O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION! 

"Well ain't this place just a geographical oddity? 2 WEEKS FROM EVERYWHERE!" 😂

I love this movie like the fact that this is somewhat based on Homer's epic Greek poem “The Odyssey” like for example the singing women in the river are sirens, John Goodman’s character Big Dan is the cyclops Polyphemus, & many more

Homer Stokes was "ridden out on a rail" which was a form of punishment initiated by a mob when someone had angered them. Sometimes it came with tarring and feathering.

Tim Blake Nelson (Delmar) is so fucking good in this movie, his deliveries never fail to crack me up.

Fantastic movie. I’ll go to my grave thinking Clooney should have won and Oscar for this role.

"Baby Face" Nelson was a real bank robber who apparently really was bipolar. John Goodman represents the Cyclops in The Odyssey. The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer between 1200 and 500 BCE in ancient Greece. It was the sequel to his epic poem, The Iliad, one of the oldest extant works of literature still read by modern audiences. The Iliad recounts the events of the Trojan War, while The Odyssey recounts Odysseus' 10 year journey home after the fall of Troy. Both tales draw heavily from ancient Greek mythology. Mythical creatures and Olympian gods were involved. I suppose there could be many movies. There’s Ulysses (1954) and The Oddysey (1997). There’s also the 2004 movie, Troy, which doesn’t involve the gods. It would be more from The Iliad than The Odyssey. I haven’t seen any of them, so can’t really make any recommendations. Hey, man, Giraffe had reach.

I love this story. And the soundtrack is pure magic

One of the funniest Coen Brothers films ever made! It's a retelling of THE ODYSSEY by Homer.

Tommy is based of a real person named Robert Johnson, he's in the forever 27 club and the legend is he couldn't play guitar for nothing then all of a sudden became amazing and the legend of him selling his soul at the crossroads was born

This is my favorite Coen Brother movie. I love the soundtrack, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2001. It really surprised everyone when an album of old-timey music beat out albums by India Arie, Outkast, U2, and Bob Dylan to win Album of the Year. George "Baby Face" Nelson was a real gangster in the 1930s, at one point the FBI's Public Enemy #1. Tommy Johnson was a reference to bluesman Robert Johnson, a below average blues guitarist of the 1930s who, legend has it, went to the crossroads at midnight and sold his soul to the devil, thereafter becoming a very talented and successful blues guitarist until his death in 1938. He recorded a song called Cross Road Blues about the event. The band Cream, with Eric Clapton, had a hit in the 60s with their version, called Crossroads.

Absolute classic. I had the soundtrack on CD and just about wore it out. I laugh so much every time I watch this- always puts me in a good mood😊

Sirens! I love that you called them Sirens. You pegged it perfectly on a guess! The story is based on Homer's Odyssey, so those were the same sirens you were talking about, just as women instead of sea creatures.

I went and saw Ralph Stanley the "Oh Death" singer in concert. He's a piece of history in the bluegrass music scene.

We’re in a tight spot boys!

“Well ain’t this place a geographical oddity, two weeks from everywhere”

The Coens are responsible for some of the most consistently hilarious films of all time. This, The Big Lebowski, Rasing Arizona, Burn After Reading.. and then you have stuff like No Country for Old Men, Fargo, Blood Simple, some of the darkest films ever made 😂

IRL Lester Joseph Gillis aka Babyface Nelson was partners with the infamous John Dillinger. He died at the age of 25 from gunshot wounds.

A lot of the music in this movie is classic bluegrass. My hometown has a huge bluegrass music festival every year since 1972, and when this movie came out, it became a tradition to have a movie night showing of it, outdoors in the Pecan Grove. They still do show it to this day.

This was one of my mom's favorite movies of all time, both of my parents enjoyed it and we would watch it when I was a kid. My mom loved delmar and george Clooney. My mom passed away last week watching this reaction helped me feel better and reminded me of the good days when I was young. I really do enjoy your reactions

Fun Fact: O Brother Where Art Thou is actually based on The Odyssee from Greek Mythology!!! The Sirens, the blind farer, the one eyed giant, the main character wanting to return home and get his wife and children back!!

“Did he get liquified!?” 💀💀💀💀 This movie Really punches you hard in the feels. The music wraps you up nonstop with joy, love and laughter.

This is such a fun take on The Odyssey, with a fabulous cast.

The guy who wanted to be a mater dei and wear a bowtie every day eventually went on to play the butler in Mr. Deeds, where he wore a bowtie for pretty much his entire life.

Fun fact: some Scandinavian countries don't add prison time for people who escape custody. They figure it's pretty much human nature to want to get out of confinement, so escaping doesn't carry any additional penalty (people are, however, held responsible for any crimes they commit while on the lam).

Fun fact the song they make in the movie actually did become a massive hit in real life

When I subscribed, I finally knew what it was like to have my father's approval

The guy getting taken out of town on a board was actually a thing that used to happen especially in the south. And yes, "those guys" would hood their horses as well

Oh my goshhhh, I haven't seen this movie since I was younggggg! It scared me at some parts, especially when John Goodman smooshes the poor frog in his hand. But "I Am Man of Constant Sorrow" by The Soggy Bottom Boys will forever be a bop! So excited to watch this reaction! You guys are too funny! :) Edit- Your guys' reaction to the cows made me laugh so hard I was tearin' up. Gonna go on an Octokrool binge now!

My hair! The soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou? became a top-selling CD. Bluegrass and folk music fans especially love it. The title "O Brother. Where Art Thou?" comes from the movie Sullivan's Travels (1941), in which the title character was a filmmaker who wanted to make a movie with that name. He never got it done, so the Coen Brothers finished it for him. There really was a blues guitarist named Tommy Johnson whom people believed got his talent by selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads. Over time, the legend was transferred to Robert Johnson, probably because he was more famous. There also really was a bank robber called Baby Face Nelson who was also known as George (though his real name was Lester Joseph Gillis). Nelson was a partner of John Dillinger. A lot of criminals in the depression era had wild nicknames, like Scarface, Pretty Boy Floyd, Machine Gun Kelly, and Bugs Moran. My favorite is Creepy Karpis. The scene at where they look out from behind the bushes at the Klan rally is a reference to the scene in The Wizard of Oz where Scarecrow, Tin Man, and The Cowardly Lion see the guards at the witch's castle. And the scene where they bring the prisoners into the movie theater is a reference to a similar scene in Sullivan's Travels. They literally ran Homer Stokes out of town on a rail.

I’ve been not so patiently waiting for this review and it did not disappoint 😭😭😭

The OctoKrool bros reacting to O Brother Where Art Thou ? What have we done to deserve this ? Where's my popcorn?

Don't feel too bad for the dog. He was Cerberus, and his master, the obsessed cop, was the Devil.

I always loved the sirens singing

The baddies in sheets used to cover their horses because horses have distinguishing marks. Imagine if you're doing something like they got up to and someone spots the horse you always ride and hollers "Hey that's Leroy Jones."

LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie. Bona fide means 'genuine.' By the way, here is the movie that the guys were watching in the movie theatre. It's the 1933 musical comedy 'Myrt and Marge', based off the radio show of the same name and co-starring the Three Stooges. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wg8rsEJFAOQ.htmlsi=C4IVwU8pgno_qm2g

IS YOU IS, OR IS YOU AIN'T, MY CONSTITIENTS!?

@23:40 "He's like a boxing giraffe!" Lost my mind laughing.

Such a great movie. I play this for my class when we are studying the Odyssey

I loved this movie so much when it first came out, and the music, I bought the soundtrack. The whole cast was fabulous...Great reaction!

Favourite comedy from the Coen Brothers. A film that my family used to watch together from time to time.

This movie holds a special place in my heart. My Dad (who passed away at the young age of 65 to cancer) always played the music soundtrack to this movie. Makes me wanna cry but at the same time Ik it’s apart of this fucked life.

I saw this movie for the first time about a year to a year-and-a-half ago, and ever since then when my twin daughters need diaper changes I call them "The Soggy Bottom Girls"

Man Of Constant Sorrow hits you in the gut. Great song, great movie.

We. Thought. You. Was. A. Toad.

I saw this and first heard the soundtrack when I was young. And at the age of now 31…it still sticks with me. Such a great film and unique soundtrack!

I love this movie. It is a delightfully quirky version of The Odyssey.

You guys HAVE to watch the group Home Free's cover of the main song. It will open you world to the one of the best RU-vid success stories.

It's always so weird to hear the names of place in a movie you've always heard of or been to nearby. Yazoo City, Tishomingo, and Itta Bena are real towns in Mississippi. Baby Face Nelson was a real bank robber but I don't think he ever hit a bank in Mississippi. It was actually Robert Johnson that sold his soul at the crossroads outside Clarksdale. I guess they couldn't get the rights to his name. Sirens, Cyclops the blind seer (Tiresias) this is actually The Odyssey. Parts of this were actually filmed in Mississippi. And if rumors are to be believed Clooney hooked up with two local hoochies in a hot tub at the Hilton on Countyline Road in Jackson.

If I had a dime for everytime I've been in a situation that was "pert near hopeless" I'd still be broke because that's the way it works when things are "pert near hopeless".

Tear Up Nation- "I Have to say that kkk scene lives rent free in my head ever since I watched in the 8th for some Americans the kkk is goofy but in the old days it was a group that was pure evil and feared.

In High School, I took Mythology 101 and when we got to Greek Mythology, more Specifically, The Odyssey; we first watched the '97 mini series and then we watched O' Brother, Where Art Thou. A whole week of O' Brother and it was glorious.

Two lines I love are when Pete asks why Everett should be in charge and Everett says "I thought it should be the one with capacity for abstract thought." LOL-The other one was when he was trying to buy Dapper Dan and he's told that would also take two weeks to get. He says "Well isn't that a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!" Very funny writing! Baby Faced Nelson was a real bank robber back then.

watched this back in the good old Blockbuster days! my 4 digit code was 5050!saw it with a friend at his work place and enjoyed some winegums and cheap soda that day!

One of the best movies ever made! My whole family has the entire thing memorized, and as a classicist, I wholly endorse this Homeric adaptation 😂

No lie I bought the soundtrack for $3 at Walmart and thought the leader of the racist group’s sermon was the most beautiful thing ever and then I discovered it was HIM who sang it and my heart broke 💔💔💔 still the best movie soundtrack I’ve ever heard (besides Trainspotting and Mid90s)

This is one of my favorite films! I’m so glad they let you guys out to watch it.

I really like the fact that Black Homer was moving slowly on the handcart just after the freight train flew past and, at the end, he was moving away from the leashed Warby gals. Space and time are changeable.

Good night and happy New year guys from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹😎👌👍

The blind radio recorder man plays a big role in Barry from HBO alongside Bill Hader. Check it out if you haven't. Lesser known show, but easily the best show I've seen in a long time -- maybe ever.

This was my late mother's favourite film. Before she passed, she had quite movie crush of George Clooney. This film is forever in special place in my heart.

Go to sleep, you little baby. Go to sleep, you little baby. 🎵

Glad to see holly Hunter was finally able to have children there was a time

The cow, on the roof, was predicted... Remember? Blind guy.

In the big rock candy mountains 🌄

Such a great movie. The scene where they rescue Tommy is a shout out to the scene in the Wizard of Oz when the Tin Man, Lion & Scarecrow saved Dorothy from the Witch's castle. They copied the exact movements from the Oz characters, from the way they sunk down behind the rocks & the way they walked forward behind the shields dressed as the enemy. It's identical and brilliant. You guys are always a blast!

They guy they met in the crossroads is a true story as well, Robert Johnson, infamously he sold his soul so he could play the guitar..He was known as the best guitar player in the world..His skill has inspired some of the most famous musicians today.

I would love to see these guys react to Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

This is my absolute favorite John Turturro movie

One of my favs to watch a reaction to! This is one of the greats!

Among other things this pretty much single handedly revitalized Bluegrass as a form of music, there were concerts with the performers of the songs from the soundtrack

I haven't even started watching yet but I just wanna say I found you guys through a reactor compilation for the Iron Giant, and you guys have a freaking laundry list of reactions for me to dig into, so im instantly subscribed to get in on! Cheers!

"O Death" by Ralph Stanley is perfection.

" A Future Full Of Perils...", I like that!

George baby face Nelson was a real robber and gangster

During one point a couple of friends were supposed to come over to my place. They were running two hours late and didnt answer their phones, and it was worrying me. Finally they show up and i walk out, relieved, asking, "the hel took you guys so long?" One of them piped up and said, "well we got banished from Woolsworth..." Then he turned ro the other and asked "I dont know, Everett, was it just the one branch, or all of 'em?" All was forgiven. They had spent the last two hours rewatching O' Brother Where Art Thou, refusing to pick up their phones because they were too engrossed in the film

Colony’s aunt Rosemary was a famous vocalist and he tells a funny story of thinking he could sing because a few of his relatives could. He got in the booth for this movie and saw everyone faces 😂 realized he couldn’t. ☮️

"George" is "Babyface Nelson" he was on the same line as "Bonnie and Clyde, Machine gun kelly, john Dillinger"

Mass groups of individuals singing in a force is terrifying. LOL "Help me it's a choral group! God help me they're doing acapella!"

I remembered watching this movie alot with my dad a true gem

Thanks for existing you two

From where they started to Baxter is about a 7 hour car drive and robert Johnson according to legend sold his soul in Memphis tn at the crossroads

Big rock candy mountian sounds like an amazing place. Also, that rendition of down by the river... mmm something about church hyma sung by thenfaithful in nature.. beautiful

Great, great movie. Top 3 Coen brothers.

I was really pleased to see this when looking for something to watch. Been really missing my dad (we lost him just before Christmas 2022) and he really loved this film too, and quoted it often. So watching it back again makes me think of him and laugh 🥰

26:46 Different robe colors represent a person's rank. So, that red person is in a leadership position.

One of my favorite movies!! I have it on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and I have the soundtrack on CD and on vinyl record and downloaded on my phone!!

One of my favorites!!! Getting my popcorn ready now 🐸

Clan horses. The horses dressed as clan members were also spared... As were the guards' horses standing over the chain gangs... The two most recommended film adaptions of the Odyssey are: -"Ulysses" (1954) starring Kirk Douglas -"The Odyssey" (1997), a 2-part Canadian TV mini-series

The old saying , "Ride him out on a rail" was perfectly filmed when the put the Grand Wizard/ politician, on a railroad tie, and exited him thru the front doors! .😂

The final town they in is Baxter tn, just down the road from where i li e, it's not mentioned but holly Hunter does mention Cookeville the county seat, and I've been in down town Baxter many times it looks pretty much like thst time forgot about and there are railroad tracks all through it even though the final scene is not Baxter

Hell yeah one of my top movies! Glad you guys have such good taste hahah

The way y'all *SCREAMED* at the toad getting squished 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

33:13 the cow on the roof of a cotton house as foretold by the blind man.

George Nelson/Babyface Nelson was a real dude.

5:47 runoff I didn’t get until someone say run off .

I love that they stopped to pick up Tommy Johnson at the crossroads.

So ready for this on 4k!

Oh hell yeah! I'll bet y'all loved this. With your personalities I know this is about to be a fun reaction. Lawd I love this movie! 19:11 yep. Y'all got the best sense of humor in RU-vid!!! Great reaction.

Don't forget the whole village of gophers that Delmar and Pete ate. More animals dead!

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!😊😊😊😊😊