Same and it was 1990. Listened to the same music. Did the same, field parties Beer and pot everywhere. Same groups of people. We even had a Wooderson, dude out of school hanging with us high school kids
Slater is one of my favorite characters in any movie. "Have you looked at a dollar bill man? There's some spooky stuff going on on a dollar bill man, and its green too"😂😂
I swear the 60s til the 90s was different: each decade was so different that this film was a "period piece"; set in the distant past of 17 years previously!! Lol. Imagine now, making a film set 17 years ago, in 2007 -- everyone would still have the same haircuts! Basically..
@@laudanum669 Exactly there are 0! Lol. I happened to see it with my buddy from high school at theaters when it came out. It was a “Farrelly Brothers” movie. We were bored I guess but we cried laughing when we watched it 😂😂 Wasn’t sure if anyone else has heard of it or seen it lol
@@dabreal82 you definitely have a point! Who wants to watch someone's reaction to a movie they've personally never seen? So, that being said... If you haven't seen Outside Providence, you definitely should. It's more serious, but as the OP mentioned, a hidden gem.
I grew up in the 70s. This movie is pretty close to small town/rural America at the time (for 16-18 year olds). Every teacher had decorated paddles hanging on the wall right next to their desks. Hazing was part of growing up. Dealing with bullies was a right of passage. Me and my friends watched this movie on VHS so much we burnt through 2 copies wearing them out. This was the Cheech and Chong stoner movie of the 90s. Most of the actors went on to big things like Matthew, Ben, and Cole. Adam Golderg (wimpy intellectual) went on to Saving Private Ryan a year later. Joey Lauren Adams was a favorite of director Kevin Smith. Pink (Jeremy London) and his twin brother Jason London were featured in tons of television series for 20 years after this movie. Parker Posey and Anthony Rapp, also are still successful actors. Fun Fact, Wiley, (Mitch Kramer) had no experience in sports and had to have a "stunt thrower" for the baseball scene. They camera stays close on his face when he "throws" but only shows the body of the actual thrower. Art Linklater (director/writer) tried a sequel to this movie years later, and supposedly the 80s version of this. This movie was lightning in a bottle and couldn't be duplicated.
Gravel pit parties in my area of Minnesota. Class of 76, 18 was the drinking age, so most of us could go to bars when we were still in high school. College in 1976-1980 was house parties, charging each person for a keg cup. $2 for guys, $1 for girls... 18 was the drinking age. We paid $12-$18 for 16 gallon kegs, Old Style was the cheap kegs, Schlitz Malt Liquor was more expensive... high alcohol content. After the movie Animal House came out, the parties got wilder. We paid out rent & utilities with what we made with a party every month. Every weekend there was a house party near our small campus.
@EShelby I grew up in a small Wisconsin town an hour east of St. Paul, MN. I was class of 1983 and 18 was still the drinking age. Every Friday night in the summer we also went to the gravel pit to party. We usually just brought cases of Old Milwaukee that we could buy right from the distributer in town for less than $10 we would get 4 cases as long as we had 4 empty cases of returnables to trade in. At the gravel pit we would all show off our cars (I had a 1970 GTO) blast our stereo's listening to Boston, Van Halen, AC/DC, etc. We would have a big bon fire and make out with our chicks. Every once in a while the cops would show up but all they would say is "Make sure that fire is out and all these bottles are picked up before you leave". It did help that one of our friends was the Police Chiefs son. Great times even though I'm getting old I wouldn't have wanted to grow up at any other time.
Perfect timing just got a new phone and my YT account back with some Dabs for one of my favorite movies of all time it just so happens too be a stoner flick
FUCK YES. Omg this movie is the fucking 70s. Ass whoopin’s, shotguns, pot, sexual harassment and rock and roll 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾 hoochi coooo. Also the super nerd is the Jewish character in “saving private Ryan”, and the paddling scene is done as a gag with Chris from family guy in like season 2
One of my FAV movies glad you watched it😁 Richard Linklater is an unappreciated genius another underrated movie no one has really reacted to is 2014 Boyhood features Ethan Hawk, a couple of different other actors but it was shot over 12 years and it follows kids from 5 years old to high school graduation FANTASTIC MOVIE
Not sure how old you guys are but I'm guessing we are about the same age. Someone pointed out on twitter that if they were to remake this movie now they'd be using 2007, which was my Jr year. Blows my mind to think my age group is that far removed
I was highschool junior/senior in 1987/88 in Sacramento. During the week, everyone was in their various cliques (jocks, preppys, stoners, newwavers, skaters, misfits, geeks, etc). What was weird was everyone was invited/welcomed to the weekend house parties of whoever's parents were on vacation for the weekend. It was only considered successful if the cops were called. Then Monday was back to cliques. Weird, I know...was that how it was for anyone else? (fyi, I was in the misfit/geek category, with a bit of crossover to newwavers who seemed to tolerate me :) ).
Hazing?! That’s just how we got down back then fellas. Especially in a little towns like where I lived nobody gave a shit..lol everyone just said “ they’re just being boys” lol there was a wide range of things that fell under that umbrella too . .
Richard Linklater is one of the most insightful writer/directors in American movies, for real. Dude has made SO MANY great films and wrote some of my favorite screenplays that have inspired me as an aspiring filmmaker. You've got a lot to explore in that filmography.
Love this movie.. best soundtrack and best cars of any movie. Reminds me of H.s. .. i was a freshman in the early 80s.. went to a party the first weekend.. met a bunch of Jr and seniors who became my good friends. Literally didnt hang with anybody from my freshman class for years lol. 36 years later and we are still all brothers and sisters.
My favorite thing about this movie will always be randell "pink" floyds belt buckle when they are standing outside the emporium because its a freaking bowl lolz
I do have to quickly mention the part where the freshmen get revenge on O'banion by dumping paint all over him, and the absolute stupidity that was displayed by these freshmen when they revealed themselves as the one's who just did it. Sure, it would be very satisfying to get revenge and you would love to reveal that you were the one to do it to him. But don't you think that O'banion is now going to kick the ever living crap out of you when he catches you? You think he's just going to forget that happened?
If you look closely, Ben Affleck twists his ankle severely in the scene after he gets paint dumped on him where he breaks his paddle then gets into his car. He finished the scene anyways.
Fun fact.....the kid Mitch wasn't actually doing any of the pitching in that baseball game. The director of the movie, I believe, had to do the pitching himself because the kid playing Mitch Kramer didn't know how to throw a ball.....AT ALL. I don't know how such a thing is possible. Trying to imagine growing up as a boy, and never throwing a ball ever, is just baffling to me. This movie was a huge part of my youth. I was a senior in high school when it came out. And as much as I love the movie, I wasn't a big fan of the kid that they got to play Mitch. He wasn't horrible, but still he was pretty bad. He had never actually acted before this movie, so its understandable he wouldn't be a great actor. But he has some quirks that just annoyed the crap out of me. I'm sorry to do this, because once you know about it, you can't unsee it. But check how many times Mitch Kramer grabs the bridge of his nose with his fingers. Its such a bad and obviously rehearsed gesture. How the director didn't tell him to stop doing that sh*t, is a mystery to me.
Love the reaction guys. I was initially annoyed because I thought y'all had skipped a couple of great parts. Turns out you only skipped one of them. I thought you skipped the speech by Mcconaughey when he talked about high school girls, but you hadn't. But what you did skip was one of the most iconic slow motion walks in movie history. When Mcconaughey first enters the Emporium, is such a iconic part. Wish y'all hadn't skipped that.
Congratulations to MICHAEL DUNLOP who broke his uncle's JOEYS 26 year old record at the isle of man TT the deadliest motorcycle race in the world with 27 wins. Could I request reacting to ROAD it's a documentary film about the Dunlop family who are motorcycle racing royalty or CLOSER TO THE EDGE about the 2010 isle of man TT
I was born the year this movie was set but a lot of older folks that graduated between then and ‘85 have said that hazing did exist in hs. Usually less extreme like peanut butter under armpits, duct taped to a pole outside while it was raining or heads being dunked in toilets.
I didnt have super wild teen years but damn does this make you remember the fun, energy, goofin around with friends, and the few parties we did have. HAM-MERED and high as a giraffes ass.
Yeah I got bullied but it usually from the preppy jocks or peers who didn’t know my reputation and were sorry after since I was hanging out with older kids in high school when I was in 6th grade so I had older friends to back me up for revenge and I was going to local punk concerts and hanging out with older punk’s that didn’t like bullies
Honestly not a big fan of this movie though I get the love for it I will say it’s probably got the best soundtrack of any film ever like it’s got nonstop iconic anthems.
I lived through this time. Without the paddles or all the hot cars and trucks. In 1976, I would have graduated high school. Western suburb of Chicago. Those were some awesome times. The person who played Mitch. This was his first acting job. Did a pretty good job.
I can't wait to see y'all watching and reacting on the Australian ''Mr. Inbetween'', which imo one of the most PErfect series ever made in the history of TV. Highly Recommended! P.E.ace from overseas, The Netherlands.
Great job Men. And yeah, this pretty close to how it was for us back in the mid 80s. The best of times….. You guys got to check out “The Accountant “ with Ben Afflek. An absolute banger
When i was a freshman in high school, the seniors would write an F on our foreheads. 3 of them tried that with me, but I've been trained in martial arts since i was 5! I kicked their butts!
"Wipe that face off your head" Parker Posey is so funny as the uber-mean girl in Dazed & Confused. Her line delivery is so obnoxious, like she's chewing her face, I can't help but laugh despite how mean she is to everyone 🤣🤣🤣
I graduated in 1973 and except for the hazing this was pretty much my existence. If all the movies that follow this basic story line this is probably my favorite. Never the less I also suggest watching Hollywood Knights and American Graffiti.
I really didn’t experience hazing in high school the only real hazing was on your birthday when the one big guy in the school like oh you just turned 15 and he starts punching you in the shoulder 15 times😭 other than the scare of being a freshman and freshman Friday or whatever your going to be stuffed in the locker never happened but the punches…my shoulders still healing😭💀
