first time watching *LA CONFIDENTIAL* reaction | these twists had me SCREAMING 

One of the best movies ever.

This movie had a chokehold on my childhood. Watched it a few days ago for the first time in years and it still holds up. What a great movie and I loved your reaction!

I know everyone hates Kevin Spacey, but god DANG the guy can act. His facial expressions in this -- the self-loathing when he looks in the mirror at the bar before going out to call off the setup of Matt Reynolds and the look that crosses his face when he tries to remember why he became a cop -- are just flawless. One of the most well-acted death scenes I have ever seen, too. The writing in this is just fantastic, too, and reading the novel actually makes you appreciate it even more. The book is so massive and labyrinthine, it would have been impossible to do a direct adaptation. So instead they stripped it down to its essential themes, shortened the timeframe, combined or eliminated some of the characters, and made something of sheer genius. Oh, and people have probably explained this already, but Dudley is not actually Rollo Tomasi. Rollo Tomasi was just a nobody purse snatcher, but he was the guy who got away with it, which is what both Jack and Ed think Dudley is. It's also the way Jack tries, with his dying breath, to communicate information to Ed, thinking that if Dudley brings up a made-up name to Ed, one that he has only told to Jack, Ed will realize that this guy should not have that information.

"This is how you do one of these movies." I agree. :-) I still remember the gasp in the theater when Jack was shot. Kim Basinger won an Academy Award for her performance. "Bloody Christmas" was real, by the way. It didn't happen exactly like this, of course, but it did happen. And Lana Turner was really in a relationship with Johnny Stompanato. A bunch of other connections are pretty clear, too ("Badge of Honor" = "Dragnet").

Sometimes your comments say that Exley's father was killed by the police captain and sometimes you say you know he made the name up. Editing is tough.

Lol no worries about being disappointed in this one! A VERY underrated gem.

The best noir movies in so many years

If you enjoyed this, here's some more. Classics: Maltese Falcon (1941) - first film noir and one of the finest, Humphrey Bogart really was a titan. This gun for Hire (1942) - with Alan Ladd, and Veronica Lake. This is the film Lynn Bracken was watching with the councilman in LA Confidential The Big Sleep (1946) - Bogart again, and what a treat he is. The film is confusing, though, because of the Hayes' Code, which made certain things like drugs, and homosexuality taboo, and they are important to the plot. The Naked City (1948) - shot almost entirely on location in New York in an era when films were made in movie studios in Hollywood. 2 Oscars. Touch of Evil (1958, but the 1998 edit that incorporates Welles' memo on how he wanted the film edited) - last film noir, and oh boy it's a good one. The opening shot is simply unreal. Neo noir: Angel Heart Devil in a Blue Dress Body Heat Blade Runner (yes - it's a neo noir). Cast a Deadly Spell - a weird mix of hardboiled detective fiction, and supernatural elements.

GIRL I can't believe how hard you were goin off on Jack there!!! He was good, just a bit of a playboy!!! You edited out the whole scene with the DA, I hope you enjoyed it, that actor played that smarmy slimey scumbag so well!!! James Elroy is an amazing writer & of course his mother's murder is a famous unsolved Golden era Hollywood noir story as well!!! Great reaction though, I loved watching this, one of my all time favorite films, with you!!! I'd love to see you do some more classic noir films, even other more modern ones like Chinatown, but yeah I'd love to see you do those!!! Cheers! Take care! 👍😁😎🤗

The point is, all three cops are good, and bad, just like most of us.

Dudley didn’t kill Ed’s dad. Jack vincenses was saying it because he was saying Dudley is the guy who gets away with it. But also and more importantly he was setting a trap for Dudley. He knew that Dudley was a detective and being inquisitive and wanting to make sure that he tied up all loose ends would try to find out more info about the name. Since it was made up by Ed there is no info. Jack knew that dudly would ask around and try to get the info from Ed because he was friendly with Jack. It was jacks f^ck you move to Dudley. Genius on jacks part.

My dad became an La cop when this was going on, he was a cop for 20 years.

Not that it matters a lot but "Q" in the line: "The guy's been out of Q two weeks." at 1:28 is referring to San Quentin state prison (est. 1852), north across the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco in Marin county. Currently 4th oldest active prison in the US.

This and Chinatown are by far the two best neo-noirs...

One of the best you will ever see. Not a weak role on film helps to make this movie stand out. The acting, directing and editing are all just amazing.

3:55 You might recall the guy playing Buzz Meeks was the gangster with the machine gun in "Home Alone," who liked to say, "Keep the change, ya filthy animal." 14:32 Your plot-reading skills are way above mine! You may want to review "Laura" made in 1944. One of the top 3 film noirs ever made. High society murder investigated by a tough guy in a fedora who falls in love with the victim and a 180-degree plot twist in middle.

my favourite movie of all time, love anything set in l.a. in past times

Hollywood made better movies 15-20 years ago and real stories and original ideas ,your doing a good job and picking good movies

Nothing is corrupt unless being pristine first 😉

Mam please react to the sadness 2021 movie

More Los Angeles based noir - Black Dahlia (De Palma directs, great cast) and The Long Goodbye (Elliott Gould). For some neo-noir - Brick, Blade Runner 2049, Sin City & Sin City 2

So fun to watch you experience this great film for the first time! Such a masterclass in visual storytelling.

This is a crazy hit. It was such a big hit.

I must have seen/rented L.A. Confidential before I saw Chinatown. The bandaged nose at 3:49 has got to be a nod to Jack Nicholson's character Jake Gittes in Chinatown (1974). The gauze and the two white strips of tape. It's too on the nose to not be. Literally and figuratively. Subbed.

The book is really good as well!

❤If you haven’t seen (2014) Rover with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson you have a special treat waiting. Don’t even wait to watch it on the channel.

Just a reminder -> Your Blade Trilogy Reaction is still overdue

Yeah this movie is excellent. It's been decades since I've watched it. This was a lot of fun!

Kevin Spacey. Icky.

love your videos! also... I imagine it already been said, but also the book it's really good