Cool Runnings (1993) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

Cool Runnings (1993)
Sanka you dead?
Ya, mon.
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[@Nay-kp6uu]

This is one of those movies that gets lost in time but is a real classic

[@Cadinho93]

"A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it." -Irv Blitzer, portrayed by John Candy in "Cool Runnings. The crash didn't happen for the reasons shown in the film, but it did happen. They used real footage of it in the film. One of team members later said he "felt a bump" when they tipped, but did not realize they had turned over until he started to smell his helmet (which was fiberglass) friction-burning on the ice, "which is something that stays with you for many years afterward."

[@adamromero]

One of my favorite movies quotes

[@edenarchive4150]

Didn't Tony Stark paraphrase that line? lol.

[@onlygodcanjudgeme3949]

It's only a MIRACLE that they all didn't break their necks that day. And he only thought it was a bump, waugh.

[@ajjbs7580]

I also saw the documentrary. Great piece of histroy. There was a time, I think inspired by this movie, when in Germany there was a Wok sleigh competition, and a Jamecan team was a must.

[@denroy3]

To quote Norm Macdonald, "Who doesn't love John Candy?"

[@daustin8888]

If your last name is Candy, you are destined for people adoring you

[@OriginalPuro]

@@daustin8888 I think it just means you'll be obese and probably die early.

[@nomiddled7290]

Hello from Calgary, Canada! As a boy I got to see the actual team compete! Was a great memory.

[@AuroraMeansDawn27]

Me too.

[@JTAnarky]

My uncle lived beside John Candy's mother in St. Catherine's Ontario. Every time John would visit his mother he would order 40 pizzas for all the neighbors. Such a great guy, sorely missed.

[@shreknet]

OMG I miss him so much, what a wonderful man.

[@ChaosLORDish]

John Candy's speech to the board about the team's right to compete is some of his best acting!

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes! It really got the board of directors thinking

[@MadcapMatt]

Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's reaction time! COOL RUNNINGS!

[@Patriiiiick]

The crash footage in the film was taken from the actual team's real life crash, though they obviously edited out some injuries the real competitors had.

[@ryanalexander8513]

Too bad they weren't so concerned with reality in the rest of the movie. Don't know why they felt the need to make up all the racial stuff. Their real fellow Olympians were very welcoming and helpful to the Jamaican team

[@elcorado83]

I remember seeing it live on tv at the time. I had been following the Jamaica team because, they captured our hearts. It was scary seeing them crash. People did fear the worst for a moment.

[@mikeshoe74]

@@ryanalexander8513 I can't quite disagree with the unnecessary racism, but for drama's sake, there has to be an antagonist. It's a movie, not a documentary. There's very few real life stories that could make a film without some form of fabrication or exaggeration.

[@ryanalexander8513]

@mikeshoe74 I don't object to bending the truth a bit for the sake of entertainment. That doesn't mean you need to slander the other athletes for the sake of drama

[@Johnny_Socko]

@@ryanalexander8513 Oh come on, making the Swiss guys the heavies was a stroke of genius. The country known for its steadfast neutrality and sense of fairness. It was basically a cinematic wink, and I think the audience were wise to it. (I certainly was.)

[@K.dot9]

RIP John Candy. Even though he is Canadian we consider him a national treasure in the USA.. he was a treasure to the whole world.

[@Madbandit77]

Colin Hanks (Tom's kid) and Ryan Reynolds (fellow Canadian, a Candy fan) are working on a documentary about him.

[@cstephen98]

It's based on a true story at the Calgary Olympics. Same one that had Eddie the Eagle. After that Olympics they changed the rules to keep amateurs out. Shame since they're all supposed to be amateurs. People rooted more for them than the professional armatures. They knew they couldn't win but wanted to just be able to compete and represent, what the Olympics was originally about. The antithesis of that mentality was the Atlanta games.

[@sveawinter8575]

Eddie the Eagle is also a great movie!

[@andrewcharles459]

I'm an old man now, and the Jamaican bobsled team and British skier "Eddie the Eagle" are still my favourite underdogs of all time. They didn't need to win; it was enough that they were there.

[@blechtic]

Most athletes in olympics or championships haven't got a real chance to win.

[@snowlover3675]

I saw both the Jamaican Sled team and Eddie the Eagle compete in Calgary in ‘88. It was super cool.

[@daxriley8195]

Who could forget Eric "the Eel" Moussambani too! For a real treat look for the footage from The Dream with Roy and HG :)

[@andrewcharles459]

@@daxriley8195 I thought he was going to drown! lol

[@daxriley8195]

@@andrewcharles459 I think it's the first time at an Olympic Swimming event that people were looking around for a lifeguard and a flotation device!

[@the_33rd]

This, the sandlot and the mighty ducks were in the rotation on the regular in the early to mid 90s.

[@jdogjohnson382]

Love the mighty ducks movies big impact on my childhood watched them in the late 90s owned them on vhs.

[@bertneto9618]

A League of Their Own, and Little Giants as well.

[@ryansteele2677]

Did we live in the same house growing up cuz I don't remember seeing you there...😂

[@OriginalPuro]

Maaaan, Mighty Ducks is awesome. Flying V!

[@OriginalPuro]

@@ryansteele2677 That is one way to butcher the English language.

[@tevinwms1104]

Disney originally envisioned the cast with Denzel Washington as Derice Bannock, Eddie Murphy as Sanka Coffie, Wesley Snipes as Yul Brenner, and Marlon Wayans as Junior Bevil. Kurt Russell was also the studio’s original choice for Irving "Irv" Blitzer, until John Candy learned about the project and personally insisted on portraying the team's coach.

[@brettg274]

Wow that would’ve been an all-star cast.

[@mikeshoe74]

@@brettg274 I like it better with them being relatively unknowns at the time. Leon went onto a nice career, but he was still unknown at the time. I'm not sure about the rest.

[@brettg274]

@@mikeshoe74 each actor did a great job. Doug E Doug was the only somewhat known at the time, more from TV though.

[@Johnny_Socko]

@@mikeshoe74 Doug E Doug went on to become an unlikely Disney movie lead for a while in the early/mid 90s. Basically that generation's Dean Jones, lol.

[@CarlLepeltier]

Wow... 🤩

[@CarlLepeltier]

Since these 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Jamaica always has a team participating to the Bobsleigh event at each Winter Olympics. And they are a respected nation in this sport since these '88 Olympic Games, because they often perform decently. In Jamaica it has become a tradition and a pride, to have a Bobsleigh team. Nowadays they even have several teams (4-man, but also 2-man, and they have a women's team since 2018). *They usually have excellent/powerful pushers, thanks to the quality (and number) of great sprint runners the country produces... Jamaica is so great at sprint running that there obviously isn't a spot for everyone in Track & Field sprint races at the Olympics... Therefore, the same way many US basketball players go to play overseas or many Brazilian soccer players go to play in Europe, there always are Jamaican runners who choose Bobsleigh from the get go, because you have way more chances to end up participating to the Olympics that way 👍✨✨ PS : Agreed, this movie has a lot of heart 💛🖤💚

[@SteveSmith-wq4gp]

Sort of. You worded it to make out it was the four man team there every olympics, but thats not the case. The men have only once finished in top 20 (14th in 1994). And they have failed to qualify in four man for most Winter Olympics since 2002 (although they did finish 28th in 2022|) ''Jamaica failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. The two-man bobsled team qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia (4 man didnt qualify)''' The men failed to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olmpics in South Korea (only the women qualfiied). They finished 28th in 2022. They qualify more often in 2 man. So overall in the four man they only qualified once since 1998, which was in 2022. . The women do slighty better in recent times compared to the jamaican men, But have stil only ever finished in top 20 twice. Once in the monobob and once in the 2 woman. Theyve had women competing much longer than since 2018 also. So that part is incorrect also. Where did you even get your info from man?

[@OriginalPuro]

It's very important for a country to have a sport they all support, preferably also a national team which represents the country well, both on and off the "field". Norway has cross-country skiing, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia has Rugby, Germany (and most countries) have football and so on and so on.

[@monsoon1234567890]

🎵 Come on now people I know you can't believe, Jamaica's got a bobsled team 🎵

[@unwokeneuropean3590]

Thank you. In the last 30 years I could never understand the lyrics before the word Jamaica.

[@Bensonders]

I was nine years old when this movie came out and I had so much trouble comprehending the ending. Firstly because this movie was marketed so hard as a goofy comedy and I went into it with similar expectations as you guys, but more importantly I didn't understand how they could make movie about people who lost AND that all the people were still applauding them. My aunt had to explain it to me and I was still very unsatisfied for days. So this movie became somewhat of a cultural awakening in multiple ways for me. Not only did I learn more about a lot of cultural and environmental differences and hardships, but also about defeating stereotypes and standing up for yourself, aswell as that winning isn't everything. Especially the last part was super hard to understand as a german kid from a very small town. Our "Leistungsgesellschaft" (Meritocracy) is so hardcoded into parenting that I just couldn't understand the idea of not getting punished for failing. Thats something that just didn't exist in my world.

[@BDogg2023]

Love this movie, and yes, it’s very emotional. The ending when they pick up the sled to cross the finish line gets me every time.

[@markcatanzaro9699]

It is a true story- I met them in Jamaica and again about a year later in Lilihammer Norway for the 94 winter Olympics

[@gtay6726]

"Sanka, ya dead???". "Ya Mon!!". I still say this regularly 30 years later.

[@wangofree]

Me too!!

[@Wishbone1977]

Cool Runnings is a great movie. It's also interesting from a movie making perspective in that it's a comedy cast with almost totally unknown actors, except for one of the all-time comedy greats, John Candy, and _his_ role is one of the only ones that is (mostly) not played for laughs. Ironically, this very funny movie is one of the best examples of John Candy's _serious_ acting chops.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

2:25 "everyone always complains. i just wanna be a part of something." -TBR this guy. 😆

[@gregwodzynski941]

Funny, heartfelt, and slightly tragic. Great characters, Sanka was my favorite. Doug E. Doug played it perfect. R.I.P John Candy

[@nucularmechanic9623]

If you haven't seen it, PLEASE!!! watch Great Outdoors. My personal favorite for John Candy. Also, for a John Candy movie that isn't the greatest but would be a fun reaction, Nothing But Trouble. Great cast.

[@rkw2917]

These men took it seriously and earned respect Hats off to them, worldwide

[@shainewhite2781]

Nice! One of the best sports comedy movies ever made! Loosely based on a true story!

[@Lloyd-Franklin]

This is my all time favourite film.

[@dwaynejohnson5062]

The scene at 17:48 🤣 where everyone stops and freezes when they first come out with their sleigh out on the snow, was HILARIOUS! 💯👏🏽🤣🙌🏽😂

[@chadwickvon8019]

I'm so glad y'all loved the movie. I don't know how many times I watched it as a kid.

[@Talowolf]

Glad to see this. Very surprised this has not appeared on more reaction channels. However, if the algorithm behaves the way it usually does, I won't be surprised to suddenly see it popping up on reaction channels everywhere now.

[@hughfuller8416]

This is one of my favorite movies from my younger years. This movie always makes me laugh. I know y’all will both enjoy this movie.

[@ericaj55]

❤ this movie went to the 25th anniversary at El Capitan theater in LA with the actors and John candy’s family & it was so fun and heartwarming! They were all so nice. 🇯🇲

[@olegnacim]

This upload just made my day

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

me 2 🥰

[@hughfuller8416]

Me 3

[@ptittannique5621]

I'm a Calgarian. - 25 C is barely winter here. Last January, we had - 40 (C or F doesn't matter anymore!). In Feb '08, I saw close to - 50 C in Drumheller... Also, 20:55... yeah, Calgary's a cowboy town. A number of westerns were shot around here, actually, most notably (IMO) Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, shot around the Calgary area (and in Drumheller, actually).

[@asfsdasd]

I was an exchange student for a year at University of Saskatchewan from 2008 to 2009 and one day we had -51°C. I did not go outside that day! As I'm used to walk everywhere in my home country, I also walked to the dorms one night from the bar, thinking that it's only a 15-minute walk and it shouldn't be a problem. It was -46 degrees that day and in hindsight it was pretty foolish of me. On a lighter note, I also remember when we started getting warmer weather by early March, and I felt great that Spring is finally coming... but it was still around -25 to -30 degrees. Nowadays these temperatures don't scream "warm weather!" to me, but back then after that horrible winter it felt amazing.

[@jackhagens8964]

You mentioned it, but there are several unexpected inspirational moments and speeches in this film….Junior talking about the world being a better place if more Yul Brenners make it, The ‘Pride…Power’ pep talk, the “why did you cheat” discussion, Irvs heartfelt appeal to the Olympic Alliance and Junior talking his father that he is An Olympian….that along with great songs like Rise Above It

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

"Your bones don't break in a bobsled. No. They shatter." "Watcha smokin'?" "I ain't smokin'. I'm breathing'."

[@kellidros90]

When I was a kid our school was called to the Olympic Park for shooting this movie. We went up and down the hill wave by at the guys as they go up to the start of the race. It was a lot of fun!

[@esclad]

Maybe do a John Candy poll:- 1) The Great Outdoors 2) Splash 3) Who's Harry Crumb? 4) Delirious 5) Brewster's Millions 6) Stripes 7) Only The Lonely All are fantastic and funny :)

[@bobbuethe1477]

"Delirious," yes!

[@Kat-gj9pq]

"Rescuers down under"

[@lkf8799]

Uncle Buck!!! 🥞

[@esclad]

@@lkf8799 They've seen Uncle Buck ;)

[@eonstot]

The Great Outdoors is an all timer for me. Splash also- John Candy is great in a smaller role.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

32:36 "wow. slow clap. oh i have chills." -Schmitts 😊

[@tonygonzales3206]

There is not a movie that makes me cry as consistently as this one. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@SLBFan]

Some of John Candy's best acting ever! I watched this movie constantly as a kid. Love that you loved it as much as you did.

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

One of my favorite movies from my childhood! Glad to see somebody reacting to it! FYI, much of the bobsled footage is actual footage of the Jamaican team from 1988, including the crash. Also, throughout the movie, the Jamaicans are ridiculed as outsiders, especially by the team from East Germany. But in real life, all the other teams demonstrated proper respect and sportsmanship to the Jamaicans. One team even lent them a backup sled so they could compete.

[@Lazrael32]

it's really unfortunate that they portrayed the east german team that way. i understand wanting a rival for the team but it's still unfortunate.

[@monacrawford8165]

In 2008 Winter Olympic training there was a bobsled team that crashed and one of the bobsled team members past away because of it. After that happened the country's team didn't end up participating in the Olympics that year because of the accident.

[@Lloyd-Franklin]

The footage you see on the television is real.

[@daustin8888]

It looks absolutely horrific

[@nickb2049]

@@daustin8888 well it's tv footage from 1992

[@elcorado83]

Yep, even the bit when they had the rubbish start and couldnt get in was from original footage.

[@kR-qj7rw]

@@nickb2049 i think they meant the crash not the quality

[@stephenlyon1358]

Nuff people say they know they cant believe, Jamaica we have a bobsled team!

[@b4k4survivor]

Saw this in the theater, full enthusiastic audience. People loved it and it was utter silence and tense when they crashed, people exhaled in unison when it showed they were alive and then the end when they carried the sled, people clapped and cheered and some people cried. It was cheesey and a popcorn movie, but it really resonated with audiences and my impression was a lot of people loved it, even though it's goofy and ridiculous.

[@susanliltz3875]

Yes loosely based on a true story. I remember bits and pieces of seeing the real team in the Olympics !

[@evandipasquale9255]

I loved this movie growing up it had a firm place in those childhood inspirational sports movies. Even though they didn't win a medal they got the respect of their peers which probably felt like a gold medal to them.

[@donreid6399]

I love both you guys, but Samantha is such a doll! 🙂

[@spacecadet35]

I like the fact that there is a Jamaica Cup. This is awarded to the highest placed team from a country without a bobsled track. There are only 12 countries with competition tracks at the moment, so this means there can be a some competition for this cup.

[@cardiac19]

"Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, its bobsled time!"

[@chadwickvon8019]

Been waiting for this one. I love this movie so much.

[@-TheFilmBuff-]

Wow Cool Runnings! Amazing Choice! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@guymon82ify]

I freakin love this movie! It's so much fun to watch!

[@ricksgamemisc10]

I love Samantha's "This is NOT a good idea" face at 4:12 :D

[@BurlyBricks]

Loved this movie growing up. Got to see the Calgary Olympic grounds a few years back 🇨🇦

[@amberdarko9232]

One of my favorite sports movies! It just makes me feel good when I watch it.

[@CHRISPYakaKON]

“but did they win?” 😭😭😭

[@MarcusSinclair2]

Wow i never thought people would react to this hidden lost gem of a movie. Good choice.

[@Natalija_Saar]

As a lifelong Calgarian, this is funny to watch you Americans react to😂

[@jasong.5165]

Seeing them in the country bar Ranchmans…” this is in Canada?”

[@Ernwaldo]

Imagine if they see footage of the Calgary Stampede! 🤯

[@auburnmann3630]

One of my favorite sports movies EVER! 🇯🇲

[@auburnmann3630]

Sprinting meets the Winter Olympics & John Candy 👌🏾

[@Bar-Lord]

I was still discovering the work of John Candy at the time, and I was a kid, and this was the first flick that gave me a taste of John Candy’s range as an actor. You can really see him change when he gives the talk about his past and owning his mistakes.

[@tidepride86]

Hell yeah! And just in time for Juneteenth babayyyy!!!

[@ronnycollins9125]

Thank you very much for covering this movie. As a child of Caribbean parents, this movie was actually a vital part of our movie collection growing up. So I deeply appreciate your decision to cover it and make a video about it today. Thank you.

[@RobTheWatcher]

When they carry the sled over the finish line it’s “hey dad you wanna have a catch” and “because my dad promised me” time.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

This is a wonderful flick with John Candy, cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care and have a nice day and a good night

[@andrewcharles459]

Yes, that's Canada - Calgary is host to one of the largest rodeos in the world every year. No shortage of people in cowboy hats who listen to "both kinds of music" (country AND western) there. 🤣

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

Another heart-warming film about an underdog at the Olympics is Eddie the Eagle. A 2016 film about Britain's first Olympic ski jumper.

[@red-stapler574]

Other great John Candy movies are Summer Rental, Only the Lonely, and The Great Outdoors.

[@Madbandit77]

Maureen O'Hara, who played Candy's mom in "Lonely", had a lot of nice things to say about him.

[@Ray-ko1lm]

Still quote “I see pride, I see power, I see a badass mada that don’t take no crap off of nobody.”

[@Smoothjazzsundays]

I’ve been waiting TOO LONG for a cool runnings reaction!

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

I am writing this to help out tbr Schmitt and Samantha and this video and this channel with the algorithm 🥰

[@FlashAsh]

feel the alogrythm, feel the algorhyme. lets all comment, its bobsleigh time!

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

@@FlashAsh lol exactly 😂🤣🥰❤️

[@chefskiss6179]

I can't remember too much what was happening at the time but the world absolutely championed this underdog movie; it was so needed at the time and was so easily embraced. And being #16 in gross earnings the same year Jurassic Park came out is no small feat. I loved watching this with ya :)

[@frankiecamacho8739]

John Candy really delivers in those heartfelt moments.

[@wangofree]

Every time I watch them walk across the finish line with that sled on their shoulders I am in TEARS. Literally sobbing.

[@redwoodpunx9614]

YEAH!!!!! i'm a 32 year old dude & have no shame saying this is still my favorite movie of all time!!! yes, it's fun & funny & silly, but also, so many great life lessons written out in the dialogue of this film! metaphors for addiction & pep talking one's self into confidence. awards not being everything. great stuff. Cool Runnings for Life!!! Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme!

[@jarodclark442]

I remember seeing this in the theater and it's been one of my favorites ever since. So glad you guys enjoyed it.

[@albinmuc2714]

„Cool Runnings“ German/European premiere was the kick-off event for the German Olympic Team for the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer. It was a big success and the Jamaican team was celebrated by the all Olympians in attendance. That included the German bob sleigh teams that won Gold and Bronze in 1994. It was a memorable party…

[@andromeda331]

I remember watching the Calgery Olympics and seeing them race. It was so cool. So many people were cheering them on. People were talking about them for months afterwards. This is such a great and funny movie.

[@brentharker7868]

The Jamaican Bobsled Team, finished last, Eddie the "Eagle" the greatest and only Ski Jumper to ever come out of Great Britain, who was also known as "the flying sack of potatoes" finished last, and Prince Albert of Monaco, whose teams were also-rans is the 2 and 4 man Bobsled, were all great underdog stories at 88 Olympics in Calgary. So Calgary which has a proud western heritage is also home to the Calgary Stampede, the most prestigious rodeo on earth. Many classic Western Movies, like Unforgiven, Open Range, Little Big Man and TV Show like Hell on Wheels and Lonesome Dove were shot in and around Calgary. The Ranchman's Bar that was featured in this movie is notorious for sometimes going full Double Deuce, the bar with the band behind the chicken wire, portrayed in the movie Road House.

[@monacrawford8165]

If you two enjoy John Candy i think you both would really enjoy The Great Outdoors movie. Another classic John Candy film.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yeah, he has a much better performance in T,P and A. He wasn’t the main character in Cool Runnings, he was just the supporting actor

[@thajuice100ify]

Love this movie, watched it countless times at school n at home back then. Doug E. Doug stole every scene he was in and yes John Candy always delivers!

[@tomhoffman4330]

👏This Reaction was More than Worth the Wait!👍One of the BEST Movies that's Ever been made💝Heartwarming, Hilarious and My Second-Favorite Performance by John Candy (His Best being 'Uncle Buck' of course)! Fun-Fact: the Team Captain 'Derice' (played by Leon) was also in "Cliffhanger" this same year, He's the Guy whom Stallone impaled through a 'Stalactite' in that Bat-Cave! Recommendation: Y'all should also consider "Eddie the Eagle" from 2016, similar Sports-Story about another Famous Olympic Event that (coincidentally) happened at the same time, and the same place!👌

[@lukester939]

This movie is timeless and its never gets old! ❤🎉

[@TheRedPeril]

My whole childhood right here. “Jamaica, we have a bobsleigh team”

[@crimsonknight7011]

The end crash was the footage of the real 1988 teams crash. They walked to the finish line but didn’t carry the sled

[@marshalllucas83]

The reason they had a country western bar in Calgary, is because Calgary is full of real cowboys like a more northern Wyoming or Montana, I actually think that it's right over the border

[@kellypierce81]

I can quote this film word for word! It still makes me cry with laughter every single time

[@gentleZenTv]

That main actor playing the role of "Derice" is the one guy that got spiked to a stalactite by Stallone in "Cliffhanger", in case you did not notice :)

[@JohnLoutsenhizer]

I find it hilarious that his name is Yul Brynner. Yul was actually a good actor in movies like Westworld and The King and I a while back who was also bald, so it always makes me chuckle that that was his name in this, lol.

[@iamnotanuggetblackhart5103]

"Sika....ya dead mon?"

[@didioskywalker]

FINALY!!!!!!!

[@__RYN__]

33:35 This was a must watch classic as a child. Such a good ear between 90-97/99

[@christophertresp7037]

Das geht über eure Vorstellungskraft, Jamaika hat ne Bobmannschaft. Nice one.

[@woltervandenberg]

John Candy was also in Home Alone

[@SFOlson]

Another John Candy movie I think that you guys should watch, is Canadian Bacon. And as a big guy myself, us big guys can be a lot faster than some people think, it’s just that we are fast over short distances. 15:36 Where I’m from, -25 is a tropical heat wave at times.

[@HappyHarryHardon]

All right!

[@MrTuubster]

I'm Belgian, but when this movie came out we all talked Jamaican for 3 weeks. 😂

[@AndyJayroe]

Yes. It's very catchy!

[@daustin8888]

Great movie, but it was heavily Disneyfied. For starters, the four man bobsled team had very anglo-saxon names: Dudley, Chris, Michael, Devon. Also, the European teams (yes, the Germans too) were nice to them and were excited to see a new country added to the winter olympics. I understand the change was to help with the "underdog" aspect common in sports movies, but I still find it cool that the other teams didn't care about color irl And as others have mentioned, that footage of the bobsled crashing was real and it is incredibly gnarly to look at. First time I saw it, I could have sworn their necks were broken. John Candy is fucking awesome btw 🇨🇦

[@elcorado83]

Thats a ridiculous comment about their names. So what? Naming them after British names was common among ex British colonies globally! And I watched the event on tv live at the time-people WERE taking the mickey out of them before they saw how good they were.

[@daustin8888]

@elcorado83 I just find it funny they based it off a real Olympic event and opted for characters as opposed to adaptations of real people. And they chose the most stereotypical Jamacian names for them. And I said nothing about spectators. I was talking about their fellow athletes. The Jamaicans themselves said the other teams were nice to them.

[@-M0LE]

Not to mention that all have fake Jamaican accents It’s laughable if you know any Jamaicans

[@daustin8888]

@@-M0LE Most Jamacians I've met are either apathetic to this movie or don't like it. And yes. The cartoonist accents are a big factor in it.

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@@daustin8888 agreed

[@Maverick25ish]

Finally someone watch this movie ! thank you ! you guys are great

[@michaelturner185]

Olympics that year are in Calgary Alberta Canada , and in Alberta we are like Texas North .