Man, I’ve been hoping someone would react to this film. You’ve got to be the first! Another fantastic (and very underrated) Clooney film is ‘Out of Sight,’ directed by Steven Soderberg, starring Clooney, Vingh Rhames & very young Jennifer López..
Great video as always sir! One person I want to highlight is Saïd Taghmaoui, who plays the captain who interrogates Barlow. I think that 1999 is the most loaded year for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar of my life, maybe ever. The award went to Michael Caine for "Cider House Rules," defeating: * Tom Cruise, "Magnolia" * Michael Clarke Duncan, "Green Mile" * Jude Law, "Talented Mr. Ripley" * Haley Joel Osment, "Sixth Sense" That's an incredible quintet, and I would not have even nominated any of them. My list would have been: WINNER: Chris Cooper in "American Beauty" * Laurence Fishburne, "The Matrix" * John Malkovich, "Being John Malkovich" * Brad Pitt, "Fight Club" And the aforementioned Saïd Taghmaoui. In an absolutely loaded year for supporting performances by both men (women too), Taghmaoui is to me one of the best five supporting performances of that year.
Two other notes on supporting roles in this movie: * Cliff Curtis is a legendary chameleon. He played the Iraqi father in this, but two years later he played Smiley in "Training Day," the guy who almost kills Ethan Hawke in the bathtub. * Spike Jonze does not act much, but he is an Oscar-winning screenwriter who has a great directing career, including 1999's "Being John Malkovich."
I've always seen this film as a modern update to Clint Eastwood's "Kelly's Heroes" (a WWII behind-the-lines-heist). Someday you should watch that one, too. I don't know if it deserves a reaction but it's a favorite war movie of mine. You deliver good stuff, J.
At the start when you said it's a war movie I responded "It's an end of the war movie." When things are wrapping up people will just grab onto any valuables they can find, it's a transitionary period rarely shown in film
One of my favorite George Clooney movies! I saw this with my parents and we loved it! However, it wasn't with controversy as Clooney and director David I Russell got into a fistfight during filming, where it involves the ending to the film as Russell was accused of shoving an extra several times on to get a rise out of him. Having had enough, Clooney punched Russell upside the head, they ended up wrestling each other to the ground till Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg and the entire cast broke up the fight. Clooney and Russell finished the scene, and vowed they never work with each other again
The scene when Wahlburger is having trouble breathing because he can’t reach the valve makes me think of George Loyd and Radio Rahim from Do the right thing.
Based on my dad's descriptions of being in war the theme/tone switching seems accurate. The seriousness of death is there and its terrifying. At the same time, a bunch of 19-22 year olds will find ways to have fun. Throw in a ton of weapons and ammo and you get things like putting C4 on nerf footballs. There are also a lot of "Conrad types" doing random wtf kind of things all the time.
Its awesome that you reacted to this film! One of my favourites and a very personal special movie to me. I still say it's some kind of masterpiece, completely forgotten by the majority of people. Modern day war movies don't even come close. I love the tonal shifts, the experimental style, the strange editing... Hell, even Marky Mark is good in it! Please do more movies like this, forgotten gems and cult classics. I love the fact that you, unlike a lot of reactors on youtube, will just give these movies a chance even though you've never heard of them or even know what they're about. Great way to discover new stuff! ✌
Pretty sure the tonal shift is representative of the chaos in war. I am sure you've seen other movies where one moment the soldiers are walking along and chatting it up having fun and suddenly someone gets killed out of nowhere. This film gives that chaos a more constant feeling. Which is probably more accurate depiction. At least I would think.
I love this movie It is most definitely a hidden gem. No two actors play the same kind of role just like living in the United States. The plot is solid the music is great....including Chicago - If you leave me now.
The tonal shifts was definitely a Tarantino influence and sort of the style back then. Filmmakers were a little more experimental with dark and light tones. This one had a political message throw in too to make it feel more chaotic. It's good to see a reaction to this with fresh eyes because few movies are made like this now. Everything's so damn polished.
David O. Russell has a different style….Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees, The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle are all amazing comedy dramas
"The beach boys are great American music.." - so sayeth Jackie Chan, so say we all.. actually had to stop watching something else to watch this. Been thinking about it recently. Such a fantastic film. Criminally forgotten.
6 minutes in ( 6:00 ) that bile was a bit too green... I've just spent a month nil by mouth thanks to lifting a lintel and tearing my small bowel .. I had a bag and the colour was crazy ... green ! but almost pea soup green . .. I now have a chest drain and it's cider colour lol
Ask a soldier. Ask a poor person in a war torn country. Death comes flying from nowhere, like a house fly. There's no way to be sane...I mean...there's no *chance* to be sane. Peace, please... *please* , so much.
I really loved this movie in the early 2000s. And I am very happy that somebody reacted to it. Thank you! But 20 years later I somehow didn't felt that movie so much as I did before... but I still think that it was a good movie.
A film i think you will love is THE ROCK with Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris and Sean Connery. Its one of my favourite films ever. The soundtrack is awesome too.
Such an under rated film. I don't mind the tone shift but I can understand your view in your breakdown of it. It's really an interesting film given all of it's themes and major points about the US involvement in the region given that it came out after the Gulf War just a few years before the US would be back there again.
The best part of this movie is when George Clooney got into a fight with the director and put him into a headlock.No joke,the director was a complete A-Hole and there's footage of the fight.The director would yell and yell on the set and belittle everyone and Clooney had enough and they fought.
you have to watch " the odd angry shot " all ill say is its a war movie with all the same aspects you liked in this one ( the dark comedy shifting to serious etc ) cranked up a bit
When the soldier murders the woman in the village, the tone of the movie just completely changes. You talked about how it was difficult for you to nail down what tone this movie had as it went from comedy to somewhat serious. But in that scene, it just goes completely dark. Not just that, but the kid snipping at the Iraqui soldies and then getting killed himself. This whole scene is so gritty, dark, and shows the horrific things that happen in war.
This was a classic. Ice Cube, George Clooney, Mark Whalberg. You gotta check out DARK CITY!!!!!! EDIT: Also, another great Clooney was Men Who Stare At Goats.
staying with George Clooney you should react to "The Men Who Stare at Goats". it also has Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges among others. watch the trailer and you will see why i recommended it
A great movie with George Clooney is THE MONUMENTS MEN (2014). Based on the true story about retrieving stolen art from N@zis in WW2. Also stars Matt Damon and Bill Murray
Jarhead is about the Iraqi war too and is a good example of a war film sticking to one tone and a singular message. You may like this more than Three Kings.
Try watching and reacting to the movie problem child and problem child 2, if you’ve never seen them before. They are great movies and I think you’d like them. Thanks for all your videos and your reactions.
Man, I’ve been hoping someone would react to this film. You’ve got to be the first! Another fantastic (and very underrated) Clooney film is ‘Out of Sight,’ directed by Steven Soderberg, starring Clooney, Vingh Rhames & very young Jennifer López..
Hell yeah this is tight!
One of the most over looked and under rated war movies.
Damn! Three Kings outta nowhere!
This was a good one. 🎥
Love how you incorporate "We need a bigger boat" into this 😆
Great video as always sir! One person I want to highlight is Saïd Taghmaoui, who plays the captain who interrogates Barlow. I think that 1999 is the most loaded year for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar of my life, maybe ever. The award went to Michael Caine for "Cider House Rules," defeating:
* Tom Cruise, "Magnolia"
* Michael Clarke Duncan, "Green Mile"
* Jude Law, "Talented Mr. Ripley"
* Haley Joel Osment, "Sixth Sense"
That's an incredible quintet, and I would not have even nominated any of them. My list would have been:
WINNER: Chris Cooper in "American Beauty"
* Laurence Fishburne, "The Matrix"
* John Malkovich, "Being John Malkovich"
* Brad Pitt, "Fight Club"
And the aforementioned Saïd Taghmaoui. In an absolutely loaded year for supporting performances by both men (women too), Taghmaoui is to me one of the best five supporting performances of that year.
Two other notes on supporting roles in this movie:
* Cliff Curtis is a legendary chameleon. He played the Iraqi father in this, but two years later he played Smiley in "Training Day," the guy who almost kills Ethan Hawke in the bathtub.
* Spike Jonze does not act much, but he is an Oscar-winning screenwriter who has a great directing career, including 1999's "Being John Malkovich."
I've always seen this film as a modern update to Clint Eastwood's "Kelly's Heroes" (a WWII behind-the-lines-heist). Someday you should watch that one, too. I don't know if it deserves a reaction but it's a favorite war movie of mine. You deliver good stuff, J.
You beat me to it lol.
I was gonna say the same thing. Kelly’s Heroes is a great movie.
Deserves a reaction? Our guy here has the courtesy to react to a lot of movies than the standard pick that every reactor gets requested!
At the start when you said it's a war movie I responded "It's an end of the war movie." When things are wrapping up people will just grab onto any valuables they can find, it's a transitionary period rarely shown in film
One of my favorite George Clooney movies! I saw this with my parents and we loved it!
However, it wasn't with controversy as Clooney and director David I Russell got into a fistfight during filming, where it involves the ending to the film as Russell was accused of shoving an extra several times on to get a rise out of him. Having had enough, Clooney punched Russell upside the head, they ended up wrestling each other to the ground till Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg and the entire cast broke up the fight.
Clooney and Russell finished the scene, and vowed they never work with each other again
The scene when Wahlburger is having trouble breathing because he can’t reach the valve makes me think of George Loyd and Radio Rahim from Do the right thing.
Haven't thought about this movie in years, but really liked it when it came out
" To be a terrorist, is to walk the path of the hurted "
Based on my dad's descriptions of being in war the theme/tone switching seems accurate. The seriousness of death is there and its terrifying. At the same time, a bunch of 19-22 year olds will find ways to have fun. Throw in a ton of weapons and ammo and you get things like putting C4 on nerf footballs. There are also a lot of "Conrad types" doing random wtf kind of things all the time.
Ur dad is right.
facts
Spike Jonze is a legendary music video and film director, plus he shows up in the Jackass movies as the old grandma. Guy's had a crazy career
Being John Malkovich was a f'ing masterpiece.
So happy you reacted to this. You pointed out the pace of the tone shifts which I never looked at or noticed. Good seeing fresh eyes on a sleeper film
Its awesome that you reacted to this film! One of my favourites and a very personal special movie to me. I still say it's some kind of masterpiece, completely forgotten by the majority of people. Modern day war movies don't even come close. I love the tonal shifts, the experimental style, the strange editing... Hell, even Marky Mark is good in it! Please do more movies like this, forgotten gems and cult classics. I love the fact that you, unlike a lot of reactors on youtube, will just give these movies a chance even though you've never heard of them or even know what they're about. Great way to discover new stuff! ✌
Pretty sure the tonal shift is representative of the chaos in war. I am sure you've seen other movies where one moment the soldiers are walking along and chatting it up having fun and suddenly someone gets killed out of nowhere.
This film gives that chaos a more constant feeling. Which is probably more accurate depiction. At least I would think.
I love this movie It is most definitely a hidden gem. No two actors play the same kind of role just like living in the United States. The plot is solid the music is great....including Chicago - If you leave me now.
This is an often forgotten about film. One of my old favorites.
The tonal shifts was definitely a Tarantino influence and sort of the style back then. Filmmakers were a little more experimental with dark and light tones. This one had a political message throw in too to make it feel more chaotic. It's good to see a reaction to this with fresh eyes because few movies are made like this now. Everything's so damn polished.
David O. Russell has a different style….Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees, The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle are all amazing comedy dramas
One of my favorite war movies. It's very different movie on wide variety of emotions.
Another David O. Russell movie that I absolutely love is I 🖤Huckabees!
I love that one.
"Can we all just forget about where it came from?" was perfect timing lol
The Iraqis love Michael Jackson. Every other one that walked by my post stuck their thumbs up, smiled, and went, "Michael Jackson!"
"The beach boys are great American music.." - so sayeth Jackie Chan, so say we all.. actually had to stop watching something else to watch this. Been thinking about it recently. Such a fantastic film. Criminally forgotten.
You should watch Copycat from 1995 and Primal Fear from 1997 - Edward Norton’s star making role.
6 minutes in ( 6:00 ) that bile was a bit too green... I've just spent a month nil by mouth thanks to lifting a lintel and tearing my small bowel .. I had a bag and the colour was crazy ... green ! but almost pea soup green . .. I now have a chest drain and it's cider colour lol
Kelly’s Heros is great WWII comedy with Clint Eastwood and Donald Sutherland that I think you would like.
8mm from 1999 with Nicolas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix. One of the best thrillers ever made.
Something the director, David O Russell, insisted upon: *EVERY* bullet matters. Word.
Ask a soldier. Ask a poor person in a war torn country. Death comes flying from nowhere, like a house fly. There's no way to be sane...I mean...there's no *chance* to be sane. Peace, please... *please* , so much.
I really loved this movie in the early 2000s. And I am very happy that somebody reacted to it. Thank you!
But 20 years later I somehow didn't felt that movie so much as I did before... but I still think that it was a good movie.
Watch Spike Jonze' "Being John Malkovich" and your mind will be blown! That's another 90s cult classic with even more experimental risk-taking.
It's incredible
Love that film.
Glad you watched Three Kings, excellent movie!
I am very surprised no one else has reacted to this film.
Dude!! Such a great film. Good choice. 👍🏼
This was an underrated movie.
I think I very vaguely remember this one. Never watched it.
Keep up the good work tho man. +1 subscriber
A film i think you will love is THE ROCK with Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris and Sean Connery. Its one of my favourite films ever. The soundtrack is awesome too.
If you like this movie I would suggest Kelly's Heroes, (1970). This movie feels like a remake of it ro me.
Great movie. Dope reaction bro.
Such an under rated film. I don't mind the tone shift but I can understand your view in your breakdown of it. It's really an interesting film given all of it's themes and major points about the US involvement in the region given that it came out after the Gulf War just a few years before the US would be back there again.
The best part of this movie is when George Clooney got into a fight with the director and put him into a headlock.No joke,the director was a complete A-Hole and there's footage of the fight.The director would yell and yell on the set and belittle everyone and Clooney had enough and they fought.
you have to watch " the odd angry shot " all ill say is its a war movie with all the same aspects you liked in this one ( the dark comedy shifting to serious etc ) cranked up a bit
Where's Back to the future III?
Loved this movie! Glad to see someone finally do a react
This came out when I was in the army. Our company commander banned us from watching it because it depicted soldiers stealing.
lol
Spike Jonze!!!!!
It’s a true classic
This was one of the best movies of all time in my opinion
When the soldier murders the woman in the village, the tone of the movie just completely changes. You talked about how it was difficult for you to nail down what tone this movie had as it went from comedy to somewhat serious. But in that scene, it just goes completely dark. Not just that, but the kid snipping at the Iraqui soldies and then getting killed himself. This whole scene is so gritty, dark, and shows the horrific things that happen in war.
This was a classic. Ice Cube, George Clooney, Mark Whalberg. You gotta check out DARK CITY!!!!!!
EDIT: Also, another great Clooney was Men Who Stare At Goats.
Yes!!!
Interesting how this movie predicted the US trying to occupy Iraq and do vietnam all over again. That's exactly what happened.
One of my favorite movies.
They used actual cadavers when they showed the bullet entering a body and the collapsed lung
David O Russell was a little like this movie in his personality and directing style.
Fun fact- George Clooney at one point punched out Russell.
You should do “There will be blood” i think it will blow you away
You really need to check out Poolhall Junkies, great movie, so underrated.
What website do you use to watch these movies?
Oh no! A gold bar might have just broken my toe. Now what am I gonna do?
They cant do anything unless attacked.
So go ahead, take the Gold.
Another good one is 'JARHEAD' with
Jake Gyllenhaal & Jamie Fox
This movie didn’t know what it wanted it to be.
staying with George Clooney you should react to "The Men Who Stare at Goats".
it also has Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges among others.
watch the trailer and you will see why i recommended it
And Kevin Spacey, but it's still a great movie
Love this movie
Underrated movie…you should really check out Kelly’s Heroes
A great movie with George Clooney is THE MONUMENTS MEN (2014). Based on the true story about retrieving stolen art from N@zis in WW2. Also stars Matt Damon and Bill Murray
Movies about art are so boring, like this THE MONUMENTS MEN.
you might enjoy Jarhead with Jake Gyllenhaal as well
Jarhead is about the Iraqi war too and is a good example of a war film sticking to one tone and a singular message. You may like this more than Three Kings.
yoooo can you watch 2 guns next??? its marky mark walhberge and denzel! GREAT MOVIE!!!!
When is Expendables 2 going up?
This is a comedy drama masterpiece it’s what David O. Russell does best…..Amsterdam comes out next
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i'm not quite in agreement with your take but appreciate it
When you gon do back to the future III?
Try watching and reacting to the movie problem child and problem child 2, if you’ve never seen them before. They are great movies and I think you’d like them. Thanks for all your videos and your reactions.
You should do a video reaction about From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)
He already did a great reaction to that one!
I been told I look like Marky Mark but much taller hahaha. Marky Mark is only like 5'6 I am 6'0 tall.
Out of High school I almost went to this war.
Almost forgot that bubba gump was in this movie
I'm 21 minutes in and starting to realise this isn't the movie with the people talking to a sheep ? what was that movie again?
I think you mean The Men Who Stare at Goats
@@martinw6371 thanks! I'm in hospital on morphine, that's what I thought I was watching haha 😄
They should've wasted all those guys before trying to drive away with the gold
React to Torque (2004) movie
Cows blowing up, nonsense violence I love this movie, to bad if they did this nowadays the cancel culture would get a hand on them 😂💯
Absolutely horrible
That Arabic writing on those gold bars is called a water mark and they couldn't sell that gold anywhere anyway it's just a dumb american movie :D