The Usual Suspects (1995) - Full Reaction
Added 2022-03-20 06:59:32 +0000 UTCHey everyone! We got back from a little family vacation today and I was so excited to get this one to you guys! Remember, I'm only posting two full length reactions this week, but next week you'll get four. So without further ado, here is the full reaction to the runner up of our Investigation/Detective poll (losing by 1% to The Untouchables) "The Usual Suspects". Hope you enjoy!
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I love this one, it's a shame Spacey turned out to be a serial sexual assaulter because he's one hell of an actor and in a lot of great movies. Now he just sends out weirdass christmas messages every year.
Pand
2022-05-06 14:45:17 +0000 UTCThe best part of this movie is obviously the reaction at the end of someone watching it for the first time. And as always Cassie never fails to disappoint. Say what you will about Kevin Spacey but he pulled off an awesome performance and deserved the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year. Great reaction Cassie 😉
Joe M
2022-05-03 03:56:59 +0000 UTCIf I remember correctly, Mark Hamill himself said that he didn’t agree with the way that the writers wrote the Luke Skywalker character in this movie. I think he said that he didn’t believe Luke Skywalker would have been so passive in his advanced age, and that Luke Skywalker should have been written as a more aggressive character, and more like how he was portrayed in the original trilogy. However, with Disney now owning the Star Wars franchise, they obviously had creative control over his storyline, and chose to go in a different direction with the addition of the new characters, and decided kill off his character in this movie.
N M
2022-04-26 00:29:44 +0000 UTC"I'm not rooting for them,...but, I AM....but i'm not...."
Dave Thomas
2022-03-29 03:52:34 +0000 UTCYou recognize Redfoot from Pulp Fiction he was the cop that sodomized Marcellus Wallace (the mob boss) great reaction
Sam R.
2022-03-26 04:51:03 +0000 UTCThis was a great and interesting movie. Maybe you should do your first ever 'Second movie reaction' to a movie while you try and figure out the clues that you have missed, lol.
Mr. Killeverything
2022-03-24 09:51:01 +0000 UTCDuring your rewatch, notice how when Keaton looks up at Keyser, the lighter in his hand shines on his face. Then Keaton reacts with a chuckle on how he was fooled.
3dbadboy1
2022-03-23 17:40:23 +0000 UTCjust a perfect movie. your stunned reaction is exactly how I felt when first seeing this way back. incredible film
MetallicOpeth
2022-03-22 20:51:56 +0000 UTCdidn't she mimic smoking a joint earlier as well like "is dope...?". When Keaton tells Redfoot "I'm the one who shivved him" I think i heard 'what's a ship'? lol, those little things right there just make me smile in a way that improves my mood on the spot ha. A-dorable lol.
Erik Daniel
2022-03-22 03:36:15 +0000 UTCWhat's really interesting is that not only is Verbal not behind those ropes, but when you watch the tracking shot of him running over to them you might notice he never moves behind them, he stops or disappears behind the tires.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-21 15:30:19 +0000 UTC“Cmon Brain..work better “ LOL…not your fault that how most of us felt the first time we watched it.
John McCloy
2022-03-21 14:44:37 +0000 UTCRewatched the movie in prep for the YT edit. Still a pretty fun movie but I was struck by the complete and total misrepresentation of how a grand jury works. Not a great look for a crime film.
Jason Chirevas
2022-03-21 13:54:28 +0000 UTCAnd McManus =)
warcrimes
2022-03-21 10:14:00 +0000 UTCCassie your reaction at the end was brilliant. Had a similar reaction when i saw this when i was 16.
mattosh79
2022-03-21 10:11:04 +0000 UTCThat was better than I remember it. When I first saw it back in the day, I liked it and enjoyed it, but I never had the urge to watch it again after that. Seeing it again made me appreciate it more, plus Cassie's reaction made it more fun.
Johnny
2022-03-21 07:21:59 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite "unreliable narrator" films of all time. There's others of course but this one is very nostalgic for me. I must've rented it like more than a dozen times from blockbuster. Unfortunately because of the "twist-ending" trend for thrillers in the late-90s/early 00s all my friends would guess the ending when I showed it to them because they were fresh off the newest Shyamalan movie and just expected one lol Loved your reaction- got me close to feeling how I felt the first time it hit me! If you like "unreliable narrator" films, Identity and Memento are other pretty good ones.
LMrcs
2022-03-21 07:20:17 +0000 UTChaha 🙈🙈🙈
Cassie
2022-03-21 07:13:04 +0000 UTChaha glad i wasn’t the only one! now that you mention it, there’s totally a baldwin resemblance !!
Cassie
2022-03-21 07:10:08 +0000 UTCthank you for this comment! I really was so into it, not the same feeling i had with pulp fiction at all!!
Cassie
2022-03-21 07:04:14 +0000 UTChaha give me another one!!
Cassie
2022-03-21 06:58:56 +0000 UTCThere's really no point dual wielding pistols; you're forced to shoot from the hip and lose half your accuracy. Prolly end up the 2nd or 3rd guy to get shot looking like a doofus. The only guy who can ever pull it off is Mike Lowrey😎
Sahitya
2022-03-21 05:39:59 +0000 UTCThe look on Cassie's face as she tried to wrap her head around the last 10 minutes of movie is why I love this channel. Genuine shock, confusion, discombobulation and then realization. I enjoyed her reaction as much as the movie. Can't wait for the YT Edit. The live chats will be buzzing.
Mr Jordan
2022-03-21 04:39:22 +0000 UTCI watched this for the first time in High School. What's really enjoyable is when you rewatch this movie looking at Verbal's movements and what he says. A look that seems kind of distracted and lazy now looks calculating. That shot of the boxes and rope when the boat explodes look like they're focusing on where verbal supposedly was hiding, but in reality no one was there. It's fun to piece together what actually happened during the rewatch. Soze creates the lineup of these thieves, gains their trust by doing a few jobs he's fed to them down the pipeline, with varying levels of success. Then uses them to screw up a deal where the Argentinians are selling someone who could rat him out to the Hungarians.
hurryupmode
2022-03-21 04:10:50 +0000 UTCCassie: “Wait. Is cocaine dope?” Me: “We had very different childhoods!” 🤣 Great reaction Cassie! Don’t feel bad about not seeing the twist ending. Not too many people did. I sure didn’t. That’s why the movie is iconic. I’ve even heard the name Kaiser Soze being used as a verb. For example, if someone fools someone really bad. You would say “He Kaiser Soze’d him!” Or “He got Kaiser Soze’d” Although, you kinda did call out early on that Verbal might have been some sort of genius. Then you kind of turned your attentions elsewhere. IDK. You might have the makings of a detective after all! 😀 Looking forward to the next one!
Robert da Spruce
2022-03-21 03:00:21 +0000 UTCAs the screen went black (1h43m), the look on Cassie's face: 🤯😲 This might be my favorite reaction yet! So much fun watching someone see it for the first time. 💛 ya Cassie, sorry we broke your brain for an hour!
Mike H
2022-03-21 02:41:26 +0000 UTCI’m so happy you watched this! It’s one of my favorite movies!
Houston727Gal
2022-03-21 01:13:37 +0000 UTCHope you and the fam had a great Vacation! I was looking after my cousins kids for the week and just said goodbye. So with work starting tomorrow this right here is my mini vacation. Downloading now and then time to relax. Thanks Cass.
Erik Daniel
2022-03-21 00:36:06 +0000 UTCIt's a bug in Patreon's website. If you edit your comment several times (in a certain context - not sure what that is yet), then it can vanish.
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-03-20 23:15:14 +0000 UTCSuch a classic and that twist at the end.
Patrick Toscano
2022-03-20 23:10:09 +0000 UTCIt's impossible to know how much of what Verbal said was true. The only things we know for certain is that a boat was blown up, it's passengers were killed and a person who could identify Keyser Söze was to be traded.
Opti_Frog
2022-03-20 22:38:31 +0000 UTCGood movie, but too much foul language🤭🤐
Wade Watts
2022-03-20 21:58:01 +0000 UTCOk I have never sat down to watch this all the way through before and you can consider my mind blown. My main question that you can answer me here or elsewhere was anything in that story real and how crazy a person must be to bring everyone together in a convoluted way. I am so intrigued and entertained right now. First time ever a movie left me stumped 🤔.
David Freese
2022-03-20 21:48:25 +0000 UTCIt's funny no matter how many times they said Kaiser Soze in the movie you kept on saying Soza.
Michael Lynch
2022-03-20 21:25:17 +0000 UTCI remember the sleeper hit nature of this movie. I probably watched it some time in 1996 after its release on VHS. I was 14. My dad picked it up at the local movie rental. I certainly hadn’t heard of it and he said it sounded Tarantino-esque. Having been a fan of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs I absolutely loved this film. It was probably my introduction to the “unreliable narrator” trope. I thought the ending was very satisfying and well executed. It seems like a lot of people caught this on VHS in a similar way, and likely were pleasantly surprised to enjoy a neo-noir mystery thriller they had no prior knowledge of.
Wes Stewart
2022-03-20 21:24:47 +0000 UTCNot sure why the following comment is objectionable to the MODS or algorithm but it has been deleted twice. I'll try third time: The mysterious Kobayashi was played by the English actor Pete Postlethwaite who has an eclectic filmography. Playing a carom, I suggest Postlethwaite in Brassed Off (1996). This comedy/drama/romance also stars a young Ewan McGregor and I think Cassie would love it. McGregor's appearance suggest a tranche of movies featuring loved actors in genres and roles radically different from the familiar. Two stark instances come to mind: 1) Elijah Wood, our beloved Frodo. In Green Street Hooligans (2005) he plays a naive American Harvard student discovering the world of English soccer hooliganism. It is a startling departure from "Frodoism" and he is great in it. 2) Ewan MGregor, or beloved Obi Wan. In Trainspotting (1996) he is a young Scottish lad navigating the drug culture underworld of Edinburgh. The film also features a tour de force performance by Robert Carlyle as Begbie, a character that is an alternate universe, more extreme version of Pesci's Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas (1990). Can anyone think of additions to this list? Maybe Cop Land (1997) for a very different Stallone?
Michael Threapleton
2022-03-20 21:09:19 +0000 UTCOne of the all time great twists, however, this isn't a movie I ever really go back to. The Movie itself is just sorta 'eh' for me. I think all the best parts are in the detective's office with Kevin Spacey.
David Crabtree
2022-03-20 20:34:39 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite movies to watch someone experience for the first time. And yes, you'll definitely want to watch it again at some point. The first time I watched it, I immediately rewound the tape and watched it again. I don't know anyone who's ever seen this movie only once. At some point you ask yourself, "wait, did ANY of what I saw actually happen?" Cassie, I'm so glad you knew so little about the movie going in, the twist works much better that way. I'm glad we got to see you react to this movie, it was such a treat :)
Patrick Egan
2022-03-20 20:24:54 +0000 UTCThe point of weaving the story and being chatty for 2 hours was that Keiser/Verbal needed to waste 2 hours at the police station until his bail was posted, and he were able to leave for good. And he could not get rid of Agent Kujan who had a hard on for Keaton (a small fish, turns out, at least compared to Soze), so he had to keep Kujan occupied somehow.
Alec S
2022-03-20 19:47:49 +0000 UTCBased on the way Cassie described the feeling she got on seeing him I think she was thinking of Zed.
Mark Sylvester
2022-03-20 19:47:00 +0000 UTCThe commentary of an all too sweet Cassie: * "Come up with a plan" - * "I'm not routing for them" - * "Maybe I am" - * "But I'm not" - * "I really don't know who I'm for" - * "I do love that he loves the lawyer" - (at least 5 minutes with an open mouth / jaw dropped) * "What? What? What?" - * "It was Verbal?!?" - * "They tricked me TWICE!!!" - * "This is going to take a rewatching!" - Is there anything better than a PiB reaction?
Terry Yelmene
2022-03-20 19:32:16 +0000 UTCDid y'all notice that the title of this movie comes from a line in Casablanca (1942), a Cassie/Carly reviewed film.
Michael Threapleton
2022-03-20 19:08:46 +0000 UTCAlso, has anyone ever noticed the way Verbal reads the line they've been given in the line-up? "Hand *ME* the keys, you f---ing, etc..." Emphasis on "me."
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 18:35:32 +0000 UTCSomething that I didn't catch the first few times I watched this was that at one point Dave Kujon (Chazz Palminteri's character) takes over the telling of the story. After he steps out of the room and learns about the discovery of the stool pigeon Arturo Marquez's body, he comes back in and proceeds to tell Verbal what happened ("Stop me when this sounds familiar..."), so the final two "flashbacks" we get of Verbal seeing Keyser Soze are Kujon's version of events, not Verbal's.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 17:56:35 +0000 UTCAnd Kobayashi (or whatever his name is) exists because we see him in the car at the end. I am one of those who's also inclined to believe the story about Soze's family because of the way Verbal tells it. Once you know he's talking about himself, his relaying of the account seems to take on a subtle personal touch (like someone who's not just telling a scary story but recalling a past trauma).
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 17:15:25 +0000 UTCThe crazy thing about this movie when I think about it is that even before it's revealed that Verbal is Soze. Verbal is in hindsight the last person we should be trusting to tell events how they actually happened. The Verbal persona that Soze has established is a known con artist. The kind of person that you can never rely on to tell the truth. That being said the best lies always contain a bit of truth. No doubt the line up actually happened, since Kujan did arrest Keaton when the Usual Suspects are rounded up for the lineup. It's also probably true that they did rob the New York's Finest Taxi service. According to Verbal/Soze the press showed up before the cops did. A corruption scandal of that magnitude would've been all over the papers. So there'd be no point in lying about it or making a story up about it, since it'd be something Kujan could verify. From that point on though, we pretty much get into the territory of having no idea what actually happened. I'm pretty sure the story about Soze's family and his revenge against the Hungarians is true. It's too crazy of a story to be made up, though by this point it's probably morphed into something akin to a legend within the criminal underworld. Other than that though, all we know for certain is that everyone's dead, the ship's gone up in flames and Verbal's got immunity.
Phillip Ribbink
2022-03-20 17:10:44 +0000 UTCYeah, the sideways gun thing came and went in about 5 minutes. It was new and cool and It dates the film certainly, but I don't really mind it. This was actually the first film I saw it in. It's a product of its time. All films (indeed all work of art) are. Very difficult to know in the present which new things are going to last and which ones are just a fad.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 16:44:11 +0000 UTCOr at the bottom of the coffee mug.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 16:40:29 +0000 UTCRory, I'd suggest devoting some time to Mia Tiffany's YT channel. It's a movie equivalent of a course in classical music appreciation.
Michael Threapleton
2022-03-20 16:39:20 +0000 UTCCassie “Come on brain, work” That’s how I felt the first time watching this movie. The actor who played McManus who got the knife in the back of the neck is Stephen Baldwin, he is one of Alec Baldwin’s (Beetlejuice, Hunt for Red October) brothers. The twist at the end has become pop culture. I’ve seen other things that reference this movie. “Who do you think you are, Keyser Soze?” Or if there is a twist someone would joke “It was Keyser Soze” and of course only people who have seen this movie would understand. Great reaction Cassie 🍿
Tara
2022-03-20 16:08:10 +0000 UTCFor me, the biggest issue with The Usual Suspects is the forced inclusion of the sideways gun fad that swept films in the mid-90s. The notion that middle-aged, professional thieves would hold their guns like that is so ludicrous that it almost ruins the entire movie for me :( That being said, that was a pretty solid reaction. I love the "processing..." face you have on at the very end :)
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-03-20 15:03:06 +0000 UTCIs that the Green Goblin guy? Well! Somebody has never seen Winona Ryder's version of LITTLE WOMEN!
Jason Dolan
2022-03-20 14:09:57 +0000 UTCI still remember seeing this movie in theaters for the first time and the absolute mindfuck the ending was. Such a fun film, and a reminder that despite his transgressions, Kevin Spacey gave us some incredible performances.
Jason Dolan
2022-03-20 14:08:34 +0000 UTCI really like your comment because the true star of the movie is Christopher McQuarrie and his wonderful screenplay, meanwhile the movie does a lot of work to convince you that Gabriel Byrne and his character Keaton are the star of the movie/main character, a cruel trick if what you say is true, a cruel trick because even Mr. Byrne was convinced he was the star of the film while he was making it. A trick that spilled out into real life, as the true star of the movie/main character was Keven Spacey/Keyser Soze/Verbal Kint who had to settle for the Supporting Actor Oscar for the movie he was the star of! I'd go on about how the movie doesn't work as well in the rewatch once you know the trick of it, or as the magic spell is broken, but no one here probably wants to hear that. It was worth it to see Cassie's head explode on camera at the end.
MikeLL
2022-03-20 14:04:01 +0000 UTCCassie I wish I would have counted the number of times you say”what?” In the last 10 minutes. Yes it got me and my too! But I could tell by your grin you really enjoyed the movie!
Steven Ashford
2022-03-20 13:38:25 +0000 UTCAwesome. I’ve been wanting to watch this again. Hope you all had a great vacation.
Stephen Aech
2022-03-20 13:38:04 +0000 UTCThe laughing was because Benicio Del Toro farted...
ArsTropica
2022-03-20 13:30:17 +0000 UTCCorrect - Cassie did figure it out at the beginning when she called him a genius, but then all the distractions started mounting up. 😁😁
ArsTropica
2022-03-20 13:29:27 +0000 UTC' "Sozel" means Verbal in Hungarian ' Well, no, it doesn't. I can't really think of an actual word similar in Hungarian. Maybe one meaning of verbal, that would be "szó szerint" (kind of meaning as literally) but the pronunciation is different and would only the first syllable of the second word. Btw if they were so worried about the Hungarian audience maybe they should have had better oversight on the Hungarian dub instead. Because the voice on the ship in the very beginning of the movie is clearly recognizable in this dubbed version pretty much spoiling the entire movie.
Gábor Árki
2022-03-20 13:23:37 +0000 UTCWatching it a 2nd time is cool, because you see how he looks at the wall behind the cop etc..
24fps_
2022-03-20 12:54:07 +0000 UTCIf I recall some trivia, the lineup scene took ages to do because everyone kept cracking up. The scene that ended up being used had to be one of the corpsing scenes because they couldn't get through it without laughing
John Drake
2022-03-20 12:47:11 +0000 UTCyour fan base on patreon is significantly older than that of yt so we only get old films now. no recent gems (not talking about the usual suspects)
Rory
2022-03-20 11:49:50 +0000 UTCFun flick. Thanks for the reaction.
Grinznmore
2022-03-20 11:39:59 +0000 UTCI can picture her, after turning off the camera, sitting back, fingers steepled, a Cheshire cat-like grin crosses her face, pondering what her next move will be. And we'll gladly go along for the ride! :D
Damon
2022-03-20 11:33:02 +0000 UTCCassie's whole persona is an act. She wants us to believe that she's this sweet, innocent girl who just wants to watch movies, but she's actually a criminal mastermind.
Carol_White
2022-03-20 11:16:22 +0000 UTCSinger has likened it to RASHOMON.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 10:31:45 +0000 UTCI thought the exact same thing when she said that.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 10:31:10 +0000 UTCThe last time I saw this was more than ten years ago. I forgot how good the cast and the writing were. Cassie figured out who "Sosa" 😊 was 23 minutes in, but she got distracted and confused by the second act.
G
2022-03-20 10:24:26 +0000 UTCI gotta tell you, Cassie, watching you watch this took me right back to when I was a freshman in college and my dad took me one weekend to a theater to see it. Usually we know something about a movie before watching it, but, like you, this time we went in completely cold and were just blown away by it.. Yes, we were duped, but I've never had so much fun being duped by a movie. It was an immensely pleasurable watch then and it still is. I've seen THE USUAL SUSPECTS at least 20 times. It's a favorite of mine. A stylish and captivating noir thriller. I enjoy watching it now just to revel in the actual filmmaking which is masterful.. The cast is terrific (Spacey definitely deserved his Oscar; there are nuances to his performance so subtle it takes multiple viewings to pick up on them), Christopher McQuarrie's Oscar-winning script is smart, the camerawork striking, but the music and the editing (both done by John Ottman) is top shelf. The last ten minutes of the film is one of the best edited ten minutes of film I've ever seen. Period. I admit I was nervous about you watching it because of its violence and shady characters (I was worried it was going to be another PULP FICTION for you), but it was a pleasure watching you get drawn into this complex, deceptive narrative just like I was almost thirty years ago.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-03-20 10:21:47 +0000 UTC"Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze" was Kevin Spacey's Hungarian character. Bryan Singer (director) and Christopher McQuarrie (screenwriter) were worried that Hungarian and German speaking audiences would figure it out right away cause "Sozel" means Verbal in Hungarian and "Keyser" means emperor in German.
G
2022-03-20 10:07:05 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of ways to read that ending, but the certainties are that Verbal made everything up and that we will never know what actually happened. We’ll never know if Keaton was really trying to go straight. We’ll never know how Fenster ended up dead, or even IF he’s dead. We only have Verbal’s word that he was killed at all. We’ll never know who killed Edie, or how involved she was in all of this - I personally think she may have been paid off to betray her client, and Soze had her killed to tie up a loose end. Everything we watched for an hour and a half was a lie. Nasty trick. Or maybe it’s all true, he just changed the names. The ratio of myth to truth is unknowable, like Keyser Soze himself, or the God that Keaton fears. It’s a thematically-heavy piece, but I’ve always felt like the plot doesn’t make a lick of sense. It sounds like the kind of thing a guy makes up on the spot in a police interrogation room.
Brian Harris
2022-03-20 09:49:28 +0000 UTCYAY! Cassie’s first interaction with the “unreliable narrator” trope. I was so happy when she said “I love a narrator” cuz I knew she’d trust Verbal immediately. The whole movie is a lie. I love that. None of it happened the way you were told. One of the best uses of the unreliable narrator ever.
djKENTO
2022-03-20 09:44:21 +0000 UTCThe "scary guy" you recognized is Peter Greene, who played Zed in Pulp Fiction. Also the bad guy in The Mask. He plays a lot of bad guys, actually
XanderWhat
2022-03-20 09:24:54 +0000 UTCFavorite fun fact about this movie: Gabriel Byrne (Keaton) was convinced that he was Keyser Soze while he was making the film. When he saw the first screening they had for the cast and crew he was so upset that he wasn't Soze.
DarthChef
2022-03-20 09:22:54 +0000 UTCI found the ending to this movie profoundly dissatisfying... it also triggered many imitations over the next decade or so, each trying to pull off the same rug-pulling effect on the audience; and I have to say, I usually liked the imitations better!
Henry Fitzgerald
2022-03-20 08:10:42 +0000 UTCLove this... so happy every time you post one of the movies on my: have to watch list. From an era, they had amazing scripts
Brian Berg
2022-03-20 08:02:49 +0000 UTCNice! A little late to sit and watch this one tonight. But it’s on my “to do” list for tomorrow! Looking forward to your reaction!
Robert da Spruce
2022-03-20 07:16:41 +0000 UTC
