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You need to check out Flash Gordon which came out in 1980. The film is so 1980s and Timothy Dalton is in it too. And we know you love Timothy Dalton. Trust me, you won't regret it.
Back in 1999 I went with my parents and my brother to Disney Park Paris and it was a 3D ride in an interactive cinema called "Honey, I shrunk the audience!". After 11 years it closed in 2010 and was replaced for another ride.
"Cloak and Dagger" with Dabney Coleman. Another one is the remake of "Invaders from Mars" from 1986. "My Science Project" is another. "The Secret of NIMH." is a fairly dark Don Bluth animated film.
@Jen Murray That's ok, to hell with the analytics. You're a market leader forging your own path... not sure if you've noticed but many reactors tend to follow the trends and react to what everyone else is reacting to. You're leading the charge and the analytics will catch up as others react to this movie because it will increase in popularity. Don't be afraid to go places other reactors haven't, and don't let analytics tell the whole story. Personally I'd rather lead the market than be one of the follower :).
@Jen Murray it's unfortunate that's the situation, I can understand where you're coming from. Hopefully the analytics improve, but if nothing else, you've got my sub.
For what it’s worth this video got me to subscribe to your channel after watching here and there for a little while. :) Totally understand the need to make stuff that’s gonna get more views though!
Yep, Innerspace great movie for you to check out Jen! Fantastic Voyage also a great one, older and more serious (It was made in the 60's) and this one a submarine and crew get shrunk down and injected into someone just like innerspace.
I saw it in the theatre in IMAX. Love this movie!! The Director said that behind the scenes Martin Short & Dennis Quaid would entertain the crew by acting out the movie Roster Cogburn(1979). Quaid doing a perfect John Wayne & Short doing his perfect Katharine Hepburn. I would have payed money to see that.
I saw an interview with Rick Morannis and they asked why he was stopping making movies at the height of his career and he said it was because he looked at his kids one day and realized how much they had grown up during the filming of his last movie and realized he’s missing the greatest experience in the world,..parenting,..seeing his children grow and being part of it and he said he’d made plenty of money in his Career to call it quits, actually retire young and be a stay at home dad and that’s what he did,..still today he’s a stay at home dad and has grandkids now that he’s very involved with! I respect that SO much! To quit a career as a Hollywood A list actor at the height of your career to be with your kids! As a single dad of young amazing angel daughters I 100% get that and would give anything to be able to do the same! My baby is 5 years old and she’s growing up sooo fast while my 2 oldest are growing even faster it’s scary! 😢 why a great example he is though! Rick was asked recently if he regretted at all retiring and the interviewer said pretty rudely “you won’t fit back into movies today,..do you regret leaving when you did fit in?” He smiled and said nope, it was THe best decision I’ve ever made! And ended the interview. Legend status!
One suggestion that comes to mind for a similar movie is "Innerspace" with Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan. It's not really a kids movie, but it involves shrinking people. And it's very funny.
Can confirm, the ant and scorpion were terrifying as a kid. It feels like this movie must have been a ton of fun for the kids to make with all of the cool "giant" sets and action sequences. There was a "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" movie ride at Disneyland with 3D glasses and it would blow puffs of air or water at you depending on what was happeing on screen. I did it a few times over the years, it was pretty fun from what I remember
I think I must have been in my early teens by the time I got to go on that ride because I remember being pretty unenthused by it. I'm pretty sure the whole theater was on hydraulics to give a feeling of movement when Rick Moranis picks up the theater at one point and carries it around the lab.
@@StarkRG I was probably about 11 when it came to Disneyland, so probably right at the edge of the demographic. It wasn't anything mindblowing, I just remember enjoying it. The theater or seats did move like you said, similar to Days of Thunder and the James Bond ride at Great America
@@Drforrester31 I was clearly more interested in the technology involved than the content. I'm sure I'd enjoy the hell out of it as an adult. I think I remember seeing the video portion posted somewhere, but i could only get through a bit of it. It really was a ride, not just a short film, without the other elements, the magic is missing.
At Walt Disney World they had the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" at the Imagination pavillion in Epcot. It's gone, but I'm pretty sure inside the ride you hear a page for Dr. Zelensky. They also had a "Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground" with giant plants and slides and all at the Hollywood Studios park, but it too is long gone.
@@jenmurrayxo this movie got a big boost in the theatres 'cause people would go to see Batman & Indiana Jones & it would be sold out, so families went to see this
This was a huge box office smash. I was working in a theater when this came out. I had never counted so much money in all my life. The sequel is good too. "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid"
I liked Honey I blew up the kid, but the third one, "Honey We Shrunk Ourselves," is good as well. I really like it. Rick Moranis also stars in Little Shop of Horrors" one of my favorite movies.
I’ll never forget seeing this as a little boy at the drive in with my 7 brothers and sisters , mom and dad in our station wagon. Lol such amazing memories! Wow this took me back!!
Actually, this movie came out at the same time as the opening of Disney's MGM Studios. And at the park, they had a whole enclosed kids playground area based on this movie. It had a multitude of giant blades of grass with a wooden, roped playground. There were grass blade slides, a giant Lego piece like in the movie that you could climb into, a giant Antie sculpture you could climb on and pretend to ride, etc. I totally felt like you had been shrunk to the size of a speck like the kids were in the movie. And the play area lasted for at least a decade. It was amazing theming and I had a great time there as a kid.
I can confirm this to be true. I loved the movie growing up and I played at that play area when I went to MGM Studios. It's Hollywood Studios now and the playground is gone but it DID exist, big Lego and all.
@@corymccarty8603 They also had part of the backlot tour show how they did the scenes with the two kids on the flying bee, with randomly selected visitors used as the "cast".
@@chrisgibb5190 My sister and our neighbor were selected to ride on that flying bee!! I still remember how mad I was that the 2 of them got chosen, but I didn't. HAHA! I believe it was October 1989.
I definitely loved this as a kid, and am really happy that it’s held up so well. The practical effects look great, and I’m happy all the characters really have stuff to do in it. Everyone has such great personality even if they are only in 1-2 scenes like the fishing buddy and the police. There are at least 2 sequels to this one, but I only have very vague memories of them. Still, they are in the same vein so well worth checking out I think. Almost forgot! That theme music just came flooding back to me while watching your reaction. Hadn’t heard it in years and it just unlocked so many childhood memories. So good Thanks for the super fun reaction!
This movie is a classic. I loved it as a kid and I remember watching it in 1990 when it was out on tape. The Adventures in Babysitting was another fun 80's film starring Elisabeth Shue (Karate Kid.)
80s adventure movies - Labyrinth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connoly and The Dark Crystal (both Jim Henson masterpieces) are *required viewing*, Ms Murray. The Dark Crystal in particular is an criminally overlooked gem
Jen, Steve from Philly here, You ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NEED to watch a movie called Harry and the Hendersons! A family accidentally swipes A Sasquatch on a camping trip! They think he's dead, but He's NOT... there's also a dog and A little boy older sister combo and to top it off John Lithgow is the Dad!
You should check out Moranis in Spaceballs, My Blue Heaven, Strange Brew, and Parenthood. He's really amazing. Such a likeable person. I wish he had continued his career, but understand why he didn't, and applaud him for it.
Your complete pure joy to watching this warmed my heart. I grew up watching this movie and absolutely love it. My favourite live action Disney film. Yes there is a sequel, and I do recommend you watch. Obviously it's not as good as the first, but it's a very fun time. And the whole Szalinski family returns (Amy only has a brief cameo though).
When I was a kid I wanted to be a mad scientist...erm, inventor... like Doc Brown & Wayne Szalinksi. I mean come on, time machines & shrink rays, going on adventures? Lol they were my heroes.
Jen, thank you so much for your reaction. There were 2 sequels: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Each lacks the originality of the first, but definitely worth a watch in my opinion. As always enjoyed watching your show. 😊
Rick Moranis showed the full range of his creativity way back on SCTV and nobody every figured out how to make use of all he offered in TV or movies. He got typecast as The Nerdy guy and had a decent career. Then, trafically, his wife died and he quit movies to raise his kids - I have to love him for that.
Hey Jen, great reaction as usual! Disney world did have an attraction based on this in the 90's at Epcot! It was a 4D theater show called Honey I Shrunk The Audience. Nick had a pet snake that jumped at you in 3D and the seats rumbled and i think sprayed water at you at one point....
Don’t forget about the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playground! As a kid it was so fun to run around in the tall grass and interact with all the cool toys and things in the yard.
Flight of the navigator ( 1986 ) was my fav kids movie also often missed by reaction channels I also thought encino man ( 1992 ) would finally get picked up after brendan fraser and ke huy qaun both won oscars but still its ignored by channels . Both epic movies
I LOVED THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS A KID!! I seriously used to build "shrinking machines" out of tinker toys/legos, and k'nex when I was little! My family went to Disney World in 1993 and Disney Land in 1994 (I was 8 and 9 years old respectively) and in one of the two they actually DID have a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids section! It was a portion of the park (I don't remember which one) that really did have a giant yard section AND a giant bee kids could hang on to with a green screen and a huge fan! They superimposed the bee part of the movie with you in it! IT WAS SO COOL! I believe you could buy a frame of the result as a picture or a recording of the result on VHS! Somewhere there exists an image of me hanging on to a giant bee flying through the air... though I have no idea where it is nowadays.
6 years old Jen was so cute. Love to see your excitement. Your energy was extra high for this movie, with so much science, adventure, kid shinanigans and quirky muisc. ---- Oh let not forget the best character in the movie. QUIRK the beyond awesome pooch. ----- Great reaction as usual.
80s Kids Movies Worth Watching: Big Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead The Mighty Ducks Monster Squad Neverending Story Harry and the Hendersons Muppets Take Manhattan License To Drive (Just to name a few.)
They had a few things at Disney, like the MASSIVE play area where everything was huge ("spider web" to crawl around on, giant slide made from a roll of film, etc.), and the 3D show Honey I Shrunk The Audience. The play area, along with it's area, was demolished in order to build Galaxy's Edge
As soon as you said you were going to be looking forward to the practical effects I was like yes she's going to love this movie. Also coming this summer a new honey I shrunk the kids movie with the son from this one in the lead.
The cranky neighbor was played by Matt Frewer, a Canadian/American actor who also played Max Headroom. He had a TV series with the character as well as many, many commercials and even a really good song with a band called Art of Noise who used industrial tools to make music. Max Headroom was an eighties look at the future and certain aspects of the show were very spot on. It's really worth checking out.
As a kid, the death of Anty was traumatizing. I'm not going to spoil anything, but if you want to get more traumatizing scenes, watch The Neverending Story, Charlotte's Web, and Old Yeller.
I'll add, The land before time to this list...the , "do you remember the way to great valley" scene and the following one with the shadow makes me bawl like a little baby everytime. To the point where I can't watch it anymore.
Beautiful reaction. And Disney did have a honey I shrunk the kids attraction. It was a play area. Everything was huge. They even had a cheerio that you could crawl through and you'd end up in like a "wormhole" underground. It was SO cool! They tore it down a few years ago to build star wars land. So it was a nice trade-off.
Hi Jen! This movie was such a phenomenon when it came out. Those special effects were amazing. I recommend the movie The Secret of NIMH. It's a great animated film. The animation is spectacular, the story is really adventurous, mystical, and suspenseful, and it features the wold of mice so everything is all huge kinda similar to this. 🥂
There was a big special effects tour at Disney when this came out. Not a ride per se, but pretty neat. My little brother and I got selected to “ride” the bumblebee so they could use us in an effects demo for the rest of the tour group. It’s a standout vacation memory for me 😊
I'm so excited someone else has reacted to this! Can you pretty PLEASE react to Adventures in Babysitting and License to Drive. Two of the VERY best movies of the 80's. Tons of fun to watch and both have AMAZING soundtracks. I think you would love the both of them. Hugs from Canada!
Adventures in Babysitting is another great one. Not really any wacky science but it's a fun kids-adventure one where a babysitting job gets out of hand and the kids get stranded in the city. Hits more of a Goonies kind of vibe.
This was one of my favourite movies as a kid! There was two sequels, you don't need to watch them. Another adventure kids movie I think you would enjoy is Hook with Robin Williams.
:) good stuff a sweet blast from the past. BTW, there was at one point a "Honey I Shrunk the Audience " ride at one of the Florida Disney parks back in the early 90's. Some of my 80's picks for you to check out would be...Strange Brew, Condorman, Spies Like US, Cannonball Run, and Cannonball Run 2, :)
Normally this isn't the kind of movie I would have gone to, but I was dragged to it by my wife (it was her turn to pick the movie). I'm glad she did. It's such a fun movie. Very 80s. I love how you get so into the movies. And dogs. 😀
What a nice treat one of my favorite childhood movies, I think this is probably the first time I came across a reactor reacting to this movie, pleasant surprise 😊
Epcot and several Disney theme parks around the world use to have a "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" attraction. You entered a theater, wore 3D glasses, and the screen projection was as if you were at a live awards show. Then the shrinking machine gets pointed at the audience, and everything around you blows up. My favorite bit was prior to the "shrinking" a duplication machine is demostrated, and thousands of rats are dupllicated, which then move through the audience and you can feel them under your chair. I went into this attraction a second time immediately after the first so I could figure out how the rat effect worked.
The Goonies is a great kid adventure movie if you haven't watched it yet not just for kids and it's got some Indy vibes. I would also react to the other two in this series the second is a worthy follow up to the original
I'm glad you enjoyed this 80s comedy / sci-fi / adventure film. I actually have a pet Australian bull ant. Usually, they're pretty defensive and ready to strike when something comes near but this particular one is pretty mellow. Very laid back. I feed her pieces of apple.
Rick Moranis is absolutely hilarious, and such apart of our childhoods. I miss him, but absolutely respect his choice to leave the movie business. P.S. The NeverEnding Story is one of my favorite movies as a kid, but there is deeper meaning.
Not now, but when I was around 11 years old (1991) There was an area that was a "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" experience area in Orlando!. Really tall grass, giant legos and such! I was all about this movie and that Disney area!!
This one came out of nowhere! ( my tablet does not receive post notifications 😢) great choice as usual though. Rick Moranis is in real life, a very special person! Thanks again Jen....Eric 😊
Good Morning Eric. I'd say "sorry for being late" but it's really rare for Jen to post this early in the day! (LOL) Hope you're doing good, and I think I'm on the mend...feeling much better now.
@@tomhoffman4330 Yeah Tom, I stumbled on this one by chance. This is a very early in the day release. Maybe she is doing something else later today, and released this one early, and would not have been around for a later post. Glad to hear that your feeling better.
Disney World Used to heave two attractions for Honey I Shrunk the kids. MGM Hollywood Studios had a play place that was big and Epcot used to have Honey I Shrunk the Audience attraction that was in 4D to make you feel things like air spit at you, Things going by your feet, the dog sneezing on the audience with water spray.
Not to mention the kids...well done and great chemistry all around! How would you act like you dislike someone you probably really like and respect? For their ages...great talent!
Really can appreciate your unadulterated joy watching this . I first saw this in my thirties , being a fan of Second City , a sketch comedy troupe, Rick Moranis was a member . I really like how you jump into the movie . You're not in love with the sound of your voice because you know , we , your fans are . Mm hmmm !
There was a 3d theatre and tour at disney,in the 90's and when we visited on holiday from the UK , our daughter was chosen from the tour, to be super-imposed on the bee, and the we watched the clip on the big screen, then everone watched a 3d movie with aded affects ,winds, vibrations and spray .
Mm hmm... I forgot all about this movie! What a joy to experience it again with your commentary and wheezing. I remember the sequels being just as fun. Disney parks had a 4D movie called _Honey, I Shrunk the Audience._ I got to be there as a kid. It was short but a blast!
Your sister reacted to teenage mutant Ninja turtles it'd be nice to see you react to that as well 😊 assuming you haven't seen it before LOL another childhood favorite!
@@jenmurrayxo Cheers, it holds up really well too. I saw that movie a few years ago for a nostalgia laugh but I completely forgot the effort that went into it. Definitely a movie that knew it's audience, in 1990 turtle fever was like the Beatles in the 60s.
This is one of the earliest movies I remember watching in the theater. When they become small in the oversized world looked so amazing on the big screen
Kid's movies aren't just for kids! What other great adventures should I check out?
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I suggest and I hope you will reacts the film The Wizard (1989)
You need to check out Flash Gordon which came out in 1980. The film is so 1980s and Timothy Dalton is in it too. And we know you love Timothy Dalton. Trust me, you won't regret it.
Back in 1999 I went with my parents and my brother to Disney Park Paris and it was a 3D ride in an interactive cinema called "Honey, I shrunk the audience!".
After 11 years it closed in 2010 and was replaced for another ride.
"Cloak and Dagger" with Dabney Coleman. Another one is the remake of "Invaders from Mars" from 1986. "My Science Project" is another. "The Secret of NIMH." is a fairly dark Don Bluth animated film.
JEN, if you do believe kids movies just aren't for kids, please return to the " Incredibles 2" because you are a " Kid at Heart "😊
It blows my mind that it's take this long for someone to react to this movie. It's such a great film and it's flown under the radar for years.
@Jen Murray That's ok, to hell with the analytics. You're a market leader forging your own path... not sure if you've noticed but many reactors tend to follow the trends and react to what everyone else is reacting to. You're leading the charge and the analytics will catch up as others react to this movie because it will increase in popularity. Don't be afraid to go places other reactors haven't, and don't let analytics tell the whole story. Personally I'd rather lead the market than be one of the follower :).
@Jen Murray it's unfortunate that's the situation, I can understand where you're coming from. Hopefully the analytics improve, but if nothing else, you've got my sub.
Appreciate it! ☺️👍
For what it’s worth this video got me to subscribe to your channel after watching here and there for a little while. :) Totally understand the need to make stuff that’s gonna get more views though!
..... I'm here for the movie.
Innerspace with Martin Short and Dennis Quaid was one of my favorite movies as a kid, A tale of shrinkage, adventure, and love and is so funny.
Prior to that we only had Fantastic Voyage from my childhood.
I had suggested inner space to several reactors and so far no one has reacted to it.
@@mildredpierce4506 I think I have seen one react to it a long time ago, but I'll be damned if I can’t remember who it was.
Yep, Innerspace great movie for you to check out Jen! Fantastic Voyage also a great one, older and more serious (It was made in the 60's) and this one a submarine and crew get shrunk down and injected into someone just like innerspace.
I saw it in the theatre in IMAX. Love this movie!! The Director said that behind the scenes Martin Short & Dennis Quaid would entertain the crew by acting out the movie Roster Cogburn(1979). Quaid doing a perfect John Wayne & Short doing his perfect Katharine Hepburn. I would have payed money to see that.
I saw an interview with Rick Morannis and they asked why he was stopping making movies at the height of his career and he said it was because he looked at his kids one day and realized how much they had grown up during the filming of his last movie and realized he’s missing the greatest experience in the world,..parenting,..seeing his children grow and being part of it and he said he’d made plenty of money in his Career to call it quits, actually retire young and be a stay at home dad and that’s what he did,..still today he’s a stay at home dad and has grandkids now that he’s very involved with! I respect that SO much! To quit a career as a Hollywood A list actor at the height of your career to be with your kids! As a single dad of young amazing angel daughters I 100% get that and would give anything to be able to do the same! My baby is 5 years old and she’s growing up sooo fast while my 2 oldest are growing even faster it’s scary! 😢 why a great example he is though! Rick was asked recently if he regretted at all retiring and the interviewer said pretty rudely “you won’t fit back into movies today,..do you regret leaving when you did fit in?” He smiled and said nope, it was THe best decision I’ve ever made! And ended the interview. Legend status!
He also lost his wife about the same time frame.
He never really “retired”
But did some voice over work that was closer to home
He's not a bad singer either. He recorded a country album.
I wish he would agree to at least cameo in a new Ghostbusters film!
He basically quit to take care of his wife and as she was passing is when he noticed how much his kids have grown.
That's when he stopped
One suggestion that comes to mind for a similar movie is "Innerspace" with Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan. It's not really a kids movie, but it involves shrinking people. And it's very funny.
An excellent suggestion!
@@stevenbeoethy4049 I concur!
Great suggestion!
That would be a great one to watch!
the hunny I shrunk series is
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids June 23, 1989
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid July 17, 1992
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves March 18, 1997
Rick Moranis is obviously the star of the film, but I forget that it also has Buffy's mom (Kristine Sutherland) before she was Buffy's mom lol.
Jen, it is unbelievable how much you enhance and elevate any movie. 37 minutes of pure pure bliss.
Thanks, I had so much fun! ☺️👍
Can confirm, the ant and scorpion were terrifying as a kid. It feels like this movie must have been a ton of fun for the kids to make with all of the cool "giant" sets and action sequences. There was a "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" movie ride at Disneyland with 3D glasses and it would blow puffs of air or water at you depending on what was happeing on screen. I did it a few times over the years, it was pretty fun from what I remember
I think I must have been in my early teens by the time I got to go on that ride because I remember being pretty unenthused by it. I'm pretty sure the whole theater was on hydraulics to give a feeling of movement when Rick Moranis picks up the theater at one point and carries it around the lab.
There was also a garden park.
@@StarkRG I was probably about 11 when it came to Disneyland, so probably right at the edge of the demographic. It wasn't anything mindblowing, I just remember enjoying it. The theater or seats did move like you said, similar to Days of Thunder and the James Bond ride at Great America
@@Drforrester31 I was clearly more interested in the technology involved than the content. I'm sure I'd enjoy the hell out of it as an adult. I think I remember seeing the video portion posted somewhere, but i could only get through a bit of it. It really was a ride, not just a short film, without the other elements, the magic is missing.
At Walt Disney World they had the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" at the Imagination pavillion in Epcot. It's gone, but I'm pretty sure inside the ride you hear a page for Dr. Zelensky. They also had a "Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground" with giant plants and slides and all at the Hollywood Studios park, but it too is long gone.
5:34. I’ve just realised that’s the same cat-clock from the opening scene of Back to the Future.
LOVE this film. One of my faves from childhood and it has carried over into adulthood.
Yes it's seriously sooo good as an adult too! Adventure for all ages! ☺️👍
@@jenmurrayxo this movie got a big boost in the theatres 'cause people would go to see Batman & Indiana Jones & it would be sold out, so families went to see this
This was a huge box office smash. I was working in a theater when this came out. I had never counted so much money in all my life. The sequel is good too. "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid"
I liked Honey I blew up the kid, but the third one, "Honey We Shrunk Ourselves," is good as well. I really like it. Rick Moranis also stars in Little Shop of Horrors" one of my favorite movies.
I’ll never forget seeing this as a little boy at the drive in with my 7 brothers and sisters , mom and dad in our station wagon. Lol such amazing memories! Wow this took me back!!
Actually, this movie came out at the same time as the opening of Disney's MGM Studios. And at the park, they had a whole enclosed kids playground area based on this movie. It had a multitude of giant blades of grass with a wooden, roped playground. There were grass blade slides, a giant Lego piece like in the movie that you could climb into, a giant Antie sculpture you could climb on and pretend to ride, etc. I totally felt like you had been shrunk to the size of a speck like the kids were in the movie. And the play area lasted for at least a decade. It was amazing theming and I had a great time there as a kid.
I can confirm this to be true. I loved the movie growing up and I played at that play area when I went to MGM Studios. It's Hollywood Studios now and the playground is gone but it DID exist, big Lego and all.
@@corymccarty8603 They also had part of the backlot tour show how they did the scenes with the two kids on the flying bee, with randomly selected visitors used as the "cast".
I remember playing in that area at MGM studios, they had a roll of film as a slide and I think it was turned into a Toy Story area afterwards.
It also had Quarks nose that would sneeze on you
@@chrisgibb5190 My sister and our neighbor were selected to ride on that flying bee!! I still remember how mad I was that the 2 of them got chosen, but I didn't. HAHA! I believe it was October 1989.
Love how excited you are getting just from the opening credits!
Can't contain it 😆👍
"You blew up my kids?"
"No if they'd been blow up there would be pieces of them everywhere."
😂😂 lol so dark
I definitely loved this as a kid, and am really happy that it’s held up so well. The practical effects look great, and I’m happy all the characters really have stuff to do in it. Everyone has such great personality even if they are only in 1-2 scenes like the fishing buddy and the police.
There are at least 2 sequels to this one, but I only have very vague memories of them. Still, they are in the same vein so well worth checking out I think.
Almost forgot! That theme music just came flooding back to me while watching your reaction. Hadn’t heard it in years and it just unlocked so many childhood memories. So good
Thanks for the super fun reaction!
This movie is a classic. I loved it as a kid and I remember watching it in 1990 when it was out on tape. The Adventures in Babysitting was another fun 80's film starring Elisabeth Shue (Karate Kid.)
80s adventure movies - Labyrinth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connoly and The Dark Crystal (both Jim Henson masterpieces) are *required viewing*, Ms Murray. The Dark Crystal in particular is an criminally overlooked gem
Oh, and for another 80s adventure movie specifically about being shrunk - Innerspace!!
I always liked Flight of the Navigator as a kid. Watched it as an adult with my kids, it still holds up.
Jen, Steve from Philly here,
You ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY
NEED to watch a movie called
Harry and the Hendersons!
A family accidentally swipes
A Sasquatch on a camping trip! They think he's dead, but
He's NOT... there's also a dog and A little boy older sister combo and to top it off
John Lithgow is the Dad!
You should check out Moranis in Spaceballs, My Blue Heaven, Strange Brew, and Parenthood. He's really amazing. Such a likeable person. I wish he had continued his career, but understand why he didn't, and applaud him for it.
I agree with all of those reaction suggestions.
Left out *(Little Shop Of Horrors)*
And Little Giants
Oh yeah! I forgot he was in My Blue Heaven... You need to do that one too Jen.
I especially like his performances in Spaceballs and My Blue Heaven!
Your complete pure joy to watching this warmed my heart. I grew up watching this movie and absolutely love it. My favourite live action Disney film.
Yes there is a sequel, and I do recommend you watch. Obviously it's not as good as the first, but it's a very fun time. And the whole Szalinski family returns (Amy only has a brief cameo though).
The search grid idea was absolutely NOT overthinking it. It's what they do when there are people missing.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a mad scientist...erm, inventor... like Doc Brown & Wayne Szalinksi. I mean come on, time machines & shrink rays, going on adventures? Lol they were my heroes.
I love how excited you are about movies lately. And how much you enjoy the puppies when they are featured.
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Unappreciated, unremembered gem that was a real effects accomplishment for its moment.
Seriously sooo good!! ☺️👍
I’m so glad Jen reacts to all good movies even if it’s 80s or for kids. I’m here for it.
The summer of 1989 for movies: Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Abyss, and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids.
Can’t forget License to Kill
Ghostbusters 2, Uncle Buck, Parenthood...
Edit: how dare I forget UHF
And Dead Poet's Society
'89 was a vintage year for films. BTTF2 and The Little Mermaid also come to mind.
I was lucky enough to see all of those in theaters. God those were great times.
Epcot Center has the attraction: “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience”. I got to go once, many years ago now lol
It was a 4D experience and loads of fun
Jen, thank you so much for your reaction. There were 2 sequels: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Each lacks the originality of the first, but definitely worth a watch in my opinion. As always enjoyed watching your show. 😊
Ron was playing baseball and he accidentally hit the window and activated the Shrink Ray
Aw man! The ant dying still hurts!
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NEED to do honey we shrunk ourselves!!!!!
I checked my cheerios every day for a couple months after seeing this as a kid.
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Rick Moranis showed the full range of his creativity way back on SCTV and nobody every figured out how to make use of all he offered in TV or movies. He got typecast as The Nerdy guy and had a decent career. Then, trafically, his wife died and he quit movies to raise his kids - I have to love him for that.
Hey Jen, great reaction as usual! Disney world did have an attraction based on this in the 90's at Epcot! It was a 4D theater show called Honey I Shrunk The Audience. Nick had a pet snake that jumped at you in 3D and the seats rumbled and i think sprayed water at you at one point....
Don’t forget about the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playground! As a kid it was so fun to run around in the tall grass and interact with all the cool toys and things in the yard.
So many years later, and I still feel that Antie moment 😥.
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Poor Antie🐜🐜❤️❤️
Wayne Szalinski Installing the Shrinking Machine
Flight of the navigator ( 1986 ) was my fav kids movie also often missed by reaction channels
I also thought encino man ( 1992 ) would finally get picked up after brendan fraser and ke huy qaun both won oscars but still its ignored by channels . Both epic movies
I was born in 86, and I love flight of the Navigator. Watched it religiously throughout my childhood.
"Yeah well I hope your face ends up on a milk carton." so dark, soooo funny
Part two is also worth watching.
I LOVED THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS A KID!! I seriously used to build "shrinking machines" out of tinker toys/legos, and k'nex when I was little!
My family went to Disney World in 1993 and Disney Land in 1994 (I was 8 and 9 years old respectively) and in one of the two they actually DID have a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids section! It was a portion of the park (I don't remember which one) that really did have a giant yard section AND a giant bee kids could hang on to with a green screen and a huge fan! They superimposed the bee part of the movie with you in it! IT WAS SO COOL! I believe you could buy a frame of the result as a picture or a recording of the result on VHS! Somewhere there exists an image of me hanging on to a giant bee flying through the air... though I have no idea where it is nowadays.
6 years old Jen was so cute. Love to see your excitement. Your energy was extra high for this movie, with so much science, adventure, kid shinanigans and quirky muisc. ---- Oh let not forget the best character in the movie. QUIRK the beyond awesome pooch. ----- Great reaction as usual.
Not "Quirk," "Quark" (named after the subatomic particle)! ⚛
Not seen this for so long😂😂love your commentary and singing, I am am extremely allergic too😂🤦🏽♂️brilliant Jen❤️❤️so wish you lived in England😊🫶🏽
80s Kids Movies Worth Watching:
Big
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
The Mighty Ducks
Monster Squad
Neverending Story
Harry and the Hendersons
Muppets Take Manhattan
License To Drive
(Just to name a few.)
They had a few things at Disney, like the MASSIVE play area where everything was huge ("spider web" to crawl around on, giant slide made from a roll of film, etc.), and the 3D show Honey I Shrunk The Audience. The play area, along with it's area, was demolished in order to build Galaxy's Edge
Love this movie!
My dad recorded this, PREDATOR and Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the same VHS tape.
Oh my goodness, the memories of VHS triple features 😂
As soon as you said you were going to be looking forward to the practical effects I was like yes she's going to love this movie. Also coming this summer a new honey I shrunk the kids movie with the son from this one in the lead.
I recommend the 80's classic "The Neverending Story".
The cranky neighbor was played by Matt Frewer, a Canadian/American actor who also played Max Headroom. He had a TV series with the character as well as many, many commercials and even a really good song with a band called Art of Noise who used industrial tools to make music. Max Headroom was an eighties look at the future and certain aspects of the show were very spot on. It's really worth checking out.
The Journey of Nattie Gann, Flight of the Navigator, Condorman,
there is also, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
Cats have super doopa hearing! 😺
Cats can hear better than Dogs!
Actor who plays the neighbor 'dad' is actually really good!
As a kid, the death of Anty was traumatizing. I'm not going to spoil anything, but if you want to get more traumatizing scenes, watch The Neverending Story, Charlotte's Web, and Old Yeller.
I'll add, The land before time to this list...the , "do you remember the way to great valley" scene and the following one with the shadow makes me bawl like a little baby everytime. To the point where I can't watch it anymore.
@@TheEsotericteacher showed that to us in class in the 1st grade. Wasn't a dry eye amongst us.
@@-M0LE I wasn't a fan of the movie, but the book is in my top 10.
Beautiful reaction.
And Disney did have a honey I shrunk the kids attraction. It was a play area. Everything was huge. They even had a cheerio that you could crawl through and you'd end up in like a "wormhole" underground. It was SO cool! They tore it down a few years ago to build star wars land. So it was a nice trade-off.
Hi Jen! This movie was such a phenomenon when it came out. Those special effects were amazing. I recommend the movie The Secret of NIMH. It's a great animated film. The animation is spectacular, the story is really adventurous, mystical, and suspenseful, and it features the wold of mice so everything is all huge kinda similar to this. 🥂
There was a big special effects tour at Disney when this came out. Not a ride per se, but pretty neat. My little brother and I got selected to “ride” the bumblebee so they could use us in an effects demo for the rest of the tour group. It’s a standout vacation memory for me 😊
Yeah I got to do that too! It was AMAZING! Somewhere in all the memorabilia there is a frame photo from that recording!
I'm so excited someone else has reacted to this! Can you pretty PLEASE react to Adventures in Babysitting and License to Drive. Two of the VERY best movies of the 80's. Tons of fun to watch and both have AMAZING soundtracks. I think you would love the both of them. Hugs from Canada!
Adventures in Babysitting is another great one. Not really any wacky science but it's a fun kids-adventure one where a babysitting job gets out of hand and the kids get stranded in the city. Hits more of a Goonies kind of vibe.
This was one of my favourite movies as a kid! There was two sequels, you don't need to watch them.
Another adventure kids movie I think you would enjoy is Hook with Robin Williams.
:) good stuff a sweet blast from the past. BTW, there was at one point a "Honey I Shrunk the Audience " ride at one of the Florida Disney parks back in the early 90's. Some of my 80's picks for you to check out would be...Strange Brew, Condorman, Spies Like US, Cannonball Run, and Cannonball Run 2, :)
Normally this isn't the kind of movie I would have gone to, but I was dragged to it by my wife (it was her turn to pick the movie). I'm glad she did. It's such a fun movie. Very 80s.
I love how you get so into the movies. And dogs. 😀
They had a whole Shrunken experience at Disney! 4D movie and a whole area with giant grass blades :)
What a nice treat one of my favorite childhood movies, I think this is probably the first time I came across a reactor reacting to this movie, pleasant surprise 😊
Seeing Quark turn his nose up at Amy's cooking reminds me of those coconut-date rolls that my mom bought. Even our PIGS wouldn't eat them.
Flight of the Navigator and the Explorers are both great "kids" movies. oh and innerspace.
See Spot Run was always my favorite. Goofy comedy for the whole family
Flight of the Navigator is a great kids movie from the 80s. I think you'd like it as well.
Good call!
One of our most popular movies as a 80s kid
I love practical effects!
Epcot and several Disney theme parks around the world use to have a "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" attraction. You entered a theater, wore 3D glasses, and the screen projection was as if you were at a live awards show. Then the shrinking machine gets pointed at the audience, and everything around you blows up. My favorite bit was prior to the "shrinking" a duplication machine is demostrated, and thousands of rats are dupllicated, which then move through the audience and you can feel them under your chair. I went into this attraction a second time immediately after the first so I could figure out how the rat effect worked.
The Goonies is a great kid adventure movie if you haven't watched it yet not just for kids and it's got some Indy vibes. I would also react to the other two in this series the second is a worthy follow up to the original
I've seen the Goonies, loved it soooo much when I was a kid! I talked about it in License to Kill video with the same villain! ☺️👍
Cheers for including the animated intro, our family watched this a ton when we were kids but I'd completely forgotten how great those credits were.
BIG with tom hanks
I'm glad you enjoyed this 80s comedy / sci-fi / adventure film. I actually have a pet Australian bull ant. Usually, they're pretty defensive and ready to strike when something comes near but this particular one is pretty mellow. Very laid back. I feed her pieces of apple.
Rick Moranis is absolutely hilarious, and such apart of our childhoods. I miss him, but absolutely respect his choice to leave the movie business.
P.S. The NeverEnding Story is one of my favorite movies as a kid, but there is deeper meaning.
Not now, but when I was around 11 years old (1991) There was an area that was a "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" experience area in Orlando!. Really tall grass, giant legos and such! I was all about this movie and that Disney area!!
This one came out of nowhere! ( my tablet does not receive post notifications 😢) great choice as usual though. Rick Moranis is in real life, a very special person! Thanks again Jen....Eric 😊
Oh great to hear! Thanks Eric ☺️👍
@@jenmurrayxo A little FYI Jen. His wife passed away, and he left Hollywood to be with his children. It's not always about the money.
Good Morning Eric. I'd say "sorry for being late" but it's really rare for Jen to post this early in the day! (LOL) Hope you're doing good, and I think I'm on the mend...feeling much better now.
@@tomhoffman4330 Yeah Tom, I stumbled on this one by chance. This is a very early in the day release. Maybe she is doing something else later today, and released this one early, and would not have been around for a later post. Glad to hear that your feeling better.
@@e.d.2096 Hey Eric, how is your day going? Doing anything fun..?
Jen's reactions are getting so amazing. MM MMMMMMM
Thanks K! ☺️👍
Disney World Used to heave two attractions for Honey I Shrunk the kids. MGM Hollywood Studios had a play place that was big and Epcot used to have Honey I Shrunk the Audience attraction that was in 4D to make you feel things like air spit at you, Things going by your feet, the dog sneezing on the audience with water spray.
Not to mention the kids...well done and great chemistry all around! How would you act like you dislike someone you probably really like and respect? For their ages...great talent!
The NeverEnding Story pls
The dog's name is quark. A quark is basically what's inside subatomic particles.
Jen, how many energy drinks did you have before this viewing? 🤣
Lolll I'm high on life & good movies man 😆👍
@@jenmurrayxo 😃👍
That'd broke my heart as a child. Well yes, yes it surely did. Not even to this day at 42 is it easy. Damn sentimental thingey
Really can appreciate your unadulterated joy watching this . I first saw this in my thirties , being a fan of Second City , a sketch comedy troupe, Rick Moranis was a member . I really like how you jump into the movie . You're not in love with the sound of your voice because you know , we , your fans are . Mm hmmm !
Thanks lou ☺️👍
There was a 3d theatre and tour at disney,in the 90's and when we visited on holiday from the UK , our daughter was chosen from the tour, to be super-imposed on the bee, and the we watched the clip on the big screen, then everone watched a 3d movie with aded affects ,winds, vibrations and spray .
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At Disneyland they used to have an attraction "Honey I Shrunk The Audience" It was a lot of fun to experience
Mm hmm... I forgot all about this movie! What a joy to experience it again with your commentary and wheezing. I remember the sequels being just as fun. Disney parks had a 4D movie called _Honey, I Shrunk the Audience._ I got to be there as a kid. It was short but a blast!
I bet that was awesome!! 👍
I remember that!! It was awesome!
"It was short but a blast!" Was that an intentional pun? 🤣
@@BubblyRainbows Ha! That wasn't my intention, but I like it.
Great 80s/90s adult/kid movies:
- Honey, I blew up the kid
- Flight Of The Navigator
- The Borrowers
One of my childhood favorites😃 Still feeling sad for Antie 🐜
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Max Headroom's in this! How I love Matt Frewer!
Your sister reacted to teenage mutant Ninja turtles it'd be nice to see you react to that as well 😊 assuming you haven't seen it before LOL another childhood favorite!
Who's her sister so I can check that reaction later?
My sister is @TaraTunesIn 👍
@@jenmurrayxo Cheers, it holds up really well too. I saw that movie a few years ago for a nostalgia laugh but I completely forgot the effort that went into it. Definitely a movie that knew it's audience, in 1990 turtle fever was like the Beatles in the 60s.
This is one of the earliest movies I remember watching in the theater. When they become small in the oversized world looked so amazing on the big screen
Wayne Szalinski lost he's believes of Inventing he's Shrinking Machine 😱😱
Goofy Jen: "They got shrunk real good!" Ha Ha 😂😂😂
A selection of 80's kid friendly movies: Harry and the Hendersons, The Never-Ending Story, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and Batteries Not Included.