Misery (1990) MOVIE REACTION!!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!! 

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Guys, now that you have seen the great Kathy Bates in action, may I suggest FRIED GREEN TOMATOES , it is a touching drama that came out a year or so after this film. Kathy plays a meek mild mannered housewife in FGT. It is one of my all time favorite films. For MISERY, Kathy won an Oscar.

James Caan passed away last year. He was famous for his role in the Godfather saga as Sonny Corleone. Great actor, quite underrated honestly.

This was Kathy Bates’ Oscar role….. she’s SO GOOD in this There’s a story she told that on set, one of the producers passed by her, tapped her in the shoulder and said “get your Oscar dress ready”, because they all knew she’d in the least get nominated, maybe win. And she did. In fact, during her speech, she said, smiling: “I want to apologize publicly for the ankles” 😂😂 and everyone laughed and clapped…… she’s an icon

As terrifying as Annie was in the movie, she was worse in the book. For instance, the scene where she said she needed to not be around him for awhile lasted for days. She just left him there without food or water. He had to go to release his bowels and pee on himself and was so dehydrated that he sucked the urine from the sheets. Also as crazy as the ankle breaking scene was in the movie, in the book she cut off one of his feet with a rusty axe and then cauterized it with a blow torch so he wouldn't bleed out!!!

I never get tired if this movie, can watch over and over again. RIP James Caan.

The “N” missing on the type writer was a hidden gem for Stephen King. Most of his famous early on novels were written from a type writer missing an N.

Kathy Bates is a great actor. Everyone that tells you to react to her movie Fried Green Tomatoes is on point, you should. But another must see Kathy Bates movie is Delores Claiborne. I think you should dive deep. All great performances. Entertaining reaction today.

The way Can says "Oh Gosh" after she breaks the ankles and says "I love you"...made me do a spit take...laughing my ass off at 3am! 😆😆😂😂

Great reaction!! New format definitely works guys, but never had an issue with the old format. Have become such a big fan! Also, for the comment down below moment for Zay, I’m pretty sure “white out” was created so people didn’t have to throw out typing mistakes. It’s before my time but think that’s it.

My guess is that the sheriff's wife got concerned when her husband didn't come home, and went looking for him.

Have watched all of y’all’s movie reactions and gotta say this is my favorite. From Cam’s facial expressions to Zay’s squeal/squeak/scream during the fight scene it was hysterical. Saw this with my partner opening night and neither of us slept that night. Keep up the great work guys. ❤️ from Texas

Annie told him that she put two bullets in her gun, that's why he didn't go for it. He knew it was empty.

OMG - you guys are SO damn entertaining!! So funny watching you both and the commentary is so spot on and hilarious. Basically shouting out everything that’s in our brains. “THE PENGUIIIIIIIIIIIIIN NOOOOOOOOOOOO” 😂😂 Really like the new format. Woo woo! Big fan.🎉

This was Kathy's best acting roll

You two are so hilarious to watch. Thank you

I assume Paul was able to radio for help with the CB in the cop's car. Also, there will be people looking for the cop. Probably would be a manhunt. Annie mentioned as much when she said they didn't have much time left together.

try not to judge that snow LOL , through the 90s every other winter looked like this in eastern canada for half the year or more.

PS Kathy bate won the Oscar for this! BEST ACTRESS!

Fun fact: Stephen King was struggling with drug and alcohol addiction when he wrote this book and Annie Wilkes was a metaphor for that. When Paul finally kills her at the end, it was a representation of him finally becoming clean and sober.

"Who is she? RU-vid?" The best line in a long time!

If she won an Oscar for the role, how much of a hidden gem is the movie?

Rob Reiner made so many great movies. Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, This Is Spinal Tap etc...

Paul really should have explained to Annie that Eaton’s Corrasable Bond was expensive because it was erasable once typing paper and the erasable layer was prone to smudging. It was hated by editors, and no sensible author would use it for a first manuscript.

This movie is one of those movies that did not disappoint those who read the book. It held its own. And Kathy Bates' performance, I mean, C'mon! If you've never read the book, you should definitely take the time to read it. It's one of those book you cannot put it down once you get going, I read it in one sitting. And you really feel the main character's "misery". You thought Annie Wilkes was crazy in the movie, phew, that wasn't the half of it. The book really depicts how whacko she was.

This is the first reaction of yours that I've seen and I do have a couple of comments. Before I started watching, I figured you guys were just going to horse-laugh and talk all the way through the movie. I was wrong! Your reactions were funny and perfect for the moment, but you didn't waste a lot of time trying to guess what comes next instead of just watching the movie. You didn't talk for the sake of talking. Kudos on that. You also didn't try to squeeze this into a 30-minute reaction. You left in enough of the actual movie that made this very watchable. Overall, great job! I have subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your reactions. I will probably have some movies to recommend that I think you guys will love and I hope you can work in some reactions on some of them. Again, great job and I'm going to check out your take on "My Cousin Vinny."

I'm your number one fan, guys... LOL! Just messing with you. Great review. I like the new format where the screen is big and your disembodied heads are floating above it. That came out sarcastic, but seriously, it's much easier to see what's going on in the movie. I found it much easier to follow along with the movie because it was less choppy than some past shows. Also, I like it better when it's just the two of you doing the reactions. No disrespect to your guests, but too many people talking at the same time is confusing and distracting. Kathy Bates won her first Oscar for Misery and you can see why. She's amazing. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next movie reaction. I'm still crossing my fingers that it will be the first Vacation film with Chevy Chase. Peace out. :)

Kathy Bates also starred in another excellent movie "Delores Claiborne".

In case anyone didn't know and is interested, Castle Rock season 2, is essentially Annie's Origin Story..

PLEASE WATCH THE GODFATHER if you haven't. James Caan plays Sonny Corleone. CLASSSSSSSSIC

I Love this movie but one of my favorite parts is the cameo in the beginning and ending of Lauren Bacall! Trust me guys! Back in the day of Old classic Hollywood She was Beautiful! 🤩

She won an Oscar for this role, which is rare for the type of film. He was also the dad in elf.

Really solid reaction, guys. I enjoyed the commentary afterward. Please do more thriller/horror films from the 90s. There’s an awesome trove of them.

Love to see different generations having the same reaction we did when we first saw it years ago 🔥🔥

I think, with so many of King’s stories, the horrifying part is that it could really happen.

Richard Far worth was a big star. And Lauren Bacall was as big a movie star as they come. She was also married to Humphrey Bogart. And James Caan had quite a few movies. I thought “Rollerball” was his biggest solo film. Kathy Bates is an amazing actor. You should see more.

44:03 That scream 😂😂😂😂

I believe you guys missed that she said there were only 2 bullets in that gun. First shot into his shoulder, second was accidentally fired when he tackled her. The pig was a better weapon than that empty .38

I got to see this one in the theater and the whole crowd groaned when she took out the first ankle with the sledgehammer

In book, she didnt break ankles. She chopped leg off at knee with axe. Also, officer was killed by riding mower over face, not in back or Buddy. SK had his 1st typewriter a Royal 10 typewriter with a missing letter. Fact

I am a new subscriber and I absolutely love your reactions you both are funny as hell.

Great reaction Cam & Zay! I'm your number 1 fan! lol

Died laughing this whole reaction, 😄 ..yall are hilarious.

He said that Annie, the character, is a symbol of his addiction to drugs & alcohol. Watch his interviews xo

Such an entertaining reaction from you both! Instant sub from me. Oh and that "Oh God!" reaction after the hobbling scene was pure gold.

You guys are intelligent, fluent, and funny

Hey fellas! Great reaction on this awesome movie! This is one of the best suspense movies you will watch. You made a comment about the typewriter during the reaction and I wanted to echo webdrude's comment below and add a little more "old-school" knowledge. The Royal typewriter used was a piano key style typewriter and the only way to make corrections, typically, was to backspace and strikeout the error with a capital X and then retype. Autocorrect keys came later with the electonic typewriters. Wite-out was also used to cover the mistake and then re-type over the wite-out. Fortunately, in movies with either computer or typewriters, no character ever makes a typo. It is truly amazing! LOL.

Great funny reaction boys 🤣

Great reaction to this, the whole concept of this, it could actually happen which makes it even more terrifying.

The gun only had two bullets in it. She shot Paul with one, the second went off when he tackled her. Paul going after the gubernatorial afterwards would have been useless. The way you fixed typos on a typewriter was to use whiteout, and then type over it.

Great reaction! So much fun.

Excellent review, it's about time you saw "Misery"! If you haven't already watch the film "Cujo" by Stephen King another exceptionally suspenseful movie from the beginning to the end.

You guys are so young. Love it. Super fun. Thanks.

Thanks, Cam! Thanks, Zay! 🔨 The character of 'Annie Wilkes' gets explored in the second season of CASTLE ROCK (2019). In essence, it serves as a prequel, of sorts, to this tale. The series was an anthology, though. The first season was also inspired by a work of Stephen King. #CamAndZay #RobReiner #Misery #Misery1990

I think that your expectation of more stor elements is because you grew up in the streaming era. Movies and other forms of media have the luxury of being extra long now. If a film was in the cinema at that time, it had to be tight and focused on the main story. Most movies over ninety to one hundred minutes would be sent back by the studio to cut more.

The only movie I stayed in the theater after it was over to watch it again.

Guys, getting the gun at the end wouldn't help; she only loaded it with two bullets and those were discharged as they were fighting. The hobbling in the book was even worse; she chops off his feet and cauterizes the stumps with a blow torch. A wise move not to show that though; what we saw was horrifying enough.

I think the movie parodied in Family Guy was actually FATAL ATTRACTION. You should definitely react to that one too

Everybody talks about Caan in the Godfather. For something rarely reacted to try Rollerball.

When I first saw that movie, I knew she would win best actress, in the Oscar's, superb acting , felt bad for James Caans character from feet hobbling.

Even if the movies aren't exactly like the books, Stephen King was the King for a reason. He's still putting things out and everyone's trying to adapt it to film.

Performances and writing are legendary agreed. The cinematography however is deceptively good in this movie. The moments when the room goes from a sterile looking bedroom to a prison are shown so well with the shadows of the bars on the walls. And the way they make what is essentially a small cramped room seem huge and impossible to traverse in his condition by shooting it from low angles and using tight close-ups on his face. Great camerawork made the performances even better.

I feel old, but you would use white out if you make a mistake, you put it over the mistake, let it dry and type over it.

If you messed up too much at a typewriter job a long time ago you got fired immediately 🤣

IMHO Kathy Bates in the movie Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King is even better❣ Great reaction!

Oh by the way I'm your number one fan!!!!!

I'm your no 1 fan Cam &Jay 😈

Both of these actors are phenomenal! Although, when i saw it in the theater every man wanted to go through the screen and get THE GUN and end her life!

Paul' s agent is only Lauren Bacall !

In the novel, she cut his foot off with an axe. The way they did it in the movie was far more nightmare and cringe inducing.

Just a genuinely horrifying situation.

Both bullets used Gun was empty

You should watch Robocop 1987. It's also interesting to see your reaction to this movie

There was only 2 bullets in the gun

I want to see how Annie wilkes handles her self in a woman's prison

Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne and Fried Green Tomatoes should be on everyone's must see list. She won the Oscar for Misery, but Dolores Claiborne is her personal favorite career performance. Kathy Bates is such a versatile actress and a master of her art.

"So...He's a WRITER?" "No, just a novelist" That's actually a really great line, I might nick it

After seeing Kathy Bates in this, Stephen King wrote Dolores Claiborne with Kathy in mind as the lead role. Another great movie.

The moment when Cam & Zay realize Paul put the penguin the wrong way.. priceless reaction! Lol Best reaction so far from you guys! Keep up the awesome work!

Annie: "I put two bullets in the gun" *Shoots the gun twice* Cam&Zay: "Grab the gun! GRAB THE GUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"

A few tidbits for you guys: Kathy Bates won the Oscar for this film. So, your praise of her performance was spot on, Cam! Also, this book/film is *slightly* autobiographical from Stephen King in the following way. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Stephen King used to travel to Colorado and stay in a cabin up in the mountains so he could finish his novels without the distractions of home/family whenever he was having trouble finishing them. Then, when he finished, he would drive back to his home in Maine. Because of that, he came up with the ideas for a lot of his best novels during these drives from Colorado to Maine. This is why, for example, Colorado and Nebraska are such important places in The Stand because he thought it up while he was driving in those states. Also, think about Children of the Corn, which he came up with during the 12 hours it takes to drive through the endless cornfields of Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. Misery is also one he thought up during one of those drives back to Maine. If you want a deeper explanation of this, check out King’s book called “On Writing”. He talks about these drives and which novels he thought up during the drives in great detail. In the book, when Annie “hobbles” Paul, she actually chops his foot off with an axe and cauterizes is with a blow torch rather than hitting him with the sledge hammer. And, the scariest thing I’ve ever read in any book is a chapter where she locks Paul up in the basement overnight after killing the Sheriff and he hears the sounds of rats scurrying around in the pitch dark and imagines that it’s the dead corpse of the Sheriff crawling towards him. Paul feels guilty and blames himself for the Sheriff’s death since the Sheriff is killed by Annie while he’s searching for Paul. Finally, also in the book the, “N” is broken on the typewriter and, while he’s writing the book Annie forces him to write, the “E” and the “L” break as well. It adds so much tension to the nightmare of Paul’s experience even though it’s not part of his physical torture the Annie inflicts upon him. I think it also reveals some of what King himself would find miserable seeing as he used to write on typewriters and these three letters are among the most common used in English! PS - I love your channel. I found it a month or so ago and you guys are quickly becoming my favorite reactors on RU-vid. Looking forward to the rest of GoT. Keep it up and I’m subscribing to your patreon and just followed Cam’s twitch. You might say, I’m your number one fan…. ;))))

If you two haven't seen it yet, another Kathy Bates movie that shows how good she is, is "Deloris Claiborne". I highly recommend it. She won an Oscar for her portrayal in Misery.

Boys, boys. This is not that "disappointed dad" guy. This is James Caan, one of the most iconic actors in American cinema. The Godfather, Thief, Rollerball, The Gambler...you got some catching up to do.

You guys are funny. Every response you have to the craziness of Annie, is I'm sure exactly what Paul is thinking.

YES!!!!! This is precisely what I needed to start my work week!! ***edit*** OH my gracious! I just finished watching and have restarted it because that has got to be the absolute funniest and most entertaining reaction I think I've ever seen - like EVER!!! Thank you guys for being such entertainers just by being yourselves, your reactions are truly priceless!!

Haha this is a Stephen King Classic! Don't get out of your Cockadoodie car!!

Wite out (aka liquid paper) was used to correct mistakes while typing on a typewriter. You apply it to the paper, wait for it to dry, then type over it. They didn’t have the tape kind of wite out back then, it was like paint basically.

So, the way Richard Farnsworth is billed is a common practice. It is done when you've cast a top tier actor in a supporting role that doesn't justify first billing. So they are placed last, often with their character's name. Richard Farnsworth had been nominated twice for Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Bit of trivia - he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound 10 years after this film was released after being partially paralyzed after developing terminal cancer. It's interesting they didn't do the same for Lauren Bacall (Paul's editor), who was famously married to Humphrey Bogart until his death and then married the actor Jason Robards - she was also an Academy Award nominee. Probably because her role was even smaller than Farnsworth's. And if you made a mistake typing, you had to use whiteout (or correcting tape) to cover over the mistake and retype over it (which sometimes required reorienting the paper on the carriage. To make copies, you had to use carbon paper in between the sheets of paper - so if you made a mistake you had to correct each copy separately.

C/Z- “Carrie”- is another great horror/thriller movie from 1976 that was a Stephen King novel prior. Love to see you add this one to future polls. It isn’t outdated and pretty sure you would like it.

Oh, this is gonna mess you kids up.

Kathy Bates won best actress Oscar. You should check out "Delores Claiborne" for another great Bates performance

YES!!!! I voted for this, because I knew you both would SPAZZ!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Stephen King at his finest!!

You two...I love your reactions. Keep up the great work. Peace and blessings always 🙏

I love this movie! I'm not a huge fan of slasher movies, but Stephen King is a master at true horror. I cosplayed Annie Wilkes 6 years ago at a horror convention. So many horror icons being cosplayed, but mine stood out and gave more people chills than all of the Freddies and Jasons combined! I even had a Dawn of the Dead actor avoiding me most of the con, all he could think about was his ankles. It was great fun walking around and asking "Do you know where Paul Sheldon is? I heard he was going to be here, I'm his biggest fan!" 😈

I love your reaction to this film. Misery is a very tense psychological thriller. If you both haven’t already seen The Silence of the Lambs it is also a very tense psychological thriller

You guys should check out "Wait Until Dark" with Audrey Hepburn

All the performances in this movie are great.

If your in the 90s thriller kick watch single white female, fatal attraction, delores claiborne

Kathy Bates won the Oscar for this role. James Caan did play the dad in Elf but was best known as playing Sonny in The Godfather. Kathy was amazing. So freaking scary. Good reaction guys!

This movie freaked me out so badly when it came out. Kathy Bates plays psycho really well doesn't she? I almost vomited in the theater. I need to join your patreon. Very interesting format. I'm 40/60 for it.