Moonstruck (1987) Movie Reaction | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Film Commentary & Trivia

[@janewatkins9801]

"Ma I love him awful", my favourite line ♥ ☺. Moonstruck is one of my favourite movies. It's so .... unexpected. The actors all do a fabulous job and the script is perfection. The music adds depth and a certain poetry, how can anyone not love this movie? Wonderful review Marty. Thankyou so much.

[@sandralorenz1796]

Best line in this movie..."Cosmo, no matter what you do, you're gonna die just like everybody else".

[@liza-em5tw]

My fav too!

[@bryanCJC2105]

"Old man... I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead!" I don't know why but that line killed me! This movie is full of one-liners that live on. My favorite scene is after Cher comes home from her makeover and is unpacking her purchases listening to that cool Jazz music. Olympia Dukakis! She was my favorite character. I love her in everything she's done. Watch her in Steel Magnolias and Tales of the City and More Tales of the City.

[@oliviarose5030]

One of the movies I quote the most! BRING ME THE BIG KNIFE!

[@TechnicallyTexan]

I TELLYA I WONT DO IT!

[@liza-em5tw]

My fav movie! Glad you loved it. It transports you to another world. It's worth multiple watches to pickup on foreshadowing. In the airport when Johnny says its been 5 years since he saw his brother and holds his hand up. He then looks at his hand and cringes.

[@im-gi2pg]

I’ll have to watch for that next time!

[@christinetravalihamburg2781]

La Bella Luna - The BEAUTIFUL Moon❣️

[@debfailla52]

This is what I adore about your channel. You watch older films (luckily ones that I adore) and your reactions bring me back to the first time I saw the film. Such iconic and memorable scenes and lines (“Snap out of it!” “You’re life’s goin’ down the toilet!”) Among so many others. That has to be one of the best breakfast scenes ever filmed. The Met plaza is iconic (also seen in Ghostbusters) and I’ve been lucky to see La Boheme there. PS I don’t think Peter Gallagher would have done as good a job as Nicholas Cage. (And yes, your trivia section is fab!)

[@wolfgangwolf6060]

According to Italian folklore adding sugar to champagne makes it sweeter so it will ward off evil spirits. Eagerly awaiting "Sunset Boulevard" one of my all time favorites.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Yes, and a "Champagne cocktail" is a drink with champagne, cognac, a sugar cube drenched in bitters and a cherry. The sugar cube is dissolved in the drink. I frankly would never dissolve a sugar cube in good champagne--prosecco is fine.

[@BroadwayBabyyy744]

The singer you thought was Streisand, is Vicki Carr, great artist

[@MoviesWithMarty]

Thank you so much for letting me know and for watching too!

[@bettybaby63]

Love this one so much. So many memorable lines. & when you’re Italian it’s even more hilarious. Really fun reaction.

[@douglascollier7767]

Yay!! In my humble opinion, Cher was at her most beautiful in this film walking home from the opera. Amazing 👏 😊😊

[@oliviarose5030]

Yes. I concur.

[@melenatorr]

The grandpa was Feodor Chaliapin Jr., son of opera legend Feodor Chaliapin.

[@crconway7926]

Sean Connery told Norman Jewison that Chaliapin can't see, can't hear but he'll steal every scene he's in. Got that right!

[@melenatorr]

@@crconway7926 Sean Connery did, for sure, know whereof he spoke!

[@S-CCCC]

I love these longer reactions! Truly feels like watching a movie with a friend!

[@TechnicallyTexan]

One of my favorite movies! Top 5 at least. Brilliant script. Brilliant performances. Nicholas Cage is to die for!!! Cher? Fagettaboutit! Gorgeous. Flawless! Norman Jewison’s direction is amazing. I wish more reactors would watch this one. You’re right. It IS fantastic. I’ve seen it at least 10 times and almost have it memorized, and it never gets old! Still obsessed after, what… Has it been almost 40 years? I was just a kid when this came out. Cher was nominated for the Oscar, and all the adults in my Christian community were all up in arms about her scandalously revealing outfit at the Academy Awards. I immediately thought, “I’ve gotta see this movie.” Love from Texas!

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

The movie is set in Brooklyn which is very Italian

[@christinetravalihamburg2781]

You did a beautiful job, thank you❣️

[@SaraNoelle]

My favorite opera is Tosca

[@MoviesWithMarty]

Ooh, great choice! It's wonderful. Thanks for watching Sara!

[@StreamingNomad]

I also like that the operatic third act set they use in the film is still used today. :)

[@MoviesWithMarty]

Oh wow, that's amazing! Thanks for letting me know, it's a beautiful Opera. I hope you enjoyed watching the film along with me. Thanks for watching! I hope you've had a wonderful new year so far

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I know the writer--John Patrick Shanley.(he won the 1988 Oscar for best screenplay) He also wrote the award-winning "Doubt". He's a guy who grew up in my Bronx neighborhood. He's a truly gifted writer (he told me he was "thrown out" of the parochial school we had both attended). Honestly, everything about this film is magical.🌕 Oh, and since it was asked, "La Boheme" was always my families favorite opera.

[@cranberrybe]

i love this movie, thank you for reacting to it. and i love la traviata too. i live "in the bush" but i see opera from the Met actually at the cinema with their worlwide transmissions and i love we have this opportunity now.

[@carment4224]

Another great movie with Cher is Mask, also staring Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. I think one of Chers breakout films was Silkwood where she had a part. Ps, they are probably drinking Prosecco.

[@jtt6650]

SALOME (1905) by Richard Strauss. I’ve seen many performances by different opera companies, including one at The Met. Libretto is a translation of a play by Oscar Wilde. It’s got religion, the infamous dance of the seven veils, and a grisly finale with a disembodied head on a silver platter. Music is spectacular and terrifying. And it’s called a champagne cocktail (well, a poor man’s version anyway) The real one has a sugar cube plus some bitters and brandy in it too. 🥂🍾

[@daphneschultz8330]

I love this movie and I loved watching it with you and seeing your reactions to it. I have seen it probably a dozen times!

[@AubreyAuthor]

Thanks so much for reacting to this! It’s one of my favorite movies ever! Snap out of it!! 😂

[@yolandamondragon341]

One of the all-time best!

[@la_beatrice]

33:20 I saw La Traviatta as well, saw it in the São Paulo Municipal Theatre. I really like opera, so others I've seen are Rigoletto, Carmen, Aida, Falstaff, The Magic Flute and, of course, La Bohème. I haven't been to the Opera in a while, and now thinking about it I really want to see something next year, preferably one I haven't seen before. I always wanted to see Dom Giovanni, but where I live, I don't have many options, there are only two opera houses in São Paulo, which is about 100 Km away from where I live. 😞

[@melenatorr]

I've seen several operas at the Met, and I love the Lincoln Center area. I have several favorite operas, too, but I think near the top are "Traviata" and "Carmen", both featuring women of strong character, though in very different directions. And Carmen is a mezzo, sometimes even a contralto, which, as a low-voiced singer (not at all professional), I really appreciate. Those beautiful paintings at the Met are by Chagall.

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

Cher won an academy award for her role in this movie

[@bookwoman53]

Her Oscar outfit was really something.

[@melenatorr]

As a third-generation Brooklynite, I am always very happy to watch this movie and see parts of this borough.

[@im-gi2pg]

My favorite opera singer is Jonathan Antoine. I want him to sing at the Met!

[@johnd1449]

I am now a subscribed viewer!! you made watching this movie very enjoyable. I am a huge Cher fan and would love to view your reaction to some of her other movie like, Mask, Silkwood, Suspect, Witches of Eastwick, Faithful and Mermaids you're very entertaining to watch and your accent is wonderful

[@StreamingNomad]

You keep saying "this is set in new york, but it's so italian." As someone who lives in Midtown-East, I'll say "This is so New York." :)

[@im-gi2pg]

Nicholas Cage was so male, gorgeous and sincere, no one could resist. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@seanhayes4047]

Tosca, but ask me tomorrow and it could change.

[@MoviesWithMarty]

A great choice! Yeah, I know the feeling haha. Thanks Sean

[@houseofsledge6891]

This reacrion was a delight to watch. I adore this film and it was so fun to get to ride along as you enjoyed it. The Academy didn't give Cher the Best Supporting Actress award for Silkwood (which she absolutely should have won) and they didn't give it to her for Mask (which she was widely regarded as deserving as well), so she got it for this (Oscar's often give awards for people they neglected previously, historically). I THOROUGHLY recommend Silkwood (starring Meryl Streep and co-starring Kurt Russell). No spoilers. It remains superb (and it was the film I first discovered Meryl Streep in as a young early 80s kid... not that its a kid movie in anyway, I was a kid with unusual film tastes for my age).

[@jacquespoulemer]

Marty, Buongiorno Marcello, Schaunard, Colline Buongiorno, Tutti qui Tutti qui!. Another of my favorite movies. but now for Opera. when I was 12 I got Don Giovanni. Then Aida. but then La Boheme. The classic Beecham de los Angeles, Bjorling recording which although I was moved (and amused) by DG and impressed by Aida, Boheme made me cry a river (it still does). In the ensuing 60 years I've heard a ton of music and thousands of operas. To pick a favorite now would be nigh impossible. Rusalka, Love for 3 Oranges, Sir John In Love, Butterfly, Nozze Di Figaro, Pique Dame, Giulio Cesare, Wozzeck..... It's like trying to pick a favorite dish from world cuisine! Back to the movie. The incredible way Boheme is woven into the film, is masterful. Everyone is 'Circumfusa Alba Lunar" so Lunatic in the sense of in Love and Crazy, changing. The NYC burbs are overflowing with Italian-Americans and this film reflects exactly how they are. I'm only halfway through your analysis but I wanted to respond to what you said so far. I saw most of my operas at the Met (around 20) another dozen at the NYC Opera and a handful around NYC (Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein, a Lot of fun) I agree everyone should try to see an opera. It could become your favorite thing. Jacques Mexico Retired

[@jacquespoulemer]

Opera is ultimately about human flaws and how they lead to our demise (classic Greek Tragedy) Jocasta refuses to listen to Oracles because they lied before (but they didn't). Oracula Oracula, Mentiti Sunt Oracula!

[@jacquespoulemer]

ah tu sol commandi Amor.

[@michaelbelford7596]

My favorite opera is Rigolleto.

[@SueProv]

I am not Italian but almost all my family is. They sometimes use either 7 up ot sugar to take out the dryness of wine or champagne.

[@bluefriend62]

Thanks, Marty, for a great reaction to one of my favorite films!

[@bonya4585]

I started making Moonstruck eggs. A hole in the middle of the bread with an egg on the griddle. Yummy

[@im-gi2pg]

I love that your reactions are so wonderfully long!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!🙏🏽 🎉🥳🤩🥰🥰🥰

[@davehelms1398]

Cher's best movie, great New York as well. Lots of Oscars nods

[@lizmil]

I love all Opera, and love Puccini and Verdi operas, but I really got to love Mozart’s operas in an Ooera class I had in college many years ago- Don Giovanni is my favorite.

[@phillychick4196]

Ronnie was COMEDIC….. You’re over analyzing!!! Especially with Ronnie and Loretta not being a good fit!! It’s a light hearted romantic comedy so just go with it!! They are a SEXY COUPLE who are in love so just be inspired!

[@bookwoman53]

This is one of my favourites. There is a multi part commentary video of Moonstruck. The director, Cher and writer John Patrick Shanley are in it. Please react to Mask which also stars Cher. It’s a drama loosely based on a true story.

[@tomreichardt6044]

The only decoration I saw was a Christmas tree in frount of the Met... So, November?

[@etherealtb6021]

This is one of the best movies ever made, period! Definitely the point that the film is operatic. Even the moments that are "too much", opera can sometimes be too much, but in a good way.

[@lizmil]

The wonderful Olympian Dukakis is my favorite in this.

[@josephrocha142]

Moonstruck is a special film. Very fun.

[@franchk8372]

Wonderful movie. Love the characters.

[@im-gi2pg]

Requests below: I’m not at all a fan of Cher’s music, but I love her in this movie. I saw “Silkwood” decades ago and she was great. You might want to react to it. Cher, Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell. 1983. Another amazing movie is: “The Eyes of Laura Mars.” Thriller/drama 1978. Faye Dunaway and a young gorgeous Tommy Lee Jones. Another true story drama: Bonnie and Clyde.” 1967. Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty. Another

[@ddiamondr1]

I have probably seen this film 100 times. No kidding. I can say all of the dialogue lol. So this very Italian movie was written by an Irishman. John Patrick Shanley I think his name was. directed by a Jewish Canadian, the legendary Norman Jewison. I loved your reaction.

[@andywood5699]

Mr. Jewison's family was Methodist but he grew up with and played with many Jewish kids in his neighbourhood. Mistaken for being Jewish due to his name he suffered racist comments and fights as a kid. However, he was fascinated by the religion and through other experiences in his life, he became interested in social injustice as seen in many of his films.

[@ddiamondr1]

@@andywood5699 thanks for correcting that.

[@NorthernShrew]

Moonstruck is such a perfect movie. I never tire of it and can quote the script like an old song. Check out Midnight Run (DeNiro 1988). Great, fun movie.

[@JanetDIbernardo-d7w]

One complaint , it was based in Brooklyn .I didn't hear it mentioned .

[@JanetDIbernardo-d7w]

You are adorable !!

[@JanetDIbernardo-d7w]

It's always Christmas with Italians . My tree is still up.

[@StreamingNomad]

Opera wise, I take La Boheme at the MET as an annual excursion for the past twelve years. This year's Mimi and Musetta are mind blowing fantastic.

[@AP-gb3eh]

Italian Americans very much drank Asti Spumonti sparkling wine with a sugar cube .

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

Olympia Dukakis an academy award best supporting actress for this movie 😊 all together this movie won three academy awards and two Golden Globes

[@mothermayhem3255]

Mask 1985, it stars Cher, Sam Eliot and Eric Stoltz. Directed by Peter Boganovich. It is a serious watch.

[@TheToscanaMan]

hahaha. Love opera. Been to the Met. Love this movie. My favorite RomCom.

[@lindataggart9076]

Hi I just met you with this amazing film ...wonderful reaction.. Please watch Cher and Meryl Streep in Silkwood and Cher in Mask..see you next time..

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

If you want to see you in another good movie with Jack Nicholson "The witches of Eastwick"

[@melenatorr]

And Cher, too! Also Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon. A good cast.

[@raymondwilson293]

Very good reaction video! My only complaint is when emotional lines are spoken you shouldn't put your face in the middle. Otherwise, I thought you did a great job. Recognizing that street from another film was really cool. I saw Tosca at The metropolitan Opera in 2013...it looked exactly the same as in the movie, even the chandeliers.

[@AP-gb3eh]

These neighborhoods were real , sadly diluted now and gentrified

[@poppiethestable1090]

A Man should never propose on his knees..THAT'S SUBMISSIVE..Which is Romantic