Costner looking straight at the audience and saying “It’s up to you.” Gives me goosebumps every time.
@vegasbaby3669Ай бұрын
Same
@sophiamarchildon399810 сағат бұрын
That's the foundation of a proper Democracy. We must not wait and be told what to do; we must be the ones taking lead and taking responsibility of our actions. "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
@jbacunn7 ай бұрын
From a technical perspective this is one of the best movies of all time. The editing, the cinematography, the sound design, the score. All top notch.
@WillMuny7 ай бұрын
From every other aspect this movie is a complete and utter lie.
@nates90297 ай бұрын
@@WillMuny- Well.....aside from that it is a good movie.
@HoldinContempt7 ай бұрын
Its a shame the film was financed by an Israeli Weapons trafficker and was designed Specifically to obfuscate the True causes of JFK's murder: Trying to stop the Apartheid Government of Israel from developing Nuclear weapons (numec scandle) and returning stolen Palestinian land.
@jacobjones52697 ай бұрын
It is an achievement, but it is all nonsense.. I always point out the odd coincidence in the Tippit killing of both the killer and Lee discarding their jackets.. Because they were the same guy..
@jacobjones52697 ай бұрын
Lol, I’m sorry, but it’s all nonsense..
@zmarko7 ай бұрын
One of THE most stacked casts in a movie. It's a really interesting movie. The recreation of moments/events is incredible.
@creepycrespi81806 ай бұрын
John Candy stole the show.
@tomfrankiewicz40307 ай бұрын
The Donald Sutherland character X. Is based on Luietenan Colonel Fletcher Proudy. He was communicating with Jim Garrison through the mail. I highly recommend Jim Garrison's book On the Trail of the Assassins
@chalkandcheese18686 ай бұрын
Well if you want to read conspiratorial nonsense by a widely discredited man, go for it.
@robertmcgowan41495 ай бұрын
@@chalkandcheese1868 Keep drinking the Kool aid!
@artsaganza87425 ай бұрын
thanks for the info, i dont believe all of the theories, but some theories are probably true, just like all other events in history.
@aaronz70564 ай бұрын
Garrison lied his ass off about the tramps, about the parade route, about Oswald being in the depository doorway, etc. Prouty was a notorious lunatic and fruitcake.
@neiljones19383 ай бұрын
The Garrison book is brilliant, as is the Jim Marrs one.
@Falcun217 ай бұрын
This movie is one of the reasons that 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon works so well.
@LocalFoe7 ай бұрын
It's the cheat code. 😅
@johnbriggsmusic7 ай бұрын
90% of the pathways come through this movie haha
@ronnix237 ай бұрын
And what this movie doesn’t take care of, A Few Good Men does.
@heather98577 ай бұрын
That's a great point!
@Theomite7 ай бұрын
Back when I played that game, this was my go-to method.
@luckyleprechaun-e7h7 ай бұрын
one of the ideas that chilled me to the bone-and that I have never forgotten from this film, is when one of the senators during the mr. x section said to someone-and I am paraphrasing but he said-"you don't understand-i know I won't see any of this work that I am doing in my lifetime. this work here is laying the groundwork for the future. this is the change we are trying to put forward. we are in the long game here. and we will win." that blew my mind. I was only about 20, but I honestly hadn't considered such an idea. I didn't even consider a "long game" to make change. I didn't realize how patient people could be to ultimately create this world that they think they want. what really frightens me is that I think we in now in the next phase. all this work that began over 60 years ago, the results are starting to happen now. right now. and omg. what do we do? where do we go? wow. it is very scary.
@paulinegallagher78213 ай бұрын
That might be a good quote, paraphrase, whatever, for people really seeing the future and it playing out as predicted. THIS? NO.
@elitemedstaffing75197 ай бұрын
Regardless of how people might feel about the "conspiracy" of the JFK assassination...this movie in itself is a cinematic MASTERPIECE!
@reneedennis20117 ай бұрын
I agree 👍🏾!
@StephenLuke7 ай бұрын
Ditto! 👍🏻
@jonrmartin7 ай бұрын
Meh, melodramatic acting, lazily mashed together and conflicting conspiracy theories and the hit-you-over-the-head method of plot delivery makes this one of my least favorite Oliver Stone films. I mean there are way too many unintentionally hilarious moments in this movie for me to take it seriously.
@StephenLuke7 ай бұрын
@@jonrmartin I don't believe in brainless conspiracy theories, this movie contains true scenes. Not everything in this film is 100% historically accurate, the only thing that matters is that we’re all glad this movie was made.
@royale76206 ай бұрын
@@jonrmartinDumbest take ever
@Boroman97 ай бұрын
Donald Sutherland absolutely owned the one scene he was in. In 15 minutes all eyes were on him & he made sure he made every single second count. A masterclass in acting right there & always gives me goosebumps whenever I see it.
@mbbiz216 ай бұрын
Not Stone’s first choice. He wanted Marlon Brando, who turned it down.
@guslakis6 ай бұрын
One of the greatest cameo appearances ever.
@joellarsen87635 ай бұрын
Mr X was Fletcher Prouty. Read his book; JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy
@reneedennis20112 ай бұрын
Yup. R.I.P.
@bradsullivan24957 ай бұрын
The actor playing Jack Ruby was Brian Doyle Murray, brother of Bill Murray. One of the people on Garrison's staff was played by Wayne Knight, who played Newman on Seinfeld. Not long after this movie came out, Seinfeld did an amusing parody of the "back and to the left" speech.
@orinkinser43966 ай бұрын
Wasnt Brian Doyle Murray on the show yes dear as the boss?
@emilytrott6 ай бұрын
LOL!! I remember that. It was something about Keith Hernandez, or some other ball player, spitting on Kramer wasn't it?
@bradsullivan24956 ай бұрын
@@emilytrott Correct, with the "second spitter" being Roger McDowell.
@MikePhillips-pl6ov5 ай бұрын
The best Jack Ruby was Danny Aiello in 'Ruby'. Along with JFK, a brilliant movie on the JFK assassination
@shanester18327 ай бұрын
Finally somebody brave enough to ask the question, where exactly was Tommy Lee Jones on November 22, 1963? What are you hiding??!!
@treetopjones7377 ай бұрын
MIB 3 answered that.
@ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN6907 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@harrypothead420247 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@IMeMineWho7 ай бұрын
@@treetopjones737 Ha!
@IMeMineWho7 ай бұрын
Lol.
@rosenfield107 ай бұрын
"JFK" is my 7th favorite film of all time. My favorite editing ever in a film. Brilliant.
@footofjuniper82127 ай бұрын
7th? What's your top ten?
@rosenfield107 ай бұрын
@@footofjuniper8212 1. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 2. Jaws 3. The Fisher King 4. Blue Velvet 5. Wild at Heart 6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 7 JFK 8. The Empire Strikes Back 9. Star Wars 10. Airplane!/Young Frankenstein/History of the World Part 1
@TheJrr717 ай бұрын
@@rosenfield10 Great, and eclectic, list!
@karlydoc7 ай бұрын
That's funny because my favourite 18th film of all time is Hangar 18.
@electronash7 ай бұрын
@@rosenfield10 Somebody is a big David Lynch fan. ;) And Mel Brookes / Zucker brothers movies. A pretty good list.
@chrisguadalupe2647 ай бұрын
when you said, "we know Tommy Lee Jones didn't kill JFK", I was like, boy, you haven't seen the movie yet LOL
@Avocado117 ай бұрын
Or he did see it but got neuralyzed.
@billparrish43857 ай бұрын
@@Avocado11 "I'm gonna miss being on the inside of all this conspiracy stuff." "No. You won't."
@jimmy2k4o6 ай бұрын
Even in the movie, he didn’t.
@aaronz70564 ай бұрын
Movie is packed with over 80 demonstrable and highly relevant lies.
@paulinegallagher78213 ай бұрын
Well, he DID NOT, LHO did, and that's all there is to it.
@RobertSmith-bz5ug7 ай бұрын
I was a teenager in the 60's , drafted in '68... the events of that decade was so overwhelming. Thanks for reacting to JFK. Finally, can you imagine if there was social media in the 60's LOL
@IMeMineWho6 ай бұрын
Actually thank goodness there was not back then. Nothing would have been accomplished.
@well_i_liked_it6 ай бұрын
@@IMeMineWho including assassinations.
@IMeMineWho6 ай бұрын
@@well_i_liked_it Not too sure about that one.
@well_i_liked_it6 ай бұрын
@@IMeMineWho So you don't think if everyone had their smart phones out filming it from 100 different angles they would still do it?
@IMeMineWho6 ай бұрын
@@well_i_liked_it Nope. The Genoveses, the CIA..not afraid of cameras. We do not have a zero crime rate now..far from it. School massacres? Not in the 60s.
@davidtaylor3917 ай бұрын
This channel is by far one of the best reaction channels out there we get a full screen to watch the content plus great commentary, and only very few breaks, which are only five seconds the best best.
@obscureentertainment83032 ай бұрын
As a fellow Canadian, I love that John Candy got to stretch his dramatic chops in this movie. He is brilliant in his small role.
@StephenLuke27 күн бұрын
So was Donald Sutherland who was also Canadian.
@Martin-z7i7 ай бұрын
The 'Alien' judge is the real life character that Kevin Costner plays
@sheryldalton89657 ай бұрын
I was in my 3rd grade classroom when the principal announced on the loudspeaker that the president had been shot in Dallas, i was 150 miles south of theere. If i'm still here in 2038 i'll be too old to remember who JFK is. That was the day this country started on it's downhill slide into what it's become today. Another aspect of this story that's relatively unknown is the journalist Dorothy Kilgalen. She was very famous at the time & the only person that was allowed to interview Jack Ruby, during or right after his trial. Shortly after she died nysteriously & the article she wrote disappeared.
@nemomarcus57847 ай бұрын
Yep.
@reneedennis20117 ай бұрын
Yup. I watched a video about her.
@nemomarcus57847 ай бұрын
@@reneedennis2011 I saw her on a game show the day before she died. Then I saw the announcement of her death the next day on the same game show.
@reneedennis20117 ай бұрын
@@nemomarcus5784 Wow.
@MikePhillips-pl6ov7 ай бұрын
Good that this has been brought to light in recent years.
@MrJimithee7 ай бұрын
I'd almost forgotten how GOOD Jack Lemmon was... one of the all time great actors x
@samuelmoulds10167 ай бұрын
yeah, especially when he was in a Frank Capra film!
@monovision5664 ай бұрын
Way ahead of his time. He was acting like modern actors decades before that level or investment and subtlety became the norm.
@LocalFoe7 ай бұрын
Great job reacting and editing a dialog-heavy film. This may be the greatest cast in any one film. For me, the fact that you included John Candy's scenes is a win.
@dustandroktwok14477 ай бұрын
Thank you for reacting to this film. It is one of the most influential films in my life. When this movie came out in 1991 I was 11 years old. I will never forget my mom renting the double VHS from the video store and watching it with her all the way through absolutely enraptured by the filmmaking and story telling. We got to the end of the 3-hour film and I asked her if we could rewind the tapes and watch it again. We did. We spent 6 1/2 hours that night digesting this story. I have never trusted the government since. Soon afterwards I found a Paperback copy of Jim Garrison's book, On The Trail Of The Assassins in a thrift store and I read it over and over again. Then I gradually started reading other books on the assassination. Fast forward 30 years and I have an entire library dedicated to The JFK thing. It never gets old. It only gets deeper and deeper. Welcome to my world TBR. Lol😂
@artsaganza87426 ай бұрын
good points , i saw this at 13 in theater with my mom, it was important to us as well.
@Jekyll_Island_Creatures6 ай бұрын
What conclusions have you come to?
@Jekyll_Island_Creatures6 ай бұрын
Have you read the book "Me & Lee" by Judyth Vary Baker?
@artsaganza87426 ай бұрын
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures no sorry, is it any good?
@artsaganza87426 ай бұрын
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures well my mother passed away a couple years ago, we had different ideas but some of the same, we both agreed it was more than 1 shooter but that was not just because of this movie. there is alot more about many theories, and not just about JFK.
@bobcarr26497 ай бұрын
The dude you said was an alien, was Jim Garrison, the real person played by Mr. Costner in the film.
@StephenLuke7 ай бұрын
RIP Jim Garrison (1921-1992)
@emilytrott6 ай бұрын
And Mr. Garrison played the part of Chief Justice Earl Warren who led the "Warren Commission" committee running the investigation of the assassination. Two other interesting personalities were involved with the committee. Representative, later president, Gerald Ford was a member of it, and future US Senator from Pennsylvania Arlen Specter was assistant counsel.
@chalkandcheese18686 ай бұрын
@@StephenLukeA widely discredited man and regarded as a disgrace by most people in the American justice system.
@chalkandcheese18686 ай бұрын
@@StephenLuke No, I just told you who thinks that, and also virtually everybody associated with the case, that's why the jury dismissed it in less than an hour. RIP Clay Shaw 1913 - 1974 Businessman and war hero
@StephenLuke6 ай бұрын
@@chalkandcheese1868 You said it, Clay was innocent.
@dirufanboy19717 ай бұрын
I've seen those morgue photos and yes it looks like they used the actual morgue photos in the film. Also that Zapruder film footage is brutal - I can still remember the first time I saw that.
@jackgrimaldi86857 ай бұрын
There's no way he was alive after that head shot. He must have been dead by the time he was brought to the hospital.
@jamessouth38087 ай бұрын
@@jackgrimaldi8685it has to be officially done by a doctor
@jamesbednar86257 ай бұрын
Also, there was a documentary about how terrible the Presidents body was handled as well, just beyond belief.
@Easy_Skanking6 ай бұрын
The Zapruder film was altered. The story has finally been told of why there are "missing frames" as well as other changes. It is yet another piece of evidence showing there was an active coverup from the government.
I’m so glad you guys watched this! You’re only the second reaction channel to watch JFK. Regardless of whether or not one believes in any of the conspiracies I think everyone can agree that this was a superbly acted, directed and especially edited film. ETA: I also really enjoyed your discussion after the film 👏
@MikePhillips-pl6ov7 ай бұрын
I'm surprised more reactors have not covered this one yet.
@goldilox3697 ай бұрын
I keep waiting... It's fun to see people have those questions for the first time.
@JosieSchuller6 ай бұрын
@@MikePhillips-pl6ov Same thought. Maybe now they will since a very popular reaction channel like this one has watched it 🙂
@conker2067 ай бұрын
One of my favorite parts of this movie is during the Sutherland scene and flash backs we see General Y on the phone "We're going." "When?" "In the fall. Probably in the South. We need you to come up with a plan." "I can do that." So dark and scary but I love it.
@robertcrist57472 ай бұрын
"Back....And to the left.....Back....and to the left". Great movie! 🇺🇸
@susanliltz38757 ай бұрын
I was a little girl when this happened and I remember seeing it, seeing him get shot and grabbing his neck and I remember seeing Jackie climbing on the back of the car , everyone thought she was trying to get away but it turned out she was trying to grab a part of his head that had been shot off. And I remember the reporter Walter Cronkite telling us the terrible news , I remember how he was so choked up he even took his glasses off. I heard Jackie kept her bloody suit on and when someone tried to see if she wanted to change her clothes she said no because she wanted people to see what they did to her husband!! Little funny thing , I was so young that when they put his body on the plane I thought they were flying him to heaven.. ( saw it all on tv) I also remember a lot of people were crying!!
@lucaschitwood43057 ай бұрын
The video of him being shot was not shown until 7 years later. On Heraldo I think.
@ramudon24287 ай бұрын
So basically the memories can't be real.@@lucaschitwood4305
@deeanna33357 ай бұрын
That night, back in Washington, I remember seeing her get off the plane with blood on her skirt and leg.
@theevilbeard7 ай бұрын
If you've ever played six degrees of Kevin Bacon, this movie is the lynchpin.
@eddiebranden16 ай бұрын
This, Sleepers, A Few Good Men, and Apollo 13 will get you there.
@QeopsАй бұрын
Thanks guys haven’t seen anyone react to this and you really were the best people to give it the respect and truly acknowledge it
@FrancoisDressler7 ай бұрын
Arguably the best edited film of all time. The Departed is up there too.
@romeroflores75767 ай бұрын
Wonderful choice. One of the great films of the 1990s🎭📺🩸
@seanjohnson3867 ай бұрын
Agreed ! 1 Billion %.
@LarryFleetwood86757 ай бұрын
Well, I think it's one of the worst looking films of all time only topped by Stone's own Natural Born Killers (1994) and Any Given Sunday (1999), this guy just went way OTT as a director. The last ones of his I can watch are Wall Street (1987), Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and The Doors (1991) nothing past those.
@reneedennis20117 ай бұрын
Yup. I agree.
@fearlessjoebanzai7 ай бұрын
@@LarryFleetwood8675, I feel sorry for your mother.
@mtdreams727 ай бұрын
Funny how he confused Tommy Lee Jones for Oswald yet just so happens in the movie is Tommy’s character that gets charged with the conspiracy lol.
@sarahstamp4357 ай бұрын
Saw this movie as a young teen when it first came out (in the UK) I didn't know anything about the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis and very little about Vietnam. So I read everything I could get my hands on and I'm still lost in the rabbit hole 30 years later!
@ennesshay50406 ай бұрын
operation Northwoods ?
@sarahstamp4356 ай бұрын
I haven't read anything fictional (though I'm sure a lot of people say any JFK conspiracy is fictional) I'm wondering if it's worth a read, though.@@ennesshay5040
@chalkandcheese18686 ай бұрын
I bet you haven't read the Warren report? Lol, that's the only correct, unbiased version of the event ever.
@bogdanbotis15244 ай бұрын
@@chalkandcheese1868 you seem to spend a lot of effort pushing your magic bullet around here....
@chalkandcheese18684 ай бұрын
@@bogdanbotis1524 just the facts
@sfitz00767 ай бұрын
Saw this is the theater with my dad when I was 13. I did not know you could make movies like this. It was the first movie that really affected me.
@nightwood37387 ай бұрын
I was in grade school the day Kennedy was shot. My teacher was weeping. I remember crying walking home after early dismissal. I watched Oswald get shot by Ruby on live tv. It was horrifying and the beginning of my radicalization during the sixties. Years later i fell down the rabbit hole of JFK conspiracy theories. There’s a reason the CIA and FBI refuse to release thousands of pages about JFK’s assassination in the National Archives. Why? Appreciate your screening and, as always, your critiques and intelligent discussions afterwards.
@SITHWAX7 ай бұрын
This was a great reaction. Everything you worried about didn't ruin the experience. Don't be afraid to pause the movie to comment.
@AmperSand6666 ай бұрын
Sam was glued to the screen the whole time :) I really appreciate your reaction, thank you both!
@williamblakehall55667 ай бұрын
For something about the life, rather than the death, of President Kennedy, I highly recommend Thirteen Days, an unusually accurate movie account of the Cuban missile crisis. There you will see a "military-industrial complex" eager to go ahead with nuclear war. They were missing the glory of World War II and disappointed by Korea and the Bay of Pigs invasion, and for them the A-bomb was simply a bigger bomb. The nervousness of the time also gave us a novel and subsequent movie, Seven Days in May, starring Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster, about a possible military coup of the United States. Another great movie, suffering the bad luck of being a serious dramatic portrayal of almost the same plot as Dr. Strangelove and overshadowed by it, is Fail-Safe, starring Henry Fonda as the President. These are three great movies which give you some sense of what the mood and the mindset was like in the early Sixties. Grim stuff, but fascinating. As for JFK? It sent me down that rabbit hole for years, but now I think of it as a movie, not about the assassination, but all the doubt and skepticism which arose after the assassination. Thank you so much.
@reneedennis20115 ай бұрын
Thirteen Days is a good movie.
@kengruz6697 ай бұрын
I was in elementary school when the news broke and first knew something was going on when I saw my older sister who was also in the same school crying outside where I was. I was in the living room with our b&w tv on, when I witnessed Oswald being shot on live TV.
@deenormus19757 ай бұрын
Honestly, I’ve been obsessed w/this movie (and all things JFK) since the theater. Y’all did a GREAT job - your reaction was flipping perfect. Don’t second guess. Well done. For real.
@Jonw82227 ай бұрын
Everyone is posting about the movie itself, but I wanted to say this was a very good reaction, despite the limitations in the format that you guys talked about. Especially in the discussion afterwards, you hit on a lot of the key points. We all have biases, whether we realize it or not. This is a very in depth topic, it's easy to get lost in it.. and it's easy to ask.. should one care? There can be downsides to caring too much about this stuff. There can also be downsides to not knowing about it at all. You guys already hit on all of these points, swinging back and forth between the positives and negatives of watching a movie like this. One point.. Jim Garrison got nowhere at the end of the movie, but he did inspire Oliver Stone to make this movie.. and here we are watching it and talking about it.. as I said, I thought it was a very good reaction given the limitations.
@blilianschmitt-realtor1297 ай бұрын
Honestly these two reactors are amazing! Never afraid of being wrong, just candidly expressing their clever thoughts! Outstanding! 👍
@CinemafAnMJ7 ай бұрын
A great companion piece to this film is 1973's Executive Action.
@stevemccullagh367 ай бұрын
If you want to further see what a great job Oldman did, you should watch him side by side with the real clips of the real Oswald. It's a remarkable performance.
@Chess6137 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you two chose this movie! I remember just coming out of college and landing a job at Forbes Magazine when this movie came out. I mentioned seeing the movie to my boss (middle aged white guy) and he railed at how horrible it was for Oliver Stone to release such a film that had so many inaccuracies and lies - it hit an immediate nerve. And I think it hit a nerve because it's so good. Jim Garrison may have been crazy as a loon, but his search for truth - even if he never finds it - is the true power of the movie and Costner's Garrison reminds me so much of Jimmy Stewart's Mister Smith goes to Washington. He's the everyman that's as lost as we are, and he will sacrifice his own comfort to find that truth. I absolutely love this film and no other KZbinr has reacted to this but you two. Thank you. And congrats on your baby ;)
@anonymes28847 ай бұрын
Yeah, I get that. The movie's "offensive" because it's _convincing_ and I guess any good journalist would probably at least _hope_ that people are convinced by accurate reporting rather than great acting, editing, sound design etc. (good as it is, the movie is pretty much a case study in the power of rhetoric over truth)
@paulcarfantan66887 ай бұрын
@@anonymes2884 So do you think the movie is truthful ?
@moc98937 ай бұрын
One of my favorite films of all time, the Mr X scene is absolutely captivating. Masterpiece 👌
@TheloniousSphere7 ай бұрын
Fun Fact : The Actor/Judge you said that looked like an "Alien" Was the real Jim Garrison :)
@lexkanyima21957 ай бұрын
He got older
@CineRam7 ай бұрын
I can't think of a bigger compliment that you could've given to this movie than your assertion that it should be required viewing for everybody. I wholeheartedly agree.
@danielhoehne8016 ай бұрын
I saw this movie, IN a theater, a couple weeks after it came out. As you two said, didn't feel at all like 3 hours...and we went to a 10 p.m. showing! lol Afterward, we were like, crap, it's 1 a.m.!
@jamesalexander56237 ай бұрын
I was 12 when this happened. I heard with my own ears Oswald say "I didn't shoot anybody!" AND "I'm a Patsy!"and watched Jack Ruby shoot him on live TV! The great Conspiracy of the Assassination was to create a Maze of Conspiracies, impossible to untangle ....
@jtnjkk7 ай бұрын
The actress who plays Kevin Costners wife is the Carrie from the movie "Carrie."
@Charles_Gaba7 ай бұрын
I always felt the main point of the film isn’t that everyone and their brother was involved, but simply that there were about 100 different ways it could have happened which made more sense than the official story.
@randall-king7 ай бұрын
Yes, absolutely.
@jacobjones52697 ай бұрын
Not according to the evidence, which all points right at Lee.. This might be the most vetted dude in history, go learn about him.. Then learn about Charles Whitman, and the hundreds of other lone nuts since..
@seanjohnson3867 ай бұрын
Hell, aliens from Mars, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or even Frankenstein's monster were more likely suspects in this crime than Oswald. Even so, there are still some failed abortions, posing as human beings, out there who still believe the findings of the Warren Commission Report - a 26 volume, 16,000 page document which none of these half-wits have ever read. But, they still eat it all up like Grandma's Sunday supper. I'm reminded of a quote, which despite me being a card-carrying athiest, I believe comes from the bible - "There is none so blind as he who will not see."
@SeanATX7 ай бұрын
Not a believer in Occam’s Razor I take it?
@paulcarfantan66887 ай бұрын
@@SeanATX The way most people view Occam`s razor has become quite annoying. Instead of concluding that most of the time the simplest explanation is the correct one, they`ve gone to believe that the simplest one is always the correct one. That is of course, ridiculous and yet a lot of people think this way.
@jp38137 ай бұрын
Definitely follow this up w/ Oppenheimer (2023). Another political thriller w/ a massive cast, heavy dialogue, & masterful editing.
@feignorance7 ай бұрын
and 3+ hours long, lol.
@ElectricKnight.6 ай бұрын
First, great job editing. It's such an underacknowledged aspect of reaction videos, but it's such an enormous undertaking, normally, never mind for a movie like this!! Secondly, I didn't once notice your reaction being anything below the great, enjoyable reaction quality that we regularly get from you guys. It's one of the things most of us love about your channel. Quality reactions (and discussions) that adjust to the individual movies - because you're actually absorbing, contemplating, and thinking about the movie. Lastly, I do hope you don't see big differences in numbers based on these concerns you have about some movie reactions. I just love your selections and have never been disappointed in your videos. So, I always hope to see such a variety of interesting, and different, films.. And I hope you're never penalized by that, via the algorithm or the view count (at least, not to an extreme that makes it not worth your time). Much love from me and the ElectricLady! 😄
@KaiserKiller7 ай бұрын
The last 30 minutes of Kevin Costners closing statements is the most thought provoking in cinema. How you see that and not feel changed?
@Billydbud7 ай бұрын
I think it is cool that Oliver Stone had the real Jim Garrison make a cameo as Chief Justice Earl Warren in this movie.
@reneedennis20117 ай бұрын
So do I.
@StephenLuke7 ай бұрын
Ditto! He died the next year after the films release. 😢💔
@samuelmoulds10167 ай бұрын
yeah, I can't help but think: did Jim Garrison ask to be in the movie!!?!
@grandgnd7 ай бұрын
Got the original Odd Couple in there too😜Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon
@samuelmoulds10167 ай бұрын
aaah...... actually.... the person you saw playing Bannaster was Ed Asner. he is Jules Asner's father-in-law and was Mary Taylor Moore's boss in her long running hit sit/com on tv. NOT PART OF THE "Odd Couple".
@grandgnd7 ай бұрын
@@samuelmoulds1016 lol, Who said i was talking about Bannaster? Read the cast credits...I watched Mary Tyler Moore also..
@CinHotlanta6 ай бұрын
@@samuelmoulds1016 Jack Lemmon was the guy that Ed Asner pistol-whipped
@samuelmoulds10166 ай бұрын
yeah, what I was trying to say was, Walter Matthau was not in this movie. maybe you should 'check out' the movie "Front Page" (a movie in which has both "Odd Couple" actors).
@CinHotlanta6 ай бұрын
@@samuelmoulds1016 Matthau was in the movie - he played Senator Long when he chatted with Garrison in the plane about Oswald's lack of proficiency with a rifle.
@bradvitz25317 ай бұрын
One of the more underrated films of all time
@ShawnRavenfire6 ай бұрын
Underrated? It was praised by critics and won several awards.
@kevinfinnerty84146 ай бұрын
It’s a lot better than “Silence of the Lambs”
@conchfritters017 ай бұрын
More people need to react to this movie. Gary Oldman freaking delivers.
@samuelmoulds10167 ай бұрын
yeah, I was soooh afraid his part in the movie was going to ruin his acting career! I mean, I was afraid every time he was in another movie people would say, "LOOK! There's Lee Harvey Oswald!"
@dbaum237 ай бұрын
Parkland is another movie about the effort to try to save JFK's life after the assassination.
@thunderb4stard807 ай бұрын
This is one of my favourite films from one of my favourite directors. Loved the reaction guys ❤
@jrobwoo6887 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching this one! Oliver Stone is one of my favorite directors of all time. Please watch Natural Born Killers starring Woody Harrelson and RDJ, based on a script from Quentin Tarantino.
@ramudon24287 ай бұрын
Yes. Please. And hopefully a directors cut. Not entirely sure if there are many versions really, but... That's the one I grew up with.
@nadronnocojr7 ай бұрын
From a distance I can share a movie with friends, never thought I’d enjoy this style of entertainment, and here I am a fan since 1000’s and I truly truly enjoy your channel , and I appreciate your time no hard work…and thanks for opening up with us and taking a risk and a chance by sharing an open opinion and review … I think your analysis is so on point and I am amazed at how quick you’re on plot……and your love for cinema is so gratefully admired
@allendavis6647 ай бұрын
John Candy proved his legendary status and acting prowess in this short but memorable performance in JFK. He is recognizable in appearance but a chameleon in his role. Underrated has a dramatic actor, but he solidified his range in this masterpiece of a film. Thx for reviewing this movie!
@lexkanyima21957 ай бұрын
He was so versatile
@StephenLuke7 ай бұрын
His character Dean Andrews Jr. said: “You got the right ta-ta, but the wrong ho-ho” in real life from archived footage of him in a documentary about the making of the film.
@samuelmoulds10167 ай бұрын
yeah, Candy says my favorite lines in the movie when he stands in a crowded restaurant and shouts, "You crazy, just like your Mama!!! Which only goes to show it's in the genes!!!"
@MonstersHDTV7 ай бұрын
In 1987, Jim Garrison appeared in the film The Big Easy where he essentially played himself, and the next year he was featured in The Men Who Killed Kennedy series, airing in the United States beginning in 1988. You might be able to find it here on KZbin. The Men Who Killed Kennedy is a video documentary series by British television network ITV that depicts the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Originally broadcast in 1988 in two parts (with a subsequent studio discussion), it was rebroadcast in 1991 re-edited to three parts with additional material, and a fourth episode added in 1995. The addition of three further episodes in 2003 caused great controversy, particularly in the final episode implicating Lyndon B. Johnson and the withdrawal of these additional episodes.
@vincentjoyce51007 ай бұрын
My friends and I were extras in the Dealey Plaza scenes. Unfortunately those were actual autopsy photos.
@opalviking7 ай бұрын
“That is one magic loogie” Jerry Seinfeld
@motorcycleboy90007 ай бұрын
There had to have been a second spitter.
@frederickgramcko57587 ай бұрын
One of the best episodes of all time that references a current movie of that time. . . . A must watch TBR
@jameshenner58317 ай бұрын
I've seen that Seinfeld episode or clip of it like 70 times.
@boomerangknights7 ай бұрын
Keith Hernandez majic loogie😂
@daves5363 ай бұрын
"Nice Game Pretty Boy" ..........
@musicloverchiefsfan54107 ай бұрын
TBR and Samantha, you guys did an excellent job in your reaction to this movie! What CAN you say, as a reactor, when your eyes or minds are being opened to previously unexplored possibilities? I always enjoy your reactions and in this case, particularly, your comments. Great Job!
@bsdx1107 ай бұрын
I'm assuming that you guys reacted to the theatrical version that's 3 hours and 8 minutes. There's a director's cut of this film that's about 17 minutes longer. Lots more info but just as mesmerizing.
@socalemeraldaztecanrhino9227 ай бұрын
Hey-o to Dan and Sam. Great job reacting to one of the most intricately thought-provoking films ever made and one of my most personal favorites from one of my favorite filmmakers. By the way, Dan. The person at 17:46 -17:48 and 27:40 - 27:44 whom you called "an alien" is Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, whose namesake led the government investigation known as the Warren Commission who concluded Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy by himself (even though now more than ever those findings don't hold legitimacy no more). But what's even more surprising is Earl Warren was played by the real-life Jim Garrison, whose book On The Trial Of Assassins was one of two historical novels {the other being Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs} which the movie was based and who Kevin Costner portrayed. Also, another real-life person who was in this movie was Perry Russo who provided testimony in Garrison's actual investigation that connected Clay Shaw with David Ferrie and Lee Harvey Oswald. Russo plays the patron at the bar who was clapping and cheering that Kennedy had died. Other bonus trivia is that director Oliver Stone spent $3 million of the film's $40 million budget to have the real Dealey Plaza restored to what it looked like back in 1963. The producers had to pay a substantial fee to the Dallas City Council have police hired to reroute traffic and close streets for three weeks. Stone had only ten days to shoot all of the footage he needed. To accomplish he used seven cameras (two 35mm and five 16mm) and fourteen different film stocks. A big challenge during production was filming at the former Texas School Book Depository since the actual vantage point is known as the Sixth Floor Museum and the rest of the building is now the Dallas County Administration Building and the area of the window where Oswald was accused of shooting Kennedy from is sealed behind large-pane display glass. Because of this, $50,000 had to be paid to put someone in the sniper perch window and were only allowed to film at that particular location between certain hours with only five people on the floor at one time >> the camera crew, the actor playing the gunman, and director Oliver Stone himself. One of the producers for the film said in an interview one difficulty that was extremely arduous was restoring the Depository to resembling the way it looked back then. Five months of negotiation with the Dallas city officials was spent just to accomplish this. Additionally, Jasper Garrison (Jim Garrison's oldest kid in the movie) is played by Sean Stone, the actual son of Oliver Stone. Plus, the newscaster of the television special that unjustly discredits Garrison's investigation is played by Bob Gunton, who played Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption, which you two watched on the channel a couple years back. I also remembered he also had a role in the movie Demolition Man, which was also viewed and reacted to as well. Thanks to you both for experiencing and expressing your thoughts on this cinematic masterpiece and one of the most important projects that helped draw widespread public attention to one of the most if not the most unanswered tragedy of the last century. Take care. 👍🙂
@markysumm725 ай бұрын
The person playing Earl Warren at 17:50 is the real Jim Garrison. He died shortly after.
@ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN6907 ай бұрын
It's an incredible film. Saw it multiple times in theater. Saw it again for the re-release. Watch it pretty regularly. I'm glad you did this reaction. One of Oliver Stones' best films, even if It's not incredibly accurate. The Actors crushed it on every level. Thank you again for this reaction.
@RetrofanFilms7 ай бұрын
I’m so grateful you’re reacting to this classic. As I’m seeing this, I’m not sure if you’re watching the theatrical cut or the Director’s Cut. I hope that if you’re interested there are two specific documentaries that focus on the JFK assassination as well as Jim Garrison’s investigation. They are: - The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes (which has interviews with the real Jim Garrison.) and - Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (compares the real events with situations that the film dramatizes).
@WesCoastPiano7 ай бұрын
You want a movie about the media specifically. You guys really should watch Network and All The President's Men.
@Easy_Skanking6 ай бұрын
"Network" is extremely important in these days.
@tomfrankiewicz40307 ай бұрын
I'm so glad that you two are watching this movie. Its one of my all time favorite movies.
@pduidesign7 ай бұрын
I’m still stumped why this movie isn’t reacted to by more reaction channels. Kudos to both of you for reacting to this amazing film!!! I hope you start a trend with reactors!!
@KS-xk2so7 ай бұрын
Oh man, I died laughing at the Tommy Lee Jones moment... given he's in the movie lol
@Erixon557 ай бұрын
A great film, but it all needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Oliver Stone admitted he threw all the main theories into one story, and took major liberties with characters. Great movie though. Thanks for reacting! ✌️
@frederickgramcko57587 ай бұрын
What kind of "grain oil sslt" are you talking about? The kind that murders a sitting president, or the kind that uses all the powerr and propaganda to fool dupes into believing Lee H. Oswald did it all by himself. . .
@kingfield997 ай бұрын
A mountain of salt!
@melchiorvonsternberg8446 ай бұрын
@@kingfield99 Well... That's of course, a very American view, on the event. For me, as an European, it makes a lot of sense. Especially because I have an outside perspective on the events and am aware of the “Pentagon Papers”. If Kennedy had access to this Pentagon study (and this is likely because Eisenhower was also aware of it), then it was also clear to him that a war in Southeast Asia was unwinnable. And why fight a war when you know the war can't be won? The dog is buried there! But for an American, such a thought is a nightmare, that four presidents, from both major parties, were clear that Vietnam was a huge mistake and the war was fought anyway. Your republic, Sir, is rotten and that Donald Trump asshole could be its gravedigger. One could now ponder how long the Roman Empire continued to function after the Roman Republic had defacto collapsed. The problem is that you Americans are not nearly the caliber of the Romans. You are not even worthy of being called a pathetic copy of the Romans. Got it so far...?
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers6 ай бұрын
If he had taken liberties with the evidence itself, then some salt might be warranted. But as it turns out, one of the biggest inaccuracies is the boxes of weapons going thru Banisters office had French writing on them, not Spanish. 🤔
@lawrencefine50207 ай бұрын
Gotta love an Oliver Stone flick. The movie make's you think twice about what you thought you knew. It's a very well made movie. And remember guys, conspiracies happen everyday in all corners of the world. All it take's is more than 1 person to conspire.
@theseageek6 ай бұрын
Oliver Stone did a really good job with JFK, everything about this movie was well-made.
@tennoklark6 ай бұрын
You both did a fantastic job showing parts of the movie and your insightful commentary. JFK is one of my favorite movies and you are spot on.
@bradsullivan24957 ай бұрын
In reality, Garrison was seen as a crackpot, but because Oliver Stone is a hardcore conspiracy theorist, he was turned into a hero.
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers6 ай бұрын
Reality has never been very popular. 🤔
@billymuellerTikTok5 ай бұрын
* truth seeker
@JohnHenry-s1y7 ай бұрын
This movie speaks the truth
@StephenLuke7 ай бұрын
Obviously!!! It is a true story in certain parts! Especially the part where Rose Ceramie was thrown out of a vehicle by two gangsters who worked for Jack Ruby, Guy Banister pistol whipping Jack Martin, Lee Bowers was killed when his car left an empty road and struck a concrete bridge abutment near Midlothian, Texas, and Eladio del Valle getting murdered on February 22, 1967, on the day David Ferrie died.
@JohnHenry-s1y7 ай бұрын
@@StephenLuke exactly. Especially President Kennedy calling off the war with Cuba and getting killed for it by the powers that be
@tonyadler13197 ай бұрын
When this movie came out, I was just astounded and couldn't believe what I saw. As I've gotten older, I have realized this movie has every conspiracy theory piled on top of conspiracy theory and it's a big conspiracy casserole. There was a documentary in the late 90's that had a computer recreation of Dealy Plaza and the angle of the shots that line right up from the book depository and show the so-called magic bullet went in a straight line. It was Oswald and Oswald only.
@melchiorvonsternberg8446 ай бұрын
Yawn...
@DocRaunchy7 ай бұрын
Say it with me: MASTERPIECE.
@Vertigotheatre17 ай бұрын
Love love love this film. And thank you for doing this one, it's about time somebody did ❤
@pencilnecked15797 ай бұрын
"Can you just have a series of unfortunate events?" Yes, it is possible. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which started World War I, was one such instance. He had survived the initial attempt but a series of events occurred in the aftermath that brought him back within the path of one of conspirators who finished the job and kicked off the first World War.
@reneedennis201113 күн бұрын
Yup.
@lloyddobler22277 ай бұрын
I saw this movie in the mid to late 90's and it did to me what the red pill did to Neo in the Matrix. There were times when I wished that I could go back to living a blissful life of ignorance, but now I wouldn't have it any other way. Think of all the history since this movie came out that might actually have a different perspective that we would ignore if all we listened to was one source of information. The one thing that I didn't want to believe was that our government was capable of lying to its citizens, not to mention everything beyond the lying. I would have taken it at face-value that other governments were lying, but not ours. This movie was an eye-opener for sure. Other movies that contributed to a different look on life have been John Carpenter's They Live, 1984, The Matrix, Wag The Dog, Minority Report, and The Truman Show. Once you start diving into these things, you start to wonder how deep the rabbit hole goes. My eyes have definitely been opened at one point (Red-Pilled) and I have to question things instead of just take them all at face-value. Good luck with your searches and we'll see you on the other side.
@doreck077 ай бұрын
I once didnt buy into conspiracy theories. When you get enough information it quickly becomes apparent that some of them are valid.
@BenjWarrant7 ай бұрын
If they're valid, it's not a theory any more.
@paulliversage44797 ай бұрын
As.long as you're getting balanced information
@ennesshay50406 ай бұрын
The Package -- starring Tommy | !!! } & Gene Hackman
@robertlynch70137 ай бұрын
So glad you guys watched this one. Its a fantastic film.
@warner13faulk285 ай бұрын
Have no idea if everything Oliver Stone is claiming is true or not, but his filming, editing and story are hypnotic. The end with Kevin Costner in the courtroom is mesmerizing. A fabulous movie. Also one of Donald Sutherland's greatest acting jobs.
@tomekstrand19887 ай бұрын
This is a movie where Kevin Costner plays a guy who becomes immersed in a mission, but no one believes in him, and it threatens his family life and his marriage. Unlike The Untouchables, a movie where Kevin Costner plays a guy who becomes immersed in a mission, but no one believes in him, and it threatens his family life and his marriage. Which is also unlike Field of Dreams, a movie where Kevin Costner plays a guy who becomes immersed in a mission, but no one believes in him, and it threatens his family life and his marriage.
@DocuzanQuitomos7 ай бұрын
And that's why he went on to make Waterworld; to, at least, play a man without family, while being immersed in a mision in which nobody believes XD.
@djm3suxx7 ай бұрын
What a conspiracy of movie roles!
@ThomasTreece-mp8md7 ай бұрын
Nobody believes Costner in Field of Dreams? Did you watch any of the scenes with his family? His wife (Annie) bent over backwards to support him despite her brother's threats. His daughter (Karen)... "You look real to me." And this was a film when Kevin Costner was on screen far more with his wife and family than the other 2 movies mentioned.
@jasonm80177 ай бұрын
😂 the guy is chameleon.
@HobGungan6 ай бұрын
@@DocuzanQuitomosWaterworld immersed in a mission even HE doesn't believe in until the final act.
@alainvosselman99607 ай бұрын
The beauty and rewarding part of being a conspiracy 'theorist' is that you learn who the monsters in this world are and you learn to spot both evilness as well as those good people with strong moral compass & integrity ..; both involved in the battle between good & evil and how this battle for now, is still ruling our societies, while we are mostly occupied with the daily routines. I am not ashamed to want to know the truth. These type movies hopefully will put more people on that path looking for answers. Loved your reactions to this gem. Great movie, which depicts the many enigmatic layers to this whole event.
@ice-iu3vv7 ай бұрын
jfk is one of the 2 most obvious cases of "true conspiracy" in u.s. history. the other took place almost 38 years later, and we're not supposed to even specify the date that we should "never forget".
@ferchrissakes7 ай бұрын
There’s a funny self-own in this film: the scene where they’re timing how fast three shots can be fired they actually fire the rifle _faster_ than the “impossible” speed they’re skeptical about, and certainly faster than the time Costner reads off of the stopwatch. Doesn’t prove anything either way of course since it’s a movie, just funny that they didn’t notice when editing. Typically films have things like a five second countdown that somehow takes half a minute of dramatic close-ups and music, but here they were too fast even for what the film’s based on let alone the dramatic reenactment
@karlmortoniv29517 ай бұрын
I don’t know that it’s a self-own. The guy with the rifle says he isn’t even aiming at anything, just working the bolt and the trigger.
@konig6066 ай бұрын
Gary Oldman also portrays Oswald actually firing the three shots at two different points in the film, complete with recoil, and both times he does it even faster than Jay O. Sanders does dry firing the rifle despite obviously struggling a little with the stiff bolt action. Nobody in the entire film takes more than 5.6 seconds to fire three shots.
@perrymalcolm38027 ай бұрын
As a movie fan, it’s an amazing ride. The editing is second to none! As a citizen, at this point having ping-ponged on what happened to JFK, I’ve given up. As a Southerner, I laugh my ass off at the horrible accents!😂 KOOOO day Tahhhhhhh!!😂😂😂😂
@thefaithslayer25537 ай бұрын
I love this movie for two reasons: 1) Just a exceptionally entertaining movie 2) It taught me the valuable lesson that just because a movie is based on true events doesn't mean that the movie is depicting them accurately. When I first saw this movie, I bought into it completely. Eventually, I learned that about 95% of it was complete fiction.
@ferchrissakes7 ай бұрын
Masterfully made movie but I do highly recommend watching Lemmino’s or Sean Munger’s JFK videos here on KZbin as an anti-dote to the, well, bunk that this film heaps on the viewer
@novanights2chevy5977 ай бұрын
Here's a link to Lemmino's vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6aalqiEZq2Hq7c
@konig6066 ай бұрын
And Sean Munger's: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enSbpYJna92XqLs
@franclin07 ай бұрын
This movie while incredibly cast and acted, is just fiction. Stone himself admitted that he put all the theories and critics of the Warren Commission into the character of Jim Garrison. The Kevin Bacon character, Willie, was not a real person in real life, he was based on 3 different people. Great fun movie, but anyone who studies the actual case knows that it's a package of unfathomable lies. Glad you watched it!
@franclin06 ай бұрын
@@totallybored5526 point is, the movie is a lie masquerading as a historically factual based concept.
@TheNicnac19816 ай бұрын
17:46 He is the real Jim Garrison playing the role of Judge Earl Warren
@bluesrock17 ай бұрын
FYI- The guy that played Chief Justice Earl Warren is the real Jim Garrison, Kevin Costner's role. If you're really interested in this movie, there was a lot written about it when it came out. Oliver Stone took considerable liberties with the historical facts, but it's a real conspiracy that does have some validity.
@EliCross7 ай бұрын
I saw this movie as a kid and bought the conspiracy theory entirely. But the experience also gave birth to a lifelong obsession with the assassination and it made me look up additional information in the ensuing years. I've since come around to the idea that Oswald probably was the lone gunman after all and that the Garrison trial was clearly a sham. But this is still a great film, a masterful political melodrama that keeps you riveted for three hours.
@happyapple42697 ай бұрын
No way. That last shot came from the knoll. Without question. They weren't banking on someone actually recording the assassination but zapruder did and proves that last bullet came from side.
@Easy_Skanking6 ай бұрын
@@happyapple4269 The last headshot came from the storm grate just ahead of the convoy on Elm Street. I've stood in the spot and looked towards where it hit (there was an X on the street for a long time) and the trajectory is perfect for hitting JFK high on the right side of his head. Zapruder's film was also altered. Info on that has come to light recently. I have also seen an audio analysis of all the recordings taken that day including police radios. Being an audio engineer myself, I found it particularly interesting. They concluded there were 13 shots fired that day.
@thomaschristopher85937 ай бұрын
to quote LBJ's comment on Jan6, "you call that an insurrection? this is an insurrection!"
@melchiorvonsternberg8446 ай бұрын
Tell me how does this work, since the Tex is dead for 51 years...?
@thomaschristopher85936 ай бұрын
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 well, dead democrats still manage to vote. so, it's possible LOL - see "Box 13 scandal"
@Abcdefg-tf7cu3 ай бұрын
January 6 was an insurrection. Deal with it. Cope and seethe, fascist hog.