Goodnight's whole deal is he thinks that because he did so much evil in the war, he's being hunted by something. That's what he meant when he told Billy he heard 'the voice'. He meant he heard whatever he thought was hunting him. It was all in his head, sadly. The poor man had severe PTSD.
No, you can’t just put bullets back in a gun after they’re fired. You can (and should) collect the shells, put new primers and gunpowder and bullets back in the shells, and then use the reloaded ammo.
@@jaybling6687 yes and no. you can reuse the lead if you find the ball, but you need to re-cast it. Lead ball deforms way to much to just be reused immediately.
The process of reusing bullets would require recovering the projectiles, melting them down, recasting them and reloading them into those freshly cleaned, primed and charged cases of the proper size mentioned above.
I may be mistaken but I believe the significance of "The Seven Samurai" is that it introduced the genre of a group of good but not perfect unsung heroes band together to fight against "bad guys" to defend the weak and oppressed, which has been an on-going theme ever since. The popularity of superhero movies today like "The Avengers" is a good example.
When he ate the deer, it was the heart. And Goodnight is suffering from PTSD from the Civil War. Always thought that was an interesting detail in this movie because we have no documentation of it prior to WW1, but it most certainly affected the veteran of both sides. Also, to answer your question, you can't reload the bullets, but you CAN reload the brass. It's a common practice in the firearm community with guys who shoot a lot. It's a good way to save money. I don't know about the time period, if you could do it then, though.
My Dad grew up with westerns as his generation's event movies. This was the last movie he bought before he passed. Nice to get to see it again with someone as sweet as you.
Oh, absolutely Seven Samurai is one of the most remade, reworked films in the history of history. 13th Warrior, Battle Beyond the Stars, the Expendables, Three Amigos, heck even Galaxy Quest is a take on the Seven Samurai story.
As a kid I hated this movie, while my siblings loved it. I just didn’t get it, but when I finally did, I couldn’t stop laughing. It’s now one of my favorite comedies.
To answer your question about being able to collect bullets once they are fired, yes and no. Once the bullet lead strikes something after being fired the shape and form changes, BUT you can collect the lead, re-melt it and pour it back into a mold to be used again.
I remember watching this film and here is what came to my mind when Horne died - the mightiest man may be slain by a single arrow; Boromir was pierced by many.
When I was a kid , really young I didn't know who Mcqueen was whatsoever but loved all his movies. My mother put me on seat & said its the blonde actor you like which gave her peace for 2h lol. Thanks Steve McQueen 👍
Same here. Hell is for Heroes, Bullitt, Papillon, The Getaway, Tom Horn, and his sceene-stealing in Towering Inferno. The man knew how to be cool wthout showing the effort to be cool.
Yes Cassie, please watch A Bug's Life! I think you'll have a much deeper appreciation for the story now that you've seen so many versions of it, and it's the perfect way to end 7's week.
Add The Magnificent Eleven. I haven't seen it, and a reviewer says it's terrible, but it's yet another version, based around a soccer team, with Robert Vaughn as the bandit leader.
You don't need to see any of these movies to appreciate a Bug's life. Sure it's base on the idea, but it seems more like it would be closer to The Three Amigos.
It was great having all three in the "series". I really enjoyed being able to see the similarities and the differences. I recommend "Silverado" for your next Western. It's my favorite in the genre!
This a is one of those films that desperately needs a Directors Cut release. There’s just so many excellent deleted scenes that expand on all the characters.
At 20:55 Cassie's question about "collecting bullets like golf balls" make me laugh for hour (!) 😂 That's why I am subscribed to this channel. We all love Cassie. 😃
My favourite is still Seven Samurai, if only for Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo. I'm a big fan of Mifune's work (my profile picture is actually him as Sanjuro in Yojimbo), so he's kind of unbeatable for me. Though I will say Vincent D'Onofrio as Jack Horn really makes this movie for me.
There's nothing wrong with liking a newer version of something, it's just good to know how much of it already existed before they started. It's easier to improve on something that's been around for a few decades than to invent something that good wholecloth. And it's good that you see them in the order they were made because that way you get the most enjoyment out of each experience. Doing it the other way might feel like homework to you.
I just wanted to say how happy I am to have found your channel. Your fresh approach and respectful opinions make it easy to binge watch you binge watching the classics. Congratulations on the success of your channel. I use to have a travel channel so I know how much work it is. I'm looking forward to re-watching many of the old favorites through your eyes. And if I can throw one movie in the mix, try French Kiss with Meg Ryan. I don't see anyone reacting to this but it's one of my absolute favorites! You would love it.
I love that a character is named Red Harvest! Dashiel Hammet's novel "Red Harvest" is said to be part of the inspiration for Kurasawa's "Yojimbo", which in turn inspired "Fistful of Dollars"-- more of the same merry-go-round of cultural exchange between East and West
My favorite is the one you didn't do (though i understand why). Samurai 7 is an anime version of the story and is broken up into 25 episodes. The sheer length allows for more character development. It is set in a fantasy world that combines feudal Japan with an odd mix of modern sensibility and a steampunk mix. Even if you don't watch it for the channel, you should see it on your own.
This was the last project renowed Film Composer James Horner (Titanic, Avatar) worked on. From what I've heard, he convinved Director Antoine Fuqua to make the film and then wrote a Suite of Themes which he indended to present Fuqua as a gift. Soon after, Horner died in a plane crash. His team, led by fellow Composer and Friend Simon Franglen proceeded to complete the Score using Horners' Themes.
@@oilertitan7913 I watched that in 2nd grade 1987. My teacher used to hum a song from it. I THINK it was called Bless Her Beautiful Hide??? Haven't thought of that in 35 years.
An underrated western movie is Silverado. It stars a young Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Scott Glen and many other great actors. A worthwhile movie to watch.
Cassie, In answer to your question.. no you can't just go collect bullets and put them back into a gun. Way back in the beginnings of our countries, when they used musket balls.. maybe, but "modern" ammo is a cartridge.. that cartridge has separate sections. The casing, which contains the Primer and the gun powder and then the bullet, which is the actual projectile. When the hammer (or firing pin) of the gun hits the Primer, it ignites the gun powder, which then causes the bullet to shoot. The casing either stays in the gun or is ejected out to one side. The bullet is the projectile and it is usually disfigured once shot. Bullets can be melted down and put into a fresh casing but you can't just pick them up and reuse them.
I skipped this movie when it was in theaters but caught it on TV a couple years later and now whenever I run across it I always sit down and watch it. It's a great, fun movie.
You just don't get to know the townspeople like you do in the first two (something you said you missed in the first Magnificent Seven compared to Seven Samurai, there's even less here). You don't have the times between attacks where the comraderie between the townspeople and the seven grows. They show up, they do some training, and then it's just one long fight. The first two have more depth and a lot more character.
It’s length and something that Kurosawa has said about the films. He shot Seven Samurai in a Western style, but Cowboys and Samurai are contextually and culturally different. Samurai have more history, symbolism and romanticism to them.
Yes, "A Bugs Life" with Carly would be great. We really need some more Clint Eastwood & John Wayne movies. Just a few that I'd really like to see your reaction to include: "The Outlaw Josey Wales" "High Plains Drifter" "Pale Rider" "Heartbreak Ridge" "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" "The Cowboys" "True Grit" "Rio Bravo"
I loved that you watched all these films in their release order. It shows a dedication to understanding film as an art form. Thanks for sharing your reactions with us.
Of all the AMAZING actors in this cast, they killed off one of the best in the first ten minutes - Matt Bomer. I'd love to have seen more of him in this. He played the lead from the series White Collar back in the 2000's, you should check it out sometime. You'll love it!
The formula behind remakes Is quite simple. More violence, less introspection, having a token representative of more ethnicities (very positive if done with sincerity and not for crocodile tears) and not in this case but often someone going to the bathroom. As for Major stars I think Yul Brinner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen and the rest were Legends in their own time (not in their own mind). Denzel Is the best looking individual of all 3 films but I like women...Truly great westerns are : The Man Who shot Liberty Valance, The searchers, The shootist (John Wayne, the real One from the Quiet man) and High noon ( Gary Cooper). I am not surprised when young people are not familiar with the greats of the past. I recently Met a Canadian girl Who never heard of Gordon Lightfoot! I enjoy many of Your reactions especially the Connery and Bogart. Please Watch High Sierra ( Bogey and Ida Lupino) Who???? Just kidding. All the best.
If you going to watch A Bug's Life because it is indeed a version of The Magnificent 7, then you also have to watch The 3 Amigos. Which is a parody of TM7.
It's criminal that a living legend like Lee Byung Hun gets the semi-regular Hollywood call-up... for thankless extended cameos like this, some third-rate Terminator sequel or 3rd henchman in G.I Joe, etc. The guy is so, so, so much more than that.
Maybe he only choose to do those Hollywood films & has choosen not to do others. Not every actor wants to be Leonardo DiCrapio or Chris Pratt & have problems walking down the street or eating dinner with family & having to be rushed out from fans or stalkers. Some people are happy playing second fiddle without having to be famous or the cons that that brings. The movie I remember him best in was Red 2 with Bruce Willis. BTW did you know the ordeal he had to go through being famous in South Korea let alone international fame would do? Blackmailed extorted etc etc I could see why he might not want to be as famous as Bruce Willis or Chris Pratt.
Names of the locations on the map of the mining town Rose Creek according to the movie’s Fandom page: 1. Emmanuel Church 2. Sanctuary Cemetery 3. Eternal Rest Coffin Works 4. Frontier Furnishings 5. Sheriff office 6. Imperial Saloon 7. Federal Bank 8. Elysium Hotel 9. Sagebrush Schoolhouse 10. Whitewater Wagon Wheel Retail Company 11. Homestead Haven (where both the shooting range and battlefield takes place) 12. Whisker Whirls Barber Shop 13. Iron Horse Stables Barn 14. Mountain Crest Mining Camp
If you want to *truly* watch all the movies based on 'The Seven Samurai' then the 1980 Sci Fi film 'Battle Beyond The Stars' is a must watch. It's kind of 'What would you get if you crossed 'Star Wars' with 'The Magnificent Seven'.
Agreed. Music by James Horner takes the film up a notch, even though ultimately a very low budget ($2 Million) B-Movie, it succeeds better than this film, as does the film, "Krull" in some regards. th-cam.com/video/9mSgqMOKJho/w-d-xo.html
The one we will truly miss is the soundtrack composer James Horner. The man wrote the music score for the film before his death in a tragic plane crash during the summer they were filming the movie a year before its release. His legacy was passed on to Simon Franglen who took his place at the sound recording studios conducting the orchestra for him. We will all miss you Horner. Love your music. 🥺 May he rest in peace (1953 - 2015) 🕊️ His spirit animal is a whale 🐋
I love this remake of the original. Great cast, story, action and score by the late wonderful composer James Horner. Love your channel and review of this film.
Anyone realize that Haley Bennett & Denzel starred in two movies together? Strange thing is is that Denzel looks older in The Equalizer (2014) than he did in M7 (2016).
this is the most disturbingly wholesome girl(s) in a bed channel I've ever wanted to keep watching... there was a time, children, when new movies came out weeks and months apart and there is a whole generation of people who saw the original classics at the same time and clamored over them on monday at school and now feel the same affection for them you describe having for that song and I always wonder if these 'remakes' have the same effect on those who see them for the first time as the originals originally did on 'us'.
No, most of these remakes are interchangeable with the rest of the dreck coming out of current Hollywood. It's more important for millennials, and the generation before them, that films follow a rote formula. Bad scripts, lots of effects, editing for attention deficit are all part of that formula.
The organ was the deer's liver. Among many Native American nations, the liver was among the most highly valued parts of an animal. It was common to offer the fresh liver of an animal as a peace offering, as you saw here.
I am glad that you got to watch all 3. I understand that you like the last one most ( that’s what you get to be young ). But to us the generation you got brought up in the 60’s. The first one is the best. The actors The music score The story. Ah! Ça win then all😊😊😊😊
You missed one movie. Actually, it was an anime mini-series called Samurai 7. It is one of my favorite mini-series that came out between the two Magnificent Seven movies.
This is by no means a bad movie, but I just don't think it measures up to the first two. I think they changed some key elements to appeal more to modern audiences, and that this cost it the timeless quality the other two have. The most obvious change was the villain. Instead of being a criminal that the law could not protect against, they made him a businessman the law actively protected. Yeah, he is despicable, but he is also ridiculous. For comparison, the plot here is almost identical to a Clint Eastwood western called Pale Rider; a big-time gold miner wants to force people off their land. The difference is that Pale Rider did it well. The villain was trying to crush the people's spirit and convince them to leave, but also keeping it low-key to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Here, everything is too over-the-top. Building an army, bring a gatling gun, using slave labor in his mine, attacking an entire town; even during the wild west, this guy would have been shut down by the authorities for all he did. But they wanted to make the opposition overwhelming to make the odds more extreme, and I think it is just too much to take very seriously. This change in the villain also ties into another change that I don't think is as good; the hero's motivation. In Seven Samurai and the first Magnificent Seven, the film's lead stepped in to help because he felt for the people. As Yul Brynner's Chris put it "I've been offered a lot for my work, but never everything." This line is in the remake as well, but that is not why Denzel's character took the job. For him, it was about personal vengeance. And I think that is because they didn't think modern audiences would really get the idea of accepting a contract and refusing to abandon it even when things look bad. This resulted in missing a key theme from the first two; the warriors envying the peaceful lives of the people they protect. Among the last lines in the first two was about how "Only the farmers won." Because the townspeople would find peace, but the warriors just had to move on to the next battle. Instead, this film ends with how "magnificent" the warriors were, completely missing that theme of being trapped in a life of violence that is viewed by others with misplaced glory. A great example of this is a comparison between the Robert Vaughn and Ethan Hawke character. I think Ethan Hawke actually did a better job with his performance; Robert Vaughn kind of over-acted in his night terrors scene. But the thing is, Robert Vaughn's trauma was brought on by the life of a gun for hire; he had made enemies and had to constantly be on the run from them. It was the very life that the villagers were glorifying that had ruined him. Ethan Hawke's character, on the other hand, had PTSD from fighting in the war. PTSD is a more topical problem to have, especially these days. But it lacks the same thematic impact to the story that was brought by Robert Vaughn's character. Finally, I think the humor is much more low brow. A perfect example of this is Chris Pratt's character compared to Steve McQueen's. In the first Magnificent Seven, Steve McQueen brought a lot of humor and charm to the role, but he was subtle about it. Take the "So far, so good" line. That was just one of many little stories or antecedents McQueen's character dropped, some being non-verbal like the scene where the woman was serving them their dinner, and the audience often had to pay attention to catch them all. When it was done, it moved on. Here, most of the jokes had to be set up and hammered home. The "So far, so good" line had to be constantly brought up in order to make sure people got it. It just felt dumbed down and forced to me. Again, this is a really good movie, and the cast is excellent. I just don't see it being a classic like the first two.
This dumbed down version of the MS adds nothing to the series and should have never been made. I suppose it has some appeal to those who lack an attention span. The Kurosawa film certainly is too much for fans of comic book movies.
I liked all three, but I was a teen when I saw the first remake, The Magnificent 7. For me, when I was that age, the 7 were just so uber cool, it’s still my favorite.
Cassie, if you could ever find it in your heart to Watch 13 Assassins. That would be so awesome. It’s very similar to Seven Samurai. It’s got one of the most insane battle sequences ever filmed.
Yes! That movie was awesome! I’m trying to find the full-length version but can’t find it anywhere! They apparently give more backstory to the villain.
The original is better is almost every way. It has the better story and acting, the action is still epic but not so overdone as to pull you out of it. However, the ONE thing the remake does is crank that scumbag villain's evil up to 11. In the original he's a power-abusing degenerate. In the reamke he's a power-abusing degenerate psychotic.
20:55 To answer your question: In a way, yes. Most western era bullets are made of pure lead, so you could easily just pick up the bullets in the ground or in bullet traps (usually small lines of dirt or sand), melt them back down and reform projectiles with them. However, you would still need to have black powder and in some cases, a casing with a primer of the appropriate caliber in order to reload (or re-assemble, if you will) the entire cartridge. A lot of western era guns didn't use brass casings, the powder and the bullet was put directly into the gun, and would use a percussion cap to set off the charge. However, it's impossible to just pick up bullets and put them back into the gun directly, as lead projectiles deform very easily, so you would most likely recover them mushroomed, bent or deformed. TL;DR: Technically yes, but usually no.
Wait! Wait! Wait! There is one more movie left that you MUST add to the Magnificent Seven week: Three Amigos! (1986) It's sort of a comedy version of this motif. It's hilarious, it's got humor, action, and even a little romance, you and Carly will absolutely love it. It stars Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short, all in the the heyday of their careers.
My dad always told me how much he likes the 1960's Magnificent Seven with Yul Briner, Charles Bronson. We went together to see this new one. It's the most dearest thing i did with my dad.
6:59, my issue with this adaptation, is giving the main character a personal motivation against the villain. Don't care if that's more "realistic". It clouds(?) the principle of the story.
When you fire a round, the primer detonates a powder charge (expending both) and propels the bullet downrange. You can recover the brass (which was ejected after the round was fired) and the lead bullet, for reuse, though you will need a fresh primer and more gunpowder.
There are actually a number of "Seven" movies though "The Magnificent Seven" is the most well known. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Return of the Seven (1966) Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) The Magnificent Seven (2016)
@@avantegarde7797 Oh I can't disagree with this comment. The quality of successive movies IMHO greatly diminished. Even the class of actors IMHO declined though they were good actors in other roles. Some being established in the cowboy genre already (George Kennedy & Lee Van Cleef for instance).
What’s great about The Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven is it’s a story that can be told over and over again without losing any of its appeal. As long as some humans choose to take advantage of those who can’t protect themselves, this story will resonate in the human soul.
10:13- Billy Rocks. I like Billy. 14:53- Yeeah!!! Gigandet!!! 20:42- Antietam, wow!!! I'm not questioning a man that survived that. You don't question that level of fortitude.
For me seven samurai 10/10 og magnificent 7 8.5/10 the new one 6/10, I kinda disagree with the nostalgia point as only saw seven samurai 2 years ago but I get it lol
Love the idea of watching originals and remakes. In addition to Sabrina and 3:10 to Yuma, there’s also The Shop Around the Corner/The Good Old Summertime/You’ve Got Mail and Love Affair/An Affair to Remember/Love Affair, Here Comes Mr. Jordan/Heaven Can Wait. I won’t recommend West Side Story due to all the editing required for the music, but there’s also True Grit OG and remake!
On your question about collecting the bullets that have been shot 20:57 Short answer: The only part that can be re-used is the shell casing. The bullet deforms and often breaks apart upon impact and is no longer usable.
I think the preference for this film also has to do with a younger audience not yet getting to an age where the elements of the previous films relate more to them. This film is alright but it's more flash over substance (and not the kind of flash I like with rapid-fire action sequences and a gatling gun given Death Star status), and I feel there could have been more substance mined with certain members of the seven like Red Harvest and Billy Rocks. Faraday and Vasquez almost feel like they were split from a single character. There was also the possibility of "evil counterparts" to our heroes but the bad guys' Comanche was really the only one worth remembering.
@o.b.7217 I can't name many, if any. My point is that the Comanche/Red Harvest pairing offered that bit of novelty to the 2016 remake if more of the seven had an opposite they'd have to deal with among the bad guys. Even being rated lower, that at least would have given this film something on its predecessors.
To answer your question about whether or not a bullet can be reused, yes and no. The lead slugs can be collected, if you can find them, melted and recast with the proper equipment. The brass case being ejected from the gun can be reloaded. It needs cleaned, resized, reprimed, charged with a precise amount of powder, and a bullet of the correct caliber can then be seated into the case and crimped. All aspects of the reloading process have to be done to precise specifications to ensure the cartridge is safe to fire and will fire reliably and consistently. Anything out of specification can cause inaccuracy, a squib (bullet getting stuck in the barrel), it won't chamber, or a catastrophic failure (the gun blows up). Guns are kinda my thing. I train, reload, and gunsmith. Any other questions, please, feel free to ask.
Fashionably violent but it is lazy to make Bogue so hateful so early. The great thing about the other films is that you understood where everyone was coming from and there was an ambivilence of sorts that played to their credit.
I love this movie It's one of my favorites 😃 Jack Horne is my favorites character Back then, nobody knew what it was called, but Goodnight has some severe PTSD from fighting in the civil war
Call it Soldier's Heart, Battle Fatigue, Shell Shock, War Neurosis or PTSD, it's all the same condition from experiencing human ugliness that no one should see. No one returns from war the same as when they went in.
20:58 To answer your question, theoretically yes but they have to be repurposed properly to do so. A "round" that is fired separates the bullet (or projectile) from it's shell casing or cartridge case. These weapons from the movie, a hammer from a gun strikes the primer from a round which lights up the gun powder within the casing. The explosion that takes place within, will escape at the weakest point which is where the bullet is and thats how it shoots out. I say Theoretically because 1, bullets can often fragment or disfigure where they land, and 2. you need to pack the right amount of gunpowder. Incorrect rounds can destroy your weapon which can also harm the shooter. 23:40 "Güero" is a mexican slang term for "white boy" 34:02 yeah, bittersweet for sure. It's really hard to stay happy with that one. Another awesome reaction, Cassie. Thank you for all that you do, and to your editor(s) as well!
Great reaction again as always Cassie. I love how emotionally charged you get with movies like this where not ALL the good guys survive. It just goes to show your character of empathy and justification for righteousness that you have. I also commend you on holding your tongue and not cussing when it’s so hard not too 😂 Look forward to the next reaction 😊
Sure, Cassie! I’ll bet a few people have already noted that you can kinda put ‘em back in. You can collect the lead that comes out the front really fast, if you can find it. Then you gotta melt it down and pour it into a mold to make it bullet-shaped again. The brass that was holding the bullet will either still be in your revolver, or ejected somewhere near your rifle, and you can reuse that a few times. You’ll need to replace the gunpowder that was in there. The last batch exploded for some reason. Then you just need to replace the tiny little primer in the back that’ll set the whole thing off when it’s struck. Great review tonight! Thanks for an entertaining week!
Principal photography on the film lasted 92 days, from May 18 to August 18, 2015, in the north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Other locations include St. Francisville; Zachary, Louisiana; Jackson, Louisiana: Ridgway, Colorado; and New Mexico. Filming in St. Francisville was completed between May 18 and May 29, 2015.
Gotta say I love and admire the dedication to the story line you commited to this series, even watch 7 Samuraii to the latest version. Bravo! @20:56 you can re-stck bullets once they've been fired. As long as you have the shell, a cap, and the primer your good. Back then might have been different but you could if you wanted to. Even today most gun owners have kits to reload bullets.
Principal photography on the film lasted 92 days, from May 18 to August 18, 2015, in the north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Other locations include St. Francisville; Zachary, Louisiana; Jackson, Louisiana: Ridgway, Colorado; and New Mexico. Filming in St.
There was also a series 98-2000 staring Michael biehn, reese from original Terminator. I believe the pilot was a stand alone movie if i remember right it was pretty decent, first of the seven stories i ever saw.
Thank you for this whole trilogy. Thank you specially for starting with 7 samurai. Few americans appreciate the original insprations for many of the most iconic movies.
That is EASILY the most emotionally affected I have seen you be by a movie! You’re the best at this because your reactions are so sincere and humane! 🙂
A Bug’s Life is this same story, but filtered through Three Amigos. That movie was a parody of The Magnificent Seven, where the hired champions were performers who thought it was an acting gig. A Bug’s Life used this same twist on the formula.
I feel like this one is the most "style over substance" version of the story. It's a great, entertaining, popcorn flick, but it fumbles on portraying the themes that both 7 Samurai and the original The Magnificent Seven were built around, and the final line of the movie is where it really trips on that. This one leaves out the whole classism issue where the heroes' are part of the system that caused the situation in the first place, which is why they can't really say they won in the end, but that the villagers that get to now live in peace did, and since it left that out of the text, the final line is buying into the "magnificence" of being a person that lives by violence and can only live by violence, where the original story was saying the exact opposite.
It feels like movies of the past were willing to generate controversial discussion and now everything has to be black and white. To be fair, I do understand that a movie with a villain that's a victim of a system wouldn't play well today. And the flipside here is that we have a villain who's a bully and when he's stripped of his power, what we're left with is a trembling weasel, which for me is always satisfying to watch.
I love Ethan Hawke in these old type roles. One of my favorite movies is The Newton Boys, Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Skeet Ulrich, and Dwight Yokum. IMO, an underrated movie in the similar vein as O Brother Where Art Thou, like same mama, different daddies. Easily my favorite Ethan Hawke old timey role. I highly recommend The Newton Boys.
Goodnight's whole deal is he thinks that because he did so much evil in the war, he's being hunted by something. That's what he meant when he told Billy he heard 'the voice'. He meant he heard whatever he thought was hunting him.
It was all in his head, sadly. The poor man had severe PTSD.
Everyone gets excited about Denzel and Chris. I got excited about Vincent - one of the greatest character actors of our time.
I've never seen him in a bad role.
Amen
I liked the Training Day reunion between Denzel and Ethan with Fuqua at the helm.
He was EXCELLENT in this movie!
Vincent and Ethan are fantastic
No, you can’t just put bullets back in a gun after they’re fired. You can (and should) collect the shells, put new primers and gunpowder and bullets back in the shells, and then use the reloaded ammo.
She made me so happy when she asked that.
Reusing rounds is much easier to do with musket balls.
@@jaybling6687 yes and no. you can reuse the lead if you find the ball, but you need to re-cast it. Lead ball deforms way to much to just be reused immediately.
The process of reusing bullets would require recovering the projectiles, melting them down, recasting them and reloading them into those freshly cleaned, primed and charged cases of the proper size mentioned above.
Has anyone ever police called brass? First thing that came to mind when reading this.
Funniest line ever: "Don't kill then, you haven't been introduced!"
I may be mistaken but I believe the significance of "The Seven Samurai" is that it introduced the genre of a group of good but not perfect unsung heroes band together to fight against "bad guys" to defend the weak and oppressed, which has been an on-going theme ever since. The popularity of superhero movies today like "The Avengers" is a good example.
Like the movie "The Dirty Dozen."
Or "Mean Machine", the UK version.
When he ate the deer, it was the heart. And Goodnight is suffering from PTSD from the Civil War. Always thought that was an interesting detail in this movie because we have no documentation of it prior to WW1, but it most certainly affected the veteran of both sides. Also, to answer your question, you can't reload the bullets, but you CAN reload the brass. It's a common practice in the firearm community with guys who shoot a lot. It's a good way to save money. I don't know about the time period, if you could do it then, though.
During the Civil War period PTSD was called "Soldiers Heart".
My Dad grew up with westerns as his generation's event movies. This was the last movie he bought before he passed. Nice to get to see it again with someone as sweet as you.
Oh, absolutely Seven Samurai is one of the most remade, reworked films in the history of history. 13th Warrior, Battle Beyond the Stars, the Expendables, Three Amigos, heck even Galaxy Quest is a take on the Seven Samurai story.
GALAXY QUEST, with Alan Rickman, is hilariously brilliant. He's also wonderful in QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER.
You should follow these up with the Three Amigos, a comedy that is heavily inspired to by the Magnificent Seven.
Which in turn inspired Galaxy Quest.
I always think of the ZZ Top guitar flip.
OMG NO!! Terrible Movie!
As a kid I hated this movie, while my siblings loved it. I just didn’t get it, but when I finally did, I couldn’t stop laughing. It’s now one of my favorite comedies.
@@manwithanaccent4315 shhhhh
3 movies where "No! Everybody Can't Die!", but you know how it ends every time.
To answer your question about being able to collect bullets once they are fired, yes and no. Once the bullet lead strikes something after being fired the shape and form changes, BUT you can collect the lead, re-melt it and pour it back into a mold to be used again.
I remember watching this film and here is what came to my mind when Horne died - the mightiest man may be slain by a single arrow; Boromir was pierced by many.
Seven Samurai is a true classic, but for me anything with Steve McQueen is going to come out on top
When I was a kid , really young I didn't know who Mcqueen was whatsoever but loved all his movies. My mother put me on seat & said its the blonde actor you like which gave her peace for 2h lol.
Thanks Steve McQueen 👍
Same here. Hell is for Heroes, Bullitt, Papillon, The Getaway, Tom Horn, and his sceene-stealing in Towering Inferno. The man knew how to be cool wthout showing the effort to be cool.
To me it's Bronson and Yul Brynner... But I love them all, included Eli Wallach.
Yes Cassie, please watch A Bug's Life! I think you'll have a much deeper appreciation for the story now that you've seen so many versions of it, and it's the perfect way to end 7's week.
Add The Magnificent Eleven. I haven't seen it, and a reviewer says it's terrible, but it's yet another version, based around a soccer team, with Robert Vaughn as the bandit leader.
You don't need to see any of these movies to appreciate a Bug's life.
Sure it's base on the idea, but it seems more like it would be closer to The Three Amigos.
*A Bug's Life would definitely clean my palate of this ugh ugh movie.*
Also Three Amigos!
A Bug's Life is a mix of The Magnificent Seven and the Parable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.
If you're going do originals and remakes, you should do Yojimbo, Fistful of Dollars, and Last Man Standing.
ooooooooooh! There's a third in the chain??
@@existenceisrelative Yup! Prohibition era gangster movie starring Bruce Willis. Not as good as the others, but fun.
Sukiyaki western Django was fun too, a bit goofier than the rest tho
Also, for completion sake, The Warrior and the Sorceress starring David Caradine.
Then Yojimbo had a sequel, Sanjuro, which got remade into The Man With No Name
It was great having all three in the "series". I really enjoyed being able to see the similarities and the differences. I recommend "Silverado" for your next Western. It's my favorite in the genre!
I know she is going to love Silverado. Truly think it’ll be her favorite western.
Another vote for Silverado.
Silverado is my favourite, too. So I support.
Probably the best Western ever made
@@clintizzo7693 Well for a while maybe, until she watches Shane.
This a is one of those films that desperately needs a Directors Cut release. There’s just so many excellent deleted scenes that expand on all the characters.
At 20:55 Cassie's question about "collecting bullets like golf balls" make me laugh for hour (!) 😂 That's why I am subscribed to this channel. We all love Cassie. 😃
Her innocence and naivety is pure and adorable
Me too. I’m a golfer myself so that part grabbed my attention. 😉
My favourite is still Seven Samurai, if only for Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo. I'm a big fan of Mifune's work (my profile picture is actually him as Sanjuro in Yojimbo), so he's kind of unbeatable for me. Though I will say Vincent D'Onofrio as Jack Horn really makes this movie for me.
They called Clark Gable "King". For me, Mifune deserves that title!
“Maybe my grandfather killed your grandfather” I love that line
"I sense we are bonding", as a follow-up was also funny.
Geronimo's grandchildren got hate mail from people who claimed their grandfather was killed by Geronimo.
There's nothing wrong with liking a newer version of something, it's just good to know how much of it already existed before they started. It's easier to improve on something that's been around for a few decades than to invent something that good wholecloth. And it's good that you see them in the order they were made because that way you get the most enjoyment out of each experience. Doing it the other way might feel like homework to you.
I just wanted to say how happy I am to have found your channel. Your fresh approach and respectful opinions make it easy to binge watch you binge watching the classics. Congratulations on the success of your channel. I use to have a travel channel so I know how much work it is. I'm looking forward to re-watching many of the old favorites through your eyes. And if I can throw one movie in the mix, try French Kiss with Meg Ryan. I don't see anyone reacting to this but it's one of my absolute favorites! You would love it.
One of my favorite Meg Ryans! She's so cute in French Kiss.
French Kiss is one of my wife’s and I favorite movies.
Or Joe vs the Volcano. You get lots of Meg Ryan(s) in that one =D
Proof of Life with is also another awesome Meg Ryan/Russel Crowe movie.
I love that a character is named Red Harvest! Dashiel Hammet's novel "Red Harvest" is said to be part of the inspiration for Kurasawa's "Yojimbo", which in turn inspired "Fistful of Dollars"-- more of the same merry-go-round of cultural exchange between East and West
My favorite is the one you didn't do (though i understand why). Samurai 7 is an anime version of the story and is broken up into 25 episodes. The sheer length allows for more character development. It is set in a fantasy world that combines feudal Japan with an odd mix of modern sensibility and a steampunk mix. Even if you don't watch it for the channel, you should see it on your own.
You just made my day. I LOVE the anime, and it’s good to know someone else likes it as well. Thank you!
If you do that I would fallow with Samurai Champoo, Cowboy Bebop and The Count of Monte Cristo
Love Samurai 7, I actually saw it before I saw the Original Seven Samurai and I have the whole series on DVD at home.
@@taerdrop I've seen all three. Amazing!
Anime is gay
I've just been enjoying this whole journey. I love Seven Samurai, and it seems like both the remakes did the story justice.
This was the last project renowed Film Composer James Horner (Titanic, Avatar) worked on. From what I've heard, he convinved Director Antoine Fuqua to make the film and then wrote a Suite of Themes which he indended to present Fuqua as a gift. Soon after, Horner died in a plane crash. His team, led by fellow Composer and Friend Simon Franglen proceeded to complete the Score using Horners' Themes.
What a sad story.
"The magnificent Seven", "Seven Samurai". Next maybe "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (Disney 1937)? 😉
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
@@oilertitan7913 I watched that in 2nd grade 1987. My teacher used to hum a song from it. I THINK it was called Bless Her Beautiful Hide??? Haven't thought of that in 35 years.
"Samurai Seven", "Seventeen Again", "Seventh Son"....
Snow White and the Huntsman? 😁👍
@@pduidesign That doesn't have seven in the title...
An underrated western movie is Silverado. It stars a young Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Scott Glen and many other great actors. A worthwhile movie to watch.
Cassie, In answer to your question.. no you can't just go collect bullets and put them back into a gun. Way back in the beginnings of our countries, when they used musket balls.. maybe, but "modern" ammo is a cartridge.. that cartridge has separate sections. The casing, which contains the Primer and the gun powder and then the bullet, which is the actual projectile. When the hammer (or firing pin) of the gun hits the Primer, it ignites the gun powder, which then causes the bullet to shoot. The casing either stays in the gun or is ejected out to one side. The bullet is the projectile and it is usually disfigured once shot. Bullets can be melted down and put into a fresh casing but you can't just pick them up and reuse them.
I skipped this movie when it was in theaters but caught it on TV a couple years later and now whenever I run across it I always sit down and watch it. It's a great, fun movie.
You just don't get to know the townspeople like you do in the first two (something you said you missed in the first Magnificent Seven compared to Seven Samurai, there's even less here). You don't have the times between attacks where the comraderie between the townspeople and the seven grows. They show up, they do some training, and then it's just one long fight. The first two have more depth and a lot more character.
It’s length and something that Kurosawa has said about the films. He shot Seven Samurai in a Western style, but Cowboys and Samurai are contextually and culturally different. Samurai have more history, symbolism and romanticism to them.
Wind River - Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Modern western. Includes a detailed scene of how to reload spent cartridges.
Also the best role for Jeremy Renner. Could double feature with Hell Or Highwater.
Yes, such a good movie
Yes, "A Bugs Life" with Carly would be great.
We really need some more Clint Eastwood & John Wayne movies. Just a few that I'd really like to see your reaction to include:
"The Outlaw Josey Wales"
"High Plains Drifter"
"Pale Rider"
"Heartbreak Ridge"
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
"The Cowboys"
"True Grit"
"Rio Bravo"
Entertaining as always and no, you can not collect bullets like golfballs 😂
You can, but in very, very specific circumstances. None of which have the bullet being useful the first time it's fired.
That was an all-timer for the PiB innocent questions hall of fame for sure.
I loved that you watched all these films in their release order. It shows a dedication to understanding film as an art form. Thanks for sharing your reactions with us.
Of all the AMAZING actors in this cast, they killed off one of the best in the first ten minutes - Matt Bomer. I'd love to have seen more of him in this. He played the lead from the series White Collar back in the 2000's, you should check it out sometime. You'll love it!
The formula behind remakes Is quite simple. More violence, less introspection, having a token representative of more ethnicities (very positive if done with sincerity and not for crocodile tears) and not in this case but often someone going to the bathroom. As for Major stars I think Yul Brinner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen and the rest were Legends in their own time (not in their own mind). Denzel Is the best looking individual of all 3 films but I like women...Truly great westerns are : The Man Who shot Liberty Valance, The searchers, The shootist (John Wayne, the real One from the Quiet man) and High noon ( Gary Cooper). I am not surprised when young people are not familiar with the greats of the past. I recently Met a Canadian girl Who never heard of Gordon Lightfoot! I enjoy many of
Your reactions especially the Connery and Bogart. Please Watch High Sierra ( Bogey and Ida Lupino)
Who???? Just kidding. All the best.
If you going to watch A Bug's Life because it is indeed a version of The Magnificent 7, then you also have to watch The 3 Amigos. Which is a parody of TM7.
Please, please watch 3 Amigos (Cassie), it’s going to make you so happy.
It's criminal that a living legend like Lee Byung Hun gets the semi-regular Hollywood call-up... for thankless extended cameos like this, some third-rate Terminator sequel or 3rd henchman in G.I Joe, etc. The guy is so, so, so much more than that.
Maybe he only choose to do those Hollywood films & has choosen not to do others. Not every actor wants to be Leonardo DiCrapio or Chris Pratt & have problems walking down the street or eating dinner with family & having to be rushed out from fans or stalkers. Some people are happy playing second fiddle without having to be famous or the cons that that brings. The movie I remember him best in was Red 2 with Bruce Willis. BTW did you know the ordeal he had to go through being famous in South Korea let alone international fame would do? Blackmailed extorted etc etc I could see why he might not want to be as famous as Bruce Willis or Chris Pratt.
His performance in A Bittersweet Life and I Saw The Devil is phenomenal.
Names of the locations on the map of the mining town Rose Creek according to the movie’s Fandom page:
1. Emmanuel Church
2. Sanctuary Cemetery
3. Eternal Rest Coffin Works
4. Frontier Furnishings
5. Sheriff office
6. Imperial Saloon
7. Federal Bank
8. Elysium Hotel
9. Sagebrush Schoolhouse
10. Whitewater Wagon Wheel Retail Company
11. Homestead Haven (where both the shooting range and battlefield takes place)
12. Whisker Whirls Barber Shop
13. Iron Horse Stables Barn
14. Mountain Crest Mining Camp
If you want to *truly* watch all the movies based on 'The Seven Samurai' then the 1980 Sci Fi film 'Battle Beyond The Stars' is a must watch. It's kind of 'What would you get if you crossed 'Star Wars' with 'The Magnificent Seven'.
Agreed, if you wanted to cash in on the Star Wars rage and had a script for a Magnificant 7 remake.
Cult classic! It also stars Robert Vaughn who was in the original Magnificent Seven.
Agreed. Music by James Horner takes the film up a notch, even though ultimately a very low budget ($2 Million) B-Movie, it succeeds better than this film, as does the film, "Krull" in some regards. th-cam.com/video/9mSgqMOKJho/w-d-xo.html
Also there are three more movies from the 60s and 70s
The one we will truly miss is the soundtrack composer James Horner. The man wrote the music score for the film before his death in a tragic plane crash during the summer they were filming the movie a year before its release. His legacy was passed on to Simon Franglen who took his place at the sound recording studios conducting the orchestra for him.
We will all miss you Horner. Love your music. 🥺
May he rest in peace
(1953 - 2015) 🕊️
His spirit animal is a whale 🐋
I love this remake of the original. Great cast, story, action and score by the late wonderful composer James Horner. Love your channel and review of this film.
Anyone realize that Haley Bennett & Denzel starred in two movies together? Strange thing is is that Denzel looks older in The Equalizer (2014) than he did in M7 (2016).
And both are from the same director. I’m guessing they used makeup for that.
I like all of the Seven movies, each for different reasons.
Can I assume you're not including the execrable sequels? 🤣
(At 32:55) any JUST happened to land in the graveyard, next to the church he fell out of.
this is the most disturbingly wholesome girl(s) in a bed channel I've ever wanted to keep watching...
there was a time, children, when new movies came out weeks and months apart and there is a whole generation of people who saw the original classics at the same time and clamored over them on monday at school and now feel the same affection for them you describe having for that song and I always wonder if these 'remakes' have the same effect on those who see them for the first time as the originals originally did on 'us'.
No, most of these remakes are interchangeable with the rest of the dreck coming out of current Hollywood. It's more important for millennials, and the generation before them, that films follow a rote formula. Bad scripts, lots of effects, editing for attention deficit are all part of that formula.
The organ was the deer's liver. Among many Native American nations, the liver was among the most highly valued parts of an animal. It was common to offer the fresh liver of an animal as a peace offering, as you saw here.
This was also one of James Horner's last movies he had composed before he died in a plane crash in 2015. He was 62 years old.
From what I heard, he wrote it for Antoine Fuqua as a gift.
Yes, and they filmed it during the summer he died too. Don’t let the video’s title confuse you. They had the project ready by the following year.
I am glad that you got to watch all 3. I understand that you like the last one most ( that’s what you get to be young ).
But to us the generation you got brought up in the 60’s.
The first one is the best.
The actors
The music score
The story.
Ah! Ça win then all😊😊😊😊
yes to more original and remake movies
You missed one movie. Actually, it was an anime mini-series called Samurai 7. It is one of my favorite mini-series that came out between the two Magnificent Seven movies.
This is by no means a bad movie, but I just don't think it measures up to the first two. I think they changed some key elements to appeal more to modern audiences, and that this cost it the timeless quality the other two have.
The most obvious change was the villain. Instead of being a criminal that the law could not protect against, they made him a businessman the law actively protected. Yeah, he is despicable, but he is also ridiculous. For comparison, the plot here is almost identical to a Clint Eastwood western called Pale Rider; a big-time gold miner wants to force people off their land. The difference is that Pale Rider did it well. The villain was trying to crush the people's spirit and convince them to leave, but also keeping it low-key to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Here, everything is too over-the-top. Building an army, bring a gatling gun, using slave labor in his mine, attacking an entire town; even during the wild west, this guy would have been shut down by the authorities for all he did. But they wanted to make the opposition overwhelming to make the odds more extreme, and I think it is just too much to take very seriously.
This change in the villain also ties into another change that I don't think is as good; the hero's motivation. In Seven Samurai and the first Magnificent Seven, the film's lead stepped in to help because he felt for the people. As Yul Brynner's Chris put it "I've been offered a lot for my work, but never everything." This line is in the remake as well, but that is not why Denzel's character took the job. For him, it was about personal vengeance. And I think that is because they didn't think modern audiences would really get the idea of accepting a contract and refusing to abandon it even when things look bad.
This resulted in missing a key theme from the first two; the warriors envying the peaceful lives of the people they protect. Among the last lines in the first two was about how "Only the farmers won." Because the townspeople would find peace, but the warriors just had to move on to the next battle. Instead, this film ends with how "magnificent" the warriors were, completely missing that theme of being trapped in a life of violence that is viewed by others with misplaced glory.
A great example of this is a comparison between the Robert Vaughn and Ethan Hawke character. I think Ethan Hawke actually did a better job with his performance; Robert Vaughn kind of over-acted in his night terrors scene. But the thing is, Robert Vaughn's trauma was brought on by the life of a gun for hire; he had made enemies and had to constantly be on the run from them. It was the very life that the villagers were glorifying that had ruined him. Ethan Hawke's character, on the other hand, had PTSD from fighting in the war. PTSD is a more topical problem to have, especially these days. But it lacks the same thematic impact to the story that was brought by Robert Vaughn's character.
Finally, I think the humor is much more low brow. A perfect example of this is Chris Pratt's character compared to Steve McQueen's. In the first Magnificent Seven, Steve McQueen brought a lot of humor and charm to the role, but he was subtle about it. Take the "So far, so good" line. That was just one of many little stories or antecedents McQueen's character dropped, some being non-verbal like the scene where the woman was serving them their dinner, and the audience often had to pay attention to catch them all. When it was done, it moved on. Here, most of the jokes had to be set up and hammered home. The "So far, so good" line had to be constantly brought up in order to make sure people got it. It just felt dumbed down and forced to me.
Again, this is a really good movie, and the cast is excellent. I just don't see it being a classic like the first two.
@@michaelbrennickit’s really not just say you don’t know anything about modern film and I’ll teach you all about it because you need to learn lmao
This dumbed down version of the MS adds nothing to the series and should have never been made. I suppose it has some appeal to those who lack an attention span. The Kurosawa film certainly is too much for fans of comic book movies.
I liked all three, but I was a teen when I saw the first remake, The Magnificent 7. For me, when I was that age, the 7 were just so uber cool, it’s still my favorite.
Cassie, if you could ever find it in your heart to Watch 13 Assassins. That would be so awesome. It’s very similar to Seven Samurai. It’s got one of the most insane battle sequences ever filmed.
Yes! That movie was awesome! I’m trying to find the full-length version but can’t find it anywhere! They apparently give more backstory to the villain.
I enjoy samurai films so very much, and 13 ASSASSINS, is outstanding ~ good call.
Great rec.
The original is better is almost every way. It has the better story and acting, the action is still epic but not so overdone as to pull you out of it. However, the ONE thing the remake does is crank that scumbag villain's evil up to 11. In the original he's a power-abusing degenerate. In the reamke he's a power-abusing degenerate psychotic.
Yes yes yes, amazing film and a great suggestion sir!
20:55 To answer your question:
In a way, yes. Most western era bullets are made of pure lead, so you could easily just pick up the bullets in the ground or in bullet traps (usually small lines of dirt or sand), melt them back down and reform projectiles with them. However, you would still need to have black powder and in some cases, a casing with a primer of the appropriate caliber in order to reload (or re-assemble, if you will) the entire cartridge. A lot of western era guns didn't use brass casings, the powder and the bullet was put directly into the gun, and would use a percussion cap to set off the charge.
However, it's impossible to just pick up bullets and put them back into the gun directly, as lead projectiles deform very easily, so you would most likely recover them mushroomed, bent or deformed.
TL;DR: Technically yes, but usually no.
I think "Holy Hell" is the closest we've heard her swear in a video
It was an organ that Red Harvest and Denzel ate. Hearts,livers etc are very prized and also symbolic. They're very nutrient rich
As always, thanks again Cassie, for another Great Movie Night 🙏
To me this movie is one of the better “new movie” that is an actual western, and IMO this is a great movie!
Wait! Wait! Wait! There is one more movie left that you MUST add to the Magnificent Seven week: Three Amigos! (1986) It's sort of a comedy version of this motif. It's hilarious, it's got humor, action, and even a little romance, you and Carly will absolutely love it. It stars Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short, all in the the heyday of their careers.
Don't forget singing and dancing!
Please watch Three Amigos.
Also Silverado.
We have 24 hours to build an exact replica of Rock Ridge.
I'd still like to see her review Broken Trail with Robert Duvall and Australia with Hugh Jackman Nicole Kidman.
Broken Trail is fantastic I think she would like it.
If anyone is interested there's also an animated series from 2004 called samurai seven, where the bandits are giant robots.
My dad always told me how much he likes the 1960's Magnificent Seven with Yul Briner, Charles Bronson. We went together to see this new one. It's the most dearest thing i did with my dad.
This movie has a place in my heart, it was the last film I watched with my grandmother before she passed away.
6:59, my issue with this adaptation, is giving the main character a personal motivation against the villain. Don't care if that's more "realistic". It clouds(?) the principle of the story.
He is kinda spared from committing the sin of murder out of vengeance when Emma kills Bogue to save him from Bogue's Derringer.
When you fire a round, the primer detonates a powder charge (expending both) and propels the bullet downrange. You can recover the brass (which was ejected after the round was fired) and the lead bullet, for reuse, though you will need a fresh primer and more gunpowder.
This was easily the most entertaining, but 7 Samurai was a greater experience. The '13th Warrior' feels a lot like these movies -love it the most
Great suggestion. I love 13th Warrior👍
1. Denzel and my fellow neechi shared a fresh liver
2. Reshelling a casing was common before industrialization
There are actually a number of "Seven" movies though "The Magnificent Seven" is the most well known.
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Return of the Seven (1966)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
True, but the quality seriously diminished with each additional film, emphasis on "SERIOUSLY".
@@avantegarde7797 Oh I can't disagree with this comment. The quality of successive movies IMHO greatly diminished. Even the class of actors IMHO declined though they were good actors in other roles. Some being established in the cowboy genre already (George Kennedy & Lee Van Cleef for instance).
The Mexican is great. He acted superbly! Underrated.
What’s great about The Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven is it’s a story that can be told over and over again without losing any of its appeal. As long as some humans choose to take advantage of those who can’t protect themselves, this story will resonate in the human soul.
No you can't, this movie is proof. Nothing special besides the cast...
10:13- Billy Rocks. I like Billy. 14:53- Yeeah!!! Gigandet!!! 20:42- Antietam, wow!!! I'm not questioning a man that survived that. You don't question that level of fortitude.
For me seven samurai 10/10 og magnificent 7 8.5/10 the new one 6/10, I kinda disagree with the nostalgia point as only saw seven samurai 2 years ago but I get it lol
Agree
For me it will always be The Seven Samurai. I love westerns, but I love Kurosawa even more.
Love the idea of watching originals and remakes. In addition to Sabrina and 3:10 to Yuma, there’s also The Shop Around the Corner/The Good Old Summertime/You’ve Got Mail and Love Affair/An Affair to Remember/Love Affair, Here Comes Mr. Jordan/Heaven Can Wait. I won’t recommend West Side Story due to all the editing required for the music, but there’s also True Grit OG and remake!
Don't forget the original Departed movie, Infernal Affairs....
At this time in history, most didn’t make their own bullets melting the led down, but it was common with muskets.
Billy Rocks was far and away my favorite character in this movie. He was super cool and Lee Byung-Hun is the man.
On your question about collecting the bullets that have been shot 20:57
Short answer: The only part that can be re-used is the shell casing. The bullet deforms and often breaks apart upon impact and is no longer usable.
I think the preference for this film also has to do with a younger audience not yet getting to an age where the elements of the previous films relate more to them. This film is alright but it's more flash over substance (and not the kind of flash I like with rapid-fire action sequences and a gatling gun given Death Star status), and I feel there could have been more substance mined with certain members of the seven like Red Harvest and Billy Rocks. Faraday and Vasquez almost feel like they were split from a single character. There was also the possibility of "evil counterparts" to our heroes but the bad guys' Comanche was really the only one worth remembering.
Good and valid points, well made. The Yul Brynner film is my favorite.
@o.b.7217 I can't name many, if any. My point is that the Comanche/Red Harvest pairing offered that bit of novelty to the 2016 remake if more of the seven had an opposite they'd have to deal with among the bad guys. Even being rated lower, that at least would have given this film something on its predecessors.
To answer your question about whether or not a bullet can be reused, yes and no.
The lead slugs can be collected, if you can find them, melted and recast with the proper equipment.
The brass case being ejected from the gun can be reloaded. It needs cleaned, resized, reprimed, charged with a precise amount of powder, and a bullet of the correct caliber can then be seated into the case and crimped. All aspects of the reloading process have to be done to precise specifications to ensure the cartridge is safe to fire and will fire reliably and consistently.
Anything out of specification can cause inaccuracy, a squib (bullet getting stuck in the barrel), it won't chamber, or a catastrophic failure (the gun blows up).
Guns are kinda my thing. I train, reload, and gunsmith. Any other questions, please, feel free to ask.
Fashionably violent but it is lazy to make Bogue so hateful so early. The great thing about the other films is that you understood where everyone was coming from and there was an ambivilence of sorts that played to their credit.
Because of your stated reasons the 1960 version is my favorite, I do like them all
I love this movie
It's one of my favorites 😃
Jack Horne is my favorites character
Back then, nobody knew what it was called, but Goodnight has some severe PTSD from fighting in the civil war
During the American Civil War, it was called "soldier's heart" because the stress of battle was thought to cause heart conditions.
@davidleedutton thats some info that I did not know
Call it Soldier's Heart, Battle Fatigue, Shell Shock, War Neurosis or PTSD, it's all the same condition from experiencing human ugliness that no one should see. No one returns from war the same as when they went in.
20:58 To answer your question, theoretically yes but they have to be repurposed properly to do so. A "round" that is fired separates the bullet (or projectile) from it's shell casing or cartridge case. These weapons from the movie, a hammer from a gun strikes the primer from a round which lights up the gun powder within the casing. The explosion that takes place within, will escape at the weakest point which is where the bullet is and thats how it shoots out. I say Theoretically because 1, bullets can often fragment or disfigure where they land, and 2. you need to pack the right amount of gunpowder. Incorrect rounds can destroy your weapon which can also harm the shooter.
23:40 "Güero" is a mexican slang term for "white boy"
34:02 yeah, bittersweet for sure. It's really hard to stay happy with that one.
Another awesome reaction, Cassie. Thank you for all that you do, and to your editor(s) as well!
Great reaction again as always Cassie. I love how emotionally charged you get with movies like this where not ALL the good guys survive. It just goes to show your character of empathy and justification for righteousness that you have.
I also commend you on holding your tongue and not cussing when it’s so hard not too 😂
Look forward to the next reaction 😊
Sure, Cassie! I’ll bet a few people have already noted that you can kinda put ‘em back in. You can collect the lead that comes out the front really fast, if you can find it. Then you gotta melt it down and pour it into a mold to make it bullet-shaped again. The brass that was holding the bullet will either still be in your revolver, or ejected somewhere near your rifle, and you can reuse that a few times. You’ll need to replace the gunpowder that was in there. The last batch exploded for some reason. Then you just need to replace the tiny little primer in the back that’ll set the whole thing off when it’s struck.
Great review tonight! Thanks for an entertaining week!
Principal photography on the film lasted 92 days, from May 18 to August 18, 2015, in the north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Other locations include St. Francisville; Zachary, Louisiana; Jackson, Louisiana: Ridgway, Colorado; and New Mexico. Filming in St. Francisville was completed between May 18 and May 29, 2015.
Gotta say I love and admire the dedication to the story line you commited to this series, even watch 7 Samuraii to the latest version. Bravo!
@20:56 you can re-stck bullets once they've been fired. As long as you have the shell, a cap, and the primer your good. Back then might have been different but you could if you wanted to. Even today most gun owners have kits to reload bullets.
I would absolutely watch a reaction to a Bugs Life. Heck yes!
Principal photography on the film lasted 92 days, from May 18 to August 18, 2015, in the north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Other locations include St. Francisville; Zachary, Louisiana; Jackson, Louisiana: Ridgway, Colorado; and New Mexico. Filming in St.
Nice Hat! 🤠
Didnt even watch the whole video but a like and a comment for the commitment and watching from the original but also including seven samurai.
Respect.
There was also a series 98-2000 staring Michael biehn, reese from original Terminator. I believe the pilot was a stand alone movie if i remember right it was pretty decent, first of the seven stories i ever saw.
Thank you for this whole trilogy. Thank you specially for starting with 7 samurai. Few americans appreciate the original insprations for many of the most iconic movies.
That is EASILY the most emotionally affected I have seen you be by a movie! You’re the best at this because your reactions are so sincere and humane! 🙂
Her reaction to The Patriot: hold my hot cocoa.
A Bug’s Life is this same story, but filtered through Three Amigos. That movie was a parody of The Magnificent Seven, where the hired champions were performers who thought it was an acting gig.
A Bug’s Life used this same twist on the formula.
I feel like this one is the most "style over substance" version of the story. It's a great, entertaining, popcorn flick, but it fumbles on portraying the themes that both 7 Samurai and the original The Magnificent Seven were built around, and the final line of the movie is where it really trips on that. This one leaves out the whole classism issue where the heroes' are part of the system that caused the situation in the first place, which is why they can't really say they won in the end, but that the villagers that get to now live in peace did, and since it left that out of the text, the final line is buying into the "magnificence" of being a person that lives by violence and can only live by violence, where the original story was saying the exact opposite.
Hadn't thought of that, but it's actually a really good point.
It feels like movies of the past were willing to generate controversial discussion and now everything has to be black and white.
To be fair, I do understand that a movie with a villain that's a victim of a system wouldn't play well today. And the flipside here is that we have a villain who's a bully and when he's stripped of his power, what we're left with is a trembling weasel, which for me is always satisfying to watch.
I love Ethan Hawke in these old type roles. One of my favorite movies is The Newton Boys, Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Skeet Ulrich, and Dwight Yokum. IMO, an underrated movie in the similar vein as O Brother Where Art Thou, like same mama, different daddies. Easily my favorite Ethan Hawke old timey role. I highly recommend The Newton Boys.