A) you get to show it more graphically B) more people can relate with the pain of a broken bone than an amputation.
I think it was made for kids, and a lot of adult critics just didn't "get it". I also enjoyed it as a kid, and probably would be critical today, so I just leave it alone for the sake of nostalgia 💗
I really don’t hate it as much as Ebert and others did. I wouldn’t even put it in my top ten worst movies ever. Probably not even in my top 20 worst. A couple jokes were mildly amusing but the main problems I had were the tastelessness of the Hawaii and Alaska sequences, North himself was an egotistical jerk and the Winchell kid annoyed the crap out of me. Still I find it watchable at minimum and find it an interesting failure to analyze where everything went wrong with it. Honestly had Reiner not directed it because of his previous directorial reputation I don’t think it would have been as hated. This was just the first time some things in his movie didn’t work but not all of it was that way. It has its moments but it was a huge step down from his previous films. It’s an average film at best but not one of the worst ever. I would meet it halfway and give it five out of ten.
@@111ooooI have never seen that MOvie. I will have to see it. Thank You for the Info I do love Terry Gillian's Twelve Monkeys even though the Good Guys not only lost, but were killed in that MOvie.
What is it with these interviewers that they need to sit behind a desk and be at least a foot above their guests ? Inferiority complex springs to mind.
@@bamachine This is not a lie. I hadn't watched that movie for over 15 years. I finally watched it again just last night. The next day you commented about the movie. THAT is what I call inconceivable! 😳
Sorry,, Princess Bride is by far and will always be his best movie. People will be watching that long after all the other ones, though they are good. Princess Brides transcends generations.
Im a big Rob Reiner fan and Billy Crystal is great ......... but that line was in a jazz themed movie from 1986 called 'Round Midnight starring Dexter Gordon ..... they are trying to keep dexters character in playing shape for the gigs ...... he is not to be served at the bar ......the man next to him slams a drink and falls over.... dexter smiles and says .....ill have what hes having ...... No real argument here just a plug for a great movie ......Martin Scorcese plays a booking agent with a pretty hard edge ...... worth looking at for that alone ......'Round Midnight .......
"We don't want Hugh, we want our son North" 😂💕👍 Reiner is a genius. Have loved everything he's been in front of the camera and behind. Great talent. Him and his Father 💕
it needs to be said: North has always been an underrated movie and Roger Ebert - RIP - was a schmuck. if I had a nickel for every crap film he raved about -
It had some truly cringeworthy moments in it but I found it watchable at minimum and feel Ebert and Siskel overreacted by saying how bad they thought it was. I wouldn’t even put it in my top ten or 20 all time worst movies. It’s an average, watchable and forgettable movie at best.
I was reading comments so maybe i missed it, but did you mention Primus was in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? I'm pretty sure that was Primus at the end of the movie, right?
I could listen to more of this type of conversation. It’s always interesting to hear how movies and television shows took shape and why they were selected and why they weren’t selected.
He has always seemed very friendly in casual interviews like this. He also at one point was one of the greatest directors ever up until North sadly. Still every film he made before was great and he proved to be one of the most talented filmmakers of his generation. His only post North movie I genuinely liked was American President. Bucket List was ok but just decent.
I still say if it weren't for Larry David, we wouldn't know who Seinfeld is today. He's not that funny. David is the comedic genius. And yet, Seinfeld is the arrogant one.
I just saw Misery for the first time last month and, wow, is that an extraordinary piece of work, amazing details, Rob is a deeply underappreciated director.
this dude is so humble and funny and yet - he's responsible for SO much of our cultural consciousness in entertainment. from Happy Days to Stand By Me to When Harry Met Sally to Seinfeld. What a career.
