Hey guess what? GIANT is a utopian American film

Hey guess what? GIANT is a utopian American film | reaction and commentary

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@bobwallace1880 23 күн бұрын

As a 78 year old Texan who was a rancher for 50 years I enjoyed your commentary. Our Mexican field hands were like our family. We worked side by side. We sweated and toiled, celebrated births and mourned death together. Good post I am now a subscriber.. Keep up the good work.

@andersonfilmandsound Жыл бұрын

I remember watching Giant as a child and feeling the gravitas of the themes held within it. How wonderful to come across your wonderful reaction and commentary on it. Emotional alongside and with you. A great antidote to our present lives. Subscribed.

@mattieg1904 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I could talk to you forever about movies...and everything! This reaction was amazing! I thank you for making it! The editing is great.

@celinhabr1 2 жыл бұрын

It's a masterpiece. I remember when i watched for teh first time. It started at 1am and boy did i forget sleep. It got me so invested.

@charlessperling7031 4 ай бұрын

I saw Carroll Baker at a sixtieth anniversary screening of "Giant." She thought that Dean might have gone into directing had he lived, and gave a good example as to why. In Jett Rink's drunken scene with Leslie's daughter Luz, Dean didn't think he was giving the right facial expressions and urged Stevens to keep the camera on Baker: her face would say it all. He was absolutely right. Luz grasps -- and makes us grasp -- the sorrow of this man who has everything in the world except what he most truly desires. Perceptive woman without her car ("Kindergarten Cop" reference), clearly

@JungleJeffarnold 2 жыл бұрын

Looking through 4k blu ray deals I saw this and had no idea what it was . . . . . It's in the cart good video 👍

@jeffreymeyer1191 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent commentary! I saw that this was an hour and didn’t plan to watch the entire video but ended up getting sucked in. You have some hilarious comments. Yes, Liz was breathing so slow; Hudson is tall AF and Jimmy would lose a fight with him; and that aging makeup was horrible. I wasn’t sure why I liked this movie but your analysis makes it more clear to me why it’s so good. Thank you!

@rosalynsmith4928 Жыл бұрын

Loves your commentary excellent

@jessicaasakevich2264 3 жыл бұрын

Today is my birthday, and while we've never met, and therefore it was not intended as such, I thank you for this gift. Also, hoping you'll dip back into some Fred & Ginger soon. Your Top Hat reaction was spectacular.

@pillboxmovies 3 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday!

@jessicaasakevich2264 3 жыл бұрын

@@pillboxmovies Thank you! This video was the perfect way to start the day. 😊

@thatspiritualhumane 2 жыл бұрын

Giant is a superb masterpiece, I personally rate this epic far better than Gone with the wind

@Sweetback127Here 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a reaction, thank you. Giant is such an underrated masterpiece. The fact that Gone With The Wind is considered Hollywood's golden age best film or most epic film shows exactly what's wrong with society when Giant exists

@DeepScreenAnalysis 2 жыл бұрын

Why is Gone with the Wind not deserving of that praise? From a technical standpoint and in terms of story, it is still a powerful movie. Both movies depict a racist society, except Giant has the Elizabeth Taylor character openly challenge this prejudice whereas the Vivien Leigh character only cares about herself and her own survival.

@Sweetback127Here 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeepScreenAnalysis There's a difference between showing a time and place and glorifying the south and racism. Scarlett O'Hara slaps a slave about and says to her "I'll sell you back down south" and whines for the whole 4 hours of the film annoyingly. I agree with you though, it is an incredibly impressive film with a lot to appreciate at the same time. I just think Giant should get the praise instead

@DeepScreenAnalysis 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sweetback127Here I don’t think GWTW glorified mistreatment of slaves. Scarlett is not an admirable character, she is a selfish bitchy brat, and I appreciate that the movie doesn’t try and make her a heroine. That movie is about the ridiculous delusion of the white South that they were chivalrous, when really it shows them to be hollow people who are can no longer live off the free labour of the enslaved once the war comes.

@JulioLeonFandinho Жыл бұрын

@@Sweetback127Here Gone With The Wind doesn't glorify anything of what you said, in fact it's very critic with those values you say it glorifies, you got it all wrong, it's appalling 🤦

@msears8576 Жыл бұрын

Well said.@@JulioLeonFandinho

@Shazzadut1 2 ай бұрын

I’ve always thought that Jet was Lutz’s illegitimate son. It’s implied, that’s why she left him the land. Not many watchers pick that up. Of course this movie was about racism! I dont get that you didn’t get it from the time they arrived at Reata. Rock was 6 foot 5. George Steven’s had Rock very involved in the look of the house, both inside and out. He had Rock choose the colours, furniture etc. He tried to get him deeply into the character, saying ‘it’s your house. What should it look like? What colours do you want? What desk? It’s your desk! You’re Bick Benedict. We’ll build it how you want it.’

@jamesharper3933 3 жыл бұрын

Additional comments: Elizabeth Taylor's character really busted a lot of glass with her clash with the social standards and traditions her husband was used to. So much to comment on here. That's why this movie is so great. All the movements and ambling through his lines was all part of his method acting. It's a shame we didn't get to see what could have been.

@paulmitchum8658 11 ай бұрын

There's a film that's kind of nothing but kind of everything called 'Fandango,' and it's about what happens to some University of Texas college grads on one last road trip to see where they shot 'Giant,' in the shadow of the Vietnam war. I always think about it when anyone mentions 'Giant.'

@Lethgar_Smith Ай бұрын

That's a cool movie.

@TalebIbrahim 10 ай бұрын

Not many people get the subtlety of Luz and her relationship with Jet. He is her illegitimate son. That's why she leaves him some land. Its never said but I think there is a subtle implication. And Bic (Jordan) doesn't know.

@Lions_66 3 ай бұрын

How do you know that?

@Shazzadut1 2 ай бұрын

@@Lions_66I believe it’s implied in her treatment of Jet.

@throckmorton3705 9 ай бұрын

6:45 the voice of the demon in the exorcist, mercedes mccambridge

@thomashawkinson373 2 ай бұрын

I loved this so much. Would love to see what you would Do with Lina wertmueller s Seven beauties

@pillboxmovies 2 ай бұрын

I've done Seven Beauties! The title of the video is something like I watched a Holocaust comedy.

@kingamoeboid3887 2 ай бұрын

Seeing James Dean as an old man was really depressing. Same for Rock Hudson.

@audreya.t4974 2 жыл бұрын

You should watch Children of Giant. It’s a great documentary about this movie. It talks about the real life struggles the Mexicans faced during that time period. If you loved this movie you’ll like the documentary it’s so heartbreaking.

@pillboxmovies 2 жыл бұрын

If I can find it, I'll take a look!

@r0yce 10 ай бұрын

Yes it is the perfect movie. It is one of the thousands of films Ive watched that I remember.

@jamesharper3933 3 жыл бұрын

A Giant of a movie. Hope you watched it in widescreen. That's the best way to see this. Yeah, I like the Cinematography and the use of dark and light. Sadly, James Dean never lived to see Rebel Without a Cause or Giant. He died in that car wreck right after filming wrapped up on this movie. He, Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift were 3 of the up and coming stars along with Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. Which reminds me, I would love your reaction to Rebel Without a Cause. I've had people say when they saw it for the first time, it was like watching a piece of history, not a movie. Interesting.👍💥😀 Oh and yes, being the 1950's, they dealt with the issue of racism. The fight at the restaurant near the end shows Rock Hudson's character redeeming himself.

@pillboxmovies 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen Rebel without a Cause, thanks! I am considering some other Nicholas Ray, as well as another Ray though 🤫

@jamesharper3933 3 жыл бұрын

@@pillboxmovies Cool, can't wait to see what you got lined up.

@albertjimeno5315 Жыл бұрын

Great reaction to an amazing movie. Just one thing though, she says they’d been married a quarter century so that’s 25 years, not 50 years like you said.

@kevinrbarker 2 жыл бұрын

Haha...love the commentary. Bitchy, but not malicious...

@throckmorton3705 9 ай бұрын

29:29 BRAHMS???

@labratamber 2 жыл бұрын

Next long one to try is HOW THE WEST WAS WON

@hannejeppesen1809 Ай бұрын

I like your comments, but I wish you wouldn't talk over the actors.

@mariagenovesa3772 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, I'm sorry though but I must give you my honest opinion: you should appear much less than you do - in fact only one or two times during the intire film. This is an excellent movie and it is a shame we cannot see all the sequences without being interrompted every one or two minutes during it all. In any case thank you very much for bring it to be seen by the ten's of thousends of unrepeatable James Dean's admirers.

@mattieg1904 2 жыл бұрын

Maria, this is a reaction to the movie, not a free showing of the movie. KZbin has the option to rent the movie if you'd like! That's what I did before coming to see this review.

@lorenzabrioni5256 Жыл бұрын

Alla fine rimane solo james il perdente che è in tutti noi( rocker)

@newvibes789 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like you are trying to make light of the movie but anyone who's seen the movie knows there is some heavy, sobering content in this movie about the way racism is just perpetuated like an everyday act with no remorse. As Jordan ages he eventually comes around as some of the other characters do too. Point is the joking manner can't be forced upon the seriousness of what this movie depicts.

@pillboxmovies 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, I'm sure it "looks" like that to you, that I, a minority living in America, am making light of racism in America, as opposed to making light of the depiction of racism in America, from the perspective of an elite white upper class, in a Hollywood movie, that I also say is a masterpiece in the title of the video, and also call it utopian, because it shows an ideal version of race relations in America, but ultimately an unrealistic one that's meant for consumption largely as entertainment. But sure whatever it "looks" like to you, I'm sure that's where the truth lies.

@TheKristinShow70 Жыл бұрын

That’s not true, James Dean was already finished with his part in giant, and was on his way home in the little bastard when he was killed your information is totally off. I’m sorry to say that most of your video is way off.