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Please guys, react to the movie *Society of the Snow* (in Spanish: La Sociedad de la Nieve) is a film based on real events, directed by J. A. Bayona, (the same director of "The Impossible"), the Snow Society is centered on the Uruguayan Andes Flight disaster of 1972.
It cut me deep that u guys didn't research these phenomenal women before watching....😢 Same as how u didn't recognise 4 brilliant actors on family reunion...😢 I love watching y'all please do better, read a synopsis atleast before
It still bothers me today that Taraji P. Henson wasn't nominated for ANY awards for this. She's phenomenal here. She should have gotten an Oscar, but didn't get nominated.
She 100% should’ve had an Oscar for this film for the bathroom/coffee pot monologue alone x it gives me chills everytime i watch it x Janelle was also fantastic in this movie too x
I saw this movie when I was 15. It made me realize that my dream is to work in astrophysics. It changed my life. I’ve held onto it every year since. Now, this year, I’m getting my physics degree. Movies are powerful, people!!!! Thanks for watching it Reel Rejects love y’all!
this is amazing!!! so happy it was able to inspire you like that❤. one of our field trips in high school was to see this movie. which kinda made sense for us since we were a catholic all girls school. it was so inspiring for sure and it doesn’t feel preachy like some other films.
Love this movie. The only upset was the white savior moment where Taraji's boss knocks down the bathroom sign. NEVER HAPPENED. She just used to use it and call it a day.
On top of that, Kevin Costner's character is completely made up. He's not based on any real-life leader at NASA. The insistence on adding a white savior to every story that touches on racial segregation just so white audiences can find the story more "palatable" is tired.
Yeah, in reality Mary Jackson was the one who went through the bathroom situation. Katherine was actually more uncaring about the bathroom segregation thing even when she was reminded about it. Feels like irl Katherine is much more badass
@@torontomameexcept John Glenn was an actual nice person to the point of it ANNOYING his coworkers, while Kevin Costner’s character doesn’t even exist, womp womp cry about it
John Glenn was actually known for being a really good guy… to the point it annoyed some of the other astronauts on the team. The Right Stuff is a movie you should watch, it’s about the astronauts during the same time as this movie. There’s a mini series and a documentary with the same name as well that are newer. Also phenomenal
Hidden Figures is one of those movies I don’t mind watching every month it’s a shame Taraji didn’t get an Oscar for this role. ESPECIALLY how she has been speaking out lately about the business
I was just thinking about this movie the other day. I already know that I'm going to love this reaction! 😊 Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, and Glen Powell all did a phenomenal job playing their historical characters. I also love Mahershala Ali, Jim Paraon, Kirsten Dunst's characters. The book is fantastic. 53:14 - 53:22 Fun Fact: According to the director's commentary on the dvd, when researching for this movie he learned that John Glenn really did make that call to NASA. And waited for Katherine Johnson's calculations before taking off. I definitely recommend the book. Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
Greg hit it right on the head when he talked about props & costumes. I love how the women (especially Taraji) are in jewel tones amidst men in neutrals ❤
Other women who were "computers" went on to do great things in the space program, including training astronauts to regulate physical aspects (blood pressure, pulse etc.) and working with flight technology.
I love the moment when Katherine finishes the calculations on the chalk board, in the conference room, and the look on Paul Stafford’s face. It is the moment he finally realizes that he is NOT the smartest person in the room. 😊
I am blessed to work at the same NASA facility in Virginia - they have named the computing building after Katherine Johnson. i drive by it every time I go to my office.
When this movie first came out all of the girls in my extended family went to see it in theaters. All my cousins, second cousins, and so on. We took up 3 rows. After that Hidden Figures became my comfort movie. I can put it on and know I’ll enjoy and be captivated by it.
john glen did actually request for Kathrine to check the numbers. she also worked on the numbers for Apollo 11 and was a help in saving Apollo 13 with her calculations
I hope you would consider reacting to SOCIETY OF THE SNOW. I'm from Chile, and this is a story we were taught in school. The film was directed by J. A. Bayona, who directed The Impossible. I love that it's not only in spanish but Uruguayan. Some of the survivors make cameos in the film.
This soundtrack and score is phenomenal. Pharrell wrote all of these sings that sounded like they could have been 60s pop songs, and all the score is Hans Zimmer. I saw this in the theater and bawled like a baby.
I like having the TV on in the background when I'm doing "tasks". One day I had this movie on in the background and very quickly went from my task to looking up to watch what's happening, to sitting in my chair full blown invested in this movie. I love this movie so much and to this day if I see it playing on TV I'll put it on no matter what part it's on.
This movie, and the women and their stories behind it are phenomenal. No other word comes close. Such a great cast of smart, strong women, playing smart, strong women is my favourite kind of movie to watch.
I absolutely love this movie, the only thing i would ask more of it is more realism, it was filtered down for a younger audience and i get it thats fine its still amazing regardless but i bet a lot more of tears would be shed if we saw what she truly went through at the workplace
@@traesnoozy9807 its almost as if shes a highly intelligent person who understands fully well that people are different all over the world and society changes over time, and dragging names of people who treated her badly or ugly experiences she had wont do anything but cause more chaos. And even if somehow the entire collective of employees at NASA were just saints to her(which they weren’t), she still had hell to deal with in the daily world.. so no the movie wouldnt be boring at all
@@lindar6326 I’m not, I’m saying what the person you’re talking about literally said herself. A source doesn’t get more primary than that. Shut the fuck up. Log off and go outside.
Another great Octavia Spencer movie that not enough people have reacted to on here is Gifted with Chris Evans and McKenna Grace, that movie ruined me and had me sobbing so hard on a plane that the flight attendant asked me if I was watching Marley & Me 😂
yoooo i ALSO watched that on a plane and was a complete mess crying to the extent that the lady next to me asked if i was alright 😂 that movie is such a unexpected tearjerker
I think the point of the movie was not making an accurate description of what happened, but a dramatized story that intertwined the actual lives of three previously unrecognized stars of the space program, mostly unknown before the movie.
I was alive when this happened, and what I noticed about this movie was that no one smoked. During this period of time, everyone smoked everywhere , at their desks, at church picnics, in grocery stores, at the library, absolutely everywhere. I understand why they did not show it in the movie, but that bit is historically inaccurate.
I love this movie so much. When I was in university in the early 90's, for my Industrial Engineering classes there were only 4 of us women out of 120 students. I had a professor tell me directly to my face that women did not belong in Industrial Engineering. We ended up getting into a yelling match in the middle of the hallway, with students going around us on their way to their next classes. Midterms were coming up, and he told me he was going to flunk me regardless of what I got and also tell all of my other professors to flunk me as well, as i did not deserve to be in that program. I told him I was going to get an A on his test, then hunt him down and shove my test down his throat (the fight had gotten really heated by then). I memorized 150 pages of calculations, constants and facts for that test, and when it was time to take the test, I was the first one done. I had an almost perfect score - half a point was taken off because I was 0.1 off a starting figure so my answer was wrong, but my shown calculations were correct. When I went to my professor's office afterward and told him what i got on his midterm, he said, " Good - you can stay in the program. This is the fire you are going to need to be a female Engineer in manufacturing."
I said the same thing. I think her colouring did help in the fact that she was more accepted and didn't feel the segregation in the workplace as opposed to someone darker. It's very important that we take into consideration intersectionality when looking at these issues.
What I love the most with historical movies like that, it's when they use original footages and show pictures of the real characters and what happened to them after the events of the movie. The real Katherine Johnson was the last Hidden Figures who was still alive when the movie came out. She died in 2020 at the age of 101
I have no doubt that people really did stand outside trying to see what was happening. There's a magic to space flight. I remember all the years I lived in Florida, every time we knew a shuttle was going up, you'd see people stopping work and going outside to watch it go up, and with good visibility, you could see it from a few hundred miles away. It was even more breathtaking when they'd have a night launch. I had the privilege to see the last night launch of the program from the causeway at Cocoa Beach, FL (we didn't manage to get all the way to the Cape in time). When I tell you it was like night turned to day, it was so bright? It was an absolutely magnificent.
As someone who also looked into what was real and what was dramatized after I watched this film, I really enjoyed the breakdown at the end! Great reaction!!!
You misunderstood the "Are you a spy?" scene. He wasn't harshly accusing her, he was asking her just to show the other guy how ridiculous the whole idea was.
I highly recommend the book as well. It's more of a biographical account than a story narrative, but it's very interesting to learn about all three women's lives and accomplishments at NASA.
When this came out, my college was taking high school girls to see it and needed chaperones. It was awesome to see these girls light up after seeing this movie.
The "White savior/saving" thing is true in some cases across the world.. It's not necessary to be a white, any upper class person who go against there own community's wrong doings will fit that role. In some situations and places the lower class people cant up rise or initiate change without the help of a upper class person.. You can see many historic events started by upper class people for the good of other community.. feeling embarrassed and shaming them for their good action defeats the end goal.
Question to Aaron: Would YOU have run to help her in that situation if you had been there, standing behind those guys as on observer? Or, would you have reacted as you did just now
that moment when costner gave her the chalk to do the calculations, relates back to the beginning of the movie when the teacher gave her a chance to do the math when she was a kid. was the 'there's hope' moment for her - I loved that for her.
The bathroom scenes really got to me. You must realize that not only did she have to run about a quarter of a mile to another building, she did it in heels AND a girdle. It probably took her 10 minutes to pull that thing back up each time.
It didn't happen that day, but that phone call is verbatim. Astronauts have the final say. If John Glenn says he will go when Katherine's done the calculations, that's what happens.
You bet people watched blast offs and landings! My mom died last year at the age of 101 and would get us up early in the morning on the West Coast to watch the lift offs live. First the Mercury (one crewman) then the Gemini (two crewmen) then Apollo (three crewmen). And most of the world held its breath waiting to see if Apollo 13 would get back. What I felt most after I saw this movie was resentment that no one knew about these hidden figures. I had difficulty with math when I was a kid and the belief was that girls weren't good at math. I probably wouldn't have given up so easily if there had been role models out there. No, it was not a documentary. Yes, it was fictionalized but definitely inspiration for a lot of girls out there.
*"It's classified information!..."* *"It's Top Secret!!"* They're making it super clear - they're "afraid" - that her brain's calculations is as worthy, or more, as the IBM mainframe!
58:36 Another great space movie that also shows people watching the sky is ‘October Sky’ with Jake Gyllenhaal. If you guys haven’t seen it yet, it would be another one that would be great to see for a reaction.
I heard the family of the person Ali played in Green Book hated it stating it completely mispresented him on how he was portrayed in the movie or that it was false.
So, you're right, in real life Katherine Johnson said she went to the white bathrooms anyway because she wasn't making that trek. Lol. This movie didn't actually need that white savior moment at all which frustrated me because they could have done something compelling with her choosing to go to the whites only bathroom (she could have gotten caught/berated/etc). Also, LOVED this movie and y'alls reaction (per usual).
The most distressing part for this reaction was the idea that the only reason the real women didn't encounter the horrific racism as shown in the movie was the possibility they were "light skinned". The self hatred of dark skin tone in African Americans is tragic.
Katherine confirmed in an interview that she didn't feel segregation at NASA. Most, if not all, the racism portrayed at NASA was dramatized for the movie.
this is so unnexpected! i'm so glad you're checking this movie, one of my favs! the bathroom scene gives me chills every time also, the new set/background looks insanely good!
Omg, I clicked sooo fast! I always loved everything Taraji did. However, for me, this set her apart from many actors and actresses for me. She went from really good to really freaking great!
Actually, these different stories happened over about 10 years in real life but for the movie seem to happen in the same time. And the toilet problem is a complete invention ^^
I thought the bathroom thing happened to one of the other women (though knocking down the sign never happened at all), while Katherine just used the white restrooms even when someone told her she wasn't supposed to do so.
This is one of my fave movies of all time. I’ve watched it so many times. And what’s even more wonderful is that it’s based in reality…. It really should’ve got more awards…
My Mama. A top 10 math student in the entire country in high school was an African American woman. She was and is a genius. Human calculator. Any subject, anything she can give you the correct answer in a matter of seconds. This isn't a troll comment this is the absolute truth. She was in the military for 20 years. Don't sleep on the beauty and mind of a woman no matter what color they are.
Your comment about colorism being the potential reason why Mrs. Katherine Johnson didn't "feel" racism at NASA, although she knew it was there, is 1000% valid. Colorism can definitely influence how harsh or severe one experiences racism.
53:23 That call did actually happen! 😁 But it happened a few weeks before Friendship 7's launch, not the day of - that was probably just for dramatic effect 😂
I like the movie but it really sucks when a movie that's very clearly presented as historical takes sooooo many liberties with adding in fiction. The real history is fucked up / inspirational enough, they didn't need to go so overboard with the changes
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Please guys, react to the movie *Society of the Snow* (in Spanish: La Sociedad de la Nieve) is a film based on real events, directed by J. A. Bayona, (the same director of "The Impossible"), the Snow Society is centered on the Uruguayan Andes Flight disaster of 1972.
Where can I watch the movie?
It cut me deep that u guys didn't research these phenomenal women before watching....😢
Same as how u didn't recognise 4 brilliant actors on family reunion...😢
I love watching y'all please do better, read a synopsis atleast before
Taraji P. Henson deserved an Oscar for her performance in this movie. She's constantly overlooked.
@@ladyhotep5189she gets recognition though?😭
I love her so much. She slays in everything.
@@y.u.n.gg_tellyy Angela Bassett recently started getting her flowers so the other persons point still stands 🤷♀️
It still bothers me today that Taraji P. Henson wasn't nominated for ANY awards for this. She's phenomenal here. She should have gotten an Oscar, but didn't get nominated.
100%
She’s been treated like crap by Hollywood
I been a fan of hers since Person of Interest.
She did win an MTV award for the speech she made in the movie but it’s not same as an Oscar or Golden Globe
She 100% should’ve had an Oscar for this film for the bathroom/coffee pot monologue alone x it gives me chills everytime i watch it x Janelle was also fantastic in this movie too x
I saw this movie when I was 15. It made me realize that my dream is to work in astrophysics. It changed my life. I’ve held onto it every year since. Now, this year, I’m getting my physics degree. Movies are powerful, people!!!! Thanks for watching it Reel Rejects love y’all!
this is amazing!!! so happy it was able to inspire you like that❤. one of our field trips in high school was to see this movie. which kinda made sense for us since we were a catholic all girls school. it was so inspiring for sure and it doesn’t feel preachy like some other films.
That's amazing, hope you achieve all your dreams and get that degree 🫂🫂
Congratulations! ❤
That's so lovely to hear! Congratulations!
Congrats!! You got this 💪🏼
Love this movie. The only upset was the white savior moment where Taraji's boss knocks down the bathroom sign. NEVER HAPPENED. She just used to use it and call it a day.
Hell Kevin Costner's character didn't even exist and was an amalgam of different people
On top of that, Kevin Costner's character is completely made up. He's not based on any real-life leader at NASA. The insistence on adding a white savior to every story that touches on racial segregation just so white audiences can find the story more "palatable" is tired.
Yeah, in reality Mary Jackson was the one who went through the bathroom situation. Katherine was actually more uncaring about the bathroom segregation thing even when she was reminded about it. Feels like irl Katherine is much more badass
You missed complaining about John Glenn being nice to her. Was that also a "white savior" moment?
@@torontomameexcept John Glenn was an actual nice person to the point of it ANNOYING his coworkers, while Kevin Costner’s character doesn’t even exist, womp womp cry about it
53:13 - Yes, this really did happen. John Glenn called specifically for her and they held for her manual calculations and her call.
53:21 AFAIK, the bit with John Glenn insisting on having Katherine check the numbers did really happen.
The phone calls from Glenn at the pad to NASA were taken straight from the transcripts.
John Glenn was actually known for being a really good guy… to the point it annoyed some of the other astronauts on the team. The Right Stuff is a movie you should watch, it’s about the astronauts during the same time as this movie. There’s a mini series and a documentary with the same name as well that are newer. Also phenomenal
Colin O'Donoghue aka Captain hook is in the mini series!🏴☠
Mr.Clean Marine. But yes he was a great guy I had him for senator in ohio
@@Impeach44same. Went to OSU and he was my Senator as well
Greg crying over good men supporting strong women is everything and just melted me. I subscribed immediately and I love you forever now.
My grandmother was a calculator at NASA. She's the smartest person I know. 😁
honestly that is one of the coolest things and you should be proud =)
Hidden Figures is one of those movies I don’t mind watching every month it’s a shame Taraji didn’t get an Oscar for this role. ESPECIALLY how she has been speaking out lately about the business
7:29- They are not typewriters. They are computers. Before computers were machines, they were people- these were the people.
I was just thinking about this movie the other day. I already know that I'm going to love this reaction! 😊
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, and Glen Powell all did a phenomenal job playing their historical characters. I also love Mahershala Ali, Jim Paraon, Kirsten Dunst's characters.
The book is fantastic.
53:14 - 53:22 Fun Fact: According to the director's commentary on the dvd, when researching for this movie he learned that John Glenn really did make that call to NASA. And waited for Katherine Johnson's calculations before taking off.
I definitely recommend the book.
Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
"...she's in her comfort zone..." No she IS actively ignoring it. you can always feel people's energy. And THAT energy is palpable.
Greg hit it right on the head when he talked about props & costumes. I love how the women (especially Taraji) are in jewel tones amidst men in neutrals ❤
It’s true that John Glenn specifically asked for Katherine to do the numbers instead of the machine.
Other women who were "computers" went on to do great things in the space program, including training astronauts to regulate physical aspects (blood pressure, pulse etc.) and working with flight technology.
this was where most of us found out Janelle was a good actor, not just a great musical artist. her performance was my favorite
I love the moment when Katherine finishes the calculations on the chalk board, in the conference room, and the look on Paul Stafford’s face. It is the moment he finally realizes that he is NOT the smartest person in the room. 😊
I am blessed to work at the same NASA facility in Virginia - they have named the computing building after Katherine Johnson. i drive by it every time I go to my office.
When this movie first came out all of the girls in my extended family went to see it in theaters. All my cousins, second cousins, and so on. We took up 3 rows. After that Hidden Figures became my comfort movie. I can put it on and know I’ll enjoy and be captivated by it.
Aww, I bet y'all had a blast.😊
john glen did actually request for Kathrine to check the numbers. she also worked on the numbers for Apollo 11 and was a help in saving Apollo 13 with her calculations
Hidden figures is what inspired me to become an engineer
Taraji P. Henson is the MVP no doubt, he rperformance here was insane
I hope you would consider reacting to SOCIETY OF THE SNOW. I'm from Chile, and this is a story we were taught in school. The film was directed by J. A. Bayona, who directed The Impossible. I love that it's not only in spanish but Uruguayan. Some of the survivors make cameos in the film.
I second this!
Yesssss. He’s gotta see it.
I see they haven’t yet reacted to it but I third this!
This soundtrack and score is phenomenal. Pharrell wrote all of these sings that sounded like they could have been 60s pop songs, and all the score is Hans Zimmer. I saw this in the theater and bawled like a baby.
Man Pharrell rly is THAT guy like he's so crazy and Hans Zimmer too!! Having them both for the same movie is just chefs kisses
"I am nothing like her. I would abandon EVERYBODY here at this channel for greater success." - LMAO dyinnnnnnn. It's the brutal honesty for me.
The way that Catherine actually refused to walk the distance to the bathroom is crazy because they really didn’t need a white savior complex 😭😭😭
I like having the TV on in the background when I'm doing "tasks". One day I had this movie on in the background and very quickly went from my task to looking up to watch what's happening, to sitting in my chair full blown invested in this movie. I love this movie so much and to this day if I see it playing on TV I'll put it on no matter what part it's on.
This movie, and the women and their stories behind it are phenomenal. No other word comes close. Such a great cast of smart, strong women, playing smart, strong women is my favourite kind of movie to watch.
“I have no idea who these women are” - that’s the point. A legend people can’t name.
I absolutely love this movie, the only thing i would ask more of it is more realism, it was filtered down for a younger audience and i get it thats fine its still amazing regardless but i bet a lot more of tears would be shed if we saw what she truly went through at the workplace
She said in an interview that she didn’t experience racism at NASA. So no, if the movie were more realistic it would have been boring as hell.
@@traesnoozy9807 its almost as if shes a highly intelligent person who understands fully well that people are different all over the world and society changes over time, and dragging names of people who treated her badly or ugly experiences she had wont do anything but cause more chaos. And even if somehow the entire collective of employees at NASA were just saints to her(which they weren’t), she still had hell to deal with in the daily world.. so no the movie wouldnt be boring at all
I dont even think that a single N word was dropped… she must’ve never heard that word in her life then i guess..
@@traesnoozy9807 UH, NO, DONT TRY TO DOWN PLAY WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. MY FATHER IS STILL ALIVE.
@@lindar6326 I’m not, I’m saying what the person you’re talking about literally said herself. A source doesn’t get more primary than that. Shut the fuck up. Log off and go outside.
Another great Octavia Spencer movie that not enough people have reacted to on here is Gifted with Chris Evans and McKenna Grace, that movie ruined me and had me sobbing so hard on a plane that the flight attendant asked me if I was watching Marley & Me 😂
yoooo i ALSO watched that on a plane and was a complete mess crying to the extent that the lady next to me asked if i was alright 😂 that movie is such a unexpected tearjerker
I think the point of the movie was not making an accurate description of what happened, but a dramatized story that intertwined the actual lives of three previously unrecognized stars of the space program, mostly unknown before the movie.
Taraji’s monologue deserved an Oscar 😢
I was alive when this happened, and what I noticed about this movie was that no one smoked. During this period of time, everyone smoked everywhere , at their desks, at church picnics, in grocery stores, at the library, absolutely everywhere. I understand why they did not show it in the movie, but that bit is historically inaccurate.
Fun fact: that giant computer that took up a whole room and was used to get us to the moon, the phone in your pocket is 120,000,000 more powerful.
I love this movie so much. When I was in university in the early 90's, for my Industrial Engineering classes there were only 4 of us women out of 120 students. I had a professor tell me directly to my face that women did not belong in Industrial Engineering. We ended up getting into a yelling match in the middle of the hallway, with students going around us on their way to their next classes. Midterms were coming up, and he told me he was going to flunk me regardless of what I got and also tell all of my other professors to flunk me as well, as i did not deserve to be in that program. I told him I was going to get an A on his test, then hunt him down and shove my test down his throat (the fight had gotten really heated by then). I memorized 150 pages of calculations, constants and facts for that test, and when it was time to take the test, I was the first one done. I had an almost perfect score - half a point was taken off because I was 0.1 off a starting figure so my answer was wrong, but my shown calculations were correct. When I went to my professor's office afterward and told him what i got on his midterm, he said, " Good - you can stay in the program. This is the fire you are going to need to be a female Engineer in manufacturing."
So he was pretending to take credit for your success by attributing it to his bullying?
What a chode.
I said the same thing. I think her colouring did help in the fact that she was more accepted and didn't feel the segregation in the workplace as opposed to someone darker. It's very important that we take into consideration intersectionality when looking at these issues.
31:43 - You are correct. Restrooms were NEVER segregated at NASA. We all bleed the same, we all pee the same.
True. NACA was though.
It was segregated, she just don't care
What I love the most with historical movies like that, it's when they use original footages and show pictures of the real characters and what happened to them after the events of the movie.
The real Katherine Johnson was the last Hidden Figures who was still alive when the movie came out.
She died in 2020 at the age of 101
I love this film! I remember watching this in theaters and loving it, and I guess this is my sign it's time for a rewatch!
I have no doubt that people really did stand outside trying to see what was happening. There's a magic to space flight. I remember all the years I lived in Florida, every time we knew a shuttle was going up, you'd see people stopping work and going outside to watch it go up, and with good visibility, you could see it from a few hundred miles away. It was even more breathtaking when they'd have a night launch. I had the privilege to see the last night launch of the program from the causeway at Cocoa Beach, FL (we didn't manage to get all the way to the Cape in time). When I tell you it was like night turned to day, it was so bright? It was an absolutely magnificent.
Taraji in that bathroom speech 👏🏻🫡🥹 SHE'S GREAT
As someone who also looked into what was real and what was dramatized after I watched this film, I really enjoyed the breakdown at the end! Great reaction!!!
You misunderstood the "Are you a spy?" scene. He wasn't harshly accusing her, he was asking her just to show the other guy how ridiculous the whole idea was.
I highly recommend the book as well. It's more of a biographical account than a story narrative, but it's very interesting to learn about all three women's lives and accomplishments at NASA.
When this came out, my college was taking high school girls to see it and needed chaperones. It was awesome to see these girls light up after seeing this movie.
30:08-31:00 Queen Taraji delivered the FUCK out of that scene......I fuckin tear up every time I watch it...........Taraji is homegrown DC talent.....
This is actually a pretty good film, I had to watch for College Homework once
The "White savior/saving" thing is true in some cases across the world.. It's not necessary to be a white, any upper class person who go against there own community's wrong doings will fit that role. In some situations and places the lower class people cant up rise or initiate change without the help of a upper class person.. You can see many historic events started by upper class people for the good of other community.. feeling embarrassed and shaming them for their good action defeats the end goal.
What's your favorite HISTORICAL film??
Green Book!!
Mississippi Burning, Long Walk Home, Sarafina. I have a much longer list but I’m at work
Hacksaw Ridge, Apollo 13 and others.
Titanic (1997)
Freedom Writers!! or A Taxi Driver
Question to Aaron: Would YOU have run to help her in that situation if you had been there, standing behind those guys as on observer? Or, would you have reacted as you did just now
that moment when costner gave her the chalk to do the calculations, relates back to the beginning of the movie when the teacher gave her a chance to do the math when she was a kid. was the 'there's hope' moment for her - I loved that for her.
Yes, the call with John Glenn really did happen! He wouldn’t go up without her checking the numbers.
The bathroom scenes really got to me. You must realize that not only did she have to run about a quarter of a mile to another building, she did it in heels AND a girdle. It probably took her 10 minutes to pull that thing back up each time.
It didn't happen that day, but that phone call is verbatim. Astronauts have the final say. If John Glenn says he will go when Katherine's done the calculations, that's what happens.
You bet people watched blast offs and landings! My mom died last year at the age of 101 and would get us up early in the morning on the West Coast to watch the lift offs live. First the Mercury (one crewman) then the Gemini (two crewmen) then Apollo (three crewmen). And most of the world held its breath waiting to see if Apollo 13 would get back. What I felt most after I saw this movie was resentment that no one knew about these hidden figures. I had difficulty with math when I was a kid and the belief was that girls weren't good at math. I probably wouldn't have given up so easily if there had been role models out there. No, it was not a documentary. Yes, it was fictionalized but definitely inspiration for a lot of girls out there.
50:21 when I saw that scene in theater I was brushing away my tears for Catherine. That was such a sweet moment!
Anyone else die inside when Greg said “Apollo 2 mission” when he read what Katherine did? 😂😂😂😂 it’s Apollo 11.
Yes, but unsurprising given the complete deconstruction of the actual past in the rest of the reaction.
*"It's classified information!..."* *"It's Top Secret!!"* They're making it super clear - they're "afraid" - that her brain's calculations is as worthy, or more, as the IBM mainframe!
"I allow you to use the white chalk" that comment made me snort 😂
Pharrell Williams, who did much of the soundtrack, is from the area in Virginia where all this happened
58:36 Another great space movie that also shows people watching the sky is ‘October Sky’ with Jake Gyllenhaal. If you guys haven’t seen it yet, it would be another one that would be great to see for a reaction.
That bathroom monolog is so powerful.
The call really happened "THE SMART ONE"💯💯💯Its a beautiful well made movie❤❤❤
Did Aaron say “oh no” when he heard Kennedy speaking over footage of a parade bc he thought it was the assassination footage?? 😭😭
LMAO i caught that toooo i was dying😂😂😂
Aron is dumber than a bag of hammers.
This is a fantastic movie stellar cast with incredible performances even time I see this movie on tv I drop everything to watch it
This reaction is a little too Mystery Science Theater 3000 for such an important movie.
I heard the family of the person Ali played in Green Book hated it stating it completely mispresented him on how he was portrayed in the movie or that it was false.
So, you're right, in real life Katherine Johnson said she went to the white bathrooms anyway because she wasn't making that trek. Lol. This movie didn't actually need that white savior moment at all which frustrated me because they could have done something compelling with her choosing to go to the whites only bathroom (she could have gotten caught/berated/etc). Also, LOVED this movie and y'alls reaction (per usual).
Dude on the right is right about the colorism unfortunately you're trying to explain that to someone who is not taking the conversation seriously
A lot of people dont want to see this and think it happen. It did. Always remember that. Laws dont mean crap.
Taraji P Henson not nominated for the Oscar award is just maddening
The most distressing part for this reaction was the idea that the only reason the real women didn't encounter the horrific racism as shown in the movie was the possibility they were "light skinned". The self hatred of dark skin tone in African Americans is tragic.
So happy to see Greg and Aaron react to this movie! This is a great true story movie! 👍
Katherine confirmed in an interview that she didn't feel segregation at NASA. Most, if not all, the racism portrayed at NASA was dramatized for the movie.
Your reaction was 80% disrespectful to the movie and story.
Wish you didn't go in that direction.
Yeah the sarcasm that's supposed to mock those types doesn't work in a movie to honor the victims of it
this is so unnexpected! i'm so glad you're checking this movie, one of my favs! the bathroom scene gives me chills every time
also, the new set/background looks insanely good!
Omg, I clicked sooo fast! I always loved everything Taraji did. However, for me, this set her apart from many actors and actresses for me. She went from really good to really freaking great!
Especially proud as all three of these amazing women were members of my sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Great movie and hidden figures no more.
Mr. Harris never actually took down the sign from the bathroom but he told them they can use the bathrooms.
I had to watch this and write a summary as a way to get extra credit in high school and I really enjoyed it!
Actually, these different stories happened over about 10 years in real life but for the movie seem to happen in the same time. And the toilet problem is a complete invention ^^
I thought the bathroom thing happened to one of the other women (though knocking down the sign never happened at all), while Katherine just used the white restrooms even when someone told her she wasn't supposed to do so.
The toilet problem happened to another character. Segregated toilets were commonplace in those days.
This is one of my fave movies of all time. I’ve watched it so many times. And what’s even more wonderful is that it’s based in reality….
It really should’ve got more awards…
1:15:54 “i don’t know… no i mean i do know” LMAOOOO i felt that all too well
One of my favorite historical dramas...these ladies were phenomenal!!!
My Mama. A top 10 math student in the entire country in high school was an African American woman. She was and is a genius. Human calculator. Any subject, anything she can give you the correct answer in a matter of seconds. This isn't a troll comment this is the absolute truth. She was in the military for 20 years. Don't sleep on the beauty and mind of a woman no matter what color they are.
Speaking of Sundown towns, y’all should watch Lovecraft Country if you haven’t
I’m an old white Grandma in my 70’s, and I’m loving your reaction to one of my favorite movies! 😘
Your comment about colorism being the potential reason why Mrs. Katherine Johnson didn't "feel" racism at NASA, although she knew it was there, is 1000% valid. Colorism can definitely influence how harsh or severe one experiences racism.
Another wonderful movie of "hidden figures" is Something the Lord Made. Mos Def and Alan Rickman are a great team.
@ReelRejects thank you for the reaction... this along with other American history movies are my fave, even though im from NZ
I loved this movie. Saw it when it came out in theaters. Rewatched it at my college campus theater the day after Katherine Johnson passed away. 😢
The fact that this is based on a true story is amazing lol.
This was one movie I hoped you’d react to. Just wished you didn’t joke too much . ☹️. Very meaningful and touching moments
John Glenn passed away the same month the movie came out in theaters
"The Right Stuff " with Ed Harris and Dennis Quade...etc.
53:23 That call did actually happen! 😁 But it happened a few weeks before Friendship 7's launch, not the day of - that was probably just for dramatic effect 😂
I like the movie but it really sucks when a movie that's very clearly presented as historical takes sooooo many liberties with adding in fiction. The real history is fucked up / inspirational enough, they didn't need to go so overboard with the changes