Falling Down Tried To Warn You
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Just 688 views in 6 minutes? Times are rought I guess for yall 😔✊🏻
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I ain't mad about it 💯
CZcams is so pussy they dont let you show guns from a 25 year old movie
Wha?? I thought they were sex toys.
I had a comment pulled and a 24-hour ban on commenting the other day because the word ugly was used in relation to a specific harlot on a video that was discussing adult entertainment people... frankly I won't be surprised if this gets me another 24 our ba
And yet it has entire channels devoted exclusively to guns and shooting. Lots of channels.
Nah, it showed them.
It was the CloakA-47
@@eyetrollin710 be silenced and submit...
Me watching Falling Down in my early 20s: "What's this guy's problem?"
Me watching Falling Down now: "Oh I get it."
Me watching Falling down in my early 10s: ok, his reaction is generally ok
Me watching it now(26): he's so much more calm than me
I'm 19 and I get it. Is there something wrong with me?
Watching Falling Down in one's 40s: Why did it take so long for him to snap?
@@robertnagy3942no
It's just worse now for everyone
@@Lonovavir Tolerance. Stoicism.
The most dangerous person is one who doesn't have a reason to live and nothing left to lose
That's incorrect. The most dangerous person is one who doesn't have a reason to live, has nothing to lose, AND KNOWS HOW TO WIN.
Or as my late father used to say "A hungry man is an angry man."
@@TarsonTalon Victory! Gaining control over the village and enslave the villagers who have become ripe for slavery! Even if they complain in private because they agree, retain and are fearful followers, so that they openly allow themselves to be enslaved.
I’m being pushed in that direction each day
It's a person who doesn't have anything to gain.
Bill asking 'I'm the bad guy?' is one of the most crushingly sad moments of any movie to me.
I watched the whole movie and I cried
boy the end was really sad
That was the point.
Ain’t that a bitch.. like he said he always did the right thing and look what happens.
And the next line, "I did everything they told me to."
“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” - African Proverb
"That's probably not an African proverb." - African proverb
Once you go Black you end up in a wheelchair -Terry crews
“Click click pop click pop click click”- click click pop
"Bumbaklart" - Jamaican Proverb
Whatifalthist fan?
“I’m the bad guy? When did that happen?”
Phenomenal line.
Yup...as they say, "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Finding out the truths of life isn't pretty. So many people are so incredibly brainwashed, have zero common sense, and just don't understand where this kind of "justified" anger and rage comes from. Why? Because they're brainwashed. Not saying I would ever do with he did in the film, but I certainly do understand the anger.
"When did that happen?"
the moment you stopped obeying, a man chooses, a slave obey, you're a slave.
I have a feeling a lot of news stories have this type of backstory. Im allways left thinking wtf reely happend that led up to the end.@truthteller4442
The enlightened realize the system is made by the wicked, evil people to turn the good and honest population into them.
That line always sends chills down my spine.
I never before caught the symbolism of Bill giving the homeless guy his briefcase and keeping the bag of guns. This is the moment he gives up his previous identity and embraces his rage.
the empty, worthless briefcase he had been just been desperately clinging to in the face of credible threat, tossed aside for a nuisance.
@@TheJacklikesvideos Well it wasn't empty, it still had an apple and a sandwich inside.
The rage of a man who's family is stolen from him is rightful but terrifying.
They're panicking - which is the reason the government used tax payer funds to pay for a "divert hate" anti-red pill/mgtow media campaign (suppression of Free Speech). More men than ever are checking out, which is drying up their revenue streams.
Nothing is scarier than a man who has lost any reason to play by the rules and has been given motivation to break them.
California Family Courts claim another victim
His family wasn't stolen from him though. They split up in a manner which was partially his fault....
"You push someone far enough, pretty soon they'd start pushing back."
- Max Payne
Love the anthology, for all its flaws. Good thing it ended openly, though; there's no need for a fourth.
I used that quote to end a grade 7 speech about bullying.
I read this in Max's voice
That quote fits well, now and days.
@@spugggaldon361 Same here.
Its actually sad how movies like this are becoming reality
This happens every day in America, people run from the police, who panic and end up dead or in jail over nothing but fear
They were letting us know.
Reality today is even worse than the movie. Just look at inflation, crime, homelessness, immigration, corporate dominance, and overinflated gov budgets. Modern day America makes Falling Down look pleasant!
Not sad, hysterical
what is funny is minorities living in poverty and violence and women being replaced by men all the while kicking down at white men. having someone to kick down at allows you to avoid introspection and accountability and allows you to be controlled.
"I am going away now. I am not economically viable. Hey, don't forget me."
Gen Patton said we fought for the wrongside.he wasn't lying.
Nahhhh he wanted to fight communists instead of nazis, but if we use the quote on the context of this movie yeah, it was better to fight to end the depressing shithole that is the USA in the end of the 80’s lmao
"Defeated the wrong side".
You antidentites!
Everyday the Austrian painter is proven right
No, it is USSR that fought on the wrong side. Had they attacked the USA first they would have been in superior negotiation position with the Nazi empire.
What has happened to us when we have to blur out a gun in a scene from a fictional movie?
Seriously, and not bothering to do it later
❤
What has happened to us when we call patriotism extremist?
@@n4ughty_knightHe’s not from here, we are not the same.
Love his videos, but his European shows hard sometimes.
Edited to remove an incorrect statement
@mikelitten7489
Really hard.
It's kinda funny, especially given his projected desire for "freedom".
Bill is what happens when an honest man loses everything and the world puts its thumb into the wound...
I can relate, I just don’t feel like going to jail. 🤷🏻♂️
I’ve been telling people for years, bad guys don’t wear signs, you never know who someone is or what their intentions are. Be prepared and be aware
My community page identifies my life as identical to Bill, except I am a Woman. An honest Woman robbed of all security & assets by filthy frauds and left for dead.
you dont get it. it was all his fault
@@thewhitedwarf3846 I’m not saying he was the good guy, but he was definitely pushed for things that don’t need to be happening.
@@mikelitten7489 brother, think about it. you just said you relate to the guy you admit is not a good guy and the reason you won't act on your anger and resentment is because you don't want to go to jail. Not trying to roast you here but seriously evaluate your outlook. Do you know God?
I've never noticed that the beautiful black man was dressed just like bill and essentially another version of him. This film is deeper than I initially knew it was.
"The economy sucks and everyone is struggling. Anyway, buy some crap you don't need or want in the middle of a silent depression." LMAO
Right, you'd think this turd would've had shame/self-awareness enough to not cram that gaudy advertisement into this video of all videos. Fuck this guy
The older I get, the more I’m turning into this dude.
Don’t, man. It’s just a path to life in prison. I can understand relating to the character in some ways, but don’t let it get in your head.
Watch a Movie called God Bless America
I feel similar. I am close to breaking some days.
Focus on fixing your life man. And everything will be ok
Continue as usual, slave.
CZcams got so idiotic now content creators have to blur weapons to avoid being demonetized.
When people with unresolved mommy issues get into decision making positions = bad for everyone
They are gonna start saying the gun identifies as a flag
Yep, youtube pooseys (deliberate spelling for obvious reasons).
CZcams overlords are a bunch of pansies
CZcams channel getting banned for showing gun in movie: "When did I become the bad guy?"
There's thousands of men slowly but surely growing into Bill's every single day. Society is crumbling...people are fed up.
We need change ASAP. Great video!!
If you watch the movie..you find out that he lost his job some time ago and would get up and dress as if he was going to work; as to not let his mother know that he had lost his job. (GOOD MOVIE)
As a little kid I thought that was dumb. Now I've done it 3 times.
The homeless man in the park scene is hilarious! Homeless man:”hey man! That’s no way to treat a vet!” Bill: “you’re an animal doctor?” 😂😂
“I was in Nam man”. “What were you? A drummer boy? You must have been about 8”. 😂😂😂
Love the way the homeless man disgruntled throws the apple just rolling beside Bill which he kicks away as turns to the left.
@@seantavendale5621 Right. “I haven’t eaten in three days….i mean aside from this sandwich”.
Wow hilarious 😐
That was a funny scene, ngl 😂
Such a good fucking film. Michael Douglas absolutely smashed it.
I wish they had recast Barbara Hershey as his ex. She says the lines but sounds afraid as she says them, suggesting that the real reason she doesn't want Douglas at his child's birthday party is because it is implied he as abusive to her and she is afraid of him. This detracts from the theme of the movie: that things are such that a good man can break bad. Her actual line is "you didn't pay this month's child support so you don't get to come to your daughter's birthday party" is about a real issue for men: alienation of an exploitable, disposable utility. Did forget his own mother speaks of his erratic behavior.
The drinker recommends... " Falling down "
A great actor
@@weldsj8847 She didn't say that though. She didn't even say anything about a birthday party, that was Bill that keeps talking about it. She said this wasn't his home, he doesn't even pay child support. No mention of a party. And if you notice, while he watches his home videos, he was a very abusive guy. His child doesn't smile enough for the camera, so he yells at her. She cries, because she's afraid because he's yelling, and he says to put her on the horse he bought, which she finally is doing while crying, and he's OK with that. His idea that he was a good guy was his fantasy. He's not a good man. The theme of the movie is nothing to do with poor good guys alienated from their families, which is your fantasy. It's that the society around him produced this not good man.
@@Hollylivengood Then, I think, for good reason you have a point and the movie undermines its own point. That US men are treated as disposable exploitable utilities.
I remember when this came out - it was pretty polarizing, especially with US critics who turned it into a partisan political commentary: one side saying Bill was a relic of a nasty belligerent 80s war machine who got what he deserved, and the other painting him as a hapless forgotten everyman in a world filled with migrants, economic decay and social modernisms. It's so superbly written that these themes, and class, and structural factors, and the individual / resilience all swirl around to the conclusion and beyond. Hardly anyone focusses on Prendergast, the old cop, who recommits to the department, and is - in a sense - the enduring America that the film shows at risk of falling down.
Agree, it's no coincidence that Bill is killed by him while Pendergast is wearing a white shirt and tie.
It's our only bit of hope and ray of light at the conclusion of a depressing climax. That a guy who has been mocked all day and we suspect for many years prior is still going to buy in and keep fighting the good fight despite similar losses and a severe lack of status in the world. God I hope cops like that still exist in LA, even if they're outnumbered and their hands are tied.
The burger scene is especially hilarious when you realize the cashier looks turned on by Bill's actions once he goes postal.
Yeah but L pentagram pfp what a gross symbol
@@olg7483 oh well.
@@olg7483I once saw i symbol on internet and started to cry. You must have scary life. All these symbols attacking you everywhere 😂
Falling Down and Office Space are 2 great 90's movies that spoke to the corporate dystopia we were moving into. They continue to draw a cult following because we can still relate.
Don't forget Fight Club
@@ricky9451 Oh, yeah.
Its already here bro but its gonna be worse
I always viewed Falling Down and Office Space as examples of healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms, and how people fight back against a system that is stealing their lives, the crew of Office Space struck back, but did it in a rather inspired way, where as Falling Down is about a man who loses all his inspiration, he lost hope and became truly lost.
There's also 'They Live!' It's a smart political movie pretending to be a cheesy Sci-Fi horror. One of my all-time favorites.
Gang Member - "I'll read it for you, it says this is fuckin private property. No fuckin trespassing. This means fuckin you!"
Bill - "It says all that?"
Gang Member - "YEAH!"
Bill - "Maybe if you wrote it in fuckin English, I could fuckin understand it."
Gang members don't speak English. They speak violence.
Take note of when they start listening.
The Camp of the Saints ( PDFDrive ) [By Jean Raspail]
"Clear a path you mother fuckrs im going home"
You forgot the brief case!
@@jimb3093CLEAR A PATH, MOTHERFUCKER!!!
He was not mentally ill. at his moment of clarity he acted instead of suppressing it.
Fun Fact: was Michael Douglas’ favorite role to this day as the every man down on his luck wondering where HIS American Dream went and turned into
It was his father’s favorite too. Mine as well. Loved it ever since I was a kid seeing it on hbo in 1994. Even then I was able to understand it. As a 13 year old who grew up without a dad because he died when I was 11 and all the women in the family all thought of me as dumb. This movie taught me to never get married at the young age I viewed this and it also taught me to not push a dudes buttons who walks in the hood looking like bill gates. You just don’t mess with people like that. You just don’t! 😂
It's crazy that a film made in 1993 is an almost accurate perception of life 30 years later. Coincidence, I think not 😳
Predictive programming? May‑be. It's the same old song & dance...
Lol history has already shown this happens over and over. It doesn't change because of the greed of the people at the top, regardless of everything else or what Era it is.
Wait for V for vendetta and Demolition Man.
Try watching the 90s half of Married with Children.
It feels more like an on-the-nose parody of the late 2010s - now than it did the 90s.
Dont forget idocracy@@ficture3001
Part of the genius of "Falling Down" is the fact that Douglas is initially portrayed as the hero, and our allegiances are gradually tested as the movie progresses and his desperation becomes more extreme. A proto Breaking Bad.
I love how you worded this fr.
@@notcoleman711 fr fr no cap on god he got rizz tho fr it be fire AYO
@@anon8206 These ebonics creeping into everyday vernacular are gross, i see it in Australian children now. No cap fr fr
Sort of, but by first encounter with the ganger it's clear he is suicidal. Further clarified when he is completely unfazed when being shot at.
My loyalty was never tested
I very much needed this.
I work 60+hours a week and have nothing to show for it.
A house I can barely pay for that I never see.
A car that I don't have time to drive but have to pay for the right to only look at it.
Food I buy but can't eat and spoils because I'm never home.
I'm sure many of us are just waiting...
Slaving away will only make you a tired slave.
“If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders - What would you tell him?"
I…don't know. What…could he do? What would you tell him?"
To shrug.”
Falling Down is an absolute masterpiece movie. There were so many nuggets of wisdom in the dialogue that were true. I think my favorite line is when Michael Douglas says “clear a path, MF’er, I’m going home” to the gang members. I literally wanted to shout that same line every day when I left work 😁
The usual crowd claiming "media literacy" for themselves can't stand this movie. Same for "Joker". They hate that it asks us to feel empathy for someone who doesn't fit in to their usual victim narrative. (Ironic since this is are the same people who champion empathy as a virtue.) They claim that fans of the movie don't get that the main character is supposed to be the villain, not the hero. No. We get that. It's just that we see also the tragedy where they only see the enemy.
@tbk2010 "They claim that fans of the movie don't get that the main character is supposed to be the villain, not the hero. No. We get that. It's just that we see also the tragedy where they only see the enemy." That might be the best comment I've read today.
Well said.
Ignore them.
They’re literate in the sense that they demand you to see the image they see in a Rorschach image.
Their kind has run its course and is dying out.
Leftists only want empathy for themselves, they have none for others.
Lmao, who are these people again?
I think everyone gets it, man. He’s not exactly the first anti-hero.
I get what you’re saying but I think you’re off the mark in your assumptions of other people.
Sometimes the only winning move is not to play.
Which is why more men that get it - chose to downsize their lives and go live in a place they want to be and maybe they have less crap they have a better experience
@@07wrxtr1 This is a good approach. When you remove the distractions out of your life you can focus on what matters.
War games
The problem is, many of us can't afford not to play. Life would be easier if you can just opt out like that.
@@super-duperdude2858 How do you "opt out" when your efforts have been devalued so much that you need to do absolutely everything just to have one meal a day to survive one more day? Die?
Underrated 90s movie. I remember seeing this movie on TV as a kid, I thought this man was an absolute psycho. Rewatching it in my 30s, I'm not saying he is right, but I understand
So in your 40 you will see him as a hero?
Yes, and when you watch it at a later age you realize they were setting the stage for the "Evil white man"
Fun fact: I lived and worked in LA when this came out. A lot that they show was true. But not the honking or yelling in commuter traffic. We all sat there in silent frustration because no one wanted to get shot. I remember people pointing that out or even laughing about it in theatre when we went to see it. Good, thought provoking movie.
Interesting. It's always cool to hear the perspective of people who actually lived in a place (and/or time) that's portrayed in a movie.
I feel like Bill Foster every time the video I'm watching is interrupted to try and sell me some crap I don't need.
Amen
I suck balls
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I pay for CZcams premium to avoid interruptions, but here they are anyway, embedded in the actual video. WTF. Thanks for nothing. Advertised products are now on my no buy list.
@@mfascubayou gotta relax man, it’s not a lot of work to just skip forward 30 seconds, this guy works hard to put out quality videos that, even though you pay for CZcams premium, you can still enjoy for free. Let the man get paid for his efforts
After 63 years, I can relate to " Pardon me, but that's bullshit." Simplified; The system is broken and people are waking up.
what came first, the chicken or the egg.
People are losing hope and the younger generation is giving up and they stand little chance at the American dream. They are turning to drugs that they know may kill them, Truly sad
@@aaronfogelsanger2550 they are creating the society that they will live in and will only be able to blame themselves
System isn't broken, it's working perfectly. It's designed for the rich and powerful.
Waking up? Are you delusional? People are just taking it. Nobody will revolt. Nobody will fight.
Funny how the subtle irony of the plastic surgeon versus the defense engineer tells you that Michael Douglas is worth more to society than Bill Foster.
Every animal fights when backed into a corner.
"Madnes is like gravity. All it takes is one small push "
-Joker
An old Macedonian guy at work once told me, we were talking about war or something, and all us young guys said we would never go to war and he laughed and told us that politicians can always make life so hard and bleak at home that its better for us to go to war. Note that we are at the foot of wwIII and also civil war and nobody can afford anything. They can easily end carbon dioxide output with nuclear but they wont. They can easily secure our borders but they wont.
Co2 is not an issue man.
@@Steve_Just_Steve Thats beside the point. They say its an issue and they have a solution but wont use it was my point.
@@MrWackozackoEnding carbon dioxide? And thus doom this planet to death? What a magnificent dumbass take.
@@MrWackozackoThey say we are the problem for Co2. That's why they're pushing AI and automation. Those are our replacements.
@@MrWackozacko Fair point, but his point is that the things they say are issues are non issues.
From start to end Bill is the good guy.
Bill blames his failure on everyone else like a narcissistic peice of sh_t. Like the world owes him something. He's relationship with his ex wife hints at how much of an a$$hole he is.
Tragic Hero.
D-FENS is, was and will always be correct
NPC clown take.
Billdozer
Well, you take everything from a man. House, kids, current income, future pension, peace, tranquility......you get what you effing deserve. Dont need to be "mentally deficient" to get this result. And then they say "how could this happen?" They create these monsters by their own doing.
Also, the line "Now you're gonna die wearing that stupid, little hat! How does it feel?" is legit badass & even funny. Out of context, it sounds like something out of an action movie.
Best line of the film..... love that while scene.
The saddest part of this movie is the realization we "gen-x" were sold a lie by our boomer parents. "Go to the military,then get a job,then have a wife and babies and everything will be picture perfect"
Yep, I followed the “plan” and it didn’t work. Our parents stayed in the workforce and positions of power far too long.
Boomers were also sold a lie by Bernays. Every generation is sold an identity that’s not sustainable so those who actually have the power can take advantage of them.
On the other hand, I honestly thought we'd have Starships on the way to distant galaxies long before we had hand held computers able to access all human knowledge, able to video link with anyone in the world.
Watching Star Trek in 1970...The Enterprise is probably 30 years away. Talking computers? Now that's ridiculous!
Same in 1997. "The internet is going to make the next generation hyper intelligent!"
Next generation.. Eats Tidepods and TikTok idiocracy.
Boomers, the most selfish generation to exist, won't have the decency to admit anything, or care. Meanwhile, everyone else has to deal with the oligarchy, ridiculous inflation coupled with stagnant wages and corporate greed, destruction of the family, government bought out by large corporations, etc etc. "Just pull yourself up by the bootstraps!" What a joke of a generation, that never ensured the next one was better off, and still continues to control and legislate to their own advantage.
The Boomers, aw, yes, the entitled collectivist narcissists for whom if they didn't exist the world would have ended - if you were to believe their propaganda. They are greedy and power mad - they refuse to give up power because everyone is incompetent in comparison - a lie, as we look around and see the nastiness of ALL that that generation has wrought, no matter if it's woodstock, feminism, yuppies, consumerism - these are all they're doing. They were so selfish they created the term "latch key" to justify, rationalize, and ultimately, excuse their neglect of their own children as they chased after one form of materialism after another.
As I reached my 40's I understand Falling Down more and more. Before it was just a fun movie. Now it really speaks to me. We follow the rules but just get shafted by work, relationships, the government and society. It even harder when I found myself in the same neighborhood he was walking through while wearing a white pressed shirt and tie sent for work.
"you're one bad day away from becoming me"
Frank Castle AKA "The Punisher"
Falling Down and Office Space are the two movies that really summed up the bleakness of corporate America and the American dream. And they're polar opposites tone wise!
Plot twist, Bill was headed to his new job at Initech.
Fight club as well
The movie is the master peace one of my favorites side by side They live
And yet people keep crossing the border to the US from Mexico like there is no tomorrow, ironic.
This is one of those old movies that as time passes they become more and more relevant for approaching themes that are more than reality today, it's like a prophecy. I watch this movie almost every week, I even made multiple edits of this movie and planed to make more of them. His poignant question at the end "I'm the bad guy?" makes us think so much. Was HE really the bad guy? Because if you watch the movie, he was just frustrated, but as time passes he was just pushed more and more way over any edge taking him to the culmination of events at the end.
As he said to his ex-wife, "I'm sick? Take a walk around this town, that's sick!" The saying is very true, many people are just a bad day away from becoming D-FENS. We are normal and as time passes the world starts to make us sick, just like what happens to Bill in the movie in the span of a day, and that happened so many times.
We may look at people like him and get angry asking why are people like that, but we never ask what pushed these people to such a point where they resort to such actions. When someone is pushed too far, most of the times there is no way back, they have been broken beyond any kind of repair and took actions that cannot be reversed. At the end of the day, he just wanted to go home to his family and want it to be like it used to be in the past, watching the old tapes. The ending of this movie is one of the saddest things I've watched yet. Falling Down has a huge cult following. Many people are not born like that, they were just pushed way too far way beyond any limits and redlines. This has been one of my all-time favorite movies, it's so relatable.
He is the character of a movie I relate to the most along with Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump.
Good rendition. Also, he went out in such a way as to give his wife and kid a windfall. The cost was a few final moments with his daughter. Cop restored his virility and lived for another day.
like that book from several decades ago - The Camp of the Saints ( PDFDrive ) [By Jean Raspail]
You've really digested the content, and put a pragmatic interpretation down.
Like you, I fell in love with the messaging in this production. The content is so well expressed from all aspects of a film production, it terrifies me. He's never far from truth, even while slipping into veritable insanity.
The film is reference to standing up for decency, yet demonstrates the alienation of society as he constantly steps further from the line.
So much more that could be added, but typing sucks.
My take away, playing by the rules ultimately places you into the position of, "just doing my job." -WWII quote.
Yet even if you're not wrong, not agreeing to conscriptual rules will ultimately force you into playing the bad guy. We don't get a choice whether or not to play, merely the brand for our role.
I love pushing that fine line while challenging truth, expectations, and reaction. Ask me about monopoly for a great example.
Thanks for the content, both you and Moon. Refreshing.
When it came out I didn't like the way they spun it. The media spun it into a sh1thole. Everything about it gave off a weird vibe and I don't like Douglas so I didn't see it. And I never have. I never saw Breaking Bad either except for snippets. I could tell it wasn't for me with the pregnant pause pacing. But thanks for the write-up appreciate it! I always wondered why it was a cult flick to a lot of people.
a timeless classic, americana sadly truthfully at it's best cinematically.
I saw this movie in the summer of 1993 when I was 19. I'm 50 now and get this movie more now 30 years later then I did back then.
My Uncle Bill was the prototype for William Foster. Spitting image, inside and out. Lived in San Diego. Total right wing gun nut, gods love him. He owned a machine shop and when Falling Down came out his employees plastered the movie poster on his office door. Rest in Peace Uncle Bill and btw you were right all along.
Except people always need machine shops....system analysts, and pencil pushers....not so much.
"Right wing gun nut" Stop trolling.
Next episode: "Shrek tried to warn you: The years start coming and they don't stop coming"
Life has layers
😂👍💯👌😂
Smash Mouth put that song out several years before Shrek. In fact, the music video shows the original movie it was for. Mystery Men would have been the better pick.
@@anthonymerchant2597 I'm aware it was just a joke and let's be honest most people know the song from Shrek
“How Ed, Edd and Eddy tried to warn you”
This film needed 25 years to be appreciated.
31 years!
Like a fine wine, yes.
My daughter’s birthday is this week. I’m a single father. When he said that the only thing that makes you special is that little girl. I’ve never anything so profound as that.
One of the best movies ever created in Hollywood! convinced me never to get married
Darnit man, I was just about to head to bed. Can't do that now.
Australia?
And just now it's a 40+ mins video 😂😂😂
America's best days are behind it.
Every empire rises and falls
Good.
@@Sweetrose333Yep, the irony is the people cheering for the collapse will be the first to go because the system that was keeping them safe is no longer there. Back to survival of the fittest and they aren’t it.
The 2000's was America's best time (IMO) minus a certain airplane incident ✈️
@@douglasbullet6456was great in the 90s until 911
Falling Down shows the progress of how villains are made. You Either Die a Hero or Live Long Enough to See Yourself Become the Villain.😢
1. in the eyes of "everyone" he was already the villain, 2. the ex-wife is the villain, she created, with the aid of the state, the means to destroy and capitalize upon him one more time.
I can listen to a 40 minute video, where a dude talks about an old movie, without losing focus once - but I cannot sit through more than 3 minutes of modern TV without looking for something else to do. ❤
The real twist, bill is the hero
Relatable, but not a hero
To be more accurate, Bill was "An Hero".
Whether the rest of us see it as 'sane' or 'relatable' or not, many "An Hero" felt 'pushed' and 'fell down' before their *consequential* (and often violent) self-implosion.
Anti Hero…….
@@napalm5be quiet! He's my hero
Blackpilled's analysis of falling down is basically the uncensored version.
YT has been despicable in their efforts to suppress his works. I don't agree with all of his takes, but, wow, they're scared of him.
What I love about this is have all of his grievances are legitimate. Villains are often portrayed and grandiose or over the top. This guy is the epitome of Joker’s “one bad day” Philosophy done RIGHT. Just one damn thing after another until you lose your patience and go into “fuck it” mode. These are the characters we need to see right now.
Considering he never hit his wofe or kid, this is largely the wife's fault, for not standing by the man she made lifelong vows, for better or worse. The only way a man CAN recover from a hit like that, is by the people in his life surrounding him with love.
I can't feel bad for her..... this could've been worked out through therapy.
A man today, is expected to take any amount of disrespect and shit treatment, with limitless patience... and if we ever get upset... we're gaslit and told "You're scaring me!"
Fear.... a feeling.... Women's feelings are held up as of PARAMOUNT importance in all affairs.... while men's are made out to be irrelevant to anything.
It's deep down, at its core, completely selfish... and THAT selfishness, is what has ruined our society. Can't wait for that pendulum to start swinging back... it's gonna be awfully ugly.
nowdays western society never holds women accountable by any action or influence they may have.
Hmmm... There are other forms of abuse besides hitting, that are no joke. And according to that clip of him watching an old family movie, I noticed him spewing some undeserved hostility at his wife. Your wife and child shouldn't be repositories of your rage and frustration.
This was one of my favorite movies growing up. Even as a kid. It was a family movie we watched.
Yup I was in 3rd grade in '93 and remember owning the VHS...
Based.
@@JackTorrance333 and D‑FENS‑pilled.
Yup, back in the day when all movies were family movies and we didn't give a damn about ratings.......unless it was NC-17 or xxx.
@@noneofyourbusiness6496 Yeah. We used to watch terminator when i was like 8 and it was awesome
Definitely one of my favorite movies. So many meanings and hidden layers. The scene of the man protesting that he's not "economically viable" is probably my favorite. Excellent Analysis Moon!
"Technology is getting a lot of inflation and expensive so let me advertise an earbuds brand that deliver trash quality for expensive prices"
7:15 Criticizes late stage capitalism, then proceeds to engage in predatory late stage capitalism. Wtf.
I don't think she likes the secret sauce, Rick.
🤮
-"who's Moon Dad?"
-"A CZcamsr, son. A CZcamsr. Could you imagine?"
-"No, and I don't want to!"
-"That's my boy!"
_That was Michael Douglas' magnus opus!! Best movie he ever acted in and it's especially relevant in 2024! It's worth mentioning as well that this video is the best you've ever created, Moon_
This is a good movie. I remember seeing it in 93. Yeah he snapped from everything and society.
"... or live long enough to become the villain."
I had this arc.
You can see people in china allready escalating into amok rampages, they drive their trucks through cyclist lanes and shit like that. And they are not even poor people they are driving expensive new cars..
We must be watching the same channels. 😂
I came to comment that a similar or worse disparity is happening in Hong Kong, as this video describes with little of the issues. When I see you mention that ppl are snapping in China. Why do you think there's such a difference?
@@uptownonfridayyep, some people there literally talkin to themselves out loud while walkin on the street 😮
@@MetroCop2077That happens in most American cities too.
That' s happened once a few years ago in Mexico too, a trucker drove The trailer straight on some protesters demanding automatic post college tenure
As the movie goes along his weapons and clothes are upgraded like GTA
Or, in the sequel, does PENDERGAST FIND HIMSELF SLIPPING INTO AN EQUIVALENT POSITION TO BILL'S , where in Pendergast himself is consumed by the system in a slightly different fashion?
Wallstreet about greed and Fatal Attraction about lust
Falling Down about wrath
The Ghost and the Darkness about pride
Moby Dick about Whale and his seamen
@@brockdavid The War of the Roses is about pride
@@geminimac613 I see what you did there 😂
The older i get, the more i relate.
Protection from the monster they had a KEY HAND in creating. Excellent line and one which so many can relate to more than ever before.
Watched this just the other day. I love how he upgrades his weapons throughout the movie 😂
IIRC, the first time I watched Falling Down I literally said aloud "Why the hell can't the action movies 'get this'?!"
Like GTA haha
Was looking for this comment, Just like a video game.
The root of essentially all our societal problems today is our culture of hyperindividualism. We've created a society where we deliberately got rid of any sense of duty to the people around us, people tell each other that we don't owe anyone anything, we have no duty to sacrifice ourselves for others, and now we wonder why it feels like no one cares about us. People said that it's good to focus entirely on discovering some imagined "authentic self" and that we each have some special unique identity inside of us, and all that matters in life is reinforcing that unique self (typically by attaching our identity to things we can purchase like clothes and music).
We stopped identifying with anything greater than ourselves such as a religious movement, a nation, or a local community, and in the process we destroyed every community that held us together. We told everyone that we're allowed to enjoy anything we want, to "just let people enjoy things" and never judge anyone else, resulting in each person's beliefs being insignificant and powerless to the people around them.
Then social media came along and gave each of us our own private version of society where it seems to be full of other people, but none of them have any real power over what we experience. Instead of our lives being structured by the people around us in an interconnected community, our experience of society is shaped by a computer that gives us whatever society satisfies our personal desires the most.
We deliberately reshaped society to consist of nothing but individuals who value only their self and their personal beliefs and experiences, while also telling each other that our beliefs should never have any power over anyone else, and limiting which experiences we can have to just those which a computer thinks will cater to our personal self-enjoyment.
And we wonder why no one feels like their life matters to the society around them.
In what alternate reality is this happening?
This is exactly why communism is not the answer. What we actually need is drastic decentralization and focus on our immediate communities instead of some vague idea of "the state" and our extreme, atomized individualism.
This is why maintaining strong family ties is more important than ever.
You forgot R vs K selection theory and how you cannot mix different types of bees birds etc and expect everyone to “coexist bro!”
It’s a topic that NOBODY will discuss but the reality is that we went from a high trust society with implied social contract ls to corporate government interests leading to low trust societies
very interesting comment
& in east Asia, there is too much focus on the group & quashing individuality. Society needs balance to thrive.
Metaphorically speaking, let's say the world is like a fence. If you're sitting on top of the fence, you're pushing it further into the earth. If you're leaning against it in one direction, you're slowly pulling the fence down. If you have multiple groups constantly pushing the fence in opposite directions, the fence will eventually snap.
I got burnt out by pressure from evil bosses. I found a new job away from the last but I was sick. They let me go after 6 months trial period. Then I was given 1 year sick payment. And after that it was difficult. After 5 more years I finally got into work again and has had work half the time of the last six years as a consultant. It's been hard to get work. Being a consultant you're the first to go when layoffs come. And it's been a rollercoaster ride in the job marked the last couple of years. I was close to getting a permanent deal but the layoffs came first.
There may be new jobs for me on the horizon, but I'm getting old. Firms rather want 'young and dynamic' people even if I would outperform them.
Luckily I never married nor have kids. If I was to lose it I would have done so years ago.
But I believe things will get worse for most people in the coming years. An more people will lose it.
I saw "Falling Down" in the movie theater back in 1993 as a younger man and really did not think twice about it. 30+ years later, I completely understand and relate to the William Foster character...
I can’t reconcile the channel railing against consumerism while also shilling RayCons! I get that it cost to create content on this level, but geez the dissonance…
OMG. I found the missing socks
Capitalism bad but also BUY!! BUY!! BUY!!
We all have our flaws. Moon refuses to understand the issues around corporate oligopoly power and daddy government collusion.
Perhaps he understands the channel would be demonized if he actually pinpointed that fact
Man finally stands up for himself. Somehow that makes him the monster.
You comprehend the message. Imagine, a mash up of this with "They Live". If Douglas had put on the sunglasses he'd see hidden messages of "submit", "comply", "surrender your life and wealth to others". In a way, his character divined that message, and so, he has to die. That's the message - you're here to do our bidding, slave.
It’s because of HOW he stood up for himself. The cop also stood up for himself but in the right way
@@landilandlandiland4357 Can you please explain to me how Prendergast stood up for himself in the right way?
@@sontodosnarcos his wife wanted him to stay behind the desk but he chose not to because he knew it was up to him to stop a potentially dangerous person. The department seemed not to take the threat of Bill seriously but he decided to investigate himself. In other words, when pushed Pendergast pushed back to do the right thing unlike Bill who when pushed chose to push back by doing the wrong thing.
@@landilandlandiland4357we actually need more Bills right now.
The detective also has made a choice of no return, he too shoots and kills a man and can't undo it, he played a chess game with someone else and chose to make the move. He killed a virtual reflection of himself. The other half of a coin now gone and impressed onto him. The movie is good it's just a single view of American life for poor/middle class.
The powerful storytelling in movies like Falling Down has been underappreciated. They show how societal pressures could push ordinary citizens to their breaking points.
The nearly constant ads while watching this video almost sent me over the edge.
Remember fellow Americans; it’s hard to force us to pay cc debt, even harder when you use them to buy a bushmaster
Nobody with a clue buys Bushmaster 😂
But I agree with the point
@@mikelitten7489 yknow an ar is one thing I don’t own yet so I threw a name out, good looking out I’ll research more before I get one 😂
@@Zazazafggt Please do! Something that important should be dependable and worthwhile, stay safe
This movie is a masterpiece, managed to be very dark and serious and insanely intertaining at the same time.
This is an excellent analysis of a film that has haunted me since it came out during my mid-teens.
It was ahead of its time and to me symbolizes national cultural turning points through a personal story that is more & more allegorical & universal in a failing society.
Thank you.
I find it amazing how so many older movies are now becoming more and more appreciated today.
Is it any surprise?. Have you seen the state of modern cinema?.
Demolition Man anyone?
That's because after 2014 ish everything became woke and turned to shiiit
Holyyy. As an American who is in similar circumstances, i can totally relate with this character.
He is literally me
Gentlemen, might I suggest "Men on Strike..." by Helen Smith, PhD, "How to Have Impossible Conversations" by Peter Boghossian, "The Art of War" Sun Tzu, and "Social Engineering - The Art of Human Manipulation" by Chris Hadnagy. I've read the first two on my Rumble, pnwpi if you're pressed for time but could listen while commuting. I find it imperative that we be equipped with the right information to challenge the broken society, the means to have those conversations, when to recognize when we're being used, and how to prepare for escalation.
@@PNWPI-wy9isI'm gonna follow this link later to watch those
I can totally relate to Bill. I chose a hard start to life and have done everything I'm "supposed" to do since. I have jumped through every hoop only for society to raise the hoops to near impossible heights and shrink them even smaller.
It's a winnowing process. A, um, 'contractor' for a, um, 'company' which we've all heard about told me - it's not about doing what's best (society), it's about finding out who complies and who doesn't. Those who don't - how often and in what ways do they persist to resist. Pretty sick and twisted that it comes from that far up the food chain. It's a game to them.
One thing I've learned. It's easier to have always been a social outcast than to fall down into that life.
It's called the "American Dream", for you have to be asleep to live it.
-George Carlin
Or if you come from a worse place. When I'm overseas, I see many who would do almost anything to get over there to live the dream. PS I love that Carlin show, especially "The world is fine" part
Ah, yes...Carlin. One of the greatest philosophers of all time.
Funny. I identified with Bill even as a teenager. As an adult, I really feel his frustration sometimes.
He is the embodiment of what a true Patriot by the very definition... When he give his brief case too the Homeless Untermensch he becomes a Patriot what is Patriot Thomas Paine in a quote explained it "The duty of a true Patriot is to protect his country from its government."
I think you got something backwards, when you said prendergast was proactive and bill reactive. Prendergast right up til the end is entirely reactive to the case 'thrust upon him'. We join bill at start of his proactive journey, he makes specific choices at every crossroad. Prendergast just does what he's always done, falling back to his old detective programming. He is a cop just acting how society expects, driven entirely by circumstance. Bill WAS that, until we meet him, and he begins truely making his own decisions. They are of course shaped somewhat by his former self and societal expectations, but he makes decisions like a truly free man. Disregarding the unfair court order, fighting out of principle, showing mercy when he seems fit etc.
Just my thoughts