Meet Joe Black (1998) First Time Watching | Movie Reaction 

The Jamaican lady always breaks my heart

I'm glad y'all did this one, a totally underrated film if you ask me.

LOVE this film! Beautiful, spiritual, & filled with heartbreak & hope. It's also the movie that made me realize that Brad was one of the most brilliant & under-rated actors in the industry. Yes, he's a pretty boy but his acting talent is incredible!

I love this film - Clare and Brad have SO much chemistry! ❤

9:50 That’s right! This film is a remake of _Death Takes a Holiday_ (1934).

If you consider that the original title of this story is "Death take a Holiday", then things make sense sooner. The story is from the 1920s & 1930s.

A big thank you to Heidi for choosing this beautiful gem! Loved you two experiencing this one. I would love for you to get around to Brad's Benjamin Button one day.

Stellar casting. '98 was a great vintage for cinema.

Very few special effects (the car crash at the beginning), no exotic locations, just actors acting their hearts out with a simple plot and a clear script. There's a lot of heart to it.

"Lightning could strike"

Great movie. Anthony Hopkins was awesome in Amistad too.

Thanks to you both for reacting to this overlooked and sometimes ridiculed movie. I have wathed it and loved it so many times I can't keep track. I love that you liked it.

*Legends of the Fall* (1994) next. Also with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins! Must watch next.

This was chilling in the theater, last show of the night and only person there.

I love this movie.. it has a special place in my heart

7:20 She’s 100 % spot on 😁 Catch up man

Love the peanut butter scene!!!!

Y'all are absolutely the best! I liked this movie...OK, sort of...the first time I saw it. Watching it with the two of you made it lots and lots better! Thanks! God bless you!

Excellent pick of what I think is an under appreciated film. So unique, very engaging script with an excellent cast. Next opportunity try “Legends of the Fall” with both Anthony Hopkins & Brad Pitt….another great film.

Joy's very smart, Marion. Listen to the gal!

"Should I be afraid?" "Not a man like you"

This film is a remake of the original 1934 film "Death Takes a Holiday" starring Fredric March and Guy Standing. Another film with a similar theme is "On Borrowed Time, "(1939) starring Lionel Barrymore and Cedric Hardwicke. Lionel is the great uncle of actress Drew Barrymore . Another film with Death as a feature character is "Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) starring Robert Montgomery and Claude Rains. The remake of this film is "Heaven Can Wait" (1978) starring Warren Beatty, Jack Warden, James Mason, Dyan Cannon, Julie Christie, and Buck Henry.

You guys will LOVE The Talented Mr. Ripley. Matt Damon, Jude Law, GwynethPaltrow, Cate Blanchett. Thriller,shocks, surprises, twists, turns. Epic!

"Death is coming".... Man that pun. Lol

A favorite of mine! The romance (actually, both of them) are so sweet! Brad Pitt does a fantastic job with both characters he plays, depicting the charm of the man in the coffee shop and then the humorous awkwardness of Death experiencing life. Anthony Hopkins is also so compelling, and the actress who plays Susan expresses everything with just her facial expressions! The ending is both sad and hopeful, especially as Susan realizes her father has died and that the young man who comes back to her is the one she first met, not Death. Death ends up realizing that love isn't selfish, so he lets her live and also returns the young man to her that he had taken so he could feel what life was like. I love when Anthony Hopkins asks if he should be afraid, and Death says, "Not a man like you." Even Death recognized Bill Parrish was a good man.

This movie has always been in my top 5 of most under-rated or under-appreciated movies. The movie script was well written, and the performances by the actors and actresses were top notch. Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt rarely disappoint.

One of the top ten movies.

The absolute best movie in many many years! Way under rated. Brad Pitt owned that role so perfectly!

Potatoes are always potatoes lol

…on Marian’s comments on love; I heard a pastor describe it from a Biblical perspective: “love is a verb, it’s giving to someone that which they need, when they deserve it least but when they need it the most. It takes work, a dedication & a concentrated effort. It’s not all roses & rainbows.”

Susan, "I like the way you smell too" -- MJoy, "what, smells like death?" LOL

IRS agents use cover names when operating on active investigations cases so the Joe Black name makes sense for when Drew returns in his old body.

Interesting is: from the lot Brad Pitt fans one of his greatest movie never appears: 7 years in Tibet.

Oh my, the thumbnail photo is giving uncanny valley... Squirrel of Death!

I absolutely love this movie. It always make me cry. The emotions that are portrayed by the actors is just so moving that I can't help but get emotional. I thought Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt were perfect. Very moving performances.

✌️❤️❤️!...

If you'll pardon the pun, it is always a joy watching you react! 😀 There is a classic film called _Death Takes a Holiday_ (1934) and other remakes. I think Marian is making good points about love, but IMO he was taking the wrong message from what Bill Parrish was getting at. Bill was not speaking only of the initial _getting to know you_ stage. But rather *the whole of the relationship.* I married young, and discovered, over time, there was no passion there. Years after my divorce lightning truly did strike. And for as long as we were together, there was passion and so much joy. It has now been 20 years since she has passed away. But not a day goes by I don't miss her. I may be an agnostic, but I do hope to see her again. How I miss her.¹ *EDIT:* 35:52 As for telling the truth… of course honesty has its merits. But one must also weigh the feelings of the other person. The one you love. Is it worth telling _this little petty truth_ if it is going to hurt the one you love? I say _no._ ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ I have a daughter from my first marriage, and my love for her has kept me going. I'm glad my daughter got to know my Love and saw what we meant to each other, before her passing. I hope my daughter (who is 35 now) carries that example with her and also experiences the lightning strike. ⚡

Many Star Wars fans of a certain age bought tickets to this as they were guaranteed to see the first teaser trailer to The Phantom Menace, the first new Star Wars on screen since Return of the Jedi.

Wow a good point you made was her death. Like imagine when she dies as an old lady or whatever.

This movie is long, slow and grandiose...but it's really good. Unique. I wonder if Heidi likes the movie ..or Brad Pitt in this movie. LoL

Marcia Gay Harden & Jeffrey Tambor made such a cute couple - I have always loved their acting. I also love Brad Pitt & Anthony Hopkins. I love this movie though I am not a fan of Susan Forlani because in my opinion she over acts particularly with the facial expressions but it does not spoil the movie, it just makes me usually avoid her movies. Jake Weber was SUCH a weasel in this movie and he plays that role too well - makes you wonder is he really a super nice guy in real life or a weasel. Did you notice that when Joe Black is in the coffee shop, at the phone, the phone partition is made of a glass that distorts what you see through it - and then when he visits Mr Parish he shows up behind a glass wall that distorts his image - that was cleaver. But I always wonder, how did the real Joe die that terrible death in that suit and Joe Black shows up in it all pressed and in perfect condition LOL.

Thanks for the reaction. Not enough people have reacted to this gem. Back when Brad Pitt actually chose roles that involves acting and storyline.

Marion my dude.....he literally explains in the beginning that he is death and is using brad pitts body after he died. Why were you not understanding that my friend, she was spot on when she was trying to tell you that and its clearlg explained in the movie lol

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I loved this film when i was a teenager, but opened for myself that the older i become, the less like it, so now for me even its IMDB mark seems to high.

Hi -Dee

Question if she got pregnant would the child be deaths kid or his 😊

Check out _Scent of a Woman_ (1992), by the same director.

Great movie but every time I see out get run over in beginning I think Angelina ran his ass over for cheating 😅😅 I can't help it

Great reaction video to a great movie you two !!! Keep it going !!!

Smells like death ☠️

An amazing movie, cast, and well written story... all completely ruined by one of the most disappointed trash endings every conceived by hollywood. sad. could've been a masterpiece